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BARBED-WIRE ALLEY—Barbed wire filled Princess Mary avenue in Jerusalem at Zion Square
as the British mandate over Palestine neared an end. The entire roadway for 150 yards was
covered to keep Arabs and Jews from coming in contact. In the background is the Jewish sec
tion. Right center is police headquarters. Today the old city of Jerusalem appeared in immi
nent danger of being wrested from its Jewish defenders by King Abdullah’s desert legion.
—AP Wirephoto.
Blick Refuses to Talk
After Appearance
At Gambling Inquiry
The prospect of further ap
pearances by police before the
special grand jury investigating
gambling in Washington was a
matter of speculation today.
The grand Jury’s schedule of
meetings remains a secret.
Lt. Roy Blick, chief of the police
Vice Squad, spent about hours
in the grand jury room yesterday
afternoon. When he left, carrying
a bulging brief case, he refused
to. answer reporters’ questions.
Asked if he expected to go before
tHfe investigative body again, he
replied, “I don't know anything.”
Two Volumes of Records.
After Lt. Blick left, a court
attache carried two volumes of
repords into the grand jury room.
A Short time later, the grand jurors
b^ftan leaving in pairs.
United States Attorney George
Mjirris Fay and Assistant United
States Attorneys John W. Fihelly
aiBl Charles B. Murray were with
tlfc special grand jury virtually
throughout the session.
The special grand jury met yes
terday in a jury room on,the top
f.Oor of the District Courthouse,
near the offices of Mr. Fay and his
assistants.
Its first extended session was held
Tuesday in the regular grand jury
room in the Municipal Court Crimi
nal Division Building. The regular
grand jury resumed its work there
yesterday.
Miller First Witness.
During the day, it was established
the first witness before the special
grand jury, wfho testified briefly
Tuesday, was A1 Miller, proprietor
of a restaurant at 5516 Colorado
avenue N.W.
Questioned in his steakhouse, the
portly Mr. Miller said he was
“mystified” by the subpoena which
directed him to appear at the
gambling inquiry.
He would not talk about ques
tions asked him in the grand jury
room and said he intended to con
sult a lawyer “to find out what it's
all about.”
In response to a question, Mr.
Miller said he had not offered any
information to Mr. Fay's office in
advance of his appearance, and the
subpoena was “a complete surprise.”
He said he had operated a restau
rant at the Colorado avenue ad
dress for about two years.
Mr. Miller said he “might have a
statement” after seeing a lawyer,
but had not had opportunity to en
gage one.
Paraguay expects to have 525,000
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LOST.
BELT, tan or beige crepe. matching buckle. 1
Sat. May 15 bet Zirkin’s and Woodward;
Lothrop. Call CO. 7744, Apt. 514 East
after 7 pm._ —20
BRACELET—Brown. Scotch pebble stone. •
linked bracelet, in Arlington: reward. CH.
0050._-—23 _
DALMATIAN DOG, young female, bet. Mc
Lean and Falls Church, Friday, May 14.
Elmwood 522.—21
DOG. black, brown and white: female.
English beagle, nursing puppies: 111 in
tall. reward Gaithersburg 647-J-3. —‘10
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GRASS, artificial. 9x12 in. box. between
4th and R. I. ave. n.e. and Columbia rd
Reward. HO._5296._—21_
KNITTING BAG. green, vie. West Execu
tive ave. or South Stafford st. Call TE.
9.171._eves._—21
FOX TERRIER, female, small, black and
white: tag No. 25825. -Patsy”; reward.
Li nc oln 2870._20*
HANDBAG, lady's, black, on 3rd fl of
HerjU’s: Fri.. May 14. Return bag. keep
cash North 0005._20*
LAPEL WATCH, gold, set with rhinestones:
bet. McKinley st. n w. and Sears-Roebuck.
Wis. ave. May 19. pm. reward. Reurn.
WO. 3944 _21*
PALM BEACH JACKET. Socony. size IS
black: left on Chillum bus: in Woodward
A Lothrop box: reward. RA. 5281. —22
SOFA CUSHION, off truck, between Minn.!
ave. s.c and 12th and R 1. ave. n.e. Re
w ? rd._MI. 1448._—21
SI IT. lady s. beige, with dark olue stripes:
lo.vt in Sailer Hotel lobby Wed. evening.
reward VI. 9125._ —22
TERRIER, lost, small black with a white
nose throat, four white paws, big tail, no
collar, last seen Fridav near Leland Jr.
ILgh School Reward. Call OL. 5437. —20
TOBACCO POUCH. ostrich skin, initials
• l FD." contains pipe UN, 43S2. —21
WALLET, lost vie. Parole. Md.; finder keeo
money and return identification card and
papers. WA. 8312._—22_
WATCH, lady's lapel. Tuesday at 15th and
H sts. n.w.. sentimental value. Phone GE.
STOP- receive reward._ 22*_
WATCH, man's gold pocket Waltham; vi
cinity Pentagon Bldg, or Clarendon. Va
Reward Sentimental value. Call Glebe
0995—20
WRIST WATCH. Elgin, white gold. Satur
day: reward RE. 7500, Ext. 6271. 2811 P
at. n.w_20*
WRIST WATCH, gentleman’s Longmes en
graved on back “Julius Lullev. Wash..
D C": reward offered. Return to JULIUS
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LOST, imitation leather brown letter hold
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lost last week. Reward. Box 380-A. Star.
FOUND.
COLLIE PUPPY, female. found In No
Arlington. Call GL^_2629.
DALMATIAN. female. MONTGOMERY
COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER. Sligo S1 Sit,
between P and 4 p m.
DOG.
brown, ahort-haired. about 6 mos.
old. male, bob tail, floppy ears. MRS
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Watch, lady's gold. 15th and H at*, n jl
- phone PAYNE, PI. 2.115. ^
Decision in Jerusalem Battle
Expected Today or Tomorrow
By Doniel De Luce
Associated Press Foreign Correspondent
WITHIN THE OLD CITY OF
JERUSALEM, May 20.—Arabs ex
pect a decision today or tomorrow
in the bitter battle for Jerusalem, a
high Arab official said last night.
King Abdullah's Trans-Jordan
Arab Legion and Arab volunteers
were fighting Israel’s Hagana army
and the Jewish Irgun Zvai Leumi
and Stern Gang inside and outside
the Old City’s walls.
Inside, the Legion, more than
halfway through the southern Jew
ish quarter, bombarded a small Ha
gana garrison spasmodically for 15
hours yesterday. Outside, Arab
forces cleared away nearly all Jews
to the north, east and south and
struck deep into modern Jerusalem
to the west.
The'Arab official estimated the
Jews’ strength in Jerusalem at 8.000,
but only 400 were said to be holding
out in the Old City. He did not
give the number of Arab fighters,
i The Egyptian Defense Min
istry said last night that Egyptian
troops have occupied Beit Hanun,
"one of the strongest points in
the operational theater,” in their
northward drive up the Palestine
coastal plain.
• Beit Hanun is 5 miles north
east oi Gaza, 18 miles from Jew
ish-claimed territory and 36 miles
from Tel Aviv, center of Jewish
authority.)
An American - Belgian - French:
commission acting for the United
Evans Leads Here,
Trails Elsewhere,
For ITU President
John R. Evans of the Govern
ment Printing Office was running
a close race with Woodruff Ran
dolph of Chicago for president of
the AFL International Typograph
ical Union in early returns today,
as a result of Columbia Typo
graphical Union No. 101 here giving
Mr. Evans a 2-to-l margin.
The Washington local’s final vote
was 1.568 for Mr. Evans and 781
for Mr. Randolph, current presi
dent of the international union.
Approximately 80,000 members of
800 ITU locals throughout the
country were eligible to cast ballots
in yesterday's election. Final tabu
lations are expected to be com
pleted Saturday at headquarters in
Indianapolis.
Before Columbia Typographical
Union announced its final result
today, first returns from other parts
of the country showed Mr. Ran
dolph had 1,856 votes and Mr.
Evans 1,109. The Washington to
tals made it 2,677 for Mr. Evans
and 2,637 for Mr. Randolph.
The progressive party, headed by
Mr. Randolph, and the independent
party, headed by Mr. Evans, each
had complete slates in the election.
Early returns from other cities
were as follows: Mr. Randolph,
1.089, and Mr. Evans, 437. from 150
of the 350 chapels in New York
Local 6; Mr. Randolph, 214, and Mr.
PICK..
2020 M ST., N. W.
Nations tried in vain again yester
day to work out a truce to cover all j
Jerusalem and protect Christian.;
Jewish and Moslem shrines in the
Old City.
Arab and Jewish representatives
talked peace terms once more, but
broke off negotiations after an hour.
Munir Abu Fadil, Arab police chief
of Jerusalem, said the Jews “want
ed war and they are getting it.”
"It looks as if they are going to
fight to the last man,” he said.
Irgun Zvai Leumi extremists, he
added, are urging a last-ditch fight.
The chief said Arab conditions
called for delivery of:
All arms; all fighters, as prisoners
of war; slightly wounded to Arab
protected hospitals, to become pris
oners upon recovery; severely
wounded to the International Red
Cross: women and children to the
Red Cross (he estimated perhaps
200 of these were in the Old City’s
Jewish quarter).
The Arabs say the Jews are hard
i pressed by a shortage of food and
water. The big water main into the
! city has been broken 11 days. No
food convoys are known to have
; reached the Jews since April 13.
The whole city has been without
electricity since last Friday.
(Military headquarters in Tel
Aviv said food and medical sup
plies for 1,700 Jews in the Old
City were rushed in yesterday
after a Hagana breakthrough.)
The Arab Legion sent infantry
men in yesterday to reinforce
troops that entered the Old City
Tuesday.
Evans," 443, from Pittsburgh Local 7;
Mr. Randolph, 80, and Mr. Evans, 86,
from. Pit&burgh Mailcgs Local 22;
Mr. Randolph, 473, and Mr. Evans,
143, from Cincinnati Local 3.
Refrigerator Price Cut
EVANSVILLE, Ind., May 20 (/P).—
A price reduction on two models of
its gas refrigerators was announced
yesterday by Servel, Inc. It was an
nounced also that production will
begin early in July of a new 6
cubic-foot model designed especially
for the low-priced retail market.
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Debris lies scattered over the beds of a Jewish hospital in Tel Aviv after the city was bombed
and strafed by Egyptian fighter planes Monday. One wall (right rear) was knocked out.
—AP Wirephoto via radio from London.
Israel
(Continued From First Page.)
Jewish militia, into the official reg
ular army.
Plea Made to Halt Bombing.
Earlier, Mayor Israel Rokach
asked the United States, Russia and
the U. N. to stop Egypt from bomb
ing Tel Aviv.
Mr. Rokach cabled President Tru
man, Soviet Foreign Minister Molo
tov and U. N. Secretary General
Trygve Lie asking that the attacks
against "this peace-loving city and
its citizens" be stopped.
In one of yesterday’s attacks
planes bombed Tel Aviv with ex
plosives heavier than the 50-pound
missiles used the previous day.
(The Egyptian defense minis
try in Cairo said planes bombed
docks, depots and the Tel Aviv
airport.)
Jewish sources reported in Haifa
that Samakh, at the base of the Sea
of Galilee, is partly in Jewish hands
again following a strong counter
attack last night by Hagana militia
men.
On Tuesday the Syrian army said
it had occupied the town, less than
five miles from the Syrian border
inside Palestine. It reported it found
172 “enemy” bodies Inside the town.
In Rome. Ansa news agency
quoted Rabbi Isaac Meir Levin,
who will become minister without
portfolio in the government of
Israel, as saying Holy Land Jews
would be glad to lay down their
arms if “Arab aggression" ceased.
Mr. Levin is en route from New
York to Palestine by air.
In Amman, Trans-Jordan, Abdel
Rahman Azzam Pasha, secretary
general of the Arab League, said
last night that Arabs were ready
to “accept peace at any time” for
Jerusalem.
“The Arab League," he said, “has
done everything possible to avoid
this battle. Arrangements were
made by the Arab League months
ago with Quaker and International
Red Cross representatives to seal
off Jerusalem, Bethlehem, the
Mount of Olives and Nazareth from
the general chaos in Palestine and
from the destruction of war.”
Miss Higgs Wins Contest
Special Dispatch to The Star
SHEPHERDSTOWN, W. Va., May
20.—Miss Virginia Higgs of Hyatts
ville, Md., has been crowned “Miss
Zeta Sigma” at Shepherd College
here as a result of a secrat popularity
vote sponsored by Gamma Chapter
of the organization at the college.
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