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Crewman Dies,
3 Missing in
Tanker Crash
Huge Ships Collide,
Sink in Flames Off
Delaware; 82 Saved
By th* Associated Pross
WILMINGTON, Del., June 6.
—One of America’s largest sea
going tank ships was sliced in
two early today in a collision
with another giant oil carrier in
Dalaware Bay. Eighty-two crew
men of 86 aboard the two ships
that burst quickly into flames,
leaped into the water or board
ed lifeboats and were rescued.
The Red Cross listed Joseph
Donnelly, 45, of Marcus Hook.
Pictures on Page A-3
Pa., a crewman making his first
trip, as the only man known
dead. Three men are listed as
missing.
The 24,000-ton tanker Phoenix,
556 feet long, sank to the muddy
bottom of the Delaware River, 40
miles south of Philadelphia. Still
flaming at dawn, the ship lay a
blackened and charred hulk a
few hundred yards from the
New Jersey shore.
Was Nation’s Largest.
Only a few years old, the
Phoenix had a capacity of nine
million gallons of petroleum
products and when she was
launched was the Nation’s larg
est.
A shiplength or two away, the
11,081-ton tanker Pan Massa
chusetts burned fiercely. Her
main deck had sunk almost to
the water level and her keel
was on or close to the bottom.
F. L. Judson, engineer for the
National Bulk Carriers, Inc.,
owner of both ships, said both
were totally destroyed. He esti
mated the loss at sl2 million.
The collision at 12:16 a.m.
(EDT) this morning appeared
to have resulted from a mixup
in signals between the two ships
moving in opposite directions,
survivors said.
It was a warm, clear summer
night on the river.
So intense were the fires and
so great the columns of black
smoke rising skyward that
watchers on shore said "the stars
were blotted out.”
Tribute to Rescuers.
The high rescue percentage
was a tribute to a night of
heroic work by the Coast Guard
and residents and volunteer
groups on both sides of the river
bay that leads from the port of
Philadelphia to the Atlantic
Ocean.
Summoned by flame-lit skies,
many persons manned small
boats to cruise as close as pos
sible to the wrecks, picking up
swimming sailors. Some crew
men swam to shore on each side
of the river, were picked up by
watchers there and bundled off
to hospitals.
Most of the crewmen suffered
shock, burns or minor injuries.
Capt. Riginald C. Gross, 53,
Houston, Tex., of the Pan Mas
sachusetts was among the in
jured survivors. He suffered
second-degree burns, but before
he was put to bed in a hospital
told the Associated Press his ship
was “on fire all over” when he
left her.
The captain of the Phoenix,
Captg Gustave Japachen, 53, of
Langhorne, Pa., was admitted
to St. Francis’ Hospital, Wil
mington, suffering from severe
burns. Hospital attendants said
his condition was poor.
The Pan Masachusetts.-headed
for Philadelphia with a full load
of gasoline, hit the empty
Phoenix amidships. The Phoenix,
like a whale with a broken back,
went down quickly, her bow jut
ting into the air and her entire
prow above the water.
Versions of what happened
from members of both ships in
dicated there was a mixup in sig
nals between the two huge tank
ers as to how they were going to
pas each other.
Lifeboats Jammed.
Maurice Hibler, 26-year-old
able-bodied seaman from Tulsa,
Okla., jumped overboard when
the lifeboats on the Pan Massa
chusetts jammed and couldn’t be
lowered. As lookout on the Pan
Massachusetts, here’s how he
saw tne collision:
“We saw the Phoenix turning
in front of us and heard two long
blasts from her. We gave two
back, and took a hard left to
port, but it wasn’t enough. We
hit the Phoenix aft of their mid
ship house. The crash was about
11:16 p.m.ship time (12:16EDT).
There were explosions on both
ships and then fire.”
Mr. Hibler said he was picked
up by one of the many private
citizens who put out to help pick
up survivors.
Sunday Star to Offer
Tips on Vacations
It's vocation time, and oil America
is planning days and weeks of re
laxation.
As a guide tor its readers. The
Sunday Star tomorrow will corry the
special summer vacation section that
proves so popular each year.
In 12 well-illustrated pages, the
vacation special offers tips for all,
whether 1953 plans call for a stay at
nearby beaches, a motor trip to the
mountains of the West or a voyage to
Chile. Don't miss the summer voca
tion special in The Sunday Star to
morrow. .
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PITCHES A VICTORY—With a grin and a knuckle grip, Presi
dent Eisenhower prepares to pitch a victory for The Star’s
Summer Camp fund in Griffith Stadium. (Full page of pic
tures on the annual congressional ball game on Page A-5.)
—Star Staff Photo.
Democrats Win Ball Game;
See Political Omen for 1954
4,609 Turn Out for Summer Camp Fund
Benefit; Sports Celebrities Highlight Event
By Charles J. Yarbrough
Democratic optimists today
are trying to read a lot of 1954
significance into the 3 to 2 base
ball victory they pulled out of
Republican clutches in Griffith
Stadium last night.
A Democrat grabbed the ball
tossed out by that well-known
jo .
Democrats Win by "Single-Handed"
Effort by Page A-4
Republican, Dwight D. Eisen
hower, and nine other Demo
crats snatched the win to give
the annual Congressional ball
game its best production in his
tory.
Real winners are the scores of
needy children who’ll go to
Police Are Hunting
D. C. Florist Clerk
Missing With S7OB
Father of Three Writes
Boss, 'l'm Disgusted';
West Coast Bound
Police today are looking for
a 26-year-old flower shop em
ploye who disappeared yester
day with his company’s payroll
check for S7OB.
The man Is Harry Williams,
of 1601 Seventeenth street S.E.,
father of three children. Michael
Vaccaro, manager of Paul’s
Florist, 1414 I street N.W., said
he received a letter this morn
ing purportedly from Williams
which said he was “sorry I had
to do this but I’m disgusted and
I don’t know which way to turn.”
Mr. Williams left for the Mun
sey Trust Co. about 10:30 a.m.,
police said, to deposit about S2OO
and cash the payroll check. He
told Mr. Vaccaro he was going
to stop by The Hecht Co. to pick
up a suit and then was going
to buy a present for one of his
children.
Mr. Vaccaro said when Wil
liams did not return by 1 p.m.
he called the bank and learned
that the money had been de
posited and the check cashed.
When Mr. Williams still had not
returned by 3 p.m., Mr. Vaccaro
reported it to the police.
The letter said Williams in
tended to go to California. It
went on to say “if there is any
way I can repay you before I get
caught, I will”, Mr. Vacaro said.
The letter also contained the
bank book with the deposit en
tered.
Mrs. Williams said today she
had not seen her husband since
he left for work yesterday. She
said he appeared to be in good
spirits and had said nothing to
her about going away. She said
he has no relatives in Cali
fornia. The couple have three
children, age five years, three
years and three months.
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summer camps on proceeds of
the game. Including President
Eisenhower, there were *4,609
customers in the stands for the
game, which benefits The Star’s
Summer Camp fund.
It was a colorful spectacle, an
enthusiastic crowd and a top
ping ball game from men who
don’t get to play baseball so
often any more.
As Lefty Saw It.
Lefty Grove, who might be
considered something of an au
thority on the game, grinned
widely from the stands and
made his pronouncement: “Not
bad baseball. Not bad at all.”
Baseball Veteran Grove was
among 43 past and present
sports celebrities who lunched
with the President at the White
House yesterday and then took
in the ball game last night.
Although showers had been
forecast earlier in the day, Pres
ident Eisenhower brought his
typical good weather—no rain—
and the crowd beat the heat
with colorful summer attire.
He arrived about 15 minutes
ahead of schedule, without Mrs.
Eisenhower, and sat in a well
filled box along the first base
line with Clark Griffith. Earlier
in the day, at the luncheon, the
President had commented to the
Nats’ owner that his team ap
peared to be doing pretty well.
“Keep your fingers crossed.”
Mr. Griffith advised him and
received an affirmative presi
dential promise.
Applause for Corps.
The crowd had rousing ap
plause for drum and bugle corps
and drill teams from the Air
Force, the Marines, the Army,
Navy and Maryland’s champion
American Legion drum and bugle
corps.
They had even more for the
various sports champions and
celebrities as they were intro
duced and took bows in front
of the stands. They were par
ticularly generous when Heavy
weight Champion Rocky Marci
ano and Joe DiMaggio took their
bows.
After the luncheon, while pos
ing for pictures, the President
asked Champion Marciano to
show the fist with which he won
over Walcott. Bashfully, the
champ produced it—about the
size of a swollen football.
Golfing great Gene Sarazen
1 was at the Eisenhower table for
yesterday’s White House buffet
and came away with assurance
’ that the President needed no
golfing tips.
Keen About Everything.
: “I never saw a man so keen
about everything,” Mr. Sarazen
said. “I wish I had his keen
: ness—l’d go right through the
: Open championship at Oakmont
. next week.”
1 Gen. Eisenhower took them all
i on a personally guided tour of
1 the White House after the lunch
eon and greeted a few of them
: again at last night’s game.
He sat through the abbreviated
game of five innings, chewing
gum like the veteran baseball
fan that he isn’t. Shortly after
he was seated, several teen-agers.
, one of whom wore a huge “I
i Like Ike” button, gained his at
-1 tention with placards which read
“G. O. P.”
He was there with a
smile. He turned it on often,
even while autographing the ball
retrieved by Representative Lan
drum, Democrat, of Georgia,
after the opening toss.
He accepted a citation from
The Star’s president, S. H. Kauff
mann, and settled back to help
Clark Griffith enjoy reports of
Terwilliger’s grand-slam home
run in Chicago. a
4
North Koreans
Slam Through
Main ROK Line
Foe Believed Trying
To Improve Position
Before Armistice
By th* Associated Press
SEOUL, June 6.—A beefed-up
North Korean battalion ripped
through a main-line allied posi
tion on the eastern front today
and held stubbornly against
counterattacking South Koreans.
Some 750 to 1,000 Reds over
ran three ROK outposts ahead of
the main line, then slammed
through the line itself in four
spots east of Luke the Gook’s
Castle, where bloody fighting has
raged for a week, the Bth Army
said.
Another North Korean bat
talion tore into a South Korean
outpost on bloody Ridge on the
east-central front. The ROKs
met the attack ahead of the out
post but were hurled back in
desperate hand-to-hand fighting,
the Army said.
Two prongs of the attack on
Luke’s Castle area penetrated
the main allied line about 500
yards apart, caving in South
Korean positions.
The Reds drove 500 yards into
allied territory, an Bth Army
briefing officer reported.
Battle Rages at Close Range.
Counter-attacking ROK 12th
Division troops—in battle almost
steadily since last Monday—
slammed the Reds back about
250 yards but were cut short as
the North Koreans hurled gre
nades from higher slopes.
At last report the battle—
which raged through the night—
continued at close range.
On Bloody Ridge, the furi
ously - attacking Communists
stormed the outpost slopes and,
at last report, the ROKs had
withdrawn to the outpost cen
ter and were streaming mortar
and artillery fire on the Reds.
Fighting has been almost con
tinuous on the eastern front hill
mass since Monday night when
the North Koreans got their
first foothold on the tip of Luke’s
Castle terrain.
Despite repeated South Korean
counter-attacks, the Reds lashed
further ahead and now hold
about one-half of the forward
ridge of the castle.
Fighting for Buffer Zone.
On the western front, other
South Korean troops killed an
estimated 100 of 300 Chinese
who attacked an outpost south
west of Kelly Hill before mid
night yesterday.
The Reds pounded the out
post with 3,000 mortar and ar
tillery shells in the 2‘/ 2 -hour
fight.
There was speculation the
Communists stepped up the
fighting along the eastern and
east-central fronts—despite signs
that a truce may be imminent—
for two reasons:
1. To gain ground for the time
when a buffer zone between the
present battlelines is set up after
a truce.
2. To weaken the South Ko
reans, who man that part of
the front. The South Koreans
have threatened to continue the
fighting in the event of a truce.
92 Degrees Due Today;
Thunderstorms Possible
One of the hottest days of the
year was expected this affernoon,
followed by increasing cloudiness
and possible thundershowers.
The forecaster said the mer
cury probably will reach 92 de
grees to equal the maximum for
the season recorded here on May
26.
The hot weather probably will
continue through tomorrow, with
a prospect of scattered thunder
showers in the afternoon.
Two persons were prostrated
by the heat here yesterday aft
ernoon when the mercury rose
to 89 degrees.
William A. Bready, 27, of .204
East Broad street. Falls Church,
Va., was overcome while wait
ing for-a bus in the 2400 block of
Pennsylvania avenue S.E. He
was treated at Casualty Hospi
tal and released.
DeWitt Scott. 32, of 209 C
street N.W., was stricken in Ta
koma Park, Md. He was treated
at Washington Sanitarium.
TV Antics of Funny Humans
Drive Nice Monkey Berserk
By the Associated Pross
SEATTLE, June 6. - Cheeta
was a well-behaved monkey when
Merchant Seaman Robert Kemp
brought her home from the
Philippines last week as a com
panion for his father and mother,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kemp.
The Kemps gave her the run
of the house and introduced her
to television.
Fascinated? You just couldn’t
take the monkey away from
watching the antics of humans.
But Tuesday night the Kemps
retired early and turned off the
television set. Cheeta screamed
with rage as the Kemps tied her
to a living room chair.
Cheeta separated her chain
and collar and soon was fum
bling at the knobs. The evidence
was there, along with the upset
aerial, but the couldn’t grt any
Richards Wins Epsom Derby,
Beating Out Queen's Horse
Veteran Jockey Finally Takes Classic
After 28 Attempts; 500,000 See Race
By the Associated Press
EPSOM, England, June 6.
Pinza won the 174th running of
the Epsom Derby today, giving
Sir Gordon Richards his first
victory in the classic in 28 at
tempts.
Queen Elizabeth ITs Aureole
was second and the French colt
Pink Horse, owned by Prince
Said Toussoun, was third in the
field of 27 starters in the l'/fe
mile event.
There were two late scratches,
Kithyra and Criticism.
Pinza, owned by Sir Victor
Sassoon, started at 5 to 1, Aure
ole was 9-1 and Pink Horse, 33-1.
An Irish hospital sweepstakes
is based on the result of the
race, Britain’s top turf classic.
Pinza won by four lengths be
fore a great throng of around
500,000, including the Queen and
her royal party.
Aureole was second by a length
and a half over Pink Horse.
Sir Gordon, now 49 and the
Wiley and Smith Join Plea
Os Taft for Far East Alliance
By Iho Associated Press
Senators Wiley (Republican of
Wisconsin) and Smith (Republi
con of New Jersey), endorsed to
day a proposal by Senator Taft
(Republican of Ohio), that the
United States seek a military al
liance with Britain, France and
other Allies to counter commun
ism in the Far East.
Senator Wiley, chairman of
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, said in an interview
he thinks an alliance similar to
the North Atlantic Treaty Organ
ization in Europe ought to be
formed in the Pacific.
But whereas Senator Taft sug
gested the United States disen
tangle itself from the United
Nations to form such a Far East
ern pact, Senator Wiley said it
ought to be undertaken under
the United Nations charter’s pro
vision for regional arrangements.
“We have separate treaties
with Australia, New Zealand,
Japan and the Philippines,” Sen
ator Wiley noted. “The time is
coming when all of these nations
should be drawn, along with
England and France, into a
NATO for the Pacific.”
Wiley Hails Allies’ Gains.
In a separate statement Sena
tor Wiley said U. S. allies in
Europe have “sharply increased
their expenditures” in the last
three years despite slim pocket
books and said this held out
hope that even those NATO al
lies with fewest resources “are
pulling and will continue to pull
of thpse funny acting humans on
the screen. Enraged, Cheeta
stormed Into the kitchen and
started hurling dishes.
The kitchen was a mess by
the time the Kemps awoke and
got past the flying crockery. They
forgave Cheeta and Wednesday
mollified her with a full evening
of TV.
Last night they went out. and
again tied Cheeta to the chair.
Cheeta again untied herself and
still couldn’t make the set work.
She vented her spleen first on
the TV set, wrecking its knobs,
screen and aerial and anything
else that could be reached. Then
she started on the house.
“She wrecked the living room,”
Mr. Kemp said simply today.
Cheeta’s being readjusted to
day—in the Metropolitan Zoo.
No TV either; just people to
stare at. 1
world’s leading rider in number
of victories, had been knighted
on Tuesday by the Queen. He
has been riding for 33 years, but
could never before win this big
gest of English races.
Most of England was pulling
for the queen’s horse, since her
coronation was only four days
ago. But they were also happy
to see Sir Gordon finally achieve
his great desire.
The only reigning monarch to
win the derby was Queen Eliza
beth’s great-grandfather, King
Edward VII. The King’s horse,
Minoru, won the 1909 derby.
Pinza’s victory was worth
$53,055.80 to his owner, member
of the international banking
family.
Shikampur, owned by the Aga
Khan who won last year’s derby
with Tulyar, was fourth. Shi
kampur also is a French colt.
Pinza was the joint 5-1 favorite
with Brig. W. H. Preston’s
(See DERBY, Page A-2.)
their full share of our mutual
security load.”
Senator Smith, who heads a
Foreign Relations subcommittee
on the Far East, said he always
had been in favor of “stronger
mutual security agreements in
the Far East.”
He said this might take the
form of a military alliance such
as Senator Taft suggested. But
the New Jersey Senator said he
has some doubt the United States
would want to agree, as it did
in the NATO pact, that an at
tack on any one of the mem
bers would be regarded as an
attack on all.
He pointed out that the
French already are under Com
munist attack in Indo-China,
adding he doesn’t believe this
country would want to send
troops to that area although it
already is helping the French
with military supplies.
“I am glad to see that Taft
wants the British and French in
cluded in any collective security
arrangement for the Pacific,”
Senator Smith said.
“Cure U. N.’s Weaknesses.”
Senator Sparkman, Democrat,
of Alabama, another member of
the Far Eastern Subcommittee,
said he can sympathize with
Senator Taft's contention that
the U. N. has proved itself un
able to cope with aggression.
But Senator Sparkman said,
instead of disengaging itself
from the U. N., this country
ought to bend its efforts toward
curing the international organi
zation’s weakness.
“We ought to work for a
United Nations that has as a
part of its objectives the repel
ling of aggression wherever it
occurs.” Senator Sparkman said.
In New York, Ernest A. Gross,
former United States delegate to
the U. N., also urged the United
States continue to take the lead
in strengthening the U. N. He
cited Senator Taft’s statement
on seeking a free hand in Asia
and British Prime Minister Sir
Winston Churchill’s call for a big
power meeting and indicated
concern over tendencies to try
for settlements outside the U. N.
Stevenson in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM, June 6 (£*).—
Adlai Stevenson, United States
Democratic leader, continuing
his world tour, today visited
refugee camps in the Jericho
district and the holy places in
the Jordan part of Jerusalem.
Tomorrow he will cross the no
man’s land In divided Jeru
salem into the Israeli potion.
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Jet Atlantic Record
Cut Thrice in Day to
5 Hours 22 Minutes
U. S. B-47 Crosses
To England at Average
Speed of 575 M.P.H.
By tho Associated Pross
FAIRFORD AIRBASE, Eng
land, June 6.—An American
B-47 Stratojet bomber streaked
across the Atlantic In 5 hours
and 22 minutes today, setting a
speed record of 575 miles per
hour for the non-stop United
States-England flight.
It was the last of a flight of
45 of the sleek, swept-wing six
jet U. S. A. F. atom bombers
to land at this airbase in
Gloucestershire—and the third
today to break the United
States-England record.
15 Planes Made Flight.
The 15 plants landing today
completed a mass flight of 45
Stratojets of the 306th Medium
Bombardment Wing along the
3,120-mile sky route from Lime
stone, Me., to Fairford.
The crew of the fastest-flying
plane consisted of the plane’s
regular commander, Capt. James
B. Carter, 28, of Charleston,
S. C.: Lt. Col. Benny B. Klose,
36, Tampa. Fla., and Lt. Col.
Lawrence H. Grant, 33, Corpus
Christi, Tex.
Two other B-47s set trans-
Atlantic records today—but in
each case they only stood a few
hours. One of the first planes
to land did the trip in five hours,
30 minutes—clipping six minutes
off a record set yesterday. It
was rapidly followed by another
B-47 which crossed in five hours,
29 minutes.
British Jet Scores.
At the same time it was an
nounced that a British Canberra
jet bomber had set a new un
official East-West record for At
lantic crossings today by flying
the 2,260 miles from Wharton,
Lancashire, to Gander, New
foundland, in 4 hours 26 minutes.
The average speed of the Can
berra was 510 miles per hour.
The Canberra was on a de
livery flight to Venezuela. The
previous record for the East-
West crossing was set by two
other Canberras on a similar
flight last month. Then they
averaged 492 miles an hour.
Missing Woman Found
Drowned in Rock Creek
The body of a woman, identi
fied as Miss Hattie V. Bennett,
70, of 2509 Cliff bourne place
N.W., was recovered from Rock
Creek 400 feet north of Calvert
Street Bridge shortly after 11
a.m. today.
The woman was reported miss
ing from her home at 9:30 p.m.
yesterday.
The floating body, garbed in a
blue dress, was first spotted by
Mrs. James E. Waddell of Fair
fax. Va.. who was walking along
the creek bank. She notified
police. The body was recovered
by members of Fir* Rescue
Squad No. 2.
Miss Bennett was a cousin of
Detective Sergt. Walter N. Cook
of the general assignment squad.
He Identified the body at the
scene.
Man Loses Two Toes
To Electric Mower
An electric lawnmower sliced
two toes from the left foot of
a Silver Spring man this morn
ing.
He was Michael Giller. 49. of
2821 Spencer road, an Interior
Department employe.
Suburban Hospital reported
the loss of the toes and said \
the rest of his foot was cut and '
bruised as the blade cut through 4
Mr. Giller’s shoe. j
Even Moscow
Is Hopeful of
Early Truce
Panmunjom Talks
Still Surrounded
By Tight Secrecy
By tho Associated Pross
PANMUNJOM, June 6.—Allied
and Communist negotiators met
in tight secrecy fqr 19 minutes
today as mushrooming reports
of near agreement on the key
issue of prisoner exchange bol
stered hopes for an armistic in
Korea.
There was no official hint of
what went on inside the confer
ence hut, but an authoritative
South Korean source said “no
new proposal was made by either
side.”
The Reds asked for an got a
recess until 11 a.m. tomorrow (10
p.m. EDT Saturday). The South
Korean source indicated—with
out elaboration—that progress
might be made then.
He described the atmosphere
inside the conference hut today
as businesslike—“neither good
nor bad.”
Clarification Believed Asked.
Other observers said the United
Nations Command probably
asked for clarification of an
hour-long statement read Thurs-
President Confers
With Dulles, Collins
And Nash on Korea
By tha Associated Pres*
President Eisenhower met
with military and civilian
chiefs today on the latest
Korean developments.
Called to the White House
at 9:30 a.m. were Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles,
Gen. J. Lawton Collins,
Army chief of staff, and
Frank C. Nash. Assistant
Secretary of Defense.
Mr. Nash was appearing
in place of Secretary of De
fense Charles E. Wilson, who
was out of town. The con
ference lasted a little more
than an hour. There was no
announcement of any de
cisions.
day by North Korean Gen.
Nam H.
This was reported to have
been a counter-proposal virtually
paraphrasing the latest U. N.
plan for breaking the long pris
oner exchange deadlock, last ma
jor barrier to a Korean truce.
The Reds were said to have sug
gested five changes, none of them
major.
In Western and Communist
capitals around the world hopes
mounted that the end of the
bloody Korean war was in sight
—perhaps before the conflict
winds up its third year on June
25.
There was optimism even in
Moscow where the official gov
ernment newspaper Igvestia said
it “is clear that the sides par
ticipating in the talks are ex
tremely close to signing an agree
ment . . .”
Rhee Still Objects.
Only in South Korea was there
deep gloom.
President Syngman Rhee
voiced further violent objections
today to the reported armistice
terms and unveiled a counter
proposal he sent to President
Eisenhower.
Only a few hours earlier, how
ever, Mr. Rhee declared in a re
corded interview that “we would
accept almost any proposal the
United States asks of us because
the United States is the only
friendly nation which has done
so much for us in the past and
who will do much more for us
in the future.”
Pyun Yung Tai, South Korea’s
Foreign Minister and acting
Prime Minister, denounced the
prospective truce as “nothing but
a manifestaton of defeatism of
the free world.”
Mr. Pyun talked with news
men in Seoul today after a four
houi cabinet meeting, the second
session of the day for South
Korean government leaders.
He said Mr. Rhee and the
government still oppose any
i (See TRUCE. Page A-2.)
Anacostia Church Gets
A Family's Assistance
THEY GIVE MORE THAN MONEY
TO THE CHURCH—The Gault family
helps Anacostia Baptist Church in
many and various ways, according to a
feature by Staff Writar Joseph I.
Byrnes on paga A-10.
JUNE GRADUATIONS HOLD
SPOTLIGHT—Hundreds of collego
seniors in this area are receiving
diplomas or winding up their gradua
tion fastivities. At the University of
Maryland 2,080 students receive de
grees. (See page A-28.) Howard Uni
versity graduates over 600, as de
scribed on page A-2, while June Week
reaches its final phase at the United
States Naval Academy. Story on paga
A-28.
Guide for Readers
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Comics ...A-26-27 Real Estota.B-1-16
Editorial A-6 Society A-9
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