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TEHERAN, FEB: ✨ PREMIER AHMED QUAVAM ES SALTANEH DECLAR- ED TO-DAY THAT HE HAD NO INTENTION OF RECOGNISING THE AZERBAIJAN GOVERNMENT "IN ITS PRESENT STATE" AND THAT AU- TONOMY FOR THE REBELLIOUS PROVINCE CAN ONLY BE DECIDED BY THE PERSIAN PEO- PBE.
Nuw York, Feb. 9, Dotalis of how Charles Lind- barri dived with apitling guns fi down a Jananoro plane which had eludad four veteran American fighter allots were disclosed by Col, Charles MucDonald In the current issue of Elliers magazine. MacDonald aid Lindbergh. civilian aircra observer
for "I United Aircraft Corporation, flow 50 fighter pilot minions against! the Japanese. He said the fam- IN "LOND
Engle" challanged Sonia type plane after two P-38's ran out of munition trying to down the Sonin, and after Mac- Donald and fourth pilot, both in P-384. also had missed."
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pull.out I said that on the Lindbergh's pinne narrowly mins el the atrieken nganese plane which crashed Into the sea. Muc Donald
Lindbergh's that Lenching in the Pacifle added 608 miles to the mage of the P-38's. (When it was first reported tast fall that Lindbergh downed seve rad onamy planes in the Pacific, Gen. George Kenney, commander of Far Eastern air forces. 201 there you no record of Lindbergh Rhouting down any Japanese).-- Associated Pres.
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Jap. Purge Incomplete
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Cabinet Shipping another
reorganisation KA an aftermath to the govern
interpretation ment's announced
the ultra-nationalist nurge t which, the agency said, affected two Ministers without portfolio.
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Chungking Freedom Committee
Japan
Balloonatic Fantasy
Jap. Military Mind Has Not Changed
SAN FRANCISCO FER, 16. LIEUT-GENERAL TOMOYUKI YAMASHITA IS A SLOW MOVING ELDERLY JAPANESE MILITARIST WHO SEEMS DESTINED BY FATE TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS BIG ISSUES.
A ROUTINE AND RELIABLE MILITARY COMMIN- DER BEFORE PEARL HARBOUR HE WAS SKY- ROCKETED TO FAME IN JAPAN WHEN GIVEN COMMAND OF THE EXPEDITION THAT CON- QUERED SINGAPORE.
Ho Happened to be the man the
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BRIDGE NOTES
WASHINGTON, FEB. 9. THE ARMY AND NAVY DISCLOSED TO-DAY THAT JAPAN, IN A FANTASTIC AND FUTILE ATTEMPT TO AVENGE THE DOO. LITTLE RAID AGAINST JAPAN, LAUNCHED A TOTAL OF 9,000 BALLOONS AGAINST THE UNITED "Recognition of the local au-STATES, WITH POSSIBLY Tokyo High Command picked to tonomy of Azerbaijan or any 900 ACTUALLY REACHING defend the Philippines. His troops other province can be decided THE CONTINENT.
Rot out of hand and burned, raped only by the Persian people," he The services concluded the and pillaged on a grand scale in added. Quavam also announced bomb and radio-carrying bal the debacle that followed. After that he had not decided upon the toons were ineffective both nshe, surrendered, Yamralta was erines, convicted personnel of the proposed nis-propaganda and as a pulitary tried for thear
and sentenced to hang. Mion to Moscow to discuss Per-weapon.
General MacArthur announced "Very alan differences with the Rus-
complete" voluntary that Yamashita would recretly be sinns over alleged Soviet inter-censorship by the United States hanged and stripped of his uni- ference in Iranian internul af- and Canadian press and rallo form because he was convicted of make in the enclosed band?" queries fairs.
denied the enemy information atrocities which are a "blot upon a St. 1oals roader, "I started au latorostlog dobato, which in still golog the military profession." un results of the effort-needed
Meantime.
22 Appeal on." to feed Japanese propaganda
the White for clemency and bolster home morale.
The report said six persons House in Washington and the War Alay in the were killed by the explosion of Department an anti-personnel borah n the execution while President Truman which he has now turned down. landed. Only one or two small
Thus
thus the isue was carried to ground a month or more after it considered the appeal grase fires resulted from ineen-
the
possible bichest diaries. Three hundred silk short of consideration by the 8. Q 4 balloons were launched with radio equipment to Ansh back reports during the trip. balloons were released from the Their main island of Henshu. loads averaged about 50 pounds. One-third were high explosives and two-thirds incendiaries. *** Associated Press,
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Chungking, Fau. 10, Representatives of ait parties except the Kuomintang yesterday met to form a committee to pro- Lect the freedom of the people The Persian complaint to the promised by Generalissimo Chian United Nations that the action Jan. 10. Was of Russian troops in north Iran Kai-shek on
to othe planned o tablish brauchen constituted
abrogation of al} parts of the country.
Meanwhile, the Government ined to the two governments re- Iranian sovereignty was retura- vited the Cointrunists and the Democratic Lease to submit bycently for negotiation with the to-day at the latest their nominee international peace agency re- for seats on the Executive Yuan taming the right to call for n
Neither report at any time. and the Sinte Council. party, however, nopeared willing
Qaavan said that selection of to du so unt it knew exactly
com- what ministries the Government a cabinet had not been
plete and added that "I hope to would allot them.
quarters expressed present it to the Shah within a Communist the view that Dr. Sun Fo. Pre-few days." sident of the islative Yuan.
The Premier said that the would hesitate to accept the Pre-
month will sideney of the Excentive Yuan-elections due next
he feared not be held unless the law pro- Premiershi-brena e
to incur the enmity of the right-hibiting popular voting J6ll Matsumoto,
wine Kuomintang dietards.Aa foreign troops are soclated Prova
Ichizo
Juad of the Cabinet Committee on constitutiona! revision, and Kobava bi. Director of the Recon come unde struction Board, both come The
10 tiranned.
Are
of antionalist motivite U.N.P.R.4.'S GOOD WORK
Both men without portfolio.
Government voerday announc.
while
The
ordered
United Nations
gunrters,
What kind of double did East
Houth, Donlar North South vulnerable
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"MILITARY DISGRACE" But worthy of note is what two D. J 10 8 Japanese Generale aald about Mac. C. K o 802 Arthur's decision. The signi ficant thing about what they say is they obiect princinally, to th way MacArthur propo-es to hang obvious military Yamashita-|||| disgrace. They upenly referred to the Samurai tradition under which
ich a man is allowest to die Bouth
Ton This indicates two things: One 40. is very definite, that the military a08
MacArthur tradition which directed still
honourably." on Frantan U.S. GRAIN KING
soll is changed by Parliament. ON EXPORTS
Russian, British and Ameri-
in were stationed can troops
States Iran in 1941. United
on Jan 1 army personnel left
Chicago, Feb. 9, M. W. Thatcher, president of the national federation of grain
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this year, and British and Sco-operatives, said co-operatives | tary mind at least, Wether it is noted thai Eant's double was a 'onnily
March 2-Associated Press.
RETURNING JAPS
Ministers
had agreed and were ready "to od ita pastil interpretation of the
Washington. Feb. 9. President Truman told Congress viet troops are due to leave by give the Government all the hep scone with which General Mac.
it needs" to get wheat to mar Arthur's Jan. 4 directive will be that by last September the
He said: ket for export." U.N.R.RA. had shipped to war
Everyone is agreed there is no applied.
Kyodo sald Matsumoto in 1942 devasted countries 2,126,000 long
wheat, shortage in the United was adviser to one of the war- tons of relief
Supt. 30, the
States" but there is equal agree time Agencies and Kobayashi ad-
$433,810,000 pplies valued at vier to the Emperial Rule Asso-U.N.R.R.A. had spent or com-
ment that the transportation sys
and tem "hus broken down" ciation in 1941.-Associated Press. mitted $1,122,000,000 for relief,
and more
Shanghai, Feb. 9. than $11,500,000 for
The United States is obligated there is confusion over price po administration. By that date ship- ments including 12,398,000 pounds to help repatriate Japanese from licies.--Associated Press.
Manchuria ELS of food and more
than 03,000 Russian-occupied pounds of medical supplies arriv-woli na from China, Lieut-Gen. said to-day. jed in the Philippines and 60,000,- Albert Wedemeyer
worth
States in disclosing that be is trying to 000
of United
hought by U.N.R.R.A.
SUGAR STUCK
OUT OF DATE
more
Japan lo eradicate in pretty active in the milf- still so vigorou in the minds of the JAPANESE MIND Japanese peonie is not clear.
L
inde The other thing finite. That is. the possibility that not the
Japanese
people consider Yamashita a war cri minal. They have left no doubt that they consider ex-Premier Tojo such but whether they feel the same way, or could be convinced, about Yamashita-who was not in the policy making nasion like Tolis another matter.
AS
Washington, Feb. 10. Political upheavals in Java have
Washington, Feb. 9, prevented the bringing out of a 600,000 tons of sugar
The Navy is laving un three stock of which the United States captured military surpluses have been obtain information from the Ras-
sians on the number of Japanese new and mighty battle cruisers from the Japanese there.
and the transportation the Alaska. Guam
and It is scheduled to wind up there
were Congress to-day learned of this
The 27,500-ton warships a letter by Secretary of operations in Asia on March 31, available.
The overall China Theatre re-built to match the fighting power from
enemy ships
the Agriculture Anderson.-Associatnaxt year.-Associated Press.
natriation programme is moving of such
The changing mode ty ed Press.
at "encouraging speed," the China Scharnhorst. Theatre commander said, "with of warfare and manpower limita- Japanese ations make it unlikely that they more than 300,000
home- to their
ever will see active iluty-Asso ready returned
cinted Press. land"-Associated Press.
NOTICE
Tenders are iasit d for the hire of a going lausch for visiting various islands The craft must be capab of ourying 10 pers30 nel and up to 1 ton of stores, The Contract will be oa monthly basis. Vepia -hould be address ed to CRASC. Q Land Forces Victoria Parrocks, riong Kong.
J. H. GIBSON, Lt Col.. A. A. & Q.M.G., H. Q. Land Forces, Hong Koog, 9th February, 1946.
SMALL ADS. THAT
WAR CRIMINAL PLEADS GUILTY
Yokohama, Feb. 9.
war Shigemaru Odesh, first crimes suspect
guilty to plead here, was to-day sentenced to ten years' hard labour by the 8th Army Military Tribunal. He was Ameri- accused of beating nino can prisoners of war at the Izuka сотк
The
withdrew prosecution charce against Odeshi
f
for res.
Of Split On Site UNO H.Q.
LONDON, FEB. 9.
ponsibility in the deaths of four FRANCE PROPOSED YESTERDAY THAT THE UNIT-
Drisonera on the grounds
that
there
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"reasonable doubt" extensive investigation ! after Associated Press.
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"After South had made bla contract
ent hastily a with an tikk, Doubie, since he hadn't de ubled at bin first opportunity. East replied that it should have beůů obvious that be was Wo all doubitig for a Takeout. granted that was so when we saw bie hand, but are not sure that West could have known when the band was actually being bid.
"It Fast and West wore both exports, what would Esni's double mean in the rivation described l'enalty or & Takeout 1 ouble?"
I would be a Takeout Double.
To
that North's
Their ideas of instice are dif- begin with, remember that south bas ferent than those of the western passed originally and
gard had; and epile which condemned them. Thi.fallure to rebid danios a strong hand.
could cost Someone must have
the cat should realise that when the op Yamashita one more in
man dresse
hand is poor, ble pariner should have middle of a big issue whether he poguts conless weakness and his own is paing to be one of Japan's Na-
a strong laud. hou again, what Mantyrs. ten, twenty or
point would there be lo doubling for tional
Years hence. Associated
penalties? North and South would just "run" to a-kafor contract, thank ing East for warning them of their druger.
Press,
R.C.A.F. STRIKE SPREADS
As a matter of fact, West's own hend should make it obvious that the double is aut for poualties Surdly North and South. should have at least. seven or eight diamonds between them for the two dismus á bið and North's pass of accepto ce; and West can o
horef are East cannot have enougb diamonds for a malty Double.
Odiham, England, Feb. 9. The sit-down strike of 1,500 Royal Canadian Air Force crowhree more diamonds in bin own hard,
men spread ye derday to a second
base, in Gloucestershire. The ori ginal "strikers" have
usked for
the resignation of the Canadian Mr. Colin Gibson, Air Minister,
Yesterday, you were David Bruce and demanded faster redeploy-
Burnstone's partner and, with both ment homeward.
Group Capt. F. A. Hampson, sides vuluarable, you held:
R.C.A.F. personnel officer, tald
air Canadian
force atriking Cana ground crewmen that a deadline would be set for them to return to work and said failure to por form their duties after that could be regarded as mutiny.
S. K 1974
H. 63.
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ED NATIONS DELAY UNTIL NEXT AUTUMN THE SELECTION OF THE SITE FOR ITS PERMANENT HEADQUARTERS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE PROPOSAL APPEARED TO BE BECOMING A CENTRAL ISSUE IN A FIGHT OVER WHETHER THE ORGANISATION'S HEADQUARTERS SHOULD BE PLACED IN OR NEAR NEW YORK AT ALL.
He told the gathering of 1,000 Burnstone On the other hand, Russia,
1 D. Led by France, the anti-New
China, Yugoslavia.
"strikers" that their demonstra-
2NT tion had served to bring their York, forces took, as a rallying Britain,
Govern- point, Senator Arthur Vanden Brazil, Venezuela, Uruguay and
complaints against the ment's repatriation programme to ANSWER: Fass. Your main reason berg's statement to the fiscal Canada have, in General, lined com
on Thursday night up with the recommendations the attention of proper nuthorities for responding to be diamond was committee
"fantastic" made by the inspection commit- and there was no point in pro that yur partner might have an that he considered any proposal to buy 45 acres of tee under Doctor Stoyan Gravi- longing the high cost land as the site of the lovic, of Yugcelavia. Gravilovic Preas." Permanent Headquarters.
:
said fo-day that any delay could "give rise to intense agitation"
The bidding:
Jacoby
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strike-Associated extra idis ary "" for spados. The
When the General Assembly's in the United States with groups Japs In China
tain.
a
Chungking, Feb. 10. Gen, Ho Ying-ching, comman- der-in-chief of Chinese armies, ir quoted as having told interviewers
jump in 6 trump denies spy much wonderful support for spades, to you
I must avold y furth increase in
the contract by passing.
Seiro 100 per cent. for pan, 10 par cont. for threo spades.
QUESTION
site Committer adjourned yes-from various cities campaigning terday until to-day, votes were for the choice all over again. lining up steadily en both sides
Victor Boustri, the French of this issue and some Ameri- representative, said the coat of can officials said the outcome at the Greenwich-Stamford sita the moment was highly uncur "werries me more and more" and sald he would prefer, s The split starts at the top "period of uncertainty to with Britnin, China and Russia wrong decision."
NEXT SESSION umong the Big Five favourlag.:
The general said 800 Japaness The General Committee New York for the Interim Head-
war criminals, representing half quarters and the nearby Stam formally recommended that the the number of suspects, have so He ford-Greenwich area for the por next Assembly besaton be held in far been arrested In China,
the United States on the Brst said Gen., Yasui! Okamura, Maldr manent Headquarters.
France suggested that Secre- Tuesday after September 2, mer commander-in-chief of Japa tary-General " of the UN.O.1946.. This still must he acted nese forces in China, had been into custody-Associated Trygve Lio, of Norway, be au-jon by the Assembly Itself in taken thorised to choose the temper preparation for the London ad- Press. aryHeadquartere in some city journment now considered like- where temporary facilities were ly by the middle or latter part offered, and that efforts to select of next week.
To-day you are Oswald Jacoby's at Nanking that duties of Unites partner and with both sides vulnerable, Stator marines In North China you hold: are not completed because th recatriation of Japanese still is In progres6.
the permanent
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FUTURE CHINESE NAVY
Shanghai, Feb. 9. Gusin, Feb. 9 site be The General Committed also
Vice-Adm Cheries Cooke, Jr. delayed until September when created a special group to ad- The Navy in its nowe report
quoted Ambassador U.S. Seventh Fleet commander. the peace group reconvenes. viso Lio on negotiations ocween voterday
DANGER OF DELAY the United Nations and America Averal Harriman se landing the disclosed to-day that he discussed Mac with Generalleime: Chiang Kai- Supporting the French in for settling the organisation in work of General Dougla
the Assambly's the United States. The tent Arthur in Jaban. Harriman was shek during hiChungking vitle spacches. In
ing those the "usrious aspects of establishing special alte committee were bera selected were from Bolivin, as doing a good fob before I the Chinese Navy." He doclined Chile Bolivia, Australia. Po Cuba, Poland, Britain, Belgium, went to ase for myself and after to comment about how lane the land, Egypt, Belgium, Syria and Australia, China, Egypt, France I had been there I am more sure | Chinese Nays hoped to become Iraq
and RussiaAssociated Press. than ever."-Associated Press. Amociated Prom,
"quoted" as