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MARSHALL'S TWO PROBLEMS
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Form Of Aid To Western Europe And What EE THEATRE
To Do About Palestine Statement Expected Spanish
During The Week
Washington, Apr. 24.
Mr. George Marshall, the U.S. Secretary of State, who returned here today from the Bogota Pan- American Conference, is expected to review the present insecure international situation with President Truman before leaving for his home in North Carolina for a weekend rost. The two most critical problems facing Mr. Marshall are: Firstly, what form of aid and guarantee the United States should give to the Western Euro- pean Alliance; and, Secondly, what action is to be taken by the United States-together with United Nations-to stop the spread of Arab- Jewish warfare in Palestine.
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There is still no means of State Robert Lovett, who Ins elarifying President Truman's been running things in his ab- declaration
March 17- sence. when the five European tions signed the Brussels Pact that the United States would, "by appropriate means, extend to the free nations the support which the situation requires".
Nobility
Madeld, Apr. 24.
A bill, restoring titles of nobility in Spain, was passed by the Cortez (8panish Par- Ilament) today. One mêmber voted against it.
The bill giver General Franco the right to confer new titios and. quspend old опев, дв
wall za restoring those abolished in 1931, when the Republia was proclaimed. --Reuter,
Italy Pays A Debt
Ambassador Alberto Turchinn! handed a cheque for this amount to the State Department.
The Hague Reserves Judgment
The Hague, Apr. 24. The International Court of Justice today concluded public hearings on conditions of admis- sion to membership of the Unit- cd Nations. The President an- nounced it would probably give its opinion about the middle of May.
The public hearings began on Thursday, the General Assembly having asked for on advisory opinion on whether members were entitled under the Charter to make certain conditions for the admission of now members. This aros0 from the Soviet Union's action in barring Italy and other countries unless Dul- goria, Hungary and Rumania were also odmitted.
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The other countries involved Washington, Apr. 24.
are Albania, the Mongolian Peo- United States] Italy paid the
ple's Republic, Transjordan, Eire Presumably one of the subjects US$5,000,000 on Friday to meet and Portugal.-Reater. na-
covered in Lovett's reportedly clains of American citizens arie- sweeping review of world affairs ing out of World War II. was the Palestine crisis. Lovett is known to be deeply concerned over the failure of Jews and Arabs to respond to American-supported United Nations attempts to end that the payment was not intend- There is a general Impression the fighting in the Holy Land.
Marshall himself confined his ed to influence the result of the Zaw Hong Kong broedemating on n In Army circles that when Presl- dent Truman referred to "appro-conference.
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NOT THE BAME JOB
with his surely short trump hold- Ing and thus upset the even tenor of the procedure.
Army and officinì circles
When you note, by the scores usking if the European nations at two tables of a duplicate four- Against the club lead, the K were not counting upon Ameri- | nament, that the saine contract won, the A furnished a discard cin aid reaching them more was bid at two tables and the of the heart 7 and a third club quickly and more certainly than same result obtained, your natu- was ruffed, eliminating the Q and in fact it would do, and if their ral tendency is to imagine that the setting up the sult's remainders. Brmy confidence in such aid was two declarers did exactly the same Then the diamond K and A re- 7.20 & 9.20 PM. Ikely to encourage them to reck- job, or approximately the same. moved hostile trumps and made
less behaviour.”—Reuter.
if so, you will be wrong plenty the clubs useful to discard the of the time. The defence put up last against the two may have been
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Washington, Apr. 24. Mr. Marshall's arrival stirred speculation on the probability of an early meeting between Ameri- can officials and lenders of the Western European nations to plan new Joint efforts to hold
check in Europe.
quite different, especially the opening lend, which sometimes very largely sets the tempo for what happens afterward.
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two hearts, leaving South only one loser, in spades.
Where the heart A was opened, the dummy's diamond 10 ruffed it. Two top clubs got rid of a second heart, a club ruff putŢ South In his own hand and the heart 10 was then rulfed by the diamond A.
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