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Stern Gang Leaders Arrested
In Hunt for Bernadotte Slayers;
Strict U. N. Measures Demanded
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200 Persons Seized;
Jerusalem's Jews
Placed Under Curfew
BERNADOTTE S BODY to be Flown
From Haifa to Sweden Today.
Page A-5.
By the Associated Press
TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 18.—
The Israeli government an
nounced tonight that its inten
sive manhunt for the assassins
of Count Folke Bernadotte has !
resulted in the arrest of "some; •
of the supposed leaders of the j1
Stern gang.”
The government has charged the •
Sternists, a Jewish extremist group,
with the slaying of the United Na- ;1
tions mediator and his French aide. 1
Col. Andre Serot, in the Jewish part:
of Jerusalem yesterday. i
Israeli authorities began moving !1
Jewish troops into position in the 1
fear that the shooting down of j
Count Bernadotte and Col. Serot 1
might be followed by a full-scale
war with the Arabs.
The Israeli announcement said 1
more than 200 arrests have been (
made in the attempt to comb out ;
the killers. Jerusalem's 90,000 Jew- •
lsh residents have been placed un
der virtual house arrest by a cur- ;
few order.
150 Arrested in Jerusalem.
House-to-house searches brought,'
150 arrests in Jerusalem and the :
eeiziire of a considerable quantity '■
of arms, the announcement said, j
Fifty arrests were made in other
pqrtiofls of Israel, including 40 in
the Tel Aviv area.
A spokesman said the Israeli army
has invited members of the U. N.
staff who witnessed the assassina
tions to view a Darade of suspects!
which probably will be held to
morrow.
Jews were called on to rise and
track down the "traitors in our
midst" and the ‘‘criminal gang re-,
sponsible" for the slayings. All roads
into Jerusalem were closed. No de
partures were allowed from Israel's
airfields and harbors In order to
prevent suspects from slipping out
of the country.
Meanwhile, high United Nations,
officials in Haifa disclosed that a
recommendation may be sent to the
Security Council in Paris calling for
the creation of a 6,000-man inter
national army.
Such a force, the informants said.1
Is the minimum now believed to be
required for the job of compelling
Jews aijd Arabs to accept the au- 1
t'nority of the U. N. over the Holy
City.
Expected to Open Eves of World.
They said Count Bernadotte. in
an abortive attempt to persuade the;
warring sides to demilitarize Jeru-,
salem two months ago. had in mind'
an international force of 2,500 to;
3.000 to garrison Jerusalem. Fierce j
battles which since have taken place
during the "shooting truce" were
said to have convinced him before
his death that he had greatly under- |
estimated the military pressure!
which would have to be applied.
One veteran of the U. N. mission
to Palestine said tlie assassination
of Count Bernadotte "may finally
open up the eyes of the world!
powers to the fact that you can't
get anywhere in peace efforts here
by shooting the opposing sides full
of moral holes with resolutions.’
Jewish authorities said none of
the persons picked up thifs far in
the manhunt was a member of tire
Israeli Army.
There were no outbreaks here
such as threatened civil war last
June when the government moved
against Isgun Zvai Leurni in the
case of an arms ship landing.
Stern leaders were noticeably ab
sent from their usual haunts in of
fices and cafes.
“F ront" Says It Killed ( ount.
Notes signed by the "fatherland
front" were slipped under the doors;
of consulates in Jerusalem last
night saying "we killed Bernadotte
because he was working for the!
British." The organization has been
unknown heretofore
Today the consulates at Jeru
salem received typewritten notes J
signed Chazit Hamoledet saying
that organization had killed Count j
Bernadotte. The phrasing was al
most identical with the notes signed
by the "fatherland front." Chazit
Hamoledet was described in Tel
Aviv as a striking arm of the stern
group.
Leaders of ooth the Stern and
Irsun bands in Jerusalem vigor- j
ously denied responsibility for the
killings.
The American consul in Jerusa
lem in his first reports of the jeep
borne slaying, said it was pre
sumed members of the tightly dis
ciplined Stern oand. btliev-d to
'See ISRAEL. Page A-5.)
Crowd Watches Pilot
'Chute to Safety As
Jet Plane Flies Apart
By Associated Press
' r
DALLAS, Sept. 18— An Air
Force Thunderjet, traveling
more than 600 miles an hour,
flew apart in full view of thou
sands of spectators here today,
but the pilot parachuted to
safety from 300 feet and re
marked, "That's a hell of an
airplane.”
Lt. W. M. Mart, 23. of Walker
Air Force Base at Roswell. N.
Mex.. floated into Mountain
Creek Lake near Hensley Field,
where his speed flight was
billed as the feature of the
Air Force Day celebration here.
He was rescued in about 2 min
utes by a Dallas man motor
boating with his son.
Rad io Programs, Page C-8
^ Complete Index, Page A-2
Roosevelt Feared
State Department
Code, Probe Told
Used Navy System
To Avoid Leaks,
Standley Asserts
By Miriam Ottenberg
President Roosevelt used the
Xavy code to send secret mes
ages to the American Embassy
n Moscow because he feared
vartime “leaks” in the State
Department code, the House
Committee on Un-American Ac
ivities last night said it had
>een informed.
The statement that President
toosevelt could not trust the State
iepartment code came from Ad
niral William H. Standley, U. S. N„
etired, wartime Ambassador to
Moscow.
Committee sources said, however,
hat they had supporting testimony
rom other sources and plan to
luestion another witness suggested
is a confirmation by Admiral
standley.
Admiral Standley was questioned
it a closed session in Los Angeles
rhursday by Representative Nixon.
Republican, of California, after he
rad written the committee that
luring the war President Roosevelt
;ent him messages in the Navy's
;ecret code.
'When I protested that this prac
,ice would confuse the continuity
)f State Department records.' he
ivrote. ''X was led to believe that the
President was concerned over 'leaks'
)f information from the State De
iSee PROBE, Page A-4.i
House Report Charges
FCC Thought Policing
In Ruling on Atheists
Commission Also Hit
For Ban on Censoring
Political Broadcasts
By Don S. Warren
A special House committee
ast night accused the Federal
Communications Commission of
thought policing" in its ruling
concerning free time for atheists
,o reply to religious broadcasts.
It also assailed the FCC lor its
ruling that a radio station cannot
•ensor a political broadcast which
[he station believed to contain
libtjlous and slanderous statements
under State laws.
In a strongly Worded report on
its FCC investigation, the House
jroup said that in the two cases
the Commission has embarked
upon a dangerous and mischieirttus
line of reasoning that anything and
everything should be permitted on
the air regardless of its conformity
to the rules of ordinary decency, to
the sensibilities of the listening pub
lic or to the possible effect upon
the moral standards of the Nation.'
To Seek Legislation on Ruling.
The decision dealing with atheism
is known in the broadcasting indus
try as the Scott decision. The one
concerned with political broadcasts
is known as the Port Huron decision.
The committee said it would sc-ek
legislation at the next session of
Congress to overturn the ruling in
the Scott case if the Commission
did not reverse its decision.
The committee criticized the FCC
or using vague or careless words
n its rulings and cited uncertainty
n the radio field as to what was
meant in the Scott decision. But
t was "abundantly clear'' in this
case, it held, that if the ruling were
applied literally "it would have the
effect of either driving religious
urograms from the air or flooding
he homes of listeners with a bar
age of unwelcome attacks on reli
gion.''
The report brought a quick de
fense of the agency's policies from
its chairman, Wayne Coy. In a
personal statement, he denied that
the Scott decision said that when
a radio station carries religious
broadcasts atheists or groups with
similar view's must be given radio
time.
The test, he said, must be one
“ i See FCC, Page A-3.i
Lie Brands Killing
Attempt to Interfere
With Peace Efforts
MARSHALL Leaves Today for Red
Showdown in U. N. Page A-2.
By th* Associated Press
PARIS, Sept. 18.— Secretary
General Trygve Lie today de
manded that the United Nations
take strict measures to protect
the lives of its peace-makers
such as Count Folke Bernadotte.
At the same time the Security
Council scheduled a meeting early
next week for U N. action on Pales
tine.
The Council, which acts on
threats to peace, was called to re
ceive Count Bernadotte's 35,000
word report on his mediation
efforts. The Palestine question also
was placed on the agenda of the
Assembly, which recommends ac
tion. The assembly meets Tuesday
Count Beinadotte’s report was re
ceived here yesterday by courier a
few hours after his death. In a
personal letter to Mr. Lie which
accompanied it, the Count urged
early consideration of the report
at this “crucial stage" of Palestine
affairs.
Delegates Express Indignation.
Mr. Lie angrily told the Security
Council that the assassination of
the mediator was “a direct act of
attempted interference with the
efforts of the U.N. to settle the
Palestine question.”
Members of the 11-nation Council
listened gravely as one delegate
after another expressed horror and
indignation over the slaying of
Count Bernadotte and his aide.
French Col. Andre Serot.
One delegate. Dr. Jose Aree of
Argentina, openly accused the newly
formed government of Israel of ap
parently failing to prevent the at
tack at. a time when such an
incident was likely to destroy the
U. N.'s work for Palestine peace.
"How can the new nation of
Israel be regarded as peace-loving
when murders of this sort occur
within its borders?" Dr. Arce asked.
10.000-Man Army Urged.
Off the floor of the Council, D*.
Arce said the U. N. needs an army
of 10.000 men to re-establish peace
and keep order in the Holy Land.
He blamed the big powers for the
current turmoil, declaring:
"This murder, done in the worst
way, is in reality the fatflt of the
big powers. Their inability to agree
on creation of armed force has re
sulted in the tragic death of a
peace-loving gentleman from a
peace-loving country.”
In perhaps his most forceful speech
| in nearly three years as secretary
general, Mr. Lie told the solemn
Council :
"This brutal assassination is a
i tragedy in itself but it raises setious
i issues of even greater importance
ithan the death of individual men
I would ordinarily have.”
He noted that Count Bernadotte
| and Col. Serot were the seven’ll and
j eighth U. N. representatives killed
in the line of duty during hostilities
in the Middle Last.
Climax to Crave Incidents.
"Their murder came as a climax
to a series ot grave incidents which
have reflected an unprecedented and
[intolerable lack of respect lor tne
[dignity and authority of the United
Nations," he added. "The Counts
slaying demands an answer to the
question of what shall be none in the
future to protect those who serve the
United Nations.”
Mr. Lie announced that he had
placed the critical Palestine problem
on the rgenda of the General As
semble opening Tuesday. Tiiis had
tlie effect of dumping the assassina
! tiori in the laps of the 58 member
nations.
The Security Council gathered in
| emergency session to discuss the
[ murders shortly after Mr. Lie re
ceived a cable from Israeli Foreign
Minister Moshe Shertok -promising
"most vigorous and energetic meas
ures” against the slayers.
I Aubrey S. Eban, Israel's represen
tative to the Council, told the Asso
ciated Press that his government is
“now conducting a vast purge" of
•Jewish terrorist leaders. He joined
I in condemning the killing of the
two officials in the Jewish section of
Jeiusalem yesterday.
U. N. officials said no formal com
plaint had been registered as yet
by the Arab countries. They did
not rule out the possibility that
Fans El Khouri. Syrian delegate
' (See P. N.. Page A-5.)
Armed Air Force Jet Plane Sets
Soeed Record of 670.9 Mph
■
By th« Associated Press
MITCHEL FIELD. N. Y.. Sept. 18,
—A new world speed record of
670.981 miles an hour was claimed
by the Air Force today.
The record was set by Maj. Rich
ard L. Johnson. Air Force test pilot,
in the same iet plane he flew 670
miles an hour at Cleveland two
weeks ago—only to lose the record
that time because of faulty timing.
Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg. Air Force
chief of staff, said.
The record-breaking flight was
made Wednesday morning over a
course at Muroc Lake. Cklif., top
ping the previous record by 20 miles
an hour.
But the Air Force delayed an
nouncement of the record until to
dav. when it celebrated its first an
niversity with "Air Force Day."
Maj. Johnson flew the North
American F-86 jet fighter faster
than any plane had ever flown by
official timing during the Cleveland
air races September 5. But timing
cameras failed to catch three of his
passes and the flight was not offi
cially recorded.
The Air Fo^ce today told this
story of how Maj. Johnson made
I the successful record flight: .
He flew the four required passes
over the Muroc course, reaching
speeds of 669.873 and 670.008 on the
two east-w'est passes.
The west-east passes timed al
671.281 and 672.762 miles an hour
making an average of 670.981 for the
flight.
He flew under “excellent" visi
bility of 15 to 20 miles and at s
temperature of 70 degrees, with
southwest winds of from two tc
three miles per hour.
After the flight. Maj. Johnson wai
quoted as saying: “At no time die
I have to extend the plane—at nc
time did I approach the plane-!
maximum capability."
The plane was fully loaded anc
armed for combat flight.
Films on Maj. Johnson's flighl
have been examined by the Nationa
Aernautics Association and repre
sentatives of the Federation Aero
nautiaue Internationale.
The films now must go to the Fed
eration Aeronautique's Paris offic«
for official world-wide recognitior
of the record.
The previous record—650.796 mile!
an nour—was set in August. 1947. b;
a Navy research plane, the Doug
lias, B-558. £'
Truman Fights
Hard for Farm
Vote in Iowa
Assails Congress as
Tool of Interests' (
In Speech at Dexter
(Text of President's Speech
on Page AS.)
DEWEY LEAVES Today on First
Campaign Trip. Page A-4.
By Joseph A. Fox
Star Staff Correspondent
INDEPENDENCE, Mo., Sept,
18.—After making 14 speeches
in three Corn Belt States in
which he lashed at Wall Street
“gluttons of privilege,” President
Truman came home tonight for
24 hours of rest before carrying
his campaign into the West.
He arrived in Kansas City at 9:10
p.m. and was driven here immedi
ately. He was weary after his long
day of campaigning in Iowa, but he
was not too tired to take his fam
ily by the courthouse, to register
for the November election. White
House officials said it would be the
only chance the President and his
family would have. The courthouse
was kept open as a favor.
President Truman pitched hard
for the Midwest farm vote as he
skirted Western Illinois and then
plunged deep into Iowa, attacking
the Republicans and calling for a
Democratic victory in November to
preserve the prosperity American
agriculture now knows.
Uses Heavy Ammunition.
The President unleashed his
heaviest verbal ammunition to a
crowd estimated at 100,000 at the
little farm community of Dexter.
Iowa.
The town was the mecca for farm
ers from all the surrounding States,
as their top earth-turners vied for
honors in the national plowing con
test, which was linked in with soil
conservation demonstrations, an an
nual event aimed at encouraging
better use of the land.
The President spoke from a sun
drenched stand on one of a group
of farms where the program was
staged in a carnival atmosphere. He
came to Dexter midway in a "dawn
to-dusk” push for votes that took
him from the Mississippi to the
Kaw with‘a free-swinging attack on
the Republican-controled 80th Con
gress, which has served as the ad
ministration's principal whipping
boy in the Democratic bid for an
other four years in the White House.
Continues Attack On Congress.
At more than a half dozen
"whistlestops” as his 17-car train
[moved from Illinois to Missouri, to
permit the President to remain over
[ Sunday at his home in Independ
ence, he assailed Congress as the
; tool of the “interests” in back
platform appearances.
But the Dexter speech, first of
perhaps a dozen major administra
tion policy pronouncements was the
over-all summation, with Mr. Tru
man charging that the “gluttons of
privilege”—otherwise identified as
"Wall Street reactionaries’ were
putting up “fabulous sums of
money” to insure Republican vic
, tory in November and triumph for
a philosophy which was described
as calling for “low prices for farm
j ers, cheap wages for labor and high
; prices for big corporations.”
Iowa hasn't gone democratic in a
national election since 1936, and
1 the Dexter area is reportedly. a
hot-bed of Republicanism although
isome of the Presidents audience
had waited for hours to hear nim.
! his speech was followed with
| close attention, his attack on the
! Republicans w as lor the most part
received quietly.
But the crowd laughed at some
of the punch lines, particularly
j when he accused Congress of hurt
! ing the farmer, and said that “what
they have taken away from you thus
far would be only an economic
appetizer for the tapeworm of big
business.” if the Nation voted *ln
both a Republican President and
Congress in November.
Restates “Fear Doctrine.”
There were cries of “right” as he
asserted that “this Republican Con
gress has already stuck a pitchfork
[ in the farmer's back.” And shouts
(See TRUMAN, Page A-6.)
Hurricane Gathering Force
600 Miles South of Miami
By the Associoted Press
MIAMI. Fla, Sept, 18—A small
tropical hurricane in the Western
Caribbean Sea about 600 miles south
of Miami, was gathering force to
night for what forecasters predicted
would become a ‘ dangerous hurri
cane.”
Interests in the Northwest Carib
bea area, Western Cuba, Florida
Straits and Yucatan Peninsula were
advised to be on the alert as the
storm developed into a full-fledged
hurricane with 75-mile an hour
S winds in the center.
The storm was located at 11 p.m
at latitude 18.8 north, longitude 81.3
west, or about 5 miles south ol
Grand Cayman Island. It was
drifting very slowly in a westerly
direction, toward the Yucatan Pe
ninsula.
Forecasters predicted the storm
would grow in size and intensity
during the next 18 hours and con
tinue its slow westward movement
Northeast storm warnings have
been hoisted from Miami south tc
Key West. Squalls with 40-mile an
hour winds blew over the wintei
playground area. Rain totaling 2 81
inches drenched Miami in a 24
hour period.
J. Edgar Hoover Still
In Serious Condition
The condition of J. Edgar Hoover
director of the Federal Bureau ol
Investigation, was reported un
changed at his home here last night
An FBI spokesman said Mr
• Hoover, who is suffering from bron
chial pneumonia, is still in serious
condition. ^
WHAT DID YOU WALT I DID WAS TO SAY that
^nn^|M?MlWASNT BLAMING ANYBODY,
for what is wrong
and he fainted dead away
Ex:Merchant Seaman Outsails
Larger Boats in Cup Regatta
Robert Orme, 25, Steals Show With Speed;
Final Race for President's Trophy at 10 A.M.
By Malcolm Lambornc, Jr.
A 25-year-old Washington man
who served in World War II as
a merchant marine seaman stood
out yesterday among 188 skip
pers racing in the first day of
sailing in the 18th annual Pres
ident’s Cup Regatta off Hains
Point.
Not only did Robert Orme of the
Corinthian Yacht Club win both
races, but in the second event he
covered a two-lap triangular course
in faster time than the larger Star
boats. He sails a boat named Blue
Water and is in his fifth year of
racing sailing packets.
Third and final race for the 14
classes competing for The Evening
Star trophies will be held today,
starting at 10 a.m. Prizes will be
awarded at 4 p.m. at the Washing
ton Sailing Marina, just south of
i National Airport off Mt. Vernon
boulevard.
Miss Margery Clifford. 16-year-q}d
regatta queen and daughter of Clark
Clifford, special assistant to Presi
dent Truman, will do the honors,
assisted by Sailing Chairman Carl
ton Skiijner.
Never before has Washington
witnessed such/ an outpouring of
; sailing craft as jammed the river
between East Potomac Park and
! National Airport yesterday.
The 188-boat fleet was 21 boats
larger than last year's record. It
'also set a mark for small craft re
jgaUas south of Long Island Sound.
The Annapolis Yacht Club regatta
in July drew' about 200 starters, but
! several score of these were big cruis
iing and racing division yachts. The
i largest class racing here is the Star,
j which is just under 23 feet overall.
Whether conditions could not
have been better—with one excep
j tion. The southwest wind of about
six to eight miles shifted during
lunch to the west. This meant the
| fleet then had very little beating to
(See REGATTA7Page B-L)
D. C. Highway Budget
Set at $9,456,817
With No New Work
Capital Outlay Fund
To Be Used in Finishing
Jobs Already Under Way
District highway construction
wilt remain at a virtual standstill1
during the 1950 fiscal year with
! no money requested for new ma
jor highway projects in the $9.
456,817 budget estimates submit
i ted to the Commissioners yester
day by Highway Director J. N.
Robertson.
The self-sustaining highway fund
as estimated is slightly higher than
the $9,267,200 set down for expendi
ture in this fiscal year. The leeway
artificially created for fiscal 1950
j through elimination of all new
! major construction, how'ever, is
more than taken up by increased
Operating costs.
The $5,125,000 asked for capital
outlay (construction) will be used
almost entirely for completion of
projects already under way. The
request, now in the hands of Budget
Officer Walter L. Fowler, is $125,000
less than the $5,250,000 asked for
fiscal 1949 by the late Capt. H. C.
Whitehurst, then director of high
1 ways.
Those unnmsnea projects ior
which money is requested include
! the Dupont' Circle Underpass, the
new East Highway Bridge, the
Whitehurst iK street' elevated
I freeway, the South Capitol Street
Bridge and the Benning road wid
I ening project.
The $9,456,817 asked for opera
tion of the Highway Department in
fiscal 1950 is the second estimate
submitted by the department thus
far.
Last June, the Commissioners
called for preliminary budget esti
mates from all department heads
because of the bleak financial pic
ture facing the deficit-ridden Dis
trict government. The first Highway
Department estimate was $9,456,401
in a total 1950 estimate of $120,129,
408.
Branding this estimate "fantas
tic”, Mr. Fowler sponsored a quick
ly-issued Commissioners’ economy
order practically banning all new
hiring and construction. The «new
estimates, released last week by
Mr. Fowler, totalled $110,188,648, of
which the Highway Department was
responsible for $9,456,817—a reduc
tion of only $416.
! The request for operating expense
| funds—money to be used by the
i See b. C JUDOET, Page A-10.V
Continuing Fair Weather
Forecast tor District .
The Weather Bureau had more
good news for Washingtonians to
day with a forecast of continued
waimth and sunshine for today and
tomorrow.
A temperature peak of 88 degrees
is predicted for today with a low
of 68 tonight. The high yesterday
was 89—two degrees under the all
time high for the date.
Today will mark Washingtons
' ninth consecutive day without rain,
the Bureau said. ^
7-Man Group Named
To Seek Race Equality
In Armed Force Units
Fahy Heads Committee
To Assure Civil Rights
Program in Services
BysRobert K. Walsh *
A seven-member committee to
find ways of assuring equality of
treatment and opportunity in
the armed services without re
gard to race, color, religion or
national origin was appointed
by President Truman yesterday.
In an executive order issued last
July 26 the President provided lor
such an advisory committee in the
National Military Establishment.
"The committee was authorized on
behalf of the President to examine
the rules, procedures anti practices
of the armed services in order to
determine in wnat respects they
might be altered or improved with
a view toward carrying out the policy
of the order,” the White House
stated. “The order declared it to be
the policy of the President that there
.should be equality of treatment and
opportunity for all persons in the
armed services without regard tc
race, color, religion or national ori
gin.”
Fahy Heads Committee.
The appointees are
Former Solicitor General Charles
Fahy of Washington, chairman; Al
phonsus J. Donahue, president ol
the A. J. Donahue Corp.. Stamford.
Conn.; Lester Granger, executive
secretary of the National Urban
League. New York City; Charles
Luckman, president of Lever Broth
ers, Cambridge, Mass.; Dwight R. C
Palmer, president of the General
Cable Corp., New York City; John
H. Sengstacke. publisher of the Chi
cago Defender. Chicago, 111., and
William E. Stevenson, president ol
Oberlin College. Oberlin, Ohio.
The White House announcement
yesterday and the executive order
of last July listed no specific pro
(See COMMITTEE. Page A-7.>
125,000 At Bolling See
Spectacular Stunts on
Birthday of Air Force
B-17 Drone Swerves Off
Runway, No One Injured;
12,000 Visit Andrews
AIR FORCE FLIES 5.572 Tons of
•Bonus-’ Coal to Berlin in Day.
Page A-3.
(Pictures on Page A-19.)
By W. H. Shippen, Jr.
Aviation Editor of Tht Star
The most spectacular air shows
ever staged in Washington drew
a crowd estimated at 125,000 to
the Air Force Day celebration at
Bolling Air Force Base yesterday
afternoon while 12,000 spectators
saw a smaller demonstration at
Andrews Air Force Base.
The air shows here were among
scores held throughout the coun
try as the Air Force observed its
first anniversary as a co-equal part
ner with the Army and IJavy by
holding "open house" for the public
and sending thousands of warplanes
through their paces.
Despite the mapnitude and scope
of the operations, which included
flights to -target’’ cities in the
United States by more than 50
Super Fortresses from bases scat
tered from Alaska to Germany,
there were relatively few accidents,
the Associated Press reported.
Drone Goes Off Runway.
The big air circus and ground
demonstration at Bolling was
marred by one accident In which
a radio-controlled Flying Fortress
swung off the runway while landing
Sand dug a wing tip into the turf
before jolting to a halt.
No one was injured and the fire
apparatus which rushed to the
scene stood by while the three ocru
; pants of the B-17 drone climbed to
the ground. The right landing
gear collapsed when the machine
struck the runway and the plane
swung in a sharp arc to the right.
Fortunately, spectators were
I banked on the left instead of the
! right side of the runway. Airmen
in the drone, which was controlled
■ by radio from a "mother" B-17 fly
j ing above and slightly behind it,
were Capt. Horace L. Spencer,
stand-by pilot: Lt. Leno Pezzato.
co-pilot, and Staff Sergt. Paul R.
Kohler, -aerial engineer, all attached
to the experimental guided missiles
group, Air Proving Ground, Eglin
Field, Fla.
Traffic Jammed for 2 Hours.
The plane was one of two drones
which had been fiown from Florida
for the show here. The two planes
had been flown without human oc
cupants to track, photograph and
take samples of the atomic bomb
clouds at Bikini two years ago.
No count was made of spectators
at the Bolling show, but .officers
there agreed at least 125.000 per
: sons visited the base between 11
am. and 6:10 p.m. Parking facili
; ties were provided for some 25,000
| cars and at least two hours were
required to clear the traffic jams
| on the main highway to Washing
j ton after the show.
Spectators crowded almost a mile
■ of concrete apron in front of the
' hangars and operations, btlilding to
see many types of aircraft, rockets,
I guided missiles, jet engines and
; other aviation equipment.
Throughout the entire show long
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Storm Hampers Search by 300
For Couple Feared Slain in Car
By a Stoff Correspondent of The Star
i GLEN BURNIE, Md.. Sept. 18.—
Nightfall and a late afternoon thun
derstorm today hampered the search
for a young Glen Burnie couple
whose blood-stained and bullet
marked auto was found near here
this morning.
More than 300 men, including the
fathers of the two missing persons,
j National Guardsmen, aircraft and
! a bloodhound combed a 15-mile
square in Northern Anne Arundel
County without finding a trace of
them. , J „
The couple, 18-year-old Mary
Christine Kline of 203 Second ave
: nue and John H. Mahlan. 25-year- i
I old mail clerk of 110 Fourth avenue.1
. have not been seen since they waved
good by to her mother, Mrs. John
IE. Kline, and drove away in his
car about 8:45 p.m.'yesterday.
The car, a 1938 Pontiac four-door
sedan, was found about-7 a.m. in
a beanfleld five miles vutheast ofl
V (
Glen Burnie, just off the old Balti
more-Annapolis road. 32 miles
northeast of Washington*.
Bloodstains and what police said
appeared to be bits of human tissue
were found on the front and rear
seats of the car. A .38 caliber bul
let had pierced the right front
window and a .38 caliber slug was
found on the floor of the auto.
One of the girl's shoes was found
in the rear seat, according to Anne
Arundel County Police Chief John
H; Souers, jr.
In a woods three-quarters of a
mile away, early searchers found
Mr. Mahlan's driver permit tom to
bits.
Chief Souers said he feared that
one or both of the missing couple
had been slain elsewhere and the
;ar driven into the beanfield.
Pine needles were found on the
hood and running board but no pine
iSee SEARCH, pm| A-10.)
P.UC Ready to Fix
Transit Fares at
2 Tokens for 25c
Rule Due This Week;
$1.85 Pass and 15c
Price to Be Denied
By Jerry O'Leary, Jr.
The Public Utilities Commis
sion this week will issue an order
setting Capital Transit’s street
car and bus fares at two tokens
for a quarter, but denying the
company’s petition for a 15-cent
cash fare and a $1.85 weekly
pass, it was reported reliably last
night.
The commission is reported to
favor the two-tokens-for-a-quarter
price as the ‘'ideal solution" in the
light of the company’s financial
plight and the strong public oppo
sition to fare increases.
Accompanying the reinstitution
of the token in the Washington
fare setup, it was reported, will be
a straight 13-cent cash fare that
only a tiny portion of the streetcar
and bus riding public ever would
use.
rass Kate to he increased.
A weekly pass, priced higher than
the present $1.50 pass, also will be
ordered in the PUC ruling but it
Is not known what figure the utility
commissioners have agreed on. It
is known that Capital Transit's re
quest lor a $1.85 rate will be over
ruled as too high. Observers believe
the pass will be set at either $1.75,
as proposed by the PUC's executive
accountant. V. A. McElfresh. or at
$1.65. as favored by Peoples Counsel
John O Dea.
Mr. McElfresh, who is regarded
as an expert on Capital Transit
operations, labeled Capital Transit'*
proposed fare schedule—15 cents,
two tokens for a quarter and the
$1.85 pass—as too high. He pro
posed. after the lengthy hearing*
this summer, that the present, 10
cent fare be increased to 13 cents,
that three tokens be sold for a
quarter and that the weekly pass
sell for $1.75.
Mr. O'Dea suggested a 12-cent
cash fare, five tokens for 55 cents
and a $1 65 w eekly pass. '
Disqualifications Asked.
Final arguments were filed by
both Capital Transit attorneys and
the Washington Committee tor Con
sumer Protection, opposing any in
crease in transit fares, on August •
28. Since that time, the'consumers’
committee, through Attorney Harry
R. Booth, has filed a motion with
the PUC asking that Chairman
James H. Flanagan and Commis
sioner James W. Lauderdale dis
qualify themselves from further
participation in the rate case.
Both Mr. Flanagan and Mr. Lau
derdale are out of the city over the
week end.
Tokens went out of use about a
year ago when the PUC granted the
transit company an increase in the
price of the then $1.25 pass to the
present $1.50. Tokens before that
time sold three for a quarter.
New Tokens To Be Used.
E. C. Giddings. vice president of
Capital Transit, said the company
would bring in another type of token
in event the PUC ordered their use.
At the bitterly-fought hearings.
Capital Transit declared it needed
immediate relief to offset the effect
of declining traffic and vastly in
creased labor and material costs.
The PUC, which had made an
independent study of Capital Tran
sit's books, granted that the com
pany had established a need for
financial relief. The question was,
how much. Members of the com
mission have had the case under
advisement since the hearings ended.
Turkish Envoy Urges '
Europe Defense Belts
By th* Associated Press
The new Turkish Ambassador yes
terday proposed the establishment of
two new defense systems to help
guard against aggression ip the Eu
ropean area.
Feridun Cemal Erkin, the envoy,
said it is his "strong wish’ to see
democratic governments set up two
regional defense organizations—one
in the Mediterranean and the second
in Northern Europe.
His proposals represent the first
; time any high foreign official ha*
; advocated expansion of present re
gional defense arrangements in
! Europe into the Middle Eastern area.
These two new security belts, he
jsaid. should be linked with the West
ern Defense union now being formed
by five European nations under tne
leadership of Britain and Fiance.
] The Turkish Envoy made known
! his views to a reporter in his first
interview since being accredited to
the American Governm»nt.
The ambassador said he is thor
oughly confident that his Govern
ment will continue to stand firm in
its refusal to give Russia special
bases within the strategic Darden
elies Straits.
Body Is Discovered
Under Calvert Bridge .
The body of a well-dressed man of
about 25. identified as Juan N.
Smith, 1418 Florida avenue N.W.,
was found under the Calvert street
bridge about 1:05 am. today a few
minutes after, it was believed, he
leaped from the bridge.
Police said a note in his pocket
gave his name and address and said
another note under his pillow a*
home would give the reasons for
his leap. Police refused to disclose
the contents of the notes.
The body was found by a George
town University student. Harry
Barnes, of 1921 Kalorama road
N.W.. in the middle of Beech drive
on the west side of the bridge.
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