Show T fOREIGN FLIERS GET CONTRACTS Mitchell Board Told of Activities in South and Central al Amer America ca WASHINGTON Dec DE-c. 11 AP AP foreign loreign Interests have secured exclusive ex exclusive ex- ex x- x concessions for lor or air aIr operation opera opera- tion Jn In n South America the Mitchell court martial was told to today ay by Major George V. V Strong of the army general staff In Central America Major Strong testified there t ere have been concessions granted but th they y have not been exl exclusive In Colombia he said a concession was negotiated by German capItalists capitalists cap cap- with the Colombian gov- gov t. t Guatemala had given a concession conces conces- short sion to a French concern but Major Strong said It was not an exclusive Representative J Frank U- U Reid chef counsel for Colonel Mitchell told the court these concessions had been reported to the war wal- department department department depart depart- ment by y Major Roycroft Walsh orthe or orthe f the arm army air service who held heir them to be a serious menace menie e to the defense defense de lIc de- de of the canal Major Strong said Major Walsh's report had been used as the tho basis of a avar aar var ar ar department recommendation recommend recommend- tion the state dep department fD for lhee the e establishment of a United States Stat air mall mail service in Central Americ but that negotiations between between- The two departments and with of the post postOffice Office and commerce derailments departments still sUI ors ni Jn in progress I The court then turned to Colonel Conel Mitchells Mitchell's charge that the national guard has lc ben been n flying without parachutes for l. ev rl l. Captain Captain Cap Cap- tam tain R. R V W. Mackle Mackie of or Houston Tex national guard air officer anc and commercial flier filer testified for for the prosecution the that air all squadron of which he was ri a member was supplied supplied sup sup- sup sup- plied piled with parachutes a Il year ago an and no pilot was allowed to take the air without a parachute Althe All Al the planes the squadron had he heald said ald could be operated by pilots wearing parachutes |