THE CHINA MAIL. TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1947, J
Parisians' MOMENTOUS DATE IN WORLD
Breadless Sunday
Paris, May 12.
This capital but to Girat brandless Sunday shakerlek throughout the city closed in compliance with an order de Kigned to conserve tim dwind ling wheat supplies.
Thousands of Parisians who danced in the streets antll Chr early hours in the delayed VE Day celebration awoke to threat of a new slash in present bread ration of
ounces daily.
Agricultural MOTIVCEM.
the nine
BAY
France must get an additional
108,000 tons of wheat in order
to estimate the ratlon ent.
agen, 11s bron] |
Two weeks
rathon was resheed by 15 per- |
1.
The shortage of wheat caus
of the clafur of mine than ball the bakeries in Nantes.
A Toulense they shut down four day of the week.
If
FINANCIAL HISTORY
Fears Over Soviet Aid To Indian
On July 15 Sterling Must Be Spendable in Communists
Dollar Areas
India, Egypt May "Be Blocked"
London, May 11. India or Egypt fail to send delegations to discuss their sterling balances, or if their delegations, having come, find it impossible to accept any of the terms that Britain could afford to offer, their sterling balances would almost automa- tically become blocked on July 15. Britain yould have no choice in the matter.
One may expect, however, that this disaster will
not occur and that the matter will be settled on the basis of human needs.
July 15 7 momentes, awned userts in creditor coin-
Regional authorities are tak date in world anrial history is In default of agreement ine drastic meaeaves to insure any sterling which is sperat on the release the whole lot be
a minimum broad ration They arrested Turmets for fruding wheat to eattle and cont grindas mes by confiorate add mo declared the
Churchill Back Home
Landon, May 11
An
Mir Ward a Churchill stayed Firth: Autor toraght by air Bears, vology pattemi. ed the edinul Memb Victory in Etnope Day celebrats as
He was
by Mrs Churchill and Na and Me Duo enn Simulys and friend.
unspendable anywhere the lenleg Britain unilaterally con-
able anywhere has to be made ames aprintable everywhore in
to
POLICE
SLAY TWO
Vienna, May 11. Ruasion police to he teers called to a May Day village- meeting by
Communist On the injured
ancuker avened fire crowd and fatally
two workers, Socialist papers stated Bere today.
The shouting was
ullegen
to have taken place of Klein Porchteru, near Ausietten, where the Vienna University professor, Dr. Ive Stern, Communist, TFIR addresing The workers
the inerting
r
who were said to be fatally injured were both Comme- nist Party members.-Reuter,
British Jet To Be Made In U.S.A.
Can Britain Deliver
Calcutta, May 11. Everyone is apprehensive of the rate Soviet Russla may play in helping the Communist Party of Indio, Dr. Suresh Chandra Bannerjee, President of the re cently-formed Indian National Trade Union Congress, stated at In press conference today.
Declaring thol the Indian London, May 12.
Trade Union Congress was Com. One week after the first munist.domainated, Dr. Bannerjee post-war- British Industriessato: "Every Nationalist should
The Goods?
Fair opened simultaneously at see that the working class of In. London 11741 Birmingham, diu does not beetme a mere tol which scores of prospective buyers in the bands of a party from Latin-America аге en-will not hesitate todo anything. thusiastic at what they have anti-national in ender to satisfy reen but 'wore gloomy about the the Imperialistle tunbition of its
can foreign master. prospects of what they purchase.
agitation. "Due to Communist Spurred by publicity eam-stilken have recently increased to paigns in their countries, repre- an unnatural extent, We favour sentatives of Importers in the establishment of a society in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay.with alt labour disputes be de. Perú. Ecuador and other coun-cited by law." tries arrived . England on Dr. Bannerjee said that the In-: Inying spree that was dampenn Trade Union Congress was the Congress el by the discovery that they utrpendent of cannot expect immediate de-Parly, it "being Nationalist, it autoral sympathy livery for much of what they would have n
the, Compress Party."
want.
One Uruguayan In the tex- tile trate anld the quality of the British manufactures WIR
toward Reuter.
still outstanding, "but so for 1 Raid On
Roulette Joint
Dollar area epally with the code: convertilde proportions, Sterling area.
what That
Britain has no chutes In the Hastain has undertaken to do
The Buited States Ander
Anglo-Amer as an attor
London, May 12. Loan Agreement al what she Treamry strandy ohjeeted
The Rolls-Royce Company She has already, the elmose in the Anglo-Ameri- Jane it for at sterling which can agreement allowing Argen- announced that the Pratt and
Whitney her necumulated
aircraft division of have been able to buy only apelable by auviody is the tina to 19
Corporn. Home dozens of handkerchiefs, United States.
settle any adverse the United Aircraft Catenda dsteeling to Newfoundland, Central Amers haluure of payments with the|tion will munafnetare the Rolls and a little thing stuff." ca. Venezuela, Colombia. Apen terling aren, even though it Royce Nene turbo-jet engine Some firm orders have been was imod inconceivable that, the United States beginning | placed, however, including one Jana, Bolphs. Holland, Por 'tural and Italy.
from Pern the clause Wild over be exer- Immciliately.
and Ecuador for more than $400,000 worth of aluminium products.
Maalla, May 12, Most of the Latin-American visitors plan
The "Manila Bulleting” res tour to Switzerland, Helgium, cans, Chinese
to extend their ported today that 28 Ameri- ht} Filipinas France and Sweden where other (mostly well-known Manila res ing held or are planned for the raiding party industrial exhibitions are, besidents) were arrested when i detectives of next few months.-Associated swooped down on an alleged Press.
sandliling joint at Sanfa Menn which was later Identified as, the Baytrio Club.
She is bound do dy it for the whole world by July 16.
Chate
I
The
chest, Britain promised to in- The engine recently pasurit clause in Any the United States Navy's 150. other agreement., Washington | hour type fest and will power certainty would not allow any the Navy's new Groman shilp Since acbody surginda Hand Britain could possibly make themtry's sterling balance to re-buard fighter.
main spendable within theater. whole of the $3,500,000,000 neng area merddy by postpone engine design from which the British Whitney jet Mr Choicebill work! malce noi cumulated sterling balance writi
ment of agreement.
Nene and most of the vertible inte dollars, he
other British jet engines are derived, bound falling agreeme
Ins had more than 10 years development research. As sociated Press,
Mr.
remonient on his French visit.
Ta Paris thes Churchill reviewo i a parade at French and lotual troops in the Place de la Nation.
Britain's wofie Privo Minis
what promartion of them can
$1
Heavy Drawings releasvite--to make them un- Heavy drawings on her ster- apertable anywhere The "Vline bulunca between May und methods would be ofther by ember last year were maio:
ter mads a sprcha ditring his blocking them or be extulingly to finams her food imports. Polish War On
stay in the French capital. Reu.
recalcitrant creditor country Regardless of all claims 1874 from the sterling area.
ter.
NO PROGRESS
REPORT
Lake Suerris, May 12.
on arments will inform
they for
No Choice
of
venter-claims Britain cannot
NOT TRUE
Dice tables, roulette whecis, Jerusalem, May 11. The Jewish terrorist organisa-ferent colours and other gam cards, over 2,500 chips of dif tion. Irgun Zval Leumi, in a broadcast over its clandestine bling paraphernalia were seized radio, "Voice of Fighting Zlon," by the police squad, alleged tonight that the prisoners Armed with a search war- wounded in last
rant, the detectiven raided the Warsaw, May 11.
goot break, had been tortured club, reportedly on orders from Tanks are being used by Pulish and beaten up" by the British Present Roxas. M-| Noth nalist grups in the
I troops in action again Ukrainian poilce,
Two arrested men, United Cor. A senior British prison official States Army offleurs, were
let India starve so long as any ford is available to be bought) ant Britain has any dollars to! pay for it.
Guerilla Groups
Sunday's Acre
The United Nations commission whatever that can be bent pear to have contemplated some i pythian molíntains on Pyland's declared tenight that "these alle. turned over to the Military, Po-
Security Cuncil This week that
southern frontier.
ed,"Reuter.
At present every penny India's or Brypt's sterling bal
So far, all negatiution ance is spendabile on anything
sterling-which includes definite percentage of retention, ruritics with India wanting a big per-
to Former members of the German Eations are completely unfound-ce. The rest, were taken $20,000,000,000 6f
detective headquarters to has faileti to uke any progress goted on the Londóu stock ex-contage and Britain offering SS, followers of General Vlassov.
fingerprinted and were later re- Russian general, who went over word world acas reluction clange, all wool and rubber of small one.
On human approach it might to the Germans during the war.
Southampton, May 11
leased on bond of 200 pesos since it was established by the the British Empire and Bri-
well be left indefinite. tain's entire exports,
Britain and members of the Hungarian Council three months ago,
A British whale factory ship each.--United Press. On July 15 any part of tool and India would co-ordinate and Serbian organisations have tonight arrived from the AR- Under 1 Cuneit gesolution
import probeen found dopted on Feb. 13. thee mmis. balances agreed for rebass as their essential
nmong Ukrainian taretic, carrying 61,000 barrels bo.rammes, especially their food:
gr. ups.
of whale oll, after five months sion is required to make its first spendable anywhere must
vome spendable everywhere and imports, and Britain would un- Wieczor Warszawski, report by falfight on May 13.
1 Polish of whaling. She caught a total It is understod that the C un all the rest become spendable dertake to foot whatever dollár military correspondent, said that of 2.615 whalen during the sea-
may be deficit India then incurred, ሰሃ
Poland's action was undertaken | R011, and two tankers of oil eil will be asked to extend the nowhere--except
Britain's "agreements" with in agreement with neighbouring have already been sent home.-- deadline. Assoriated Press.
agreed for repatríating British
the Dominions are very much countries.-Reuter. on these lines; no definite per- centage of rulenses are expect- ed to be arranged.
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With IdingAgger rice crop and with the sign that the cor- ner in the Western Hemisphere grain may be breaking, India's drawings on ber sterling bal- ance might well be less than last year.
Reuter.
We Prefer Britain, Say GI Wives
London, May 11.
(They ran about If the present clamour in the British press contin-
£10,000,000 monthly while at present Britain ik haggling with Brazil on the difference between £1,500,000 and £3,-
ucs, rationed Britons soon will be feeling sorry far unrationed Americans. Britons rend in the Sunday
000,000 yearly. Britain must press again today of "scores" of
not go bankrupt, but India, GI brides returning to England, Appalling
must not starve.
An Understanding
sadly dislilusioned by their cx- perlences in the "promised land" across the Atlantic.
Situation
U.S. Policy On Korea
Washington, May 11. Authoritative sources todny revealed that Sinte Department experis tomorrow would lay be- fore the Secretary of State, General George Marshall, re- commendations that he occupt the Russian agreement to Unft.) ed States terms for resuming talka on the unification of Korea under a provisional goy- ernment.
Administration officials,
11
light the new developments,
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aleo intend to push requests to Leaving Congress for large-scale econo- mic aid to the United State zone in Korea, which could bo' modified to take in both the southern and northern zoner if The newspaper Reynolds News blared the headline: "We prefer
Frankfurt, May 11.
unification talks succeed. This approach might well Britain, say GI wives,"
The British Minister in
Acceptance of the United see more appropriate to two At least ten British brides, tha
ily re- peoples who have both suffer- paper said, had returned to the charge of occupation affairs. States terma la ger
Lord Pakenham, landed at parded us a psychol zal vic- ed heavily in the war, which city of Preston alone. "Others" neither of them sought.
were reported to have gone back Ducascidorf today for further tory for the Truman Doctrine and talks on the food altuation of restricting Communism by With certain other countries to Manchester, Liverpool Britain herself benefits from a Blackpool-some of them bring there on his flight home to Bri- bolstering the economic posi-
tion of the buffer state. thair children.
tain from Berlin.
It is very similar arrangement.
-ling
A British Army welfare or- Lord Pakenham, who had also taken as confirmation of Britain is forbidden under vanizer in Lancashire was quoted described Duesseldorf's food reports that economic condi-
Anglo-American Lonn In saying that An "alarming
situation as "appalling" on his tions in the Russian zone of Agreement to Carmark any umber" of inquiries had been earlier visit there during his Koren are rapidly deteriorat-
untry's favourable balance of received from Britis
three day tour, today had inst, making it advisable from steriing earnings na apendable seeking ways for their daughters conference with Dr. Heinrich the Russian viewpoint, to see Philippine Air Lines,Inc. only within the Sterling area.
to roturn from America.
Lubeks, Food Minister for unification-United Press. But she is entitled to borrow
According to other welfare- an equivalent amount from the officials, it seemed "obylous" that North Rhine-Westphalia, be- country concerned and that is high proportion of the marri-fore continuing his journey.
ages between Lancashire
the
very much, what she is doing with Spain, for example,
Naturally, there is an under-
Kone astray.
parents
He said that when he return-
and American ex-servicemen haed, to Germany in about a fort- night for the first of a series of routine_trips, he hoped to girls visit the Ruhr to study "de-
Couldn't Live
standing that Britain will keep In other cases, British
her adverse batanes with Spain were quoted an saying they want-velopment possibilities."--Reu ne low na possible, Givened to return home because they ter. similar understanding, Britain were "appalled" at the high cost
could hardly refuse to India of living In the United States.
the same kind of facility
DA
she heraclf receives from Spain. -Reyter.
STOCKHOLM TO
ADDIS ABABA
2
Here was a story the Roynoids Nowa, printed from one of the wives who returned Mrs.
Joan
del Glorio, who came back after
eight months in Jersey City.
EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY
Reme, May 11..
CAR ASSEMBLY SUSPENDED
Dettolt, May 10: The assembly of Chrysler Cor
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Chrysler, Dodge and Plymouth
passenger cara was suspended
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and sheet metal. This followed the announcement by a prominent
Hamburg, May 11.
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MON. 19th MAY,
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FRI 16th MAY-
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US$ .796
Baggage Allowanco 08 Iba, Freight Rates on Application
I just had to come back, A violent earth tremor ahcok firm of body-builders that it has 10% Round Trip-Reduction Mrs del Glono sald. “I could not areas in south of Italy and Sicily closed down one plant, and that make and meat because of the today, causing some casualties.and the lack of materialsRouter ¡others would follow suit ofing high cost of living. It is much batter to be back in rationed scribus damage,
One was, killed and four. In. England thun tramping around Addis Ababa, May 11. American-shops, looking at stacks jured when three Buildings crash- Count Carl Gustav von Roof food and other
also several casualties at Isco en noying a Swedish-built not afford to bug things I could eat anta Catarina. There were sports plano, Innded here at 1* Mra, del Glong sabi hop hus the lontan pm local time yesterday after band, who was studying laws, re a 61-hour, non-stop flight, from ceived e. Government grant of Stockholms BS
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The Soviet military govern-THE DE LA RAMA STEAMSHIP CO., INC. ment his approved a law, which states that all Germana born after Jan. 1, 1919, who Cape May, NJ., May 12. were members of the National The Coast Guard station yes- Socialist organisation, but who MAIN BOOKING OFFICE. The distance was approxi-tip were worth no killed when a plane crashed and joy complote equality of rights. PENINSULA HOTEL LOBBY
working in a huge aldre. torday reported that three were have not been indicted, will on- inntely 3,840 miles, more than 30g In England," she
Count von Rosen is whief of said, 'We Just Sould not live. By exploded near Brandywine Sheaf The law has been passed by all. Tels. 68980 and 58031-Ex. 38- the Swedish aviation school in he went back in the Arms" kend lightshulise on: Bunday morning parliaments in the Soviet sone Addis Ababa-Valted Prom | Thare reimsedeleting Prant |--Associated Press; - The off occupation-Reuter
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