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EIRE TO NATIONALISE
ROADS AND RAILWAYS? COMBINE LOSING
PROPOSITION®
Dublin, July 1.
Ireland's road and rail transport may be nationalised
in the near future.
The entire rail and road system of the country is now administered by Coras lompar Eireann (Irish Transport-Company), which was set up under the de Valera administration, and took over all other operators to form one large combine; Though not an official State organisation, the company was at its formation given govern- mental blessing, and Percy Reynolds its chair- man was the Government nominee for the post.
Woman's Story Of Bomb Attempt
New Delhi, July 1,
at
WESTERN WORLD IN A MESS
Karachi, July 1. Mohammad All Jinnah, Go- vernor General of Pakistan, performing the opening cere- mony of the New State Bank of Pakistan today; warned that the adoption of the western economic theory and practico; will not help us in creating a
contented-people.
for
The economie system of the An Indian taxi driver's wife West" he said, "has created al- told the court hèro today that most insoluble · problems. she saw the abortive bomb at-humanity and, to many of us, it tempt on Mahatma Gandhi appears that only a miracle can from about "15 paces distance", save it from the, disaster that when giving evidence the
da now facing "the world," trial of nine Indians charged vantages in mechanisation and Jinnah said that despite its ad- with complicity in the assas sination of Gandbi.
industrial efficiency, the western Of the nine accused, ong is world is "in. a worse mess than
ever before in history." of the Bank-which is fun
Jinnah unlocked the silver lock
on
land in the presence of dib lomatic representatives and high civil and military officials,
The Bank is starting to func- tion with an initial reserve of гиреев, transferred 600,000,000 from the Reserve of the Bank of India-Associated Press.
Almost since the organisa-body-Great Southern Railways, tlon came into being the public and the private, omnibus com- have been dissatisfied with fis' panless-and when their shares charged with the murder, while working, blaming for inade-were taken over with the pass-the others are charged with co quate services, and poor trains of the 1944 Act, their share- [opiracy, abetment of murder, and the lines of the Bank of Eng- and buses. To large extent holdings were reduced. That net illegal possession of arms and ex- this was excused by the comfeated by Parliament and pre-
was so unpopular that it was de-plosives,
The taxi driver's wife said that pany on the grounds that the cipitated a General Election in on January 20, at Birla House, war had interferred with which it was the main issue.
Gandhi's residence and scene normal development, and by
prayer meetings, she saw a man' restricting supplies of coal and The Government of, de Valera put a match to
bamb. the fuel oil had forced drastic re- then won the day, but since that identified the man as Madan Lal, ductions in services. But the time the shareholders of the one of the accused.
drown one end of the war bringing no re- company have ret lief, the public, and politicians penny in dividends on their in- make any move to run away when
vestment.
- Many of them are the bomb exploded. She also alike became restive, and pro-poor persons, who had put the identified three other accused as tests again the inefficiency of money away as an "old age" in- passengers of the car which she -the-system-have been frequent.vestment. They have now band- had seen near Birla House just
Speaking in Parliament, Fined themselves into "protection" before the explosion. 'ance Minister Patrick McGillon nesociations and are pressing for She said she did not know if dropped the hint that nationalisa-some explanation as to their post-Madan Lal was also one of the tion was not far off. "The position.-United Press.
lion," he said, "has developed to
a point ht which some - radical change will have to be made in the whole organisation of Coras Iompar Eireann, and I think that nobody looking at the position of that company now would put
it forward as an advertisement for private enterprise."
She said Madan Lal did not
'passengers in the car-Reuler.
CINEMA DISPUTE
4
IN SHANGHAI
Shanghai, July 2
Receiving Consideration The future for United States movies in China is very
He pointed out, however, that The only way in which nation- alisation could come before the Parliament was by way of legislation repealing the Act of 1944 under which the
present
dim, as theatras split with eight American dis ́tributors in a throu-way battle over admission
prices of theatres.
company was formed, and saidtre owners and U.S. distribu- The City Government, thea- that such legislation was recely-tors are stubbornly refusing to ing consideration.
The company Jast £1,000,000 on
compromise. your lost
distributors Since July 1, the its working and is still losing steadily. At pre-
have refused to supply movies sent it is slated to be losing at an effort to force the City the rate of £80,000 a month, with a monopoly of all transport, and that It will have-to-let-go- 2,500 workers in n retrenchment Theatre.. owners,
drive.
for the
nationalization
of the
In
Government
The prices. the
to raise admission
distributors
want basis as an index.
supported creased admissions but object
the Index basis.
The
City own percent
TRUMAN IN COCKY MOOD.
Markos Anti-Tito
Rome, July 1. The Greek Guerilla leader, "General" Markos, has attack- ed Marshal Tito and sided with the Cominform, "Rome newx- papers reported today in des- patches from Belgrade.
The Independent Momento Sera Faid the "Markos Radio" con. damned the Yugoslav Communist parly for attempting to "upset Balkon equilibrium" by proposing
■ Balkan federation,
The radio identified · Itself as speaking for the "free govern-
ment of democratic Greece." Associated Press.
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IL.II.
Washington; July 12.0p.m.-Daily Programme Summary, President Truman predicted (13.11 p.m.-A. Light French PrograINER. at a press
conference today 1.00 p.m.ass, Deles (DDCTA).
1:16 pm-News, Weather Report and
Trade unions here are calling Government insists on its that he would win the Demo- concern. Several resolutions to index, plus reserving 30 this stfect have been put dover of the souls of all theatres for eretle nomination and would for discussion at the Irish Trade
The lowest priced
tickets, which be re-elected as President, Union, Congress which opens on cost CN$100,000 about 3-4 US beating the Republicans candi- July 7.
cents at
at the present rale.
date, Governor Thomas E. As a result of the epilt be-
Dewey of New York, in next tween owners and distributors, November's elections, the Theatres
Guild voted to cancel the contracts.
Hardest Hit
لراهنة.
Hardest hit are the sharehold-
Somaliland Report
He believed he would secure
who ha
ers of the company. They had The City Government today the nomination in the first ballot money invested in various organ-adopted_a_wolf_and_see_altitude of the Convention opening-in isations amalgamated in the new as a result of the theatre-dis-Philadelphia on July 12 Asked
tributors split.
would prefer to run with Previously, the City Govern-him. as Vice-Presidential nomineo, ment charged that the Theatre Mr. Truman said that was for the Guild was in league with the dis- Convention to decide tributors. Today the distributors He smiled which a correspon- charged that the Guild is in with dent asked if Mrs. Franklyn D. the Cily Government in on ef-Roosevelt would be acceptable to fort to halt the showing of Am-him in that role, "What do you Serican Alms.
expect me to answer to that?," As a result film fans are facing he grinned, adding that of courso Bit Four Foreign Ministers with the threat of ancient movies being she would be welcome "if the making recommendations for the dusted off and reshown-United Convention ray, fit choose her." disposal of the former Italian Press.
London, July 1. The Deputies entrusted by the
colonies have now circulated the
report on Somaliland,
nailand, prepared
by the four-power inquiry com mission which last month com- pinied
a tour of the colonies. Interested Governments Will be invited to submit their views on, the documentTMand on similar reports on Eritrea, just com- pleted,
and Libya, due in about 17 days time."
-Reuter.
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
By Shepard Barclay.
“The Authority or Authuribles"
The deputies are not likely to ** DO YOU EVER FORGET?~~~ 10. With a hunch that East had meet again before August and HAVE YOU ever forgotten the guarded K, he put on the 2. wil then have less than six what your contract was? Have Then several great lights broke weeks to complete their work, you momentarily thought it was upon him all at once. First he before the data at which, fall, one suit when
actually, it was had been until then under the ng agreement, the issue must another?
Or that it was No crazy impression that diamonds
go to the United Nations-Reu- Trump when it was really a suit? were trumps, whereas the con
ter.
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Or that it was à gult when in tract was in No Trumps. Second, fact it was No Trump?. Of course he had blocked his long diamond you have. That is no disgrace, sult in the dummy.. with nothing|At 12:30, 2:30. 6:16.730:6.0.30 p.m. but merely proof that you are a smaller than the 0 in his own human being. The greatest hand.
players in the world have beer. He now had only one chance known to make exactly the same for his contract-finding the mistakes, When you do it, the heart K singly guarded in the best action is to have a laugh at East hand. If that be the caso, yourself, try to console your poor four heart tricks plus two in partner and determine not to do spades, four in diamonds and two it again in the very near future. clubs would make the contract.
5. A
But when he tried the heart anese It lost to West. A later
trick then beat him.
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D. 10 9 8 8 5 43.. C. 10 7.5
GINGER ROGERS - JOSEPH COTTEN 1683 W
SHIRLEY TEMPLE
"I'LL BE SEEING YOU"
\*. NEXT CHANGE. THIS LOVE OF OURS!
Starring
Merle Oberon Claudo, Rains"
A Story For All Woinen About One Woman "a
Because Of One.Mian
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(Dealer: North. Both sides vul-. nerable).
North
East South West 18:D Pass...”. 6 NT
Was this a “dub player who pulled such a boner? No. Ono of the world's most famous. But for the moment he played the part of a dub. So cheer up, all you who do such things once in: a while. Everybody does them.
Tomorrow's Problem
10.98 H.JTO
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That was funny bidding, ↑ but | 8. QJ 3.2. South: felt that North would H., K. § 42 gurely" past anything he said, D. 4 ́3: having opened with that shutout C. Ký bid of a diamonds, And South
:
wanted to be declarer in the
tournament, so the lead of a spade could come up
guarded K
$
C. A 0.8
Wost, however, led the club
ab 2,(Dealers East, East-West val- the 10, J. and. A being played. norabinyana marke
Bouth led to the spade, and spatter kalt "Ind", 1-No
Frump
then brought forth the diamond, what would you do in the Bouth?
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