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PRESENTING ·
AN. AUSTRALIAN REVUE
STARRING
JOE LAWMAN
BAR BARA JAMES
JOY ROBINS KARINSKA and VADIE (AUSTRALIAN DANCING STARS)
MARJORIE PROWSE
DOT HUBNER
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THE CHINA MAIL; FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1945.
7
Food Board Increases Unrra Allocation
WASHINGTON, APRIL 25.
THE COMBINED FOOD BOARD YESTERDAY INCREASED THE APRIL ALLOCATION OF WHEAT AND OTHER CEREALS FOR UNRRA FROM 360,000 TO 450,000 TONS.
RELIEF ADMINISTRATION CHIEF FIORELLO LA-
GUARDIA PROMPTLY TERMED THE ALLOTMENT FAR SHORT OF THE "DESPERATE NEEDS" OF THE
Service Chiefs At No. 10
FAMINE THREATENED AREAS WHICH UNRRA IS Field-Marshal Lord Alanbrookto SUPPLYING, AS HE IS ESTIMATED. THE MINIMUM NEEDS AT 700,000 TONS.
Spanish Communists On Trial
The board has delayed until klay the announcement of the alioention of whent to coin- aries other than those supplied by U.N.R.R.A.
The board said in a statement that the shipment of grain to famine areas in recent weeks had been insufficient to main- tain during May the "already Madrid, Apr. 25. Sebastian Zapirain and Santin- inadequate rate of consumption go Alvarez, Spanish Communists in many importing countries." whose case was the contro of "Unless shipments (from ex- international interest last Winter,porting' countries) are Increas- will be tried by a military courted promptly, a breakdown of the at the end of Mpy or early ration system in these countries
June.
The prosecution is
war to
expected
is threatened.
This would
London, Apr. 25. Service chiefs including and Lord Tedder, joined in the Empire-Premiers' talks which were continued at No. 10, Down. ing Streef today.
Mr. Clement Attleé presided and Mr. Ernest Bevin, Foreign Secretary, was again present, and Mr. George Hall, Secretary for Colonies, was called into ta- day's discussion.
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Turhan BEY
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AND THE
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Minister, Field Marshal Jan
The South African Smuts, is expected to arrive to- wards the week end.
The Prime Ministers are now engaged in reviewing the de- particularly in the Pacific and fences of the Commonwealth,
South-East Asia, and
the ser-
to ask for 20-year sentences, Za-mean chaos in the food distri- vice chiefs are advising on how pirain was secretary of the Com-bution."
these plans will fit into the unist Party during
The board again denied state-whole United Nations the civil war and had returned from the ments of the Indian food mis-
defence Argentine. Alvarez died after the sion that the board has allocated
ayatem. civil
The question of Empire de- Cuba, where he India 1,400,000 tons of cercals. fence, it is understood, is being gained Cuban nationality. Both The Canadian men admitted
the use of false Lester B.
ambassador examined in the light of atomic Carson said "That passports.
development. They were taken in custody figure was the target objective!
in prison mentioned when the Indian mis- considering proposals made by The Prime Ministers are also Inst August and held at Alcala de Henares, They are alon was here but it will depend Mr. Walter Nash, New Zealand's to be tried with 50 other defend- | upon current developments and
with ants charged
anti-Franco how much grain is sent to Inquent consultations between the representative, for more fre political activities. Associated din." The Board oald that Prosa.
Dominiona.--Reuter famine investigator Herbert Hoover's statement in New Delhi that there is no present famine in India" will not affect the Board's efforts on India's behalf.
Prison Riot Ends In Surrender
Milan, Apr. 25.
Fall In Exports
Instead the Board added "All
HELPING WORLD FAT SHORTAGE
Oslo, April 25. Latest reports from Sandcf-
The 2,500 rioting prisoners in San Vittore prison surrendered possible supplies will be sent jord, Norway's whaling centre, yesterday afternoon after holding there as soon as they are availaaid that si Norwegian-floating cut for four days.
able and can bo transported." factories hunting in the An- More than 30 guards held as Meanwhile Secretary of Agri-tarctic,, ended the season with hostages were freed without in culture Clinton P. Anderson told a total of 496,780 barrels of jury
the death although
tall a news conference that exports whale oil. among the
eight. prisoners rose to
of wheat from the United The first 1,100 men to give States in April might falt as crawled through holes in the prison wall, blasted by a tank-led much as 250,000, tons below the བxsaulL
few minutes after a goal of 1,000,000. police ultimatum to surrender ex-
pire Many prisoners were
"The total catch will mean an important contribution toward helping the world's fat shortage and will be sold abroad through He said that this was exclu-the combined food board in: sive of the deficiency in the Washington, the report said. wounded slightly,
February and, March shipments | The price is expected to climb Long
rioters flies of
came which the United States hoped to approximately £70 a ton or through the broken walls, two by to make up partly in April.-5.800,000 for the total quan- two. with their hands up and Associated Preas many seemed scared. Hundreds of civil police guarded them on the way to 1. Jew jail ncar the prison.
The of the prisoners were under death sentence imposed by the hith court for crimes committed during the Fascist regime--AS- sociated Press.
Bella Gets A
LilyAssociated Press.
Details Of "Sonar" Released
(By Robert M. Farrington)"
Washington, April 24.
Home In America Musicians on the offensive and shrimp beds for defence were
Berlin, Apr. 25. Three-year-old Bella Raphael. whose parenta were murdered by the Gestapo, has received permission from the United
Brooklyn with her foster parents, an American Sergeant
States to go there to live in
and his wife.
craft
big factors in the American and Allied victory under the
seat,
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Trieste To Be Given To Italy
Paris, Apr. 25, Sources close to the Big Four hinted yesterday that an accord on the Trieste issue has been reached in effect giving Italy the Adriatic port and assigning most
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of the hinterland to Yugo DOUBLE INDEMNITY'
The projected solution will be submitted to the four foreign gation miniators by the special investi-
commission which ploted, its studies on the spot some ten days ago.
Cort-
of the
The Navy told about them today in taking some of the wraps
off another of its secret weapons-"Sonar"".
The report, the sources claimed, The United States and the of the best features of "Asdie" along a "language line" or the so recommends dividing the ATOR British Navies sank almost 1,000 from Britain and thereafter pool entled "Morgan line." It is seld German and Jap aube during the ed knowledge with them. weapon against them was Soner. war and the greatest Bingle Stripped to its bare
to agree that the, city itself is "Sorar"
bones largely Italian and most consists of making a countryside Slav. Still considered too hot for fuil noise underwater and timing the Bella Raphael received the details. "Sonar" stands for sound, interval until an echo first displaced person vien issu-navigation and rangin
bounces
The sources said that the Rus and ranging. It et by the newly opened Ameri-ed the only method for finding travels 4,800 feet a second in
prov back from some object. Sound aian commission member agreed at the beginning of e investiga- U-boats can consulate in Berlin.
completely submerged
water ami range can be figured tion to accept language as Sgt. Bert Simons adopted the where Radar could
not ferret rendily by dividing the time inter-criterion for nationality although vivacious little girl as the result out. It permitted undersen val in half (since the sound has Moscow at the time was reported
owl mined Japanese travelled to the object and return- to prowl of a pledge he made when he
to be demanding that Yugoslavia was in n dangerous position Waters--even Tokyo Bay, but the ed) and multiplying by the 4,800. be given Trieste which is known
has little to any about that Associated Press. during the German army's
be populated by Italian- offensive in the last winter ofyond the fact that "other Sonar
speaking citizens. Associated equipment facilitated" such excur the war. Simons, a serious, siona
Preas. 36-year-old soldier, vowed if he And it provided detail maps of fences, mines and lived he would adopt a Jewish underwater orphan. His wife agreed.-As- other obstacles so that demolition sociated Press
erews could blow them out of the way on D-Day at the Normandy beaches. STEEL DELEGATES
It is all based on sound echoes London, Apr. 24.
and that is where the musicians Maneck Honi and V. B. Kar-and the shrimps como. in. nik, Indian Trade Unionists, re-
The trained cars of musicians
Italy Wants Bread
Rome, Apr. 24.
ما
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A Government spokesman said James Mason Best CATHAY
yesterday that Premier Alcide make a final telephone appeal to De Gasperi was expected to the U.N.R.R.A. chlef Fiorello La help to avert the threatened cut Guardia yesterday evening fot
is
British Film Star
London, Apr. 25. The first national ilm awar
presenting the Indian Fedora- were found to be best for inter-In Italy's meagre bread ration. for British films was announced tion of Labour, left here yester-preting the echoes and determin- day by air for „America.
ing whether they came from an Both Honi and Karnik will actual submarine or reef or mine
or whatever. represent the organised steel workers of India at the interna- tional industrial Iron and steel committee of the I.R.O. meeting at Cleveland, Ohio-Associated Press
So
The premier told a special tonight.es Cabinet meeting that unless aid
act way to the Stark » forthcoming the present James Mason. Leading actress, Bacon
in British. Alms, Frying
ration of 200 grams of bread when it was discovered that a big after May 15.
The shrimp became a factor daily could not be
continued Margaret Lockwool. There was mass of them made a swimming
close voting botwom Mias Lick- sound in "Soner" earphones like R.A to try to deliver Italy's wood 69,688, Phyllia Calvert 68,-
wood Earlier he had urged U.N.R. final result was Margaret Lock- and Phyllis Calvert and the lots of bacon fryingand a sound-May quota of 178,000 tons of 750. "The Man in Grey came man can't, track a submarine NO CENSORSHIP
through that interference."
wheat by that date but local second in the film poll, followell Washington, Apr. 24.
submarine skippers carried U.N.R.R.A. officials told him at third by "Madonna. of the naps showing the nearest shrimp that only Washington was able Were Bisters," "Henry V" came The State Department today beds for refuge in case pursuers, to advance shipments-Associatfth, with "This Happy. Bread" Seven Moons", and fourth ""They said that the Iranian Premier, got too close, Quayam Es Sultanoh, has agreed That was because the onomy---
ed Press
sixth, to lot American reporters know both German and Japancas-had
The order of the stare was, when their dispatches are held underwater sound equipment too.
Paris, Apr. 2. after Margaret Lockwood, fret, up under censorship.
But it was nowhere near as good. Ambasador to Moscow, arrived tricia Roe, third, Rosamund John, Sir Maurice Peterson, British and Phyllis Calvert, segond; Pa Quavam declared that no nowe Admiral Karl Domits admitted at Le Bourget aineid, near Paris, fourth,, Ann Todd, fifth and Cella would be suppressed unless it is U-boats wore beaten by "Allied today for the conference of the Johnson, sixth. rells within the provisions of the superiority in the field of science Big Four Forsiga Ministers. He was followed by John Mills, at James Mason Madrid International. Communi- of sorts when the war broke out he has just relinqulabed his post third, Laurones Olivier, fourth, Amerion and "Bonar system had flown from Ankara, where second place, Stewart Grainger, catfen treaty of 1982-Associat- but it worked effectively only atas. Ambgueador to Turkey-le-Robert Donat, fifth and Res ed I'ress
Lalow speeds. It borrowed some ter
Harrison sixth--Reuter.
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