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U.S. PROPOSES DRASTIC CUT Sidelight Tram Workers Threaten
A Million
IN VETO POWER
Homeless In Marshall's Dramatic
India Floods
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Bahay, Sept. 17. cntimat, d 1,000,000 porkan re today reported driven from Huic komea na food waters of the Gaugen
- and the dgora Rivera Tagred ucenat toe thiekka populated district
About 950 vitupra in the 'porthern glistricts of Allaka- -bad. Bendres, Hallia,-Jarepar
and Randa are under water.
All avulle bets, have bevu vinched to the vercur of the villagera, mine of jelim are reputed to be clinging prvencionely to fertugs and gating leavea for sustenance.
The tents are reported to have destroged an estimated $8,00 enffie wod theasands of tour of badly needed crops, - United PreRE,
Monetary Fund Aids Britain
Appeal To U.N.O.
Flushing, N.Y., Sept. 17. U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall announ- ced today that the United States' willingness to accept drastic limitation of the Big Five veto power in the Security Council,
He formally proposed the creation of a 55-nation
standing committee of the United Nations General Assembly to remain in continuous session.
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He dramatle pasposals were n Gen. Marshall covered confent of the Sveurity major issues to be debated at Council'e emplete falture. this Assembly and not forth In The anggestion for a "watch | varplug degrees ut detail close" comunitter f
the American plans and policy. United Nation would be tania- These included): run to the setting up of a Velo year-round “Little Assembly" to keep an eye on the world and
Power:The United States is willing to accept by whatever means may be appro- Security Council and veto over applications for Unit-
priate the elimination of the) step in with recommendatione ed Nations membership and all wheryer the Security 'can-Security Couhell decisions ex- vil inile to act as it habitually cent those callhig for "enforce Jus tone.
iment, action" (Application for
sanctions).
Speaking in the Second An-
He proposed the creation of o sembly's general debate, which speciti committed opened today, this was Gener- the problem and report to the to study a Marshall's first shot in the next Assembly on how to all- eurient phase of the American-minate "abuse" of the vtto and Soviet diplanatic war.
attain liberalisation of the vot- Increasing the Assembly powers:-Oeneral Marshall pro- posed the creation of a spécia Assembly Standing Committee of 55 nations, to be known the "Interim Committee or Peace and Security," to serve
Soviet
delegate Vishinskying rules. was acheduled to ansiver Interi in the day.
Pulled No Punches General Mt.rshall minced nu
words,
48
London, Sept. 17. Mr. Camile Gutt, man- aging director of the In- ternational
He warned that the world for a year and then report on Monetary Fund, said today that fees a crisis and reminded the desirability for making it a Britain
Assembly delegates that people permanent_committee. withdraw cun
everywhere fear a “Agy and Korra:General Marshall ad- up to $217,000,000 in the more terrible conflict will entitled the . Impossibility next 12 months from the gulf them."
Teaching an agreement with Russia and appealed to the A3- Fund to help tide her He left no doubt that he sembly to devise means of at- over her economic crisis blume for the world'a chaotie a trusteeship period
placed most, if not all, of the tainung Independence without without paying any in-condition at the feet of terest.
tions
of
the He promised specific sugges- Soviet Union,
later but submited the He bluntly accused the S-tial Judgment" of all nations,
entire problem to the "impar-{ Britain made her initial with. Į viet Union of preventing Unit- Grecce:-H 'drawal of 500.000.000 last night. ed
appealed for Nations nellon to stop Assembly adoption of a resolu- paying for it in sterling.
"stile and British Treasury sources sakngainst Greece, and placed all garla
aggressive" nets tion finding Yugoslavia, Bul- and Albania gality of Britain, within a month, may blame for the delay in inde-aggression against Greece, call- have to make another withdrawal
ing upon from the Fund,
Perinps she will sell more, of Jiff gold reserves to get dallors
to pay for American imports,
Mr. Gutt explainert drtatis surrounding Brilam's initial with. drawal froin the Fund at
pendence Russlans,
for Karen
in the
The Weather
And rate anticyclone ETI
Chi
conference held jointly by the, and a weak depremium has developed over Fund and the International Dutik the Gulf of Tonkla. A large ares of low in connection with their second annual meeting.
British press
Juintraute cover
The Parine
Įityukyia and Japan,
the
cease
those countries to alding Greek querilins and establishing an Assembly commission to implement the resolution and to Investigate compliance,
..Atmmle Energy:-He
to modify the United tened States' offers on the Interna- tonalisation of the atomic bomb in the continued absence of unanimity. and warned Rus
refuse to Join the
"Today"s Forestati-klahk or muterate Esin if she reports on the
wit4, cinuity wlik perlude of rain.
Yesterday's Weather:-
transaction nileged
Dritain was
Jable to Interest amounting
20 per cent on a withdrawal.
toMaximum 19.3 deg. Fn.
Minimum 36.8 dr. Fal
Altogether Britain can with. Aunshine: 4.9 buTE.
thren-
majority on this issue the Atomic Energy Commission will have to report complete inabili ty to fill the Assembly's mandate to eroste effective in-
drow up to $331,000,000 in the Rainfall: 22 mm. 0.00 lush, Total slne ternational control,
and up to
year for the years, Mr. Gutt
present 12 months
$325,000,000
following four
Bald,
Песацие
of the
Bature
Jan. 1-4067.6 mb.83 Inches de
gainst an average of 148,4 m 72.77 inches.
of laro at mat. ..., 10987 1987.0 h.
Britain's gold and sterling sub.
scription to the Fund, he said. Ret Rusty
she con buy first $217,000,000 Dew Point without paying any interest. Wind Direction,
Wind Force
United Press,
Disarmament:-The United Brates adamantly opposes any reduction in armaments until
ties are
signed, the Security
Mystery Surrounds Sikh Lad
The
mysterious dis- the Japanese and Gorman trea- appearance of a 15-year- Council equipped with military old Indian boy is one of forces and agreement on Inter- the many problems tax atomic ing the ingenuity of the Palestine: The United States local police.
elinat
10 ..
p.m.
29.79
20.70 Incher.
*9
78
16 sirst. F.
FRE
national control energy is reached.
A knots.
Families Hit By Cress Crop Loss
of
give "great weight"
to the
slon's were unanimous and alko those approved by a majority.
On Crisis
Behind The Scenes
Here are two glinipse, of Deltato denting - with her crisis! (above) Food Minis- ter Jolin Strachey addresses
U.8. the
Congressional Committee, which arrived in London 011 September 2 (Below) Mr. Willlama gives
a few terse facts on food st
# Press ConferencS, --- APhoto.
British Backing
A Lieut. Is Facing Tito's Men
For China mo's troops today.
To Walk-Out
EMPLOYERS' OFFER NOT SATISFACTORY
Tramway workers will walk out en bloc on Satur- day Sept. 20, unless the management substan- tially raise their pay increase offer to the men by: Friday afternoon. No written ultimatum will be issued.
This derleion was reached at a stormy meeting of some 700 workers who assembled en the 100f top of their club, premises in Russell Street last night to hear a report from their dule- Futes.
The delegates had met the management in a three-bour diacnesion yesterday aftermon,
that the They reported management had made no in- crease whatever on their affer of Monday.
Instead the men were naked to scale down their demand, to
a more realistic level.
Offers
Explosion On S'hai Waterfront
Shouphal, Sept. 17.
Three are missing and prob ably cloud and une injured when a "dangerous caryo" expinded at 35.8. today on lighter alongside the Danish steumer,
Greuth Muerak, from New York. Improvement
When the delegates told the that trouble was management inevitable if no Con, the original offer was re- norted back to the men, Major Chauvin, Assistant Labour Oficer who was present at the meeting),
from the
when em-
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suggested that Trieste, Sept. 17. the men hold over action l A lieutenant, com- Friday afternoon so is to give manding half a dozen the management further lime
for consideration. American troops at an. This suggestion was accepted outpost 11 miles north of both sides. It was meTEĽA Trieste,, was ordered to that a dual answer surrender several yardsnagement would be given on
Friday (tomorrow) of-the-new-Italo-Yugo-ployers and employecawili slav frontier to Marshal meet again, this time at the
Inbón, Omée.
High Feeling Feeling ran high as the mea Shanghai, Sept. 17: Headquarters that he is not heard this report and follow- John Keswick, Chair-iving in.
insteliacneeton it was resolved Second Lieutenant Hurry British Konishi reported that the Yu- man of the
that, unless the Company Chamber of Commerce, oslavs have given him until raised its fer to a level more
in line with the men's original |
the en addressing the Chinese] An hour before the ultima- demund by Friday,
without “L] will just walk out National Foreign Trade tum was up. Konishi anid:
am holding my ground."
further ado. Convention today, sup-The sketchy report from
Bus workere, both in Hong ported Chinese Govern Konishi said that, as far Keng and Kowloon, also held ment trade control as necessary step.
He reported
Allied to the
noon" to withdraw.
f'knew, only a few Yugoslava are a facing him across the border at
Outpust 8.
About 400 yards distant-in
In his address Mr. Keswick Yugoslav territory reposed an suggested:
anti-tank gun, he said.
Konishi said his own are behind sandbags aBrowning automatics,
The allocation of Import quetas should be announced least three months in advance allow a regular supply:
na
$
to
the
American
men
with
meetings last night.
The agents claimed the steamer was undamaged but would not reveal the nature of "the "dungerang cargo" which exploded while being transfer- red to the lighter.
To blusts shock is water- and a huge mushroom of
Vitial smoke rose over the
Paalumu side ueroar downton. Shanghai,
The missing as well as thr injured were crew membera of the Chinese lighter--United Breake
ON OTHER PAGES
Page Two
Lord Nathan's Address. . Page Three
Bribery Case in Court.
Page Five
Trieste Trouble.
Puge Seven.
Background on U.N.O.
Puge Eight
Engineering.
Paur Tweise
Latest Sporting.
Huge Floods Still Ravage Honshu
were impossible.
Tokyo, Sept. 17.
.
swirling
for
Adjustment of the line, which
Yugoplava are attempting* to force, is aimed at changing of the 2. Delay in the lasuing
nationality of a singlë import licenses and correspond- house and a tiny patch of high ing foreign exchange
Yugo- permits ground from Itallan to
Floods born of a typhoon's violent rains today left should be avoided;
slav.
an estimated 2,280 Japanese dead or missing. Konishi sald Yugoslav of{l- 3. The procedure requiring ctalsold him: "We will give
millions of dollars worth of property damaged, sales contracts be counter-signed until noon to get out of the and menaced Tokyo with new inundations. by a guild for application for way so we can come through
in the homeless.in | elsewhere Thousands are Import, Hcenses is" "redundant" about 60 yards to what we con-
the typhoon and should be rescinded. alder a Just line.
area, embracing waters.
Cavalov Men of the First Colonel Richard D. Billwell. two thirds of Honshus. Mr. Keswick sald China's Secretary of the International Communications were 20 Division are marshalling other Commission, which badly battered that checks and assault bouts ‘and shall craft portable surpluses cannot find a Boundary cost of goods and services market abroad owing to the high established and market
the revisien of easualty figures for rescue work in the Uriwa in provisional border, immediately
Prefecture where the Military loft for Outpost 8 area in an Ife' said the recent alteration effort to adjudicate the dispute fooded or damaged in Toky reacus beats to get families off
With at least 15,000 homes Government has called peaceably. in the foreign exchange regula. In American-military circles alone, armles-of-Japanese rooftops and high ground. United Nations special contin Atma-Singh-aon-of-Wah tions should stimulate
export there is anxious discussion of workers tailed throughout the Three fleld Teams of SCAP's recommendatlong which Keung Rubber Factory Watch- but I evident steps would possible need or advisability of night to strengthen the diken Public Health and
Welfare man Radawa Singh, left honio probably have to be taken to evacuating the newly arrived In the latter category was the five weeks ago.
control damestic prices of ex
wives and depen of the angry Tone and Araka Section are neheduled to leave Techigi. wa Rivera nerth of the capital on Tuesday for the donta, suggestion for partition,ot;
portable gooda. Palestine between the Jews and Two weeks Inter he was seen Mr. "Keswick also urged Góv.]
The creats of the floods from Saitama, Gumma and Ibaratti Show of Force, Arabs.
these
the ax Prefectures which were two streams were escorting Negro scamen, on al ortiment to lift controls on the
pected here at noon.
hardest hit by the typhoon shopping_tour in the Wanchai | export of edible seeds and edible The livelihood of some 300 families-about 2,000
Unleas the battle of the Bloods, General Marshall declared district. Titen ho vantahed olls as soon as possible and, of force in Trieste sky and hardiken is volt, wide sections of
rel The teams will advise people has been interfered with by the
was: United States Infrution of presenting the Korean problem to Hinued lasence
Worried ever, his nou'n con- | fongrange development of agr. bour. Health authorities during the past few days.
from home, cultura the current session of the General Radawa Sigh went to the allk, and tea and eventually cot surface but tenso
surpitiges
The situation in the Free Eastern Tokyo probably will be ald Japanese officials in ad- especially
on the inundated,
ministering rellaf work d State remained calm Health Department workors, farmers added, maintained Assembly:
Cerbatting disease. Gl's Drowned it was learned yesterday, have that since cultivation of water-
and toit through, "careful growing cause of the sharp diagree- De sald: "For about two policen few days ago on orders pulled up more than cress required the finids to be years the United States Govern. asked for their assistance. careful selection and careful ment between, the", Yugoslav Two American soldiers were
Disease? 10,000 calties of watercress constantly under water, it con- ment has been trying to reach on tracing hi
preparation for export,"
and Anglo-American'. military among the hindreds drowned. crops In Kowlcon.
agreement with the Soviet Gov.
forces Atma-wes educated at the Premier Chang Chún, "In"
The two American tributed towards the breeding ernment through a Joint Com Ellis Kadooric School, message, to the Convention, urged fighter-bombers made three low town of Ojima on
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soldiers
Although thus far there were Two flights of "six, British | were drowiled south An attempt by the "China of mosquitoes,
-ot, the no reports of spreading discans, misalon and otherwist on methods Mail", to obtain an official state-
Tuesday it was pointed out that the The farmers said that, they of implementing the Moscow
During the Japanese" attack restoration of business to compasses over the Anglo-Ameri- ment on the subject yesterday had been growing: watercress ngrement and thus: hting on Hong Kong ho sustained a bat smuggling, blackmarketing can zone of the Redaling: Free night when a truck carrying destruction of hemos and the for years and contended that about the. Independence of Karen shrapnel wound which doferm and hoarding and defective ex Stato. elcarly in the view of Japanese workers ran into a breakdown of the water and The Director of Medical there, has never been o' malarla ((Continued on Page 12), ed his loft, wrist.
port goods-United Press.
many thousands of alert troops red washout....
newage ayatems presented a Services, Dr. Newten, "refused epidemie in the areas where
of the four, nations, who faced- The truck aank into the grave situation, aneh other, across the freshly water and the two artillerymen to grant permission for an they farmed..
lata barbed wire of the now and were thrown cut.
Offclafs planned to immunisa Interview with the offelala Ma on
“Good victims against diseases, mostly, disagreed frontier.try
Flood watera, entered thy In Trieste harhout potently visible, to Yugoslavs on the hills Their cames have been with-northeastern ... outskirts of today to the cast: wero, a British crui-held pending notification of the Tokyo ni 0430 GMT
Canilller
when the Naka River, a tribu The Protest
Japanese Government inry of the Tone River, began bne format a Cabinet Roller Fising alewly Committee; hended -by the
four
was fruitless,
Intentions
...
Only a Month U.S. Hurricane Panics Thousands
whose Instructions the Health They added that If the au- Départment workers acted, thorities were convinced that
saying that a statement would
Issued when the time was Farmers Story....
lpe.
his been affected told, Preas
not carry out wholesalo
Britain today put on a show
beneath ba-
J
...
Ona body has been recovered.
watercress growing was a danger The mighty hurricane, carrying 160 miles per hour winds, neared, the Souther, dryer and corvette.
West Palm Beach, Sept. 17. to the health of Hong Kong.
Florida coast early today and the Weather Bureau warned it would blast the Health Department should, recommend other methods of across the entire lower, peninsula,
City officials believe | Advance grily sent breakers; A howling - bluet, regulered: 80 | may move up the Atlantic coast Londen Hennatche; 'any, the Bri-
T Farmers, whose livellbond cultivating the vegetable and pounding over the, anawall and m.p.h.at ushed past, the ex- like a previous one (in 1044) tiléh Ambaafador to Belgrado (Mr. Clitef Cabinet Secretary' (Sno- wards of Easteris-Tokyo would Entructed by the Heath 2 were truction of crops which needed tinn by train of 5,000 persons Thousands of fecazira residents damage to the New Yorkarza hd Yugoslav Vice alintator for plon reconstruction and bed rise of the Edo and Sumids eded the Ited Grom began the vhetin pored Higboro Lighthouse which caused many millons 0.3. P. Panke) has Probated to hite Nishie) to survey damage. be effected at a result of the patructed by the Health author only a month more to harvest from the low-lying Everglades along the lower shores of Lake alone, Forgebefunded and pro- United States Army amphi-
Velebit,pravention methods, Rivera, k lernto conso watercrane cu Waterereza is also cultivated About 10,000 othtra Bed) by Okeechobee fled. ERA FINAN
In Washington" the Navy an. against tho "high-handed vation, by, the and of June:In the New Territories, but it automobile..
Workers (ara: busy * building Set Storm websted not in all into forces, in towrieste sector, a that faade Wardima landings stovacuating the low arons of the warnings were holsted nounced that virtually all planes roeatlyn attitude of Yugoslav hinn assault boats of the type lovacs and rechionts aro 7. Zowever, afuce the growing of ja -not known what action, it's
datorerona, vean part, af their] Any," has boon taken, there, While the last of the thousands Intleras, "North Carolina, an be evacuated as a precatition: Foreign Office, smokasinan' said to Pacific Islands: were pressed alum Miction which used to be Ivelihood they persisted hop. There is only one crop yearly, the exposed areas early thay, the cape was moving very twly, were down. Ab airportske in
of anxious residents evacuated Latest report and prehitri The spokesman said:170, Vlands days
The British pezial to Yurosta into rescue service in the flood the industriali ¿irector until
Spökérky, as an aron north of Tokyo, H-201 smashed; up they district.
Há um Á Únit i Thoyzz/plehed Jun - Japanissa (during the warts Assoc ated
që,maricued on housetips, and. Press and United Press, Kena
ng the authorities concarned v The vagetable to mainly used fiest Winds of a Poula, reconsider the questions, for soupe in Chinese dieta. The warianten.
The Takit authorities, the current price vor catty is 8% Ligar Fort Lauderdale,
Murricana | appar Catabout five inllenan
const hour
And the Interiorzot vi maktd, the