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"Belfast" U.K. FUEL PROBLEM CRISIS
Marine Gaoled
London, Dec. 29. "Definitely not," was the reply given by a 17- year-old
Porthsmouth
girl when asked at Win- chester Assizes if she still wanted to marry the man in the dock, who had pleaded guilty
Threat To Britain's Industrial Recovery
Cabinet Greatly Concerned
London, Dec. 28.
The British fuel problem has reached crisis pro-
portions, and is threatening not only the suc cess of the country's export drive but her in-
recovery
WINSTON-TO- JOSEF
London, Dec. 28.
Mr. Winston Churchill sent greetings to Generalissimo Stalin on his 67th birthday last Saturday, it was dis- closed today.
w a charge of taking her The threat of the rye as a whole automobile plant wired Stalin,
away from her mother while she was under age.
She agreed that she had been fond of the man, Roy Voller, aged 20, a deserter from the Royal Marines, and had want- ed to marry him. When asked by his counsel, Mr. Back. If she thought Voller was fond of her, she answered bitterly, "He said he was."
Volier, who asked for the cases of stealing and one of false pretences to be taken in to consideration, was sentenced by Mr. Justice Wrottealey to 12 months' imprisonment.
Ir
at Northfield, Birmingham, to close down last week brought matters to a head. Lack of coal is the main trouble, but another, nearly as serious, is the present insufficiency of elec tricity supply.
inter-, pits. The industry's manpower,. linked, and their impact upon the therefore, is at its lowest. Labour Government's plans for socialisation of Industry is causi ing the Cabinet the greatest con-
The yo factors
cern.
ATC
COA
Not Enough
the Minister of Fuel and Power, With this minimum manpower,
recent months, but the proportion Mr. Emanuel Shinwell, has been getting increase production in
of gain is not sufficient to meet the demand.
AR personal good wishes on your
birthday, my wartime com-
2
rade."
Stalin replied, "My warm thanks for your good wishes my birthday.”—-United Prexa.
on
DRUG STORES WANTED
London, Dec. 29.
8th Army Corporal Murder
London, Dec. 28.
Thomas John Ley, 61- year-old former New South Wales Minister of Justice, described as company director, was
a
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AIR DISASTER STATEMENT
Shannon Airport, Dea, 28. An official statement on the Shannon air dituzter, which 12
in
people were killed
primary cause of the accident involving the Trans- World Airlines Constellation: near Shannon **Airport, still unknown that the
"Marks indicate
plane travelled some distance in contact with the ground until there was an explosion followed by fire in portione of scattered wreckage, The pas-
·sengers and members of the crew were scattered over, a considerable area and rescue Work was made extremely difficult due to the darkness and inaccessibility of the crash area." Reuter.
one of three men who "DESERT
appeared in a West Lon- don Magistrate's Court. yesterday charged with the murder of a former Britain's war effort, it is now the Coal shortage nearly wrecked foremost challenge to her pence
Eighth Army corporal. time
John McBain Mudie. rehabilitation. shortage dates back
The
The other two accused were to 1940, when, after the
Labour's nationalisation
The Luton, Bedford-John William Buckingham, 43, British Government then in effect was expected
fall of France mines, which" by its psychological shire, Youth Council, af- and Lawrence Smith 39. the
to increase ter a survey, said that leave the pits and Services or into munitions work argue that its benefit will be felt land want, among other
go Into the ably, though Labour supporters A considerable number of these!
in the long-term stage. miners. Efter working above ground, were determined that they would never return to the
of
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Paris, Dec. 29. Countess Marguerite D. Andurian, the "un
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'Cease-Fire' Order In Indo-China
Paris, Dec 28.
The Viet Nam authorities tonight Issued a cease- fire order to the Executive committee of the Nambo Viet Nam Underground organisation in Southern Indo-China in order to avoid prejudicing the French Colonial Minister, M. Marius Moutet against the Viet Namese point of view in the current Franco-Viet Nam strife, according to a report received here from Sai- gon.
Nambo guerillas were ordered to maintain their positions but not to engage in any aggressive hostilities, the report added. Earlier, Nambo forces were said to have been alerted for ac- tion in Southern Indo-China. There were in- dications in Indo-China'ton ght that the Viet Namese were preparing the ground for a pos- sible truce overture, the Saigon report added. Baigon newspapers in the An.. namite language, hitherto pro- Nationalist today urged the French and Viet Namese to re- turn to the military and politi cal positions they occupied be- fore October 1941, 4
Hands-Off
Indo-China
anme power permitted many miners to output, has not done so notice the young people of Eng./chalk pit in, the country near crowned. Queen of the in the southern part of Hanol "China Press-today
"I expect you show RENAL," was the judge's CM- ment when the girl said she
did not want to marry Voller.
Mr. Back said that by the time Voller was 18 he had a record of active service of which any grown man might be proud. When 14, he joined, the Marines in 1940, and in the following year was posted to H.M.S. Manchester, convoying in the Mediterranean, She was: torpedoed and Voller, then 15,
Spanish Spies In
was posted to H.M.S. Emerald, France
and later to H.M.S. Belfast, cn the Russian convoy route, in which he served until taking part, in D-Day operations.
Passion For Sea When, at the age of 18, Voller returned to shore dutles he found the parade. ground "routine irksome, and wanted to break his 12-year contract with the Marines. During the war he had formed a passion for the sca and wanted to go into the Merchant Navy.
His application to have him contract with the Royal Marines altered to a war-time one was rejected, and Voller, frustrated, seemed to go off the rails com- pletely.
His parents, said Mr. Rack, had been separated for many years, his father being in Colombo and his mother In London:
Describing his offence na "a wild escapade of two very silly young people," Mr. Back said
that Voller still desired to mar ry the girl. Voller was certain when he took her away that her parents would not have agreed to their marriage.
Paris, Dec. 28.
that Britain is using nearly
1930. Britain's
aided by the
70
largely built up on electricity,
"grid" systent.
from which any pathy from their par district can be supplied,
ents.
Mudie's body was found in a
Lendon four weeks ago.
The three men were remanded.
Later his body was found in the
neck. Reuter.
a
Considering the fact that
Meanwhile earlier reporta stated that French troops were Shanghai, Dec. 29. making slow but steady pro
In an editorial on the gress in the mcpping up opera Lions in Hanol, French troops position in Indo-China, had reoccupied certain points the local Chinese-owned
after "heavy fighting" a French. War Office spokesman said. urged powers not di- The electricity supply shortage things, drug stores pat in custody until next Friday. accused of poisoning her Civilians in the city were short rectly concerned in the is not due to manpower shortage terned after those in the After being demobilised. 26-year-old cousin, ar- of food but were able to leave struggle to adopt troubles; it caused by the fact United
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Mudie worked at a hotel in rived in
if they wished Paris under Receiving "extremely valu. We believe this applies par States, where Reigate a small country town heavy guard today from able aid" from the native popu- ticularly in the care of China.
hands-off policy. per cent more electricity, than in they can gather socially near London: He left the hotel Nice.
lation, the French troops had the paper continues. war effort was and they want more one day and did not retur-Despite the secrecy, surround-forged ahead in the other areas, country's electric understanding and sychalk pit with a rope-round his ing her arrival in company with the spokesman continued. They Chinese tetritcry adjoins the
three armed guards, she WES had recaptured the garrison met by more than 30 newstien quarter at Bac Menh and had territory which is now being dispersed Viet Nam attacks at contested by the force of arms, for a look at the faded beauty attacks also officially reported to that there is a sizeable Chin- photographers straining Hongay and Hai Duong. The and bearing in mind the fact of a face which reportedly lur- be weaker at the most critical ese populace in Indo-China, it cd three men to death during Franch position in Rhy, Lang would be easy for the Chiness" the adventuress' long career of Thuong, where a garrison of Government to become involv
The curious, however, were Another beleaguered French care was not taken supposed international intrigue. almost 2,000% currounded: ed in the current warfare: it disappointed. As the countess's garrison at Nam Dinh was also "For the sake of Chinese petite brown-haired figure des-reported to be holding off Vietnationes in Indo-China and the cended from a private third Nam attackers successfully, the good name of the Chinese na- class car at Gare de Lyon her spokesman said. The vital road tlon It would be wel for the farc was completely shrouded from. Hanc running north-Chinese Government to instruct scotish plaid muffler.wards to Langson on the Chinese all representatives in Indo- She wore a mink coat and fur- border, had been completely China to maintain a policy of liacd shots,
freed of Viet Nam troops. the strictest neutrality-a neu- Total French Strength trailty which should not at. tempt to take sides under any
Position Critical Today, the electricity supply industry-which is about te bo nationalised-is still working with plant badly in need of overhaul, and with insufficient new plant Given sufficient turbo-nerators, well as any county in the world, which Britain manufactures as industry will not lack power.
But not even
of
generators.
Reporting police investiga- tions into the activities of two Spanish officers, said Just night to have been arrested at Bor. deatix and later released, the French press today alleged that a "large-scale Spanish espion-
nationalisation age' network" had been uncan speed the rate production covered in Hendaye, with bran-of
Ironically ches at Toulouse, Paris, Bor- enough, this depends partly uppis deaux. Pau and Perpignan the supplies of electricity, (near the Spanish frontier),
At the moment the, position is The reparts said that the critical. Each time there is a whole organisation was direct period of intense cold, people, for
Jack
of coal, not only switch on ed from Irgun in Spain
and electric firea but purchase extra that the French police possess fires. And the industry ed complete documentary evid- something Nike 20,000,000 tons of ence of the spy ring's activities. coal a year-Router.
The organisation was report- ed to have recruited muany agents among Frenchmen who, during the occupation members of the Vichy Militia, and other "collaborationists",
The two Spanish officers were sent back to Spain. - Reuter.
were
AZORES QUAKE
Lisbon, Dec. 28.
Several buildings in the vil--||
дзея
Wanted, Widow With Home
The report said some parents
seem jealous of opportunities not so sympathetle toward lei- now offered to their sans and sure time....there is a feeling daughters, and take the stand: that most parents are negative. We never had these opportuni-Young people generally do ties, why should they
War has had its effect on the standing and sympathy are ab not want estrangement. Under- nerves of the grown-up. sold solutely necessary; in adolescen- the Council, so that parents aro | ce."-Associated Press.
Soviet Surprise Proposal
Soviet Russia proposed in a surprise move today,
New York, Dec. 29.
that the United Nations Security Council fix a three month time limit för drafting a world- wide arms reduction programme.
The Soviet move come as the United Nations atomic energy commission neared showdown on its first atomic control report --one of the major' steps in the general arms limitation plan as approved by the United Nations Berlin, Dec. 29. Assembly Dec. 14
In a letter to Secretary Generál
VALE APPELIUS
Rome, Dec. 29. Mario Appelius, 57, who shared honours with Virginio: Gayda as Mussolini's, chick propaganda mouthpiece, was found dead today of;a' brain tumor in a squalid apartment,
A widow with a home Trygve Lie, Soviet Delegate lage of Serreta were destroyed has the best chance of Andre: Gromyko called for im on Friday afternoon when three marrying these days in mediate action on the whole pro- feira Island in the Azores, it there is a large excess of sharp earthquakes rocked Ter- battered Berlin where gramme without waiting for final in such poverty that his body: was reported here.
action on atomic control.
He submitted a formal resolu».
Passing sentence, the judge case is not so much subtlety in said: "What I observe in your seducing this girl. She's been rather' silly, I think. Twelve Three shocks occurred with- women over men as a top outlining the new Soviet pro- months in prison will show you in a period of half an hour. result of the war, ac-posals and asked that they be that your foolish, defiant, and No casualties were reportedcording to the city re- Security Council's next meeting criminal acts are not worth it." United Press.
placed on the agenda of the
Dec. 31.
Santa Claus Came
Up
Trumps
Birmingham, Dec. 28.
A little girl's request to "Father Christmas, North Pole has had a heavy sequel. Eleven days ago five year old Margaret Todd of Hall Green, Birmingham, addressed a letter to "Father Christmas, North Pole, Iceland, which read: "Dear Father Christmas. Will you please bring me a board and easel or painting book. I think I have been a good girl. Love from Margaret."
in
gistrars.
Next to widows over 40 years
M. Gromyko proposed:
That the Security Counch
of age, whose rate of marriage "proceed with the working out of is described as "astoundingly practical measures-an the imple
was without; shoes. 2257
Appelius was released from prison by the Allies only re- cently as the result of an amnesty-United · Press.
War Dyes
high," Women from the ages of mentatio Please The
10 to 23 are considered to be bly's decision of Dec 14" on the those most likely find husbands. world arms limitation pro
In the latter age group, steno-gramme.
graphers, secretaries and sales 2--That it establish immediate
more."
Ladies
London, Dec. 29.
ON OTHER PAGES Dyers' and Finishers Associe-
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The police prevented roport
ers, from getting close to her The total French strength in circumstances. Chinese in
and sped her in a car to the jail in Palais de Justice-Unit-
ed Press,
POOTUNG BLACK-OUT
Shanghai, Dec. 29.
Indo-China was said to be
The massacres of
100,000 including Naval per Indonesia dame, to certain de sonnel strongly represented
along the cast, which they are Brees, as a result of the lack dominating easily: French offi- of neutrality on the part of ciais estimated that the
Chinose in that part of the Viet Namese also have about 100,000 world. men under arms, but they were arined for guerila warfare rather than for serious fight 'Ing
The whole of Pootung on the opposite
alde of the Whangpoo French General Staff to have They are believed by the River to Shanghai, today was "Threatened with complete blackout only ten outmoded gune as arill- as a result of damage by a lorgelery, but their automatic wen- American steamer on Christinas pons are said to be the latest Day of the submarine elestricky American models "some of cable lalu the river from them so new that they were not Shanghai.
used even in the last stages of The electricity supply company the World War." Issued
a warning to all fucturles in the district west of the river against using their
power current, Repairs to the cable are now beiap pushed and are expected to be completed in about one week's is timed Lime,
-A claim
payment damage was said to have been and embark another presented by the Pootung Electric
There is a possibility that the same thing may happen in Indo-China if the Government does not make clear its neutral Ity in all respects.Reuter.
45,000 Chinese Repats.
Shanghai Dec 29. sports are on the high seas. at Chinese wishing to return to More than 46,000 additional:
Two large French troop tran-
the moment, while the 43.000 their overseas homes will be re- ton French liner. Ile de France patrinted within the next six to leave Cherbourg months from five porta in
she would China, according to an
an-
Sony today wher 8,000 trainees, nouncement by the Chinese Na-
for
con- tional Refef and Rehabilitation: Supply Company to the Ameri- tingent of trained soldiers be Administration. can President
lieved to be around the 9,000 Lines, thej agents
Shanghal, Canton, Swarow for the Staghound which mark. Putting into Toulon, on Amoy and Foochow have been struck the submerged cable at 21 the Mediterranean coast, the chosen as repatriation centres p.m. December 25 United Press. (Continued on Page 2, Col B) from which overseas Chinese
Princess Elizabeth's "Normal Romance
After careful reportorial investigation of all sides of the current rumours of the engagement of Princess Mizabeth to Prince Philip of Greece, United Press presents the following. well-founded dispatch by Bruce Munn.),
London, Dce. 29. Princess Elizabeth is not engaged, but it is only because of a normal, affectionate father's solf- citude for his normal, romantic 20-year-old
daughter's happiness
tion for Fabrics which will be Both direct and" backstairá over the world, advised against
women are given foremost chan. y a 11 nation commission to pre- Those dyes of many colours ces of matrimony, not only be-pare and submit specific proposals cause they meet more men but on the entire plan "within a period | which helped protect the com- because of their usual good of from one to two mantha But not bat soldier by giving him loaks.
later than three months from camouflage in the Jungle and A woman with good looks" now.
helped save the airmen by giv- still has the best chances," the Until publication of the Boviet ing him a bright yellow-easy- registrar in the suburb of proposals it had been generally to-see. rubber boat for his "res-, Schoenebert said. Formerly, assumed that no specific action eters to find, at last are back many men married women for could be taken in general arma in peacetime production. It is their money. Today, when no hedinti basi axreement obvious, the ladies are pleased Today, the head postmaster all the world. I am now
one has, ang property worth had been reached on atomic: con- first at Birmingham Post Office pent Norway for a short time and mentioning this motive has to Associated Press.
Varying shades of yellows Tout his own official car may perhaps come to Birming-
been shunted into the back-
and greens are among the chauffeur and assistant super ham on Christmas Eve, but re- round and good looks mean „intendent, and a postman to de member I am in a great hurry Women between the sex of
colours being used by the liver a parcel received from now. I wish you a Merry 25 and 35 have less hope of Page Two Father Christmas, Norway, ad Christmas and a Happy New dressed to Margaret. Year Love from Father finding husbands, said there
Margaret's letter had been Christmas
gistrar, because the war has put in the foreign post box for The parcel contained four torn the greatest gap in the Norway by a sorter at the Bir Norwegian painting books and ranks of men of these ages. mingham General Post Once, two boxes of crayons, Mar Associated Press. Today, the Birmingham Generalgaret's letter was written with Post Office received 'n parcel to cut the knowledge of her par gether with a letter from the ents. The letter bore only n officer-in-charge of the Oslo 2-1/24 stamp. The postage to
-Cairo, Dec. 20. Post Office, asking for it to be Norway to 3d Nokrashi Pasha, conferred for an Page Sla
The Egyptish Prime Minister, forwarded to
Margaret is now more than her yesterday with Sit Ronald Excs to Grab Land in Antarctic The rubber baits any objections to the marrige bee If her engagement to Santa's letter read "Dear ever convinced that the only Campbell the British Ambasa Wasles. Margaret. When I received way of minding safe ofting Sudan: Whether the two made Growing VS Merchant weet children, more sport at the sea. Frincess, fald her the
dor on the future status of the | Page: Seven-
dinghies? They are being sold quse of its political implications, were announced now
According to those polyy đó Your letter I immediately open-what she wants for Christmas
As holiday gifts to give the Buckingham Palace /
only $21 ed by book where I have noted by personal application to work disclosed--Astooted, Parr Eight
wkward If she any progress towardî agreement the names of good children In Banta Claus-Reuter,
side
her affections Inter Sur Home & Local Sports News, etc.. Presa,
will be sent to Malaya, Burma, French the Philippines and Indo-China.sv
The announcement revents that in Bengoon CNRRA is at present caring for overseas Chinese returned to Burma but unable to preceed to their presi war homes pending negotiations between the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Burtniese Government, which to date has withheld entry permits for returning Chinese-Reuter.
THE WEATHER
Self-Government in the New clothes-party frocks and gay agree that the Princess is extreme said, in effect, "six months and China is moving eastward. used to make next year's smart gossip at Buckingham Palace an immediate engagement. He the intense anticyclone over. Territories, Page Three ·
#ports outfits.
ly fond of Prince Philip of make sure of your heart Greece and their engagement Well-grounded informants, said of Japan and has risen, some- Pressure remains very low N.E. 30.81 Marines,
Alleged Rape of Girl by Two And the dark navy blue, no probably would have been an the King took the position that
longer in prime demand for nounced by now except for the although Elizabeth is the Crown What over the equatorial re- Papa Four
The World Was Coming uniforms, again will give the mild opposition of her father, King Princes of Britte, she shot smart English man, and woman George have the right, foa, nam Page Five
"drożay, sully in the
But sources in position to romance but could not grace shades they know insist in all parts of London jezercise the ordinary won Like Battlefield:
have wanted so long.
that the King but never odered privilege of changing her
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