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The Seward polaris & Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian chain news., 1948-03-03
U. s. AIR FORGE EXPANDING IN NEAR EAST AND ARCTIC


 IN NEAR EAST AND ARCTIC Transport Command Builds Big ger Service to Two Key Trouble Spots
 By WILLIAM F. McMENAMIN United Press Staff Correspondent
 WASHINGTON (UP)-The Ali Transport Command. globe-cover. ing arm of the Air Force, is ex- banding it's facilities in the two key world trouble spots of the Meditteranean and the Arctic.
 The big transport planes of the Air Force have added Athens, Greece. and Ankara, Turkey to their list of stops. That's a direct result of the s4OO,0OO,OOO Creek Turkish Aid Program.
 Still a second Mediterranean ex- pansion is planned that will give the Air Transport Command a shortcut to the Mediterranean DO litical hot-bed. Planes will fly from the United States to Der muda, the Azores, Port Lyautey in French Morocco, and Wheelus Field. outside Tripol.
 From Wheelus Field they can branch off to Athens. Rome, An kara. Cairo. Dhahran. Saudi Ara bia and other points in the Near East. They will avoid sending planes the long route through Flu rope as they now travel.
 The new route also is expected to provide an ideal one for possi- ble ferrying of planes to be turn ed over to the Greeks and Turks under the Greek Turkish program.
 The Air Force has re-surfaced five fields in Greece. It has turn ed over few trainers and trans l''i lo tue 1itthS Dut SO 1dl no combat planes have gone to them.
 The Turks also are expected to get some surplus American planes left over from World War H.
 The Air Transport Command expansion in the Arctic has been extensive. It's planes now fly from Westover Field. Mass. to Ottawa and Fort Churchill. Canada Lab rador and Goose Bay, and remote Air Force posts in Greenland stretching as far north as Thule, Eureka Sound and Resoulte Bay.
 The ATC lines in Alaska. pre- pairing for a s140,O0O.O0O airfielo expansion program there. have been extended. New points add ed are Norman Wells. Sawmill Bay, Cambridge Bay and Kittiga- Zuit
 The ATC began last summer Gfeat ClFcle ar run rom seattle to Tokyo via Anchorage and Shcmya in the Aleutians.
 The Air Transport Command is Americas largest global airline It carried l33,OOO00O ton miles of cargo and flew 5OOOOO,0OO passen- ger miles in 1947 without a pas enger fatality on regular sched- uleo' flights.
 It already has begun replacing it's aging CAY and C-54 wartime transports with the modern C-97 Boeing Stratofreighter and the Douglas C-74 Globemaster. known in commercial fields as the DC-7.
 It's flights across the Atlantic daily carry passengers and freight to Frankfurt. Germany. via Ste pensville, Newfoundland. the Az ores and even Meeks Field. Ice land.
 There is Caribbean run that stretches as far as Panama ana British Guiana.
 The central Pacific route con- ,ootc E,;rf;olJ C,,;c;,, Co1 ,--;+l,
The Seward polaris & Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian chain news., 1948-03-03

Hand srenades were used by U. s. Marines who served under John Paul Jones during the Revo- lution.
The Seward polaris & Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian chain news., 1948-03-03

There are Is Indian pueblos in New Mexico, in addition to rser- vations of the Navajo Jacarlli, Apache. Ute and Mescalero Inoi- ans.
 >l-ESCNIEE TO THE POLARIS NOW
Evening star., 1948-03-20
Mrs. John Beverly,
Leader in Virginia
Society, Dies al SS

Mrs. John Hill Carter Beverly, a
figure in Virginia society for many
decades, died yesterday at her home,
Selby, The Plains, Va. She was 88.
Mrs. Beverly was a descendant of
Daniel Dulany, one of the wealth.
lest men of colonial Annapolis, who
came to Maryland in 1903. Her
maiden name was Rebecca Dulany
and she was the daughter of Henry
Grafton Dulany of Oakley, Upper
vile, captain in the Confederate
Army.
She was born two years before the
beginning of the Civil War at Oak
ley and her childhood was spent
there, not far from the front lines.
Except for her period of schooling
at Nine. Lefevre's School in Balti-
more, her entire life was spent in
the Virginia hill country.
Her husband was president of
The Plains Bank. Her late brother,
H. Rozier Dulany, was a well-known
Washington sportsman. Mrs. Bev-
erly was active in the Grace Pro-
testant Episcopal Church at The
Plains and in the Garden Club.
She is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. William Harrison Wexford of
Sabine Hall, Va, and Mrs. Charles
Green Mackall of Washington, and
these grandchildren, r. Carter Well
ford of Wilmington, DEL; Hill Bev-
erly Wexford of Charlotte, N. c.,
and Annes Mackall and Charles
Green Mackall, jr., of Washington
Funeral services will be held at
3 pm. tomorrow at Selby. Burial
will be in Middleburg.
Evening star., 1948-03-20
1n Mr1tturta,1t
SCHWARTZ, SARA FRANK.

SCHWARTZ. SARA FRANK. In loving
memory Of our mother, SARA FRANK
SCHWARTZ, who passed away twenty six
wears ago today, March 20, 1922.
HER CHILDREN.
THOMAS, LILLE ETA. In sincere
mother. LILLE ETA THOMAS. who ",sn en-
tered into eternal rest one year ago today,
March 20, 1947.
Today recalls the memory
OF our loved one laid to rest,
And those who think of her today
Are the ones who loved her best.
The blow was heavy the shock severe
We little thought that death was near;
But only those who have lost can tell
Over our hearts the years that have flown
No love IKE yours dear NINE ever has
No other worship abides and endures,
Faithful and unselfish and patient like
HER pEvorEp oRANppAuaHrERs,
LENA BRADFORD AND LILLIAN IVES
WAsHrNGToN. JAMES R. tBRoTHER).
Sacred to the memory of my beloved and
devoted husband, JAMES R.. (BROTHER}
WASHINGTON. who passed to his reward
three years ago today, March 20, 1945.
miss you now, my heart is sore,
As time goes by I miss you more;
Your loving smile, your gentle face,
No one can fill your vacant place.
AS long as life and memory last
will remember thee.
Ny heart still aches with sadness,
MY eyes shed many tears;
y dSd sss ena naoef o sHe. hHy ssd miss sesss s1u
WASHINGTON.
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Arlington Rites Monday
For Serqt. Hjortsberq

Funeral services for @. M. Sergt.
Alexander Hjortsberg, 63, retired
Marine who died Wednesday at
the Bethesda Naval Medical Center,
will be held at II am. Monday in
Fort Myer Chapel with burial in
Arlington Cemetery. He lived at
1923 r street NV.
A native of Cohoes, N. Y, Sergt.
Hjortsberg enlisted in the Marine
Corps as a young man. During
World War I he served in France
with the 9Th Division and received
the Croix de Guerre. He had lived
in Washington since his retirement
in 1882.
He was a member of the Odd
Fellows, a past grand patriarch of
the Grand Encampment. That Or
ganization will hold special serv-
ice in his memory at o'clock to-
night in the IOOF temple.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Mary Hjortsberg, and two sons, VIII
liam A. and Edward H. Hjortsberg,
both of New York. Another son,
Albert Joseph Hjortsberg, was killed
in action with the Marine Corps on
| Guam in World War II,
Evening star., 1948-03-20
Palestine
Continued From First Page.)

United Nations never meant to
plunge Palestine into bloodshed, or
to impose a government which
would not work"
But the war in Palestine may
grow even more fierce. In the Holy
Land itself Arab officialdom is
largely silent save for one brief
statement. Leaders are saying pri-
vately they would accept trusteeship
If the trust power were the Arab
League, but meanwhile would fight
to wipe out zionism completely.
A statement of the Palestine
Arab Higher Committee said, 1--WE
find in this withdrawal by the
United States of its support of the
Jews a return to recognition of the
natural rights of Arabs.
'Tt Is nevertheless only one step
In reaching the Arab aim in this
struggle, which may be summarized
as one Arab, completely independent
state in Palestine capable of join
ing the Arab League and United
Nations"
Arabs Won't Stop Fight.
An Arab spokesman of the mill
tary organizations fighting under
the higher committee added, 1--WE
will not stop our struggle"
A source in the Jewish army Ha-
ganah said of the United States
stand, "This in no way changes
our plans. We must fight on to
establish and hold Jewish SOW
ereignty in whatever parts of Pal
estine we can.
IF the United Nations now erases
the boundary line it drew on the
map November 20, we shall try by
our arms to draw it again in the
parts of Palestine which are jew
ish."
One Jewish source predicted
American withdrawal OF partition
will speed the establishment Of the
Jewish state, since it no longer will
be necessary to gear it to United
Nations machinery"
"A SpOkSSIIldIl 4OI VIC oCWloAi
Agency said, "oil has apparently
become more expensive and more
important to the United States than
Jewish blood. 1t is not altogether
surprising that the United States
should sell out the Jewish state in
favor of its own aims"
Jews Attack Strong Points.
The Jew reported killed today
was a Haganah defender of the
Jewish Mekor Hahn section here.
The Arab died in a Jewish attack
on q house in the Arab Sheikh
Jarrah quarter.
Jews lashed at Arab strongpoints,
meanwhile, in the Jerusalem suburb
of Katamon. Two explosions and
gunfire were heard.
After nearly a whole night OF
fighting between Jewish and Arab
suburbs on Jerusalem's south side,
the attack took on big proportions.
Sappers moved in to blast an Arab
house already damaged by bombing
and another the Jews called a
sniper'S nest.
Evening star., 1948-03-20
Druft
Continued From First Page.

men of the necessity Of the tempo
rary draft and universal military
training as requested by the Pres
ident In a special message Wednes-
day.
General Hearings to Proceed.
A committee member who asked
not to be quoted by name said that
the group decided in closed session
yesterday to go ahead with the
general defense hearings. It will
not give priority either to the draft
of UNIT legislation.
Senator Saltonstall, Republican,
of Massachusetts,, a member of both
of Senate COP Policy Committee
and the armed service group, said
that thus far the Senators have
heard only "generalities" to sup
port the draft demand.
1--WE want to see the facts, figures
and the draft of a bill," Senator
Saltonstall said.
Meanwhile, Senator Capehart, Re-
publican, Of Indiana, and 80 COP
colleagues, introduced resolution
calling on President Truman to give
full and complete information" on
Russian violations of agreements
with this country and other wartime
allies and on "all existing agree
ments with Russia reached at Pots
dam in 1945." The Senate Armed
Service Committee also was expected
to question Secretary Marshall along
the same lines.
Evening star., 1948-03-20
Miss Clara R. Nourse
Rites Held in Arizona

Funeral services and burial took
place yesterday in Tucson, Ariz., for
Miss Clara Rebecca Nourse, 73, for
mer house mother and teacher at
several Washington area institu-
tions. She died Monday in Tucson.
Miss Nourse came to Washington
from her native Columbus, Ohio, be-
fore World War I and took a job
as physical instructor at the old
Gunston Hall school for girls. She
then became house mother at
the Girls Friendly Society Holiday
House in Sandy Spring, Md.
After several years as a house
mother at Holiday House on Mount
Vernon boulevard, Miss Nourse be-
came director in 1880 of Cedar
Lodge, an Alexandria convalescent
home. She retired and moved to
Tucson five years ago.
Surviving is a brother, William
Nourse of Tucson.
Evening star., 1948-03-20
Requiem Mass SET Monday
For Mrs. Frances Wilcox

Requiem mass for Mrs. Frances
Margaret Wilcox, 80, who died
Thursday at Sibley Hospital, will
be said at 10 am. Monday at
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church,
Chevy Chase circle and Western
avenue. Burial will be in Cedar Hill
Cemetery. She lived at 1884 Jenifer
street NV.
A native Of Washington, Mrs.
Wilcox was the daughter of the late
Bridget and Patrick Craven. Her
husband, Ephraim Shaler Wilcox, q
retired official in the controllers
Office of the Treasury Department,
died in March, 1898.
Mrs. Wilcox Is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Helen Mcmahon
and Mrs. Edna Chevalier, wife of
John G. Chevalier, president of the
Palace Laundry Dry Cleaning Corp,
both of Washington.
Also surviving are four grand
children, James Mcmahon, veteran
FBI agent; John c. Chevalier, jr.:
Pfc. Roland S. Chevalier, who re-
turned Monday from Korea, and
Renee Chevalier, and a great-grand-
child, James Mcmahon, jr., all of
Washington.
Evening star., 1948-03-20
Douglas Winfield Ho|ton,
Retired Wafer Chief, Dies

Douglas Winfield Holton, IA, re-
tired superintendent of the District
Water Department, died yesterday
at Georgetown University Hospital
after a months illness.
Mr.. Holton, who had been in poor
health since his retirement in May,
1941, lived at 5467 Thirty-flrst street
NV.
He entered District service as an
engineer in the Sewer Department
in 1898, after his graduation from
Vermont State University. A year
later he was transferred to the
Water Department. He became SUI
perintendent in 1880.
Mr.. Holton was born in Hardwick
VT. In 1881 he married Florence
Esther Hickerson of Strausburg, Va.
VINO survives him.
He was a member of Sigma Nu
fraternity.
Funeral services will be held at
3:15 pm. Monday at the William r
Pumphrey funeral home, 1857 Wis
consin avenue, Bethesda, with burial
in Rockville Union Cemetery.
Evening star., 1948-03-20

successful than partitioning has
been?" he demanded.
Representative Klein, Democrat,
of York said the American action
adds up to "the most terrible SELL
out Of the common people since
Munich"
But Senator Gurney. Republican,
Of South Dakota, who heads the
Armed Forces Committee and thus
is in close touch with military de-
velopments, said he approves the
American action.
"It relieves me no end" he said.
Favored Trusteeship.
And Senator Thomas, Democrat,
Of Utah said the U. N. trusteeship
should have been undertaken in the
first place.
Senator Ferguson, Republican, Of
Michigan said it was unbelievable"
that the United States should back
down on partition. "The admin
istration can't seem to get policy
and stand by it," he declared.
The Senate's assistant Democratic
leader, Senator Lucas of Illinois.
said: This is q shock and Q sur.
prise"
Other comment:
Representative Javits, Republican.
Of New York: "By this action the
United States takes the first step
to abandon the United Nations as
working instrument for world peace.
If the United States has to
walk downhill because Of the threats
and illegal resistance of a few weak
Arab states and ask the U. N. to
follow, it Is tragic spectacle"
Senator Ives, Republican, Of New
York: Most unfortunate.
Senator McCarran, Democrat, Of
Nevada: This recession in policy
doesn't inspire confidence at the
present moment in critical world
affairs" $780,
Frank Goldman. president Of
B'nai Birth, said:
"The proposal Of the United
States delegate is a more -than-as-
tonishing reversal Of the American.
official position Of last November
It is an amazing reversal Of the
unvarying policy Of five preceding
administrations and of the Con-
gress for more than a quarter CEN
tury.
"In my Judgment, the proposal
voiced by Mr.. Austin Is contrary to
overwhelming American public
opinion as recently expressed in the
press, and Is indeed regrettable.'
Evening star., 1948-03-20
Politics
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might be sent to Palestine on a
police mission.
2. To take a chance on upsetting
important American oil sources in
Arab lands.
Gen. Marshall Is known to feel
that in the present international
situation the United States should
not disperse its forces too widely.
Military leaders, of whom Secretary
of Defense Forrestal is the cabinet
spokesman, are reported to have
expressed concern lest any use of
American troops in Palestine might
tie up forces needed elsewhere.
Wallace Assails Move.
Mr.. Wallace, in radio attack on
Mr.. Truman last night, departed
from his text to say "the United
States shocked the world" by aban-
doning the partition plan.
Mr.. Wallace said Americans must
keep our word and carry out deci-
sions once arrived at" or I'VE are
going to lose all the great moral
leadership we had at the end of the
war"
Leon Henderson, chairman OF
Americans for Democratic Action
which opposes Mr.. Wallace's third
party race. took the same stand in
this instance.
Mr.. Henderson said in statement
that the policy shift is "subter-
fuge which undermines immediate
hope Of peace in the Middle East
and betrays the hope of peoples
everywhere that this Nations is pre-
pared to place world order ahead Of
power politics" And he assailed Mr.
Truman's policy as passive and
dilatory"
Taft Opposes Change.
Senator Taft of Ohio, contender
for the COP presidential nomina-
tion, Immediately lined up against
the changed American policy.
Senator Taft told reporters he
doesn't think anything was gained
"Of course" he said, 'if the new
plan is accepted, the Security Coun-
Gil will have to send an armed force
to Palestine to support the U. N
trusteeship.
"All of the objections raised by
the administration to the use Of
armed force when 1t was to enforce
partitioning will apply just as strong.
ly to this plan.'
One Of these objections Is sale
to be that Russian troops coulo
enter Palestine as a part of any
police force stationed there.
Thye Backs Taft Stand.
Senator Thye, Republican, OF Min
nesota, supporting the COP presi-
dental aspirations Of Harold Z
Stassen, joined Senator Taft IL
criticizing the move.
This action leaves Congress IL
complete bewilderment about wher'
we are going and where is ou,
leadership" Senator Thye said. 9TH,
Senate has no knowledge Of tn,
State Department. decisions O.
what its next move will be-"
Some Democrats were equal.
critical.
Representative Bloom of New
York, top minority members of th'
House Foreign Affairs Committee
said he cant agree to that pro-
posal in any way, shape or form.
What assurance is there tina
trusteeship is going to be any NOR
Evening star., 1948-03-20
riieste
CONTINUED From First Page.)

United States, United Kingdom and
France will submit to the Security
Council for approval the arrange
ment to be jointly agreed upon"
The free territory is an area OF
43O square miles with an estimated
population of 10000, including both
Italian and Slavs. Italians mainly
inhabit the city of Trieste and Slavs
the country area.
The territory is bounded on the
east and south by Yugoslavfa, and
on the north by Italy, with an arm
of the Adriatic Sea to the west.
Bitterly Fought Issues.
The disposition of the territory
was one of the most bitterly fought
issues in the italian peace treaty.
Both Yugoslavia and Italy claimed
the area. The western powers con-
tended that such facts as historical
and clinical associations made it
properly an Italian area. But the
Yugoslavs argued similarly that it
should belong to them. And Yugo-
slavia had the support OF Russia.
In the end, the compromise solu-
ton of free territory was agreed
on. The only chance it had to work
was that the western powers and
Russia should compose their major
differences so that they would be
able to agree on such relatively
minor issues as the selection of a
governor in the Security Council.
Failing East-West agreement
Trieste, as the southern anchor of
the dividing line between Com
munist-controlled land and the
Western nations of Europe, has no
future except as pawn to be con-
stantly fought over.
It is now occupied by 5000 Amer
ican troops and an equal number
each of Yugoslav and British troops
The Americans and British share
the occupation of the northern zone
of the territory and the Yugoslavs
occupy the southern zone. 1t is this
zone which the western powers now
accuse the Yugoslavs of trying tc
absorb into Yugoslavia.
The 5000 United State troops in
Trieste remained when the 88tt
Division was Withdrawn under terms
of the Italian peace treaty.
u. s. Naval Force in Area.
The American naval force in tht
Mediterranean at this time consist.
of l carrier, 8 light cruisers and II
destroyers. They include the car.
rier Philippine Sea and the cruisers
Rochester, Dayton and Manchester
The Philippines Sea, a 27,000-tor
carrier, recently relieved the 5000
ton carrier Midway. Like the Mid
way, the Philippine Sea carries
contingent of Marines.
The only United States Air Force
in Europe at this time is based II
! Germany. It consists of one fighte
group, two troop carrier groups,
Evening star., 1948-03-20

reconnaissance squadron and some
weather service units.
However, the Strategic Air Com
mand has been rotating squadrons
of B-29 Superfortresses in Europe
for training purposes. This rota-
tional training program has re-
suited in the presence of a squadron
of the big bombers in the American
occupation zone Of Germany most
of the time. A B-29 squadron
usually consists of nine planes.
Planes Make Practice Flights.
Under a policy instituted in re-
cent months, some Of the planes
from squadrons visiting the German
zone have been sent on practice
flights to Dharan in Saudi Arabia
The route flown by these planes has
been southwark across France
thence southeastward over Rome
then swinging in an arc to avoid
the Balkan area, and thus eastward
to Dharan.
Altogether, United States troops
in Europe number about 100000
Less than $4,000 of this total can be
rated as combat troops. The others
have constabulary and occupation
duties.
On the other hand, the Army es-
timated to the House Foreign At
fairs Committee last December that
the Soviets have 100000 troops in
Western Russia and the occupied
zones of Europe. In addition, Soviet
satellite countries have an estimated
1,121 900 soldiers.
Thus, 100000 American troops
compare with 2,823,O0O potentially
hostile troops in Europe. It Is to
be assumed, of course. that in event
of trouble military help would be
Forthcoming from Britain and other
friendly nations.
Maj. Gen. Bryant E. Moore COM
mands United States troops ir
Trieste.
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center field for the old Clarendon
Athletic Club in competition in the
Washington area. In 1919, his fam
lily said, he got an offer from the
New York Giants, but rejected 1t
because of objections of his family.
He was a member of the Claren-
don Methodist Church and the
Arlington Odd Fellows.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Blanche r. Bolen; daughter, Mrs.
Jean Swarthout; brother, William
Bolen, and two sisters, Mrs. L.
Ralph Ball and Mrs. Axcie King,
all of Arlington, and two grand
children.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm, Monday at the Ives funeral
home, 2847 Wilson boulevard, Ar
lington, with burial in Columbia
Gardens Cemetery.