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DEADLOCK ON BALKANS
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Soviet Again Makes Use Of The Veto Explosive Debate At Lake Success
Lake Success, Aug. 19. Two more Soviet vetoes killed all chances tonight of United Nations Security Council action in the Balkans crisis.
The East-West deadlock how will be thrown be- fore the 55-nation United Nations General Assembly by the United States on September 16.
by man" for thwarting the wil of the majority.
If that fails, the United States hua threatened to take
Mr. Gromyko "eflective netion" to block an
was milent alleged plot by,the Communists through the two and a half to seize control of Greece. hours of debate which preced
Russia's Andrel Gromyko i the vetoes and thundered ast the fifteenth and sixteenth after the vote that the United Soviet vetoes to crush the Inst-States and Australian proposals ditch proposals by Australia were only party of a "political and the United States to Install game" being played in South- a long-range United Nations eastern Europe by the countries
of the West. boriler watch in the Balkans
and are the trouble there an an outright threat to world Jesice.
Then he t the fuse for an-
other fight by insisting that
the the
the disposal of the Western In both cases, nine of the powers' resolutions meani Council's 11 members voted automatic dissolution of "yes" and Mr. Gromyko, sup-temporary United Nations in- ported only by the Polish dele-vestigating Commission being in the Balkana sate, dealt the coup d'etat with maintained
simple raising of his right "pending a new decision" by
the Council.
Sir Alexander Cadogan and Mr. Herschel Johnson shot back that the Russians were min taken. The Council President, Mr. Faris el Khouri of Syria, also said so.
arm.
Cly 24 hours earller he had red the great power of veto three straight times to keep Portugal. Ireland and the Transjordan nut of the United Nations. Jt was the most con- verted use of the velo and the post explosive 24-hour period in United Nations history.
Futile Speeches
In the climax of two hours of futile speechmaking by the Slay bine. Mr. Gromyko ward the veto to kill the Australian pro- Tosal which branded the situa Lie a threat to praee And.J without placing any blame, call- ed on a four governments to cease provocntion. It also enll- ed for a team of United Na-
There the question was left} banging as Mr. Khouri tap ped his gavel to end the stormy session.-United Press,
Malaya Income Tax Proposals
Singapore, Aug. 19.
A tar of about three per cent on incomes above Straite $0,000 and a flat 20 per cent tax on Company pro- fita were recommended in an official report issued tonight by Mr. R. B. Heaaman, Canmissioner for Income Tax to the Malapan Government,
The revenue derived from this taxation, imposed uniformly throughout the Malayan Union and Singapore, would meet this year's estimated deficit of $52,000,000, Atr. Hrasmian said.
Last weekend, 28 representatives of 10 Matapan palitical bodies met in Kuala Lumpur to demand that no tazation should be imposed "without full political repre- sentation."
They passed a resolution criticising the Government expenditure-Reuter,
Irgun Threats In Austria
Vienna, Aug. 19.
The publishers of the American-sponsored Ger- man language newspaper, Wiener Kurier, re- ceived a letter today purportedly signed by the Irgun command in Austria, taking credit for the bombing and derailment of a British leave train a week ago.
The latter, written in German, the neighbourhood of Mallnitz." wald: "On Monday, August 4,1 One bomb exploded at Mallnitz, 1947. soldiers of the Jewish derailing several cars but caus national military organization ing alight injuries to only one attacked the officers' quarters, passenger. of the British High CommandThe commuslention also said:
The British command in Aus-) in Vienna...
Mediter- this is the
"On Tuesday. August 12, tra carrica but a policy of 1947, soldiers of the organisation hatred, directed against home- attacked a British milliary train, less Jews who are on their way. on its way through the British to Paestine and the
and occupation zone of Austrin, in ranean ports
way of repaying them."
The American military autho-: rition disclosed renewed threats; of violence against American military personnel and instalin. flon In Austria but would Jol disclose the objectives named by the alleged Irgualsts.—” United Press.
Paris Shocked By
Sex
Tragedy
Parls, Aug. 19.
tions observers to patrol the The ravished and battered body of a "young and Panic In
Balkans borders.
Forty-five minutes later, Mr.
| Gromyko's "no" killed a similar |
American proposal,
beautiful girl," wearing a thin gold "slave"
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An autopsy was held last nignt to stop. under in a blue and white print summer pain of stronger punitive men-frock, her long blonde hair trail-and an emotional French inspec- sures by the Council. It also ing in the current, her lips still tor, with tears in his eyes, Kay
bright with orange ipstick, called for a border commission.
The authorities notified all pre- Australia's William Hodgson Lectures and commisariats, who heatedly denounced big power spread the word. This morning, vetoing, privileges as the "most fathers, mothers and lovers troop vicious instrument ever utilized3ed through sultry Paris streets is
from the placid Selne the police an- nounced today.
Strange Incident In Palestine
Jerusalem, Aug, 19.
Shots "from a military vehicle" were fired this afternoon at a Jewish bus near Givat Brenner on the coastal plain, killing a Jewish boy who only recently came to Palestine from Europe. Unofficial reports from the scene said that the shots fatally wounded Moshe Horodisky, aged 17, and wounded another passenger.
The vehicle was reported to and stabbed and left lying on the have proceeded down the road rond.
details.
St. Johns, Newfoundland,
Aug. 10. Messages frdin Port Nelson, ok Bonavista Eny, today said that raging forest fires bearing down on the settlement were only 50 yards from dwellings.
Women
and children were "She was probably 18, certainly not more than 18." he said. She evacuated from Port Nelson and fiames were also threatening had perfect features, which were bruised and cut slightly. Her eyes nearby Shamblers Cove, the mes- were light grey and crange lip-
lip-Bago added.
Inhabitants in many isolated silck was still on her mouth. Hor
the disas nose was turned up and a pink regions, remembering ribbon was tied in her hair. High-trous Clovertown are which prac- heeled white shoes with atrapatically wiped out the were on her feet. Her underwear year, are now sending an appeal for aid as soon as smoke appears was pink and on her ankle was a in
of thin gold
-the vicinity, regardless 'slave' chain. The Inspector said the girl had read, forest fire is imminent or whether the danger from thu teen abuard against her will be- cause she was dead before she hit not, it was reported. the water, about four hours be- and Lascie were reparted to b
The forest fires near Pacquet | fore she Press,
was found."United
town inst
practically extinguished at this afternoon-Reuter,
U.S. Mission RUHR PACT NEAR In Greece
Washington, Aug. 19. The British and American delegates to the Ruhr Coal Con- Dwight Griswold, chief of ference here were today report-
mission to ed authoritatively to be in vir
Athens, Aug. 19.
Bring on another bus, wounding About the same time, Elinhu the American Itzhak Adler, a hotel owner of Steinman, who was walking along Greece, announced today that fual agreement over the esta Cedera, in the leg.
the road near Tel Aviv, sald a the mission will open an office blishment of a joinť Coal Board
In the meantime, calm return-vehicle drew up beside him, and ed to the border districts of Teliwo men, whom he believed to Aviv and Jaffa, where there had be Arabs in European clothes, been Jewish-Árab rioting six struck him, apparently with an days last week. The night cur-iron bar. He was not serious hurt. few imposed on the area was --Reuter, ifted tonight.
Communal disturbances tinued on a very small scale to. day.
Con- MINERS GOING ON
TO THE LAND
This morning, the crew of o military ambulance found Aharon
Leeds, England, Aug. 19. Twenty-six thousand miners
in Salonika probably tomorrow. to supervise and control Ruhr
mining. The office will include repro- The final decision on this was: séntatives of Army engineers, relief and other branches work-pected to constitute the most important result of the Confer- ing in northern Greece.
which will complete its work at the end of this week, Reuter.
Griswold also announced that Greek crews will sall on Ameri-
can tankers for the United States where they will undergo brief training before returning to Greece with nix motor gua-
Mukhtar, an agricultural labourer who have been on an "unom-boats from the American Navy, of Halfa, lying unconscious on cial" strike at the Grimethorpe
ence
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London, Aug. 19. General George Kenney, Com-, mander of the United States Strategic Air Force, will return tries will land in Piraes later to the United States tomorrow
It was also announced that the rond between the historic collieries, South Yorkshire, for two ships with 17,000 tons of cities of Gaza and Beersheba.
When he regained conscious.the last 10 days, are, deserting four diverted from other coun- ness, Mukhtar related that he the mines for the land.
was travelling on an Arab bus Farmers are offering strikers this week with post-UNRRA after a secret visit to London.
aid for Greece. Ten other food His visit was unknown to which stopped by a roadside. Six 41 a day as fruit plckers.
The strike has, so far, cost ahips, it was beloved, will ar- any but British and American er seven passengers attacked him with daggers, he said. Ha fed the country 23,000 tons of coal. rive in the next six weeks-military and air force experts, from the bus but was pursued-Reuter.
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