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Evening star., 1950-06-26
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, June 26.-The
stock market took the steepest
plunge in a year and half today
in the first nervous appraisal of
hostilities in Korea.
Foods and industrial raw ma
terials advanced sharply in the
commodity markets. Some COM
modities shot up the maximum
amount allowed in a single day.
The price pattern traced in mar
-kets all over the world was a
familiar response to the threat
of war:
At the opening of the New York
Stock Exchange blocks of stock,
running to $4,000 shares, were
thrown on the market. Opening
transactions were delayed as much
as two hours while buyers and
sellers got together on prices.
Key issues broke 81 to S. a
share at the opening.
For a while prices steadied. A
little after noon selling forces
lashed out with another savage
attack and prices tumbled an ex-
Evening star., 1950-06-26

President Truman declared to-
day that the United States will
vigorously support" the United
Nations Security Council which
has called on the Communist gov
eminent of North Korea to cease
hostilities."
The President declared in a
statement that "willful disregard
of the obligation to keep the peace
cannot be tolerated by nations
that support the United Nations
Charter"
Assailing "the lawless action"
taken by Communist forces in
North Korea in invading the
South Korean Republic, the Presi-
dent outlined the developments
of the past "a hours and said
the sympathy and support of this
Government for the people of
Korea are being demonstrated by
steps taken to expedite assistance
in accordance with the mutual
defense assistance program.
He stressed that those respon-
sible must realize how seriously
Evening star., 1950-06-26
Judge Reeves 0verruIes
CopIon ReiriaI Motion

Judge Albert L. Reeves today
overruled Judith Coplon's new
trial motion argued in District
Court here last week.
Judge Reeves, a visiting judge
from a Missouri district, who pre-
sided over the former Government
girls trial here last June, gave
his decision today in a memoran-
dunn opinion.
Miss Coplon is under a 40
month-to-10-year sentence i'm
posed by him on charges that she
removed and concealed secret
documents from the Justice De-
partment while employed there
as an analyst.
She is also under a 15-year SEN
tence imposed later by a New York
Federal court on her conviction
with Valentin Gubitchev, Soviet
engineer. on espionage charges.
Her conviction there is awaiting
appeal. Her attorneys here doubt
less will take Judge Reeves de-
cision to the Court of Appeals.
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Two Arlington Fathers and Sons
Drown in Lake Near Manassas

Two Arlington men and their
two young sons drowned last
night in Lake jackson. 3 miles
south of Manassas, Va, when
their fishing boat overturned.
The bodies we're recovered to-
day through efforts of the Manas-
sas Fire Department and Fred
ericksburg Rescue Squad after
most of the 500 lake residents
had groped futilely for them most
of the night. Names Of the VIC
TINS. removed to the Baker
funeral home at Manassas, were:
Cletus w. Dawson, 81, of 1921
North Kentucky street, and his
son, Randall w. Dawson, IL.
Herbert G. Lucado, 81, of 1923
North Longfellow street, and his
son. Herbert, jr., Z.
Mr.. Dawson was a solicitor and
route man for the South Capitol
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Fighting in Korea Drops Stocks
ST. to So; Commodities Rise

treme of around So a share. Sell
ing orders came from all quarters
The invasion of Southern Ko-
rea touched off sharp drop ir
the London exchange. Canadian
stock markets also were weak.
Rubber for delivery in Decem-
ber went up the daily limit in New
York. Singapore and London
prices also jumped.
In Chicago soybeans for July
delivery went up the 10-cent limit
Wheat, corn and oats were also up
Others higher included cotton.
seed oil, coffee, copper, cotton anc
hides.
Opening transactions were long
delayed for many important
shares-notably steel and automo-
bile stocks-while buyers and
sellers haggled over prices.
Initial transactions ranged ur
to $4,000 shares in the case o1
Radio Corp. which dropped $1.8T
to $40 a share.
The heavy opening sales were
(see STOCKS, Page A-3)
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Cleaners. 4013 South Capitol
street. Mr.. Lucado was a Capital
Transit Co. motorman.
The body of the Dawson boy
was recovered first. about $50
an, in 20 feet of water. 200 feet
from where the boat was found.
At about 15-minute intervals
thereafter. the others were found.
The Lucado boy was dressed in
swimming trunks, the Dawson boy
in blue jeans, and the men in
pants and shoes. one without his
shirt.
Searchers said the boats motor
was almost fully gassed and the
bottom Of the boat was intact.
Close friends. the four had
fished on the lake half dozen
times this year. using a 14-foot
wooden skiff and an outboard
(See DROWNING, rage A-23
Evening star., 1950-06-26
u. S. Will Vigorously Support
U.N. onKoreo, Truman Asserts
'WiIIfuI Disregard Of Peace Obligations
Cannot Be Tolerated, President Declares

this Government views "Such
threats to the peace of the world"
The Presidents statement was
issued after a lengthy conference
last night with top military and
diplomatic advisers after his hur-
ried trip home form an inter-
rupted week end in Missouri.
Earlier today he talked with
Secretary of State Acheson by
phone and also conferred with
James S. Lay, executive secretary
of the National Security Council,
and Admiral Sidney w. Souers,
former head of the council and
now consultant to it.
The presidential statement -
first official word from the White
House on the Korean trouble
follows:
Il conferred Sunday evening
with the Secretaries of State and
Defense, their senior advisers ano
the Joint Chiefs of Staff about
the situation in the Far East Gre
FTJY
Evening star., 1950-06-26
u. ). Releases
.1rdnscriptof
Services Talk
Conversation With
Joffe Disclosed as
Hearing Is Resumed
By Cecil HolIond

Senate investigators said today
the Justice Department had re-
leased the transcript Of an FBI-
recorded conversation between
John S. Service and Philip Jaffe
that figured in the I945 Amer
asia case.
This was announced as Mr..
Service. State Department For
eign Service Officer, was called
in for third round of questioning
in a closed session about his
connections with the case.
The conversation bore on FBI
testimony repeatedly indicating
that Mr.. Service had given secret
military data to Jaffe. one-time
editor of the now-defunct Amer
asia magazine.
The investigators questioned Mr..
Service for two and a half hours
this morning and were to resume
later today after a recess.
Insisted on Full Transcript.
Last week the Senate Foreign
Relations Subcommittee withheld
the FBI testimony pending efforts
to obtain the full transcript. The
committee is looking into the
Amerasia case as part of its in.
vestigation of charges by Senator
Mccarthy. Republican. of Wis
consin that the State Department
has harbored Communists and
Communist sympathizers.
Justice officials at first refused
to release the transcript. But
they decided over the week end to
make it available.
Mr.. Service and his attorneys
said they had no objection to the
FBI testimony being made public.
But they insisted the full tram
script of the recorded converse
ton should be disclosed at the
same time.
Denies Giving Secrets.
The Foreign Service Officer tes-
titled under oath last week he
never knowingly gave any military
secrets to Jaffe and said he had
none to give. He was one Of six
persons arrested in the Amerasia
case. However, a Federal grand
jury here refused to indict him
and he was restored to duty In
the State Department.
Meanwhile, Edward p. Morgan.
committee counsel. said on .
weekend television program the
investigation thus far has uncov-
cred no evidence that any one
put the fix" on the Amerasia
prosecutions as charged in some
quarters.
When a newspaperman taking
part in the broadcast described
the committees investigation as .
"whitewash" of Senator McCar-
thy's charges that the State De-
partment has harbored Commu-
nists, fellow travellers and security
risks. Mr.. Morgan replied:
The cry of whitewash is the
last hope of those who don't have
any facts"
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orders by a 9-to-0 vote yesterday
Yugoslavia abstained, refusing to
support the move because the
Council declined to let a North
Korean representative appear be-
fore it to give his side.
The orders are being dinned in
to Korean ears by radio and by
cables to the governments of North
and South Korea and to the U. N.
Korean commission on the ground,
reporting developments from Seoul
The far-reaching transmitters
of the State Departments Voice
of America, the All-India Radio
and the British Broadcasting
Corp. are carrying the U. N. direc-
tives in the Korean language.
Russia ignored the Sunday ses-
sion called at the request of the
United States which denounced
the invasion as an act of aggres-
sion and demanded the Councils S
emergency session.
The Russians are expected to
challenge the Council decision as
illegal because Nationalist China
participated.
The Russians are boycotting 80
U. N. groups over their refusal to
kick out Nationalist China and
seat the Chinese Communists.
Ten of the II Council delega-
tions Cancelled weekend holidays
to attend the Sunday session. All
except Communist, anti-Kremlin
Yugoslavia voted for the American
Z
Evening star., 1950-06-26
Macarthur Speeding
Preparations TO Send
Arms Aid 10 Koreans
10 Mustang Fighters to
Be included in Help
For Southern Force
BY the Assoeiofed Press

TOKYO. June .26.-The United
States rushed preparations today
for supplying Communist-in-
vaded South Korea with much
needed war Notwithstanding
10 F-51 Mustang fighter planes.
Gen. MacArthur's headquarters
announced that transfer of the
planes had been approved in
Washington, but added that the
date had not been fixed.
The announcement said the
planes would be turned over to
Evening star., 1950-06-26
Earlier Story on Page A-11.)
By MerreII WhittIesey

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 90
Chandler Harper was 2 up on
Jimmy Demaret today after five
holes of their semifinal match in
the National PGA championship
at the Scioto Country Club. Start
Of play was delayed for about Is
minutes due to a misunder-
standing.
Henry Picard. the 42-year-old
who won the PGA title II years
ago. started out with three
straight par As and was / UP
on Henry Williams, jr., Of Secane,
Pa, in the other semi finals.
The temperature was within a
degree or two Of an even 100
and there was not a breath of air
as the contestants battled the
continued heat wave.
Harper, the golflng pride of
Tidewater Virginia, knocked in a
10-footer for a birdie 3 on the
first hole as his blazing putter
started responding again as it did
in his 1-up triumph over Lloyd
Mangrum yesterday.
They halved the second hole in
bogey f1ves as Demaret hooked
his tee shot far to the left and
Harper trapped his second.
Chandler won the third with a
regulation par when Demaret was
trapped in two. Then Harper
went 8 up on the fourth by drop
ping a 12-footer for a birdie
deuce, while Demaret missed a
birdie putt of half that distance.
Demaret Dressed for Comfort.
Jimmy. whose attire was de-
signed more for comfort than
color today. won the tough par
4 fifth when Harper missed the
green in two and took five.
It was announced this morning
that twilight golf will be inau-
gurated in tomorrow's finals. The
last 18 holes of the title match
will start at 4 pm. Is pm. WASH
ington time).
Evening star., 1950-06-26
By J. A. O'Leory

The Senate Appropriations
Committee today voted to call
Rear Admiral Roscoe Hillenkoet-
ter, director of the Central In
telligence Agency, at 3 O'Clock
this afternoon, after Senate Re-
publicans had voiced sharp criti-
cism of American intelligence in
the Korean situation.
The vote was 8 to 2 and came
on the motion of Senator Bridges
Republican, of New Hampshire.
Earlier, Republican Senators
Wherry of Nebraska and Fergu-
son of Michigan also had criti.
cized intelligence officials, com.
pairing the surprise nature of the
Korean outbreak to the attack or
Pearl Harbor.
Meanwhile. the Korean situation
was discussed at harty confer.
ence of Republican Senators, after
which Senator Millikin of Colo
RADIO, conference chairman, callec
for "cool heads so that the United
States will not be provoked into
actions that would lead to war"
Senator Millikin said it an.
peared to be the unanimous opin-
ion of the conference that the
Korean fighting should not become
provocation for war. He said
there are, perhaps, some moral
commitments to help the Koreans
help themselves, but no obligation
to go to war.
The Appropriations Committee
was closeted earlier today with
Secretary of State Acheson and
Defense Secretary johnson for q
general discussion of the second
year Of American military aid to
free nations in all parts of the
world.
Senator Wherry who left the
meeting at noon, told reporters
that all questions about Korea
were answered with the state
ment that recommendations had
been made to the President and
that he would decide within q
few dayS.
Defense Lines Are Urged.
Meanwhile, Republican Senat-
ors, including Senators Wherry
and Ferguson, of Michigan. called
for the drawing of defense lines
against further Communist ag-
greSslon.
Senator Wnerry said this Gov
ernment should decide where that
line is going to be in the Pacific
as well as in Europe, and then
prepare to defend it.
He said also that ''Korea's fate
is going to be known" before the
pending military aid bill for all
areas passes.
Senator Millikin said the Re-
publican members agreed in a
caucus that this country should
provide military supplies and other
aid for South Korea.
But it was the unanimous
opinion that we have no obliga-
ton to go to war and that this
incident should not be allowed to
(See HEARING, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1950-06-26
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, June 26.-Frank
Erickson. kingpin of a Nation
wide bookmaking business. today
was sentenced to two years in
prison and a $4,000 fine.
The chubby, 54-year-old gam
bling mogul, who had piled his
multimillion-dollar betting trade
for a quarter century without
spending a day in Jail, was SEN
fenced in Special Sessions Court
He could have received up to &C
years in prison.
Erickson threw himself on the
mercy of the court last Monday by
pleading guilty to a 59-count
bookmaking information and one
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did so by piercing two full south
ern divisions that were engaged
in a counter attack.
Resistance Evaporates.
1t reached Scouts outskirts
with little or no resistance for the
last dozen miles. Seoul is about
so miles from the border.
exact whereabouts of the
northern column was not men
toned in this dispatch, filed at
2:20 am, Korean time)
Last official report had the
northern tanks 9 miles north o1
Seoul at 10 pm. yesterday and
pushing ahead fast. This morn
ing they were said to be on the
outskirts.
President Syngman Rhee and
his cabinet remained in confer
ence all night but there was nc
immediate response to the north
ern demand for surrender.
In some quarters it was known
that suggestions had been made
to move the capital more than
200 miles south to the port OF
Pusan.
The southern governments re-
luctance to abandon Seoul was
tempered by a defeatism thai
made complete capitulation ap-
pear as the only alternative tt
moving the capital.
Public's Morale High.
The publics morale remained
high in the face of the surprise
onslaught Sunday and throughout
Monday despite adverse reports
from the field and spectacular
Notwithstanding of Scouts
streets by the North's Russian
made Yak planes.
The morale among men in uni
form was not so good, however, an
unimpeachable source reported.
Except for the critical Commu-
mist push down the Uijongbu val
ley directly at Seoul, the southern
defense appeared to be doing well.
The main story, however, was
the Uijongbu valley front, and it
was grim.
Southern resistance collapsed at
Uijongbu, II miles north of
Seoul.
The American Embassy burned
its important secret papers in a
(See KOREA, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1950-06-26
Bulletin
House Oyerrides Veto
OF Postal VeteroDs' Bill

The House this afternoon, by
a vote Of 2l3 10 72. oyerrode .
presidential veto on the bill 10
give within-grade pay increases
to some veterans In the Post
Once Department. The bin
now goes TO the Senate. Presi.
dent Truman vetoed the meas.
ure last Friday.
Evening star., 1950-06-26
"a Dead, 33 Missing
As Flash Floods Cover
West Virginia Area
Night Roins Couse Rivers
To Overflow, Sweeping
Awoy ot Least 200 Homes
BY the Assoeioted Press

WEST UNION, w. Va, June 26
AT least "a persons were dead
and 33 missing today in the wake
of flash floods that struck a six
county area of North Central West
Virginia early yesterday morning
The sarging torrents rolled out o1
the darkness without warning.
Authorities fear the toll may &c
much higher. At least IL of the
Is members of a family gathered
for birthday party at the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Bailey, at
Smithburg. miles west of here,
are missing.
Only one member of the Bailey
family is known to be alive. The
body of Mrs. Bailey. about 60,
has been recovered, and another
body. believed to be that of a
5-month-old grandson, also has
been found.
The Bailey home was directly
in the path Of the uood. Sheriff
Paul B. Davis said the house was
carried nearly two miles down.
stream.
Son Survives.
The only known survivor of the
family is Charles Bailey, a son,
who is in a West Union hospital
with a fractured leg, cuts and
bruises.
Six members of the B. J. Cooper
family at Smithburg also we're
listed as dead in the swirling
waters. and three members of
another family there were killed
when their home was pounded
into bits against a railway trestle.
Berea, a little agricultural COM
munity located on a horse shoe
curve of the south fork of the
Hughes River south of here, also
was hard hit. Six persons were
known dead there, including a
grandmother and two of her
grandchildren.
Postmaster Ray Bonnell said
the toll Of Berea might have been
higher except for a Paul Revere
dash by two Of the towns young
men. Harland Hodge and Charles
Bridge, who ran through the COM
munity knocking on doors to warn
residents.
Property damage is high. In
West Union, 200 homes were de-
stroyed. City officials at Weston,
Is miles to the southeast on the
(See FLOOD. Page ABB
Evening star., 1950-06-26
Bookmoker Erickson Sentenced
To2 Years and $4,000 Fine
Three-Judge New York Court Disreeurds
District Attorneys Plea for 5-Yeur Term

count of conspiracy to violate
gambling laws.
A three judge panel gave Erick-
son a one-year prison term on the
conspiracy count and a second
year on the first of SO counts of
bookmaking. The terms are to
run consecutively.
Erickson admitted operator of
a $l2.5 million-a-year. coast to-
coast bookmaking empire, also
was given a suspended peniten-
tiary term of three years.
The sentence was handed down
by Justices Nathan D. Perlman,
Frank Oliver and John v. Flood.
District Attorney Frank S. Ho-
(See ERICKSON, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1950-06-26

Korean pilots in Japan. South
Korea has so trained pilots ready
to fly the sorely needed aircraft
reports from Seoul said.
Meantime, serious young Amer
lean jet fighter pilots, ready to
shoot if attacked, spread an aerial
umbrella from Japan to South
Korea.
Authoritative sources said con-
tinuous air cover would be main
tanned to protect evacuation OF
(See AID. Page A-5.)
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Three South Korean
Worships Reported
Sunk by Northerners
By The Assoeioted Press

TOKYO, June 26.-The
North Korean navy has sunk
three South Korean warships,
a Communist broadcast from
Pongyang said today.
The Communist radio, mon
itored here, said the southern
ships were off the East Ko-
rean coast north of the 38th
parallel dividing the two coun-
tries.
There was no indication
what the warships were but
the south has one patrol boat
mounting a 3-inch gun and
20 or 80 mineSweepers, most
of them former Japanese lves-
sells.
Evening star., 1950-06-26
Korean Legislature
Sends Aid Plea to
Truman, Congress
BY the Associated Press

The South Korean National
Assembly Qegislature) today
directed an appeal to Presi-
dent Truman and the United
States Congress for increased
aid against the northern in
vaders.
A Korean embassy source
said a communication from
the South Korean govern
ment asked for timely and
effective aid to prevent this
act of destruction (the inva-
sion from the north) against
the peace of the world"
Korean Ambassador John
Myun Chang expected to pre-
sent the appeal to the White
House and Congress today.
Evening star., 1950-06-26
Director Of C|A
'ToTestify Today
On Korea Crisis
6. O. P. Senators Hit
Intelligence OfficioIs
On Surprise Attack
BULLETIN

Senator Bridges, Republican,
of New Mexico declared in a
speech on the floor of the Sem
ate this afternoon that two
courses are open to the United
States: Either continue to sur
render to the Russians ION the
inStallment plan" or call Com
munism's bluff" He advocated
the latter policy.
Evening star., 1950-06-26
|Cease-Fire Orders
From u. n. Broadcast
To North, South Korea
Security Council Coils
On Reds to Withdraw;
Stern Action Hinted
BY the Assoeiafed Press

LAKE SUCCESS, June 26.-The
United Nations, without Russia,
today called on all Koreans to
cease fire and ordered the Com
munist invaders from the north
to pull out of the Southern Seou
republic.
A special Korean crisis session
of the Security Council issued the
Evening star., 1950-06-26
Chandler Harper | u
On Demaret After 9
In PGA SemifinaIs
Picard Is z Up on
WiIIioms; Mercury
Near 100 Degrees
BULLETIN

COLUMBUS, Ohio (SpeciaD. &.
Chandler Harper shot a deuce
on the 9th hole and held a 1-up
lead at the end of the first nine
over Jimmy Demaret in their
PGA semifinal match today.
Demaret, who once trailed by 3
holes, had caught Harper on the
eighth. Henry Picard was 2 up
on Henry Williams, jr., at the
end of nine holes.
Evening star., 1950-06-26

Texts Of U. S. Statement on Korea and
u. N. Resolution. Page A-4
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We ath er Foreca s (

Mostly sunny with high around 80 today.
Fair tonight with low near "a. Some
cloudiness tomorrow and quite warm. Full
report on Page AID
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Continued on Page A-3. Col. S.
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(See FLOOD. Page A-3D
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(See TRUMAN. Page A-5J
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(See AID. Page A-5.)
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(See KOREA, Page A-4.)
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(see STOCKS, Page A-3)
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(See RICHITT, Page A-3D
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(See HEARING, Page A-5D
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did so by piercing two full south
ern divisions that were engaged
in a counter attack.
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Guide for Rea d ers

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Section
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tsee DROWNING, mage A-23
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An Associcted Press Newsp
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1950-04-01
Billie Holiday Welcomed
Back To Broadway

Stars gave rousing exhibition Of
the Jump Kings" latest diver
tisements, featuring his all-star
masters of the brass"
Miss Holiday captivated her
fans not only with her torch"
singing voice, but wow'd EN-
wearing one Of the many costly
gowns, originals from her Fifth
Avenue modiste. that drew high
admiration from her audience.
The famed songbird chose white
satin gown with nylon tulle over
skirt which features the dramatic
off-one-shoulder effect; with geld
sequin bodice in a cabbage leaf
design. She wore with the gown
white platform shoes with bugle
beads. Her fashion-wise access
series, smart and chic, were ser
dom, if ever, equalled by such
stage performers. She exempli-
fed what one famous columnist
said: "She was a model of the
perfect lady" FLOYD Smell
SON.