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Evening star., 1950-05-21
PBA Guard Officer
Shoots Self, Dies

1t. George r. Kermath. SO. o
Public Buildings Administration
Guard. died early today in Emer-
gency Hospital two hours after he
fired a shot from his service
revolver into his temple at the
Agriculture Department Admins
tration Building.
Guard Bernard Toombs, Of
Berwyn, Md, told Homicide Squad
detectives that 1t. Kermath. who
had been on sick leave. shot him.
self in the guard room Of the
administration building shortly
after arriving there to chat with
his co-workers.
1t. Kermath, who lived at 28l
South Ninth street. Arlington.
underwent an operation at Mt.
Alto Hospital May II and was
still patient there. his friends
said.
About 8 o'clock last night. he
came into the Agriculture admin
istration building. The guards
said he told them he had come
to see a movie but felt
too respondent to go.
Guard Toombs said he was In
the locker room but out of sight
Of 1t. Kermath when he heard
two shots and ran to the lieu-
tenants side. 1t. Kermath ordi.
narily kept his SO caliber revolver
In his locker.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
H John A. Giles

Defense Secretary johnson re-
ported last night that devices
and techniques are being devel-
oped in our laboratories to neu-
tralize the effectiveness of mass
weapons.
He did not specify. in an Armed
Forces Day speech in New York,
whether atomic bombing was in
cluded in the term mass weap-
ons" but he did say that in recent
months encouraging gains have
been made along lines that offer
promise of solutions for some
problems of high priority"
He reported the Defense De-
partment was making "every rea-
sonable effort to maintain a mar
gin of chronological superiority"
in such developments.
Then, without mentioning Rus
sia's millions of people, he stated
we shall need that margin of su-
periority ito offset the probably
numerical superiority of an ag-
Evening star., 1950-05-21
55Perish in Blast
In Reich Coal Mine
BY the Assoeioted Press

GELSENKIRCHEN. Germany
Sunday, May 21.-An explosion
ripped through the Dahlbusch
coal mine near here yesterday
killing SIS miners and injuring SO
others.
That was the official count
early today when all miners who
had been working in the 1922
foot deep seam had been ac-
counted for by rescue squads.
More than 300 miners were al
work at the time of the blast
which was attributed to firedamp
Officials said many men dice
instantly from terrible burns
while others were suffocated
Many of the injured were severely
burned.
1t was West Germany's worst
coal mine accident since the
Grimberg disaster of 1916, in
which 439 died.
Mine officials said the mine
safety squad had inspected Gal
lery No. 7. in which the blast oc-
CURED. only Is minutes before
the explosion.
Weeping mothers, wives. anc
children of miners throngec
around the mine last night as q
line Of stretchers bearing the VIC
Tins emerged from the pithead
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Truman Says Attacks
On 'Bureaucrats Are
Often 'Demagoguery'
Tells Women Democrats
'Rubber-Stomp' Tog
Is Not on Insult
By Robert K. WoIsh

President Truman declared last
night that attacks on "bureaucrats
and unnecessary people on Gov
ernment payrolls" are otter dem
agoguery."
Speaking at the 21st anniver-
sary dinner of the Democratic
Women's National Council, he also
said members of Congress need
not feel insulted when called rub
ber stamps"
II was one of those in the Sem
ate who was called a rubber-stamp
Senator" he told several hundred
guests at the councils dinner at
the Mayflower Hotel. do you
know what rubber stamp Con-
gresham or Senator is? He is a
man who is elected on the plat
form of the party and who tries to
carry out that platform in CO.
operation with the President of
the United States. That's all he
Is"
The President added that he
himself "got in a whale Of a lot of
trouble" trying to carry out sena-
torial campaign pledges he made
in 1884 on the basis of the Demo-
cratic national platform Of 1882.
He remarked, however, that he was
not sorry for it. :.
His references to Government
(See TRUMAN. Page ALL
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Mccarthy Is Accused
ByState Departmental Of
Crude Misquotation'
Charged With Implying
Falsely Thut Loyalty Files
Are Open to All in Agency
BY the Associated Press

The State Department charged
last night that Senator Mccarthy
Republican, of Wisconsin, had de-
liberately misquoted a congress
sional report to imply falsely that
loyalty files were wide open to
anyone in the department.
Actually access to the files is
strictly limited" the department
said. It accused Senator Mccarthy
of a "crude misquotation" in which
he substituted the name of the
department itself for the name
of its security division.
This was done in a Chicago
speech May 6, the department
Evening star., 1950-05-21

on defense reached this week by
the IL Atlantic pact nations
better use and coordination of
Western resources.
Closer cooperation between the
official information services of
Britain and the United States and
erection of more radio stations to
carry the Voice of America and
the British Broadcasting Corp. be-
hind the Iron Curtain may result
from the conference today of
Edward w. Barrett. United States
Undersecretary of State, and
Christopher warner, his opposite
number in the British Foreign
Office.
Informed sources said they
might also arrange to exchange
some personnel in order that the
working reporters and broad
casters might better understand
the operations of both countries.
Goes to Rome Tuesday.
Mr.. Barrett's trip here followed
closely on President Truman's s
statement that the West must in
tensify its efforts to provide cor
rect information about the free
world to people behind the Iron
Curtain. 1t also followed the con-
clusion of the American, British
and French foreign ministers that
faith in freedom must be activated
into dynamic force.
Mr.. Barrett is to confer with
American and British information
officers again tomorrow and Mon
day. He will go to Rome Tuesday
The propaganda campaign may
be one of the more concrete de.
(See EUROPEAN, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Post office Prepares to Start
One-o-Doy Delivery Tomorrow
Over-the Counter Sunday Business Ends;
Personnel Changes to Be GroduoI

The Washington Post Office last
night shut up shop for all over
the-counter business on Sundays
and stood ready for tomorrow's
start of one-a-day mail deliveries.
An economy wave-and not
"snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom
of night"-also has caused the
office here to arrange for dropping
81 temporary clerks and trans
ferring 125 carriers to clerical
duties.
Personnel changes, Assistant
Postmaster w. Gordon Bell said.
will be more gradual than was
indicated earlier. The 81 will not
leave until the end Of this week.
The 125 carriers will be brought
inside" in groups every two weeks
until June "a.
When the stamp. general deliv-
cry, parcel post, information and
other windows went down at 6
o'clock last night at the main
Evening star., 1950-05-21

The Air Force soon will start
operating it's giant B-36 bombers
at a special base in the Northeast
section of the United States for
the first time. 49,.
A spokesman said yesterday
that the new bomber base at Lime
stone, Me-, was ready to handle
the six-engine, 10.000-mile-range
bombardment planes on a staging
basis and that they soon would
start retueling there on training
flights.
Work was started on the base
in 1947 with $18 million allotted
by Congress. Another request for
an additional $25 million to COM
plete the base has been made by
the Air Force. Until then, there
will be no East Coast base capable
of handling B-36s for sustained
operations, although department
officials claim that the huge planes
can land and take of from any
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Margaret Truman Reported
Asking TO Cancel Contract
BY the .sseeiaisd Press

PHILADELPHIA. May 20. -
Margaret Truman's manager has
asked the Robin Hood Dell to re-
lease her from her contract to
appear here this summer, Fred
eric r. Mann, Dell president, said
today.
Mr.. Mann said that the James
Davidson Agency Of New York
made the request.
IT don't know exactly yet what
it's all about" Mr.. Mann said. Il
understand there's a possibility
she may not be singing at all this
summer"
He declined to elaborate.
Miss Truman was scheduled to
appear July 81 in the closing out
door Dell program. of the season.
Mr.. Mann said he expects to
reach q decision Monday. ma
turally If the Presidents daughter
wants a release from her contract,
Wen give 1t to her." he added.
Evening star., 1950-05-21

post Office. they were to stay
closed until 8 am. tomorrow.
That goes for Sundays and holi-
days hereafter. 1t also goes for
every night after 6 pm. Mondays
through Saturdays. Money order
and postal savings windows will
close at noon Saturdays.
But the place won't be deserted
or bereft of all accommodations
for people who want to mail let
ters. Mr.. Bell explained. In the
lobby of the building at North
Capitol street and Massachusetts,
avenue are several mail-o-mat
machines and stamp-selling coin
boxes. And the letter slots will
be there as usual.
Behind the closed windows will
be employees, although consider.
ably fewer than the previous Sun
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Unidentified Woman Killed
By Train al RiverdaIe

An unidentified woman was
killed last night when she was
struck by a Baltimore & Ohio
passenger train at Riverdale. Md.
Her body was so badly mangled
by the swift train that members
of the Bladensburg Rescue Squad
said they could not even approx
mate her age.
Witnesses said the dark brown
haired woman walked along the
tracks into the path Of the ap-
preaching train between the
Riverdale station platform and the
grade crossing.
She was wearing a black dress.
rescue squadsmen said. but this
was so badly torn that no identify
ing marks could be found.
The train stopped for IS min
utes after striking the woman be-
fore continuing on its way to Gin
cinnati.
The victims remains were taken
to the Gasch funeral home at
Hyattsville. Efforts to identify her
through fingerprints will be made
by police today.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Josephine Lowmon's
Nine-Doy Diet
Announced Today

Josephine Lowman, whose
"Why Grow Old?" column ap-
pears daily in The Star, an
nounces today the details of
her Nine-Day Diet which was
such a popular feature last
year.
Turn to page D-II and learn
how you can lose S to 10
pounds a day on a diet which
still provides you with tasty
foods that contribute to good
nutrition.
The daily diet menu will ap-
pear beginning tomorrow and
will be published for nine days
in the paper most Washington
women read-THE STAR.
Phone Sterling 5000 for home
delivery.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Food Company Driver
Tells Of Killing Boss
In Shortage Dispute
Fired EmpIoye Gives Up;
Is Choreed in Shooting
Of Thomus 6. Curnes

A food company driver sales
man last night described how he
drew q pistol and killed his boss
after series of shortages in his
accounts.
The employe, Luther A Weak
ley. 40, was held without bond
for action Of the grand jury on
a murder charge by United States
Commissioner Cyril 8. Lawrence
Fatally shot was Thomas q
Carnes. 43. manager Of the Blue
Plate Foods Co., a distributing
firm. Mr.. Carnes. who lived al
828 North Edison street, Airing
ton, died in Casualty Hospita
three hours after the shooting.
Although Weakley talked freely
during his arraignment last night
police were unclear on what
caused the shortages to which hi
constantly referred.
Tells Of Mutual Fear.
He summed up his troubles
this way:
1T was one of those things. ]
was afraid of him (Mr. Carnes)
and he was afraid of me-"
Mr.. Carnes' widow. however
told q reporter her husband never
had any trouble with anyone and
she knew nothing Of his difficul-
ties with Weakley.
Mr.. Carnes was shot through
the head and above the heart while
sitting in his ONCE at 316 F street
NE. at II am. Half an hour
later, Weakley walked into the
Fifth Precinct Station and. ac-
cording to Pvt. Anthony Cuozzo,
asked:
Have you had any report about
the shooting Of o man named
Carnes?"
ADMITS SnOOtlng.
When Pvt. Cuozza said he had
such a report, Weakley. according
to the policeman. volunteered:
I'm the guy that shot him."
At his arraignment. the tall,
graying prisoner calmly told Com
missioner Lawrence:
This is the first time I've been
through something like this. What
do you suggest?"
Mr.. Lawrence advised him Of
his rights to get counsel but
Weakley said he wanted to 60 on
with the arraignment.
1t. John X. Baker then testified
that Weakley had confessed
shooting MIR. Carnes and had
identified the pistol. Police re-
vealed earlier that Weakley told
them he had taken the pistol
home. Police said they found a
(See SHOOTING. Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Most cotholie Papers Side With Buden,
After Chovez Attock. Page As

said. 1t made public it's second
point-by-point analysis of an ad-
dress by the Wisconsin Senator
who has carried on running at
tack against the department as
a hotbed of communism.
The department statement
picked the speech apart in an at
tempt to show Senator Mccarthy
wrong on IA points. These in
cluded a number of previously
denied and "reputed" charges,
which drew a new broadside of
replies.
Ranking Minority Member.
In another development yester-
day it appeared likely that the
prospective congressional inquiry
into Federal employment of
sexual perverts would be handled
by committee of which Senator
Mccarthy is the senior Republi-
can.
Senator Mccarthy has coupled
to his charges of communism in
the State Department the conten-
ton that the department also has
lot of homosexuals on its pay
roll. The department has denied
it.
1t appeared yesterday that a
proposed inquiry into the extent
of homosexuality in all Govern
ment agencies may be handled by
special investigations subcom-
mittee of the Senate Expenditures
Committee. Senator Hoey, Demo-
crat, of North Carolina. is chair
man, and Senator Mccarthy, the
ranking minority member.
The State Departments state
ment in reply to Senator McCar-
thy led off with a blow aimed al
his assertion that State Depart
ment loyalty files furnished to 9
q
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South Amboy. Poee AS
were injured. Rescue workers con-
ceded there was practically no
possibility of finding any of the
missing still alive.
Tonight the smoldering docks
here f1ared up again, frightening
townsfolks anew. But firemen con-
trolled the small blaze within As
minutes.
Six hundred tons of explosives
roared into the air last night in
one terrifying rumble that was
heard in three states. The ex-
plosives were being loaded from
freight cars onto barges to be
shuttled to ship out in lower
New York Bay.
No Reason to Suspect Sabotage.
All the % missing men had been
at work on the loading operation
on the South Amboy waterfront.
Their foreman, who had walked
away from the site when the pier
behind him rose up in one spout
of black smoke and flame, said he
turned and suddenly could find
no one.
The foreman, Austin Stotle of
South Amboy, was the principal
witness this afternoon before an
official Coast Guard board of in
quiry. He told them he saw MOTH
ing unusual about the area just
before the blast and had no rea-
son to suspect sabotage.
Coast Guard Comdr. L. T. Jones
asked Mr.. Stotle If some small
boat, could have slipped quietly
into the loading area or If suspi-
cious persons had been sighted
at the scene. Mr.. Stotle said no.
Residents of the stricken area
toiled throughout the day to re-
store some semblance of order and
make temporary repairs to their
battered homes. Military patrols
moved through the area. and their
commanders said they would stay
all week end.
Area Turned Into Mine Field.
The board of inquiry was told
that 5000 cases of military anti
bpersonnel and anti-tank mines
and 1000 boxes of dynamite had
gone up in the blast.
Some Of the munitions rained
onto the city still unexploded,
turning the area into a treacher-
Gus mine field with all the dangers
of a front-line combat zone.
Sound trucks toured the town
to warn residents to watch where
they walked and not to touch any
strange objects. Army engineers
combed the area with their elec-
trical detectors in search of the
unexploded mines, each of them
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Johnson Cites Development
Of Mass Weapon Defenses
Armed Forces Chief Silent on Whether
Answer to Atom Has Been Found

gressor" But in the final analy-
sis, he said. the ability of troops
to use their weapons would mean
victory or defeat.
In connection with the Secre-
tary's statement about prospects
of solution of some problems of
high priority" a Defense official
said the assertion was based on
"newsworthy" developments in
behind the-scenes planning for
defense.
In other Armed Forces Day
speeches, military experts said
the, Nation is exploiting it's atomic
weapons leadership and is devel-
oping defenses against the posi-
bility of attacks with deadly
germs.
Assistant Defense Secretary
Paul H. Griffith said in Kansas
City that officials are convinced
that an earlier start and greater
know-how are enabling the
Evening star., 1950-05-21

PARIS, May 20 (P.-A train
with Belgian pilgrims coming
) from the Catholic shrine in
Lourdes jumped the track Is
miles outside Of Paris today.
Initial reports said the engineer
and firemen we're badly injured,
and six of the pilgrims slightly
injured, but that there were no
deaths.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
i. ). and Britain Plan
Stronger Propaganda
War on Communism
OfficioIs Confer in London
To Improve Cooperation
Of information Services
BY the Assceiuted Press

LONDON, May 20.-Britain and
the United States laid plans today
for a sharpened propaganda war
against Communism.
Their plans were being cast in
the same mold as the decisions
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of modern warfare, as each serv-
Ice rolled out samples of the land,
sea and air might which make up
the American fighting machine.
The biggest show was an all
afternoon exhibition of armed
power at Boiling Air Force Base.
Capt. William Lookadoo, Boiling
public information officer, esti-
mated about 250,000 visitors
poured into the base during. the
day. He said about $4,000 cars
passed the gates, but that many
visitors walked and came by bus.
1900 in Parade.
Earlier, President Truman, with
Gen. Eisenhower, Defense Secre-
tary Johnson and other military
leaders, watched a 70-minute pa
rade of more than 1900 uniformed
personnel on Constitution avenue.
Boiling took on something of a
circus air, as throngs of visitors
inspected planes, tanks and other
weapons, or milled through two
large hangers, where each of the
services had set UP dozens of dis
plays.
The big shows main ring" was
the 6,000-foot-long main runway,
where spectators stood four-deep
behind ropes to watch the four
hour display of 40 events.
While there will be no show at
Boiling today. most of the 500,0 900
square feet of exhibits-includ-
ing planes-will be open for pub
lie inspection from l to 6 pm.
Armed Forces Day ended last
night at the Washington Monu-
ment grounds, when stars of the
opera, musical comedy and con-
cert stage presented Gala
Salute to the Armed Forces" eli
NAKED by fireworks display.
5000 See Program.
Five thousand persons wit
messed the program sponsored by
the National Capital Sesquicen-
tennial Commission.
The temperature. which was in
the low SOS, kept the crowd down.
One thousand seats for which
complimentary tickets had been
issued were thrown open to the
public when only a few of the
ticket holders showed up. The
rest of the audience stood instead
of seating themselves on the
monument slope as usual. There
was heavy dew.
John Carter of the Metropoli-
tan Opera Association sang three
numbers and then introduced the
other singers: 13-year-old Anna
Maria Alberghetti, the little girl
from Italy whose New York debut
attracted national attention, sang
"Caro Nome; William Warfield,
Negro baritone, sang the Torea-
dor song from Carmen: Mary
Boutwell,, Canadian concert art
ist, sang Brahms Lullaby" and
Lucille Manners, radio artist, sang
Beautiful Dreamer"
Young Encounters Difficulty.
Robert Young. screen and radio
star, who was to have been the
big attraction, elected to read
Lincoln's Second Inaugural Ad-
dress. He had difficulty reading
it and started a pickering ex-
change with voices in the audi
ence. He told the INTO go home il
fSee ARMED FORCES, Page AID
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100000 Watch Armed Forces
Demonstrate Fighting Machine;
Truman Reviews Parade Here
Thrones Of Visitors
Inspect Latest in
Weapons at Boiling

In an all-day observance of uni
fication. well over 100000 persons
turned out here yesterday to help
the Nations military men and
women celebrate the first Armed
Forces Day.
It was a day, too, that. served
SOLDERING notice of the effectiveness
Evening star., 1950-05-21

Pictures OF Celebration for Districts
First Armed Forces Day. Poge At
u. S. Porodes Berlin Strength Week
Before Red Youth RolIy. Poge A-6
Evening star., 1950-05-21

Aeheson Report on London Talk Holds
Key to Bipartisan Policy. Poge 40
Foreign Aid Conferees Appeal For Political
Unity of West Europe. Pose Az
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y
One Of the hottest political
scraps OF this election year shaped
Victories Of z COP Progressives Hint
Split Republican Front. Pose Al
up with the simultaneous an
nounement for reelection by in
cumbent Dayton Phillips.
Mr.. Reece and Mr.. Phillips have
been at outs since the latter won
the nomination for the seat Mr..
Reece vacated in 1946 to become
COP chairman.
Taft-Hartley Stand Cited.
Obviously referring to Mr.. Phil
lips occasional departure from the
COP leadership - as. when he
voted against the Taft-Hartley
Act-Mr. Reece declared In his an
nouncement:
II find the people dissatisfied
in having their congressman re-
ject the leadership and principles
of the Republican Party in favor
of the leadership and principles
of radical elements in Washing
ton exemplified by such men as
Senator Pepper Of Florida and
Representative Marcantonio of
New York"
Mr.. Phillips emphasized an in
terest in "the welfare Of the
farmers and the welfare Of the
working men and women. I
was born in log cabin and fully
understand the trials and tribula-
tions of our people
Area Strongly Republican.
Mr.. Reece. so, is the owner of
banking interests and is pub
Usher of the Bristol, Tenn.-Va..
Herald Courier.
Mr.. Phillips. 40. is a bachelor.
He was a state district attorney
general in 1946 when he emerged
the victor in race which saw the
Reece forces. long dominant in
the district, badly split up.
The issue will be settled in the
August 3 Republican primary.
The first district. a mountainous
region in East Tennessee. long
has boasted OF being one of the
most solidly Republican strong
holds In the nation. Democrats
seldom bother to run for national
office there.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Live Shells Peril
Hunt for Bodies
In Jersey Blast
a Found, u More
Sought; Damage
Moy Be $40 Million
BY the Associoted Press

SOUTH AMBOY. N. j., May 20.
Men with mine detectors moved
cautiously along the shell-littered
waterfront tonight in search of
some trace of % men still missing
in the South Amboy munitions
disaster.
Four bodies already have been
recovered. Hundreds of persons
Evening star., 1950-05-21

Pictures Of Explosion and Effects in
South Amboy. Poee AS
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Radio Programs, Pages C-8-9
Complete Index Pose Az
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Continued on Page AS, Col. -
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Continued on Page "A, Col. ~
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(See WEAPONS, Page A-7)
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Hof Fight Shapes Up
As Reece Seeks 10
Regain Phillips Seat
Former 6. O. P. Chairman
Represented Tennessee
District for "a Years
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

JOHNSON CITY. Tenn, May
20.-Former Republican National
Chairman Carroll Reece tonight
announced his candidacy for Ten
nessee's first congressional district
seat which he occupied for "a
years.
One Of the hottest political
scraps of this election year shaped
Victories Of z COP Prosressives Hint
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Continued on Page B-l. Col. 81
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{see POST OFFICE, Page A-4.)
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(see EUROPEAN, Page A-5J
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Pilgrims Train DeroiIed

tsee ARMED FORCES, Page AT.
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Some cloudiness but mostly sunny and
warmer today. High near 10. Tomorrow
fair and somewhat warmer.
Evening star., 1950-05-21

tSee SHOOTING, Page A-6)
Evening star., 1950-05-21

(See TRUMAN, Page A-4.)