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Evening star., 1950-07-07

possession gifts from some Of
Washington's star athletes. Dur
ing his illness he was sent a base
ball autographed by every men,
ber of the Mats ball club and an
autographed football came from
the Redskins. The Lone Ranger
visited him recently.
Nor did neighborhood pals let
him down. Faithfully each Sum-
day a little group went to the
hospital bedside to cheer him.
When he went home last week
there was celebration in the Kogod
household. A new television set
had been installed.
Besides his parents, Harold is
survived by a sister Leslie and a
brother, Ronald Kogod.
Funeral services were to be held
at $3.50 o'clock this afternoon in
the DanZansky funeral home, 3501
Fourteenth street NV. Burial
was to be in Adas Israel Gene
|tery
Evening star., 1950-07-07
U.S.. Calls Charges of Dropping
Potato Bugs Absurd PROPAGANDA

made public the text of a formal
note sent to the Czechoslovak
Foreign Office yesterday, brand
ing as false and preposterous"
similar charges that the United
States had sought "clandestinely'
to introduce the potato bug into
Czechoslovokia.
The note added:
The Embassy ventures to sug-
gest the inherent unsuitability of
the potato bug as an instrument of
national policy.
Actually, the State Department
said, potato bugs are an old prob
lem in Germany. They were
there before the war and be-
gan to get out of control dur
ing the war due to lack of ef-
fective countermeasures. They
have grown this year into an in
vasion threat against the potatoes
of other Eastern European Com
munist states and even the Soviet
Union itself.
Now, the Communist authorities
need an excuse for am anticipated
potato shortage. the department
added.
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grounds and areaway between the
Chisholms' building and the next
one, they noticed a window di-
|rectly opposite the Chisholms' was
open. Going to this room, they
found Butler in bed. The detec-
tives said a sweat shirt bore sus-
pieious smudges, and they noticed
scratches on Buffers legs.
Butler denied any connection
with the crime. He was to be ar
raigned today before United
States Commissioner CyriliS. Law
renee on a housebreaking charge.
In another case, police arrested
three colored juveniles near a gro
cery which had been broken into
at 1919 Benning road NE. One
of the youths had his pockets
stuffed with cigarettes, police said,
and two bags of cigarettes were
found nearby.
Police said the trio went
through an unlocked basement
door and forced the floor boards.
They were sent to the Receiving
Home.
Evening star., 1950-07-07
Suspect Is Seized After jump
Across Third-FLoor Areuwuy

A man was charged with house.
breaking today after police said
he jumped across an areawey be-
tween two buildings, at the third
floor level. The areaway is three
feet wide.
William Butler, "a, colored, OF
the 1900 block of Columbia road
NV, was arrested after police
searched for a body.
According to Detectives Edwin
F. Tolbert and j. H. Knott, il
happened this way:
About 5 am. Mrs. Naomi
Chisholm. %. of 1920 Columbia
road NV, awoke to see a man
standing in her room. She
punched her husband, Lindsey, 30
in the ribs.
The intruder apparently saw hel
move, Mrs. Chisholm said. He
leaped out the window. Mr.
Chisholm saw only the strangers
legs as he disappeared. The
couple called police.
After the officers searched the
Evening star., 1950-07-07
Cabin Cruiser Explosion
Burns District Resident

A Washington resident suffered
serious burns last night when a
26-foot cabin cruiser exploded on
the South River near Edgewater.
Md.
Anne Arundel County Police
identified the victim as John
Pasahkivick. 81, of 1921 Carpenter
street Sc, a worker on the
chesapeake Bay Bridge. His
condition was satisfactory today at
the Anne Arundel County General
Hospital. =
The cruiser exploded into flames
as Mr.. Pasahkivick started the
motor while the boat was at Ia
pier, police said. He jumped into
four feet Of water and waded
ashore.
The boat was a total loss. Police
said the owner was Lewis Hibsh,
$500 Fortieth avenue, HyattsyilIe.
Another casualty was Chief
Clifford c. Schneider of the
Woodland Beach Fire Department.
The fire chief suffered a broken
nose when struck by a swinging
hose line.
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Boy, II, Is First D. c. Fatality
Due to Polio This Summer
Harold Kogod Dies;
Stricken Lost Yeur,
Returned to Hospital

Harold Lee Kogod. 12-year-old
polio victim, who on Monday was
taken to Children's Hospital in an
iron lung. is dead.
His death yesterday was the
first In the District this summer
attributed to polio.
Harold had been in the BOO
pound respirator since he was
stricken last Labor Day. Nine
days ago he was sent to his home
at 2219 Observatory place NV,
from Children's for the first time.
His condition had improved great
ly. physicians said. Five days
later they found it necessary to
take him back to the hospital.
Then, 18 men of District No. l
and Bethesda Chevy Chase res
cue squads went into action. Res
cue squad No. ! attached a port
able generator to the iron lung
and attempted to put it in the
ambulance. 1t was too large for
the vehicle. Then the larger
Bethesda Chevy Chase ambulance
which has a portable lung, was
brought in.
To avoid disturbing the patient,
workers hoisted the heavy equip
ment onto the ambulance. At
one point on the trip to the hos
pital, power failed in the iron
lung and the crew hurried un-
announced into a Northwest home
to obtain electricity.
After returning to the hospital
his condition improved. But yes
terday, while his mother, Mrs.
Samuel Kogod, was at his side,
he suffered the fatal attack. His
father hurried from his liquor
store at A E street NV, but
Harold died before he arrived at
the hospital.
Harold fought the disease
bravely. He maintained interest
in athletics and had in his prou,
Evening star., 1950-07-07
Soviet Army Paper Hits
Use of u. NJ. FIoq in Korea

BERLIN, July 7 (P.-The
Soviet army's local newspaper
Taegliche Rundschau, today de-
nounced the proposed use of the
United Nations flag by inter-
vention forces in Korea as "a gross
misuse of the U. N"
The proposal that Gen. Mac
Arthur be named supreme COM
mander of United Nations forces
in Korea also was denounced by
the Russian-controlled press here
1t labeled Gen. Macarthur q
Fascist dictator and aggressor.
Accusing the United States oi
"imperialist aggression" in Korea
the Soviet organ observed:
And now the American Govern.
ment seeks to convert Unitet
States aggression into a Unitee
Nations aggression by using th'
sky blue flag of the U. N. over it
criminal Intervention which wa
begun under the American flag
Thereby the American misuse o
the U. N. reaches a new high.
But the North Koreans hav
already shown by their heroi
deeds that they know how t.
fight the Americans under what
ever flag they come"
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Pentuqon
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that Marines would be moved from
the West Coast to the Korean
fighting zone as soon as sufficient
transport can be assembled. He
said that the requirements were
tremendous" and that the Mill
tary Sea Transport Service, or
ganized on a peacetime basis, was
overtaxed at the moment.
Meanwhile. Defense officials
realizing that the Korean cam
paign likely will be a long, diff
cult and costly one, showed in
|creasing concern over the difficult
ties facing American troops there
No Need for alarm"
One high official commented
that the news lis going to get
worse before it gets better"
I The official Army spokesman
said there is nothing to be
alarmed about, but it is certainly
something to be concerned about.
Most of the, administration
leaders appear to have first re-
garded the Korean conflict as a
week end campaign and the fact
that only restricted air and sea
support was initially authorized
is indicative of this attitude.
However. the torrential rains in
South Korea and generally bad
flying weather over home bases
in Japan have kept American
planes on the ground large part
Of the time.
The less optimistic outlook
about an early end to the conflict
apparently means a steady build
up of American forces in the wa.
area with increasing requirements
for money. men and munitions.
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Rhee Says No Sabotage
Has Occurred in Korea
BY the Assoeiafed Press

TAEJON. Korea. July 7.-Presi-
dent Syngman Rhee said today
that despite earlier Communist
terrorist activities within the
Republic of Korea" there has been
mo single act of sabotage" since
outbreak of war.
The South Korean president
through spokesman expressed
appreciation of moral and physical
support given his. invaded nation
by the United Nations. He also
praised the morale and devotion oi
the Korean people.
Through his diplomatic mis-
sion in Tokyo, DR.. Rhee announced
his republic will observe the l94s
Geneva convention and Commu-
mist prisoners shall be treated
humanely."
The republic signed the con-
vention July 4.
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Korea
CONTINUED From First Page0

tContlnueo FROM First Pageo
and South Koreans had suffered
heavy defeat and were fleeing in
disorder.
. Pilots returning to a Southern
Japan airbase yesterday reported
10 extremely large Communist
tanks lined up on the highway
north of Pyongtaek. They said
the tanks were larger than any
seen before in the North Korean
force.
big Fight" for Chungju.
The Korean colonel said "it
took a big fight" to wrest Chungju
from the Reds. American troops
have been fighting alongside South
Koreans around both Chungju
and Pyongtaek.
The Red force that held Chung
iu had driven almost due south
through Wongju from Chunchon
a city near the border where the
invaders gathered their forces fol
their drive down the center of the
Korean peninsula.
The American commander il
Korea estimated the northern In
vaders' strength. He said tht
Reds had thrown Is divisions ane
$50 tanks into South Korea. HI
estimated the Communist fighting
men at between $4,000 and 10000
Evening star., 1950-07-07

The lowly potato bug emerged
today as the central figure in one
OF the hottest word battles of the
East-West cold war.
Russia charged in a formal
diplomatic note a week ago that
American planes had dropped DO
tato bugs over Eastern Germany
in a plot to ruin the crop there
The State Department coun-
tered yesterday that this tale was
an absurd and ridiculous propa-
ganda invention"
Furthermore, 1t is zone of the
most fantastic fabrications ever
invented by one government
against another" the department
asserted.
Secretary of State Acheson re.
fused to dignity the Russian
charge with a, formal reply. But
he let what he thought about il
be told yesterday In a department
press release. which gave the
Voice Of America" plenty of am
munition to shoot back In 4 its
broadcasts at the propaganda
charge.
Today. the State Department
Evening star., 1950-07-07
New Polio Outbreak
is Reported; Dimes
Drive Sets Record
BY the Assoeiaied Press

NEW YORK, July IA new
outbreak Of infantile paralysis was
reported across the Nation today.
along with the announcement that
the 1850 March-of Dimes Cam
paign netted a record sum to
fight the disease.
Basil O'Connor, president Of the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, said Americans gave
$50, ,783, ,000-more than ever be-
fore-to the 1850 drive.
He added that the fund Is being
used at an unprecedented rate"
to cambat a threatened new,
severe epidemic.
The number Of polio cases so
far this year, he said, is slightly
above the number in the same
period last year, when the Nation
had a record all-time high OF
2,375 new polio patients.
Mr.. O'Connor said aid totaling
$2.666.12 already has been ad-
vanced to local chapters this year.
Arkansas. Michigan, Minnesota
and Texas have received more
than 100000 each: California
and Illinois. more than $15o,o00
each.
Greatest contributions in last
January's drive came from New
York, $3.7 million; California, 81
800, 900. and Illinois, $1.S5S, 900.
The 1850 total beat last years
collection Of SOS, ,728 900, q previ-
GUS record. Mr.. O'Connor said
virtually all the latter sum, plus
81 million raised in an emergency
appeal last September, was used
to care for l949's patients.
There are 1900 of these re-
quiring continuing assistance, he
said.
Half Of the funds raised in the
March Of Dimes. is used by the
National headquarters for use in
research, training and for emer-
gency aid, while the other half
remains with local chapters.
Mr.. O'Connor said 467 of the
foundations 2.822 local chapters
already have exhausted their 1949
residual funds and all of the funds
contributed in this years cam
paign.
Evening star., 1950-07-07
U. P. Reporter Returns
Safely to U. S. Lines
By the Associoted Press

TOKYO, July Peter Kali
scher, United Press correspondent
in Korea, returned safely to Amer
ican headquarters in Korea today
after being cut off from American
forces for two-and-a-half days.
The United Press in Tokyo said
Mr.. Kalischer declared he had not
been captured. The Red Pyong-
yang radio yesterday said he had
been taken prisoner.
Evening star., 1950-07-07
Church Council Luuds
u. N. Action in Koreu
BY the Assee;o.sd Pres.

NEW YORK, July TOP ofh-
GERS of the Nations largest repre-
sentative Protestant organization
yesterday lauded the United Ma
tions for its prompt and vigorous"
action in dealing with the, inva-
sion of South Korea.
Bishop John S. Stamm, presi-
dent Of the Federal Council of
Churches of Christ in America,
and the Rev. DR.. Samuel McRea
Calvert. general secretary, said in
a statement that "the aggression
Is most direct challenge" to the
u. Ms authority in preserving
peace. I
The council represents AZ Prot
estant and Eastern Orthodox de-
nominations.
Evening star., 1950-07-07
First Mate Gets License
To Wed-by Wiqwuq
By The Assecioted Press

CHICAGO. July T. When a
first mate wants a mate a little
item like not knowing English
isn't going to stop him. Haghbert
Olsen, 80, proved that yesterday
at the marriage license bureau.
He's first officer on the Nor
wegian ship Turnefjell, docked
here. The bureau clerks couldn't
speak Norwegian. Mr.. Olsen can't
speak English. And neither can
his fancee, Miss Tora Skaaltveit,
%. She's an employe on the
Turnefjell. Their romance bloomed
during the crossing to Chicago.
But with wigwagging. hand sig
nails. sign language and couple
of signatures. the license was
issued.
Evening star., 1950-07-07
John ". Flanagan, Jr.,
Critically III in Bristol, Va,
By ihe As,eeiaisd Pres,

BRISTOL. Va. July John
w. Flanagan. jr.. who represent
ed the Ninth Congressional Dis
trict for 18 years until he retired
voluntarily at the end of 1948, was
critically ill today after paralytic
stroke suffered Wednesday night.
DR.. L. c. McNeer, his physician,
advised against any attempt to
move him from his residence to a
hospital. The former representa-
tive has been unconscious since
the stroke.
Mr.. Flanagan. 65. has been en-
gagged in private law practice with
his son. Francis, since his retire
ment. -.
Evening star., 1950-07-07
Dr.. Elmer kefauver Dies;
Held Posts In Frederick
By The A.,eeiatsd Pres,

FREDERICK. Md, July 7.-Dr
Elmer c. Kefauver. who had beer
Frederick City and county health
officer for % years before his re-
tirement in l947, died yesterday
in Frederick Memorial Hospita
Of a heart condition. He was 80
DR.. Kefauver had been in pri-
vate practice in Thurmont fol-
many years before coming here in
1924.
He is survived by his widow and
daughter, Mrs. Sherman P
Bowers of Frederick. Funeral
services will be held tomorrow
with burial in Hagerstown.
Evening star., 1950-07-07
Some divisions. he said, were at
brigade strength.

Some divisions. he said, were al
brigade strength.
So fast were the Communists
pouring in it was a question
whether the Americans would
have time to check the powerful
thrust. But this much was cer-
tain-those Americans thus far
tested in battle were able. A
handful of them-possibly no
more than 50o-stopped cold for
six hours the best division the
Russian-trained Koreans threw at
them.
Reported at Byongkok.
The column threatening Pusan
drove down the east road in its
advance. 1t was said to have
reached Byongkok, a tiny fishing
village between Yonghae and
Yongdok.
South Korean troops were 're-
ported holding Yongdok, Is miles
up the coast from Pohang, large
port on Yongil Bay.
Pusan is the most important
southeastern Korea deep water
port. It's facilities were used to
debark some of the first seaborne
American troops landed in South
Korea at the outbreak of war.
Last official reports placed the
South Korean forces Just above
Utchin, some 40 miles north of
Yongdok. The Utchin sector was
the eastern anchor of the defense
line.
No Big Battle Fought Yet.
The top American commander
in Korea said no big fight had yet
occurred between the Americans
and North Koreans. So far, he
said, half a battalion" had tasted
action. 1t did a good job and
pulled out after suffering about
10 per cent casualties.
The commander was not identi-
fled in the dispatch from Korea.
Maj. Gen. William F. Dean is
commander of American troops in
Korea.
Although outnumbered 8-to-1 in
manpower and by 40 tanks in
equipment, he said they halted
North Korea's best division, for a
while. Gen. Macarthur said the
Americans retreated only after a
well-executed frontal attack and
a flanking development.
Skillful Use of Armor Noted.
Gen. MacArthur's earlier COM
munique gave particular atten-
ton to the "skillful" handling OF
armor and strategy by North Ko.
rean forces.
The invasion of South Korea
was carefully planned and has
been carried out we'll, he said. Il
is assumed the Russians had much
to do with it.
| Gen. Macarthur noted the Al
tanks spearheading the Commu
mist advance were "extremel.
skillfully maneuvered." He paie
tribute to the spearhead leader 81
a "resourceful commander VIII,
skillfully applied frontal pressure
with an development"
Many ask how the North Ko
reans were able to do this in fiv'
years. They are the same rae
as the South Koreans. who hav'
shown no aptitude for handlin;
trucks properly. let alone tanks
Even the japanese in the last wa
showed little mechanical aptitude
although they were the admitted
best army Of the Orient.
Evening star., 1950-07-07
Church Tower Damage
By Bolt Put at 5000

Damage tot the tower of the
Eldhroooke Methodist Church,
which was hit by lightning We'd
nesday. amounts to about 5000, it
was estimated today.
This is the second time in three
years that the tower has been hit
by lightning. One Of the church
workers. Miss Norma Duke, was
in the church at the time but
was unharmed. Miss Duke, who
Is the new director of Christian
education for the church, is in
her first week on the job. The
church is at River road and Wis
consin avenue NV.
Evening star., 1950-07-07
Macarthur Reports
More Widespread
Blows Against Reds
By the Assoeiated Press

TOKYO. Saturday, July g.
Gen. MacArthur's communique
today reported widespread Ameri-
can air blows against the North
Koreans, ranging from close front
support for the troops to a B-2s
raid on an Oil refinery at Wonsan
10 miles inside North Korea.
It added that naval patrols yes
terday bombarded enemy oil
tanks, bridges and shipping along
the east coast at undisclosed
places.
! Jet fighters and light bombers
drilling through the clouds OF
Korea's usual bad summer weather
earlier yesterday were reported to
have knocked out possibly Is Red
tanks on the front south of Seoul.
6 to 10 Tanks Left Ablaze.
A Far East Air Force communi-
que said B-26 bombers spotted a
concentration of tanks. vehicles
and troops north of Pyongtaek. 40
air miles south of Seoul.
When the swift bomb and rocket
carrying bombers droned back into
the clouds they had left from six
to 10 tanks ablaze. and several
trucks destroyed, the communique
reported.
On a second mission, B-26s
poured bombs, rockets and ma
chinegun fire on 40 vehicles and
knocked out a machinegun nest
north Of Pyongtaek. Two light
bombers failed to return. One was
hit by ground fire.
F-80 jets also were on the prowl,
and reported a bag of six tanks,
two half-tracks and seven or more
trucks.
They attacked numerous vehi-
cles carrying North Korean troops
and railway train. No opposi-
tion was met In the air.
4 Subs Believed Bombed.
The big brothers of the Air
Force, the B-29 Superforts,
bombed targets in Communist
North Korea yesterday for the
second straight day. They flew
north on two separate missions
and neither mission was chal-
lenged in the air.
One mission spotted what it be-
lieved to be four submarines in
Chinnampo harbor and hit them
with bombs. The damage was not
reported.
/ Chinnampo is 20 miles south
west Of the Red capital, Pyongyang
The North Koreans are not
known to have any submarines.
American officials estimate that
the Russian have rs or more SUBJ
marines in the Pacific.
Oil Refineries Struck.
The second Super Fort mission
struck at major source of North
Korean fuel supply, the East Coast
Oil refinery at Wonsan, 80 miles
north of the border. The weather
was so bad results could not be
determined.
The mission had better luck on
the alternate target of Kojo
about 80 miles down the coast
southeast Of Wonsan. The bom-
bardiers could see the railroad
yards and a railroad and highway
bridge. They bombed both with
excellent results, the communique
said.
A second Air Force commune
que summed up the aerial war;
fare for the first 10 DAYS
through yesterday. It reported
American and North Korean
aerial. losses stood at % planes
each.
1t credited a British American
naval air raid in North Korea
Monday and Tuesday with four
kills, whereas the Navy re-
ported 10.
Evening star., 1950-07-07
Campfire Program

A special campfire program to-
night will mark the end of the
first two-week period of the Boys
YMCA Day Camp. at the Horace
Mann Playground near American
University. The program will be
held at Z o'clock in Fort Kemble
Park. near Cathedral avenue and
Foxhall road NV.
Evening star., 1950-07-07
Auto Deaths in Detroit
Drop in Safety Drive
By the Assoeiated Press

DETROIT, July 7.-If figures
count for anything, Detroit's S
breakdown on speeding drivers is
paying off.
In so days of a get tough" pol
icy, $50 persons have been sent
to Jail.
Over the same period % persons
were killed in traffic as compared
to "a for the previous so days.
1T looks good to me-" said
Traffic Judge John D. Watts. "But
give lis another six months and
we'll really show some results"
Evening star., 1950-07-07
Two Rescued as PIune
Sinks Off Cope Henry
BY the Associaied Press

NORFOLK, July 1.-Two flyers
escaped injury yesterday when q
Navy UF-1 plane sank seven miles
east Of Cape Henry.
Atlantic Fleet headquarters here
said the two-engined craft from
the Patuxent (Mdo Naval All
Test Center was making rough
water landing tests when she sent
a distress message.
A transport rescued the crew.
men,
Evening star., 1950-07-07
u. S. Planes Drone
SweetIy Over Heads
OF South Koreans
BY the Associated Press

SOMEWHERE IN KOREA.
July THE steady drone of
American warplanes brought
smiles to the country folk Of
South Korea today.
One farmer looked up and
said: "Myong kok. myong
kok."
That's Korean for sweet
music"
Evening star., 1950-07-07
Record Chicken Shipment

SALISBURY. Md, July 7 GA
record 3,446,000 chickens were
shipped from Delmarva Peninsula
broiler houses during the week
ended July /. the Delaware Mary
land Crop Reporting Service an
nounced.
Evening star., 1950-07-07
Buzour in Clinton

The auxiliary of j. Paul Duke,
jr.. Memorial Post No. 1916, Vet
erans of Foreign Wars, will hold
a bazaar and bake sale all day
tomorrow at st. Johns Hall, Clin-
ton, Md.