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Evening star., 1950-05-11
Milk Spilled on Rood
AS Truck Overturns

Several hundred gallons of milk
went down the drain today when
large tank truck overturned in
The vehicle jack-knifed on a
curve just south of the Lee boule-
ward underpass near Rosslyn.
The truck was driven by Rob-
ert Messer, 20, Frederick, Md, ac-
cording to park police Mr.. Mes
ser was treated at Arlington Hos
pital for leg cuts and other minor
injuries.
Evening star., 1950-05-11
Charles Graham Heads
Silver Spring Rotory

Charles N. Graham. Silver
Spring business manager for the
Chesapeake g. Potomac Telephone
Co, was elected president of the
Silver Spring Rotary Club yes
terday at the Silver Spring Hot
Shoppe. He succeeds Clifton B.
White. architect.
Other officers named include
Norman D. Wooton, vice presi-
dent: Joel Harper. secretary and
y. Fendall Caughlan. treasurer.
Fred Lutes. Mr.. White and VIII
liam Shepherd were named to the
board Of directors.
Evening star., 1950-05-11

Arlington parents who think
their children should be admit
ted to public schools this fall. even
though they won't be 6 years old
by September 80, should apply
for admission by May 20.
County elementary schools go
on an annual promotion system
this fall, and children will not be
admitted in both September and
February as in the past.
Many parents whose children
are a few weeks or months young
er than the IS by September"
deadline. have told school author
Evening star., 1950-05-11

There's bit of labor economics
also in the causes of the closing
of the Kempton mine. Ten years
ago, before the war. the miners
got ST a day. Now they get STATS.
In addition, the mine must pay
80 cents for every ton mined into
the United Mine Workers Pen
sion and Welfare fund.
While the cost of labor has more
than doubled, it is not possible,
on the present market, to get a
high price for industrial Goals.
The electric light plants and other
big producers of steam for power
have the oil spigot right in their
plants. For instance, the Potomac
Electric Power Co. in Washington
was using oil in its Benning plant
until two weeks ago; then it went
back to coal because there was a
slight increase in the price of oil.
This brings about a situation in
which the only survivors in the
Atlantic coal fields can be the
lowest-cost producers among the
mines-the ones with the thickest
seams and the most modern ma
chinery-or the small drift mines,
where the seam is open and the
coal easy to get at.
Other Areas Affected.
Maryland is not the only section
affected. The movement of coal
from the Southern Appalachian
field (part of Kentucky, Southern
West Virginia, Tennessee and
Virginia) to Norfolk and thence
by collier to Boston, has been
reduced.
Maryland's position in the coal
industry is becoming largely his
toric. The Georges Greek field
near Frostburg in Allegheny
County, is considered to be the
Oldest bituminous field in the
country. There was a mine oper-
ating there in 1852. Early in this
century Maryland's coal produc-
ton was about million tons a
year, and the State had about
5000 miners. 1t went down close
to the million mark between the
wars, and was increased to mil
lion tons during World War II.
Now it is less than a million tons
a year, with only about 1000
miners, and most of them are idle.
The Kempton mine is at the
farthest headwater of the Po-
tomac River.
The start of the Maryland
West Virginia border runs righ,
through the mine property be-
tween the company store and the
school.
Kempton employed 218 men, was
Maryland'S biggest mine and was
Evening star., 1950-05-11
6. P. KiIimore, Pointer,
Dies of Heart Attack

George P. Killmore. 50, who
roomed at 1921 Ninth street NV.
was pronounced dead on arrival
at Arlington Hospital today. ap-
parently from a heart attack.
Mr.. Killmore collapsed while
working as a painter on a Falls
Church construction job. The
hospital said it is believed no rel
ativeS are in the Washington area.
Evening star., 1950-05-11

equipped with modern machinery.
It could produce 1900 tons of coal
a day-enough to load 81 railroad
gondolas.
whats going to happen to the
men?" is the question the reporter
constantly asks.
Il wish I knew" is the usual
answer.
On the bulletin board outside
the brick building housing the mo-
tors for the hoist are two type
written notices signed by Stephen
Conanico, general manager, Davis
Coal and Coke Co. One announces
the closing of Mine AZ Exemption
mine) on April is. The other says
the company doctor will make no
more calls in Kempton.
Only two or three of the men
have obtained jobs in other min
ing operations. Some of the work.
ers are employed in dismantling
the mine. The rest are gloomily
watching. They are living on
their unemployment insurance,
about $25 a week, which will con-
tinue for six months.
Mine will Flood.
They're out to break our
United Mine Workers Union -
says Bill Bennett, head of the
local, "and. by God, they're not
going to get away with it,"
But the men watching the ma
chinery coming out of the shaft
realize that it is something more
serious than that. The pumps
are to be pulled out. Then the
mine will flood. It is doubtful
that it ever will be opened again.
A surprising thing is the re-
centness o. big expenditures to
keep the Kempton mine in COM
petition. A foreman points to the
rolls of rubber betting and the
steel rollers on which the belt
moved. This is the salvage of a
conveyor 1,700 feet long, installed
after the war at cost of $4,000.
A washing plant, which cost 81
million, was built by the company
to keep the product of its mines
and stripping operations in COM
petition. One of the disadvan-
tages of Maryland coal is that it
contains some slate and leaves a
large ash residue. This can be
corrected by washing. But the
loss from washing was much
larger than expected. The COM
pany sold the plant, presumably
at big loss, and its new owners
operated it two weeks.
George Sewers, who is At and
worked for the mine "a years, says:
They ought to build a gas cham
ber for us old bucks and finish
Irs off -
Evening star., 1950-05-11

tiles their children should be ad-
mitted in the fall.
To take care of this demand,
the school psychology department
will evaluate all children who will
be 6 between. September 80 and
March /. if their parents request
it.
Those considered sufficiently
mature will be recommended for
September enrolment. Plans
call for the evaluation to be held
in July.
Parents are asked to ma1 an
application post card to the
School Department, 2732 Wilson
Evening star., 1950-05-11
By George Kennedy
Stor Stoff Correspondent

~ 'N~SSI
Stor Stoff Correspondent
OAKLAND, Md, May 1.-THE
glad cries of miners children fill
the air as they rotate their merry
60 round swing near the Kemp
ton School in the warm May
sunshine.
Nearby at the tipple men are
hoisting machinery to the sur
face. prior to abandoning the
Kempton mine.
An engineer looks over at the
boys and girls playing and re-
marks:
They're the ones to be pitied.
They don't know yet what they're
UP against, but they are the ones
who always get it. whether it's
strike or a shutdown"
The 9 o'clock bell rings in the
school, and the children run in
side. There are So children in
Kempton School, and in the up
per grades they are taught geog-
raphy
This subject now comes under
the head of social sciences"
Children no longer trace maps
and memorize borders and cap
itals. An attempt is made to ac-
quaint them with facts of eco
nomic Importance.
But economic facts change
faster than geography books are
published. Only a book compiled
in 1850 could put together all the
facts that are contributing to the
closing down of the Kempton
mine.
Threat From Afar,
AS they page their books and
come upon the map showing the
Persian Gulf, it is doubtful
whether the children or teachers
realize the Importance to Kemp
ton of Kuwait, a little sovereignty
ruled by sheik. It's Importance
is this; Kuwait contains the larg-
est pool Of oil in the world, and
last year it put % million barrels
into Atlantic Coast ports.
The bottom of the same page
is taken up with the map of
Arabia. But the book does not
tell the story of the Arabian Amer
ican Oil Co.'S contract with King
Ibn Saud, which pays that medi-
eval monarch more than $40 mil
lion year, builds modern high
ways across his desert kingdom
and last year added Il million
barrels to American oil imports.
The book does tell that Vene-
zuela is an oil producer, but is
unable to give the current figures
of importation of Venezuelan oil.
This has increased from 10 mil
lion barrels in 1916 to 102 million
barrels last year. Most Vene-
zuelan oil is refined on the islands
of Curacao and Aruba; and the
residual, the oil left after the ex-
traction of gasoline, is shipped to
the United States. This is fuel
oil, directly competing with coal.
In 1916 it totaled AZ million bar
rels; in 1949, At million barrels.
But that's not the whole story.
All this importation of oil, which
added up to about 200 million
barrels last year, is only one-f1fth
of the increased domestic produc-
tion--American oil from American
wells. This increase since the war
has been a billion barrels. Do
mestic Oil production doubled in
that period. went up from l bill
lion to 2 billion barrels a year.
By Water to East.
Most American oil is shipped
from gulf ports up the East Coast.
The price is set in Texas, and the
foreign oil does not undercut it
much. That's what rail-born coal
is up against-billions of barrels
of waterborn oil.
Add to this pipeline natural
gas, the place of which has in
creased in the national power pic
ture from III to 1914 per cent in
the past 10 years.
Evening star., 1950-05-11
School Groups to See Film

The child study groups of the
East Silver Spring and Oak View
Elementary schools will see a film
Meeting the Emotional Needs OF
Childhood"-at a joint meeting at
l pm. tomorrow at the Oak View
School.
Evening star., 1950-05-11
ILO Sets Up Office in BruziI

The International Labor Or
ganization has decided to set up
an office In Sac Paulo to study
manpower In Latin America.
Evening star., 1950-08-15
-AP Wirephoto.

Swinton said most of the artillery
men were wounded. They had
lost nine pieces of heavy artillery
and IA trucks.
Mustangs Attack Reds.
Mustang fighters bombed and
rocketed the Reds while they were
trying to move this equipment.
Pilots who swept in at tree-top
level said they mashed all the
trucks and destroyed or damaged
most of the guns.
Pilots confirmed reports Com
munist mechanical column of
more than 100 vehicles was NOV
ing toward Chinju. Marines and
parts of the 25th Division COM
manded the heights four miles
south of the rubbed city.
The airmen attacked the column
which, Gen. MacArthur's head
quarters said, contained no tanks.
Intellengence estimates were that
the Reds are trying to reinforce
their battered 9Th Division around
Chinju to keep American Marine
and Army units from moving
north to counter impending Red
blows at the Naktong River line.
An American heavy cruiser
darted within less than 100 miles
of the Soviet-North Korea border
and shelled shore installations in
the northernmost foray by Allied
WarshipS in the war,
Evening star., 1950-08-15
O'Dwyer
Continued From First Page.)

became District Attorney for
Kings County.
He served in World War II
through various grades from
major to brigadier general.
Mr.. ODwyer was first elected
Mayor in 1914 and was reelected
last November for four year term
after first declining to run again.
He has been twice married. The
first Mrs. O'Dwyer died and last
spring the Mayor married Mrs.
Sloane Simpson.
Mr.. ODwyer's appointment as
Ambassador will complicate the
political situation in New York.
If his resignation comes before
September 20 a new Mayor will
be elected in November to serve
the remaining three years of his
present term. A resignation after
that date. however, would make
Vincent R. Impellitteri. president
of the city council. acting Mayor
until an election can be held in
November, 1851.
An ambassadorship would not
rule Mr.. O'Dwyer out as a pos
sible candidate for Governor OF
New York.
AS Ambassador to Mexico Mayor
ODwyer will receive $4,000 q
year and certain expenses. He
also will be eligible for $4,000
annual retirement pay from New
York City. The New York may
orally pays $4,000.
Evening star., 1950-08-15
BY Roy Folk
North American Newspaper Alliance

AT A HELICOPTER BASE IN
KOREA, Aug. 15.-Many a soldier
will thank the elevator plane
for saving his life when this war
is over, because bumpy Korean
roads often mean death to the
critically wounded.
To aid in the evacuation Of in
jured from battle areas and to do
other odd jobs, the Sd Rescue
Squadron in Japan set up an ad-
vance base in Korea on July 7.
The advance detachment. COM
manded by 1st 1t. Raymond E
Costello of Tehachapi. Calf, has
already lost two planes. But re-
placements and reinforcements
will strengthen the "egg beater
unit"
1t. Costello unhesitatingly
states: 1--WE can do more with one
helicopter in two hours than eight
ambulances can do in the same
period. We give priority to pa
tients who cannot stand the ride
over the rough roads.
I'VE pick up the wounded within
yards of the firing line and deliver
Evening star., 1950-08-15
Maryland Awaits
County Fair Season
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Aug. Is. - The
States fall season of country fairs
will burst into full bloom in the
next couple of weeks.
The high spot, of course, is the
Tlmonium State Fair, which
opens this year on August 80 for
an 11-day stand coinciding with
the annual racing program at the
half mile track.
The Eastern Shore agriculture
fair at Cambridge and the Cum
berland fair begin week-long
stands Monday.
The Montgomery County fair
starts at Gaithersburg next Tues
day for five days.
Other dates on the fair calendar
include:
August 3O-31-Howard County Fair
September l3-l5-Harford County Fair
sssDttsmRSsT ssDtsmRsT Fair
September 27-SCIcharles County Fair
at La Plata.
September 80 - Southern Maryland
Horse Breeders Draft Horse Show, David
Sonville.
october 5-6-Frederick Fair
october 4-7-Wicomico County Farm
and Home Show. Salisbury.
October 5-7-,Calvert County Fair at
Prince Frederick.
-, October 14-Princess Anne Livestock
| Show.
| october 1921 = Southern Maryland
Agricultural Fair. Upper Marlboro.
November 11-l7 Eastern National
Livestock Show. Timonium
Evening star., 1950-08-15
.HeIicopters Save Wounded GIs,
Avoiding Risks Of BumPy Roods

them to within two blocks Of the
big evacuation hospital. We land
on a baseball field where a waiting
ambulance rushes him to the op-
Grating table. The nearest air
strip to this hospital. located in
the center of a Korean town, is
20 miles away"
Among it's accomplishments,
this unit counts the fact that it
carried the first South Korean
soldier evacuated by helicopter.
Air Force helicopters have been
especially designed for this mis-
sion. Amphibious. they have steel
bubbles on each side which make
the cabin bigger. The helicopter
can carry two patients lying cross
wise to the length of the plane.
1t. Costello's boys also run a
taxi service for generals who want
to confer with their frontline
subordinates. The generals can
see in a matter of hours what
would otherwise take them days
to see.
Evening star., 1950-08-15
Reds Don BIackface
To |nfiItrate Lines
.0fU.S. CoIored Troops
By Ston Swinton
Associated Press War Correspondent

UNITED STATES oath INFAN-
TRY REGIMENT, Korea. Aug. Is.
Six North Korean guerrillas
slipped through the lines of Amer
lean Negro infantry soldiers with
a blackface dodge.
Mai. Horace Konaho Of Los
Angeles told about it. He said a
patrol reported seeing two men
wearing American uniforms and
with faces and hands blacked
coming out of the hills with four
North Koreans whose hands were
held overhead. The group came
over at point where there were
no troops.
The six passed through unchal-
lenged. Later it was discovered
no prisoners had been turned in.
That night a guerrilla attack
broke out near the village the six
were seen entering.
Some days ago oath Regiment
infantrymen found two dead
North Koreans with faces black
ened.
Blackface is a trick first used
by the Germans against the Negro
American 92d Division in Italy.
It's new in the Korean war.
Negro artillerymen yesterday
captured two North Korean guer-
rillas hiding in a hut less than
100 yards from American gun
positions.
These two Communist inflltra-
tors proved to be hungry, terror
striken men.
That amt superman. said one
CT as Corpl. David Brown, jr., of
Houston, Tex. and Pfc. Joseph
Holmes of Jamestown, N. Y. Or
dered the two into a jeep. They
were taken to an Interrogation
center.
Few guerrillaS are captured
Tough and dangerous, they usual
ly fight to the death. Alert 1t.
Lavon Smith of Austin, Tex,
caught these two and a woman
partisan who had concealed them.
One was a half-starved 16-
year old boy so weak he hardly
could stand. The other was a
bearded man of middle age. He
had been wounded by American
fighting men several days ago and
had Smeared tar over bullet
wounds in his chest and left leg
to stop the bleeding.
Both appeared to have been iso-
lated from other guerrilla forces
and had thrown away their guns.
At the front there was no one
who could speak Korean. But
tonight Korean interpreters hope
to learn more from them about
the guerrillas.
American officers said this pair
was not typical but their condi-
ton showed that some Red parti-
san fighters are suffering severely
from lack of food and medical at
tention.
Evening star., 1950-08-15
German Gets IA Years
For Serving as Red Spy
BY the A:soeioted Press

ANSBACH, Germany. Aug. 15.-
An American High Commission
court today sentenced an East
German to IA years imprisonment
for spying for Russia.
Kurt Muecke, 81 confessed that
he had tried to collect military in
formation in the American zone
Of Germany. He said he had been
working in the service of a Soviet
intelligence major.
Muecke pleaded guilty to both
charges of espionage and of i'm
personating an America officer.
Muecke was arrested by Ameri-
can military police July 25 when
he attempted to enter the United
States Signal Corps school here
while wearing an American SOL
dier's uniform.
Evening star., 1950-08-15
Tropical Storm Stalls
800 Miles From Miami
BY the Assoeioied Press

MIAMI, Fla, Aug. 15.-The
Atlantic hurricane stalled over
open water about 300 miles from
Miami today with winds of 100
miles an hour whirling around its
center.
The storm has come to a halt" "
said Grady Norton, chief hurri-
cane forecaSter in the Miami
Weather Bureau. Apparently it
will wallow around out there for
a few hours, building up in in
tensity."
Future movement is uncertain,
he reported.
A Navy hurricane hunter bored
into the storm early this morning
Mr.. Norton said nc storm warn
ings are up on any land area
Only shipping has been advised to
take precautions against the
heavy winds.
The disturbance is too far
from the mainland to cause any
uneasinesS at this time" said the
forecaster. "It is having no effect
on weather over land"
Mr.. Norton gave the position at
10 am. as about latitude 25 de-
grees north and longitude 81 de-
gresS west.
Evening star., 1950-08-15
By the Associoted Press

TOKYO, Tuesday, Aug. 49,
Tert OF Gen. MacArthur'S head
quarters Korean release No. 256
issued at 1870 pm. (11:3O pm.
EDIT yesterday: ~
Yesterdays attack by the United
States oath Infantry Division re-
suited in a gain of over 1,00C
yards against the enemy bridge
head east of the Naktong River
southwest of Changnyong. A
heavy counterattack late yester-
day failed to dislodge this division
from it's newly-won position. The
oath resumed its attack this
morning.
Tank Crossing Contained.
The Republic of Korea 1st Di-
vision has succeeded in con-
tanning a tank-supported cross
ing of the Naktong River nea1
Cpyong.
Enemy attempts to cross the
Naktong River near Tuksong have
been completely nullif1ed by the
United States 1st Cavalry Divi-
sion with Communist dead num-
bered at 1000.
Evening star., 1950-08-15
Official Korea War Reports

In the eastern sector. the South
Korean Capital Division sue
ceeded in capturing Imam in its
drive on Chidong from the North.
Elsewhere in this sector, United
States elements of United Ma
tions forces advanced to within
half mile of Pohang.
Enemy Pockets Being Mopped Up.
In the extreme south. Task
Force Kean is continuing to mop
up enemy pockets at Pongam and
Haman.
Naval bombardment scored hits
on a railroad bridge tunnel and
the marshalling yards at Tan
chon.
Fifth Air Force F-80s, F-51s and
Navy F-4Us few bombing and
straf1ng missions in the Andong,
Kumchon, Poksong and Waegwan
areas. Preliminary reports show
that two tanks, nine trucks, two
vehicles, one oil storage tank, two
boxcars and two gun requirements
were destroyed and an additional
six tanks, six trucks. six vehicles
four gun requirements and two
small bridges we're damaged.
Evening star., 1950-08-15
81 Community Projects
OKd for PIunninq Funds

Approval of 81 community prof.
ects to get planning money was
announced yesterday by the Hous-
ing and Home Finance Agency.
The projects, with the amount
Of money to be received and the
estimated cost in brackets, in
clude:
Maryland Hagerstown, ele-
mentary school and addition to
Fountaindale School (two prof.
ects), $4,000 ($74,500).
Virginia-Staunton, elementary
school, $14,620 ($412.630).
Evening star., 1950-08-15
Monaghan Attributes
Korean Predicament
Partly 10 Tydings
BY the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Aug. 15.-1he at
titude of Senator Tydings, Demo
crat, of Maryland is at least part
ly responsible for this countrys S
predicament in Korea, according
to a rival candidate.
The charge was made yesterday
by Hugh J. Monaghan II, Balti-
more attorney, who is opposing
Senator TydingS in the Demo-
cratic primary September 18.
Senator Tydings' attitude as
chairman of the Senate Armed
Services Committee and a member
of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee" Mr.. Monaghan de-
clared, was in a large part the
cause of our unpreparedness fol-
the North Korean attack on June
25."
Tydings' Stand Assailed.
Mr.. Monaghan cited a news dis
patch from Washington on june
18 in which Senator Tydings was
quoted as suggesting repeated
contacts between Russian anc
United States leaders to work out
a plan for peace between the two
countries.
This statement" Mr.. Mon
aphan said, was made one week
before the North Korean invasion
of the South Korean republic.
Where can we expect to get
when the chairman of the Senate
Armed Services Committee still
thinks on June 18 that we can
still negotiate with Stain? Cham
berlain's record at Munich is posi-
lively brilliant by comparison"
Mahoney Cites Letter.
At the same time, George P
Mahoney, candidate for the
Democratic gubernatorial nomina-
ton, accused Gov. Lane of forcing
State merit system employees tC
contribute to his political cam
paign.
The Baltimore contractor citec
a letter that he said had been re-
ceived by a State employe. The
letter, he said, asked the recipient
to give assistance in financing
this campaign by sending us E
check for as large a subscription
as is possible for you to make"
Let every member of the State!
merit system know here and now,
Mr.. Mahoney said, that when
am elected, the merit system o.
this State will be completely di
vorced from politics"
Evening star., 1950-08-15
Mrs. Julia Ford, Author,
Friend Of Writer'S, Dies
BY the Assoeioted Press

RYE, N. Y, Aug. 15.-Mrs. Ju-
lie Ellsworth Ford, 81, author,
playwright and friend of many
noted writer's, died yesterday.
A native of New York City, she
was the widow of Simeon Ford
owner of the old Grand Union
Hotel on the site where Grand
Central Terminal now stands. He
died in 1888.
Mrs. Ford was credited with
first bringing William Butle,
Yeats poems to the United States
Her New York home for many
years was a favorite gathering
place of noted writer's.
In 1924, Mrs. Ford set up 6
foundation to award $4,000 a yea
to the author of the best chill
dren's book.
She had a play, THE Mist,
produced in London in 1913 anc
wrote many other works including
a novel, Consequences" dealing
with the opium traffic in China.