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Evening star., 1948-10-21
Air|ift 10 Keep Going
In Winter, Legion Told
By Gen. Vandenberu
BY the Assoeioted Press

MIAMI, Fla, Oct. 21.-The Berlin
airiift faces dangerous winter flying
conditions, but it will keep going,
Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg told the
American Legion Convention today.
Meanwhile, the Legion urged q
policy of strong military prepared
ness as it met in its final business
session to elect new officers, discuss
resolutions and adjourn its 3oth ma
tional convention.
The Air Force chief of staff said:
To date the operation has been
handled with remarkable safety.
We have flown special equipment
across the Atlantic for installation
along the corridor, but even so one
must expect a less favorable safety
record when bad weather descends."
Sees Some Casualties.
There will be plane crashes with
some loss OF crewmen, he declared.
But casualties or no casualties,
the Berlin airlift will keep going
just as long as the American people
say to us: DO the job. Deliver the
goods to Berlin" Gen. Vandenberg
promised.
He called the air lift the number
one achievement of the Air Force
since it became q separate military
arm.
AS other accomplishments, the
general pointed to a new world
speed record on a measured course
of better than 670 miles an hour
by an F-86 jet fighter; proof that
q B-36 bomber can deliver a five
ton bomb load more than 5000
miles and flight faster than sound
(760 miles an hour at sea leveD by
. rocket-powered XII.
Next to the expected winter prob
lens on the Berlin airlift, Gen. VAN
denberg said the Air Force is most
concerned about shortage of med
ical personnel and inadequate hous-
ing at its bases.
In a report by the Legion's huge
National Security Commission, an
1l-point program of preparedness,
headed by universal military train
ing, was presented to the general
session. Each point was prepared
in the form of a resolution to be
acted on later.
Service Unification Urged.
The report recommended uniflca-
ton in the armed services, that
stockpiles of strategic war materials
be set up, continued atomic energy
research, development of the Mer-
chant Marine, expansion of a world
intelligence service and the mainte-
nance Of adequate military bases.
Two candidates. one a veteran of
both wars from Texas and a World
War II veteran from Nebraska, were
the leading contenders for Ma
tional commander to succeed James
+. O'Neil of New Hampshire.
The Texas candidate, 55-year -old
6. Perry Brown of Beaumont, was
getting his main support from the
"old guard"-veterans of World War
], while 33-year-old JAMES F. Green
of Omaha was being doomed by
the younger veterans of the last
war. George Craig of Brazil, Ind,
rated only an outside chance.
Mrs. Hubert A. Goode of Portland
Oreg, was named national presi-
dent of the Legion Auxiliary.
Her only opponent, Mrs. Archie
w. Miller Of New Cumberland, Pa,
withdrew as candidate
Evening star., 1948-10-21

ments by . third within a year
and a ban on atomic bombs.
Mr.. Malik devoted most of his
speech to an attack on Frederick
Osborn. American delegate, who had
dared Russia to raise her iron cur
tain, admit foreigners and call of
the alleged Soviet fifth column In
other countries.
Mr.. Malik accused Mr.. Osborn of
trying to out -Goebbels Goebbels"
with slanderous attacks on the So
Wet government. He said Mr.. Os-
born and those supporting him in
the U. N. are using the words of the
late Nazi propaganda minister about
the iron curtain in order to divert
attention from "the atomic curtain
which surrounds the U. S. A."
Evening star., 1948-10-21
to meet Immediately afterward
discuss all German problems.

to meet Immediately afterward to
discuss all German problems.
Accepted as Bxsis for Talks.
The proposal, ciimaxing two weeks
of acknowledgements maneuvers
won qualified acceptance as a basis
for discussion from both sides.
Ofilcial sources said the United
States, Britain and France agreed
1t might form a basis for settle
ment. Some quarters said the reso-
luton was "eminently satisfactory
to the Western powers.
Mr.. Vishinsky was reported by
one neutral source to have given
his conditional approval to the plan.
There was no confirmation of this
from the Soviet delegation or any
other source.
One neutral source said the pro-
posal might win Soviet support by
presenting the points as recon-
mendations rather than as demands.
This source said the plan does
not call on Russia to accept the
Evening star., 1948-10-21
Chicago Man Dead in Crash
Was on Second FIioht

CHICAGO. Oct. 81 tP).-James J.
Rampas, one of the nine Americans
among the 38 persons killed in the
plane crash near Prestwick, Scot
land, was making his first overseas
trip and his second plane fight.
Miss Mildred Rampas, daughter
Of the 65-year-old cabinetmaker of
suburban Cicero, said her father
was en- route home after a two
months visit in Europe. She said
he boarded the New ork-bound
Royal Dutch Airlines Constellation
at Amsterdam after he was unable
to get a boat reservation. His first
plane flight, she said, was from
Prague to Amsterdam last Saturday.
An American firm In Costa Rics
has new product-dried yucca root.
Evening star., 1948-10-21
PROPOSALS,
SANITARY

WASHINGTON SUBURBAN SANITARY
COMMISSION, Contract No. 5lO-WGs-
Water Main and Sewer Construction
sealed proposals for constructing in the
Gone Tract approximately 1915 feet Of
6-inch and s.inch cast iron water mains
and 5000 feet Of 6-inch and S-inch plain
nections, will be received at the ONCE
of the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission. Hamilton street, Hyattsville,
Maryland, until Tuesday. october %, 194s,
which place and time they will be publicly
opened and read, Plans and specifications
may be obtained from the ONCE OF the
willie, Maryland, upon deposit Of $500.
which deposit will be returned to bidders
Or to those returning the plans and speci-
GAIT. LACY SHAW. LELAND g. WORTH.
IEGTOE, Commissioners.
Evening star., 1948-10-21
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told a news conference the new
compromise was acceptable" and
satisfactory" He said the Little
Six" had tackled the Berlin prob
lem lin a very constructive and
statesmanllke manner"
He added a warning, however,
against too much optimism until
the Russian attitude became known.
A usually reliable neutral source
said Mr.. Vishinsky, after reading the
drafted proposal, made no objection
Evening star., 1948-10-21
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going on fire. Attempting to
climb. -" -
Nothing more was heard from
the plane.
A Civil Aviation Ministry official
stationed at Prestwiek said the air.
liner was not under radar control
at the time of the accident.
A radar operator directed the
plane down through the fog until
the pilot saw the field, the oficial
told newsmen, adding:
The plane came down to about
100 feet above the field and then
the pilot decided not to land and
circled away to make another ap-
proach on the second runway. The
plane disappeared in the fog and
then we heard the radio message
from the pilot about hitting some
thing"
Fell 5 Miles From Field.
Other airport officials said the
plane hit a 132,000-volt power line
about 100 feet above the ground.
The plane continued for about Q
miles past the mining community
Of Tarbolton and crashed. 1t fell
about S miles northeast of the air.
field.
Residents Of Tarbolton said they
were awakened by the engines of
the low-f1ying plane and could see
flames squirting from the craft be-
fore 1t crashed.
John Adams, miner, was one of
the first to reach the scene. He said
flames and heat prevented rescuers
from reaching the trapped pas
sengers
I'VE had heard their cries as we
we're crossing the fields" he said.
Some of the bodies of both the
living and the dead were thrown
clear Of the wreckage."
Victims Terribly Burned.
Another witness, William Burton
OF Tarbolton, said: "At the scene I
heard one of the injured crying
Kill me, kill me- Most of the in
1ured were terribly burned"
The airport and villages in the
surrounding area were plunged into
darkness after the plane struck the
wire. The plane also plowed through
telephone lines, disrupting COM
munications.
The plane, named the Nijmegen,
was piloted by Koene D. Parmen-
tier, who was chief pilot for kim
He was reported among the dead
Americans Identified.
The American dead were Identified
as:
Mary Badir. New York. o
Henry Fnne. st. Adams, New
York.
Frederick Ludwig Rohrs, or Rohts
New York.
Matilda Katherine Rohrs or Rohts
either New York or some point ir
New Jersey. She was removed from
the wreckage alive, but died at &
hospital several hours after th'
crash.
William Francis Gale, New York
Rupert Wedermeyer, San Fran
cisco, q geologist.
Emma Wedermeyer, same address
James Rampas, Cicero, ILL.,, cab
ir1etmaker.
John Reichel, Dubuque, Iowa.
Dutch Conduct Probe.
Dutch civil aviation and airlin
oficials left Amsterdam for Prest
wick to conduct an investigation.
The disaster was one of the wors
in Britain's civil aviation history
Thirty nine persons were killed las
July4 when an Raj York trans
port collided with a Swedish air
liner over London.
Evening star., 1948-10-21
New York Man Returning
From Visitinq Father

NEW YORK, Oct. 81 P).-Henry
Finne. killed today in the crash OF
a kim plane in Scotland, was re-
turning to his home here after visit
ing his aged father in Germany.
Mr. Finne, a butcher and father OF
three children, left here October 8
Evening star., 1948-10-21
Disroeli Bjo4upher Dies

LONDON, Oct. 81 P.-Wildrid
Meynell, 96, poet, essayist and biog-
rapher of Disraeli, died last night az
his Sussex home.
Evening star., 1948-10-21
KIN Issues List of Crew
And PASSENGERS Aboard

LONDON, Oct. 21 R.-Tne Royal
Dutch Airlines today issued the list
OF passengers and crew members
Evening star., 1948-06-30
|KremI;n Control Of Satellites
ENDANGERED by 7ito's Revolt

Ieran Communist leader, Georgi
Dimitrov spoke vaguely about the
creation Of a Balkan Dimitrox fol-
lowed the usual pattern and ate his
words, whereupon he was forgiven.
Government Still Friendly.
Each successive statement which
apparently reflects Tito's views
places him In the position Of doing
anything other than that. He ap-
pears determined to run his country
independently. At the same time,
diplomats here say he apparently
would very much like to remain
friendly with Russia although they
do not see how this Is possible.
One of the curious aspects of the
row is that it is thus far solely be-
tween the Communist Party in
Yugoslavia and the Comiform
There is no evidence Of any break
between the Russian and Yugo-
slavian governments and both
sides may try to perserve this cover
of friendship.
There has been considerable spec
ulation here that the whole Yugo-
slav maneuver might be phony;
might be cooked-up Communist
come-on either to draw out and
dramatize the hostility of the west
ern powers toward Russia or to
open up Yugoslavia as a country
through which Marshall Plan aid
could flow into the Russian orbit
But top American diplomatic Of
ficials do not believe this is true
They say the threat to the Russian
system of control of the other
Eastern European countries is too
grave and to great.
Evening star., 1948-06-30
Bill Proc|aiming February
As freedom Day Signed

President Truman today signed
legislation establishing National
Freedom Day" on February l and
a group of Negro leaders presented
him with a cartoon as a memento
of the occasion. Elder Solomon
Lightfoot Michaux, who headed the
delegation, told reporters that the
cartoon was titled "The Three
Emancipators' and showed Jesus,
the emancipator from sin; Lincoln,
the emancipation from bondage, and
Truman, the ecancipator from So
cial injustice"
Others with Elder MichauX were
MIS-. Mary Mcleod Bethune, presi-
dent of the National Council of
Negro Women; the Rev. w. H. Jern-
agin, president of National Sunday
School; J. E. Mitchell, editor of the
st. Louis Argus; Bishop Richard r.
Wright, jr., of the African M. E.
Church, and Mrs. Harriet Lemon,
treasurer of the Citizens Southern
Bank & Trust Co.
National Freedom Day will COM
memorate the enactment of the
18th amendment outlaWing slavery.
Evening star., 1948-06-30
Woman Who Claims
Father Is Consul
Must Stand Trial
By the Assoeiated Press

NEW YORK, June 30.-A woman
who claims to be the daughter of a
career diplomat today lost her fight
to escape trial on police charges
that she "loitered for purposes Of
prostitution" in a New York hotel
and in her East Side apartment.
New York Supreme Court Justice
Carroll G. Walter dismissed writ
of habeas corpus which Mrs. Nancy
Fletcher Choremi, 27, had sought
10 prevent her trial in Magistrates
Court on a vagrancy charge.
II hold that the magistrate has
jurisdiction to try this charge" JUS
tice Walter ruled. i hold that the
information charges a crime.
Charges False Arrest.
Mrs. Choremi had been at liberty
under $500 bail until she was sur
rendered by her attorney yesterday
to bring the habeas corpus action.
Her counsel said he would attempt
to obtain bail today pending her
trial in Women's Court tomorrow.
= Mrs. Choremi said her father is c
Paul Fletcher, consul general at
Casablanca. She charged false ar
rest and that her honor, reputa-
ton and career are at stake"
She said her husband. George
is engaged in an export-import
business in Egypt.
In her affidavit, she reported the
following:
On May II several policemen
entered her apartment in the East
Sixties and under the pretense
that they we're checking the tele-
phone for faulty line connection" ;"
A week later, two policemen re-
turned and said they had bad
news"
Calls Accusation Ridiculous"
"They stated they were arresting
your petitioner for prostitution, to
which your petitioner said it was
utterly impossible and ridiculous"
Police refused to let her contact
her lawyer, she said, adding that she
was charged with vagrancy, al
though she ''at no time committed
any crime
+ Police charged Mrs. Choremi
'loitered' in a hotel room receiving
calls ito go and commit acts of
prostitution" in East Side apart
ments from Madeline Blavier, 80,
charged with operating call house.
Miss Blavier Offered to secure on
various occasions" Mrs. Choremi and
two other women for the purposes
of prostitution or lewd and indecent
acts" police charged.
The other two, charged similarly
with Mrs. Choremi, were booked as
Helen Davis, 36, and Lillian Taylor,
81, a model. Another woman, Mar
garet Starr, 80, was charged, like
Miss Blavier, with operating a call
house.
Evening star., 1948-06-30
Pact Reported Near
Netting Tito 80 Million
In Funds Held by u. 5.
BY the Assoeiofed Press

The United States and Yugo-
slavia were reported near final
agreement toaay on a financial
deal which would net Marshal
Tito's Government about $780,
100000 in YugoSlav funds.
The extended negotiations over
this money accord may have been
one of the issues that set of the
Cominform blast Monday against
the Belgrade chief.
Washington officials, watching
Titos defiance of the Communist
high command with obvious sur
prise and delight, kept mum on any
possible connection between the
financial deal and the Yugoslav-
Cominform scrap.
For several months the United
States Government has been seek
ing payment of about $40, 900 900 IN
claims for American property ma
tionalized in Yugoslavla. Tito, on
the other hand, has been laying
claim to some $4,000 900 in Yugo-
slav assets which the United States
froze in 1e41 to keep out OF AXIS
hands.
The counterclaims have been
under negotiation, with Yugoslavia
at times using the talks as basis
for bitter denunciation of the United
States.
About month ago, however, the
Yugoslavs appeared anxious tc
reach a reasonable settlement on
the nationalized property. They
reportedly proposed figure some
where near the s20,0O0,0O0 asked by
the United States.
The American Government. In
turn, appeared ready to unfreeze
the s50,0O0,000 in Yugoslav funds.
The reported financial deal evil
IDENTITY has not been directly in
fluenced by Tito's sensational split
with Communist leaders.
But it does tie in with growing
speculation here that If he finds
himself in an impossible spot with
his Moscow allies he may turn ac-
lively to the Western powers for
help
Evening star., 1948-06-30
Thief loofs Home, Drives
Away in Victims Auto

A bold thief early today entered
the living room where Edward Hall,
1908 Thirtieth street Sc, was Sleep
ing. ransacked the premises and
drove off in Mr. Halls car, after
taking the keys from table beside
the bed.
Mrs. Hall, who was sleeping on
the porch, told police she was awak-
'ened by the barking of her bull
TERROR about am. She saw the
family car being driven away. When
she awakened her husband, they
discovered a foreign-made wrist
watch and the car keys had been
taken from the living room table,
which was 4 feet from where Mr..
Hall was sleeping. Mrs. Halls
pocketbook, containing $50, was
missing from the dining room.
Entry to the house, police said,
was gained by cutting a screen door
in the basement. The thief ap-
parently let himself out of the
kitchen door when he left. Total
loss was valued at SLABS.
Evening star., 1948-06-30
By John N. Hiehtower
A..oeio..d Pres. stoff Writer

Marshal Tito's revolt against
Moscow dictation endangers the
whole powerful system by which
the Kremlin runs the satellite
nations along its borders.
This is one of the most important
angles of the Yugoslav Communist
crisis which is under intense study
at the State Department. Other as
poets of top interest here include the
question of whether Prime Minister
Stain and his associates are losing
their touch" in the management of
international communism since such
a thing as this has never happened
before.
One bet that seems fairly safe is
this: Mr.. Stalin's old friend and
trusted adviser, Col. Gen. Andrei A.
Zhdanov, is being pressed to find
some way out of this crisis that will
avoid permanent harm to the Com
munist system. If he does not, it is
doubtful whether there will be a
doghouse in all Moscow loWly enough
to hold him.
Gen. Zhdanov is one of the rank
ing members of the all-powerful
Politburo, which Is the main instru-
ment of the Stain dictatorship. He
was the Russian Communist Party
member in the Cominform meeting
at Prague, which initially de-
nounced Tito and virtually read him
out of the international organiza-
ton. Presumably this represented
Gen. Zhdanov's own policy.
At this point it is necessary to
put in a word about how the Soviet
control system operates. The Rus
sian government does not of itself
control the Yugoslav or any other
government. The Communist Party
does the controlling. The Com
munist Party is run by the central
committees of the party in the
Soviet Union. The Communist
leaders, such as Mr.. Stain, Gen.
zhdanov and Foreign Minister Mol
otov, control these pieces Of party
machinery. They also control the
Russian government.
In turn, the Communist group in
Moscow expects and in the past al
ways has gotten obedience from the
Communist groups in other coun-
tries. This means that Moscow con-
trolls the policies in such nations as
Czechoslovakia and until recently
YugoslaVia, where the Communists
run the government.
Defiance of Moscow Goes On.
1t is this system which has been
badly upset by the refusal of Tito
and others in control OF the Yugo-
slav Communist party to submit to
criticism, which means orders, from
the Soviet controlled Cominform.
Today's disclosure of the Yugoslav
party program, including the pro-
posal for creation OF Balkan bloc
with Albania and Bulgaria, carries
the defiance of Moscow a step fur
ther.
BY this action, despite his insist
ence that he is still a good Com
munist and close friend of Russia,
Tito has challenged the very core
of Soviet Communist foreign policy.
That core is that through the Com
munist chain of command the Krem-
lin must control each of the Eastern
European countries separately.
Several months ago, Bulgaria vet
Evening star., 1948-06-30

'SISTIE' TO WED-The en-
gagement of "Sistie" Boetti-
ger, granddaughter of the late
President Roosevelt, to Mr..
Seagraves, Is, of Oregon City,
Oreg., was announced yes
terday by her mother, Mrs.
John Boettiger, in Phoenix,
Ariz. This picture of Sistie
was made in 1943, when she
was is years old. She and
her younger brother, Cur
tbs (Buzzie) took the sur
name Boettiger after their
mothers divorce from Curtis
Dali, New York broker, and her
marriage to Mr.. Boettiger, a
neWSOaDerman
Evening star., 1948-06-30
Palestine
Continued From First Page.)

NSOlltllluCQ IlOlll L IL oG I dSO.P
man, a marine grinned and shouted
You'll be sorry"
Aside from the traditional salute
to the Union Jack, there was NJ
British ceremony.
Gen. Macmillan told newsmen
Il am most sad indeed"
Among those present to bid him
farewell were American Consul
Aubrey Lippincott and Vice Consu.
Randolph Roberts.
Original plans called for, final
evacuation August l.
I'm Cairo, Jamil Mardam Bey,
Syrian prime minister, told news
men yesterday that the Arab
governments have protested to
Britain against withdrawal of
her troops from Haifa ahead of
schedule. Mardam Bey said Arabs
consider this violation of the
Palestinian truce.)
AS British troops were brought
in from their army camps to the
dock area, tanks took up POSITIONS
around the harbor district and a
strict curfew was imposed on all
civilians.
Evening star., 1948-06-30
Interference by Kremlin
Believed Issue in Split

LONDON, June 80 (P).-The Brit
isn Foreign Office said today that
Russia and Yugoslavia had split
over the degree of interference
which can be exercised by the krem-
lin in Yugoslav policy"
A spokesman said the view was
based on reports from Sir Charles
Peake, Ambassador to Belgrade, and
Frank Dixon Ambassador to Prague.
Peake is en- route home.
Other responsible British officials
said Marshal Tito has become a
"rebel-but one still in the party
British diplomats spoke after study
ing the Cominform's condemnation
of Yugoslav Communist leaders and
the latters' definant denial of
charges of being anti-Russian, flirt-
ing with the Western powers and
departing from the Marx-Lenin
party line.
British sources said both Russia
and YuogSlavia seem to be trying
to avoid an open break, but only
time can show whether they will be
able to maintain the status quo
Link to Marshall Plan Seen.
These informants said 1t was con-
sidered likely that Tito had sought
a free hand for dealing with the
Western powers to obtain vitally
needed machinery for reconStruc-
ton, and had run into Soviet OBJ
jectionS.
While they said this may have
been only one Of the reasons for the
Cominform's rebuke, British officials
emphasized the likelihood that Tito
was irritated by inability to obtain
some supplies under the Marshall
Plan. Communist nations spurned
the plan and in turn were denied
its benefits.
Russian opposition to Balkan
bloc, such as Yugoslavia projected,
appeared certain. Communist pre-
mier Georei Dimitrov of Bulgaria
proposed such federation last jan
uary. but on a larger scale. and he
had Titos active support. Pravda,
the official Communist newspaper Ill
Moscow, declared its opposition and
no more was heard openly until
today of such a scheme.
Kremlin Move Awaited
Diplomatic observers looked for
the next move from the Kremlin
Some professed belief that should
Tito get away with his refusal to
follow Cominform orders, leaders in
other reStive satellite countries
might decide not to knuckle down.
Foreign ministries and diplomats,
looking for indications Of where Yu-
goslavia is headed pondered over 5000
defiant words issued by the Yugoslav
Communist Party last night, angrily
rejecting Cominform condemnation
of their leader and Premier, Marshal
Tito
They delved into rumorS that
Russian troops already are on the
move toward Belgrade, the Yugo-
slaV capital; that fighting already
is going on.
Lies, SIander Charged
The Yugoslav Communist Party
fatty accused the Russian-led Com
inform - Communist Information
Bureau-of lies and slander in its
blast Monday at Tito and other
Yugoslav leaders. 1t denounced the
Cominform charges as absurd and
used language unprecedentedly rough
for exchanges inside the Communist
family. 1t called on the party men,
bers to close ranks and exert greater
efforts to build up socialism in Yugo-
slavia
Among the most serious SLAM
derS against Yugoslavia," said the
Yugoslav party's reply, was that
charge of dealing with powers out
side the Soviet bloc. Assertions
that Yugoslav leaders are prepar-
ing to make concessions to i'm