European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday january 18, 1950 u. S. Warned on fast russian a plane soviet seen building supersonic Craft Washington Jan. 1,7 ins Congress was warned on highest authority yesterday that Russia is building a Long Range supersonic a Arlam to carry the atom bomb and that the . Can counter the threat Only by vigorous and the warning was contained in the �5th annual report to the Congress of Hie National advisory committee Jor aeronautics nac atop fed eral aviation research authority members of which include military scientific government and Industrial leaders. That toe administration realizes Hie importance of the research pro Gram is evidenced by the $8,500,000 increase requested by president Truman in Naca s next budget from $56,100,000 to 164,600,000,. Jerome a Hunsaker Kaca chairman Eaid in the report with out naming Russia we must accept the View that flight at super sonic speeds by practical military air planes can be attained by any nation willing to make the Effort another nation has apparently achieved Success in developing an atomic explosion. It is logical to assume that an intensive Effort is being made to develop a Means for transporting atomic weapons with As High a degree of effectiveness As the report asserted that Superior Speed is the most important single element in successful air attack and de Ense but add id that Range also is important the attainment of Long Range at supersonic speeds poses a most difficult problem the report said. For America to continue its pres ent supremacy in the air will re quire that it develop military air Craft that can Fly faster than sound. As in the Case of the atomic bomb America cannot expect to enjoy an exclusive advantage. At Best it can Only plan by vigorous and timely research to stay ahead of any potential enemy in the development of aircraft of Superior committee membership includes Gen Hoyt Vandenberg air Force chief of staff Gen James a Doo Little and or. Edward u. Condon National Bureau of standards director other disclosures in the report 1the supersonic research pro Gram started with the Bell i and Douglas skyrocket both of which have cracked the sonic Barrier now numbers More than a half dozen different types of planes. It was hinted that several of these have flown faster than sound 763 Mph at sea level. 2progress is being made to solve the biggest problem of Long Range supersonic flight creation of Jet and. Rocket engines capable of vigorous research urged to meet threat flights of reasonable duration but the solutions Are exceptionally 3the i has been put through at least one violent Man Euver at great Speed. It had been feared that a Pilot could not withstand super sonic Maneu vers. 4research has been started on an air plane designed to Fly Tail first at supersonic Speed. 5progress is being made on i development of materials to with stand terrific temperatures of Jet and rocket engines a problem which whipped nazi scientists. 6it was Learned that War would find a Jet plane fuel shortage Soa new fuel formula was developed which would double the Supply. Carusi charges do Law bars religious groups Washington Jan. 17 up chairman Ugo Carusi of the Dis placed persons commission said Here that the present do Law closes . Doors to 130.00c refugees almost a catholics and jews who otherwise would have been eligible for admission. His radio statement was the first Concrete evidence the administration has offered to Back up president Truman s assertion that the Law was unfair to catholics an jews. The claim had bean hotly disputed by chairman Pat Mccarran of the Senate judiciary committee who was opposing the administration backed Bill to liberalize the Pilot 42, wins midget flight Miami Jan. 17 to Jpn Stev Wittman of Oshkosh wis pressed Bis midget plane to a new Speet record of 185 Mph to win the Continental trophy air race sunday at the Al american air Maneu Versher. The 42-year-old private Airport owner won the t r o p h y for the second straight year. Wittma designed his own plane. Wittman broke his own record of 184.456 Mph which he set on the first Day of the race and took $ 1,000 in prize Money the National acrobatics contest was taken by Rodney j o c c 1 y a of Langhorne a a newcomer to airshows who displaced Bevo Howard of Charleston s.c., Holder of the title for two years. Jocelyn received$1,750. It col William d. Haviland of Jacksonville fla., commander of the 159th so. Florida air National guard provided unscheduled Airo basics. He escaped injury by Landing an f80 shooting Star Jet plane some two Miles from the Field without Power and with the wheels still folded. The elevator of the plane was knocked off when the Tail was struck by another Jet plane during a for mation flight across the Field at 1,000 feet. End of Mississippi manhunt film Snar gets video Post new York Jan. 17 a film tar Robert Montgomery has been appointed an executive television producer by the National Broad casting co he is giving up acting for a time to concentrate on the new Job. Present Law. Carusi said the moment the present Law came into existence roughly 130,000 otherwise eligible displaced persons were immediately disqualified by dateline and some by preference and priority he added that practically every one of those people so disqualified was Catholic or jewish predominantly disputes senator s assertion he also disputed Mccarran s re cent statement that the Loose administration of the do Law permitted a flood of potentially subversive aliens to enter the . He said the entry of radicals or subversives would have to be by an oversight of carelessness or by extreme cleverness on the part of a few who might wish to pass a eligible meanwhile in new York vice president Alben w. Barkley predicted the Senate would overwhelmingly adopt the displaced persons Bill increasing the number of Dps to be admitted to this country and removing restrictions and discrimination that Are now n the present Barkley said the House passed Bill which would admit 339,000 Dps is scheduled to be reported to he floor by the Senate judiciary committee Jan. 25. He added that if the Senate had been permitted to vote on that Bill in the last ses in or if it is permitted to vote on it at this session it will overwhelmingly adopt the new Bill in creasing the number which May ome Here and remove Resl Ric ions and discrimination that Are now in the present escaped prisoners Leon Turner left and Wendell Whitt Are searched after being tracked Down with bloodhounds in Mississippi. The men were accused of the revenge killing of three children of a negro tenant Farmer. They had been jailed originally on a charge of attempted rape of the Farmer s stepdaughter. Standing guard Over them is c. B. Grammer in striped trousers a prison trusty who once four Thunder the ring name of hog jaw Mullens. Acme grand jury report scores lurid . Crime wave wife files Snake pit suit new York Jan. 11 up a noted concert manager s wife has accused her husband of Locking her away for 20 years in a make pit insane Asylum although she was Ane. In a suit for separation filed in supreme court mrs. August Hearne Foley 64, said her husband Charles j. Foley had her judged insane and incompetent in 1927 when she a in poor health. Mrs. Foley. Member of a wealthy Virginia family said the next 20 years were ones of brutality physical assault and solitary confinement in St. Vincent s Retreat Harrison . She was declared Seine in 1947 and released. The suit asked that Foley give an accounting of �100,000 of mrs. Foley s Money which he took charge of when she was confined. The Foley were married in 1916. He a been of Many leading International musical stars including Geraldine Tarrar Serge Rachmaninoff and Fritz Kreisler. Los Angeles Jan. 17 up a grand jury report has claimed that los Angeles is suffering an appalling and fearsome crime wave but mayor Fletcher Bowron said the picture painted by the Iury was rather the Survey submitted by fore Man Harry Lawson and 18 fellow jurors As the 1949 panel was Dis charged cited an alarming in crease in unsolved murders another major crimes. This shows ineffectiveness in a enforcement agencies and the courts that should not be tolerated he jury said. Bowron said this was practically a restatement of the jury s interim report made in the fall. In defense of Law enforcement agencies he answered that the City s record of unsolved crimes s lower percentage Wise than that of any City in the . Of similar size. The jurors did not single out any particular Law enforcement Agency As responsible for releasing criminals who Are writing a record of crime that includes murders mysterious disappearances an loathsome sex the Heads of most state country fragrant rubber Wilmington dfil., Jan. 17 a a firm Here said it is making hot water bottles and rubber cushions which will give out the scent of Mountain air after a and City police agencies either kept quiet about what they thought of the report or were unavailable for comment the police Force itself headed by. Retired Marine Brig Gen William a. Worton since the former chief re tired during the grand jury s investigation of his department was the most close mouthed of All. Listed among aspects of the los Angeles underworld was an extensive traffic by abortionists dope paddlers bookmakers and Gam eight women murdered As for sex crimes the jury said there have been seven women murdered since Elizabeth Short the Black Dahlia was hacked to death in 1947. Names of two vanished women socialite Mimi Boomhower and actress Jean Spangler also were noted under the heading of mysterious they dropped from sight last fall. As for mobsters and gangsters Many have repeatedly been taken into custody and released just soften the jury said this apparently was a comment on activities of Gambler Mickey Cohen whose tangled interests were the subject of much testimony Dur ing the jury s report submitted to Superior judge Robert h. Scott said jurors noted indications of possible pay offs to Law enforcement officers. Hoover says 170 phones tapped by Fri Washington Jan. 17 a the Fri has 170 telephones in the us. And its possessions tapped in connection with International Rhy investigations Fri director j. Edgar Hoover said Here. Hoover in a special statement said this fact contradicted the hysterical utterances of those who would have us believe that wire tapping by the Fri is unrestricted and is utilized on a wholesale modern techniques must be used in dealing with treason espionage sabotage and the kidnapping of Little children Hoover comments formed part of a running commentary which the Justice department has been con ducting with its critics Over us of wiretapping in obtaining evidence. Established policy j. Lawrence by former chair Man of the Federal communication commission was among those Mot outspoken against the week attorney general j. Howard Mcgrath defended the practice of wiretapping As an established policy of the department originally set up under president Roosevelt. Hoover said the Fri did not make policy merely followed it there has been no concealment of either the policy or practice of wiretapping he added. Although he mentioned by name no critics Hoover said in recen weeks Here has been an increased circulation of inaccurate information and half truths on wiretapping statements have been made which Are so untrue and legally unsound that i am forced to con clude that they were to Iva de for the purpose of confusing gop to Price spending Bills Washington Jan 17 a the republicans this week set up a committee in the House to hang a Price tag on every administration spending Bill. Gop House Leader Joseph Martin of Massachusetts named rep. John Taber . A to head the group of 21 congressmen and set Forth full costs in a report once a month on authorizations new projects and actual appropriations. Martin promised it will search for hidden items that would shoot costs to unexpected Heights in future years As has been the Case in so Many new Deal programs in the movie Huck finn put on probation Chicago Jan. 17 a Jackie Moran Huckleberry finn in the film version of Mark Twain s Tom Sawyer was put on two years probation by a Federal judge Hereford stealing and driving a car from Florida to South former boy Star is now 26 and a radio writer in Chicago. Judge Michael l. Igoe warned authorities of other cities to keep their hands off Moran during his probation period. Igoe said thera were proceedings pending against Moran in los Angeles Philadelphia and Keokuk Iowa on bad Check charges. Igoe told Moran that re habilitation is up to 2 married couples killed in Alabama plane crash Leeds ala., Jan. 17 a a Small private plane crashed on a Alabama Mountainside killing two married couples flying Home from Chanute kan., to victims were or. And mrs. Bedford Miley and or. And mrs. E. L. 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