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NO BRITISH FOOD CRISIS
Mr. John Strachey Answers Tory Critics
Mass Air Raid On Heligoland
London, July 1. Waves of fast Lincolns and the aurora Lancasters roared North Sea again laat night, bound for Helgoland with live bomb loads.
From a dozen Southern Eng- lad nerodromes, big bombers rumbled into the air for a maxs raid; In Aume were veterana who made the trip when it was The size of the not practice. air armada was undisclosed, but was as big as some of the war. ilme ones. 1t flew through thunderstorms, cloud and rain almost all the way.
Negotiations Eastern Europe
In War Bride.
Granted Divorce
London, July 1.
Increasing supplics of some of Britain's scarcest
⚫ commodities-bacon, eggs, poultry, butter and lard will flow to Britain from the Con- tinent during the next three years-in exchange for planes, trucks and machinery, as Britain slashes her dollar imports and cuts off com- pletely the purchase of some goods from hard currency countries, .
Climaxing his outline of this trend of events with the announcement of a virtually concluded trade agreement with Hungary and the pro- spect of an early agreement with Yugoslavia, the Food Minister, Mr. John Strachey, em- phasised to the House of Commons today how far Britain had already gone towards realising the essence of the Marshall plan whereby European countries should help each other to
'recovery.
DES MOINES, IOWA,
JULY 2.
A 19-YEAR-OLD BRITISH WAR BRIDE FROM LONDON WON A DIVORCE HERE. ON TUESDAY AFTER TESTIFY- ING THAT HER HUSBAND'S PASSION FOR COMIC BOOKS AND TINKERING WITH HIS CAR HAD BEEN THE CAUSE OF FIGHTS BETWEEN THEM.
She is Mr. Phyllla Pearson, who came from Swinton Street, to Des King's Cross, London, Moines to marry Gene Pearson, aged 21, on January 1.
In-
Mrs. Pearson, In 2 Crosa "There is no greater contri- would be none between now bution to be made to European and the next harvest. Britain petition, charged that her hus Pathfinders had marked the recontruction than the negotis had stocks perfectly sumleient band
was guilty of cruel, target with flares.
tion of these agreements, which foodstuffs to see humon treatment
beaten her three times since their marriage,
that he
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The bomber fleet veered off it admirably with the proponals through until the fruit of the folled to support her and had VLEIGH
across Germany and returned home via Hanover and Dortmund, Runing Into bad weather again, many planes were diverted todromes where darling egn- ditions were better.
One Lancaster crashed in landing but none of the crew was killed. United Press.
Carinthia Claim By Yugoslavs
London
Londou, July 1.
Her husband was employed as
but didn't) lathe operator work very much," she said.
"He never went out with other girls or anything like that, but he. read those comle books for hours at night and was always
of the United States Secretary 1947 northern hemisphere har of State, Mr. George C. Mar- vest were gathered.
There was no need for, the shall, that it would be on a co- ordinated programme of self- British Lousewife to feel she help that American aid would would find it difficult or impos
sible to obtain partly at homo be based," he said.
Speaking in the food debate and partly abroad the food she only 24 hours after the Chan-needed.
Mr. ellor of the Exchequer, Hugh Dalton, had nunounced to Parliament
The aebate had been opened Kreasy and messing around and that Britain's
by Mr. James Reid, Cerserva-pending money on that car",
she old--Associated Press. dwindling dollar resources tive and chief speaker for the made it vital for her to curb Opposition,, who charged
the consumer imports such as gaso- Food Minister wita misman line and newsprint, Mr. Stra- chey had further bad news for agement of the country's af-
fairy. the average Briton.
Imports
from the 'United
Tory Charge
"Da crises always catch this Governmert unuwärts. he aak
vil
BOOKS EXHIBITED
Bucharest, July 2
An exhibition of 2,700 British books was thrown open to the general public in Bucharest on Tuesday by the Brush Infor mation Office..
States of canned fruits, fresh fruits, poultry and the ke
Replying to this point, Mr. would have to stop. Pineapple Strachey referred to the Gov- Adrian Hojman, Brush Some uneasiness is fot. in and some of the so-called luxury ernment's foresight in insisting political
representative in At the Yugoslav at-Truits, much of which has been
on breui rationing. which had Rumania, opening the exhibition, titude regarding Carinthia, coming from the Azores and since the semi-oficial Ybroslav selling at high prices in the Bri-ben proved fecessary although said in a brief speech that books propagamin campaign for tish retail market, would be cut condemned by the Opposition were still man's shest "Slovene Carinthia" has been stepped up recently.
sistence.
because Britain could no longer afford the Portuguese currency to buy them.
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But Mr. Strachey made clear that he did not regard these cuts us any indication of a crisis of food supplies. He emphasised that the world food situation was slowly but surely The Russian Emigrants Association said today
From "Persecution'
The Yugoslav Lawyers Asso- elation sent a cable to the Unit ed Nations General Sceretariat demanding Carinthia's incor- paration into Yugoslavia, while the Warsaw All-Slav Committee meeting adopted a statement to the same effect on Yugoslav io-improving and that Great Bri
tain was forging ahead with Diplomatic quarters said to improved trade relations with day that Yugoslavia's persist Denmark, Holland; Poland, ence is bound to complicate the Ilungary, Yugoslavia and Ire- situation on the Austro-Yugo-land, and one of the most cheer- slav border and increase the ful aspects of the negotiations responsibilities of British with all countries was that in- troops in charge of order and creased supplies of feeding security there-United Press. stuffs would make available the
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Mr. Strachey did make it plain, however, that some food- stuffs like meat, fats and olla would be desperately short for some time to come.
Negotiations with Russia, he said, were still in progress in Moscow.
He warned that it would bo
"criminal", if a difference in
political ideologies was allowed to stand in the way of a success- ful conchiglon to the talks.
Policy Defended
Shanghai, June 30.
that it was caring for some 200. White Russian refugees arriving in Shanghai after trekking 3,000 miles in nine months from the northwest corner of Sinkiang Province-the scene of re- cent fighting-to escape Soviet persecution. The refugees--some Cossacks, Kirghiz, but taking orders from who settled in Sinklang after the Moscow... Communist revolution-said So- They and in 1940 the Russian viet agents, had gradually infil. offered citizenship but they held trated, posing ns Mongols or out and decided to move to the]
coast,
Black Market In
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They Bald another thousand were en route, though fundiess. while two convoys carrying 100 refugees were turned back by troops dressed in Rusalan uni- forms and bearing Russlan equipment, who had established t roadblock.
The refugees seid in the 1944 Sinklang incident, Soviet-regin- tered citizens helped the anti- London, July 2
Chinese tribal rebellion. By The Chancellor of the Ex-
Dalton', denied 1945, the Soviets had reestab Answering Opposition chargea chequer, Hugh
a statement in the ished control when the natives of mismanagement and lack of yesterday foresight. Mr. Strachey defend- Commons that English Pounds proclaimed the independence of Chase Eastern Turkestan, Since then, wero on Bale at the ed his policy of bulk buying |
National Bank in New York for anti-Soviet refugees had been and reaffirmed the Government $3,10, nearly 80 cents below the persecuted until they decided to attitude that controlled food
official rate, but promised to in- escape. distribution had resulted in an vestigate the matter farther. improvement in the nutrition of Dr. Dalton, asked to state the
The refugees said at various
KORDA DEAL
the lower levels of the popula-pound's price at United Staten times in the past the Russians tion, and rejected flatly an Op-banks, replied, "Between $4.01% sided Ching" to subdue Mongol immediate de attackers, minor Chinese war- position suggestion that the and $4.03% for
Jorda and bradits.United calory average was far too low. livory."
Prassed by a Conservative, A. Press. Mr. Strachey, said that the proposed three-year contract C. Bossom, who declared the $3.10 price was current at the Chase been apBank, "at this with Hungary had
very moment. praved in principle by the Hun-Dr. Dalton said that his infor- garian Supremo Economic mation was that "all reputablo
4 Now York, July 2.1 Council during a recent visit of banks and the Chase National
observe Mr. Spyros Skouras, President Food
Ministry officials to Bank is one, carefully
of the 20th Century Fox Film the
official price. Budapest,
He said that if, however, Mr. Corporation, announced in New If an agreement was reached
he York on Tuesday the completion with Yugoslavia-and it might Bossom had evidence that be only a matter of weeks-the thought was in conflict with the of a deal by which all the pro- result would be appreciable information he had obtained on ductions of Sir Alexander Korda quantities" of foodstuffs which areful inquiry," he would con- will be distributed by 20th. Con-
kider.It.
tury Fox in the Western Hemi Britain most needed.
I have that evidence," Mr. sphere, Australia, New Zealand South AfricaAssociatod said. He did not and There was; he reiterated, no Bossom food crisis in Britain, and there'elaborato Associated Press.
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