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96th Year. No. 225. Phone STerling 5000 ★★ WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1948—SIXTY PAGES._aundfrsi^ryuM^XfuoTli.ac'sTffJont* 5__
Kramer Accused of U. S. Sell-out;
Silverman Denies Spy Charges;
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Fay Will Study Perjury Action
Ex-Government
Aides Won't Say
If They Are Red
By Miriam Ottenberg
Two former Government offi
cials today angered members of
the House Committee on Un
American Activities by refusing
to answer questions and one of
them was flatly accused of
committing perjury and “sell
ing his Government down the
river.”
The accusation of perjury was |
underlined by Chairman Thomas'i
announcement that United States
Attorney George Morris Fay visited
the committee offices today and ob
tained a complete record of the
hearings. Mr. Thomas said Mr. Fay
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Samarins to Testify
Here Today at Closed
Committee Session
A Russian school teacher and
his wife who are defying Soviet
efforts to return them to Rus
sia were in Washington today
to testify at a closed session of
the House Committee on Un
American Activities this after
noon.
Committee members had in
tended to question the couple,
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ivano
vitch Samarin, in New York but
a change in plans was an
nounced by Chairman Thomas.
The Samarins have been
hiding from Soviet officials
since July 31 when they were
scheduled to sail for Russia
after disbandment of a school
for children of United Nations
officials in New York.
was “particularly interested in the
perjury angle.”
The witness who was told he
had perjured himself was Charles
Kramer, former congressional com
mittee aide, who refused to say,
whether he was a member of the
Communist Party, but did say that;
the only organizations he has be -1
longed to for the last five years were j
the American Economic Association 1
and the Royal Economic Society.
Silverman Denies Espionage.
The other witness at today’s
session, A. George Silverman, former
civilian employe of the Army Air
Forces, declared he wras “innocent
of espionage,” but refused to say
whether he was a Communist or
knew Miss Elizabeth T. Bentley, an
avowed ex-spy.
These other developments high
lighted the morning session:
1. Chairman Thomas announced
that “persons high in the Govern
ment and high in the military” j
whose names have not yet been
mentioned will be called before the
committee soon.
2. Representative McDowell, Re
publican, of Pennsylvania was
mildly applauded by the audience
when he declared that Mr. Kramer
and men associated with him should
be taken into court and “I'd like to
promise you, Kramer, that you are
going to get there.”
Kramer Refuses Answers.
Mr. Kramer angered the commit
tee when he refused to say whether
or not he was a member of the
Communist Party, whether or not
he had ever furnished secret in
formation to any unauthorized per
son, and whether or not he knew
one of his accusers, Miss Bentley.
Shouts at Committee.
A red-haired man with a temper
to match. Mr. Kramer at one point
shouted at the committee:
“You’re making a circus to show
up what Congress isn’t doing."
Nixon Charges Perjury.
It was Representative Nixon. Re
publican, of California, who flatly
told the witness he had committed
perjury.
The witness in answer to an
earlier question had said that the
only organizations he had Delonged
to in the last five years were the
American Economic Association and
Royal Economic Society.
Mr. Nixon told the witness that
that answer would be interpreted
(Continued on Page A-5, Col. 1.) ’
CanadianPlanesPress
Hunt for Dr. Murray
By th« Associated Press
EDMONTON, Alberta, Aug. 11.—
A second missing private plane was
hunted in Northwestern Canada to
day.
A Royal Canadian Air Force plane
was dispatched to an area 900 miles
north of Edmonton, in Northwest
Territory, to assist in the search
for a Cessna with at least two,
persons aboard.
The Air Force craft was trans
ferred from the search for Dr. V.
B. Murray of the United States:
Public Health Service in Washing-:
ton. who has been missing in an
other snail plane since Saturday.
He vanished on a flight between
Edmonton and Grande Prairie, Al
berta, 200 miles to the northwest
Three Air Force planes continued
on the Murray search, which hast
covered an estimated 125,000 square
miles without result.
A Miss Oldenbrugn or Oldenburg,
University of Minnesota geologist,
was reported to be a passenger
aboard the second missing Cessna.
The pilot's identity is not known.:
The report on the plane was radioed ;
to Edmonton by Irnie Bofla, pilot,
of the Canadian Pacific Air Lines,
who started the search.
The Air Force search plane car
ries supplies for an emergency para-:
chute drop. 1
Russian Consul Defies Order
To Produce Teacher in Court
Neither Lomakin Nor Woman Appears
In Answer to New York Justice's Writ
BULLETIN
New York Supreme Court
Justice Dickstein today re
served decision on a writ to
free a Russian school teacher
secluded in the Soviet consu
late in. New York. He said he
was delaying action “because
of international questions in
volved."
By the Associated Pres*
NEW YORK, Aug. 12.—Soviet
Consul General Yakov M. Loma
kin today defied a New York Su
preme Court writ ordering him
to produce in court a Russian
school teacher wanted for ques
tioning in the Communist spy
investigation.
The consul general had been or
dered to bring the woman, Mrs.
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina, into
court at 10:30 am. Neither ap
peared.
Present in the courtroom was
Countess Alexandra Tolstoy, presi
dent of the Tolstoy Foundation, who
was expected to testify in connection
with the writ.
The countess was asked by re
porters whether Mrs. Kosenkina was
anywhere in the packed courtroom.
She rose and scanned the faces and
told the newsmen that the woman
was not present.
Mrs. Kosenkina has been secluded
in the Soviet Consulate here since
last week when Mr. Lomakin an
nounced he had “rescued” her from
a White Russian retreat at Valley
Cottage, N. Y.
The retreat is operated by
Countess Tolstoy. The countess
termed Mr. Lomakin's story a “lot
of baloney” and said Mrs. Kosen
Kina fled to Valley Cottage because
she was afraid of being shot.
Mr. Lomakin, served with the writ
issued by State Supreme Court Jus
tice Samuel Dickstein, indicated
yesterday that he would ignore it.
Before Mrs. Kosenkina's scheduled
court appearance, a man who iden
tified himself as a representative of j
the United States Immigration and
Naturalization Service, visited the
consulate briefly to serve additional
papers.
He asid*, how-ever, that the papers
did not concern Mrs. Kosenkina or
another Russian teacher, Mikhail
Ivanovitch Samarin, who also is
~ See RUSSIANS, Page A-4. i j
Soviet Protest? Order
To Produce Teacher;
U. S. Calls for Delay
State Department Asks
Gov. Dewey to Hold Up
Further Court Action
By the Associated Pres*
Russia protested to the United
States today against a New
York court directing the Soviet
consul in New York City to pro
duce a Russian school teacher.
The State Department promptly
telegraphed Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
asking that any further action
against the consul be held up for
the time being.
Russia's move and the depart
ments action was announced by a
State Department spokesman.
Ordered to Produce Woman.
The New York court order di
rected Soviet Consul General Yakov
M. Lomakin to produce in court
this morning Mrs. Oksana Kosen
kina. Mr. Lomakin ignored the
order. |
The Soviet government, in today's
protest, took the position it does
not recognize the jurisdiction of
the court over its consul in this
case. The State Department has
thus far not formulated a formal
American government position.
Uncertain About Action.
A spokesman said that relations
between Gov. Dewey and the State
Supreme Court are a matter of
New York constitutional law and
he did not know what action the
Governor might take or whether
he would simply pass on the State
Department request to the court.
American officials have been in a
quandary over the case of the con
sul general because they say it is
completely unprecedented. It was
indicated yesterday that the Amer
ican Government would not concede
the same degree of diplomatic im
munity to a consul that it would ac
cord to an Ambassador or a mem
ber of an Ambassador's personal
staff.
What degree of immunity is pro
vided for the consul general, how
ever. and what effect that may have
or. the New York court action re
mains to be defined.
Nine Mercy Flyers Rescued
By Sub They Tried to Aid
By the Associated Press
NORFOLK, Va., Aug. 12.—Crew
men of a Coast Guard rescue plane
were rescued themselves yesterday
by a submarine after the big patrol
bomber was damaged in landing on
the ocean 500 miles southeast of
Elizabeth City, N. C.
The submarine Torsk radioed
that the nine occupants of the plane
were uninjured and that she was
proceeding with them toward
Charleston, S. C.
Salvage of the plane was not
feasible because of excessive leakage
of gasoline, the Torsk reported, and
she was sunk with shells from the
sub’s deck guns. When the plane
landed near the submarine to re
move a submariner stricken with
acute appendicitis, both engines
broke loose from their mounts and
both rudders and one wing were
damaged. j
The unnamed patient was treated
on the submarine and his condition
was returted as satisfactory.
Moscow Services Field
For Dead U. S. Navy Man
By th. Associated Press
MOSCOW, Aug. 12.—A memorial;
service was held today for Cabell;
Bowles of the United States Em
bassy's naval staff, who died Mon
day. Mr. Bowles, a chief pharma- J
cists mate, was from Covington, j
Virginia.
The service was held at the
French Church of St. Louis. The.
Rev. G. A. LaBerge officiated. All
Mr. Bowles' fellow residents of
American House, the home for en
listed men and male embassy;
clerks here, attended the rites.
Pravda Accuses FBI
Of Kidnaping Two
Russian Teachers
'Gangster Tactics' Laid
To U. S. in Big Story
On New York Cases
By the Associated Press
MOSCOW, Aug. 12.—Pravda
accused the Federal Bureau of
Investigation today of kidnaping
two Soviet school teachers.
Devoting nearly a full page to the
cases of Mrs. Oksana Stepanovna
Kosenkina and Michael Ivanovitch
Samarin, Pravda charged the United
States with “gangster tactics.”
“It appears that in the country
which brags of ‘democracy’ and
vaunts its ‘freedom,’ gangster prac
tices have already assumed such
sweeping form that a Soviet citizen
can perish only because he is faith
ful to his country and refuses to
become a traitor and obedient
weapon of the imperialist intelligence
services.” said the article, written by,
Y. Viktorov, a top-ranking Soviet
journalist.
Reactionary Connection Seen.
Viktorov said the “Tolstoy fund
is under the direct protection of
the American authorities and even
more, is a direct weapon of Amer- i
ican reactionary circles.” (This evi
dently referred to the Tolstoy
Foundation, Inc., where Mrs. Kosen- ■
kina is reported to have stayed.)
“The fact that M. I. Samarin ap-'
peared by some means in the FBI
established the fact that there are
connections between the American
police and the criminal White
Guard-bandit organizations,” Vik
torov added.
(Mrs. Kosenkma at present is
held by Soviet Consulate officials
in New York, who have defied
a court order to surrender her.
Mr. Samarin is reported in hid
ing from the Russians, i
"The whole Soviet people will sup
port the decisive and just protest
lodged by the U. S. S. R. Ambassa
dor, who demands not only the free
ing of Soviet citizen Samarin, his
wife and their three young children,
but also demands urgent measures
for cutting short the criminal ac
tivity carried on with the conniv
ance of certain American authori
ties, of White bandit organizations
which are hostile to the Soviet
Union and threaten the security and
interests of Soviet citizens in the
United States,” the article said.
White Russians Accused
By Tass of Gangsterism
LONDON, Aug. 12 OP).—'The Mos
cow radio, in its -first reference to
the Lomakin-Kosenkina case, today
broadcast a Tass dispatch accusing
White Russian emigres of gangster- ■
ism against Soviet citizens.
A Tass dispatch from New York
was broadcast without comment.
The radio also broadcast a Tass dis
patch from Washington reporting
Ambassador Alexander S. Panyush
kin request for the “release” of!
Michael Samarln. one of the much
sought Russian teachers.
The New Yoflc dispatch quoted a,
“secretly transmitted note” which
it said Soviet Consul Yakov M.i
Lomakin received August 7 from the
second teacher, Mrs. Oksana Kosen
klna. It quoted the note as saying: j
_ “I have not betrayed my people,
i am not a traitor. I have commit
ted no crime. ... I am sincerely
devoted to my homeland and my
people and love them. ... I beg you.
once more not to let me perish
here.”
The dispatch said Mr. Lomakin
with several of his colleagues then1
went to the address Mrs. Kosen-:
kina gave “and brought her safely
back to New York.”
Five Dead or Missing
In Philippines Blast
By Aoec'iaUd Pf««
MANILA, Aug. 12.—Five persons
were dead or missing today in a
Philippine Army ammunition dump
explosion near Batangas. Eight
others were Injured critically.
Allies Turn Back
2 Soviet Forays
In Berlin Zones
Russian MPs Aided by
Reich Police Attempt
To Arrest Germans
By th« Associated Press
BERLIN. Aug. 12.—American
and British military police
turned back two Russian forays
into their sectors of Berlin to
day.
Russian military police, augment
ed by German policemen from the
Soviet sector, were attempting to
arrest Germans in the Western sec
tors. The Russians said they were
looking for black marketers. Brit
ish and Americans said the Soviets
also might be looking for Russian
Army deserters, or might just have
been engaging in “harassing tactics.”
The Americans at Kreuzberg
turned back Soviet-controlled Ger
man policemen and Russian MPs
who were trying to search houses
across the border from their zones.
The British, aided by Western sec
tor German officers, stopped a sim
ilar sortie at Potsdamer Platz.
In Frankfurt about 20,000 German
office and industrial workers angrily
protested rising living costs at a
mass meeting called by trades un
ions. One group atacked an Amer
ican soldier after overturning his
jeep. It was the biggest and noisiest
demonstration in the American zone
city since the end of the war.
A third bureau of the elected Ber
lin city government was threatened
with a splitup between Russian and
non-Communist control.
The Communist head of the La
bor Department refused to abide
by a decision of the city govern
ment to give the anti-Communist
faction of the trade union federa
tion rights to negotiate with em
ployers. He insisted that only the
Communist faction, backed by the
Russians, had such powers.
The city police and food admin
istrations already have been split
by Communist refusal to accept
government orders.
The antl-Communist press said
‘‘complete chaos” prevails in the
administration office the Russians
established to handle their pro
posed feeding of all blockaded Ber
lin. It was this bureau which crowd
ed out regular city government food
officers from their offices in the city
hall, located in. the Russian sector.
Punitive Action Taken.
In further evidence of food short
ages in the surrounding Russian
zone of Germany, Russian-licensed
newspapers reported punitive meas
ures. A dozen Germans were jailed
in Saxony for ‘‘stealing” crops from
fields. Creamery operators at Meck
lenburg were sent to prison for
under-the-counter delivery of dairy
products.
The American Military Govern
ment said it is expanding radio
teletype facilities to handle com
munications if the Russians cut off
land lines from Berlin to the West.
The United States, British and
French military governments made
one of their sharpest retaliations
yesterday since the Russians block
aded Berlin. They froze all Russian
sponsored East mark accounts in
Western banks. The Russian bank
in Berlin previously had frozen ac
counts of firms in Western Berlin.
They refused to release the funds
unless the firms agreed to do busi
ness only in East marks.
The Western occupation powers
had been forced to help some firms
meet their payrolls because of the
Russian freeze.
No Compromise Urged.
Blockaded Berliners have appealed
to the Western powers to make no
compromise in Moscow that might
give the Communists control of the
city.
Some 5.000 Germans at a rally in
the American sector last night
cheered demands that no settlement
be made in the Soviet capital at
their expense. The meeting was
sponsored by the conservative Chris
tian Democratic Union (CDU).
The chief speaker. CDU Chairman
Jacob Kaiser, asserted the Russian
blockade had made Berlin ‘‘an island
in a Red sea—but an island which
will not surrender.”
"Russia ruined' its chances for
(See BERLIN, Page A-5.)
flDONT KNOW WHETHER1^
I IT'S RED HERRING—BUT f
THERE’S SOMETHING j
FISHY IN THE AIR re
White House Outlines
Record of Congress
On Truman Program
7 of 9 Points Are Listed
As Unfulfilled in Special
Session; New Attacks Seen
The White House today made
public a summary of Congres
sional action on President Tru
man’s nine-point program which
went before the special session,
in a statement which was looked
on as a prelude to further at
tacks by the President on the
record of the Eightieth Con
gress.
Out of the entire program on
which the President asked action,
he got only modified housing and
anti-inflation legislation and a
measure to lend the United Nations
$65,000,000 to build its headquarters
in New York.
The summary shows that on seven
points the House or Senate refused
to hear administration witnesses.
These included five points of the
President’s broad program to con
trol prices and wages and halt in
flation; his request for the restora
tion of appropriations for water
power development and projected
reforms in Federal pay scales.
On civil rights legislation which
was tied up by a filibuster of South
ern Democrats, the White House
summary reads: “Failed to act.
Senate briefly considered anti-poll
tax bill, but took no action.”
Other issues on which Congress
failed to act included aid to educa
tion, increase in minimum wage
and Social Security benefits and
amendment of the Displaced Per
sons Act.
The White House also said that
Mr. Truman probably will act to
morrow on the Republican-spon
sored anti-inflation bill. Mr. Tru
man is expected to sign the measure
with an attack on Congress for its
refusal to grant him limited price,
wagev rationing and other controls.
Rail Pay Agreement Signed;
New Demands Seen in Fall
Sy the AjiociaUd Pr««s
Railroads and the unions com
pleted their second postwar wage
fight today and headed into negoti
ations for a third round in Septem
ber.
The carriers and three unions
signed an agreement late last night
to finish the second round. The
unions were the Locomotive En
gineers. Firemen and Enginmen,
and Switchmen. They had threat
ened a Nation-wide rail strike in
early May.
Major features of the agreement,
including a 15'i-cent hourly wage
increase, had been announced by
the White House several weeks ago.
The settlement was worked out by
Presidential Assistant John R.
Steelman, who umpired disagree
ments over the final, minor details.
The three unions are expected to
ask for a living cost pay increase of
about 20 cents an hour, or more, in
negotiations due to start soon in
Chicago. Two other groups of rail
unions will negotiate third-round
pay boosts with the carriers at the
same time.
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Babe Ruth Makes Slight Gain,
But Condition Remains Critical
(Picture on Page C-l.)
By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, .Aug. 12. —Babe
Ruth, baseball's mightiest slugger
of aU time, rallied slightly today but
doctor's .described his condition as
still critical.
The 53-year-old former New York
Yankee star, ailing for two years,
suffered a relapse yesterday after
developing a cold.
A bulletin, issued from the hos
pital this morning by Dr. Hayes
Martin, said:
“Babe Ruth rallied this morning.
His pulse is stronger. Condition
improved, although still critical.”
Visitors to the homerun king's
bedside today included his wife,
Mrs. Claire Ruth; his daughter,
Mrs. Richard Flanders of North
Conwav, N. H.; his sister, Mrs. Wil
bur Moberly of Baltimore, and
James P. Chapman, personal friend
and Tori Motor Co. public relations
director.
When Mrs. Ruth left the hospital
she said with an obvious tone of
relief “he’s feeling better."
“The babe recognized me, smil
ingly,” Mr. Chapman said as hei
left the hospital.
A reporter asked Mr. Chapman if
he had talked with Ruth.
“I talked to him, but he didn’t!
speak—he just smiled. He smiled
when I called him Herm.”
“Herm” is short for Herman, the
Babe's middle name. His full name,
is George Herman Ruth.
The Memorial Hospital Center for
Cancer and Allied Diseases said
Ruth was suffering from “pul
monary complications.” Today’s re
ported improvement followed a
slight rally last night. Early today,
the hospital had reported no change.
Only members of Ruth's immedi
ate family and a long-time friend,
(See RUTH, Page A-4.J
*
Steaks Hit Peak Prices Here,
Rising Up to 13 Cents in Week
Butcher Reports Lamb, Pork and Veal
At Highest Leval He Can Remember
Meat prices in Washington
area stores headed for new
highs today, despite consumer
boycotts and talk of cheaper
cuts in the months ,ahead.
Steaks advanced as much as 13
cents a pound from last week in
one large chain store and were sell
ing at $1.12 a pound.
A large co-operative 'food store
listed porterhouse steak today at:
$1.19 a pound for top grade, which:
the store said was the highest on
record for them.
‘ Lamb, pork and veal are at the
highest level that I can remember,"
a butcher of this co-op store com
mented. He added that he had been
in business for 32 years.
A second big chain opened a cam
paign pushing commercial grade
steaks. They were being offered at
87 cents a pound for sirloin and 89
cents for porterhouse. This grade
of steak is from grass-fed cattle
and rates below choice and good
grades.
The store declared that "prices
of top grades of beef have reached
unpredicted levels and we feel we
owe it to our customers to do some
thing about the situation.” The
chain will continue to sell top grade
steaks.
Opinions differed on the effect
of meat boycotts. Spokesman for
one chain said he had not seen
any change in meat sales this week.
An independent retailer, how
ever, noted a falling off in sales.
<See PRICES, Page A-4j
West Allied Envoys
See Molotov Fourth
Time in Two Weeks
Smith, Chataigneau and
Roberts Motor Together
To Kremlin Conference
By the Associated Press
MOSCOW, Aug. 12.—American,
British and French Ambassa
dors visited the Kremlin today,
for another talk with Soviet
Foreign Minister Molotov.
American Ambassador Walter
Bedell Smith, French Ambassador
Yves Chataigneau and Frank Rob- 1
erts, the special British envoy,
motored together from the Ameri
can Embassy to the Kremlin for
the appointment with Mr. Molotov
at 5 p.m., (10 a.m. EDT.>
Fourth Talk in 2 Weeks.
It was the fourth time in two
weeks the Western representatives
have called on Molotov for talks
aimed at ending Soviet blockade
of Berlin and a solution of other
East-West differences in Europe.
(A diplomatic Informant in
London said today that the West
“can be expected to ask Prime
Minister Stalin to intervene per
sonally in the Berlin stalemate if
the talks with Mr. Molotov fail.
The informant, who has been fol- i
lowing the Moscow exchanges \
from the inside, said that up un- ;
til yesterday there had been no
sign of softening in the Western
powers’ line.)
Gen. Smith told correspondents
that the three Westerners would
confer at the American Embassy
after the Kremlin meeting.
‘Til give you my usual no com
ment statement,” he said.
Meet at U. S. Embassy.
The diplomats met first at the
American Embassy. Then their
motor cavalcade of three cars
moved along Mokhoaya street to
the Spasski Gates of the Kremlin
in one of the hottest and most un
comfortable days of the year.
Gen. Smith worked intensively |
yesterday and into the night in
conferences with his colleagues. Hej
turned up today with a severe cold.
The diplomats last talked to Mr. I
Molotov Monday. It is known that
the Russians at that time pre
sented their views. It is logical to
suppose the Western envoys pre-i
sented today their governments’!
reactions.
Ex-GI's Lost Voice Restored
By Ride on Roller Coaster
■y th« Auociotod Prwl
NEW YORK, Aug. 12.—Five year*
ago, when EmUio Franco. 35, was an
Army private, he mysteriously lost
his voice.
Doctors told him he had "hysteria- >
ophonia." an ailment which causes
loss of speech without any organic
reason.
Last Friday Mr. Franco, a Fair
mont (W. Va.>, machinist and coal
miner, went riding on the mile-a
minute roller coaster at Coney
Island. -
It scared him so Badly he
screamed.
He told yesterday how after the
ride was over he spoke his first
words since 1943: *1 feel tick."
_ A
Four-Story House Here
Looted of Furnishings
In Family's Absence
Police Seize Two Carrying
Heavy Suitcases Near
Fashionable R St. Home
Police today were holding two
men on suspicion of breaking
into a fashionable private home
in the 2000 block of R street N.W.
early today and nearly “strip
ping it” of household items.
The two men, 18 and 26 years old
and both colored, are being ques
tioned in connection with other
housebreakings, police said.
They were picked up shortly after
1 a.m. by Detective Sergts. Nunzio
Bonaccorsy and James Roche and
Precinct Detective R. V. Gary when
the robbery squad detectives noticed
them carrying four heavy suit cases
in the 1400 block of P street N.W.
Examined at headquarters, police
said, the suit cases were found to
be filled with linens, cosmetics,
blankets and other household goods.
Under questioning, the men ad
mitted having broken into a home
at 2020 R street, Sergt. Bonaccorsy
said.
Family Out of Town.
The residence is listed in the name
of Mrs. William W. Mathewson. Po
lice said they learned the family is
out of town and will not return until
October.
Police who made a trip to the
four-story house reported:
The first floor and basement was
“cleaned” except for furniture.
On the second, third and fourth
(See ROBBERY, Page-A-4.)
4-Engine Guam Navy Plane
Missing on Weather Hop
By th« Associated Press
GUAM, Aug. 12—A four-engine
Navy Privateer with a crew of nine
and two aerologists aboard was
missing today on a weather recon
naisance flight 450 miles north of
Guam.
The big plane, the Navy's version
of a B-24 Liberate bomber, left
the naval air station at Agana this
morning and was due back shortly
after noon.
Planes of Fleet Air Wing I started
a search for the plane when it
failed to return.
The Navy said the plane would
have exhausted its gasoline supply
by 2 am. (EDT).
U. S., Canada Reported
Planning Radar Net
ly rtw Auociatcd f r«i
OTTAWA, Aug. 12.—Informed
Canadian sources said last night
that Canada and the United States
are considering building a radar net
work across Alaska and the Cana
dian northland.
They were unable to say whether
the $250,000,000 estimate of cost re
ported by a Washington newspaper
was correct, but one source that it
“would C06t a lot of money to build
a thing like that, even to scout out
the sites."
A Northern radar network has
long been considered a virtual
necessity by the dominion's defense
experts, but their hopes have been
dimmed by its cost in comparison
with Canada's defense budget.
X
Pumps Blasted
On Jerusalem's
Water Pipeline
Plans for Resumption
Of Holy City Supply
Thwarted by Attack
•y th* Associated Press
TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 12.—
Two explosions blasted and
burned the Latrun pumping
station halfway between Jerusa
lem and Tel Aviv early today,
wrecking United Nations plans
to deliver water to the Jewish
part of Jerusalem by tomorrow.
The pumping station was taken
over by U. N. observers yesterday.
Technicians were scheduled to make
minor repairs and start some oper
ations today.
me station is one 01
booster, points to lift water through
the pipeline from the coast over the
Judean Hills to Jerusalem. All the
other stations are in working order
and are held by the Jews.
The Latrun station was held by
the Arabs, but it was placed in no
man’s land by an agreement be
tween the Arab Legion and the U. N.
U. N. Observers to Make Report.
Lt. Col. A1 Pery, chief U. N. ob
server here. wras informed of the
explosions at 4 a.m. He left prompt
ly for Haifa to report to U. N. head
quarters there.
Col. Prank Begley, ohief observ
er of the convoy and water route
who left yesterday for Rhodes with
Count Polke Bernadotte, the U. N.
mediator, repeatedly has asked for
Marine guards at the pumping sta
tion to prevent sabotage.
U. N. observers reported yester
day that the Arabs had withdrawn
at least 1.000 yards from the pump
ing station. The Arab Legion had
promised not to interfere with its
operation.
(At this point one take of this
dispatch was held by censor
ship. It may be delayed or
stopped.)
U. N. headquarters here said seven
men in civilian clothes were seen
around the pumping station earlier
last night. They were warned away
by U- N. guards living in a Trap
pist Monastery near the station.
Men Seen Fleeing.
Later, seven men apparently
sneaked past the U. N. checkpoint
with a truck and blasted the sta
tion. All seven were seen fleeing
in a truck.
The station is on the edge of the
perimeter of the Latrun camp where
the British once detained Jews sus
pected as members of terror groups.
No piped water has been available
to Jewish residents of modem Jeru
salem since a week before British
forces withdrew from Palestine on
May 15. The pipes were damaged
during Arab attacks on Jewish con- *
voys near Bab el tyad, west of the
Holy City. \
For several weeks1 experimental
pumpings have been'1 ^ carried out
along the pipeline routse from the
coastal region north of Tel Aviv to
Jerusalem. The present daily allot- '
ment for the city's 100,000 inhab
itants in this unusually hot knd arid
summer is one gallon per hkpd.
Bernadotte Orders Arabs,
Jews to Quit Shooting »
RHODES. Aug. 12 (A*).—Count
Folke Bernadotte cracked down on
Palestine belligerents today, order
ing Arabs and Jews to halt the
shooting in Jerusalem after 2 a.m.
(EDT) tomorrow.
The United Nations mediator acted
after a midnight-to-dawn battle
raged yesterday through the city's
outskirts. It was the biggest fight
since the U. N.-ordered truce went
into effect.
Count Bernadotte said the Arabs
have accepted the order "but so far
I have received no reply from the
Jews.”
] He said the order directed both
Arabs and Jews to see that all units
—-regular and irregular troops—do
'not return any fire because "it’s
.easier for the U. N. observers then
! to teK which party starts the firing.”
75 Observers on Duty.
Count Bernadotte received reports
from his observers just before he
left Palestine for Rhodes. Seventy
five observers now are on duty.
“From these reports,” he said, “it
is my opinion that the initiative for
the shooting came from the Jewish
side. The Jews, however, told me
it w>as started by the Arab side.”
A Tel Aviv dispatch said thou
sands of rifle shots and heavy artil
lery shells whistled over Jerusalem
Tuesday nj[ght and early Wednes
day. Although the battle was main
(See PALESTINE, Page A-4.)
17 Escape Injury *
In Fire on Plane
ty th« Auociatad Ptmas
SYDNEY, Nova Scotia, Aug. 12—
A Montreal-to-Prestwick Trans
Canada Air Lines plane burst into
flames shortly after landing at Re
serve Airport early today, but cool
work by Stewardess Rita Meyers
helped prevent loss of life or injury.
Six crew members and 11 passen
gers were aboard.
Crew members said the passen
gers escaped through the emergency
ladder exit without a scratch as
flames licked at the big plane.
The attractive Montreal steward
ess led the passengers one by one
to the emergency exit, where
Purser-Steward Jack Triggs, also
of Montreal, helped them down the
ladder.
The pilot, Doug Holland of Mon
treal, refused to comment on the
cause of the fire. Airport officials
said it appeared that the plane’s
right wheel, in landing, hit a mound
of earth about 20 feet off the end of
the runway.
The impact split the gas tank
and gasoline spilled over the run
way. Just as the plane touched
down the right wing burst Into
flamef.