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Evening star., 1951-09-26
'Att|ee Reported
Asking Truman S
Backing on Iran
Firm British Protest
Handed to Teherun
| On Expulsion Order
BY the Assoeiated Press

LONDON, Sept. 26.-Prime Min
lister Attlee is asking Presiden
Truman personally for help il
tBritain's crucial oil dispute will
Iran, informed sources said today
Britain protested in the strong
est terms in Teheran earlier to
day against an Iranian edict or
dering some 300 British oil men t.
quit the worlds biggest refiner,
in Abadan by October 3.
In a personal message to MI
Truman, informed sources said
Mr.. Attlee likely will make it clea
that Britain is determined to sta,
on in Abadan.
Franks Sees AchesOn.
British Ambassador Sir Oliver
Franks conferred today with
Presidential Adviser w. Averell
Hartman, Secretary of State
Acheson and other State De-
partment officials in Mr.. Ache
sons office.
(Mr. Acheson left the meet
ing to hold a scheduled news
conference, where he said that
the whole question of American
relations with Britain in the
Iranian crisis was being dis
cussed.
(The Secretary said the
United States would continue to
try to be helpful, but lodged
questions about reports that
both Britain and Iran were
making new appeals to the
United States to help settle the
oil dispute. The White House
also had no comment on the
reportS.)
Attlee Holds Emergency Session
Mr.. Attlee met with his top ad
'visers last night at an emergenc,
session attended by the service
chiefs. including Field Marsha
Sir William Slim. chief of tn
imperial general staff.
Mr.. Attlee called a full session
|of the cabinet for tomorrow ant
was also expected to seek supper
from Conservative Leader Winston
Churchill and Liberal Leade,
Clement Davies on any decision
to defy Iran and hold Abadan.
Mr.. Attlee would need polio,
supported by all parties in orde
to keep the bitter oil dispute from
becoming one of the main issue
in the october Is general cleo
ton.
Shinwell and Morrison Awaited.
The full session of the cabine
will follow the return of Foreign
Secretary Herbert Morrison ant
Defense Minister Emanuel Shin
we'll from the United States.
Newspapers called for a get
tough -with-Iran policy. Premie
IMohammed Mossadegh's expulsion
order was made after Britain re
Ibuffed a new bid to reopen talk
on the oil company's future.
Foreign Office officials salt
Britain informed the Unitet
States of the protest before
was sent off. They indicated tina
American reaction to the NOV
has not been received.
There was stolid defiance il
government circles of Mossadegh'
deadline giving october 3 as tn
last day British technicians will b
permitted on Iranian soil. Blu
the concrete decision on the mex
steps awaits the return of MI
Morrison and Mr.. Shinwell.
Britain has 10 warships ridini
at anchor less than SO miles from
Abadan. British warships are il
lneighboring Iraq. An undiscloset
number of troops and parachut
men are stationed within a fev
flying hours from the Iranian oi
fields.
Evening star., 1951-09-26

President Truman today nom
mated Earl Wayne Beck, 60-year-
old colored real estate operator
of Kansas City. to be recorder
of deeds here, succeeding DR.
Marshall L. Shepard, who re-
signed September 5.
The appointment was a surprise
as Mr.. Beck, who comes from
President Truman's home town
had not been mentioned in con-
nection with the vacancy.
Colored residents here had
hoped that someone from the Dis
trict would get the nomination.
Mr.. Beck has been active in
civic affairs In Kansas City, and
from 1925 to 1910 was superin-
Evening star., 1951-09-26
Late News
Bulletin

Tax Retrooetivity Loses
The Senate today rejected by
a vote of 81 to 33 a proposal by
Senator Lehman, Democrat
Liberal, of New York to make
corporation tax increases retro
active to January /, 1881, in
stead of April /.
Earlier Story on Page A-8.)
Evening star., 1951-09-26

PARIS, Sept. 26 P.-The
French Parliament early today
went on vacation until about No.
vember 6. This avoided an almost
certain cabinet crisis that would
have toppled Premier Rene
Pleven's government.
Evening star., 1951-09-26
Pope Pruys for Kinq

VATICAN CITY, Sept. 26 (P).-
Pope Pus XII sent a telegram to-
day to Queen Elizabeth of Eng
land, assuring her of his prayers
for the complete recovery of King
George VI.
Evening star., 1951-09-26
Elizabeth Postpones
Journey 10 America
For al Least Z Weeks
Doctors Report King
Still Goining Despite
Less RestfuI Night
BULLETIN

OTTAWA tPl.-A Canadian
government official said today
the tour of Princess Elizabeth
and Prince Philip of England
will be postponed for a minimum
of two weeks.
Evening star., 1951-09-26
Allies Turn Down Bid by Reds for Renew
ing Peoce Tolks ot Once. Poee Az


in a roaring duel this morning
over Northwest Korea's MIG Al
ley. 1t was the biggest single jet
fight of all time.
The United States 5th Air Force
said its pilots probably destroyed
lone Red jet and damaged four.
It said no Allied planes were lost.
Battle at $4,000 Feet.
Then "a American Thunderjets
Iswooshed back into MIG Alley in
the afternoon and clashed with
35 MICS.
The score, as reported by 5th
Air Force: One MIG probably de-
Istroyed, eight damaged.
The afternoon battle was joined
at $4,000 feet near Sinanju. The
MICS roared in fast and forced
the Thunderjets to jettison their
bomb loads before they had made
their target runs.
The two formations met head
on in a vicious attack. They be-
gan firing when 5000 yards apart.
The MICS broke away at about
500 feet as the Thunderjets held
steady.
There were two more head-en
passes. Then the MICS turned
and streaked back to their Man
churian bases.
Strike at Rail Lines.
| In the morning battle 100 MICS
roared out of the north in a bold
attempt to block an Allied smash
at Communist rail line. Seventy
seven American and Australian
Ijets flew in the Allied armada.
Allied fighter -bombers swept in
on the rail complex near Sinanju,
40 miles north of Pyongyang, the
Red Korean capital.
/ Twenty EIGHT F-84 Thunderjets
were making the sweep.
i Flying cover were 81 F-86 Sabre
Jets, swifter than the Thunderjet,
and IL Australian Meteors, q
somewhat slower British twin
engine jet.
/ As the jet armada r1eared its
target, horde of MICS flashed
Eout of the north,
/ Australians Join Battle.
/ The Sabres tangled first with
$50 MICS.
At almost the same time, the
IAussies chewed into a group Of
40 MICS.
That left only 20 of the Russian
type jets for the % Thunderjets.
| The 5th Air Force gave this box
score:
Sabres-One MIG probably de-
stroyed.
Meteors-One MIG damaged.
Thunderjets-Three MICS dam
aged.
The big air action topped all
previous jet battles for size. On
April II, a force of 70 Sabres
!and Thunderjets clashed with
Iabout 80 MICS.
This was the second straight day
Iof major jet battles.
Storm at Heartbreak Ridge.
On the ground, Allied forces
IStormed again at Heartbreak
Ridge in east-central Korea. They
were carrying on their five-week-
I old drive to take the height COM
manding key Communist supply
area.
Only Tuesday American and
South Korean infantry had seized
towering Kim II Sung" Noun
tain. a peak named for the Red
Korean Premier. 1t is southwest
of Heartbreak Ridge.
The famed United States I'd
Divisions 23d Regiment with it's
French battalion was carrying the
ball on the bitter fight for Heart
break Ridge. The 9th Regiment.
also attached to the I'd Division,
was helping out.
| The ridge is north of Yanggu
and about 80 miles inland from
the Sea of Japan.
Evening star., 1951-09-26

Story ond Picture Of Mrs. Trumon al
Symphony Luncheon. Page B-3
Evening star., 1951-09-26
256 JETS Battle
In North Korea;
IA Of Foes Hit
, Two Formations Meet
In Heud-on Attack
$4,000 Feet in Air
BY the Associated Pres,

U. N. COMMAND HEADQUAR-
TIERS. Korea. Sept. 26.-Allied
pilots today destroyed or dam
aged IA Communist planes over
Northwest Korea in history's
greatest day of all-jet battles.
There were 256 jets in action.
The number dwarfed all previous
jet actions for a single day.
Seventy-seven Allied jets tam
gled with 120 Russian-type MICS
Evening star., 1951-09-26

(see FORRESTAL, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1951-09-26

(see TREATY, Page A-s)
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Paris Parliament Recesses

(See RFC, Page A-9.)
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(See SCHOOL BOARD, Pg. A-9D
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(See KING, Page A-8.)
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in roaring duel this morning
over Northwest Korea's MIG Al
ley. 1t was the biggest single jet
fight of all time.
The United States 5th Air Force
said its pilots probably destroyed
one Red jet and damaged four.
It said no Allied planes were lost.
Evening star., 1951-09-26

Late New York Markets, Poqe Az
Evening star., 1951-01-05

flames from the burning city ap.
peared as a single fire in the dark
ness while haze began to mist the
star-Studded sky. The flames and
smoke belched out from among
the ridges and mountains partial
ly ringing the capital like tongues
OF fire from a blast furnace.
Other fires danced weirdly
They were identified by Capt
Trimble as the burning hulks OF
Inchon, Ascom City, a former
United Nations base on the road
from Inchon to Seoul; Yongdong-
po on the south bank of the Han
River across from the capital, and
Kimpo Airfield to the northwest
We could not fly westward tc
Inchon or northward along the
blazing road to Kimpo. All AL
lied aircraft had been warned te
stay out Of this area near the
sea because IL was in the path
OF naval guns protecting ar
evacuation from Inchon).
In the distance, lying like toy
boats in a children's pond, units
OF the Allied Navy were pointed
out by Radio Navigator 1t. Ed
ward A. xucinski. Our plane
skirted lower as we approached
Seoul from the south.
The smoke billowed upwards
laced with flames. The center OF
the city was fronted with fire
along the main street from the
Evening star., 1951-01-05
Fires From Capital
Reported Visible
Over 100 Miles
By Don Huth
Associated Press War CORRESPONDENT.


UNITED STATES 9th ARMY
HEADQUARTERS, Korea, Jan. S
This correspondent has just re-
turned from a flight over burning
Seoul and Communist-occupied
territory to the north.
Cutting our way through heavy
black smoke in an unarmed photo
reconnaissance plane, we kept a
death watch over the ancient ano
now devastated capital.
The fires tapping at the funeral
pyre could be seen from the all
for more than 100 miles. They
were pointed out by Capt. Harry
w. Trimble, our pilot, shortly
after his sleek, black B-26 of the
162nd Tactical Reconnaiiance
Group left the ground.
Naval Gunfire Seen.
Convoy headlights moving south
peeked up along the network OF
roads leading from Seoul. There
were hundreds of these, bobbing
and winding like satin ribbons
on a background of black velvet
From his navigator's seat in the
nose of the plane Capt. Cyril M.
Statum of Comanche. Tex, silver
haired veteran of 81 night recon-
naissance missions. spotted white
flashes in the sky. They were
identified by Capt. Trimble and
Capt. Statum as reflections from
Allied naval gunfire off Inchon,
Scouts harbor.
No lights were observed along
the main highway between Seoul
and Suwon, but the ridges and
several villages between the two
cities were ablaze.
They tWinkled like glittering
on a Christmas tree.
Within Is miles of Seoul the
Evening star., 1951-01-05
Civilians Observed
Moving Freely in
Abandoned Port
By WiIIiom Bornord
Associated Press War corre.ponder,

AN AIR FORCE BASE, Korea
Jan. 81 flew low over the i'm
portant west coast port city OF
Inchon at 4:30 pm. (2::30 am.
EST today. There was no sign
of enemy troops.
United Nations ground forces
had been completely evacuated
Civilians were moving freely about
the streets. U. N. ships were in
the outer harbor.
Right of shore were a destroyer
two LISTS, two tankers and one
transport. Around some of the
ships were scores of little junks
crowded with hundreds of white
clad refugees. Apparently they
were waiting to be taken aboard
the big ships.
Chinese Obviously Not There.
For Is minutes our plane swooped
over the city at an altitude of Sc
feet. We watched the white clad
Koreans-men and women, walk
ing up the streets and standing
in little groups on the corners.
In enemy occupied portions of
Korea there is no such movement
of civilians in the daytime.
"It's obvious that Chinese Com
munist troops have not moved in, "
said 1t. Lawrence F. van Camp.
His radio operator, Corpl. George
H. Magee, agreed.
A fire burned in the remains of
a building at the waters edge. An
American helicopter cruised over
the city.
But when we left Inchon and
headed for Seoul the highway was
ominously deserted. We few over
Seoul and found a fantastically
dead city. Although we cruised
over it for five minutes. there was
not a single sign of life.
Streets Clear of Vehicles.
Not person. not a single one:
Just empty streets and cold silent
buildings. There were no vehi-
cles in the streets Smoke plumed
up from fires in the city.
(Mr. Barnard's flight over
Seoul was made IL hours or
more after that made by Asso-
ciated Press War Correspond
ent Don Huth, who reported
Scouts fires could be seen for
more than 100 miles.)
The enemy had thrown no
Evening star., 1951-01-05
Robert Montgomery
Charges Washington
|Abounds With Crooks

Calling Washington zone of
the most corrupt and crime rid
den communities on EARTH" Actor
Robert Montgomery, now a radio
commentator. said last night that
the city needs completely new
law-enforcement machinery"
How mild can an investigating
committee be?" Mr.. Montgomery
asked on his weekly broadcast
over the American Broadcasting
Co. and Station WMAL.
He scored the recent Davis
Subcommittee report on District
crime for being mildly worded,
failing to name names and not
going far enough in calling for a
mere overhaul of law-enforce-
ment machinery.
The city of magnificent mem
ories" for 4 million tourists every
year "abounds with crooks, cut
throats, muggers. thieves. hijack-
ers and dope-peddlers," Mr.. Mont
gomery said.
Human life is in greater peril
on the streets of Washington
D. c., than in any other major
city" he added. "A yoker or sex
maniac turks in every other alley"
He quoted special grand jury's
report that 65 million numbers
slips were written in one year,
that the racket is carried on
openly in saloons, cafes, liquor
stores. cigar stores, pool rooms
and newsstands."
Reciting the history of known
Washington gamblers. Mr.. Mont
gomery asked a series of questions,
among them:
What does Police Supt. Robert
j. Barrett have to say about 100
complaints to the grand jury of
police corruption? What does
United States Attorney George
Morris Fay have to say about re-
ports he has dropped alright
cases?" Why do Washington
bondsmen regard numbers racket
eers as the safest kind of risk?
Evening star., 1951-01-05

bridges across the Han and for
miles on the southern edge OF
Seoul the river ice had been
cracked and broken by artillery
fire. On no stretch of the river
near Seoul did it appear that it
would be possible for persons to
cross.
American forces blew the last
Pontoon bridge about 2 pm. yes
terday. At that time many per-
sons had been crossing the river
ice, and it was strong enough to
support even jeeps.
Fuel Abandoned at Kimpo.
On an island in the Han River
was a vehicle with one man
There was nothing left except the
airstrip. We could see the man
watching our plane. He was in
fiat. exposed territory.
Abandoned fuel supplies were
still burning at Kimpo. Is miles
west of Seoul. There was no sign
of life.
At Yongdongpo, town just
across the Han from Seoul, there
was cold, ghostly deadness. Yes
terday United States artillery had
been moving southwark through
Yongdongpo. Now there was not
even dog in the streets.
Near Seoul we saw cluster of
bright fires and flew over them.
Just as we did, an ammunition
dump exploded, red and white
flames roaring furiously into the
air. Our plane was rocked vio-
lently by the shock waves.
Refugees Flock Southwark.
There were no longer any refu-
gees anywhere near Seoul. But
far southwark, the roads were
crawling with these dazed and
weary fugitives from Communism.
BY the thousands, they crowded
every railroad junction.
A hopeful inner circle crowded
around the railroad station. The
far edges of the pathetic circle
often extended into rice paddles.
There were that many of them,
all with bundles, all hoping for
the chance to climb onto an open
f1atcar going south. For many
of them, the trains did not run on
time.
Evening star., 1951-01-05
Remington Accuser
Rushes From Court
To Bedside Of Son
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-A Florida
newspaperman, testifying in tn,
perjury trial of William w. Rem
1ngton, was rushed through hi
testimony yesterday so he coule
be flown to the bedside of his Sc.
rlously ailing son.
The witness, Paul Crouch, At, O.
Miami, testified in Federal Court
to support Government charge.
that Remington perjured himself
when he denied before a Fedora
grand jury that he ever was 6
member of the Communist Party.
Crouch identified Remington ir
court as a man he had seen al
Communist Party gatherings ir
Knoxville, Tenn, in 1897. The
witness, added, however, that he
was unable to recall where and
under what circumstances he had
seen the former Government
economist.
Mail Box Card Produced.
Remington's defense has con-
tended that no Government wit
ness ever saw a Communist Party
card in Remington's name or pos
session.
Crouch, a former Communist
1uminary, reached into a box of
old records yesterday and pro-
duced card bearing the name
BILL Remington"
Crouch said the box contained
subscription files of the former
Southern Worker. an official Com
munist publication.
He linked the subscription card
with a mail drop, identified as
Box 1892, which he described as
the Communist Party post Office
box in Knoxville. The card bore
the notation of box 1892.
The witness said he knew
scores of cases" of Communist
Party members who had no mem
bership cards. He said the Rem
ington" card bore a later address
4 OF BOX 912, Hanover, N. -
the location of Dartmouth College
which Remington attended after
} he left his messenger job with the
Tennessee Valley Authority in
Knoxville.
Crouch, the only witness of the
day, proceeded by plane to Miami
Immediately after his testimony
and cross examination. His teen
age son, Carl, lay in a Miami hos
pital on the critical list with COM
plications after treatment for a
ruptured appendix.
Crouch Sentenced in 1925.
Crouch was court-martialed by
the Army in 1925 for organizing
a Hawaiian Communist League"
in several Army units while sta
toned on the islands as a supply
clerk. He got off with a three
year sentence.
AS representative of the Young
Communist League, he attended
two executive sessions of the
Evening star., 1951-01-05

capitol building. The torch
burned SO brightly it clearly
lighted the thoroughfare but
made the buildings indistinguish-
able.
Circled Is Minutes.
A necklace of flame sparkled
throughout Seoul. There were so
many fires they were impossible to
estimate. We circled IS minutes
and tnen headed noorthward to
seek out Chinese and North Ko-
lean Communists moving south
ward
Capt. Trimble flew north, his
bomb bay filled with 900 million
csnolepower flash bombs to pho
toglaph anything that might re-
veal enemy movements.
About 80 miles from Wonsan,
on the east coast, fires in the
ridges behind the port city glowed
duly. In a few seconds, Capt.
Trimble turned westward to stay
within his zone of operations.
We were % miles from the
North Korean capital of Pyong-
yang when Capt. Trimble headed
southwark to resume his hunt for
the enemy.
Flames and smoke continued to
rise over Seoul as we headed Gown
the Han River. When a warning
was broadcast about the bomb
line, we slipped along the eastern
edges of the blazing capital and
sped for home to end the Jour-
hour fight.
Evening star., 1951-01-05

Comintern in Moscow. In 1928,
the Daily Worker published his
photo in the uniform of an hon.
orary Red Army regimental COM
mander.
The witness further testified to
holding a long string of Com
munist jobs. including the party
leadership in North Carolina, Utah
and Tennessee, as well as editorial
posts on several Communist pub
LEGATIONS.
Evening star., 1951-01-05
Polish Club Ceremony

The Polish Club of Washington
will sponsor a mass at II am.
Sunday at the National Shrine
of the Immaculate Conception on
the Catholic University grounds.
A Polish sermon will be preached
and the club choir will sing.
Evening star., 1951-01-05

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Evening star., 1951-09-19
Rx Katharine N. Brooks

The Turkish Ambassador, Mr.
Feridun Erkin, entertained at
luncheon yesterday at his en-
bassy honoring the Turkish dele
CATION to the sixth annual meet
ing of the Board of Governors of
the international Bank and Inter-
national Monetary Fund. The
Turkish. delegation included Mr.
Refii Sukru Suvola, professor of
economics at the University of
Istanbul and Turkish Governor of
the International Bank, and Mr.
Cabir Selek, Turkish executive di-
rector of the International Bank
Mr.. Robert Livingston Garner
vice president of the international
Bank, was among the guests yes
terday and others included Mr.. w
A. B. Tiff, loan director of the
bank; Mr.. Davidson Sommer
general counsel; Mr.. Leonard B
Rift, director of economics for
the bank; Mr.. A. Robert Moore
officer in charge of Turkish affair:
for the State Department; Gen,
Raymond E. Wheeler, engineering
adviser for the bank and Mr.. Will
liam Diamond, loan officer for ths
bank.
Mr.. Barhan Ulutan of the Of
flee of the Ministry of Finance OF
Evening star., 1951-09-19
Wed in Bethlehem Chapel

The Bethlehem Chapel of the
Washington Cathedral was the
scene yesterday of the wedding of
Miss Betty Jane Knighton,
lieutenant, U. S. NJ, and Mr.. David
Edward Botter, jr. DR.. Charles w.
Lowry, rector of All Saints Epis-
copal Church, Chevy Chase, per-
formed the 5 o'clock ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of
Col. Joseph Wilson Knighton,
U. S. M. c., retired, of Philadel-
phia. and the groom is the son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. David Edward Bot
ter, of Palestine, Texas.
1t. Dorothy Hagen, U. S. N, was
maid of honor and the other at
tendants were Miss Cecilia
Moohan. Mrs. Charles Nimitz, jr.;
Mrs. B. c. Tolley. jr.; Mrs. William
c. cache, jr.; Mrs. Frank P. Hud-
son and Mrs. P. James Plunkett.
Mr.. Benjamin r. Cole was best
man for the groom and ushers
were the Messrs. James K. Pick
ard, Warren Woodward, Warren
Duffee, Dale Miller, Leslie E. Car
penter and E. P. Hardin, a cousin
of the groom.
After reception at the Army
Navy Country Club, the couple left