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Vt-SIKHIJAY newt was laincly
JHIit new. There u koine CUN
BTHUC'i IVK iinwn today.
TN PiiiIm, KipicnflHiillvcji of 10 Kuril
1 prim imllnnii AND OI.KMANYH
WKHTKUN ZONKM iiipoI, liimnl
niinjnly adopt, mitl Aiun mi itK.'m'inniii
bindiiiK tlifiiiM'lvrit intuit periimneiit
tuiuptiui uriiutiiJiilun uf KCO
NOMiO co-uprrtluu,
r-J'iuik In cluiAfii ua permanent
lerwlquiirtrrk. An Knn.l.inn.n U
named president imtl a Kitiu himwi
) iIihmh kfrrruiy'ucntnil. On the
xrcultvct commillce mr rcprrnenu
tlvri (idiii Francr. liiiiuin, liuly,
1HWKIIKN, SW VI SA HI. AM), Turkey
and Tin NiUlirrlamlr.
Note pnrtuulurly the inrhiMnn of
.Sweden mi id Muilcilitud. for gen
eratloiik. thcae cuiititnr have Mood
apart from the world, tux-el Llirir
own row and kluyrd al prucr, Wc
don I have Ui be told Ihry U like (o
go on doing o. Jtrromililnn that
itiik in a rlthiiKrd wurltl, in which
men inuM I.up a rliohr between
freedom mid klavrry, fuiim their
hwmU.
JJtry know Ihry havr to do wluil
mujii be doneor lil-HK.
WHAT U "economic co-opetallon,"
which Ik name (I iu the No. 1
objective of thU new European con
federation? Jlrrr U a kiiuple definition: Work
in.!, producing, trading mid consum
ing. That rnttrk an interesting ques
tion: It 10 riAtlmui In Wr-AUrn
Kurop cn work, piodmc, trade nnd
consume c o o p c r 1 1 1 v c I y, thu
strengthening therunclves Against a
tuiumon danger, what u 11 likely to
lrnd up Ui?
ThU u the logical answer;
It l likely to lead up to a United
HlAtra of Kuroc.
n UNITKt) tTA'J'K8 ol turopr has
brrn tAlkrd slitri the lime whrrc
nf the mrmory of man runneth not
to l he conli.iry, but nothing tnn
bn duim wIhhii It. UNDKlt THE
i'Ui;Ht;uE op nkckjsity, nomc-
IhniK 1a bflntc clour nbotit It.
Tlmt Ik the wny proir-s tuinrs
about,
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VOUAY, of cour:. has lu rttlioji of
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rjim i urn. I itiu "III uv Hue ui
n il rl.IV tir hjtttii lltfiia lit frtltift
Flye Kuulan KISIIINU vriurl l
prr uimniiouncrd at Crlntobul. at
(lie Currlbrsn end o( Urn PtiiHinn
caiml, Hnd rrqueat rrpmr work. Rc
pntr work u nnrninlly dunr l docka.
KipliMlun of (Ire uhlpt, cvrn If tliry
rr imall, could do lot of clink
diifimKP- Diiiiihrp al cuual dork.
could be STKA TKOIC diimnxo. 80
o miiiouncp Itiiil wc will do the
iip'p.ury rrpmr work OUTSIDE
CriMobal hiirbor.
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Well, we're luklliK no climicu on
Another Pearl Harbor.
TN Hla d Janeiro, an army arnenul
explcxlcn, killing 33 icron, Ht j17.ll -Ian
ederitl iwlluc any the exploalon
wan Intended an the brelnnlnn of a
cnmnHtulM plot for a uccond Houula.
The Idea, the Ilrnr.lllan polite aui'rl,
wan Ui kill Unml'i war inlnlster.
Humrililnit sllpiied, and lie left the
t',nilnttil an t. CalHmn tl
Nations Taking Part In
ERP Program Adopt New
European Alliance Pact
House Cleaning
Big Attraction
SPOKANE, April t Ml Two Kill
clerk at the North DIvlMon ntrccl
brnnch of the old niillonnl bank at
tempted uprniR lioiine cleanluK yen.
trrday. Immcdintcly Ihey hud iicv
ernl cnrlonda of vnlunlrera: Police
men with drawn mm.
In movlnit a de.sk Ihry hud broken
w irea lendiiiK to a buritlar alarm.
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Ity JOSI I'll P. DYNAV
PAKIK, April 10 fl' Hlitern na
tliiMH tt ltd tirritmny'k wmtrrn vunri
tnmiihuoiitily udiiptrd today a can
vr nt Inn hi inline Ihriiikrlvck Into a
prrmaiiriil Kuroprati (irganlxatlun
uf rrnniiinlr ronftrrtitlon.
The tiHlhitik arr tlnmr taking part
in tlir Kuriipran rrrovrry program
(I ltl'l, or .Markliall plan. The or
gmtlmtlon U to a ft urn efflrlriil up
of the V3ttO. 0O0. (H0 thr t nltrd
HtAtrk hna n I edged In thr program.
The ZK-artlrle, .tooo-Miird run
vrntliin wm adopted anil alined at
a rnnferrnrr of foreign mlnlttert
and othera In the Krrneh foreign
mlnUtry.
"A Klronit and prniMriua Euro
pean rroimmy," knyn thr pmunblr.
"will ronlrlbut to the maintenance
nf HA(T."
Nn Olijrctlimi
Tlir rhiiirmiin, Jlrlihh Potelitn
Hetretary Kinest Hi'Vlu, put the
t htirtrr to thr drleuitteM at 12: 2b
p. in. Therr were no objection;
ko he ik-ilurrd It adopted ofllclully.
Accident
Victim Dies
Klamalh county' kreond truffle
ftitnlity for the year w-nu recorded
here at 3:30 p. in. Thumduy Willi
the denth of Hurry Prnnklin Tot
ten, 43-yrur-old Woctui coiiAtruc-
tlon worker, who wan
Injured earlier in the
day In a car criuh near
Chemult.
Totten'a wlfp. Vera.
43. rrmnined In neriouii
condition al KlnrtmUi II"1
Valley honpltnl. Hhe Fatality
had not been nclvLed at noon that
her hunbnnd. father of nine chil
dren, had died In the hmpltnl
from hi luJtirli-M. Mth. Totten la
kufterlnit from fractures at both
lrii and oilier liurta.
Injuries which canned Totten's
deuiii Included a skull fracture,
broken bmes and Internal -hurl.
The youngest child In the fnmily.
S-year-ald 1-Koy, wal with Ills
parents at the lime of the crash.
He la suffering from a fractured
left leg but his general condition Is
reported good by Klamath Valley
hospital.
Totten was driver of a north
bound car which left the roadbed
one-half mile south of Chemult
early Thursday morning, went
down an embankment and craslied
agnlnst tree. .
Fourth pnasenker In (he Totten
car wa Raymond Ness of , Red
mond, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs.
Totten and husband of their eldest
child. Dorothy.
Totien had recently obtained
employment with a construction
outfit at Redmond and was en
route north with his wife and son.
In addition to his wife, Totten
is survived by the following chil
dren, Mrs. Dorolhy Ness of Red
mond. Jessie, Klchnrd, Harold,
KuKCiie. Jimmy. Robert, Clifford
and Lelloy.
Neighbors In the Wocus district
were aiding In curing lor the
young children todny as Jessie re
mained at her mother's bedside.
Totten's mother. Mrs. Haldle Chris
tie, and Mrs. Totten's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Fields, all of Dolse.
Ida., were expected here late Fri
day. Final rues for Tollen will be
announced by Ward's.
Annexes and protocols also were
adopted.
The delegates then attached their
Rlsnaturea. The first signer wa
Austrian Foreign Minister Karl
timber. The last was (ien. Hlr
llrliin Kulicrtsou, llrlllsh military
governor for (iermanv and repre
sentative uf the llrlllsh and Ameri
can sours.
The plenary Hireling opened In
i (he dork room and moved to the
iidliilulug Hull of Peace for the
i signing.
In closing II. Devln declared, "the
structure of the new organization ts
one which leaves room for develop
ment and for expanMon to Include
all Euroeitn countries who will
genuinely subscribe to the aim of
the organization. "
llcfore the morning meeting ad
journed, the conference unanimous
ly udopled a resolution to send
thanks to the U. 8. for Its "generous
response In assist lug Etirne III lu
pre.nent critical state," This was
proposed by Irish Foreign Minis
ter Henn Mttcllrlde.
The delegate approved Hevln't
suggestion that they reassemble In
a rinsed meeting this afternoon. The
agenda then will Include choosing
a secretary general, two assistants
and other officers and selecting a
permanent headquartees for the
organisation,
Tlie document names these con
tracting powers: Austria. Belgium.
Ilrltaln. Denmark. France. Greece,
Fire, Iceland. Italy. Luxembourg.
Norway. The Netherlands, Portugal.
Sweden. Switzerland, Turkey and
the Frrnrh. British and American
rones of Oermany.
They agree to try to get back on
their economic feet ss quickly a
possible in order to be able eventu
ally to dispense "with any foreign
aid of an exceptional character."
They promise la "augment their
productlnn, rierelup and modernise
their Industrial and agricultural
equipment. Increase their exchanges,
rrdure progressively barriers to
mutual trade, encourage full em
ployment of their manpower."
They recognise "the generous In
tention of the American people" In
supplying the dollar with which
they hoe to meet their goals.
Curb Exchange
Strike Ended
NEW YORK. April 18 tF) A
strike against the New York curb
exchange was settled today with
10 iter cent pay Increase and bonus
agreement. ,
There was no provision for the
union shop demanded by the AFL
United Financial Employes when
the walkout began March 20.
The settlement did not Include
employes of the New York stock ex
change, whose strike continued In
full force.
Picket lines before Uie curb ex
change building. Just two blocks
from Wall street, faded after an
nouncement the curbs governors
had ratified an agreement. The
union had aoproved It yesterday.
Curb workers affected by today's
settlement are said by the union to
have been getting from 27 to 110
weekly. The wage demand made at
the start of the strike was for a a
increase for those receiving up to
tsO weekly, and SIS for the others.
The curb said this was equivalent
to a 17 per cent wage increase.
Firemen Make Quick Put-Out
Plane Overshoots Runway, Hits House
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This wlctare shows Klamath firemen, poorlng, water Into, the smoke-
filled attic of the Hlory avpartsnent boose MIS Oregon avenue, which
was partially burned last night. Tbe man at the top la Ray Howard;
In the middle, Bill Arkerman; at the bottom. Ed Dlngman.
Blaze Threaiens,Apartment
House, But Tenants Safe
Fire that broke out In the seven
unit frame Story apartment house
on Oregon avenue last night was
stopped by the Klamath Falls fire
department in time to save most
of the structure.
Residents of the apartments were
routed from their homes by the
flames and smoke, which were dis
covered at 9:55 p. m. No one was
Injured, but the blaze inflicted
damage of several thousand dol
lars. Dick Major, who lives In one of
tlie apartments at 3015 Oregon
j This Is all that remained of a navy carrier-type plane after It overshot the Douglas Aircraft field at
Mania Monica, Calif., In an emergency landing and roared off a 60-foot embankment and Into house.
Jsrk Armstrong, Douglas lest pilot, alone In the plane, was seriously injured.
Robeson Mum
On Beliefs
COLUMBUS, O., April 16
Fsul Robeson, negro operatic sing
er, told a negro editor here yester
day It was none of his "damn busi
ness" whether he was a communist
In a news conference preceding
his speech to a rally for Henry
Wallace, third party candidate for
president, Robeson gave the reply
to a question by George Lawrence,
managing editor of the Ohio State
News, negro weekly here.
"The last person In the world I
would expect to ask that question,"
Robeson added, "would be a negro
and a representative of the negro
press. This Is no longer a matter
of communism. It's a matter of
civil rights. Draw your own con
clusions." He accused "big money men" of
"fascist activities" and naked. "Who
could blame a negro for being a
communist or anything?"
After the conference Lawrence,
whose paper opposes a third party,
aid:
"We feel that Mr. Robeson and
what he believes do not represent
what the majority of the negro peo
ple believe."
Search For Plane
May End Today
PORTLAND, April 18 (Pi Tlie
search for a missing Oregon na
tional guard airplane may end to
day, Lt. Col. Al Dutton, commander
of the 133d fighter squadron of the
national guard, said the search
probably would be abandoned if the
plane is not found In a 40-mile
strip of rugged country between
Ariel and Stevenson, Wash.
The plane, an A2fl attack bomber
with three Portlandera aboard, has
been missing since last- Friday,
when it was on routine night
flight from McChord Field, Wash.,
to Portland.
avenue, turned in the alarm. Major
smelled smoke, and put his hand
on the wall of a clothes closet in
his apartment. The wall was hot
and he immediately notified the
department.
He and another man tried to
stop the blaze in a ground floor
storeroom with m water hose, but
lt had gained too much headway
for them.
The alarm spread through the
building and immediately residents
began moving their personal be
longings and apartment furniture
from the structure.
The blaze roared upward to the
roof, and flames burst from the
top of the building. By that time.
however, the fire department
crews had arrived, and with the
aid of hook and ladder equipment.
began dousing the flames with
water.
The fire was completely out .by
11:50 p. m.
One family was able to move
back into an apartment on the
ground floor of the building, but
others spent the night with friends.
There were five babies among the
tenants of the building.
Fire Chief Keith Ambrose said
that It was fortunate the fire was
discovered quickly, and that a lat
er blaze, when all occupants were
in bed, might have proved a tra
gedy. The fire created a huge
volume of smoke In the building.
The building was being pw
chased on contract by Henry Story
from Roy Orant Story was living
in one of the apartments.
Red Revolt
Threat To
U.S. Hinted
WAKHINGTOV. April It UP)
An open warning and a guarded
hint that Colombfcs'a blood-spattered
revolt pattern may be used
In the United states sparred a
congressional committee today to
dig deeper for facts.
For one thing, the lawmakers
want a complete explanation of
why the state department went
ahead with the Pan-American
conference at Bogota, despite defi
nite word that the communists
were plotting trouble there.
Scornful
The department Itself said
Secretary Marshall scornfully re
jected any notion that "a handful
of communists" could intimidate
the American republics.
But Rep. Clarence J. Brown
(R-Ohlot saw the situation In a
different light.
"Why." he asked, "did they (de
partment officials! go blindly into
this conference knowing there
might be trouble? Why did they
permit themselves and the country
to be pat In a ticklish position?"
Brown said he wants the answers
to those questions and will try to
get them at hearings to be set
later.
Yesterday's hearings brought
evidence of a number of such
warnings. Afterwards the state de
partment volunteered that it hod
been fully aware of the situation
Itself and that Marshall had com
mented "saltlly" the American re
publics were not going to be In
timidated by communists or any
body else.
But the thing that stood out in
sharpest focus was the double ad
monition In congress that trouble
may be ahead in this country.
First Hear Adm. R. H. Hillen
koetter. head of the CIA, told
Brown's committee that "condi
tions In Colombia are similar to
those in the United States except
4C,alnst Pbc t. Clama Z
Yhite House
"Firetrap"
WASHINGTON. April 18 (.)
President Truman knows he's liv
ing in a "firetrap."
His press secretary, Charles G.
Ross, said today Mr. Truman
agrees completely with W. PI Rey
nolds, public buildings commis
sioner, on that score.
Reynold told a senate appro
priation subcommittee yesterday
that the residential part of the
White House Is one of the worst
fire traps In the nation. Some of
the second floor. Reynolds said, I
holding up "purely from habit." Be
asked for $50,000 to moke lt safe.
Ross told a news conference to
day that what Reynolds said "Is
quite accurate." Ross said the
president knew it was in "bad
shape" and that he had known lt
"for a long time."
The constant patrol of secret
service and White House police is
the principal safeguard of the first
family when they retire to then
second floor quarters each night.
Slain
Dr. Halm Yaaaky above) Pales
tine director of the Jewish Hadaa
aah organization, waa among those
killed in a convoy battle between
Jewa and Arabs on tbe Biblical
slopes of Mount Bcopus In Pales
tine. This picture waa made a year
ago when ground waa broken on
Mi, Scopus for construction of a
building of the Hebrew anfrersity
medical school.
Jews Capture
Road Point
JERUSALEM, April 18 i7P Jew
ish forces today claimed capture of
another strong point on the strate
gic convoy road between Tel Aviv
and Jerusalem.
Jewish sources said a Haganah
Jewish militia) unit had pounded
into the village of Saris between the
hilltop community of Kostel and
Katrun In the Judean hills. The
Jews said Arab forces have used
Saris as a rallying point for smashes
at food convoys bound for Holy
City Jews.
Informant said mortars and
small arms were used to rout the
Arabs.
The Jews claimed a decisive vic
tory over Arab forces under Fawzi
Bey Al Kaukjl yesterday at Mish
mar Haemak, 15 miles southeast
of Haifa.
They said 2000 Jewish fighters
inflicted 200 Arab casualties and
captured seven field guns.
GM Shuts Down
Three Units
DETROIT. April 16 WP General
Motors corporation announced to
day the foundries, machine shops
and pressrooms of its automotive
divisions will be closed by April 33
because of the coal mining stop-page.
The coal stoppage, a GM state
ment said, has depleted it stock
of pig iron and steel.
Employment of approximately
300.000 workers will be affected by
the shutdowns. GM said.
A Soldier's
Dream Come True
WALLA WALLA, April 18 (PI
Retributation?
Paul Deccio. a sergeant in the
161st infantry during World War II,
has been elected commander of the
Orant Farmer Veterans of Foreign
Wars post.
His wartime commonder. Col.
Fred Roecker, wa named post
quartermaster.
Manpower
Situation
Scrutinized
WASHINGTON, April 18 m
Purse-string holders In the senate
pat the brakes on the 70-jroup air
force bill today.
Senators Bridges IR-N.ll.l and
Gurney (K-S.D.) aald the :Ut8..
lOO.OOO measure which whopped
through 'the house bv a 33 lo S
vote will get a close going over In
the senate appropriations commit
tee. Bridges, the committee chairman,
noted that the 70-group air force
proposal added to the bill on the
house floor is "highly controversial."
He said he has not decided whether
he will support lt.
No Hurry
Gurney, No. 2 OOP member of
Bridges' group and chairman of the
armed services committee, declared
that he sees no reason for rushing;
the 70-group aproprlatlon through
the senate.
"The air force will need men a
well as planes," he told a reporter.
"We want to wait until we can get
all the facts, and that will be some
time next week."
Gurney estimated that expansion
of the air force to 70 groups would
cost 86,000.000,000 a year from
now on.
Various estimates have placed the
total number of active planes In an
airforce that size at about 12,000
as compared with some 5500 now.
Neither figure Includes the several
thousand aircraft held In reserve
for future emergencies.
Gurney usually has aupported the
administration's defense program
He already has declared himself In
favor of both a temporary draft re
vival and Inauguration of universal
military traininr.
Most other republican leaders In
congress, however, a well a a num
ber of democrats, have shied away
from a training bill. Their Idea la
to boost the air force from it pres
ent 65 group blueprint to 70 group
and to rely on selective service
alone to provide any extra man
power needed.
The military establishment itself
is split over the Issue.
Tokotee Falls
Road Snowy
It takes a four-wheel drive vehicle
to travel the forest road from the
end of the pavement at Diamond
lake to The California Oregon
Power company operation at Toko
tee Falls as winter stUl clings to
that portion of the mountain coun
try. Although the road was opened by
the combined efforts of the Oregon
state highway department and
Copco on April 2, there is still lots
of loose snow on the highway and
considerable mud and deep rut on
the forest road.
Supplies are hauled into the crew
of approximately 100 men, from
both Medford and Klamath Falls,
using the Diamond lake route as
well as the road along the North
Umpqua river which is muddy and
"bad" for about 10 miles.
Copco officials said it was hoped
to have the hydro-electric develop
ment at Tokotee Falls in operation
and on the line In the tall of 1949.
Texas Flag On
Way To Italy
AMARILLO. Tex., April 16 VPt
The first lap of a race to get the
little Italian town of Mandurla an
American flag is to start today.
If the air-ground race 1 success-?-1.
fuL the flag from the Texas Pan
handle will be displayed Sunday,
national election day.
An airliner is to leave New York-
City today for Rome and two air
line representatives tomorrow will
carry the flag the remainder of the
way by automobile.
The story behind this gesture la
Mrs. Carmela Pitt's one-woman,
long distance campaign against
communism.
TV, imorlllA Ttalian war hrlrie
began a letter-writing campaign
among her family and friends In
her native Ponza and elsewhere in
Italy about six months ago.
A friend of Mandurla, Nena Jul
iano Gregori, who was matron of
honor when Carmela married Corp.
Eugene Pitts two years ago at Na
ples, wrote recently for an Amer
ican flag to display on election day.
In asking for the flag, Nena Gre
gori wrote:
"We want one to hang in front
of our house on election day. This
will anger the communists, but that
is what we want."
New Gadget Is
Crowd-Getter
BALTIMORE. April 16 (IPt
Boosters of Democrat Paul Burke
for congress used a new technique
to draw a crowd at a political rally
last night.
They placed a television set in the
middle of a roped off street. The set
was tuned in to a professional bas
ketball game.
During half-time, Burke, who
seeks his party's nomination to
Maryland's third congressional dls
trtct seat, addressed the crowd.
He had an audience of 3000,
Bootleggers Lead
An Exciting Life
OKLAHOMA CITY, April 18 (Pr
Bootleggers in this prohibition state
of Oklahoma have their little tiffs
with the law but for real thrills you
must study their home life.
Wednesday deputy sheriffs said
one was shot in the midriff by his
wife who explained she was aiming
at a blonde who had her arms
around him.
Last night police reported another
bootlegger was winged In the leg by
his sister. She told officers she
fired for effect when brother raised
a fuss at home.
Both women used .22's for the
work, and doctors said the menfolk
will be on their feet again soon, as
the wounds were slight.
Army Borrows From Mobile Reserve To Build Up Garrisons
In Alaska-Brass Denies Story Of Red Planes Over Area
By ELTON C. FAY
WASHINGTON, April 16 IPi The
army, without a single combat foot
soldier in Alaska today, la borrow
ing from mobile reserve to build up
the garrison in that northern out
post next door to Russia.
Antl - aircraft and other ground
eombat unit from the west coast
and Hawaii will leave for Alaska
shortly "to undergo summer train
ing In conjunction with air units,"
the army said. -v.
Tlie effect of this "summer train
ing" will be to bolster the present
7000-man force now there pending
action in congress on the proposal
of Gen. Omar Bradley, army chief
of staff, to expand the permanent
garrison to 16.000.
The number of troops to be bor
rowed from the Hawaiian com
mand and from the 2nd division
at Ft. . Lewis, Wash., was not dis
closed. The army announcement last
night said only that they would
establish a "balance" between air
and ground forces in Alaska.
Mobile Reserve
The 2nd division Is part of 'the
small mobile reserve of some 54.000
troops upon whom the United
State count to bolster overseas
forces In event of a sudden emer
gency. The Hawaiian command Is not
considered part of the mobile re
serve, but defense for the Islands.
Troops sent from there for train
ing In Alaska are expected to be
antl-alrcraft personnel.
The army's admission that lt has
no combat troops in tlie Alaskan
command was by Indirection.
In announcing the training as
signment, the army statement com
mented that "at present about 80
per cent of the garrison I air and
the remainder army service troops."
Service troops are personnel whose
Job Is to maintain Installations.
handle supplies, load and unload
cargo at ports but not to fight.
Meanwhile, both the air force and
the Alaskan army command de
nied reporta of strange doings in
the territory. These reports Includ
ed an assertion by Rep. Margaret
Chase Smith (R-Me.), that Russian
planes had "violated" Alaska by
flying across the borders and a
Ketchikan newspaper story that a
B-29 which crashed near Nome last
December, had been hit by a Rus
sian shell before It crashed.
The air force said: x
None of Its planes has crossed
the border of Russia "nor have
there been any confirmed reports
of Russian aircraft crossing the
border of Alaska."
The B-29 which crashed on De
cember 24 did so because of pilot
error, mistaking a snowy hill for
a cloud. There was no Indication
of any damage to the plane before
the crash.
The military picture also had
highlight elsewhere.
Oen. Lucius D. Clay, American
commander in Europe, denied a
report that he had ordered a sortie
over Berlin by B-29s drawn from
a 26-plane group which arrived In
the western occupation zone yes
terday. In Washington, the navy allowed
another glimpse at It planning. II
disclosed the names of three sub
marines to be converted to unusual
uses.
One will be converted to carry
cargo, presumably weapons for u4
by commando troops. Another will
become an undersea troop trana
port. And the third will be a radoi
"picket" submarine. The Job of
such a eraft I to prowl far out
surface and see what It can piel
up on Its radar scope In the waj
of activity telling of ship and air
craft movements.
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