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KING MICHAEL IN LAUSANNE Expected To Be Joined By Fiancee
Mystery Boy In 15: New,
Royal Suite
New Siam Rice Company
BANGKOK, JAN. 5.
ANNOUNCED
TODAY
Lausanne, Jan: 5;
| Ex-King, Michael of Rumania arrived here today'
·
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MERCHANTS COM. OF
THE SIAMESE GOVERN. A big basket of red and pink carnations decorated
THE CHILNA MENT
with the Rumanian colours was brought to the STEAM NAVIGATION THE ABOLITION OF THE
PANY, LARGEST CONCERN hotel for Queen Helen soon after her arrival. GOVERNMENT RICE PUR-
IT'S KIND IN CHINA, RXPECTS CHASING BUREAU AND THE Major. Jacques Vercotti
ANOTHER 15 AMERI Passengers on Michael's train TO PUT TRANSFER OF ITS FUNC- Michael's alde.de-camp, sald to included Dr. Blanes, Rumantan CAN BUILT SHIRS IN SERVICE TIONS ΤΟΙ ΤΗΣ GOVERN-night that Princess Anne. of Director-General of polles and asy NEXT MONTHY IT WAS MENT OPERATED" THAI RICE Bourbon-Forma would probably mystery member of the party- REVEALED BY MR. SJIEN SUNG- COMPANY, IN NEW MEASURES come to Lausanne. "But we do good looking young boy in LIEN, THE ASSISTANT GENER, TO PROTECT SLAM'S RICE not imow when," he said. "It is yellow jersey. Michael's alde, AL MANAGER OF, THE COM- TRADE AND TO PREVENT Hot certain how long we shall be Major Vercntil, is
10 PANY. reported LOW QUALITY RICE BEING able to stay in Switzerland. We have said that he dare not dia- SHIPPED ABROAD,
have not yet received permission close the boy's identity.
longer than stay here morrow."*
It was underlood that Slam's
December rice shipments, amount- ed to 52,100 tons, while another 34,040: tony. now being loaded; 16.4000 tons for China, 9:870 tons for India, 3,830 tons for the Netherlands East Indies, and 1,210 tons for Burnee.
Bealdes ensuring the quality of exports, about which Malaya hus complained recently, the rice company will bulld. up stocks for local consumption and will handle! the whole country's paddy for distribution to the mills.
to-
Fe also disclosed that negotiations In the Swiss capital the only are already under way for the pur- representative of the Rumanian chase of big occan liners of more It had earlier been announced |Legation was a Pros Altucht, | than 10,000 tons from foreign .coud. In Berno that Michael has been and no Swiss officials appeared tric granted permission to atay in on the platform apart from two Switzerland temporarily. C made no request for permanent +4 residence, it was understood..
suite have been given ordinary Swiss visas valid for fired months.
1
The ex-King and als NO WORD OF
Mystery Boy,
Michael and his mother Queen The company Itsell operates Helen and 28 members of his nine mills. The former Premier, sulto were met by Michael's Thawi Hunyukot, Chief of the uncle, Prince Nicolas of Rumanin, Purchasing Bureau,
been and his aunt. has
the widowed Inannging director of the Thai Duchess of Aosta, who are stay. Rice Company.---Reuter.
Ing with him at the hotel.
Police Uncover Illegal Arms
New York, Jan. 6.
The 65,000 pounds of TNT taken on Saturday from the Palestine-bound American freighter Executor lay in a lighter in New York. Har- bour today as the police found more military material in the warehouse from which the ori ginal shipment came. Included in the new discover
les were ming detectors, walkie talkio set and several hand tracks fonded with blocks of metal dencribed by officlols a type easily melted down bullets.
дя 10
Not Ready For Atom Blitz
The police wore seeking two men connected with the ware- houso, from which the explosives
Cleveland, Jan, 0. and other materiais came,' and '
The president of the American have questioned the owner of Medical Association today warned lorry business, one of whone thot his profession was unpre. vehicles delivered the explosives pored for atomic bomb attacks in to the Jersey City pler
which there would, bo mass casualties,
The Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation, called in by the Customs Service, would make no statement,
and
the Const Gard Service was equally re-
ticent,
{ime
MISSING U.S. MARINES
Taingtao, Jan. 0. Five American Marines, missing since Christmas on a hunting trip which look them Into Chinese Communist ter- ritory, are still unheard from at Marine Headquarters here.
Marine sources refused to give details surrounding the disappearance of the men, except to say they had gone hunting,
The
A Chinese source said that Jeep belonging to the party was found beyond gov- vernment lines, but showeri no signs of violence.-Arto- ciated Press.
Shipping circles here predicted that the ital Chinese shipping tonnage this year will be secured from 950 000 tons to 1,500,000 tons.
The new ships which China will acquire this year, will includa from Canada and sim from. Britain all purchased by the Ming Sung 1 Shipping Company, a private- con cero Reuter.
U.S. Sends Marines To Med.
Morehead. City, NC. Jan, 5. United States) Masines - osth- mated to be 800 to 1,000+ strong. sailed for the› Mediterranean:| today.
Virtual wartime secrecy was elamped on the operation, but waterfront watchers reported. that they had féll combat equlp-i ment, including tanka and guns.";
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The two transports loaded security police travelling on the with Marines loft a day ahead
-"BANGOLA" • of the departure date mention- trala and railway officials.
Ex-King Michael's reasons for ed in the Navy announcement | abdication from the Rumanian last week. The Marines' mig-i were: "Political and only pollator, according to the an-
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The Abdication "The King will issue a state. ment in a few days but I do not know whether he will want to withdraw any of the statements in his abdication declaration, the secretary added.
Coincident with the abrupt salling came "the Navy an The King has brought very lit jouncement that Vice-Admiral the money with him and he has Forrest P. Sherman, top-love? | absolutely no assets abroad his strategist, would take over come secretary said.
mand of the United States
The administrator of one of the
Dr Edward Bortz, opening the AMA mid-year meeting. reminded King's properties in Rumania has 3,000 medical men assembled to remained behind to negotiato with of the Government about their die Retier that this was a
international
been great social disequilibrium and posul. The King has not
allowed to bring with him his He said neither doctors nor famous collection of jado which hospitals were prepared for large still in his palace at Sinaia. Customs officials said ex-numbers of casualties "If an in- Meanwhile, # message from plosives for export required|cident precipitates a mujer catas. Copenhagen says, that Princess #pdelul permits and must Be trophe in the near future"
Anne' of Bourbon.Parma. after a properly labelled,
The Philadelphia doctor advo-langtby telephone eated the establishment of wide-today with Michael said: “Is It (cams in not wonderful that he is perfectly The police wished to question 17-dispersed first aid Mr. Julius Chender, 27-year-old very community in the event of safe?"."
alonite bombardment and added The Princess was speaking in electrical engineer, in connec- that it was "high time" organized her home in Copenhagen in the tion with the ownership of the medicine played a large role in presence of her family. Her warehouse, but his parents said preparing members of the pro-cousin, Prince George, said that that he had been in Paris for
for she could see nobody tonight as the past two years.
in she had a bad cold and was golog |
to bed early-Reuter,
"Alpers"
Mr. Chender was quoted to- day by correspondents of the American-owned National Broad- casting Company li· ·Pária- denying that he owned such warehouse dr. that he was' "en-' gaged in shipping atms' or am- muhition to Falestiner
na
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"I have been interested in the Palestine situation:: since - I. Was a kid"; he told a correspondent Mr. Plulip Alpers, bolleved to be acting manager of the firm occupying the warehouse building, was another person the police wished to question but as his address it was learnoj that he had been away all week- end.
The owner of the lorry business, William: Hoffman, orn of whose vehicles dilivered the shipdvent of explosives to the Jarkey City,pler; said 'that when renting his forries to the, come pany which apparently, operated- thel warehouse, he dealt with3 ́a mań numiëd "Alpers' nig
Mt. "Hoffman declared that ha rented hig2-lorries to "Alpers” two or three times a month
fession and allied groups rendering erhergency service time of need.-United Press.
conversation
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