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Yugoslav Unit's 'Lack
Of Courage' Averted
War, Jenkins Says
Representative Jenkins, Republi
can, of Ohio says that “lack of
courage” by a Yugoslav Army unit
“is the chief reason we're not now
engaged in a third world_ war.”
He made the statement in a let
ter from Trieste, made public by his
office here, describing a September
15 incident in which Anglo-Amerl
, can forces stood firm against a
Yugoslav attempt to push across the
line dividing Yugoslav and Ameri
can-British occupation zones in the
Trielite area.
The United States already has
formally warned the Yugoslavs
against the “Irresponsible” practioe
of serving ultimatums on American
troops in trying to secure revision
of the boundary in Yugoslavia’s
favor.
The State Department said yes
terday it also is taking directly to
the Yugoslav government the case
of three American soldiers seized by
Yugoslav troops.
Protest Gets No Results.
Michael J. McDermott, State De
partment press officer, pointed out
that a protest by Maj. Gen. T. S.
Airey, commander of the British
American forces at Trieste, has pro
duced “no results.”
This incident involves an Ameri
can officer and two enlisted men
who were forced across the Trieste
frontier at gunpoint by Yugoslavs.
The three have been identified as
Lt. William Van Atten of East
Orange, N. J.; Pfc. Earl G. Hen
drick, jr. of Arlington, Va„ and
Pfc. Glen A. Myers of Edgely, N D.
Mr. Jenkins, in Trieste as chair
man of a House subcommittee study
ing foreign aid problems, saw the
whole situation as indicating a pian
by Russia and Yugoslavia to take
over Trieste by force before it could
be established as a free city under
United Nations auspices.
Mr. Jenkins wrote that on Sep
tember 15 the Yugoslavs "decided to
force themselves” into territory con
trolled by American and British oc
cupation forces.
Notice Served on British.
He continued that a Yugoslav
officer served notice on the British
Army that his forces would move
through British and American lines
"by force if necessary.”
"It was evident,” Mr. Jenkins
wrote, "that this officer was acting
purely as a messenger boy for the
the authorities in Belgrade and
Moscow. He was told by the Amer
ican and British officers that his
forces would not be permitted to
pass and that he should return to
his forces and advise the author
ities that their conduct might pre
cipitate World War III, and that
they should be careful of their ac
tions. The American and British
officers contacted their respective
governments, who advised them to
stand firm and who made protest
immediately to Belgrade and Mos
cow.
"At midnight the Yugoslav Army
came forward with a large number
of men and with horse-drawn ar
tillery, indicating their purpose to
go through. The American and
British forces stood firm and re
solved that the Yugoslavs would be
compelled to start the conflict. The
Yugoslavs turned and went back
down the hill. The lack of courage
on the part of these Yugoslavs is
the chief reason that we are not
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Commissioners Will Study
Medical Care of Prisoners
A conference among court, Jail
and municipal hospital officials to
assure hospitalization of District
Jail prisoners who need medical
treatment will be held at 1:30 p.m.
Monday, Municipal Court Judge
George D. Neilson said today.
Judge Neilson said Commissioner
Mason had told him Donald Clem
mer, director of the Department of
Corrections, and Col. Curtis Reid,
superintendent of the jail, would
attend the parley.
The need for better facilities to
provide medical care for prisoners
came to light early this week when
Mrs. E. Murrill, 32, of 412 Sixth
street N.W., ordered held as a wit
ness complained that she was held
five days at the jail without medical
care.
Under District law judges may
recommend hospitalization, but have
no power to order a person to be
taken to hospital. Mrs. Murrill was
a, complainant against her husband
who was sentenced to six month
imprisonment for striking her with
a whisky bottle.
McAuliffe Stresses Military,
Scientific Link for Security
The vital Importance to national
security of close co-operation be
tween military men and scientists
was emphasized in a talk before the
Kiwanis Club of Washington in the
Mayflower Hotel yesterday by Maj.
uren. Anmony mcauudb, army
secretary of the Joint Research and
Development Board.
The speaker described some of the
“Incredible” projects on which mil
itary men now are working but de
clared that if a war is fought in
the next 15 or 20 years, "I am afraid
It will have to be done in the same
old, hard way.”
Development and research is a
glow, expensive process, he said.
Gen. McAuliffe was introduced by
Joseph R. Harris, Maurive Palmer,
president, conducted the meeting.
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Hoover Denies Saying
Japan Was Provoked
Into Attack on U. S.
By tho Associated Press
NEW YORK, Sept. 26.—Herber
Hoover says that he was misquote<
by a magazine writer who wroti
that the former President told hin
this country “would hever h^ve beei
attacked by the Japanese if we hai
not given them provocation.”
Mr. Hoover, in a letter to Sumne:
N. Blossom, editor of the Americai
Magazine, suggested last night tha
since the article in the Septembe
issue of the magazine had beei
quoted in the press, the statemen
I “requires specific correction.”
1 The former President said tha
the writer, Sidney Shalett, “mus
have confused this with statement
from interviews with some one els<
as not only would I not have mad
such an indictment of a whole Na
tion, including myself, but also i
is a contradiction to many othe
places where I am on public record.
In Washington Mr. Shalett sai
l that “the statement was made t
> me by Mr. Hoover, and the quota
i tion exactly as I wrote it appears i
i my notebook. I am quite sure, how
I ever, that Mr. Hoover is perfectl
sincere in his statement that h
' did not say it. If he says he doe
i not believe that 'we never woul
- have been attacked by the Jap
■ anese if we had not given ther
i provocation,’ obviously he know
t how he feels. • • • But on the basi
of my 17 years’ experience in news
t paper and magazine reporting 1
t must maintain that I wrote exactly
5 what I heard him say.”
Mr. Blossom said Mr. Hoover’s
21 letter would be printed in full in
- the November issue.
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■■ Police Seek Assailant
! Of Bethesda Woman
A 25-year-old Bethesda woman
1 was attacked last night as she
* walked on Edgemore lane and police
e today were searching for the man
s who beat her on the head and fled
i when she screamed.
- The victim, Mrs. James I. Myers
l 25, of 6802 Denton road, was recov
s ering at her home from bruises and
i a cut on her eyelid? which required
two stitches. She was treated im
mediately after the attack at Sub
urban Hospital.
Montgomery County police said
the young woman was walking home
alone from the Hot Shoppe about
10 o’clock when a man grabbed her
and threw her to the ground. When
she screamed, police said, the man
warned that if she repeated the cry
he would “shoot her.” When she
screamed again despite the warning,
he struck her with what she thought
was a gun.
Mrs. Myers’ cries attracted neigh
bors who called police. She de
scribed her attacker as a white
man, 35 to 30 years old and about
6 feet tall. She said he was wear
ing a gray hat and a light suit. He
was of medium build, she reported.
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