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Newspaper Page TextM UVU mm- fo) 0) SET WM ME) Sill JiWiliWli MmrtiMmaa WaM lly THANK JKNKINH IN Uilldim today, King George Hid queen Kllrabelh celebrate Uielr 35Lli wedding anniversary. An the lny brglna, IaiikIdii plunges Into Dm blggcat tllaplay of pugriuitry ulinre prime Elisabeth mid I'lilllp wen married lost November. 'I'lie biv event of the tiny U pro leaalnn. Ilic royal lumlly drlvea In stale from llnt-kliiii linn) palace Ui HI. Paul' cathedral lur a NATION AL HKItVIC'K (' TIIANKHCIIVINO, Two 41-giin Mlule aluunl Uie pro i:ealiiu mart, nncl along the route people Hrrh In tier and Jam every window and bnlrony for a gllmiMie u( the royal couple. Til'. cllnput lira tell ll Ilia crowd arrived early to gel good obfirrvatloil polnla but "few camiwd out all night aa thry did for the Princess' wad ding lU fall." After all. an an niversary la only an eunlvcraary, whrrea a wedding u a WEDDING. Hadlalit Willi happlhra. Queen Elisabeth acknowledges the clirrra of the cmwd with wavea of a white gloved hand. MOTE the little touch about the "national acrvke of thankagiv Ing." A we compare the standard ot living of the Hi Utah, who are en during a iierlixl of austerity while they recover from the effect of a devastating war. with our much higher landaid. we are apt to won der vaguely what thry have to be thankful for. uae here a moment. Kecall the dark day when Wlnilon Churchill apiirurcd before parliament and put Into liiunortnl worda the grim de termination of the llrltlah people to tight III the atreeta and In the high waya and along the hedgea but NKVF.lt 'It) OIVK UI'. Ill blood and trara and aw eat. he rutlil. they would prearrve Uielr liberties. Well, they did. They are atlll FHKE. No foreign conqueror tella Uiem what Uiey ran do and what they caul. If their Uvea art auatere, it la tmauae they themaelvea will It ao. tr you will recall that aharp oon trav balancing Ihoae grim daya when Britain s military power waa annulled, when France had fallen, when Hitler's victorious armlea atood acroaa the channel, only a few nil lea away, with the prenenl time, you will be Inclined to agree that the llrltlah have aomrthlhi to cele brate. IS lloll)ood t Ilia, afternoon. Uiere la a bingr of a different sort, Laua Turner and Hob Topping are getting married, ft ought to be a fairly pro feuluual apectacle. Each hu been married three tlmea before. There Mould be no falae movea anywhere long the line. At every point, both aliould know exactly what to do Jlnxt. Practice, you know, makea pet feet. piltOUOIIOUT the atory. dollar are mentioned casually In thou tanda. Uob got looar on Friday from hia thlnl wife. He handed her (100.000 In alimony. After the wed ding and the reception, Lana will don her 135.000 trousseau and pre pare to leave on a New York-London honeymoon with the flral atop at Palm Springs. One correapondent nays: "The featlve board will groan 'neath the weight of lobalera flown from Boston and assorted dellcaclea flown from New York and Loulatana." WHO ere theyT Well, Bob l the playboy dea cenriant of a tough and competent anceator who learned how to put tin permanently onto ateel, thtu making our tin-can civilisation poiulblc. Lana la former Hollywood hit i arhool girl who has demonstrated outstanding ability to pack people Into theatres. plIEHE celebrations In Iondnn and Hollywood differ ahnrply In one respect. The London dispatches tell its thai George and Elisabeth's UOMKHTICTTY haa endeared Uiem to home-loving Hrllnn. Bob and I .ana guln an added luster from the fuel Uinl Ihla la their fourth wed ding. The llrltlah are amused and di verted by royal spectacles. 8o they pay the price for royally. Aa a part of their ahow. they don't care for divorce. Wltneaa Edward and Waily. 1 Over here, among our playboy and alage entertainers, the more the merrier. It nil deiienda, you ace. on what the cash customers like. WEATHER M.i. 'April fill Mm, rrr.illtiUuti II btura .. . lrm )$r U . It. II Normal HUH l.ail rttr . 1. IS riiiali rarlip rlm4t, ifcw PKK'K MVK (-'KNTM l-m- KLAMATH ..o'-w ,ON, MONDAY, AVH1L Z9, iU4$ Telephone Sill No. 1333 ii. I - till- -i i I ... i in ii a. ' ' '' " i i. ii .1 H. I. -ii ... ilreirs lack i fits k Boeing Brass Hinis At Factory Site Change If Back-To-Work Move Fails HKATTI.K. April ID i A 'bmrk-to-work" drive got under way today at the alrike-ldled Ittiellif Airplane company, but officiate of the Aero nautical jtlerhanlra union llnd.t predicted the effort would be "fu tile." The alrlke, affecting 14,000 work era, now la In Ita fifth day. It la an outgrowth of unlun demand for a wage Inereaae of 30 renta an hour and eight paid holiday. The company launched It drive In nrwapaper adverllacmenle charging US Troops Break Up Korea Riot KOI1F., Japan. April U WV. I. mltltarr pollrr lodmy jallrd RM prr Mni aa an aftermath to week-end rlotlni by nearly BOOO Korea ni. Amerlran N'rgro aoldlrra had atep ped wlftlr to qurll out break hrrt and In OmU over a lourhy edu cation Uur. It waa the first time troo)H have been railed out In the Z' year old occupation. U. !). 8th army headquarter In Tokyo Raid neven known Japanene crnmuininu were among Uie 800 r remed. V. 8. lutrlliRenre or fleer the dUturbanrea were communlr.t-ti)-plred. A Jailed Korean leader told the AMoclated Prew Japanese com nmniiit took part In the rlou. No 1'K Canualtlet No Amerlran raMtalMea were r ixrtfrt. At leant 38 Koreans ftiid Japanrae were Injured In the melee. Headquarter termed realaunc ne llRtble "due to complete coopernUon between J a pa new offlrlaU and po lice mid Amerlran military police. I. 8. commandcra were Instructed to continue m dragnet over Ihla Houthern Homhu port city to aee that all persona respomlble for the lawleas acta are arreated. fliern punishment for the leaders waa ordered by Lt. Gen. Robert L. Elrhelberger, commander of the eighth army. He hurried here from hi Yokohama headquarters to in vestigate personally. The Korean demonstrated against Japanese Insistence that Japanese must be taught as a standard lan guage for Korean students In Japanese-supported schools. Interviewed In the Kobe Jail, Kim Kyung-phan. 31. president of the Hyojro prefecture hranrh of the Lea gue of Koreans Residing In Japan. said: "The Japan communist, party seem very sympathetic to u In our ftcht to maintain Korean education." that Iwo-lhlrd of the striking work ers did not vote for the walkout. The strike vut was taken In May, 1147 when. Uie company aald. less than one-third of the union's present membership was employed at Hoe ing. At the same time. William M. Allen, company prealdent. dropped a not-too-velled hint that the firm might move Ita key bomber factories In order to restore production. "Hoeing la going to continue to build planes." he declared. If not In Neattle, then somewhere else." He declined to amplify the state ment In otlier week-end developments, the striking workers added new strength when more than 400 super visory maintenance employes voted to honor the union's picket lines. Approximately 1200 rnginrers, however, announced their Intention yesterday of paaaing through the lines to avoid possible penalties for thrlr union under the Taft-Hartley act They are affiliated with the Neattle Profeaaional Knglneering Em ploye association (Ind.) Grandmother Set To Graduate 8CHUYLERVIU.E. N. Y.. April 3d .) A Ml-year-olfl grandmother from nearby Qrangervllle will be graduated June 38 from Schuyler vllle central hlRh jchool. Mra. W. Elmer shaver enrolled In high achool In 1944. after she had reared three aona. 8he rank alxlh In the aenlor clau of 39 atudenta, denplte an absence of aeven week this aemeater b cauae nf Ulnca. achool authorities an Id today. Her average la 87. Applications Pour In For Coaching Job Keen Interest la shown by the number of applicant for both Uie football and basketball coaching po sitions open at Klamath Union high achool and member of Board No. 3 will start active study of Uie ap plications at a meeting slated to night at KUH8, Some 39 bona fide applications have been received for the football coaching Job. and there are quite few seeking the basketball posj Uon. Superintendent Arnold Orslnpp aald this morning that a few of Uie applicant are seeking both Jobs but In view of Uie long season In each sport and the overlapping program. It ts quite probable that no one person will be considered for Uie Joint coaching position. Both jobs were thrown open with the resignations of Football Coach Ed Ryan and Basketball Coach Wayne Scott. Gralapp said that because of the wide Interest shown In both Jobs It waa possible that neither would be named tonight. On the other hand, if additional information that la being sought by board members on applicant arrive to day, coaches may be named. At least four top applicant are being considered for Uie principal ship of Klamath Union high school, left oien by the resigna tion of Principal 8tnley Wood ruff. The Job of appointing Wood ruffs successor is not expected to come up for at least another month, Orslnpp said. Pension Row Still Issue With Lewis WAHIIINfiTOX, April 28 ia-i Peace rode Into the coal pit with thousand of returning miner to day. Hut John I Lewis and the operators began slugging it out over pensions In another ring. The miners appearrd to be head ing back to work all through the Sf altered coal fields, finally ending all weeks of ahuldowns. The walkout began March 15. after Lewis told the miners that the oper etors had "dishonored" their con tract by not agreeing to his pen sion proposal. Meet Called Lewi called a lat afternoon meeting today of the three trustees of the pension fund, presumably to consider the nwest move of the operators. These Include a court challenge by Erra Van Horn, the operators' trustee, of the tentative pension plan which prompted Iwls to send the men back to work. It was adopt ed bv Lewis and Senator Bridges iR-NH i. the neutral trustee, over Van Horn's obiectlon. The operators also made public the final report of a statistical studv of the welfare fund. That study, by a Phlladelnhla firm, said the pres- i rnt 10-eent a ton royaltv Davment bv the mine owners could finance onlv a 'SO a month pension for their workers who reach age (15, The plan Bgreed to by Iwls and Bridges would provide $100 a month for TO-year-old United Mine Work ers who had served 20 years in the Industry and retired after May 29. 1048. More than g:t3.ooo.OOO has been collected to dote by the ten-cent royalty. Operators In leading coal states reported a return to normal pro duction as bituminous miners Wrote finis to a walkout that began six weeks ago. Bogota Conference Concluded r.y '"Viama f ' T"1 V A -eTv f vr.v JTZ V7 W H'eV& NerreUry of KUte. George C. Marshall (left) Is Interviewed by reporters as he arrived at Washington, D. C, from Bogota. Colombia, where he has been attending the Inter-American conference. Marshall said that derixions had been reached at the conference on most of the fundamental Issues. Dewey Slates Appearance In Klamath Falls Early In May New York's Governor Tom Dewey will make a public appearance in Klamath Falls on his dnve for OreKons republican presidential preference vote. Timothy Wood Jr., advance man for Uie Dewey Oregon Jaunt, was in town today to make preliminary arrangements, and said that Dewey will be here May 7 or 8. Further announcement will be made as soon as the specific time is set. Dewey will revel over the state Plane Crashes In Pasture CALDWELL, Ida.. April 2 cP Three Pendleton, Ore. residents es caped serious tnjury Saturday when Uie light plane In which they were riding crashed Into a pasture near here. JacV Baker. 26. pilot, received broken nose. Two passengers. Carla Mae Roesler and Janet Parks, es caped Injury. The plane overshot the landing field and overturned in Uie pasture. Oregon Congress Of Parents And Teachers To Convene Here TuesdayFor Three-Day Confab Close to too Oregon mothers nnd housewives, who are also members of atatc or local units of the Ore gon Congress of Parents and Teach ers, will take off their kitchen aprons, pack their bags and start for Klamath Falls today to partici pate in the 3Slh state convention of tho PTA. Klamath Falls County Council and Individual unit will be hostess group to the state meet which will he conducted both at Klamath Union high school and OV8. The session Is fnrmnlly slated for three days, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, April 27. 2B nnd 21), but this does not Include the many days nnd linui'H of work that has gone Into the planning nf the big ses sion. "Tho World At Our Doorstep" Is tho thenie nf the convention ns announced by Mrs. H. H. Hnrgrcavos nf Portland, Oregon congress pres ident. t 'The convention will provldo In Mriintlmi, Information nnd Inspir ation. For Instruction there will be two schools, a president's brenk- fnst and a conference the last day with all sliito chnlrmcn. For Information, there will be business sessions, stress on the re lationship between the locnl, state and nntlnnnl organisations, and nlso on the Importance of Con gress publications. As for Inspiration there will be speakers Including Mrs. J. J. Oar land of Menln Park. Calif., vice president of the National Congress of Pnrent and Teachers; Dr. Ralph F.ckert, consultant in pnrent educa tion, California department of edu cation: n panel on safety conduct ed bv expert In this field; Dr. P. B. Jacnbson. dean nf the school of edu cation. University of Oregon; Dr. F.lmn Stevenson, president of South ern Oreron college at Ashland, nnd Phillip Pnrrlsh, editor of the cdl tortnl pnge. The Oregonlnn. Presentation of the tonic, "Parent nnd Family Life F.duratlon," will be one of the convention's sneclal fen lures. Dr. F.ckert will spenk on "Edit on t Ion for Family Living" and there will be Interrogators Including Ar nold L. Oralapp, superintendent of Klnmnlh Fnlls schools. Advnnce registration starts this afternoon at the Wlnema hotel lobby. Registration of delegntes Is open at I a. ni. Tuesday at KUHS and the opening sessions Is In the Little Theatre on the OV8 campus with Mr. Hargrcaves presiding. At the morning meeting the report of the nominating committee will be given by Mrs. J. B. Haleninn, chairman. Tuesday at 12:15 p. ni. there Is the nntlonnl Pnrent-Tencher and Congress publication luncheon in the banquet hull at OVS with the general session resumed at 1 :46 p. m In the Little Theatre. A tour of OV8 Is slnted between 3:30 nnd 5 p m. by Winston Purvlne, OVS di rector. At 7:30 p. m. the general session resumes at KUHS and a great denl of Interest Is being shown In the film to be presented,- "Human Growth." Dr. Adolph Weliwlrl. di rector of the division of social hy giene education, University of Ore gon medlcnl school, will lead the discussion. Crater Breaks Snow Record The monUi of April has shattered 20-year Crater lake park records for that month as far as snow figures go with 130 Inches falling thus for, rangers' reported today. Closest month on record Is April of 1932 when 91 Inches of snow fell in Crnter Lake national park. Rangers reported "a beautiful day" Monday with a minimum temper ature of 11 degrees. It was warm ing and at 10 a. m. the mercury had risen to 25. It was 33 at Uie maxi mum reading Sunday when 147 cars brought 494 people Into the park. There were far less skiers than sight seers however, and Al Vlncu who operates Uie ski tow said the tow would work this week-end but if Interest lags, would not operate for the remnlnder of the season. There were no accidents In the park this past week-end. Nagel Case Briefs Filed Appellant's briefs In the case of the State versus William Henry Nngel were received by District Attorney Clarence Humble Mon dny. Nagel, a Portland preacher, was convicted of contributing to the delinquency of a minor In circuit court here. Evidence showed that he had committed an improper act in the presence of an 11-yenr-old Klnmnlh girl on a street here. Nngel denied the act and nfter conviction his attorneys nppenlcd. The brief on nppenl is a lengthy document which mnkes many ex ceptions to the court's rulings in the case and argues that evidence failed to show the commission of the crime as chnrged in the Indict ment. The defense nlso dwells nt length on the refusnl of Judge Orvnll Millard of Grants Pass, who henrd the case, to grant a change of venue. District Attorney Humble has only 20 days to prepare answering briefs and have them printed. Vancouver Has 13th Fatality VANCOUVER. B. C April 26 (CP) Vancouver' 13th trnfflo fatality for 1048 was recorded Inst night when Hector MncDougnl, 60-yenr-old pe destrian, wns Instantly killed In a collision with nn ntttoniobllo In the West End district. Police named John B. Snipess, a United States naval officer frr-n Whldby Island, Wash., as driver of the car Involved. Snipess told police he did not see the elderly man until the Impact. Snow Blasts Puget Sound SEATTLE. April 26 (Pi April showers turned to snow on Puget sound yesterday and today. However, while the weather bureau said snow fell heavily north of Seattle this morning, it pre dicted fair weather and rising temperatures tomorrow. Snow came down in large wet flakes at Edmonds and other areas north of SeatUe this forenoon after a night which brought scat tered snow showers, often mixed with rain. Snoqualmle pa&s got about ten inches of snow during the night and lt was snowing lightly there today. There was six Inches of new snow at Stevens pass. The weather bureau blamed the snow on a mass of cold air which came down so fast from Uie arcUc regions that It didn't have time to get warmed up. Schubert To Head TAC Officers of the Klamath Basin Teen-Age club were elected this week-end and Jerry Schubert will serve as president of the club for the 1948-49 year. Carmel Flnnigan was named vice president: Delores Hobatcek. secre tary, and Jim Owens, treasurer. Bill Procter, Teen-Age director, said the voting was extremely close and in Uie first three offices lt was a "photo-finish." Open house will be held at the new quarters on N. 8th street Satur day night and continuing all next week. by chartered bus, making a many stops a possible. Klamath Falls will be one of his major appear ances, and he will probably remain here for a meal or over night. He will be unable to get to Lake view, but Wood said that Lake view people will be invited to at tend the appearance here. People from other Klamath basin towns and Northern California points are expected. The bus will be accompanied by sound equipment, so that Dewey will be able to make outdoor ap pearances accommodating large crowds. He will probably be heard at the courthouse lawn or at some other place where ample space will be available. r Dewey will come here over the Oreensprlngs highway, alter ap pearances In the southwestern part of the state. There he plans to visit Roseburg, Drain, Yoncalla, Suther lin, Oakland. Bandon, Coquille. Coos Bay. North Bend, Myrtle Creek, Medford, Ashland and Grants Pass. He will go north on US 97 from here, and may be able to stop at Chlloqutn' and possibly Gilchrist. Next major stop north will be at Bend. Arthur Schaupp is in charge of local arrangement for Uie Dewey appearance Although it has only 12 delegates to Uie republican naUonal conven tion. Oregon occupies a pivotal spot in the pre-primary presidential pre ference drive In the nation. Here Dewey and Harold Stassen are on the ballot exclusively, and Uie whole campaign has shaped up to direct national attention to this test of Uie popular support of Uie two men. Stassen is already in the state and plans some upstate appear ances. Dewey, who has already trailed Stassen in Nebraska and Minnesota, will hit the campaign trailer in more Intensive style here than In the other states. Stassen's Itinerary has not been announced, so it Is not certain whether he will come here. Famous Names Dot Register OKLAHOMA CITY, April 26 14V Al Smith. Robert E. Lee and Wood row Wilson registered as delegates to the state republican convention here today. Smith is Oklahoma county chair man. Lee is a presidential elector from Idabel and Wilson is secretary of the Mcintosh county group. BULLETIN A Los Angeles woman waa killed, and her husband critically Injured In the collision of two cars four miles south of Maedoel on highway 97 at 10:30 a- m. today (California time). The dead woman was Identified aa Mrs. K. R. Swller, 316 S. Arnay drive, Los Angeles. The body Is at Ward's. California state police were In vestigating the crash which Is said to have occurred when a car driven by Carol Koblson, Mt. Hebron rancher, entered the main highway from a side road. Robertson was not Injured but both cars were com pletely demolished. Swiler, about 6.1, waa rushed to Hillside hospital. Truck Upset Injures Pair An end-over-end somersault of a pick-up truck on the Merrill high way nenr Hosley early Sunday sent two Merrill boys to the hospital. State police said the boys. Robert Liptnk and Frank Lugo, both 18. were driving north when the acci dent occurred. The truck went out of control, and as It turned over leaped far from the highway Into a barrow pit be side the Southern Pacific railroad trncks. This wns at about 4:30 a. m. Sunday, and Monday the youths were still unconscious. Lugo was most seriously hurt, and wns given a blood transfusion. Sun dnv night. The boys were In a pick-up owned by Lewis Knndra. Merrill. Llptak's employer, and the vehicle was badly smashed. Chamber Slates Chiloquin Visit An Inter-clty meeting at Chilo quin Wednesday night will attract a group of members ot the Klamnth County chamber of commerce to t e northern town. Manager Charles Stark reported today. The Chiloquin session has been arranged by Mayor William Lorcnu. and will be held In the high school auditorium there at 8 p. m. Any body Interested Is Invited to come. Members of the chamber's Inter city committee and the board of di rectors as well as others are ex pected to go from here. Forrestal To Back 66 Group Air Force Plan WASHINGTON, April 2 fIV-HeereUry Forrestal aald today MU group air force would give the United HUlet "the beat military result If our budget la to be limited." He added he has decided military spend Ing ahould be limited. The aeereUry of defense testified to a senate approprlaUon sub committee In a new round of congressional heaiinga on the M vs. 7 group air force controversy. Forrestal said that "aa a military matter" both he and the Joint chlefa of staff would support a 70-rroup force, but that factors other than military also must be considered. He went on: "After taklnr into account all consideration fiscal, economle and all others, a well aa military I have reached the conclusion that aa overall program for the services calling for an additional 4,481,000,OW will give us the maximum "tin for the military tax dollar." The (4.481.000.000 would be In ad dition to about (11.000.000.000 prev iously asked for military purposes in the 12 months beginning July 1. House Vote The house already ha voted for a 70-group air force program. The senate subcommittee is holding hearings on a (3.198.000.000 house passed appropriation bill designed to get Uie 70-group program under way. Additional millions would have to be voted later to complete It. Forrestal original defense pro gram called for only 55 groups. There was a clamor from air offic ers and some congress members for a 70-group air force. Later For restal compromised on 68 groups. Opposing a 70-group force, For restal argues it Is necessary to keep a "balance" among air forces, army and navy. Forrestal was among Uie military leaders who pleaded at a locked door session of another senate body last week for stepped up action on President Truman's whole defense program. It calls for a draft revival, for universal military training and for more money to build up Uie army, navy and air force. "For my responsibility," Forrestal asserted at one point, "I regard every day as critical." The testimony was given in secret last Wednesday to Uie armed serv ices committee. It was made public over Uie week-end after many scis sored deletions had been made In Uie 339-page typewritten transcript. Saboteurs To Go To Germany WASHINGTON, April 26 (IP) Ernest P. Burger and George John Dasch, convicted nazl saboteurs who landed from submarines on the east coast In June. 1942, have been freed from prison and al lowed to return to Germany. The White House said today that President Truman approved a justice department recommenda tion for clemency for Uie two men. They were taken to Germany un der army custody and will be per mitted to live in the American occupation tone under conditions imposed by Uie commanding gen eral Burger and Dasch were among eight men rounded up by the FBI as saboteurs put ashore from subs with instructions to cripple Ameri can war industries. They were tried by a military commission and all were convicted. Six were executed. President Roosevelt cut death sentences for Burger and Dasch to imprisonment because they gave Information on the details of the conspiracy. Burger got life Im prisonment and Dasch 30 years. They had served approximately five years and seven months of their sentences. Tisdale, Moore Deaths Told Of Interest to Klamath folks who have lived or hold property at Brookings in Curry county. Is word of Uie death of two well-known resi dents there. Mrs. Luther (Margaret) Tisdale and Ralph Moore, both oc curring this past week, according to Phil Schroeder, who spent the week end there. ' Mrs. Tisdale, who is a prominent Oregon artist r photographer and whose work has appeared in nnUon al publications, died this week-end of spinal meningitis. She and her husband have property directly on the coast line. Mr. Moore, about 45. was a long time resident of the area, and grew a special lily at his property on the Wlnchuck river. Fresh Fight Flares In Palestine By JAMES M. LONO ) TEL AVIV, Palestine, April M ' (JPl Heavy mortar fire from the no man's (and toward Arab Jaffa began shaking Jewish Tel AtIt at 11 a. m. today. The sound of gun fire indicated heavy fighting had broken out anew, Irgun Zval Leuml. underground army, undertook the operaUon from this prospective capital of Jewish Palestine against the ad vice of Haganah, army of the Jewish agency. An estimated 1000 men toot part Uie biggest strength, said Tel Aviv neoola. Irgun yet has shown. High Irgun officer told report ers last night Arab defenders had fallen back into the middle f Jaffa, a neighboring city of 9S.se, and Irgun soldiers were going on with the attack. Earlier, Hebrew newspaper said the drive had car ried a mile into Jaffa's frontier Manihieh quarter. Assault 8UIU Other source said Uie under ground assault had stalled on run ning up against British troops with mechanized equipment They said the British had told Haganah Tel Aviv would be shelled unless Irgun fell back Into Uie no man land between the cities. Thi morning there was no offU-j clal information on whether . Irgunists still held whatevergaina were ' made1 'hi yesterday's Anting. Only sporadic gunfire had been heard overnight in Twin City borderland- Shortly after dawn today, Haga nah loudspeaker trucks cruised midtown Tel Aviv ordering Irgun to clear streets to Jaffa which it had blocked . yesterday. Strong Haganah forces were seen standing by. Two hours later Uie traffle blocks still were up. Arab Legion Attack Seen CAIRO, April 26 (IP) A well informed source said today King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan will lead his British - trained Arab legion against the Jews in Palestine im mediately. This source, one of the best In formed In Cairo, said this waa decided in a conference of Abdul lah with other Arab leaders Sat urday. He said Abdullah would lead Uie movement In person. Some 10.000 of Abdullah's sol diers about two-thirds of tho Arab legion already are In Pal estine on security duty with the British. The British have said they will drop their mandate over Palestine May 15 and withdraw all their troops by August 1. Within ihe last week, Abdullah has conferred with political leaders of neighboring Arab countries. Last Thursday he told reporters in hia capital, Amman, that the drive for a Jewish homeland in Palestina endangered Arab peace and liber ty. "I call on all Arab countries." ha said then, "to Join my army In s movement to Pnlestine to retain the Arab character of that coun try." Trans-Jordan Is just across the Jordan river east of Palestine. The British recognized lt as an Independent kingdom by a 1948 treaty. Military Backing For Anti-Red Nations In Europe Plans Made WASHINGTON, April 26 Uft A program of military backing for the anti-communist block In Western Europe Is reported to be -i the final stages of administration planning. Work on the program is expected to be stepped up by Secretary of State Marshall who returned to his desk todny after four weeks at the Inter-American conference at Bo gota, Marshall, who flew back Saturday, lost no time reporting to President Truman. He wns scheduled for a White House meeting at noon pre sumably to discuss the Bogota ses sion and review top diplomatic problems. One of the Issues on which a top government decision Is expected soon Is the problem of outright talks between Uie United States and Ui nations now organizing a Western European union on the nature and extent of political and military co operation. Speculation on the pattern this nation's political-military relation! with the Western bloc may eventu ally take subject to President Tru man's approval and decisions by congress Includes these possibili ties: 1 A revival of military lend lease. 1 2 Formation of what would amount In fact to a military alliance; between the United States and the European countries. 3 Use of military missions. 4 Tighter high-command relations.