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REDS REACH SEOUL AND DEMAND SURRENDER Tank Column Drives to Suburbs; Southern Army Morale Crumbles

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30,000 Periled; American Embassy Burns Its Papers

By th« Associated Press

SEOUL, Korea, Tuesday, June 27.—Invading North Korean Com- munists stabbed a tank column to the outskirts of this southern re-

public’s capital early today and broadcast a demand for southern surrender.

The surrender demand was

made over the Pyongyang radio by Gen. Chai Ung Jun, command- er of the northern forces that suddenly invaded South Korea Sunday morning.

Prospects of total defeat of the southern forces through bad morale rather than by being beaten in the field were in evidence at this zero hour today.

The northern mobile column that thrust perilously upon Seoul

Three South Korean Warships Reported Sunk by Northerners

By the Associated Pres*

TOKYO, June 26.—The North Korean navy has sunk three South Korean warships, a Communist broadcast from Pongy'ang 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 30 minesweepers, most of them former Japanese ves- sels.

did so by piercing two full southern divisions that were engaged in a counter-attack.

Resistance Evaporates. It reached Seoul's outskirts

with little or no resistance for the last dozen miles. Seoul is about 50 miles from the border.

(Exact whereabouts of the northern column was not men tioned in this dispatch, filed at 2:20 a.m., Korean time.) Last official report had the

northern tanks 9 miles north oi Seoul at 10 p.m. yesterday and pushing ahead fast. This morn-

ing they were said to be on the outskirts.

President Syngman Rhee and his cabinet remained in conference all night but there was no

immediate response to the northern 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 government’s re-

luctance to abandon Seoul was

tempered by a defeatism that made complete capitulation appear as the only alternative tc moving the capital.

Public's Morale High. The public's morale remained

hiRh in the face of the surprise onslaught Sunday and throughout Monday despite adverse reports from the field and a spectacular machine-gunning of Seoul’s 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-

nist push down the Uijongbu valley 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, 12 miles north of Seoul.

The American Embassy burned its important secret papers in a

(See KOREA, Page A-4.)

Speedboat Record Broken At 160 Miles Per Hour

By the Associated Press

SEATTLE, June 26.—The speedboat Slo-Mo-Shun IV todaj roared 160.3235 miles per hour over the measured mile on glass- smooth Lake Washington to crack the world’s old hydroplane recorc of 141.74 miles per hour.

Owner-pilot Stanley S. Sayres piloted the 1,500 horsepower Slo- Mo-Shun to the new record or the first attempt.

The Slo-Mo-Shun cracked the old record of 141.74 miles per hour set in 1939 by Sir Malcolm Camp- bell on Lake Coneston, England.

Sayres also cracked two othei records—the American record ol 138.60 miles per hour set in 1945 in Picton, Ont., by Harold Wilsor in the boat Miss Canada IV, anc the United States record of 127.- 063 miles per hour set on Aug. 20 1949, by Dan Arena at Gull Labe Mich., in the boat Such Crust.

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U. S. Will 'Vigorously Support' U. N. on Korea, Truman Asserts

'Willful Disregard of Peace Obligations' Cannot Be Tolerated. President Declares

President Truman declared today that the United States will

"vigorously support” the United Nations Security Council which has called on the Communist government 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 24 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

this Government views “such threats to the peace of the world.”

The President’s 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 a consultant to it.

The presidential statement —

first official word from the White House on the Korean trouble— follows:

“I conferred Sunday evening with the Secretaries of State and Defense, their senior advisers and the Joint Chiefs of Staff about

: the situation in the Par East cre- I

(See TRUMAN, Page A-5.)

Cease-Fire Orders From U. N. Broadcasl To North, South Korea

Security Council Calls On Reds to Withdraw; Stern Action Hinted

Ity th» Associated 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

lof the Security Council issued the

Texts of U. S. Statement on Korea and U. N. Resolution Page A-4

orders by a 9-to-0 vote yesterday. Yugoslavia abstained, refusing bo

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 Department’s 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 Council’s emergency session.

The Russians are expected to challenge the Council decision as

| illegal because Nationalist China ! participated.

The Russians are boycotting 30 U. N. groups over their refusal to

I kick out Nationalist China and seat the Chinese Communists,

l Ten of the 11 Council delega- tions canceled week-end holidays to attend the Sunday session. All except Communist, anti-Kremlin Yugoslavia voted lor the American

! (Continued on Page A-3, Col. 5.)

MacArthur Speeding Preparations to Send Arms Aid to Koreans

10 Mustang Fighters to Be Included in Help For Southern Force

By th* Associated Press

TOKYO, June ̂ 26.—The United States rushed preparations today

! for supplying Communist-invaded South Korea with much-

! needed war materials—Including 110 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

Korean Legislature Sends Aid Plea to

Truman, Congress By the Associated Press

The South Korean National Assembly (legislature) today directed an appeal to Presi- dent Truman and the United States Congress for increased aid against the northern in-

S vaders. A Korean embassy source

said a communication from the South Korean government asked for ‘‘timely and effective aid to prevent this act of destruction (the invasion 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. —. ■ "■'■■■..

I Korean pilots in Japan. South Korea has 60 trained pilots ready to fly the sorely needed aircraft, reports from Seoul said.

Meantime, serious young Amer- ican jet fighter pilots, ready to shoot if attacked, spread an aerial umbrella from Japan to South Korea.

Authoritative sources said con-

j tinuous air cover would be main- tained to protect evacuation of

(See AID. Page A-5.)

Fighting in Korea Drops Stocks $1 to $8; Commodities Rise

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 materials 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 35,000 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 $1 to $5 a

share at the opening. For a while prices steadied. A

I little after noon selling forces 'lashed out with another savaga 'attack and prices tumbled an ex-

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treme of around $8 a share. Sell- ing orders came from all quarters.

The invasion of Southern Ko- rea touched off a sharp drop in 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- i seed oil, coffee, copper, cotton and ! 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 up to 35,000 shares in the cftse of Radio Corp. which dropped $1.87 to $20 a share.

The heavy opening sales were

(See STOCKS, Page A-3.)

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Director of CIA To Testify Today On Korea Crisis

G. 0. P. Senators Hit Intelligence Officials On Surprise Attack

BULLETIN Senator Bridges, Republican,

of New Mexico declared in a

speech on the floor of the Sen- ate this afternoon that two courses are open to the United States: Either continue to sur-

render to the Russians “on the installment plan” or “call Com- munism's bluff.” He advocated the latter policy.

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By J. A. O'Leary 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- paring the surprise future of the Korean outbreak to the attaek on Pearl Harbor.

Meanwhile, the Korean situation was discussed at a jfcarty conference of Republican Senators, after which Senator Millikin of Colo- rado, conference chairman, called for “cool heads so that the United States will not be provoked into actions that would lead to war.”

Senator Millikin said it appeared to be the unanimous opinion of the conference that the Korean fighting should not become a 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 a

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 statement that recommendations had been made to the President and that he would decide within a few daya.

Defense Lines Are Urged. Meanwhile, Republican Senat-

ors, including Senators Wherry and Ferguson, of Michigan, called j for the drawing of defense lines against further Communist ag- gression.

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 obligation to go to war and that this incident should not be allowed to

(See HEARING, Page A-5.)

Judge Reeves Overrules Coplon Retrial 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 girl’s trial here last June, gave his decision today in a memoran- dum opinion.

Miss Coplon is under a 40- month-to-10-year sentence imposed by him on charges that she removed and concealed secret documents from Jthe Justice De- partment while employed there as an analyst.

She is also under a 15-year sentence 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’ decision to the Court of Appeals.

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Bookmaker Erickson Sentenced To 2 Years and $30,000 Fine

Three-Judge New York Court Disregards District Attorney's Plea for 5-Year Term

By th« Associated Press

NEW YORK, June 26— Prank Erickson, kingpin of a Nation- wide bookmaking business, today was sentenced to two years in prison and a $30,000 fine.

The chubby, 54-year-old gambling mogul, who had plied his multimillion-dollar betting trade for a quarter century without spending a day in jail, was sentenced in Special Sessions Court.

He could have received up to 60 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

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 59 counts of bookmaking. The terms are to run consecutively.

Erickson admitted operator of a $12.5 million-a-year, coasfc-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.) ;

Chandler Harper 1 Up On Demaret After 9 In PGA Semifinals

Picard Is 2 Up on

Williams; Mercury Near TOO Degrees

BULLETIN COLUMBUS, Ohio < SpecialV

—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.

(Earlier Story on Page A-ll.) By Merrell Whittlesey

Star Staff Correspondent COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 26.—

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 15 minutes due to a misunder- standing.

Henry Picard, the 42-year-old who won the PGA title 11 years ago, started out with three straight par 4s and was l 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 golfing 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 I in his 1-up triumph over Lloyd! Mangrum yesterday.

They halved the second hole in bogey fives 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 i went 3 up on the fourth by drop-! ping a 12-footer for a birdie i 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 p.m. (5 p.m. Wash- ington time).

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Capt. Richitt to Get Reprimand and Must Make Public Apology

Barrett Backs Inspectors' Recommendation .Without Any Further Review

Police Chief Robert J. Barrett today approved recommendations of his inspectors to reprimand i Capt. Anthony Richitt and demand a public apology from him for his “ill-considered actions.”

Maj. Barrett said if Capt. Rich- itt does not apologize he will be cited for Trial Board action.

The case could also go to the Trial Board if Capt. Richitt is un- satisfied with the actions recommended by the inspectors, Maj. Barrett announced.

Regards Case as Closed.

Otherwise. Maj. Barrett made it clear, the case is closed as far as he is concerned. He said the recommendations of his inspectors are “approved without reference to the Commissioners and without further review by any other authority.”

Capt. Richitt was recommended for trial board action by Special Assistant Corporation Counsel Daniel B. Maher on grounds of insubordination, neglect of duty, conduct unbecoming an officer and conduct prejudicial to the reputation of the force.

The case stems back to Capt.

(See RICHITT, Page A-3.1

24 Dead, 33 Missing As Flash Floods Cover West Virginia Area

Night Rains Cause Rivers To Overflow, Sweeping Away at Least 200 Homes

ly the Associated Press

WEST UNION. W. Va„ June 26. —At least 24 persons were dead and 33 missing today in the wake of flash floods that struck a six- county area of North-Central West Virginia eariy yesterday morning The surging torrents rolled out ol the darkness without warning.

Authorities fear the toll may gc much higher. At least 12 of the 15 members of a family gathered for a birthday party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Bailey, at Smithburg, 5 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 were 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 town’s 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, 25 miles to the southeast on the

(See FLOOD. Page A-3.1

Two Arlington Fathers and Sons Drawn 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 were recovered to- j

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- tims, removed to the Baker funeral home at Manassas, were:

Cletus W. Dawson. 37, of 1021 North Kentucky street, and his son, Randall W. Dawson, 12.

Herbert G. Lucado, 31, of 1423 North Longfellow street, and his son, Herbert, jr., 7.

Mr. Dawson was a solicitor and route man for the South Capitol

! Cleaners, 4013 South Capitol j street. Mr. Lucado was a Capital Transit Co. motorman.

The body of the Dawson boy was recovered first, about 9:30 a.m., 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 boat’s motor was almost fully gassed and the' bottom of the boat was intact.

Close friends, the four had fished on the lake half a dozen times this year, using a 14-foot wooden skiff and an outboard j

(8ee DROWNING, &ige A-2.) i

U. S. Releases Transcript of Service's Talk

Conversation With Jaffe Disclosed as

Hearing Is Resumed By Cecil Holland

Senate Investigators said today the Justice Department had re-

leased the transcript of an FBI- recorded conversation between John S. Service and Philip Jaffa that figured in the 1M5 Amer- asia case.

This was announced as Mr. Service. State Department For- eign Service Officer, was called in for a third round of questioning in a closed session about his connections with the case.

The conversation bore on FBI testimony reportedly indicating that Mr. Service had given secret military data to Jaffe. one-time editor of the now-defunct Amer- asia magazine.

The investigators quest ioned Mr. Service for two and a half houra 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 investigation 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 tho FBI testimony being made public. But they insisted the full transcript of the recorded conversa-

! tion should be disclosed at the ! same time.

Denies Giving secrets. The Foreign Service Officer tes-

tified under oath last week ha never knowingly gave any military secrets to JafTe and said he had none to give. He was one of six persons arrested in the Amerasla 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 a

week-end television program tha Investigation thus far has uncov-

ered no evidence that any ona

"put the fix" on the Amerasia prosecutions as charged in soma

quarters. When a newspaperman taking

part in the broadcast described the committee's investigation as a "whitewash” of Senator McCar- thy's charges that the State De- partment has harbored Commu- nists, fellow travelers and security risks. Mr. Morgan replied:

“The cry of whitewash is tha last hope of those who don't have any facts."

Heat Expected to Stay At Least 3 More Days

The Weather Bureau offered nothing today that could be mis- taken for improvement. It vis- ualized another 90-degree high, followed by much the same kind of climate the next two days.

In fact, today could be an almost exact duplicate of yesterday, but for a few drops of rain that fell in the vicinity of the bureau's airport instruments yesterday.

After hitting 90 at 1 p.m. yesterday. the temperature slowly receded to 71 degrees at 5:55 a.m.

today. But two hours later it had rallied four degrees.

The bureau looked for a mini- mum reading no lower than 74 degrees tonight. Tomorrow should be somewhat cloudy and "quite warm.”

Saturday's record 96-degree heat was believed to have con- tributed to the death of Ranee Wadsworth, 19. colored, of 1157 Stevens road S.E.

He was found unconscious on a bed in the home of Raymond Langley. 20. colored, of 521 Quincy street N.W., a friend he was visiting. Deputy Coroner Christopher J. Murphy, who performed the autopsy, said heat apparently had induced death, but withheld a certificate pending a chemical analysis.

Bulletin House Overrides Veto Of Postal Veterans' Bill

The House this afternoon, hr a vote of 213 to 72, overrode a

presidential veto on the hill to Klve withln-rrade par increases to some veterans In the Poet Office Department. The Ml now roes to the Senate. Proof* dent Truman vetoed the mens*

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