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DEVELOPMENTS IN BALKANS Important Meeting In Belgrade Russia Has
Yugoslavia And Bulgaria
Belgrade, July 26. Bulgarian-Yugoslav relations will enter into a significant new phase when the two leading Balkan statesmen, Bulgarian Premier Georgi Dimitroff, and the Yugoslav Prime Minister, Marshal Tito, meet in Belgrade tomorrow. Diplomatic circles here attach the utmost import- ance to the meeting which comes at a time when the question of Balkans' relations looms largely in the international picture.
Shaw Says To Hell
With It
London, July 26. Completely against his will, admirers insisted on reminding George nard Shaw that he had attained today the ripe jold age of 91,
It is learned that the two Premiers and their Ministers will enter into talks similar to those recently conducted between the Rumanian
the and
An official Bulgarian sourts here indicated that the forth- coming discussions between hin government and Yugoslavia could be expected to produce much the Same
the relations raightening aut of:
of economie, cultural
and political collaboration as well
THEY'LL LOOK
AT THEM
Paris, July 27. Parisians, well accustomed to seeing Joreign ministers and ministers on their streets, say there are two persons they win turn to look at whenever they put in an appearance.
One is Mr. Winston Chur- shill, Britain's wartime pre mier, who recently came to receive the Medaille Militaire from the French Government, and the other in the 72-year- old brother of the late Jandora Duncan, the famed dancer Assocínted Preis.
Committee
To Give
It Up?
Athens, July 20. The United Nations Balkans
as the conclusion of a forma! Enquiry Sub-Committee, which mutual assistance pact.
M. Dimitroff will probably re- yesterday reported to the main main a week in Belgrade and is Commission at Lake Success that Ber-expected to tour parts of Yugur Albania, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria months obstructed slavia, He will be accompanied by had for two members of his Cabinet including the investigations in their terri- Foreign Minister Georgiev, and tories, muy shortly leave Greece, The Sub-Committee has still to the Ministers for Trade and De- fence.
investigate 10 Incidents-ve on the Greek-Yugoslav border and ave on the Greek-Bulgarian fron. tier at the request of the Greek
As far as the Grand Old Man of English letters was concern- ed, he wou'd have liked the oc- ension ignored. Mentally he in us nimble us ever and is re-] minded of his advancing years only by the fact that, physical ly. he can no longer skip about
as be used to.
Sa for G. B. S., this was just another day spent in reading i and writing. The only conces- sion to his age was that he rested in the afternoon.
with the
Some etrcles here feel that tog visit to Belgrade last month by the Bulgarian military delegation which had discussions Yugoslav Chief of Staff, Lieuten- ant General Popovich and other military leaders, may now bring an agreement including perhaps
the standardisation of AYHA.- Reuter,
·
Government.
It was believed that the Sub.
Committee might abandon its en. quiries and leave Greece in about a fortnight unless agreement was reached at Lake Success.
It was awaiting definite instruc tions from the Security Council tonight.-Reuter.
Dimitrov On Soviet
Sopa, July 20. Premier George Dimitrov sald There was no party celebra- today, "Not mutual ideological tion or anything of that kind reasons, but the vital and supreme for him. To those well-wishers | national interests of Bulgarie, closest who swamped the tiny village dictate imperatively the bost office of Ayot St. Law- comradeship and collaboration of rence, Hertfordshire, with our country with the Sovleis." birthday greetings, his words In an interview published in on a similar occasion a few the Communist newspaper Rizos. years ago still hold good: "To pastis, Dimitrov said: hel: with all birthday wishes, forthcoming not too distant future Mr. I say. Who in his senses wants there will be concluded between to be reminded that he is grow- Bulgaria and Yugoslavia a treaty lux old."
of friendship,, collaboration and Special arrangements were mutual aid. Hgain made to deal with his birthday mail, which was not cuite so henvy as last year.
Router.
"in the
Commenting on Greece, they said "We do all we can to uproot completely any animosity toward
neighbour. course, we do not meddle in in. theternal Greek affairs."
Only the diminishing circle of the electold friends in creative arts, those who serve him in his home, a few children and
our
southern
Dimitrov said the Slay coun- tries would act as a "barrier
war for world mastership of one
obl cronies among the villagers against attempts to prepare a new contrlyed to glimpse more than
да
the seemingly truculent jutting of or another imperialistic. country.” Shaw's white beard he pokerUnited Press. his head oat of his backyard! workshop to gaze at the rolling his nurse and his housekeeper hills or strolled in his gardens. served the finest of vegetables Actually Shaw was at his bene-and-milk resembling — puddings, volent beat most of the day. His and anything resembling a birth- best friends saw to it that out- day greeting was spiked wither slders did not trespass too far, I ingly.—Associated Press.
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Washington, July 26, The Army made two disclosures here today Russia possesses guided missiles with twice the range of the V2's being tested here, and the United States Superfor- tress is being modified to carry the heaviest bomb made, a 42,000
ever
pounder.
Although the 42,000 pound bomb will be the heaviest air- borne missile. In the history of war planes, It was disclosed recently that the Air Forces ordnance division in working on the production of bombe up to 100,000 pounds.
The guided missile possessed! by Russia was developed by the Germans, who also produced the V2 rocket captured by the Americans which le now under- going testa at White Sands. New Mexico. American guided misalle experts have plans und specifications of
n long-range rocket known ON A9--United
Press.
HOUSE BOMB FACTORY
Amritsar, July 20,'- Two were killed when a house,
believed to have been used as bomb factory, exploded at Tarar: a Sikh holy place, 16 miles south of Amritsar, today.
150
The police discovered emply shells and explosive ma- terial in the ruins.-Reuter.
Tory View Of State Of The Nation
London, July 26.
Anthony Eden charged tonight that the La- bour Government was "fumbling and stumbl- ing their way into a decisive battle" of the coming winter in which "the result of defeat for us can be no less deadly than defeat in war itself."
Speaking at West Wycombe Park in Buckingham-
shire, Mr. Eden said;
"If we fail to win this battle. and if we fail to re-establish our economy on a sound and stable basis, the shortages and sacrifices and Indeed sufferinga that it will entail for all of our people may be on a scale that wo here find it difficult as yet to visualize/
Mr. Eden added, "The state of the nation becomes Increas.
Fighting In Central Greece
"Aerce
Prague, July 20. ingly grave... with avery week Partisan forces have launched a that passes. The coal target is
attack" on "gavornment not Leing reached nor the ex- troops Ip Grevenn" in Central: port target either....The dal-Greece, the Tanjug agency re. lars are running out. At the ported from Athens today. present rate of spending the Quoting the newspaper, "Rizos. American loan will be exhaust pastis" Tanjug paid that on Crete ed by the end of the year. The peasants were joining the Demo deficit in our balance of pay: the "people's uberation movement cratic. Army enmasse,, and that ments grows more alarming is assuming Increasingly larger month by month.
proportions."
"Dreary: Record"
an
Newspapers, according to Tan Jug, said, "On the island of Crete appalling terror continues. "Meanwhite; vital export. in: The authorities have given a free dustries such as textiles are hand to the Rightist bands of still undermanned. Our home Camila Kiriaki which murder, agricultural production is below plunder and arson in the region that of war years. The Govor Canes, In the region of Irak ernment have been dilatory in Hon; Right bands have, begun a Importing necerunry feeding bloody terror From one village Bluffs to help the home pro-alone, 22 hostages were taken:" ducer,
United Fress.
Army: Report-
Athens, July 20.
And so the dreary record un-. folds. In the face of this chal-
lenge the Government appear The Greek Second Army
to have no policy; but to drift Corps reported: today that. Its ever nearer to the rapids and troops, battling with 00 guerillas
to doom successive industries in Verdiekousa mountain pass,
to nationalization. Heaven helps those who help them selves"-United- Preas,
"Skystreak'
Tested
killed 40 and took. 30. others prisoner The pass is ~40 kilometers north-west of Larissa: -United Press.
VETERANS BONDS
Washington, July-27, *President Harry Truman', on Saturday signed a bill permitting War veterans, Holding terminal
· Murde Air Base, July:27,-| leave bonds to cash them... any The AmericanJet-powered time after, Sept. 1 but advised Douglas "Skystrenk," designed, to them not to do.ikime explore the Super-sonic speed He pointed out that almost range, has passed successfully Its $2,000,000,000 of these bonds are initial aight tests, according to an outstanding and if a substantial Annoutwement by the US Navy's portion of them should be cashed Bureau of Aeronautics, force soon, "general" innationary pres Making no attempt to approach aures, which we have been en sonic speed (761 m.ph. at sea deavouring to control would re level) testpilot, Gene May 1 |celva a substantiar boost/Asso) Lew the aircraft, on a test to ciated Press, determine its stalling character.get fetics. He said he was impressed
by sathercraft's stabilify, and
response to Aontrols. Sev
Naval:offlqeraz maldyin' future Ights"may well edge deeper into
Washington, July 26- General Dwight D. Eise
Army / Chlaf, of Blatt, ['leaves by plane-lomorrow, to
the trans-soaked spend à barrier finapõet; symi" and "air forces in.
Bialiations@ipe strategically “Allaka ---Reuter
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