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VOLUNTARY STERILISATION Scientists' Scheme For China And India
Best Solution Of Problems?
Washington, Nov. 20.
A proposal that voluntary sterilization be adopted in China and India as the best solution for their population problems has been advanced by two social scientists here.
In a book, "Human Breeding and Survival," Guy Irving Burch and. Elmer Pendell, authorities on population, state that voluntary steriliza- tion has a "special appropriateness" in these areas, "where domestic facilities for the use of .contraceptives are few,"
Committee Approves Aid Plan
Washington, Nov. 19. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee ap-
Mr. Durch is director of the Population Reference Bureau kere and Mr. Pendell is a teacher at the Baldwin Wallace College and A
of the Population Associa-] member tion of America,
nilar measures,
"Urgent Need"
"Voluntary sterilization,"
HONGKONG-LONDON ved today the recom-thars conviuile, "especially
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mendations to provide emergency stop-gap aid Lo France, Italy and Austria.
The voting was 23 to ni!. The Chuirman, Senator Arthur Van. denburg (Republican of Michi gan), told a po.58 Conference Committee also vcted
to puss a number the Bill whir);
Unanimously of amendmenta ant! been submitted State Department,
by the
many
STORE FIRE TOLL
Christchurch, Nor. 19. Forty-one people had to- night been definetelpajisted As missing "In yesterday afternoon's fire at do- partmental store here.
Thirty-nine bodles have been recovered.
on
The victims will be buried Sunday In A TUASS funeral because of the dif flculty of identification.- Reuter.
Pirates Executed
NANKING, NOV, 20. ELEVEN OF A GANG OF 17 PIRATES ARRESTED BY THE POLICE FROM CHINA
German Weapons A Threat
WASHINGTON, NOV. 20.
MANILA
REAR.ADMAG. NOBLE CONNECTIONS
CHIEF OF NAVAL ORDNANCE. SAID TODAY THAT NUMER QUS GERMAN WEAPONS HAVE BECOME A "POLITICAL THREAT" TO THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE THEY HAVE "FALLEN INTO THE HANDS OF POWERS WITH WHICH AS YET WE HAVE BEEN UN- ABLE
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Noble did not mention Russia or any other nation.
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In China, the auben said, “dif- culties in the lack of knowledge! culties are in
Addressing 000 industrial and of contracrption and in tack of con
education research representatives reviewing the Navy's $18,000,000 veniences for application."
They laimed the abortion rate was very
DIFFERENT a year research programmo, Noble HIDEOUTS high and the maternity death raw EXECUTED
WERE said the "powers" had obtained BY A FIRING such weapons likewise high, but the population SQUAD TODAY.
as V-1 and etheless Increases by four or five
rorkets, jet-propelled planes and The gang have been reported a new type of submarine, He sald allion persuns annually. They almost retive оп the Yungize that unless the United States per. singggested that Puerto Rico atop River mouth, molesting merchani fects adequate defences these
ships. Their audactis nets are weapons would be said to have accounted for the
a "nevere threat to our national security." e aucluding
deaths of at least 30 persons, In. Cantain D, R. Hull of the Navy
one woman, after violated, then murdered.
who was Elretronics Bureau d the Navy scrumbiched work family is a large as the circum stances juvify, would probably serve Nanking in May
The pirates were
our devices brought to for protecting its personnel from If this year. radio activity in atomic warfare, as 2014 argent need in land
like Eleven of them were sentenced lie said the divlees, which he did then"
to death nad the others sent to They propose, if runnertian with prison by the Military Court of
not describe, will be distributed as voluntary sterilization, that the Unit- the Ministry of National Defence. equipment
soon As necessary pr:duction ed Nations should recommend to all-Associated Press.
Is ready, United Press. nations the adop.ints of laws which wlil. first. "actually lend to the sterilization of all persons who are
nadequate, either biologiently
મરી, *rcond, rially
"encourage vohistary-sterilization of normal per- ans who have had
their share of children."
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DALTON RESIGNATION: EX-CHANCELLOR EXPLAINS TO PARTY
One of these specified that the Act "shall not imply any oblige
The United Nations, they asserted, tion to give assistance to any of
"is in a position to insist that con- the countries
quered countries pass such laws and mentioned пот sbn imply or guarantee the
that the taws be administered under availablity of any specifle com.
Allied supervision for a given period in ditles."
The amendment is
as a prerequisite to autonomy." Intended to answer criticism that Socially Desirable America's economy was In short
Specifically, voluntary sterilization supply with respect to
was recommended for a commodities outlined in the Bill.bracket of citizens who were clearly
neutral The The Administration has asked not fiabilities but who had nothing for $597,000,000 to furnish fod,
30 ntier for the well-being of their ced fertiliser, petroleumi and other supplies to the three coun.
fellow men and whose reproduction retards the birth rate of accomplish. tries.
ed persons. The Bill, which will be intro. duced to the Senate for continui
"Since there in the care against ing consideratl'n,
them any sterilization includes the
procedure The Amendments by the State De-
should be on their www inllarive, partment. Senator Vandenberg
completely voluntary, but it does seem said that he hoped the Blucially desirable that sterilization would be approved by Nov. 27.. without fee should be theirs for the
The Committer draft included
a provision that no more than
75 per cent of all dollar credits
granted to France, Italy and Aus. tria could be apert in the United States--opening the way for
d ́Hor purchasca those countries in other markets. -Reuter,
greater
asking."-United Press.
Monumental But Wait
ments
el PIPER PILOTS Watson Lake, (British Colum-
bla), Nov. 20.
Clifford Evans and George Truman landed their Piper Cub planes here late yesterday af- ter snowstorm forced them to
abandon an attempt to reach Fort Nelson,
The round-the-world fliers took off from Whitehorse, 300 niles to the north. bound for Fort Nelson.
I
London, Nov. 19. Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, attended a Parliamentary Labour Party meeting in the House of Commons today to hear the Chancel- lor of the Exchequer, Mr. Hugh Dalton, give his own account of the budget leakage which led to his resignation.
meeting lasted three placing on record "its full con- hours, and it was announced fidence in Mr. Hugh Dalton and that the next moves were left assuring him of the high regard in the hands of the Cabinet in which he is held by his party without much discussion. colleagues."-Reuter.
It was later learned that thei Government intends to intro-
duce a motion in Parliament Indian Ocean
for debate this week. probably
tomorrow evening, calling for
a
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Lake Success, Nov, 20.
London, Nov. 20. The British press today hail-
the Geneva trade agree which Mr. Dalton made to the India today disclosed that she is Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit of as representing
accredited Parliamentary cor- planning to present a resolution "monumental" achievement but respondent of the London Even-to the plenary session of the cautiously warned that time ing Star a few minutes before United Nations General Assem- and future economic develop be addrrased the House a week bly which will give the Indian ments would test their worth. ago today.
The agreement was savagely The select committee, which attacked, however, by the arch-is a committee of inquiry drawn Conservative "Daily Express," from members of all parties. which said in its columb-long wag originally demanded by editorial. "A big bad bargain the Conservative Opposition.
s agreed A big black pact is The Government has minde?"
taken a step ahead of the Op
Ocean area a permanent repre. sentative in the Security Council, cne of the two seats now held by at the expense, if necessary, of Latin American countries.
tions Councils was up for discus.
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Mrs. Pandit said she would -in- troduce the motion in connection with the discussion of rules pro- now cedure
when the article governing elec
in the plenary session It said United States post- position by deciding to sponsor ton of members to United N After landing here they said war polley had scored its first the motion itself. It will pro they would resume the flight triumph and the "citudel of im- pose that the select committed down to Alenn highway to-perial preferences la breached." be given a wide berth to in morrow if weather conditions
It said the pact was "bad, very vestigate all the circumstances permit-United Press,
bad,"
which it decides may bare Other Conservative news-levant. papers-the "Daily Mall” and After Mr. Dalton has ad the "Daily Telegraph"-did not dressed the Parliamentary La comment editorially. United bour Party, the meeting un Press.
animously passed a resolution
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Lost ENERGY, STRENGTH and VITALITY regained
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When Tired GLANDS
Soviet-Inspired Deadlock
London, Nov. 20.
Big Four efforts to establish agenda for the forthcoming meeting of the Foreign Ministers Council ended in deadlock today with the So- viet Union refusing to deviate from proposals laid down by the Soviet Foreign Minister, Molotov.
The United States delegation Is urging Mrs. Pandit to permit the res lution to be deferred for con. ! sideration by the "Little Assem- bly."-United Press.
Lords Reform
Parley Rejected
Tawton, No* 20. The Government today declined a suggestion to summon an all-pany conference in the House of Lords to consider reformning the constitution la the Upper House.
The suggestion was made by Vis count Samuel, leader of the Liberal petry.
the
Viscount Addison, leader of House, replied that the Prime Minis ter, Mr. Clement Attlee, had stated In the House of Commons that the Government would be ready to study Any proposal to reform the second chamber but i it was felt that this should not delay or jeopardise the bill now before the House of Common to reduce the period of the Lord's suspensory vote,
ROYALTY IN LONDON
the
As a result, the Foreign Minis and procedure for preparation of the ters' deputies today agreed to asubmit German peace treaty. Also incorpor two draft agendes when the CFM ated in the French proposal making & frayed NERVE CELLS meets on November 25, one support it possible for the Ministers to pass The Government did not feel that are re-nourishad
ed by Britain, France and the United from one subject to the next on that present they could consider States and the other championed by llet when a deadlock threatens. suggested conference-Reuter. When you feel Weak, Runklown,
Russia
The Soviet draft agenda prescribes Depressed, your glands are simply thred Today's deliberations left the that, in rigid urder, the, Ministers -dried up. But you can now revivi lepules with "nothing further to do take up-procedure for preparation of them. This amazing double-active
draft their report to 1xcept. tonic-Rezex-acts in two ways. I
the the German, peace treaty, form and Vinisters, unless the Russian decide scope of the provisional German nourishes tired glands-it feed.
of polic last-minute change
Government, report of the
Alliert
'London, Nov. 19, nerve cells. And as they revive you
according to begin to feel fresh vitality-new cocrgy
to an American spokesman, Controf Commission on implementa- King Haaken of Norway, the The Soviet surge through your body. You be
deputy, Andrei Smirnov tion of decisions of the Moscow ra- Prime Minister, Mr. Attlee, and Mr. .come alert, vidite. You have learnt the teadfastly baulked at the Western sion of the CFM" economic prla Winston Church!! were guests priceless secret of pew.health. Gel
by the CPM and also refused ciples for Germany, and finally, the honour at a dinner tonight given by Rezcx to-day.
agree to 20 Is acis immediately. "
to inclusion of the United
treaty. Austrian re
the Norwegian Ambassador.
Mr. P. Obtainable at all Dispensaries &
| States propoksi foř a four-pawer pact The Western powers, in drafting Prebenson, Drug Stores.
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un German disarmament and de- their version of the agenda, agreed About 500 guests met King | militarization In the ogende.
Cho'drop the proposal for a report Feederik and, Queen Ingrid of Den- The agenda agreed on by the threef from, the ACC in view of the fact mark at a reception arranged by the powers includes the following points that the ACC has been udable, Royal Danish Society. Príncsos for discussion by the Ministers, the reach, agreement on the questions, re- Eugenie of Gretee, Prince Flemming Austrian treaty, economic, principles ferred to them. As American spokes and Prince George of Denmark, land relating to Germany, form and scope, mun, said, "The deputies Aave accom. Princess Margaretlia of Sweden, were of the provisional: German Govern- pliched nothing. It will be up to the among the guests, together with ment- ihs, Ualted States "four-power Ministers themselves to decide on several Britlih Cabinet Ministers--- pact proposal, the German froilers their agenda,"United Fress
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