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Evening star., 1950-12-30
Railroad Engineers
Will Try TO Negotiate
Better Pact Terms
Mediation Boord Awoits
Vote of ; Other Unions
On Proposed Settlement
BY the Associofed Press

CLEVELAND, Dec. 3O.-The
Nations 10000 railroad engineers
today asked improvements in a
three-year peace pact the Gov
ernment hoped would settle long
wage dispute between the COM
panies and four operating unions
For two days, 1875 general chair
men of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers discussed the
settlement plan announced from
the White House December 81.
Then last night, Grand Chief
Engineer James P. Shields said
he and his negotiating committee
had been instructed to "go back
to Washington to negotiate the
terms of that memorandum into
more favorable settlement"
Other Unions Action Awaited.
Mr.. Shields declined to say what
changes the chairmen seek in the
plan. which provides wage in
creases for approximately 100000
engineers, firemen, trainmen and
conductors.
Before the meeting, however,
he expressed dissatisfaction with
the size of the wage boosts and
with the three-year moratorium
on future general increases.
The National Mediation Board
indicated in Washington it would
not act on the engineers move
until the other unions concerned
vote on the peace proposal.
General chairmen of the fire
men and of the trainmen meet
here next Thursday. The conduc-
tors general chairmen meet in
st. Louis January 7.
If the settlement is approved
by these three unions, a special
board might be set up under the
Railway Labor Act to consider
the particular problems of the
engineers.
Others Hint Acceptance.
The trainmen, in their weekly
publication, already have indi-
Gated editorially they will prob
ably approve" the pact with
some modification" as "the best
deal possible under the most i'm
possible circumstances"
The firemen's president, David
B. Robertson, has observed: when
you're under Government control,
you take what the Government
gives you"
(The Government has been
operating the railroads since
August 26, when it took over to
prevent the spread of a strike
by trainmen and conductors
On Wednesday an official spokes-
man for the conductors said his
union was dissatisfied with the
pact.
The Washington talks which
ended in announcement of the
(See ENGINEERS, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1950-12-30
Lee Reaches Tuequ

TAEGU, Korea. Dec. 80 P).-
The South Korean Republics &C.
year-old vice president, Lee ST
Yong. arrived today from Seoul.
He left the rapidly emptying capi-
tai by automobile two days ago.
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Asio Bloc Approaches Chinese With Plon
Tor Political Settlement. Page AZ

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with is American Sabres in a dog
fight of dazzling speeds.
Two MICS were damaged. All
the American planes returned
safely to. their base.
In an earlier. smaller jet fight
today, American Sabres shot down
one MIG and damaged another
near Sinuiju in Northeast Korea.
The American pilots said they
saw one MIG plunge into the
earth in flames from $500 feet.
They said the other was on it's
back, streaming smoke in a down.
ward plunge at low altitude.
2 Red Forces Advance.
On the ground, two Communist
forces swung II to 13 miles deep
into South Korea on the United
States 9th Armys icy Eastern
flank.
An 9th Army spokesman said
United Nations defenders were
in contact with the larger force
of 5000 Reds. 1t was operating in
the hill country 80 miles inland
from the Sea of Japan.
The smaller Communist force
of 1000 troops was only 10 miles
inland from the east coast.
There was no indication from
army headquarters that a battle
had begun.
Air Battle Details Sketchy.
Details of the wars biggest air
battle were sketchy. The Air
Force said, the fight began at 3:15
pm. Q:15 am, EST.
The MICS with their swept
back wings and the sleek Sabres
fought from $4,000 feet down to
5000 feet.
The Communist air force has
shown increased willingness to
fight as it's ground forces of
Korean and Chinese reds massed
along Parallel 38 for the second
invasion of South Korea.
Gen. Macarthur has predicted
the invasion will start rolling be-
tween January l and 10.
Ridgeway Sees "Severe Trials"
1t. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgeway,
the new United Nations field COM
mander in Korea, stressed the
gravity of the situation confront
ing Allied troops. In a year-end
statement, he told his command:
1--WE face severe trials. We
shall need dogged determination
in attack and utmost tenacity
in defense"
He compared the adversities to
those that faced Washington's
soldiers at Valley Forge. But Gen.
Ridgeway added:
Il have complete confidence in
your ultimate success"
Red Patrols Engaged.
Gen. MacArthur's war summary
said U. N. troops engaged Red
patrols in sporadic action. The
Communists forced Allied troops
to pull back on the Eastern flank.
The top commander reported a
thickening of enemy forces on the
Western flank.
Allied troops made minor gains
in the Chogyo-Oron sector of the
East Central front. But on the
Eastern front the southward-driv-
ing Reds had scored gains of seven
and half miles as early as Thurs
day.
Associated Press War Cores
pondent Hal Boyle reported the
capital of Seoul has become a
ghost town.
In four-hour clash q miles
north of Seoul, an Allied patrol
crossed the icy Imjin river but
ran head-on into Chinese Reds.
The Communists drove the patrol
back. The patrol said it destroyed
an enemy pillbox, killed 81
Chinese and wounded Is.
Associated Press War Corre-
spondent William Barnard re-
ported from 9Th Army headquar-
ters there was evidence of Com
(Cao KnpFA Dooo AoN
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jets in Biggest
Aerial Battle Of
Korean Conflict
IS Sobres Fight 40
Soviet-Built MICS
And Damage Two
BY the Associated Press

TOKYO, Dec. 30.-Swift F-86
Sabre jets and Russian built
MIG-15 jet planes fought the big
gest air battle of the Korean war
late today near the Manchurian
border.
Forty MICS swooshed out Of
the Manchurian skies and tangled
Evening star., 1950-12-30

(See HOLIDAY, Page A-3.)
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We ather Forecast

Partly cloudy. some sunshine. high IS to-
day. Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow.
low tonight %. Gull report, Page A-2.)
Temperatures Today.
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(See CONTROLS, Page A-3D
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Dishwosher Has $4,S03

(See FIRES, Page A-3.)
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(see FOREIGN POLICY, Pg. ABB
Evening star., 1950-12-30

(See ENGINEERS, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1950-01-25
Munitions Chief Urges Factory
DISPERSION to Cut Bomb Damage

ity exists to direct private industry
to move its plants or it's production
from one location to another"
Mr.. Howard pointed out that
industry was spending between
$4,000, 100000 and $4,000, 600, 900
annually for new plants and equip
ment and that a substantial num-
ber of those plants were going
to highly industrialized area, there
by increasing such areas susepti-
bility to attack.
The machiniSts' union had
passed a resolution with reference
to the transfer of an aircraft plant
from Connecticut to Texas, but
Mr.. Howard explained that this
transfer was based on reasons
quite apart from security con-
siderations and was financed in
its entirety by the company con-
cerned."
Mr.. Howard's statement also
was an answer to protests from
the Pacific Northwest that that
area was unprotected. This view
came after it was announced that
the building of an Air Force
bomber would take place at the
Boeing aircraft plant at Wichita,
Kans., rather than at Seattle,
Wash. as previously planned. Air
Force officials, however, hastened
to explain that the transfer did
not mean that that area was un-
protected in case of attack.
Evening star., 1950-01-25

Chairman Hubert E. Howard of
the Munitions Board urged today
that industry separate new plants
by at least few miles to reduce
damage by atomic or ordinary
bombs.
He made the suggestion, which
the Defense Department labeled
as a statement of policy. in q
letter to A. J. Hayes of Wash
ington, president of the Interna-
tional Association of Machinists
The letter stated that the de-
partment was not advocating the
relocation of defense industries
from one area to another.
The area of major destruction
from an atomic blast generally
can be inclosed within a circle OF
three miles radius" Mr.. Howard
wrote. The fewer vital plants
located within any given three
mile radius, the less desirable II
is as an atomic target.
The Department of Defense
program is to disperse within
areas and not to disperse from
one area to another. We do not
advocate dispersion by the reloca-
ton of industries from one area
of the United States to another
because of the serious social and
economic factors involved
In addition, under our form of
no executive author
Evening star., 1950-01-25
Joint Chiefs 10 Get
Appeal for Formosa
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

TOKYO. Jan. 25.- American
military sources here say they
plan to stress the strategic i'm
portance of Formosa to the Joint
Chiefs of Staff next week.
They plan to urge an American
effort to save the Nationalist Chi
nese island from Chinese Com
munists.
The final decision on the ques-
tion. these sources said, will be
made by the Joint Chiefs on the
basis of information gathered dur
ing their tour Of American West
ern Pacific defenses.
The sources, which may not be
named, said Gen. Macarthur and
some of his key staff officers will
bring up the Formosa question in
formal briefings and in private
conversations.
A prevalent military view here
is that President Truman's
"hands-off" announcement did
not definitely close the door to
some American gesture toward
saving the island from the Reds.
Gen: Macarthur and his top
planners are known to believe the
loss of Formosa would seriously
weaken the American defense arc
in the Western Pacific. Okinawa
and Clark Field in the Philip
pines are within easy bombing
range of Formosa's excellent air.
fields.
Evening star., 1950-01-25
Reds Seize Burma Mines

The press in Rangoon, Burma,
reported today that Communist
raiders have seized tin mines and
rubber plantations along the
Southeast Burma coast and oust-
ed the British managers.
The reports said the Commu-
nists escorted the Britons and
their stats to within 10 miles of
the fishing port of Tavoy on the
Tenasserim coast, then told them
to clear out and stay out. They
were told to leave their watches
and fountain pens behind.
A Communist spokesman told
mine and rubber workers that the
reign of capitalist companies"
had ended in Burma. the press
said.
The accounts said there was an
epidemic of vandalism and looting
after the Communists took over.
-AP.
Evening star., 1950-01-25
Conviction OyerruIed

A convicted safecracker was
freed in Edinburgh. Scotland, to-
day because police obtained evi-
dence from his flngernails with
out his consent. -.
John M'Govern appealed an 18-
month sentence for blowing safe
in coal mine Office and the ap-
peal was upheld today. His law
yer told the court McGovern was
asked to visit the police. who
found his fingernails bore traces
of the explosives used in the safe
cracking.
The chief judge of the Scottish
Court of Criminal Appeal ruled
that mo police officer has any
right to search any person whom
he does not apprehend. A. P.
Evening star., 1950-01-25
Two Polite Paris Bandits Hold
u. S. Diplomat, Wife 5 Hours

That's too little. ) You can
keep it,
1t was the second burglary of
the Krause home in week. The
talkative robbers blandly admitted
it was they who entered the
Krause home Friday while the
family was away and took 5000
worth of Jewelry.
The Krauses live here in an old
mansion on the Boulevard Suchet,
in plush residential district,
fronting on the Bois de Boulogne,
the Central Park of Paris. The
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
once lived nearby.
The three Krause children,
Merrily. Z; Marjorie, 6. and Ned,
Is months, remained in their beds
during the robbery.
MIR. Kradse said one of the
burglars talked freely, boasting
about previous robberies.
HE said he recently pulled off
a job in which he and his part
.ner got 25.0e0,000 francs ($71, :
000). He said. the stuff they took
from us last ,TNday was cheap"
Evening star., 1950-01-25

Shanghai asking them to contact
agents of the Isbrandtsen Line,
which operates the Flying Arrow.
At the same time the department
asked the British government to
instruct its consul at Tsingtao to
do all he could to get Smith and
Bender released and aboard the
American ship.
Vice Admiral Oscar c. Badger,
former chief of American naval
forces in the West Pacific regard
ed it as very serious matter that
the two men were not permitted
to go on the Flying Arrow. II am
really deeply concerned that the
ship left without those men," Ad-
miral Badger said.
Evening star., 1950-01-25
BY the Assoeioied Press (.

PARIS. Jan. 25.-Two, polite
share e-and-s share alike burglars
held an American diplomat and
his wife at gunpoint for five hours
at their home today and then left
with only SIS worth of French
francs as loot.
They could have had $50 worth
But the head burglar carefully
counted out the 10000 francs
Edward j. Krause, Assistant
Commercial Attache of the
United States Embassy. had in his
pocket. The burglars took 5000,
and with bow, the head burglar
returned the rest.
"I'll take half and leave you
half" the burglar said.
The burglars also could have
had Mrs. Krause's pearl brooch
but it was wedding anniversary
gift from her husband and they
didn't touch it. They could have
had her engagement ring, too, but
the head pursIar eyed it and said
Evening star., 1950-01-25
Prague Orders Ban
On Fortune Telling
As Capitalist Craze
By the Assoeiqted Press

PRAGUE. Czechoslovakia,
Jan. 25.-The Czech govern
ment today ordered all palm
readers, fortune tellers and
others specialists in the oc-
cult to hit the road.
Rude Pravo, official news
paper of the Czech Commu-
mist government, said: These
medieval remains Of the cap
italist era were told to close
up shop after many citizens
had complained of their ac-
tivities."
The government action
came at a time when Prague
and many other parts of the
country were engulfed in a
new craze of fortune telling.
Evening star., 1950-01-25
Americans
Continued From First Page.)


ist naval shells put into Tsingtao
January Is and sailed last Mon
day. The attempt to run the
blockade was made despite State
Department warnings. - 49,
The two men whose release the
State Department authorized
Capt. Jones to seek are M/Sergt.
Charles C. Bender of Cincinnati
and Chief Electrician William c.
Smith of Long Beach. Calf. They
have been held by Chinese Reds
since October. 1948.
The latest report on them to
the State Department comes from
Consul General Carl o. Haw-
thorne, who left Tsingtao aboard
the Flying Arrow Monday and
has since sent dispatches to
Washington. officials said these
contain the same information
which had previously been re-
ceived from British sources-that
the two men are alive and well
and are living in the eastern sec
ton of Shantung Province.
The wives of the two men,
officials said, have maintained a
constant flow of appeals on Wash
ington to keep trying for their re-
lease. On January 13 Mrs. Smith
for example, sent a telegram to
Senator Knowland, Republican, OF
California saying she had heard
the two were being held fol
ransom and seeking to find out
whether that was fact.
officials said today that If 1t is
a fact and if Capt. Jones had be-
lieved that money would have OBJ
tanned the mems release he almost
certainly would have offered q
ransom. But they added that nc
ransom offer was authorized by
Washington.
The idea of bringing Capt
Jones into the case because of his
Communist contacts originated
here about two weeks ago Whit
Mrs. Bender was comforting with
State and Navy Department au-
thorities. Informants said today
the idea was that Capt Jones
would necessarily make Commu-
mist contacts when his ship put
into the Chinese port and these
might prove to be more effective
than some of the official ap.
proaches that have been tried
The State Department, there
fore, sent messages to its repre-
sentatives in Hong Kong and
Evening star., 1950-01-25
Chino
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NSoAAV1AAoSA IOll1 IL SU dSC.p
Works, as we'll as several coal
and gold mines"
"The Soviet Union has placed
the richest industrial area of
China firmly behind the Far East
ern segment of the Iron Curtain"
the statement asserted.
Shortages i'm Manchuria.
1t also pointed out that the
Soviet made a trade agreement
last July with local authorities in
Manchuria-not with the Chinese
Communist regime in Peiping-
under which agricultural ship
ments to Russia are leaving severe
shortages in Manchuria itself.
Emphasizing the at-least-partial
detachment of Manchuria from
control by the Peiping Chinese
Communist regime, the statement
said Manchuria has a separate
currency, a separate system of
economic controls, and a separate
railway administration, as we'll
as the separate trade agreement
with Russia.
I'm the Mongol districts of
Northwest Manchuria, generally
regarded as part of Inner Mongo-
lia," said the background docu-
ment, "a SovieJ-orient'd semi
autonomous Mongol regime only
loosely affiliated with the Chinese
Communist authorities in Man
churia holds the reins of power" !"
Sinkiang Rights Cited.
1t said Russia has sought and
by now may have won permission
to station Red Army troops in
Sinkiang, where it obtained ex-
elusive air rights last year. Russia
also has obtained extensive oper-
ating rights to oil wells. gold
mines and tungsten mines in
Sinkiang, the statement said.
AS for Outer Mongolia, it said
Soviet penetration is complete
despite the fiction of the inde-
pendent Mongolian Peoples Re-
public. This republic" it pointed
out. exchanges diplomatic repre-
sentatives only with Russia and
is recognized only by North Korea
and Albania. Russia is author
lied by treaty to keep troops in
the independent republic whose
trade is completely monopolized
by the Soviet.
Evening star., 1950-01-25
Flying Arrow
CONTINUED From First Page.)

layed for six days by the Com
munists, who delayed the vessel
in every manner"
In the midst of a quarrel to
get his clearance papers at the
Communist Navigation Bureau,
Capt. Jones remembered poker.
He likes to play the game. He
gambled on bluff. Turning on
the officials he said:
IF my vessel is not allowed to
sail or (unless) given sufficient
reasons for its detention, will
radio American destroyers outside
to come in and get me-that !
am being held unlawfully." -.
There were no American de-
stroyers outside. The destroyer
Baussel had escorted us from the
mouth of the Yangtze to within 8
miles of Tsingtao. Now it prob
ably was far away.
Shortly after Capt. Jones stormed
from the navigation Office his
clearance was delivered to him
aboard ship. We emerged from a
bad situation by casting off i'm
mediately. That was Monday.
Began Battle Saturday.
Capt. Jones had begun his bat
tie to get his papers returned on
Saturday. No reason was given
for denying them.
Another Isbrandtsen ship, the
Brooklyn Heights. was sailing out
side to berth. Capt. Jones said
he did not want to hazard leaving
without clearance papers because
it would jeopardize the Brooklyn
Heights.
The atmosphere was tense from
the time We dropped anchor In
Tsingtao on Friday, January 13.
We had to wait for three hours
OF unnecessary questioning by flag
signal before we were ordered to
closer anchorage for quarantine
inspection,
Evening star., 1950-01-25
Steel
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Continued From First Page.)
that the profits of the steel in
dustry have been so modest that
any increase in cost must in
evitably be reflected in increased
prices. unless we-all tof us-are
content to liquidate the privately
owned steel industry in this
country"
Mr.. Moreell said. however. that
Jones 81 Laughlin. fourth largest
steel producer in the country, is
not considering new price in
crease at this time.
The views they expressed on
profits in the industry were largely
the same as given by the United
States Steel Corp. during the
opening round of the hearing
yesterday.
Mr.. Hanley added that AL
Ieghany Ludlum's 1949 experience
demonstrated that profit mar
gins were already far too low '
He said the company'S profits
declined from $685., 900 in 194s
to about one third of that amount
last year.
While not specifically blaming
the December increase on pen
sions and insurance benefits won
by the CIO United Steel Workers
the two officials stressed that the
company could not possibly absorb
the cost of those programs. They
estimated their cost at 81 200, ,000
q year.
AS they went before the COM
mittee to defend the price in
creases, Senator Mcmahon, DEM
ocrat, of Connecticut protested
that one firm had near mo-
nopoly on supplying steel to New
England plants.
He said Bethlehem Steel Co.,
which will present it's case before
the committee on Friday. supplies
about two-thirds of the steel used
in New England plants.
Evening star., 1950-01-25
Romonion Red Purged

The Romanian Workers (Com-
munist) Party has expelled q men,
Der Of its ruling Central Committee
because of his political past" the
oficial party newspaper Scanteia
announced today in Bucharest.
The expelled member is Nicolae
Radovanovici, a comparative un-
known. The paper did not say
what element in his political past
led to his dismissal.
At the same time the newspaper
disclosed the party has established
a 17-member organization bureau
on the Russian style. In the new
organization are Ana Pauker,
Romanian Foreign Minister, and
Gheorghe GheoIghiu-Dej, secre-
tary general of the party.-A. p.
Evening star., 1950-01-25
English Cleric Conducts
Rite to Exercise Ghost

The Rev. Francis j. Maddox of
the Church of England last night
conducted a ceremony to exercise
a ghost in the home Of William
Baber in Bristol, England.
Mr.. Maddox went through all
the rooms of the old house last
night. performing an ancient rite
that is supposed to exercise ghosts
put them to rest. or at least
make them stop walking around
old haunts.
The Baber family was on the
verge of moving out after it COM
planned that a spooky little old
lady in black. with a weird glow
around her head, followed it
around the house, woke up the
two children and generally upset
earthly routines. The Babers
think it was the ghost of Mrs
Gladys Drury who used to live
there and died 18 years ago.
Mr.. Maddox got permission
from the Church of England to
perform the old special services
He wouldn't give any details OF
the special service, but he said he
didn't use incense or sprinkle holy
water, which he said is called fol
by the old teachings of the Cath
olic Church.-A. P.
The famous Simplon- Orient
Express, one of the most romantic
trains in the world. will begin
running from Paris to Athens this
spring for the first time in nine
years, 1t is reported in Belgrade
Yugoslavia.
At present the express runs
from Paris Via Lausanne, Milan
and Trieste to Belgrade. Thrice
weekly it goes to Istanbul via Sofia
Preventing reopening of the
rail route to Athens have been a
few hundred yards of rail ir
Greece, a destroyed bridge be-
tween Skoplje, capital of Marsha,
Tito's Macedonia, and Salonika
capital of Greek Macedonia. q
Yugoslav barbed wire fence where
the rail line leaves Greece, and 8
lot of mutual distrust.
The bridge and the rail line
have been repaired. Lowering Of
the, barbed wire fence is ex-
pected soon.-NANA.
Evening star., 1950-01-25
14Cents Gets Her S201 ,042

A widowed mother of three
children learned last night that
she had won 71,S01 pounds
($201, ,042l in a football pool and
she wept for joy at the news.
The money, which is tax free,
was won on a one shilling IA
cent? coupon.
The widow is Mrs. Enid Tute,
whose husband died two years
ago. She has been working as a
domestic to augment her pen
sion, and an 18-year- old daugh-
ter, Joyce, has been working in
q dry goods store. The other
children are Keith, IL, and
John, 4.
Mrs. Tute's winning combina-
tion was based on the birthdays
of the three -children.-A. r.