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BRITAIN TURNS THE CORNER New Surge Of Optimism In Country: Things On The "Up And Up'
London, Dec. 15. Increasing evidence that Britain is beating back poverty has brought a new surge of optimism to these islands.
A spokesman for the office of Sir Stafford Cripps, boss of Britain's economics and finance, said: Headlines "Things are on the up and up." which once told only of new ration cuts and·· new crises, now hail good news,
The most spectacular bright making, and the commercial, spot is in coal production. It financial and distributive busi has risen steadily to the point nesses, '
ed.
where exports have been renew- On lorig-term plans, electric- Arthur Herner, Community generation and increased ist General Secretary of the farmi production are major, National Mineworkers Union, items. In the first 'seven] predicts the country can export months of
Britain this year, 14,000,000 tons next year and produced enough electricity iegain her pre-war volume of generating equipment turn 50,000,000 tons in two years. Britain promised to export 10,- 000,000 tons next year under the Marshall Plan.
NO LONGER RESTLESS
Shanghai, Dec 15. South China ports have lost that restless feeling witnessed during the war, Admiral Charles M. Cooke, Commander. of the U.S. Western Pacific Fleet, said in Tsingtao yesterday, Recording to Chineso poris.
Admiral Cooke has just
^ returned - to his base in
Tsingtao following AUTO- longed tour of Southern Asia, during which he called at Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila and Formosa-Beu- 1er.
Goldsmiths
out 630,000 kilowatts-more Win A
than twice last year's total
production of such equipment. Victory
Manpower
Surgery By Sound Waves
LOS ANGELES, DEC. 15. BRAIN SURGERY BY SOUND WAVES INSTEAD OF THE KNIFE IS IN PROCESS OF BEING PERFECTED.
An accoustics expert, Dr. londore Ruanick of the Pennsylvania State College, told the Accustical Society of America today that great progreas [had been made in the of round
waves as a surgical
implement.
Dr. Rudolck said research men at
Columbia University had been able with sound
selectively selmulate and destroy
vraves
to
brain tissue of
animale, and had proven, coul eliminate one small section of a dis- cased brain tissue while leaving the
of the brain untouched.
rest
Sounds 10,000 times as intense, as the sense level of the human carl killed mosquitors in 15 seconds, cock- roaches and mice in 60 seconds and caters.llars
la 135
La seconds. The Rame waves produce burns on human hands when thrust in front of their powerful beams, he said.
SOOTHING THEIR SOULS
Even the black apate in the Industrial picture are brighten-
Shanghai, Dec. 15. Mechanisation of agriculture, Goldsmiths have won their ing little. The shortage of speeded up during the war, is protracted battle for free trad Dr. Rudnick said he doubted if rail cars is so bad It may pro proceeding. The output of ing in gold, according to Chin: sound could ever be used to duce another crisis before
tractors and plowing, planting ese reports from Nanking. human beings because the Jourd spring. But volunteers
are and harvesting machinery is at A responsible official of the waves lost their intensity in a short helping to make up for the de-record levels. Fertiliser is Ministry of Finance was quoted distance, United Prest. cline in reling stock.
produced at twice the pre-war as declaring that gold dealers rate.
would be allowed to resumo Wartime Spirit
There is a major step in a business but that they would be This resurgence of the war- time spirit to work harder is programme of increased self- required to abide by the follow-
sufficiency, said a Governmenting rules: difficult to figure in statistica.
spokesman. Manpower le
1. Gold bara cannot be used Coal Board spokesman er problem But a
on the farms.¡ for sale. said this factor was largely German prisoners-of-wat, used 2. Gold ornament prices shall responsible for coal production as standby help, will be vir- be controlled by the Social Af BOOKINGS ACCEPTED FOR ANY EUROPEAN DESTINATION | execeding 4,000,000 tons In
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Britain's greatest economic programme of recruiting volun- ments,
Leer workers to spend their 13. No gold bars will be sup- headache-her foreign trade deficit would be greatly eased vacations at farm work is un-plied by the Central Bank-alise that music, like religion,
der way. Associated Press,
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"Rouble Bloc" To
Be Formed?
Moscow, Dec. 14.
is the official level for self- The immediate reaction of the people of Russia to
support.
Foreign Trade
today's announcement of the end of rationing, was one of rejoicing at the prospect of more ample supplies of food and consumer goods at lower prices.
Britain is mending her for- eign trade fences with now agreements. Last week, ип All restaurants in the city of agreement in principle" was Moscow were full tonight. reached with Russia to bring Millions of people stayed at. England 500,000 tons of vitally home to listen to the announce- needed, grain,
ment and large crowds gathered loudspeakers in public Steadily
Increasing indus-round
squares, clubs and hotels. trial employment is helping The new decree was regarded production for export. Mine na having the effect of drastically manpower is slowly creeping checking speculation and raising upward. So la mine mechanisa- the standard of living of the tion. Employment in steel and people by increasing their pur- power with slashing heavy metal trades is consider chasing ably above pre-war levels, and price reductions, still going up.
The same story can be told for others-automobiles, gas and electricity, public trans- port.
Employment
Meanwhile, a statement from Washington toys there Is a possibility that the Soviet Union might seek to establish working International value for the rouble in areas under Russian Influence following the announcement cf the devaluation of the rouble,
Rouble Bloc
J
competition with the sterling bloc or. dollar bioc
Russia
In 1
NewYork, Dec. 15. Since the first atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima | more people are listening to serious music, said Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos today.
He explained Men will re-
bas power to sustain and sooth the soul in time of trouble.”- United Press.
AMERICAN HYSTERIA ABOUT COMMUNISM
(Continued from Page 6) (3) The Communist organ, "Daily Worker", denounced Gen. Marshall's words as being a proposal for "another investiment in Generalissimo Chiang Kai- shek's War on the Chinese people."
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The Worker also had some comments on the Philippines, saying: "Not all the truth about S:me considered that such how bad things are under the move would assist
MacArthur Gen. of
sponsored competing with the operation
Roxas administration, has the Marshall Plan in Europe.
Trade by Russia with other poared In the 'presta... Hero is countries is at present са A ៩ minor but significant bilateral basis, the exchange of ample: Under military pressure commodities being calculated in there a Hollywood film 'Story of terms of currency of the country William Tell has been banned with which Russia 18 trading throughout the Philippines. Reuter.
Military commanders felt the portrayal of the overthrow a brutal government was 'subversive and 'right fán a firé in troubled arons.-United Press,"
NOT CERTAIN OF
· DEMOCRACY? .
Geneva, Dec. 15. The fear that Americans were losing confidence. In the ability of their democracy to Production is climbing too.
meet new situations. VELB éX+ Iron and steel output is bowl-
The rouble at present has only pressed today by Mrs. Eleanor ing along at a rate of about ง nominal laternational value Roosevelt, widow of the Inté 14,000,000 tons a year, edging because no international trans Finited States President, whó above its wartime record. actions are conducted in it,
Employment and production Officials there pointed out, how the past ten days has been are down from pre-war levele ever, that if Russia succeeds in presiding over the United Nations in some Industries-chiefly tex adjusting the rouble's purchasing Commission on Human Rights tile. Others include taildring, it would assist her in expanding
power for International purposes, in Geneva.
"We are tending to certain paper making, publishing her trade in Scandinavia, Eastern repressive. mengures which furniture manufacture, shoe Europe and all the countries with would not be necessary if we which' Russia is, operating clear,
were absolutely certain of our ing agreements.
ability to make our democracy rency area, as. a "rouble bloc" in work," she said Reuter.
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of the Soviet
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newspaper,
Commenting on the work or four-power delegados in London and Vienna, the correspondent, and that Britain, the United States, and France" which has been playing the role amigued to le --had advanced, both. In. Vienna and in London "Endlers" series of proposals, which grossly violate the previous common decision of the Allies and are ob viously "unázceptable to the Union."
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