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Evening star., 1950-07-15
Ammunition Blasts
In England !niure 80
BY the Asseeiatsd Press

GOSPORT. England, July 49,
Nine ammunition barges and part
of q munitions train blew up last
night In a series Of blasts which
rocked Portsmouth Naval Base
and started q harbor blaze.
Thirty persons were reported in
jured in the blasts which showered
live shells over a quarter-m mile
area and shattered windows
miles away.
An elderly woman sitting at a
sewing machine in Gosport was
seriously hurt when the concus-
sion hurled her to the floor.
There was no indication as to
what caused the blasts, but the
Admiralty said sabotage seemed
unlikely.
The fire was put out with the
help Of equipment from commu-
mites near this English Channel
port.
The barge on which the first
explosion occurred was moored
with others near the Royal Navy
ammunition depot at Bedenham,
on the outskirts Of Gosport, so
miles southwest Of London.
Evening star., 1950-07-15
BY the Assoeiaisd Press

TOKYO. Sunday. July 16.--
The tert OF Gen. MdcArthur's
consntuniQue No. 70, issued at
1:05 am. today (1O:05 am. Sat
urday EDIT:
The North Korean bridgehead
west Of Taejon remained intact
despite heavy losses inflicted by
strafing by friendly aircraft and
fire from American ground forces
latest reports indicate.
This sector was described as
fluid, with no enemy strength re-
ports yet given. No further in
formation was disclosed regarding
a field artillery position which was
overrun.
Morale and combat efficiency
remained excellent despite the
necessity of Withdrawals and hold
ing actions. The Air Force was
credited with giving splendid help
in infiicting heavy losses to enemy
troop concentrations and at-
tempted crossings.
Center Of Line Holds.
The center sector was described
as holding although limited with.
drawals were made by the South
Korean troops to higher grounc
in the Chongju-Koesan area. :.
In the eastern sector Of the
fighting the. North Korean 5tf
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Reds EneircIing Yonks,
Moscow Dispatches Say

MOSCOW, July Is P.-Dis-
patches to the Literary Gazette
today said North Korean forces
are driving south after having
crossed the Kun River.
The stories said Northern troops
are threatening American units
guarding Taejon by circling to-
ward their rear.
The paper said that despite "the
abundance of military equipment
1t is clear from MacArthur's COM
munique that American units have
wavered under the blows of the
peoples army and have begun tc
roll back"
Tank Support Reported.
It said United States infantry
soldiers were supported by "a large
number of tanks and artillery"
The paper said Northern forces
had surrounded "a group Of United
States units" in the Kun River
region, who had orders from Gen
Macarthur not to retreat.
The story of the Korean fighting
also told of the advance Of NORTH
Korean forces towards the Ameri-
can supply port Of Pusan on the
east coast.
Describes Fierce Fighting.
It described fierce fighting ''ir
the narrow area Of the shore low
lands up against the cliffs Of the
East Korean mountains" anc
claimed bridgeheads had beer
established about s5 miles north
of Pusan despite heavy fire from
American ships in the Sea o1
Japan.
(Previous dispatches from
Moscow had claimed Red troops
had almost reached Pusan.)
The Gazette said units of the
peoples army continue their at
tack in the direction Of Taejor
and Taechon."
Taechon is about 48 miles wesI
Of Taejon on the Yellow Sea.
It said the 9th South Korean
Division had been destroyed.
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Mccarthy Says Charges
Will Be 'Whiiewashed'
by The A.soeiated Press

Senator Mccarthy, Republican
Of Wisconsin, predicted today that
the Democratic majority Of q
Senate inquiry committee will de-
eide there was no basis whateve,
for his Communists-in- Govern.
ment charges.
A report the three Democrats on
the committee expect to issue
early next week will be "a COM
plete whitewash," Senator Nc
Carthy told reporters.
Senator Tydings. Democrat, o1
Maryland, the committee chair
man, refused to comment on Sen
ator McCarthy's forecast.
Senator Mccarthy also asserted
that the Democrats revised their
report extensively after he pro-
duced material last Wednesday
which he said proved that State
Department personnel files were
deliberately stripped Of deroga-
tory data in 1946. Edward p
Morgan, the committees chief
counsel, denied this.
Evening star., 1950-07-15
House Unit Passes Up
lis Day off 10 Continue
Inquiry on Ohio Reds
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

The House Committee on On
American Activities passed up q
Saturday holiday today to con-
tinue its probe Of Communism in
Ohio.
Under examination were opera-
tions of the United Electrical
Workers union (UE) which repre-
sents workers is some Ohio de-
tense plants.
The committee called on Mar
garet e. Steinbacher, a former
Office worker with the union in
Cincinnati, and Ester Tice, UE
organizer in the same city. Both
had been mentioned in earlier tes-
timony. -
Victor Decavitch of Cleveland,
former president Of the UE's Dis
trict 7 and a onetime Communist,
said he knew Miss Tice to have
been member Of the party.
Talmadge Raley, union business
agent, questioned by the COM
mittee yesterday, refused to an
swer number Of questions, some
Of them involving Miss Stein
bacher. E,
The committee Tentatively
planned to hold a closed session
later today to consider contempt
Of Congress proceedings against
Mr.. Raley, David H. Levisor and
Frank Hashmall.
The three witnesses refused yes
terday to answer questions on
whether they are, or ever have
been, Communists or members Of
any other organizations that the
committee deems subversive.
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a hotel which Erickson used
headquarters for his agents.
Race Service Owner Sues
Golfers for 81 Million

MIAMI, July IS R.-A 81 mil
lion libel suit against Collier
magazine was fled today by Ed
ward J. McBrids owner Of Con-
tinental Press, a race wire service
Mr.. Mcbride is the son Of Ar
thur B. Mickey Mcbride, Cleve-
land taxicab millionaire. Young
Mcbride, 26, is a student at the
University Of Miami.
The suit grew out Of an article
in the March IS issue of the mag
azine entitled "Florida's Struggle
With the Hoodlums." In it was
"a paragraph concerning the race
wire network. It quoted the Mi
ami and California Crime Com
missions as saying There is nc
doubt that the former followers
Of AL Capone now control the
net"
These statements, said the suit
ARE false, defamatory and damag.
ling to the reputation of the plain.
| till.
Young Mcbride testified at 8
Federal Communications Commits.
sion hearing here last April thai
he was sole owner Of Continental
| nress.
Evening star., 1950-07-15
Wounded Man Cauuh'
lin Fatal Shooting Of
|2Chicago Detectives
By The Asseeisssd Press

CHICAGO, July 15.-A young
man. wounded and armed with q
.38-caliber revolver. was captured
by police yesterday and admitted
Staying two veteran city detectives
in gun fight.
Police trapped the youth. Bernie
Davis. 81, colored, in closet of
% third-floor fiat four hours after
the gun battle with the detectives
in his West Side fiat.
Don't shoot. I'm the man
you're looking for. I shot the two
policemen" officers quoted Davis
as saying as he climbed from a
closet shelf. his arms raised over
his head.
Three detectives seized Davis.
They took him from the fiat, some
three miles from the scene Of the
shooting, to the States attorneys
Office. Officials said Davis in q
signed statement admitted shoot
ing the detectives.
Later Davis, who was shot in
the right knee in the gun fight
|re-enacted the shooting In his fiat
States Attorney John A. Boyle
said two charges Of murder will
be filed against Davis today. He
was held overnight in the Bride
well City jail Hospital.
The two detectives, Edward T
Crowley. 43, and Donald e. Nc
Corn1ick. 80, members Of the rob.
berry detail. each were shot three
times. They died shortly after
they were brought to the Cooh
County Hospital.
Mr.. Crowley, the father Of three
children, was a brother of Superior
Judge Wilbert Crowley. He had
been policeman for 13 years and
had won 10 creditable mentions
Mr.. Mccormick. who was single
(joined the force in 1885,.
Il The detectives had gone to
Davis home to question him in
connection with a $500 robbery OF
la loan Office in Weirton, w. Va.
last Wednesday.
Evening star., 1950-07-15
Bomber Tire Output Halted
By 7-Day Wildcat Strike
BY the Assoeiassd Pres.

AKRON, Ohio, July 15.-A
seven-day wildcat strike has
stopped production by the B. F.
Goodrich Co. of tires for big
bombers, the company said today.
Also stopped by the strike,
which has made idle about $500
workers, is the production of other
military tires, the company added.
Individual production records
by three employees were blamed
for the walkout. which has not
been authorized by Local S of
the C1O- United Rubber Workers.
In q letter to 300 employees, the
company declared it "has not
made unjustifiable revisions in
incentive standards because OF
the high individual performances
Of employees on such standards.
George Bass, president of the
CIO local, made no comment, but
he urged a return to work.
Evening star., 1950-07-15

The first Washington man te
appear in casualty lists from the
Korean fighting front was record.
ed today.
He is I'd 1t. Howell c. Thomas
jr., whose father is listed as living
at 3449 Seventeenth street NV
1t. Thomas was in a list OF Il
wounded.
Others on today's list, all oi
them Army men. were:
Pvt. Dan Elswick, Wise. Va.
Pfc. Virgil Anderson. Granite
Falls, N. C.
Sergt. 1ic George I. Baines, e.
mira Heights, N. Y.
Corpl. Victor Baker, Harlingen
Tex.
Pfc. Robert w. Blankenship. La
Rue, Ohio.
Pvt. Jack Bolen, East Barberton
Ohio.
Pfc. Bruce Brayerman. New
York.
Corpl. Herbert H. Brown. East
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Pfc. Richard A. Card, Wayerly
Pa.
Pvt. Robert e. Carl. Toledo
Ohio.
Pvt. David Cline, New Cumber-
land, w. Va.
M/sergt. william Darah.. New
Orleans. VI
Pfc. Louis De Felippi. Bristol
Conn.
Pfc. Virgil c. Elliott. jr.. cleve-
land.
Pvt. Robert P. Frybort, Wheat
field. Ind.
Pvt. Robert B. Grace III, Ham
mond. La.
Sergt. NC Robert Holloway
Glen Allan, Miss.
Pfc. Ralph Hutchinson, South
Rutland, N. Y.
Pfc. William Kelly, Wilmington.
Del ~
Evening star., 1950-07-15
Mechanic Arrested
On Woman S CHARGE

An Arlington housewife told
Fairfax police early today that she
had been assaulted and 27-year-
old automobile mechanic was ar
rested three hours later and
charged with rape.
Held in Fairfax Jail on COM
plant Of the 24-year-old woman
Is William Wesley Newton, 613
Wescott road. Falls Church.
Fairfax Detective Chief Grafton
Wells said the woman reported the
offense occurred In Newland's car
In the Sleepy Hollow section OF
Falls Church.
1t. Wells quoted her as saying
she had been out riding with
Newton and another man, but that
the latter had left the car earlier.
Newton was, arrested about 6
am. while still in bed at his home
in the West Lawn subdivision, 1t.
Wells said. Newton denied the
charge, the detective chief re-
ported.
Evening star., 1950-07-15
JUS. Officer SaysArms
Were Denied Korea 10
Prevent War on Reds
by the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, July 15.-Brig
Gen. William l.. Roberts, head OF
the United States Military Mis-
sion in Korea before the outbreak
of fighting there, says no heavy
military equipment was given the
South Korean government be-
cause it wished to attack North
Korea.
Gen. Roberts told a news con-
ference yesterday: "The South
Koreans believed the best de-
fense was to attack. To prevent
them from attacking, we gave
them no combat air force. no
tanks and no heavy artillery"
In Washington. Korean Ainbas-
sador John Myun Chang said
President Syngman Rhee had
pledged on his sacred honor
that South Korea never contem-
plated an attack on its Communist
Northern neighbor.
Rhee Quoted by Envoy.
Replying to Gen. Roberts, Am
bassador Chang quoted a state
ment by President Rhee, made
June 80, which said in part:
Apparently I. was not believed
when I spoke of the imminent
threat Of a North Korean invasion
or my promise Of non-aggression
was not accepted. because no arms
came to u.s."
Gen. Roberts, who returned
here to assume command OF For
Macarthur, told newsmen ths
South Korean soldier is fine ane
brave" and that the weakness o!
the army lies with the Officer
group. He says he. believes tht
young American officers anc
hattle-trained non-coms Car
"soup up" the South Korean
troops. which he says are wei
trained.
Defense Plans Incorrect.
When American troops pulled
out a year ago, Gen. Roberts said
they left the South Korean gov
ernment 53,000,000 worth Of
military supplies. including 2C
liaison planes, 1913 af1ti-tank guns
some 80 obsolete cannons, small
arms. ammunition and consid-
erable captured. Japanese equip
ment.
He said intelligence knew the
North Koreans had As Red tanks
and 100 Russian fighter planes
prior to the invasion. The gen.
eral said he left South Korea with
100, 900 men, $4,000 policemen, q
coast guard Of 1000 and an ali
force Of 5000.
Defense plans, he said. were
based on the premise that If Seoul
was lost the peninsula. was lost
"but this was incorrect because
we're still fighting"
Evening star., 1950-07-15

from a nervous disorder.
Mrs. Malonson asked to return
home last Wednesday after she
had started driving to the air.
base with her husband and rela-
tives visiting from Asheville. N. c.
The others continued to the
base and on returning to the
home, learned Mrs. Malonson was
missing.
A registered nurse, Mrs. IRalon-
son was described as 4 feet II
inches, Weighing 95 pounds, with
dark brown hair and eyes. She
was wearing a brown cotton dress
with short sleeves, and black shoes.
She carried a handbag contain
ing $40.
Evening star., 1950-07-15

from the owners, the Societa Gen
erale Immobiliare. for $26,500 q
year plus $4,000 upkeep.
6 Rooms Subrented.
Countess Valensano, a dignified
Texas Guinan, runs an operating
business called the Open Gate Co
The company subrents the six
lesser rooms to the Open Gate
Club, run by the ECA-subsidized
Roman ladies. The American $15,-
900 entities the members to q
years rent of the partial prem
|ises, to preferred service" in the
restaurant, and good seats at
movie openings. The movie, the
"Fiammetta" (''Little Flame")
features undubbed foreign pic
lures at top prices.
The clubrooms amount to about
one-twelfth of the cubic area OF
the entire establishment, includ-
ing the two-story movie house,
and the night club, with kitchens
The ECA has been irked to find
itself paying nearly half the rent
and getting use of a dozenth part
or less, of the whole plant. The
ECA itself has Offices in an upper
story.
Hundreds Belong-On Paper.
On paper the Open Gate Club
has several hundred members,
chiefly wealthy Italians and for
eign diplomats. The club also has,
on paper, a constitution providing
for the election of a president
two vice presidents, foreign and
Italian, and eight advisers.
But no election has ever been
called. and ECA is still dealing
uneasily with the aristocratic lady
founders. The temporary chair
man is Duchess Elena Della Ro-
we're Rospigliosi. The incandescent
spirit is Mrs. Carla Garabelli Or
lando, daughter of a great italian
statesman and head Of Italy's
league of women voters.
Countess Valensano, the i'm
pressaria, is one Of the governing
five Italian ladies. The clubs
sponsors number 16 foreign Am
baSsadors including the American
envoy, James c. Dunn. The key
ladies are able. according to the
charter, to pass on membership
candidates without appeal, by
secret ballot, and without being
obliged to state reasons for nom
admission"
The club was scaled for maxi
NUNS of 800 charter members at
$85 each, 1000 visiting members
at $3.50 and 5000 14-day men,
bers at $3.50. It was computed
that the club would clear as much,
even in falling under these figures,
as the $4,000 subsidy from ECA,
But travellers generally have ig.
'nored the ornate clubrooms, and
turned to commercial facilities
for the same services. Few
tourists and no pilgrims have
been able to meet the caviar prices
OF the night club. The pious are
too poor and the rich too scarce
except among diplomats anc
wealthy Italians. Diplomats, how.
ever, use the Open Gate for din
ners, enjoying the refined dance
teams and singers selected by thu
countess
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Robbery
Continued From First Page.)


inside the store trying on fur coats.
On the roof by skylight was
man identified as Raymond o.
Washington, 81, Of the 1900 block
of M street NV. Both are colored.
Police said when the skylight
was opened the burglar alarm was
set of. Washington was charged
with housebreaking. The girl was
turned over to Juvenile Court all-
thorities.
In the third incident almost
the same time-two men were
frightened away from the Century
Metalcraft Co., 1116 o street SEE.
Police said Eugene ]. Malone,
manager of the company, returned
to his Office early and scared of
two men who were hacking away
at the company safe. The men,
both colored, fed on foot. Appar-
emily nothing was taken, Mr.. Ma
lone reported, although the safe
dial was knocked on and the side
of the safe damaged.
Evening star., 1950-07-15

Not as cool tonight. High tomor-
row, 80 to IS.
Virginia-Mostly cloudy and hui
mid with showers and scattered
thunderstorms this afternoon and
tonight. Tomorrow considerable
cloudiness, warm and humid with
scattered thundershowers; high in
low or middle 80s.
Wind velocity at 1880 o'clock
this morning. seven miles per
hour; direction, east-southeast.
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The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District of Columbia Cloudy
with showers and scattered thun-
derstorms todny: high in upper
70s. Mostly cloudy, warm and hu-
mid with showers and probably
thunderstorms tonight and to-
morrow. Low tonight around 10.
Maryland-Cloudy and humid
with showers and scattered thun-
derstorms tonight and tomorrow.
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Indiana Petroleum Plant
Ripped by Blast and Fire
Rx fhe Assaciutad Prn..

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, July 15.-
An explosion and fire ripped the
Mid Continent Petroleum bull
plant in the southeast section Of
this city today. ..
Clint Seward, a city detective
said there were no casualties.
An unidentified driver whose
tank truck was being unloaded al
the time Of the blast escaped un-
hurt.
Windows in nearby buildings
and houses were shattered.
All the city's fire equipment was
called. The blaze had consumed
8 Of the 10 storage tanks two hours
after the explosion.
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$40 Million Tobacco Loss
Feared in North Carolina 4
By the Assoeiatsd Press

RALEIGH. N. c., July 15.-Tar
Heel farmers in the section east
and south of Kinston stand to lose
at least 100000 pounds of to-
bacco hit by heavy rain.
This would mean loss of So.
900. 900, figuring an average of so
cents a pound.
w. p. Hendrick, tobacco mar
keting specialist for the State De-
partment of Agriculture. made the
estimates after a survey trip
through the afflicted area.
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when Gov. Warren ran for office
in 1910 he was In no financial
position to make such q contribu-
ton.
He said he assumed Johns
ton was head Of q dog track be-
cause the dog tracks gifts to char
ity were presented by Mr.. Johnston
and he had also heard Johns
ton was head Of Sportsman's s
Park, the Chicago race track, but
he wasn't much interested in these
connections.
AS for himself, he said:
II have absolutely no connection
with crime in the past. present
or future. have been a business
man and working man all by
life"
just as the committee was end
ing yesterdays marathon session
- am. to II p.m.-committee
counsel, Rudolph HALEY, read into
the record letter from the Chi
cago attorney for one of the miss
ing witness, Harry Russell. This
is the reputed Chicago associate
Of Capone mobsters who, witnesses
have said. "muscled in" on q
Miami gambling syndicate.
Binaggio Case Mentioned.
In the letter, dated July 8, At.
torney Luis Kutner wrote that he
was returning the committee
subpoena, that Russell had failed
to appear in the attorneys Office
as he had agreed, but had tele-
phoned to say that "he had no
other choice than to take his
chances"
"He stated" the attorney wrote,
"that Binaggio's case history illus
trates his point Of view and de-
cision."
This was an obvious reference to
Charles Binaggio, the slain Kansas
City political boss.
The session yesterday produced
these other highlights:
An ex-deputy sheriff told Of ac-
cidentally coming on q bookie
headquarters where the bookie
boss told him he was making pro-
lection payoffs amounting to $500
a month during the winter season
and 500 a month in the summer
to two deputy sheriffs-one Of
whom is the brother-in-law OF
Sheriff Jimmy Sullivan Of Dade
County. The witness said he re-
membered the incident well be-
cause he was fired by Sheriff Sui
Ivan the next day.
Sheriff Sullivan, on the stanc
most of the day. testified his bank
account amounted to $4,000 wher
he became sheriff in January
1945. BY the end of 194S, HI
said his assets amounted to ap.
proximately $4,000 and he Il
worth $77,00 today. y
Since the Bureau Of Interna
Revenue became interested. thu
committee learned, Sheriff Sulli.
van has filed amended tax returns
for every year from 1943 through
1948. For 1916 alone, the records
showed, the corrected return al.
tered the income figure from &c..
435 to $36,511. Sheriff Sullivan
also admitted under questioning
that he gave an honorary deputy
sheriff's card to a known associate
of Gambler Frank Erickson. Ths
card, signed by the sheriff, wal
made out to Abe Allenberg, who
Chairman Kefauver said. was SEN
tto Miami by Erickson to managt
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Evening star., 1950-07-15
ECA
Continued From First Page.)

with a doorman uniformed in
green and gold, creamy furni-
ture and hunt-club decorations.
It has a night club and restaurant,
a luxurious public cinema with
224 deep seats, sumptuous lobbies
and six minor clubrooms. The
clubrooms, little used as yet, are
intended for afternoon bridge,
reading, teas, travel guidance and
art exhibits on a moneyed level.
The manager is Countess Elena
Valensano, statuesque woman of
Russian origin, formerly a friend
Of Marshal Badoglio and now
married to his nephew. 1t. Col.
Count Giuseppe Valensano. She
rents the four furnished stories