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Evening star., 1953-06-20
German Reds
Admit Chaos
In East Zone
Refinery Set Afire;
$4,000 Russians
Throttle Berlin
By the Assoeiofad Press

BERLIN, June 2O.-East Ger
many's leading Communist news
paper today admitted that the
Soviet zone is rocking under
strikes and disorders and that
huge synthetic gasoline re-
f1nery near Halle had been swept
by fire and then struck by its
workers.
Maj. Gen. Thomas Timberman,
American commander in Red
encircled West Berlin, said the
Russians had brought in the ma
jor elements of two armored
divisions, about $4,000 men of
the 1St and 14th Divisions, to
throttle rebellious East Berlin.
These two divisions can
tamp the place down for
a WHILE" he told a news confer
ence. What happens then,
don't know. I do know what
happens when you tamp down
dynamite.
II am certain that these Rus
sian gunners with their tank
muzzles staring down our throats
know themselves that this is no
solution to the overall prob
lem," he added.
Food Shortage Admitted.
Communist officials claimed
that strikes and unrest were dy-
ing down after last Wednesdays
riotous anti-Red outburst in
which 100 Germans are rumored
to have been killed.
But Neues Deutschland, the
Communist Party organ in East
Germany, admitted chaotic con-
ditions still prevailed. It said
East Berlin was short of food be-
cause of transport difficulties"
a reference to zone-wide strike
by rail workers. It added that
no vegetables were available and
that "hoarder buying" had emp
tied stores.
It further disclosed that the
former I. G. Farben Leuna syn
thetic gasoline refinery near
Halle-swept by fire yesterday
was struck. The plant employs
$4,000 workers.
Rubber Plant Fire Reported.
The nearby Buna artificial
rubber plant also was reported
burning yesterday.
NeueS Deutschland also said
workers at the big potash mines
at Rossleven had gone on strike
and that arrests had been made.
1t added that unrest" was
prevalent at other places, includ-
ing Madgeburg. Dresden and
Goerlitz.
The newspaper said "provoca-
teurs use the Leuna refinery's
loudspeaker system to call out
the workers for demonstrations.
A former administrative employe
was the rlngleaQer."
The East German police radio
reported illegal gatherings at
eight points in East Berlin today
and said commando squads were
ordered to the scenes. Under
Soviet martial law no more than
three persons are allowed to
meet in public.
Hanging Is Claimed.
A refugee from Rathenow re-
ported today that demonstra-
tors hanged the local state Sc
curity chief, Will Hagedorn,
after a youth had cried out,
that is the man who killed my
father" The largest artificial
silk factory in East Germany is
at Rathenow.
The West German Trade Un-
ion Federation at Dusseldorf
called for a 15-minute work
stoppage throughout West Ger
many next Tuesday in memory
of the victims in the East Ger
man rebellion against "tyran-
n.y." The metal workers union
announced a $4,000 relief fund
for the victims.
The Communists announced
that many paid provocateurs,"
seized during the riotous work.
ers' demonstrations Wednesday,
were facing Soviet military
courts.
Evening star., 1953-06-20
Lote News
Bulletin
Guilty in Deofh

Monroe r. Bell, 3S, colOred,
was convicted Of second-degree
murder this afternoon in the
fatal shooting Of Police Pvt.
Rudolph p. King, 20, colored,
ut the Bell home last New
Years day.
Earlier Story on Page B
Evening star., 1953-06-20
Diver Finds Bodies
OF Three in Cabin
OF Sunken Plane
Wreckoee Yields
Son Of Ackermon,
Girl and Salesman

Divers today recovered the
three remaining bodies from a
Washington private plane which
plunged out of storm tracked
skies into Chesapeake Bay at the
mouth of the ChoptAnk River
a week ago.
The fourth body, that Of Miss
Sara Mitchell, 23-year-old con-
gressional secretary. was found
Thursday in the same area and
produced the first clue as to the
whereabouts of the missing air.
craft.
Pilot Of the plane was George
Ackerman, %. son Of Leon
Ackerman, Washington real es-
tate dealer. The other passen-
gers were George ,Yost, %, q
salesman in the Alderman firm,
and Miss Romaine Sanders, 10,
daughter of a Washington auto
mobile official.
They boarded the plane at
National Airport at 6 pm, last
Friday for Salisbury, on Mary
lands Eastern Shore. Only def
mite report of the plane since
its takeoff was a request radioed
from it to the Salisbury airport
asking for weather information.
1t plunged into the 58-foot-
deep water off Cooks Point 10
miles northwest of Cambridge,
Nd, as the Choptank channel
widens into the bay.
Bodies Found in Fuselage.
Discovery Of a wig section by
the Coast Guard late yesterday
pin-pointed location of the single
engine Navion. Divers had little
difficulty in locating it before
10 am. today. The three bodies
were still in the fuselage section,
the Coast Guard said.
Apparently the crash threw
Miss Mitchell through the can
opy. but pinned the others in
side the cabin.
The first body brought up by
Baltimore Diver Samuel l..
Abrahams was Miss Sanders.
The next, identified through
papers in his billfold, was Mr..
Ackerman. Mr.. Yost's body was
the last to be recovered.
Mr.. Abrahams told the Coast
Guard the wreckage was too
scattered to bring it up from
the bottom.
Ackerman a Filler Since is.
Mr.. Ackerman, was known as
a competent airman. A pilot
since he was Is. he served in
the Marine Corps as a ground
crewman at Ell Toro, Calf, be-
fore his discharge a year ago.
AS manager of his fathers
real estate development, Ocean
Beach, Mr.. Ackerman had
flown the Washington Salisbury
route many times. Salisbury is
the closest airf1eld to the beach
development.
In 1850 Mr.. Alderman sue
ceeded in crash-landing a plane
in the Choptank River, on the
Eastern Shore, and escaped un-
hurt.
A graduate of Western High
School and Montgomery Junior
College. he was a football tackle
in college and later in the Ma
rines.
Salesman for Alderman Firm.
Mr.. Yost. a salesman for the
Ocean Beach development, had
just finished his junior year in
business administration at Mary
land University, where he was a
member Of the Air Force ROTC.
A third-generation Washing
(SaA ATYEpkAN pooo A0l
Evening star., 1953-06-20

arbitrary action. they did not
rule out an armiStice.
But their terms appeared near
imposSible-the Korean prisoners
have melted into the countryside
with Mr.. Rhee's blessing and the
split between South Korea and
the U. N. command apparently
was growing deeper.
An official U. N. command
spokesman, 1t. Col. Milton Herr.
said the Reds seemed to offer
the United Nations a separate
truce. excluding South Korea.
He did not elaborate.
South Korea's acting prime
minister. Y. T. Pyun, made pub
lie letter to Gen. Mark Clark.
U. N. commander, demanding
freedom for 5000 anti-Reds left
in allied stockades. 1t was writ
ten Thursday, a few hours after
the first big break.
Clark Gets Blunt Warning.
Mr.. Pyun said Mr.. Rhee does
not regard recent prisoner-ex-
change terms equally binding
on us" and warned Gen. Clark
bluntly against Saying or doing
anything that might likely pro-
woke passions of the (Korean)
masses, which once let loose may
easily go out of control"
At almost the same time, Gen.
Clark made public a letter writ
ten the same day blistering Mr..
Rhee, and accusing him of break
ing recent assurances that South
Korea would make no arbitrary
moves without consulting Gen.
Clark.
Mr.. Rhee's action has cracked
the unity of the allies and the
Reds made the most of it.
The Communists listed their
demands in a letter handed to
the allied truce delegation in a
25-minute meeting at Panmun-
jom. Addressed directly to Gen.
Clark, it ended: 1--WE are await
ing the reply of your side"
The allied delegates made no
answer and the meeting recessed
indefinitely at Communist re-
quest, subject to call by either
side.
Reds Ask Questions.
Un Washington, United States
officials had no comment, but
said they expected a strong pro-
test.)
In their letter. the Reds
warned ominously. "Your side
must bear the serious RESPONSE
bility for this incident" and
asked a series of blunt ques-
tionS:
"Is the United Nations COM
mand able to control the South
Korean government and army?
IF not, does the armistice in
Korea include the Syngman Rhee
clique?
IF it is not included, what as
surance is there for the imple.
mentation of the armistice agree
ment on the part of South Ko-
rea?
IF it is included, then your
side must be responsible for re-
covering Immediately all the u.s.
052 prisoners of war who are at
liberty and your side must
give assurance that similar in-
cidents will not recur in the fu-
ture."
The Red total did not include
SO who escaped last night and
today.
The Reds repeated their
charges that the Allies must have
known beforehand of the re-
lease and therefore "connived" in
the escapes.
The letter was signed by Kim
II Sung, North Korean premier,
(See TRUCE. Page A-30
Evening star., 1953-06-20
Seven Red Prisoners Killed

BAGHDAD. Iraq, June 20 (P.-
The Iraq government has dis
closed that seven Communist
prisoners were killed during a
shooting outbreak in a Baghdad
Jail. Twenty-three other Red
prisoners and 76 policemen and
guards were wounded.
Evening star., 1953-06-20
Other Stories Reiotinc
To Rosenberg Case

Texts Of Supreme Court Order and Con-
curing and Dissenting Opinions.
Page AZ
President Eissnhower's Settlement Refus-
ing to intervene in cosa. Pose AS
Ethel RossnbeFo's Lsst-hour Appeal 70
President for clemGRey. PGsG AS
Phone Cell Ends Dremotie Dey-LoRs
Effort Of Lawyers Page As
1000 In Lafayette Park Boo Rieket at
White HOWs0. pee( A-9
Evening star., 1953-06-20
400 Fishermen MISSING

MADRAS, India. June 20. (P).
Nearly 400 fishermen, the
crews of 64 fishing boats, were
reported missing yesterday in
violent storms off the coast of
Southern India.
Evening star., 1953-06-20
Reds Pin Truce
On Recapture
0fFreed P0Ws
Also Demand Allies
Control ROK Regime;
Clark Blasts Rhee
BY the Associoted Press

MUNSAN, June 20.-The Reds
today angrily told thee allies If
the United Nations wants a truce
it must control South Korea's
rebellious government and re-
capture $4,000 anti-Red war
prisoners freed by South Korea's
President Syngman Rhee.
Although the Communists
protested violently at Mr.. Rhee's
Evening star., 1953-06-20
Cross-Country Trek
To Build a Church

INDIAN cHAPEL-The Rev. Jesse
W. Myers will lead University Of
Maryland students 2.l0o miles to the
West to build a ehopeI for Indions.
The story, by StoF Writer Mark
Gnerro, is on pose A-S.
MoNsooNs AND MOUNTAINS
With but II days left to them be-
fore storms begin to rose, the intrepid
eonquerors Of Annopurno begin the
ottoek. Chopter 7 Of Mouriee HEROES
memorable account Of the HimoIoyon
peck ascent is on pose Ala.
DIG THIS oNE-It requires experts
and lots Of work to dig hole in the
ground at least one big enough for
three easements. Reol Estote Editor
Robert J. Lewis finds this out in look
ing over the excavation for a new
building at l7l7 n street NV. His
story is on pose B-I.
Evening star., 1953-06-20
Rosenbergs Die
At Sing Sing
For A-Spying
Both Walk Quietly
To Choir on Day After
Wedding Anniversary
n-- p a
BY ReImon NORM
Associated Press Stuff Writer

SING SING PRISON, Ossining,
N. Y, June 20.-Julius Rosen-
berg and his wife, Ethel, walked
quietly to the electric chair last
night and were executed for the
crime of delivering to Soviet Rus
sia the secrets of the atomic
bomb.
Neither Of the condemned spies
talked, or attempted to talk, as
the last moments came.
Both entered the death cham
ber in Sing Sing Prison-only a
few moments apart-with a firm
Evening star., 1953-06-20


step and q stony face. They were
executed shortly before sunset, so
that the grim task would be fin
ished before the beginning of the
Jewish Sabbath.
1t was the day after their 18th
wedding anniversary.
They were the first non-mili-
tary convicts in the history Of the
United States to be executed for
espionage.
Their bodies will be claimed
by their families, but prison Of
f1cials said they had not been
notified when.
No Demonstration at Prison.
While crowds demonstrated in
other cities. in Ossining, where
the prison is located, the night
was quiet. Heavy details of
police and State troopers, guard
ing temporary barricades, met
no demonstrators.
AS the fixed hour approached,
two telephone lines were opened
between the Office Of Warden
Wilfred L. Denno and Washing
ton-presumably to be in touch
with the White House and the
Office of Attorney General
BroWnell.
The RoSenhergs spent most
Of their last day together. War
den Demo said they talked from
about noon to 7:20 pm. tEDT0
in the woman's wing Of the pri-
son. They were separated by a
wire screen.
The party OF official witnesses
entered the death chamber a
few moments before 8 pm. It is
a square room. Behind the elec-
trio chair was a white, wheeled
table. In front were four rows
of benches. like pews in a
church.
Rabbi First To Enter.
The room was heavy with
silence. From overhead, the
lights beamed on the electric
chair.
A moment later. a voice was
heard in the corridor leading
in from the death chamber.
It was low but distinct.
Then Rabbi Irving Koslowe
entered. He wore black robes
with a white praying shawl
around his shoulders and the
rabbinical hat. AS he came in,
he was intoning the words of
the 23d Psalm THE Lord
is my shepherd, I shall not
want"
Rosenberg was a step behind
him. 1t was about 8:02.
The executions were SO ar
ranged that husband and wife
would not know when the other
went down the corridor. Had
Ethel Rosenberg gone first, she
would have passed her husbands
cell.
Rosenberg, 35, wore dark
brown trousers. a white under
shirt with short sleeves, and low
slippers without heels.
Moustache Shaved OF.
His moustache had been shaved
off. His glasses were removed.
His face was a blank. His eyes
appeared not to see any of the
people in the room or any Of its
details.
But he turned, without guild
ance, to the electric chair and
sat down quietly.
Rabbi Koslowe moved to the
left Of the chair. beside the wit
ness benches. He kept his eyes
on the prayer book. His voice
dropped to a whisper. He prayed
steadily. and twice kissed the
book.
The black helmet was placed
on RoSenberg'S head. Then the
black straps were f1xed around
his chest, and the other electrode
was set against his right leg. The
trouSer had been slit, so that the
leg was bare from the knee down.
The guards stepped away. A
signal was given to the execu-
tioner, Joseph Francell. in an
alcove to the left Of the room.
A metallic rattle sounded. It
sounded like marbles rolling
Evening star., 1953-06-20
Did You KnO1v-

That the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission,
which supplies water and to 385O00 Maryland
dents of the Metropolitan Area, conducts $40 million
annual business?
That this State agency whose only customers resi-
dents of Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties
and does raise rates without public hearings?
That this commission borrows money the credit Of
the two counties it serves?
That, under the law the counties guarantee the
bond issues but have in how the money is spent?
That the commission is $75 million in debt?
That the new sewage charge, in effect boosts water
in these counties from a to Al thousand
gallons?
These questions many others relating to opera
tons of the commission will be explained in series Of
articles starting tomorrow in
Evening star., 1953-06-20

The writer Of the accompanying story
wos one Of the three news service
representatives, who witnessed the
executions Of julius 0nd Ethel Rcsen-
berg.
Evening star., 1953-06-20
Stocks in the SPOTLIGHT

NEW YORK, June 90 dP.-FollowinR
are the sales, high, low, closing price
and net change Of the 90 most active
stocks for the week ladd 00):
Evening star., 1953-06-20

5000 Fresh Red Troops Messing on
Eost Centrol Koreon Front. Poee Az
Dulles Holds Secret Biefins on Koreo
Situation. Poee B-8
Evening star., 1953-06-20
Guide for Readers

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decided that the Continued Page AS So
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(See FOREIGN AID, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1953-10-25
Adventist Council
To Hear Traveller

DR.. E. N. Dick. head of the
Medical Cadet Corps Of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
will address delegates to the
church's annual council at 1880
o'clock tonight in Sligo Church,
Carroll and Flower avenues,
Takoma Park.
DR.. Dick, whose department
trains Adventist youth for n.edi-
cal service in the armed forces,
recently returned from round
the-World trip, which included
Korea. Appearing on the pro-
gram with him will be Army
Chaplain F. E. Bresee.
Six hundred delegates and
more than 5000 church members
yesterday heard foreign leaders
of the church give glowing re-
ports of progress in South Amer
lea and Southern Europe.
w. E. Murray, president of the
South American Division of the
church, called che present time
golden opportunity for Chris
tian advance in South America. "
w R Beach, president of the
Southern European Division, re-
ported a church membership of
Evening star., 1953-10-25
Corporal Asks POWs
To Renounce Reds

PANMUNJOM, Sunday, Oct.
25 (PJ.-The American command
made its first moves yesterday to
induce % apparently fear-strick-
en- Americans to renounce COM
munism and return home VOL
unfairly. just as their buddy,
Corpl. Edward S. Dickinson had
done.
One American appeal was
made in a letter by Corp. Dick
enson of Big Stone Gap, Va,
to his former comrades in neu-
tral custody. It reaSsured them:
''You should not have any fear
at all Of being harmed if you
come back. There has not been
any article printed that some
one said you wrote"
THE Communists have told
nothing but lies to u.s." the
corporal wrote. They only want
us for their benefit"
Another powerful American
appeal came directly from the
close relatives and friends of
the men in the form of 279
letters-an average Of about IL
letters per man.
Evening star., 1953-10-25
CONTINUED From First Page)

F. Dean, was captured short
time later.
Col. Dunn, undergoing dental
treatment at Valley Forge Army
Hospital, Phoenixville, Pa, was a
prisoner for 38 months.
At first there were 730 .Ameri-
can prisoners in his camp.
"One hundred and four of
them were shot and my listing
carried such a notation every
time that took place." he de-
clared. "A total of 461 of our
boys died, most of them from
starvation"
Sergt. Kirk added that several
also died from freezing while
being punished by the Reds in
the frozen wastes along the Yalu
River, close to Soviet Russia
He also recalled that several of
them died of wounds from beat
ings."
Col. Dunn, recording the fate
of the Americans on a day-to-
day basis, made three copies of
the list with the aid of fellow
POWs who worked in the prison
library.
Most of the prisoners were not
allowed to have access to writing
materials but those working in
the library were an exception.
"Sergt. Kirk made his copy
from one of the Others" the
colonel said. 'They searched us
very thoroughly when we were
repatriated and it would not
have been possible to bring
through a list in plain writing"
There was one Britisher in
Colonel Dunn's camp, who died.
He was a marine.
The list also identified one
civilian as engineer, New York,
died of starvation. Colonel
Dunn said his name was "Mr.
Hale" and added he was caught
up in the Communist onslaught
down the peninsula in the early
days of the war"
Sergt. Kinks list, when discov-
cred by American officers when
he came stumbling through Red
lines at Freedom Village, was
rushed by plane to the Penta-
Evening star., 1953-10-25
Appointment Of BYrnes
To U. n. Post Criticized

George P. Delaney, interna-
tional representative of the AFL,
yesterday criticized the appoint
ment Of Gov. James Byrnes, of
South Carolina, to the United
Nations delegation.
"He is not the person to ex-
press the views of the United
States in the light of his own
racial bigotry and belief in segre-
CATION" Mr.. Delaney declared.
He spoke at a United Nations
Day luncheon at the Hamilton
Hotel. 1t was sponsored by the
Washington Central Labor Union.
Other speakers included Ralph
Wright, former Assistant Secre-
tary of Labor.
Mr.. Delaney said Mr.. ByrneS'
views are contrary to the basic
ideals of the United Nations. He
added that his views do not rep
resent those Of the majority Of
Americans.
Evening star., 1953-10-25
White Student Joining
Kansas Negro Fraternity
Rx the Assoeiated Press

LAWRENSE, Kans., Oct. "a
Roger Lee Youmans of Kansas
City, Kans., a 20-year-olC pre-
medical student, soon will be-
come the first white member of
a Negro fraternity at the Uni
versity of Kansas.
He pledged the Negro fra
ternity-Alpha Phi Alpha-late
last term. He is living in the
fraternity house this fall. The
organization has about 40 mem
bers on the campus, with about
20 living in the fraternity house.
A Junior who plans to become
a Methodist medical missionary,
young Youmans said he felt
that by living with the Negro
students he could develop a
better understanding of preju-
dices of others.
II don't expect my member
ship to break down any barriers
or anything" he said today. Il
didn't pledge with that inten-
ton. I am not going around
making big issue of it,"
Evening star., 1953-10-25
Milk Workers Strike
Put Off for "a Hours
BY the Associofed Press

. NEW YORK, Oct. "a. - A
threatened strike that would
leave the three-State metropoli-
tan area without fresh milk was
put off today for "a hours, just
as the deadline approached.
Announcement of the last
minute postponement was made
by c. j. Blanford, area milk
market administrator, who said
he had asked both sides to re-
main in continuous session to
see if they could reach an agree
ment.
Thirteen thousand AFL driv-
ers and plant workers for 200
milk companies had scheduled
walkout for 4 pm. today. They
seek higher wages and other
contract improvements.
Mr.. Blanford said both sides
agreed to his request to extend
the deadline until 4 pm. to-
morrow.
The strike, if it occurs, will cut
off milk from IL million persons
in New York City, Long Island
and Westchester and Rockland
Counties, N. Y, populous New
Jersey above Trenton and in part
of industrial Fairfield County,
Conn,
Evening star., 1953-10-25
Names of 467 DeodU. .POWs
Struggled Home by Sergeant

gon. It was feared the writing
would not be discernible for too
long.
In Washington the Govern
ment's top writing experts were
called in to bring the listing
to light.
I'VE feared discovery of the
list in Korea and that is why
I had several copies made" Col.
Dunn said. But the full credit
for bringing it out goes to the
sergeant"
Preferred Chinese Guards.
The colonek and the sergeant
both preferred their Chinese
Communist keepers to the North
Koreans.
THE Koreans would slap you
around and beat you up" said
the sergeant. They were really
brutal and several of our boys
died from their beatings."
In contrast. they said, the
Chinese put them through men
tai torture"
Both used the starvation
method, however" they agreed.
Col. Dunn, who only this
week was secret witness before
a House Un- American Activities
Subcommittee headed by Repre-
sentative Velde. Republican, of
Illinois, first was held in a camp
at Pyongyang, the North Korean
capital.
Later, as the U. N. troops
swept northward, he and his
fellow captives were moved to
Manpo, on the Yalu River. In
November, 1850, they were re-
quired to make an 80-mile march
in bitter cold from one camp to
another. Many died.
In October, 1851, they were
moved to Chungyang and turned
over to the Chinese for the first
time. They remained in Chinese
hands until released.
The Dunn-Kirk list provided
Gen. Mark Clark, U. N. COM
mander in Korea, with the first
really tangible evidence of what
happened to thousands of allied
troops which the general claimed
the Reds captured and did not
report during truce negotiations.