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Today's Smile MM OSAKA, Japan, Thursday, Aug. 21 (AP The monks at Tennoji temple have set up a beauty parlor at half price and now plan a hotel and restaurant. The black-robed monks have (one commercial to pay for upkeep of the temple. There has been a postwar drop In attendance and contributions. Good Morning Double.

Double, Toll and Trouble. Candidates Bora and Chairmen Bubble. Volume I9J Number 62 Entered as second class matter, -Albuquerque, ii Post Office under act of Congress 1S79. 72nd Year Thursday Morning. August 21, 1952 Published Every Morning 24 Pages in Two Sections Price 7c Me Hea ronnps'iinn Bom to 11 Eisenhower Work for ms a Urges Targets internal Strife Avoid Separate Slate, GOP Man Urges South WASHINGTON, Aug.

20 (JP) Southern Democrats who want to cast an effective vote for Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower for President should avoid setting up an independent slate of electors, a Republican official said today. Okinawa Based 29s Blast Two Target Areas In North Korea Capital SEOUL, Thursday, Aug. 21 (AP) Thirty-eight U.

S. B-29 Superforts blasted 400 acres of supply stockpiles, industrial plants and troop billets into a blazing inferno during By WAYNE S. SCOTT Movements were underway Wednesday within both political parties to unseat the present state chairmen. Both parties appeared to be more ridden by strife than at any previous time in recent years. And it is the first time in an the popular vote Otherwise, this official said Stevenson Put On Louisiana Ballot With Slap BATON ROGUE, Aug.

20 (INS) Gov. Adiai Stevenson was awarded the traditionally Democratic spot on the Louisiana ballot today. The State Executive Committee, however, virtually in vited Democrats to vote Republi can. xne unpreceaemea siap ai inejare backing the Stevenson-Spark- that both parties have been City Arroyo Flood Control Measures Urged at Meeting Greater allowance for arroyo flood hazards in city planning was urged Wednesday night at a meeting of the flood control committee sponsored by American Legion Post 13. After several speakers rapped the city for allowing subdivisions in known arroyos and low places, Don M.

Higgins urged that the committee be represented on the City Planning Commission. City Engineer E. O. Betts said that it has been only within recent months that he has been allowed to inspect plats of new subdivisions to see that they include easements for floodways. Tells of Fight 'I fought with everything I had on that Kirtland Addition," Betts said.

"But I couldn't prevent that street in the arroyo. He complained that plats had been "shunted around" him. 'The flood problem eventually becomes he said. "I should have a chance to prevent it. Ralph Charles of the Bureau of Reclamation said he recalled early days in Albuquerque when Zia Gardens and the Stronghurst areas were lowlands suitable for pastures and flood overflow.

Harold B. Elmendorf of the Soil Conservation Service pointed out the city was still growing, and steps should be taken now to prevent flood disasters in neighborhoods yet to be built. Need Floodways If we allow space for highways, we should allow for floodways," he said. "Campus Boulevard should have been a floodway instead of a street." J. A.

Jacobson of the Water Users Assn. said: "Let's stop the promoters from selling land in arroyos to unsuspecting people." Consensus was reached at the Continued on Pae Two Polio Toll In State Still Grows By the Associated Press nnna Ana Countv's nolio case Stalin Takes Step To Tighten Control, Speed War Goods Calls First Communist Congress Since War; Warns of Rebellion By the Associated Press The Stalinist dictatorship made it crystal clear to the people of the Soviet Union Wednesday that the Kremlin, through its rule over the Com munist party, mtends to exercise complete and ruthless control over every nook and cranny of Soviet life. It indicated that opposition has been stamped out, and expressed an implied threat against any possible new opposition. An announcement that an all-union congress of the Communist party will be convened Oct. 5 is the most important political event inside the USSR since the war.

Long awaited, the announcement indicates a down-the line strengthening of the dictatorship from top to bottom, possibly with World War III in mind. The army and navy are distinctly warned that they are under the control of the Communist party. So are all organs of gov- ernment; Gives Warning New statutes of the party published today the congress will af fix its rubber stamp in October speak this warning: "Extensive discussion, notably discussion on the all-union scale, of questions of party policy, must be organized in such a manner that it does not lead to attempts by an insignificant minority to! impose its will on the party's majority, or to attempts at forming fractional groupings, destroying the unity of the party, to attempts at splitting which may shake the strength and stability of the socialist system." At the same time the Kremlin made it plain, with the announcement, that the USSR would put on all the steam at its command to reach economic equality with the West. By implication it informed its agents in the West through the announcement that steady infiltration and disorganization of Western political groups must be stepped up through a form of the popular front tactics, to maintain an effective fifth column abroad in a state of alert. First in 13 Years The all-union congress will be the first in 13 years.

The party will be told it is undergoing a sweeping reorganization dictated from the very top. Government agencies will be told the fifth five-year plan must increase Soviet industrial output 70 per cent by 1955. Thismeans output in sinews of war. Prime Minister Stalin may speak. If he follows past procedure, he would use the occasion for a major pronouncement of the USSR's position in world affairs.

It should be a massive propaganda blast, aimed at convincing the world the Soviet Union is the bulwark of world peace abroad and is "progressing toward Communism" at home. Wednesday's announ cement, published in all Moscow papers, included a draft of new party statutes which leave no doubt as to the total control of the party from the top, and total control of the country's 200 millions by the six million members of the party. Little Pretense at Democracy There is little pretense at democracy. The intent is clear: the law must be laid dawn unmis Continued on Pass Four oipiiess of so torn at the same time. The chairmen now the target for dissatisfied groups within their parties are Harry D.

Robins, Republican, and Waldo Spiess, Democrat. The Republican dissention, longstanding between Robins and his supporters of Gen. Patrick J. Hurley, the party's senatorial nominee, flared again into a critical stage with the dispute over division of authority between Robins and Alvin Stockton, recently, named GOP campaign chairman. The Democratic dispute is an outgrowth of the primary battle between Everett Grantham.

Albu querque, and Lake Frazier, Ros- weii, lor the party's gubernatorial nomination. Grantham won the nomination. Filo Sedillo, Valencia County Democratic chairman, has charged Spiess is now "purging" "supporters of Frazier from party posts. Meet in Santa Fe A group of the dissatisfied Democrats met in Santa Fa Wednesday and decided to de mand some changes in the organization of the campaign. They decided to present their demands to Grantham as soon as a meeting with him can be arranged.

JtiepuDiican activity centered on Albuquerque. princiDallv because General Hurley was in this city io auaress a meeting oi the downtown Kiwanis Club. Hurley appeared to be doing his best to stay aiooi irom tne party strife. But the situation had reached such a stage it was impossible for him to do so, as all the Republicans who are dissatisfied with Robins' management of the party were calling upon him to take the initiative in seeKing to wrest the chairmanship from Robins. If it is decided to attempt to oust Robins, the attempt will be made at Monday's meeting of tho state GOP central committee.

That body is the supreme governing group of the party, with Dower to name and remove a chairman. Just Running' All Im doinff is runninff fnr senator," declared Hurley. "I haven't time for personal quarrels." But reports from his HiTtnn lin tel suite, scene of many conferences during the day and which telephone calls were going to all parts, of the state, were to the effect his group is "counting noses" of the more than 200 members of the central commit tee in an attempt to find out whether the majority favors ousting of Robins. If the countine indicates a crnnA chance for success of the move. said the reports, a motion to remove Robins will be placed before the central committee.

On the other hand, if such a move appears likely to be defeat- Contlnoed on Page Four County Politicos Pledge Loyalty Bernalillo Countv ReniiMiran candidates pledged Wednesdav tn support each other and all state ana national candidates. The action was taken in a fnrm. al resolution passed bv the GOP candidates at a "strategy" meet ing, according to Dale Dilts, Republican nominee for probate judge, who acted as spokesman after the session. Dilts reDorted tht ranrtirtnt also gave State Chairman Harrv D. Robins a vote of appreciation for his work in helping plan the county campaign.

Votes on both resolutions were Dilts reported. The candidates also made general plans for an advertising campaign to utilize newspapers, radio and television. Hole in Street Caused Car Damage, Driver Says Page H. Lounsberrv. 1718 Shadyside Dr.

SW, reported his car was damaged Wednesdav when he hit a hole in the street in the 1800 block of Lomas Blvd. NE. Lounsberry said the hole in the pavement was about 18 inches deep and about five inches wide. Damage to the car was not estimated. The Weather ALBl QCKRXjrK AND VICINITY: Part ly cloudy Thursday and Friday with a lew scattered afternoon and evening: thun- dershowers.

No Important change In temperature. High Thursday 92. Low Thursday night 60 in the Valley; 65 la tho Height. STEW MEXICO: Partly cloudy with widely scattered showers and thunderstorm Thursday, and Friday. Not much temperature change.

High Thursday 85-95 in the North, 9O-10O in the South. Low Thurs day nignt eo-70 in tn outa ana extreme Sast, 65-85 elsewhere. Major Candidate Raps 'Negative, Stupid Business of War' General Criticizes Power Centralization In Boise Address BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 20 (AP) Gen. Dwight hower called tonight for devotion of America's energies to peace "and not to the sterile negative, stupid business of The Republican presidential nominee told a cheering crowd that best can be done by turn ing the Democrats out of power in the November election.

"We have had for a long time in power a. government that un plies the philosophy of the Eisenhower declared. The GOP candidate for the White House spoke from" the steps of Idaho capitol to a crowd which State Police Supt. A. Bunderson estimated at "between 19,000 and 20,000 persons." Departing almost entirely from his prepared text, the general said there has been such centralization of power in Washington that "The Government does everything but come in and wash the dishes for the housewife." Strives to -Serve Eisenhower pledged that if elected he would see that we can have a government that does not grow complacent, that- does not growa way from the people and become indifferent to them, and does not become arrogant in the exercise of its powers, but strives to be the partner and servant of the people and not their master." In his prepared text, Eisen hower accused the Truman Ad ministration of traveling "the clear road to the left" in labor-management relations, medical care, and farm policy.

He expressed the same idea in his off-the-cuff remarks, but actually said the government in power "implies the philosophy of the left." In his text, Eisenhower also said the Administration is one which with new names and faces seeks Continued on Paso Eleven Car Kills Woman East of Gallup The State Police Department reported the 212th death on New Mexico highways occurred Wed nesday night when a car driven by Roscoe B. Miller of Miramar, struck and instantly killed Fanny Lindsay, 49, of Continental Divide. The accident happened at 8 p.m. Wednesday six miles east of Gallup on U. S.

66. Mrs. Lindsay was walking across the highway when the Miller car struck her, state police said. The accident was investi gated by Capt. Robert Scroggins of the Gallup State Police.

An inquest will be held at 10 a.m. this morning. The body is at the Rollie Mortuary in Gallup. 50 MPH Gusts Bring No Rain Winds which hit Albuquerque Wednesday afternoon sent clouds of dust over the city and dropped the temperature 15. degrees in less than an hour.

But the squall again failed to leave any moisture, although it was accompanied by black clouds. Elsewhere in the state weather continued hot. Carlsbad, and Ros-well had high temperatures of 101; Tucumcari 100, Hobbs 99, Clayton 97, Santa Fe 90, and Las Vegas 87. Farmington, which had a shower dropping of rain, also posted a cool 87 as its high for the day. Other showers were reported by Zuni, Acomita, Tucumcari, Rodeo, Raton, Clayton and Santa Fe.

Albuquerque had a high temperature of 94. It stood at that point until after 3:30 p. m. The squall, with 50 m.p.h. gusts, struck the citv shortly after 4 p.m.

By 4:30 the mercury had dropped to 79. M-nrly temperatnres at tne Airport: a.m. .....75 1:30 p.m. ......90 1 a.m. 2 :3 a.m.

3:39 a.m. 4:39 a.m. 5:39 a.m. ....73 ....68 ,...68 p.m. ......94 3:8 p.m.

94 4:30 p.m. ......79 6:39 p.m. 77 6:30 p.m. ......77 7:30 p.m. ......77 8:3 p.m.

......74 9:30 p.m. 73 10:30 p.m. ,...7771 11:39 p.m.....7 12:30 a.ntuT.....8 6:30 am. ...70 7:30 a.m. ......71 8:30 a.m.

7 9:36 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 1 1 a.m. 11:30 p.m. .80 .83 .86 .88 THREE UNSAFE HOUSES City "unsafe" placards have been removed from all but three of the Barelas and San Jose area homes damaged in flash floods earlier this year, City Building Supervisor William Stevens said.

The three were damaged beyond repair, he said. for the Republican nominee would be split between the independent slate and the regular Republican list of electors. The vote for the two Eisenhower slates could not be merged. Thus, it would 'be possible for Eisenhower, as a candidate on two tickets, to get a combined popular vote higher than that for Gov. Adlai E.

Stevenson, his Democratic opponent, and still lose a state's electoral vote. No Third Party However, few politicians believe this could happen this year, despite reported southern support for Eisenhower, in view of the Lfact that regular Democratic Dixie organizations for the most nart man ticket and are not talking this year of forming a third party ticket as they did in 1948 to the southern electoral tangle in view of moves in Mississippi, Louisiana and South Carolina to place on the ballot independent slates of electors pledged to Eisenhower. The actions are being considered by Democrats who are op posed to their party's national platform and who wish to vote for Eisenhower without marking a Republican ballot. But an official of the Republican National Committee who wished to remain anonymous contended the only way for dissident Democrats to make their votes count would be for them to: 1- i-Name the same slate of electors as the regular Republicans, or 2 Vote Republican. Plurality Sufficient This official pointed out that under the constitution voters mark their ballots for electors either directly or indirectly depending on the form of state ballot, and not for presidential and vice presidential nominees.

A slate of electors which equals a state's Senate and House memberships doesn't have to get a clear ma jority of all popular votes in a state to get that state's entire electoral vote. A plurality is all that is needed. Thus, if a regular Democratic slate polled 40 per cent of a state's- popular vote and the regular Republican and an indepen dent for Eisenhower slate polled 30 per cent each, the Democratic presidential ticket would get tne state's electoral vote, even though Eisenhower got 60 per cent of the ballots. New Air Strip Saves Boys Life WINDOW ROCK, Aug. 20 UP) Indian trader Sammy Day told Navajos at isolated Pine Springs that if they'd help him build an air strip, it might someday save a life.

The Indians finished the work today. A half hour later 4-year-old Anderson Six got an orange peel caught in his nasal passage and was suffocating. James Bickle, commander of the Navajo Civil Air Patrol squadron stationed at Window Rock, flew to the newly-completed air strip and removed the child to the Ft. Defiance Medical center. Doctors said the child was out of danger, faster.

I'm trying to close in for a better look. This was about 1515 (3:15 p. Five minutes later the two other aircraft turned back." Lt. Paul I. Orner, who was in the tower at the time, said Mantell's "closing-in" message was his last.

Cajpt. J. F. Dassler said that Mantell during radio contact described the object as "bright and climbing away from me moving about 350 miles per hour." Capt. Cary W.

Carter, Godman operations officer, said he heard Mantell say he would climb to 20,000 feet and abandon the chase at that altitude if he failed to close in on the object. Sgt. Blackwell recalled that Mantell spoke of the object as looking "like the reflection of sunlight on an airplane canopy." The Air Force, still probing "flying saucer" reports, has included the Mantell case in a file of unexplained air and early today on the Red Korean capital of Pyongyang Allied Sabre jets earlier Wed nesday shot down three Russian-type MIG jets and damaged two in battles over North Korea, the Fifth Air Force said. It revised upward a preliminary count of one MIG damaged. Communist night fighters made a futile attempt to stop the B-29 raid on Pyongyang, mounted only 24 hours after civilians had been warned by air-dropped leaflets to move away from the military targets.

The Far East Air Forces in Tokyo said all the B-29s returned to their Okinawa base. The raid was the first on the Red capital since Aug. 9. Follows Day Raid "Our entire assigned target was rimmed -ywith fire," said B-29 crewman Robert B. Blacker, Wa-terbury, Conn.

"Blazes were scattered in a heart-shaped pattern." Pilots reported secondary explosions from fuel dumps and munitions stockpiles. The raid followed a daylight strike by 200 Navy carrier-based planes and Air Force Sabre jets on the troop center and supply area of Namyang, 30 miles north west of Pyongyang. Red jets tried to intercept the carrier planes, which in a rare tactic flew westward all the way across the Korean peninsula from the Sea of Japan. Normally "Navy planes concentrate on northeast Korea targets. In the Pyongyang strike, more than 350 tons of bombs were dropped on two targets.

The Air Force said the Reds after the big July 11 and Aug. 9 raids had built up two military bases. One was in the western part of the capital and the other in the eastern section. Albuquerque Man Communist anti-aircraft fire was described as moderate to heavy. The Superforts were over Pyongyang from 9:50 p.

m. until 1:48 a. m. They plummeted high explosives and incendiary bombs at the targets. "I could see bombs cf earlier flights exploding for miles before our bombs were dropped, said Lt Robert D.

Dibble, Albuquerque, N. M. "They continued after we passed over. (Lieutenant Dibble and his family live at 4934 Palo Alto Ave SE. His wife, Rickey, and their five-year-old son, Roger, are at home here.

Mrs. Dibble's parents are living with her while her husband is overseas.) "Flak started three minutes before bombs were away," said Capt Robert R. LePlace, Belvedere, a bombadier. "The flak fol lowed us toward the target, but stopped before we dropped the bombs. It was above', below and behind every place but where we were." The Reds complained in Peip ing radio broadcasts after the July 11 and Aug.

9 raids that more than 10,000 civilians had been killed or injured. Pyongyang was one of the 78 North Korean targets marked for attack by the UN Command in leaflet and radio warnings to North Korean civilians. 30 GIs Swept To Likely Deaths By Flash Flood SEOUL, Thursday, 21. A typhoon-generated flash flood rolled a nine-foot wall of water down a South Korean river bed. Monday and swept 30 American soldiers of the 45th Division off a sandbar to their probable deaths.

The Eighth Army announced today that bodies of only four had been found. Search for the other 26 continued today miles down the stream. Normally the river is only knee-deep; The soldiers had started to ford the stream when the flash flood swept down upon them with crushing weight and speed. Location of stream was not disclosed. Typhoon karen whiplashed Okinawa and Korea earlier this week before it headed into the north Pacific.

The young platoon commander lost his life while trying to save his men. All names were withheld. Two boats were dragging the in an effort to recover more bodies. a four hour raid last night Commission Asks Budget Trimming To Meet Revenue The Albuquerque city commission Wednesday directed trimming of the city's proposed budget to keep expenditures within anticipated revenues. Only police and fire depart ments are to escape cuts.

The commission took the action at a meeting Wednesday, at which it sat officially as a finance board It directed City Manager Edmund Engel to make the budget cuts in preparation for a State Tax Commission hearing on it next Engel immediately ordered the laying off this week of 25 park department employes, said other lay-offs are likely and that the belt tightening will concentrate on personnel reductions. Also to be slashed are former proposed expenses and additions to property. Hospital Fund Cut Elsewhere, the pinch will bej felt city hospitals, being i budgeted $40,000 instead of the $54,000 they asked for for care of indigents. The Animal Shelter Board will be budgeted $2200 instead of the $12,200 in additional funds it asked. There are no plans for raising city employes' pay, including that of policemen and firemen.

The pew budget will include plans for purchase of seven new Continued on Page Two Schools Set Registration Aug 28-29 Public schools registration here starts Aug. 28. By Aug. 29, children attending elementary schools, junior high, high schools and the mountain schools will be registered and ready to start classes when. the school bells ring on Sept.

2. The Board of Education has set up the following registration schedule for Aug. 28. 9:00 a. senior high school students.

8:30 a. seventh graders, junior high school. 1:30 p. eighth graders, junior high school. 1:00 p.

other junior high school students. 1:00 p. mountain schools of Chilili, Escabosa, Juan Thomas, Yrisarri, San Antonito and Car-nuel. On Aug. 29, the following grades will register: 9:00 a.

elementary schools. 8:30 a. ninth graders, junior high school. 8:00 a. high school sophomores.

Registration days have also been assigned to include teachers meet- Contlnued on Page Seventeen Central Paving Reported Assured Early reports of a tabulation of protests against East Central paving indicate the program will stand, one of the city's consulting paving engineers said Wednesday "In accordance with the City Commission's policy that it requires a third or more protest (by front ieet) to protest out a street, Central Ave, was not protested out at last (Tuesday) night's hearing," Gordon Herkenhoff of Her-kenhoff and Turney said. City Commission Chairman Clyde Tingley said that because of the controversy which, has arisen over the district, the protest tabulation will be carefully checked. The tabulation is pre pared by consulting engineers, then checked and reported to the commission by City Attorney Vance Mauney. The project includes two 32- foot roadways separated by a 20 foot divider and has been offered. state aid- national party came as the com- mittee voted.

77-9. to accord Ste- der the state's traditional "rooster" emblem. "This action shall not necessarily be considered an endorsement of the nominees, and shall not, in any event, be considered an en dorsement of the platform," the committee said. Stevenson and his running mate, Sen. John Sparkman, were awarded the ballot, positions usually reserved for endorsed Democrats, the committee said, "only to give voters of this state an opportunity to express their free and independent choice for President Naming a slate of electors pledged to Stevenson, the committee said, "does not seek to bind the Democratic voters to abide by the decisions of the 1952 national Democratic convention." State Annoyed By False Figures On Traffic Toll SANTA FE, Aug.

20 State traffic officials said today New Mexico shows a 12.4 per centj drop in highway deaths on a traffic volume basis this yearj over 1951. At the same time, they expressed impatience because the national safety council retains what they say is an erroneous highway death count for last year. Failure to change the figure, they said, puts New Mexico in an unfavorable light which is not justified. Charles P. Dunwiddie, director of the state traffic safety bureau, listed 211.

highway fatalities through Aug. 19, compared with 226 for the same period last year. On a traffic basis, Dunwiddie said 10.6 deaths occurred per 100 million vehicle miles traveled this year, compared with 12.1 for the first six months of '51. Travel was up 9.1 per cent at the end of June. Dunwiddie and John Kennedy, chairman of the governor's traf-fice committee, said a magazine recently published national safety council figures incorrectly listing New Mexico among states with an increase in highway deaths this year.

The council shows 158 deaths for New Mexico the first half of 1951. The figure should be 168, they said. "We've written several times to the NSC, but they've never corrected their figures," Kennedy said. school girl who said she heard Mantell's plane explode in the air, and a farmer's wife who said the P-51 roared over her house and "fell apart" at tree-top height. The object which-directly or indirectly caused Mantell's death was sighted during a routine training flight involving four P-51s.

All four, pilots saw the weird device. Mantell and two other pilots gave chase. Tech. Sgt, Quinton A. Black-well, a radioman at the Godman tower, gave this account of the air-ground radio contact: "About 1445 (2:45 the flight leader reported sighting the object ahead and above still climbing.

"At 15,000 feet he (Mantell) reported 'Object directly ahead and above and moving at about half my speed. It appears metallic and of tremendous size. I'm still climbing object is above and ahead moving about my speed or Pilot's Account of 'Death Flight' Pursuing 'Flying Object-Revealed total rose to 55 Wednesday. The disease struck four more persons, three of them children. Only Tuesday night another Dona Ana County child, 4 -year-old Romero Carrillo died in El Paso.

He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Romero Carrillo of Fair- 3.CTCS. He" was the second New Mexico child to die of the disease Tuesday. Earlier, Michael Montoya, 6, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Edura Montoya of Dulce, died in a hospital at Durango, of bulbar polio. The Dona Ana County adult stricken Wednesday was Mrs. Adela Passmore, 38, wife of Victor Passmore of Anthony. The children were Nora Jean Bundschuh, 6, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Carl Bundschuh of Mesilla Park; Bernadette Avila, 2, daughter of Mrs. Adela Avila of Las Cruces, and Virginia Nunez, 13-months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pedro Nunez of Hatch.

Four school districts in the county have tentatively postponed opening of the fall term until Sept. 15 because of the large number of polio cases, and school officials say the term may start later. Meanwhile, other new cases were reported in Curry, San Juan and Hidalgo Counties. Mickey Nieves, 8, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Ruben Nieves of Clovis, is the 21st case in Curry County this year. Gary Lewis, 11, son of Mr. and Mrs." G. R. Lewis of Aztec, is the 14th case in San Juan County in 1952.

Robert Dean Clark, 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Clark, was stricken in Lordsburg. Those cases have developed on the heels of a state report showing polio has increased five times the number for the same period last year.

The State Health Dei partment counted 22 more cases in 10 counties by the end of last week. They brought the total for the year to 195, compared with 41 during the same period last year. WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (INS) A strange and tragic drama of the skies was bared today when the Air Force made public a pilot's own description of his "death flight" in pursuit of a mysterious "flying object." Long-secret details of radio communication with Capt. Thomas F.

Mantell just before he perished when his P-51 fighter crashed in Kentucky on Jan. 7, 1948, were revealed without official comment. Disclosure of Mantell's messages to the control tower at Goodman Air Base, Fort Knox, was authorized upon completion of exhaustive investigation which, the Air Force said, leaves the crash unexplained. Apparently, the last words, of the 25-year-old airman, a World War II hero, were these: "I'm. trying to close in for a better look." Fantastic aspects were given to the sky mystery by a 14-year-old.