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(14 Jet Planes, Bound For Germany, Reach Labrador From Maine By th« Associated Press BANGOR. Mr. July 13.—Fourteen p'-SO Shooting Stars were poised at Gooee Bay, Labrador, today for tha phited States Air Force's first jet-1 propelled crossing of the Atlantic, f The sleek jet fighters, bound to Germany, dropped down on the Far Northern base last night—about two hours and 714 miles out of Dow, Air Force Base here. . Two more jets which began the historic flight at Selfridge Field, Mich., yesterday stayed here over night. They were held up for en gine adjustments. * The next leg * of the "stepping jtone" routes takes the jets to Mar •arssuak. Greenland. Then they flop to Keflavik. Iceland. , Somewhere along the way they will *pass six Royal Air Force jet fighters, which reached Iceland yesterday on the first east-to-west jet crossing. The British planes are * bound to Montreal and New York. I From Iceland the American planes, commanded by Lt. Col. David Schil ling of Traverse City, Mich., go to Stornoway. Scotland, and Idiham, England. They are due at Fuersteh-: Jeldbruck. Germany, Thursday. * The USAF said the flight was to Jest the feasibility of ferrying such planes overseas. * The jet planes are following a 8-29 which provides weather and iavigational information. In the5 fighters’ wake are three transport planes with equipment and service5 personnel. Airport i Continued From First Page.-) -1—-1 consideration be given to the estab lishment of a civilian field at some other location, turning over the| Washington National completely to the military.” Plans Being Blocked. Airport officials point out that they are reaching the completion of a postwar building program at the airport which included the construe- j tion of five huge new hangars for Use by commercial airlines. They! charge that the use of these new facilities will be hampered by mili tary aircraft which block the park ing ramp at the north end of the runway. ; Plans to expand civilian facilities ©f National Airport to make Wash ington a great international termi nal for overseas passenger service are being blocked by the military transport service which Is occupying the only existing facilities for cus- I toms overseas and passengers, the, officials say. » At present, five commercial air lines must use the military terminal •for their overseas passengers. The confusion which results from the divided authority is a major source of complaint and ? reason why Washington has not become the headauarters for International lines, it was stated. Furthermore, airport officials said they want space used by the military service to build a hotel and for other improvements visualized in the long-range airport building pro gram. Military authorities base their argument for continued use of the airport on the fact that, within the last six months, they have handled 47,676 passengers through the ter minal, Including many high Gov ernment officials. They point out that the trans fer of military transport service operations to one of the military fields near the city would involve loss of time for "'Very Important People.’’ and require the construc tion of new terminal facilities. Countering these claims, airport efficials note that in April alone, commercial airlines handled 1&6.429 passengers at the terminal. They also point out that the military hangar now taking up space at the airport is a portable type and could be transferred to any of the military fields in the vicinity at very little expense. U. N. (Continued Prom First Page.) terms. The King was reported con vinced his Arab Legion, locked in | battle on the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv; road, could now gain more through; a negotiated peace than by fighting. Count Bernadotte has offered him the Arab sections of Palestine. The Jewish army durtne the last truce strengthened itself greatly and is growing fast. Informed quarters said members of the United States and British U. rN. delegations arranged a hurried conference today on final wording of a resolution which they had worked out in consultation. The resolution would declare that a threap to peace exists under the meaning of Article 39 of the U. N Charter—the article which permits the use of sanctions, or interna tional force, if necessary. It also would order both Jews and Arabs to "cease and desist” from further fighting or face possible U. N. penalties. A similar proposal received five affirmative votes on two previous occasions when it was sponsored once by the United States and once by Russia. Seven affirmative votes are needed for approval. Bernadotte Asks Quick Action. Count Bernadotte called on the Security Council for quick and forceful intervention to end- the Palestine war. The U. N. mediator, in a personal appearance before the Council, de clared that the fighting must tfe stopped even if the U. N. had to use sanctions or possibly Interna tional force. The situation is now in the hands af the Council, Count Bernadotte •aid. "For the moment," he added. "I bave done my utmost and can’t do more." The Swedish count, wearing a BANGOR. ME.—JET FLYERS SET FOR TAKEOFF-Here are the 16 jet pilots shortly before they took off to flv to Goose Bay, Labrador, from the Dow Air Force base. Second from left stand ing. is Lt. Col. David Schilling, Traverse City, Mich., flight commander. They tended1 safely^ at Goose Bay and are waiting to take off on their flight to Europe._ _AP Wirephoto. monocle as he addressed the Coun cil in precise English, said a firm decision by the Council is necessary to stop the fighting. Count Bernadotte flew here from his Middle East headquarters on the Island of Rhodes yesterday to deliver his special report. Today’s appeal supplemented a written re port he distributed last night. In his 17-page report, the media tor discussed his negotiations with the Jews and Arabs. He said he be lieved the Arabs rejected an exten sion of the truce because the armistice worked to the military ad vantage of the Jews. Here he noted that the four-week cease fire which expired Friday had stopped the mo mentum of the Arab attack and given the Jews time to consolidate defensive positions. Count Bernadotte explained he had made his dramatic trip to Lake Success at this stage because "of my view that prompt and effective in tervention by the Security Council now; could well be the decisive factor in the solution of the problem.” Palestine ^Continued From First Page.) two counterattacks by mechanized Arab columns against Lydda. Guns hammered away around the rocky approaches to the Judean hills with in sight of Lydda and Er Ramie, which the Jews captured after two days of fighting. Arab* Beaten Back. A delayed dispatch from Jerusa lem told of considerable air activity by both the Jews and Arabs over the Holy City Sunday night. It was believed the Israeli planes bombed Arab Leegion concentrations In Jerusalem’s northern perimeter. The Arabs attempted for a second ttme to storm out of the old walled city and take Jewish positions mi Mount Zion, but were beaten back, the account said. An Egyptian Defense Ministry communique said Egyptian mobile forces had attacked south of Jeru salem penetrating Jewish lines In the Katamon, Mekor Haim and Alamein camp districts. The bulletin aiso reported con tinued air activity over Tel Aviv, Aqir Airport and Jerusalem's west , ern suburb of Ein Karem. The Jerusalem dispatch said Israeli ground troops had taken two heights overlooking Ein Karem which is inhabited by Arabs. 1.000 Men in Attack. Perhaps 1,000 men supported by tanks and guns were employed by Arab Legion commanders in the counterattack in the Lydda-Er Ramie area. Rolling down out of the hills from a base at Ramallah, 13 miles north of Jerusalem, the Trans-Jordan legionnaires burst through the front line of the Israeli forces, field advices said. Beit Nabala and Deir Tang, 3 to 5 miles northeast of Lydda, fell to the legionnaires who came with in shell range of the Jewisli-cap tured Lydda Airport, a major ob jective for both sides. From there the legionnaires tried to crash through into the city of Lydda, but were thrown back by the fire of Israeli troops, who knocked out two armored vehicles. Israeli commanders were cautious in assessing the importance of the Jewish victories. Israeli* chief of operations said the capture of Er Ramie and Lydda by Jewish forces set the stage for a decisive battle which may develop within the next two or three days. Judge (Continued From First Paget was "nothing to lose $5,000 or $6,000 a week on the horses." Covered by Mortgages. Mr. Dickerson said the Newark judge had covered up the shortages by "the loaning of money on fic titious mortgages" ovtr a period of two and one-half years. He said Judge Pellecchia admitted he had forged the names of fic titious borrowers to mortgages and also "forged the names of payees to checks made out for the amount of the mortgage loans and de posited the money in his personal account.” As a result of the shortages, Mr. Dickerson said the bank's Board of Directors had met in his office and agreed to authorize the merger of their bank with that of the United States Trust Co. Called Best Dressed Judge. Mr. Dickerson said the United States Trust Co. took over the Co lumbus Trust today. He said the two Columbus branches were oper NOW AS THE TIME TO DO IT! beautifies and waterproofs your home. Complete Home Modernization Service J. J. SULLIVAN BRICK STAINING CO. *10LS». N.W. RE. 1125-1167 a ting now as branches of the United States Trust. Judge Pellecchia, who was chosen several months ago as "the best dressed judge in the country” be cause of his numerous ties, had served previously as family court I judge in Newark. The son of Pelle grino Pellecchia. a wealthy con tractor, he studied law and once was chief boxing inspector of New Jersey. He was born in Newark in 1909 and graduated from the George Washington Law School in 1932. Two years later he became vice president of the Columbus Trust Co. French (Continued From First Page.) as long as the weather holds good. If bad weather closes in, necessi-1 tating weather information and radio-controlled landings, all take offs and landings will be canceled, ,he said. The civil mobilization measure, apparently prepared hours ahead of the airport strike, may foreshadow i t#e cabinet’s plans for breaking the, whole series of stoppages. An Air France plane on a flight from Tunis crash-landed and burned at Orly Field here last night soon after the walkout of airport workers, began. It was not immediately de termined, however, whether there was any connection between the ac Icident and the airport workers' (strike. i The French news agency said one woman was hospitalized. It added that the plane overshot the landing strip and hit the ground so heavily Sthat the tail and one engine broke from the fuselage. One report said failure of the plane's hydraulic 1 landing gear caused the accident. | A dispatch from Tunis said the airport workers' walkout had halted plane traffic in the North African city. KLM. Royal Dutch Airline*, announced in the Hague that it was suspending all air service to France. British European Airways in Lon don said its six flights would not be sent to Paris today unless the walk out is settled. j A Paris spokesman for Trans , World Airlines said the strike had not affected its operations thus far because the line has its own teletype. communications system. Transit 'Continued From First Page.) and the Washington Committee for Consumer Protection. J. E. Heberle, vice president and controller of Capital Transit, opened the company's case today with a statement championing the weekly pass and pointing out the company's "grossly inadequate earnings” since January 1. 1947. Passes Called Beneficial. I “We are not seeking to discourage the use of the weekly pass," Mr. Heberle testified. “It is of benefit to our customers because it pro vides them with an attractive form of reduced cost transportation. It is of benefit to the company be cause it provides a fixed and de pendable amount of revenue with which to meet the costs of service. "We are asking that a rate of 12'i cents, made available at the rate of two tokens for 25 cents, be fixed for those who feel that their potential use of the service does not; justify the purchase of the weekly pass. “For those who foresee but a single use of the service we ask that a 15-cent rate be fixed. This rate would be used by those whose re quirements are rare and confined to a single trip. “It hardly seems likely that many Washingtonians will elect to pay 15 cents when a 12‘v cent rate is so readily available to them.” he added. Mr. Heberle said with the current increases sought. Capital ’Transit's fares will have increased about 49 per cent since 1939. He pointed out that the Consumers Price Index, issued by the Labor Department, shows an increase or about 70 per cent in cost of living items ior me same period. Since January 1, 1947, Mr. Heberle pointed out, the transit company has operated with "grossly inade quate earnings,” failing to earn in terest charges by more than $90,000 in 1947 despite the fare increases granted last year. He declared that unless relief is granted, the company estimates that it will fail to earn interest charges by nearly $600,000 for the year beginning July 1, 1948. He noted that two general wage increases have been granted to transit employes since the last fare increase. Increases in the prices paid for gasoline and electric power for the year beginning July 1, 1948, will add more than $500,000 to transit costs as compared with the level of prices paid May 11 last year, he added. “These two classes of costs alone add more than $3,200,000 to our ex penses in the year beginning July 1, 1948,” the witness concluded. Berlin (Continued From First Page.) deliberate attempt to starve the peo ple of Berlin’s western sectors," he said. “As the need demands we shall use all the air resources which can be brought to bear.” Dispatches from Frankfurt said a United States transport plane re turning from a food flight to Ber lin made an emergency landing to day at a British airbase near Han nover. One of the C-47 two engines went dead, but the pilot, Lt. Mathew P.; d'Addlo of New Haven, Conn..! brought it down safely. Co-pilot was Lt. W. Clifford Adler of Pough keepsie. N. Y. Authoritative government sources in London insisted that Britain has been sending a "considerable num-, ber” of troop reinforcements into Germany. They made the reaffirm ation in the face of a denial from the British War Office, which said: “There is no truth in the report that considerable numbers of troops are being flown from England either to Berlin or to the British rone of Germany.” The government informants con tended that deployment of the fresh, forces, mainly young conscripts, was a topic of talks in London yesterday oetween Gen. Sir Brian Robertson. British mRitary governor in Ger many. and military and government officials. A Moscow radio broadcast heard i in London urged that a German peace treaty be concluded quickly, so that the occupation troops of all nations might be withdrawn within a year after the signing of the pact. The broadcast recalled that rec ommendations along those lines were made at the recent Warsaw conference of Russia and her satel-; lites. “The presence of foreign troops in the center of Europe cannot be regarded as a normal thing," the broadcast said. The Moscow radio added, however,1 that "it would be wrong to isolate the proposal of withdrawal of troops from Germany from all other proposals made by the Warsaw con ference.” Those included four power control over the Ruhr's heavy industry and formation of an all German government. Allied informants here indicated that the next move in the Berlin crisis Is being mapped out by the Western Allies, in case Moscow re jects or fails to answer the recent American. British and French notes demanding the lifting of the Soviet blockade. As yet there has been no official Russian reaction to the notes which were sent last Tuesday. Lewis W. Douglas. American Am Payments on your home are made easy by renting a room. Renting a room Is made easy by advertising In The Star. Call Sterling 5000. ^ C^pen 8 am. to 8 p.m. /If\ rTlfy Carlsbad Caverns Through Pullman ditect to Carlsbad, M.M. ®It’s easy to see Carlsbad Caverns whan you travel to or from California via Santa Fe. And you can see all of this scenic fairs land on the convenient all-expense tour, including meals, from trainside in Carlsbad for only $8.75. (Tax extra.) CML Santa Ft Ticket Office, XL5 Shoreham Bid*., Washington i, D.C., Telephone: District 7984-5. tmssador to Britain, held a last minute conference with Gen. Lucius D. Clay, American military gover nor, In Berlin before returning to London. In the British capital Mr. Douglas met with Gen. Robertson. American planes set a new record yesterday by flying 1,249 tons of food and other supplies into Berlin, despite bad weather. During the 24 hour period ending at 9 a.m., 240 planes landed at Tempelhof Field. The RAF landed 204 cargo planes at Gatow Field over the same period, i The air bridge was meeting West ern Berlin’s food requirements, but getting enough coal and other raw materials into the sealed-off city was* still a problem. Baseball (Continued From First Page.>_ he believed he w«uld be of little use to the American Leaguers due to pitching Sunday. Feller's with drawal evoked considerable criticism from Harris and American League players. Revised, too, was the National League batting order. Ed Stanky of the Boston Braves was slated to, start at second base but sustained a, fractured leg several days ago. Man- j ager Leo Durocher named Red Schoendienst of the St. Louis Cardi-; nals to play second, but he has been inactive for two weeks due to a shoulder injury and Bill Rigney of; the New York Giants was likely to replace him. Marty Marion, Cards’ shortstop who hasn't missed a National League game recently, asked to be excused because of a bad back and Durocher substituted Peewee Reese of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Steel Production High Despite Strike in Mines By th« Associated Press PITTSBURGH. July 13.—Steel production is at relatively high lev els in the Pittsburgh district, despite i the week-old strike in the steel com-1 pany owned “captive” coal mines. .» survey of the district’s five ma jor basic steel producers indicated yesterday it will be two weeks to a month before they feel a real pinch from the coal stoppage. Pittsburgh Steel Co. scheduled production for the week at 91.4 per cent of capacity, Carnegie-Illinois at 76.5 per lent, Jones & Laughlin at 95 per cent. Crucible Steel at 100 per cent, Weirton at 97.9 per cent. Meanwhile. Western Pennsylvania miners in commercial pits spread sympathy walkouts to at least 42 mines with some 14.000 men idle. About 27,000 other diggers are idie in about 32 captive mines. The Pittsburgh district has lost about 1,60C,000 tons of coal in the eight-day-old strikes. Situation 'Under Control After Mutiny on Freighter By the Associated Press LONDON, July 13.—The United States Navy said today it had re ceived a message saying "everything is under control” on the American freighter William Carson, whose master had reported the crew was mutinous. The Navy had alerted the aircraft carrier Coral Sea to prepare to send planes to locate the 7.000-ton Liberty ship in the Azores area The Coast Guard cutter Campbell was un<$er [full speed toward the scene.. t tlear Admiral A. J. McLean, 'Com mander aboard the battleship Mis souri, in the Azores waters, Informed United States Navy l$adQuart«!E& here that the trouble aopttatxtl;VTE*' quelled. The Missouri had sidled two days ago from Gibsaltar for Cuba. >New Uranium Field Developed in Canada By tha Associated Pratt OTTAWA. July 13.—Trade Min ister C. D. Howe announced yester rday that the Canadian Government ; is developing a new uranium field in Northern Saskatchewan which he called the "most promising” find of its kind since the war. Mr. Howe denied reports that Britain is short of uranium, vital for atomic bombs, because Canadian production is going to the United States. He told a news conference Britain is getting all the uranium she needs. He gave no details of the new de velopment. However, it was under stood that Canadian production is still below that of the Belgian Congo, the world's largest source. Sierra Leone citizens have pro tested that a police license is needed to run a Bible class. NEW YORK.—PALESTINE MEDIATOR HERE FOR CONFERENCES — Count Folke Bemadotte (center), United Nations mediator for Palestine, was greeted by Trygve Lie, N. N. secretary general, on his arrival at La Guardia Field yesterday by plane from Europe. At the left is Countess Bemadotte. _ _ _—AP Wirephoto. 8-17 Seized in Canada Had No Export Permit The State Department said today that a converted B-17 bomber, Im pounded by custom officials at Hali fax, Nova Scotia, after being forced down there by bad weather Sunday night, was not licensed for export. Lincoln White. State Department’ spokesman, pointed out that licenses were required for the export of any arms, ammunition or implements of war. He said the B-17 would fall into one of these categories. Mr. White said the department is keeping in touch with officials at Halifax to learn the facts in the case. The information will be turned over to the Justice Depart ment, he added. Mr. White said that if it should turn out that the plane was headed for Palestine, violation of the em bargo on shipment of arms to the Midle East would be involved as well as the export license law. Meanwhile, clearances permitting the nine Americans aboard the plane to take off from Halifax were expected today, the Associated Press reported. The Pilot, Irwin R. Schindler of Miami, and his eight companions insisted they were on a navigation training flight. They denied re ports they were recruits for the Israeli army en route to Palestine. Steers Sell for $40.50, New FiVe-Month High By the Associated Press CHICAGO. July 13.—High choice steers sold at $40,50 a hundred pound for a new. five-month high. .Other cattle grades wwe steady to weak. Vealers were ‘1100^ higher, and spring lambs 50c up, but hogs were 50 cents and more lower..' Most good and choice botcher hogs sold IfoA $21*00-4© a top of $30.00. : V..77* ... >“ Good beef cows sold from $26 to $28.00, the latter matching the all time record first made June 15. Vealers reached $31.00. Spring lambs edged up to $32.50. Nyasaland has lost 1,000,000 pounds of tea through a labor shortage. ADVERTISEMENT. Embarrassed? 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Lehman, died early today at her Park Avenue home, after an illness of several months. Mrs. Goodhart. the former Hattie Lehman, was born in Montgomery, Ala., and came to New York when she was 8 years old. She was mar ried 65 years ago. Her husband died four years ago. Besides her brother, she is sur vived by three children. Howard, Goodhart, New York; Mrs. Frank Altschul, Stamford, Conn., and Prof. Arthur Goodhart of Oxford Univer sity. She also leaves seven grand children and seven great-grand children. Private funeral services will be held tomorrow with burial in Salem Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn. WOL Names Lindquist Program Manager Lansing Lindquist has been named program manager of radio station WOL. Phil Hoffman, vice president of the Cowles Broadcasting Co. and general manager of the station, an nounced today. Mr. Lirtdquist previously was with WSYR, Syracuse, and during the war was radio and communications officer; on Gen. MacArthur s staff in Tokyo. Vacationist Flies to Face Charges, Wins Dismissal By th« Associated Press CHICAGO, July 13. — StufUTt Becker, 19, hurried home from « vacation in Canada by plane to ap pear in Traffic Court yesterday ofl a charge of speeding. Judge Gibson Gorman told Beck er it was refreshing to find a de fendant who made an effort to appear in Traffic Court.. He also told Becker that his $45 _ airplane ride was considered ample fine, and he dismissed the speeding charges. __ Adam A. Wearhltr A Son. Aueiloneora RESTAURANT AND NITE CLUB FUTURES AND EQUIPMENT Two Hundred Thirty Seven Practically New Chairs, Set^ tees, Booths, Formica Tobias, Toastmaster, Modern Gas Ranges, U. S. Slicer, Com pressors, Carbonator, Steam Tables, Griddle, Broiler. Two Thousand Syracuse China, Etc. By Auction at Weschler’s 905 I St. N.W. < Fifth Floor > tomorrow July U—10 A.M. *z Make Perfect Iced Tea Moke teo O exactly as usuol.. • While still hat pour ^^intaglasses filled with crocked ice | |... 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