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DAILY NEWS. MONDAY, JULY 26, 1943 Me AirmdiisSes' Meporied Blazing Skies issian pyresi Berlin, July 25 (P). Gen. Lucius D. Clay, U.

Germany, declared tonight that the U. S. is willing to Union, but not under duress." By duress he referred S. military governor for negotiate with the Soviet to the Russian blockade Yakima. July 25 (U.R).

A day after two Eastern Air Line pilots reported seeing a flame-shooting sky monster near Montgomery, two Veteran Civil Aeronautics Administration employes said today they saw a silvery moonlike object floating through the air over this city. Within a short time the local mk i im; i Jr. i i in i mmmm wm mamm i i' Hi fi'n "i i I CAA office was flooded with calls from persons in the area, all in the area, ail in quiring about the object wnicn was described as silver, shaped like a ball." The two CAA men who reported seeing the object were communi cations men at the Yakima airport. They reported seeing it at about 2 P. P.

M. New York time) and again around P. M. Both said the apparition seemed to have "flashing lights, like fog lights." They said it could not have been a weather balloon, because it was flying west, against the wind. A Portland, resident also reported today that "a big, round, bright object going west veered southwest in an awiul hurry." William B.

Applke said it bore no resemblance to plane, but was roundish like a disk." "In Atlanta, the two Eastern Air Line pilots maintained stoutly today that the flame-shooting monster they saw yesterday near Montgomery was a "man-made gadget." Two Rows of Windows. Capt. C. S. Chiles of Atlanta and copilot John Whitted of Hapeville, claimed they saw the huge ship, a wingless affair four times the circumference of a B-29 fuse lage, during a routine flight from Houston, early yesterday morning.

Today they denied suggestions that it might have been a meteor or comet, or an Army radar observation balloon. Chiles said the clearest thing he saw was two rows of windows, each about the size of house windows all lighted up from inside." "You could see right through the windows and out the other side," Chiles added. Neither pilot reported any sign of the life aboard the "monster." Only one of Chiles' passengers was awake at the time, and he saw a "continuous light" at the time of Berlin. Clay said at a press confer-1 cnce that the meeting here today of top American diplomats from Moscow, London and Washington was "to exchange views and present a united front in all diplomatic negotiations. Asked if there had been any discussion of measures that might be taken should the Russians try to interfere with the air shuttle operation to Berlin, Clay replied: "The planes will continue to fly no matter what happens in the corridors." Iore C-34s Due Soon.

He revealed that additional C-54's will start arriving in Germany from the U. S. soon, with the aim of increasing- the airlift rapacity to more than 4,000 tons dailv. "this will make it possible for us to fill Berlin's minimum needs for many months to come, Clay said. Asked whether the U.

S. and other western powers were considering other than diplomatic measures to break the Soviet hold on Berlin, Clay replied: "All diplomatic measures must be exhausted first-" implied that the U. S-, besides continuing negotiations in regular channels, might also present its case to the United Nations. After the conference, which lasted more than two hours. Ambassador Lewis Douglas from London, Ambassador W.

Bedell Smith from Moscow, and Charles Bohlen, the State Department's Russian expert, left for the British capital. Hint Truman-Stalin Talks Clay said the conference was lield in Berlin because of his illness, which developed on his flight last week to Washington. He is sufferine from a lame back and neck which make it difficult for him to move. Clav's remarks indicated that there had been a shift in the U. S.

position on the Berlin issue, bringing it into line with the British and French positions. There was speculation in Berlin that a new Hie Four Foreign Ministers con ference, or perhaps even a meeting in Rimouski. Quebec, Julv bushland on the tip of Quebec's 28 persons abourd, most line announced today Canadian aviation history. Company officials identified the -victims as 24 lumberjacks, two crew men and the daugnter anu ron-in-law of the air line's vice president. Half-Hour Hop.

The plane took off in poor weather from Port Menier on Anti-costi Island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence about 4 P. New York time yesterday, bound for Gaspe, tome 73 miles away. The flight should have taken about half, an hoar. The lumberjacks, who lived on Average net paid circulation for Jane exceeded Daily- 2,350,000 The 'Larfjefct and' Sun- 28 Die NEWS AROUND THE CLOCK from the Daily News is broadcast over WNEW at 1130 on the diaL Regular editions 24 times a day on tfrb hali hour.

Extra editions on the hour whenever news is urgent. Bulletins at once. the pilots reportedly saw the craft. He was C. L.

McKelvie of Columbus, Ohio. Report Light Streaks. Both Whitted and Chiles said they talked to another Eastern Air Line crew which reportedly saw "streaks of light" like the one reported by McKelvie. That flight was southbound from Washington, D. and the streaks were reported seen on the horizon between Blackstone, and Raleigh, N.

(In New York, Capt. Lou Feld-vary, pilot of the other EAL plane, said he and his copilot, A. J. Egger, had seen what appeared to be a rocket trail going very fast a'ong the horizon. Feldvary said Egger is a Navy veteran and a rocket expert.

(The Associated Press said that at? Indianapolis a housewife reported she and her family saw a similar flame-spurting aircraft Thursday night, more than 24 hours before it was seen near Montgomery. Mrs. Thomas L. Sayer described it as a ball of fire which shot two jets of flame downward at regular intervals. She said she watched it about three minutes, after which it flared up, shot out streamers of flame and disappeared.) Air Force, Coast Guard and civilian air officials and plane manufacturers dec'ared they never heard of anything like the air monster which Chiles and Whitted reported.

TIME OF TIDES (Bj U. 8. Cotit and Geodetic Sumy! Bind Rook Got. li. Hell Gal A.M.

A.M. P.M. P.M. Fish arater 12MIH 1:03 Jt :3 Low water 5:59 31 8:31 8:3 RECORDS IN AMERICAN CITIES Obaervationp at ITnttpd State WpAthpp Bureau lUlmns taken at 8:30 P. M-.

Sunday. PreeipltetiOB TemDeraturea in Inchea Last 24 Huura Higil Low Latt 24 Cltiea Albany Atlanta Boston Cincinnati Hourt Weathet Tlenr Clear Clear P.Cl.ly Clear Clear Clear P.cmy Clear P.Cltly Clear Clear P.Clily Clear 79 HH 2 H2 X5 14 H.t 85 81 80 7H 51 6.t 58 1 70 fK 77 5 5 3 51 65 64 Denver 1 Paso I Angeles Miami Minneapolis ew York Salt Lake City Seattle St. Louii Wash'irton, D. C. 85 1948 1945, Su JMm Tim 1M ttm Jri Sat 25 26 27 28 2930 31 1948 -afaugwt 194ft Sun afcei Tu WeJ ThU Fri Jai 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 jEftttred -as 3d, class matter, P.

New York, N. Y. U. S. Ambassador Lewfs Douglas a last-minute note for Gen.

Clay Terapelhof Airport, Berlin, as he aid takes the of President Truman and Premier Stalin, might be arranged an effort to end the Berlin crisis. The meeting here of the high-ranking U. S. officials touched off the report. There was no official comment on them.

Clay told newsmen he had discussed in Washington all. phases (Asonatcl Press Radiofotof (on hands and knees) hands down from the doorway of a plane at leaves for London. Gen. Clay's message. of the Berlin situation and that he and Bohlen had outlined to Smith and Douglas the official attitude of Washington.

Clay indicated the West might be willing to discuss a new pro posal on currency, if necessary, in (Continued on page Si, eoL J) DAILY ALMANAC Quebec Airliner Crash 25 (U.R). A DC-3 airliner crashed and burned in desolate fog-and-rain-swept Gaspe Penninsula last night, killing the m. .1 1 S-Jl 1 1 1 1 1 A oi tnem noiiaay-Douna mmoerjacKs, tne Air 4 0 1 -POST iNitR ANTICOSTI 4AO StJ GASPE PENINSULA sS. KS NEW MONDAY, JTTLT 26. 1948 (U.

S. Weather Bureau Forecast) (Dajlight Savins Time) Mostly sunny and warmer. Highest temperature in mid SOs; moderate southwesterly winds. Tomorrow, cloudy with showers. THE FW lHi.

MUUN July20Q Fu July 29jlt Q. Aug. New Aug. 1 1 B) Pint Q. BAROMETER Sunrise, 5:46 A.

sunset, 8:18 P. M. Moon rises, 11:13 P.M.; sets. 10:54 A.M. Morning star, Venus; evening star.

Mars. TEMPERATURES IN NEW YORK MAXIMUM, 6:10 P. 80 MINIMUM, 6:55 A. 65 Highest this date. 94 in 1892 Lowest this date, ES in 1920 4 a.

a. 75 6:10 p. m80 5 a. 66; Noon 76 7 p. 78 6 a.

6 1 p. 77 8 p. 78 m. 6.. 2 p.

7S 9 p. 76 6fi 3 p. 7S10 p. 74 6fi 701 4 p. 5 p.

6 P. 77 ill p. 73 78MidniKht72 m. 791 1 a. 70 HUMIDITY, 6S at 8:00 A.

M. 67 at 10:00 P. M. For twenty. four hours ended at 8:00 P.

July 25: Mean temperature, 72; normal. 75; average above normal since July 1, 1.48 degrees. Precipitation, none; total since Jan. li 37 44 incheR) abY normal. 13 inches.

Total since July .7.36 inchest; abee reported to airline headquarters that "the wreckage is a complete washout. Cause of the accident was not determined. INDEX TO FEATURES Page Page C.D.Batchelor 21 Orphan Annie 26 Doris Blake 39 Parents Aid 37 Correct Thing 39 Patterns 29 Crossword 27 People's Voice 21 Daily Dish 27 Poor Rich Man 26 A. Donnelly 29 Powerhouse 41 Editorial 21 Radio TV 31 FathirTi 28 TJwina 9 Friend in Need 33 Serial Story Garden Guide 37 Service Men 36 Gasoline Alley 32 Short Story 34 The Gumps 29 Smilin'Jack 38 Help Wanted 30 Smitty 28 Hedda Hopper 32 Sports 40 Horoscope 38 Ed Sullivan 32 Inq.Fotog -21 Harold Teen 25 Intel'g'ce Test 29 Terry 34 Moon Mullins 39 Theatres 35 Movies 36 Djck, Traty. 33 1 The Neighbors 33 Dr.

Van Dellen 36 Star indicate mcena of plan crash. mall, timber-rich Anticosti, were bound for a vacation on the mainland. Shortly after 5:10 P. M. Royal Canadian Mounted Police saw the plane circle the Cape Rosier area twice.

Then they lost sight of it. A few minutes later, they heard an, explosion A Rimouski, ALnfs pilot wa k-as -La..