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ANCIENT GARTER CEREMONIES Princess To Be Received Into Order
Windsor Pageant Silver
Kashmir Dispute Formula
To-Day
London, Apr. 21.
Princess Elizabeth and nine noted Britons will be re- ceived into the Order of the Garter on Friday on the 600th anniversary of the Empire's most ex- clusive Order of chivalry.
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Lake Success, Apr. 21. The United Nations Security Council tonight, adopted a formula for settling the bitter The India-Pakistan dispute over Kashmir,
The plan was approved by 31 reparate votes on a paragraph by paragraph basis. Each paragraph was adopted by votes ranging from Bever to zaro to nine to zero. Russia and the Soviet Ukraine abstained throughout,
The 18-point plan calls for: I-A five-nation U.N. Commis- slon which would try to end the present fighting in Kashmir and help arrange a plebiscite to decide whether princely Kashmir-large- ly Moslem-should affiliate with Hindu-majority India or Moslem Pakiston.
ted Press,
medieval ceremony at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, will bring the membership to 23. The limit of living members outside the Royal family is 25. The King is the sole elector.
The first Garter service since the Royal Air Force Lord Ted- 1937, it will be the occasion for der, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, a splash of colour rare in these Lord Harlech, Lord Cranworth, days of austerity-living in Eng-the Earl of Scarborough and the
Duke of Rutland, land.
Princess Elizabeth, just past her 22nd. birthday, will become a Lady of the Order. Her hus- band, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, will be Knight Companion along with eight others cited for service
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Jubilee
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London, Apr. 21.
Picked men
of Scotland Yard began final precautions today to ensure the safety of King George and Queen Eliza. bath on their two Silver Wed. ding Jubilee drives on April 26.
Detectives began an exhaustive investigation of houses and public buildings along the routes, inter-
"undesirable** viewed
persons and kept #sharp watch for firearms. As they did prior to
King's Command Horses of the Household Princess Elizabeth's wedding, the Cavalry will be in ceremonial Police are taking names and ad- bridien, the Foot Quards in full dresses of those who have paid dress will form a Jane for from £1 to £0 for window or procession, a choir will ing balcony vantage points. forgotten songs and trumpeteri will sound fanfares. Present members of the Order and the initiates will wear pur
Some 50 main streets in the heart of the capital will be closed to ordinary traffic for the ceremonial drive from Bucking- ham Palace to. St. Paul's Cathedral where in the morning. w!l! A thanksgiving Service will be
2——A speciál plebiscite adminis. to England. tration to carry out the voting They are: Viscouni Alexon- under U.N. supervision-Associader of Tunis, Viscount Mont-ple robes lined with white taffeta:
gomery of Alamein, Marshal of The Knight Companiona
wear while silken hose, white
hold, shoes with red heels and caps
In the early evening before decorated with ostrich and black their broadcast to the nation, the heron's feathers.
King and Queen will drive by car First of the ceremony will over a more than 20-mile course First part be to invest the newest members, through war-scared sections of including the Prince and Princess. London. At one stage of the King George VI will speak the planning, this, project, though dear six-centuries-old command:
to the sovereigns was all but TO
the honour of God omnipo- abandoned because it was consi tent and in memorial- the dared too risky-Associated Press.
HUGE E.R.P. FUNDS MAY NOT BE ENOUGH
Washington, Apr. 22.
The US$5,300,000,000 already authorised for Euro- pean recovery may not be enough, Paul G. Hoff- man told the House Appropriations Committee today.
Mr. Hoffman, administrator of the Foreign Aid Pro- gramme, told the Committee: "My great fear is that even with the most careful planning and the most rigorous supervision of expenditures, this amount may prove insufficient to accom- plish the degree of recovery we seek.".
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Fourth Lady
The inch-wide blue velvet gar- ter will be placed on the Prin- cess' left arm. The men will wear it below the left knee.
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“Srap Iron" Includes Arms
Manila, Apr. 22.
In the second part of the rites, all 10 initiates wilt ba An investigation by Intelligence Installed Including Montmen of the Department of the sale of surplus gomery, Tedder and Mountbat- Interior on the ten, who have already been property classified as "scrap iron." Inverted.
disclosed that the lot included Mr. Hoffman said he hoped The ceremony will be in ab-brand-new, spare parts of Thomp- for greater production in all the sentia for Mountbatten, who is sen sub-machineguns, 45 calibre
pistols and carbines. nations participating in the re-Governor General of India.
Princess Elizabeth becomes the The Chinese buyer, Tan Le-po, covery programme. He said, fourth living Lady of the Order. expressed his willingness to sur however, he is not sure how this The others are Queen Elizabeth render the war material, all sales could be done.
and Queen Mary of England and of which had been suspended by A tentativo division of the
Wilhelmina Queen
of
the Presidential order last month. US$5,300,000,000 European Netherlands. Along with other The official buying price was cavery fund gives Britala the living members she will be en-reportedly 40,000 pesos, but in- biggest slice US$1,324,300,000.
the actual titled to a recess in a wall at St. Ivestigators claimed Next in line comes France,
display her {market value-is-about · 140,000] tharge's Chapel and name plate. pesos.
personal banner, Brish-American zones in West-
but
The investigation is continuing
There have been about 850 members since 1948, only 680 United Press. plates remain, Souvenir hunters are blamed for most of the dia- crepancy. Some members, Kai- ser Wilhelm of Germany for - stance, have been degraded and their plates thrown into the dust
Italy, the Netherlands and Berlin, Apr. 22. The "Taeglische Rundschau" arn Germany-Associated Press. promised today that food
Details rationing in the Soviet Zone of Germany "will be eased at the earliest possible moment.
Washington, Apr, 20. The details of the aid Britain and eventually ended entire-and her Dependencies will re-
ceive under the Ma
Marshall Plan,
bin Six weeks ago, Walter Ulbricht, from April 1 this year to March co-chairman of the Socialist Unity 31,-1948, were published here-to- Party, forecast that potato
day
The figures show the non- bread rationing would end in the dial obligation which the United Russian Zone following this year's States Economic Cooperation Ad- harvest and the meat and fat ministration will assume. rations would be substantially in- creased.
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Frankfurt Apr 21. The Air Force announced to- is only a majority opinion of right a midnight mission of three blatoriana Nobody knows for squadrons of Super-Fortresses flying from Furtsenfeldbruck air certain. The principal categories are:
The most colourful version of base. near Munich to carry out Food--$450 million; machinery The "Taegliche Rundschau" said and electrical equipment $162,its origin has it that King Edward simulated bombing attack over the end of rationing would
tobacco $45,500,000; II was dancing in 1948 be 100,000;
Canal An Air Force spokesman ́`saldi thode possible by more Intensive petroleum
mil-pretty Joan, Countess of Salin- products-$118 farming, including large increases ilon; cotton-3166 million; timber bury, when she lost a garter. he could not confirm the reports! in fertilizer and farm machinery and timber equipment 55 mil- The King, so the legend goes, that dummy, bombs production and by the increase in lion; metals$89,800,000; cotton halted some rude remarks from dropped. export industries,
The non-stop fight, according cloth $1,100,000; newsprint $21, the sidelines by picking up the The "Runderbeu" made it clear million; hides, skins and leather garter with the remark:
to the Air Force, will cover ap- thut any food imports Into the $28 million; chemicals $67,-
"Honi solt Evil to sell qui mal y pense"--proximately 3,600 roiles and take Russian Zone would be paid for 100,000; vehicles $32,500,000.
who evil think
17 hours. The planes will fly This became and sill is, the the Adriatic Sea, down the Ad- SATURDAY
direct
FRIDAY, Immediately with German exports. The total obligation is $1,245,-
from Furtzenfeldbruck to The United States Government 800,000 (£311,450,000), with al- motto of the Order. Imports 300,000 tons of foodstuffs lowances for price adjustment of Less romantic historians say riatic to the Mediterranean and Into the Anglo-American Zones $78,500,000 (£19,028,006), result there was no Countess of Sulle across to Fort Said at the north monthly on a deferred payment ing in a grand total of $1,324,-bury at the time and that Kin end of the Suez Canal
basts.
The average consumer in the Soviet Zone is said to receive now about 1,900 calories dally. Doctors claimed 2,000 calories
300,000 (£331,075,000)-Reuter.
were the minimum ration neces- Britain And
Kary for existence. Even in the Anglo-American Zones, normal consumers receive only about 1,400 calories daily. United Press,
Doolittle Predicts
Norway
London, Apr. 21. A British Anancial and · trade delegation will leave London for Oslo on April 24 to discuss Anglo- Norwegian balance of payments and trade matters with the Nor- wegian Government, an authorl- tative British source said tonight. The discussions will start in James H. Doolittle, who led delegation is expected to go from
Osto
on April 28, he added. The the first alr,raid on Tokyo, to-Oslo to Stockholm on May 5 for day predicted the development a
discussions with the Swedish arc expected
New York, Apr. 21.
of guided missiles carrying authorities which atomic bombs and propelled by to open on May 7. atomic energy up to distances The main object of the visit of 3,000 miles.
to Norway, it is learned, is to
He also predicted the applica-review the Anglo-Norwegian tion of rockets to commercial monetary Bgreement of June. development and said, "Rocket 1947. At the same time, o general engines capable of driving o rocket review of Anglo-Norwegian trade craft at speeds in excess of 8,000 will be made-Router." miles an hour already exist.",
Doolittle said, "It may be pos- alble for rocket aircraft passengers to fly from New York to Europe in an hour or to Buenos Aires In two hours."
MINE EXPLOSION
Lime, Apr. 21; He said, he is certain that out Eight miners were known to of our scientific endeavour will have been killed; 150 are în dan- coma. new weapons--guided 'mis- gar," and more deaths aro ́ feared allos which will have atomie war as a result of an explosion and heads and which most likely will fire in the Aguas Calientes mine employ, atomía energy, ps propel- at Casapalca near- Огоуа,
90 Jant. The new weapons will miles east of Lima, the newspa sure our ability to defend ourself por, La Tribuna, reported, today, and help maintain a docent peppe Three of the dead were suf- until the establishment of a focated when they went down legalized world organisation; in the mine in an attempt to TŘICAMU which all nations can live without trapped men.
fear and in, anderstanding anak machoniatonon-kan-kawan - menmon- concord with their neighbours."?==| ed from Liina and -- Oroya. United Press.
Edward probably founded the Garter Order to celebrate irlumph over the French.—Apso clated Press.
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