BRITAIN
THE CHINA MAIE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1948.
HIT BY
GALE
One Of Worst Storms Within
Within Memory
Over 1,000 Persons Homeless
London, August 9.
With a 70-miles an hour gale and 60-foot waves crashing shingle over coast roads, Britain's wet and windy summer roached a new peak of vio- lenco in one of the worst storms within momory. Last night, the storm appeared to be aboting.
Greeks Reach
Albanian Border
Five Bebouts were in action with damaged ships, one yacht was smashed to matchwood off the Isle of Wight and her nine occupants rescued by breeches buoy.
Cross Chomel steamers report- et the
worst eroshits pince
January
The Gen wall at Jaywick, neur Athens, August !. Clacton, Essex, collapsed and four The Greek Army is relent-feet of raging se intinduted n lessly pressing on the retreat-colony of 500 holulay bungalows ing guerillas along the entire and rendered 1,000 people homa- semi-circular front of the less. At night, 40 of them, many Gramma's operation, a Gen-still ta pyjamas, reached London. eral Stall spokesman said to- day.
Operating in mid-summer bent, the National forres lase reached the Albanian border at, both enla of the Femi-circle and have begun. a manoeuvrg in an effort to trap the Communist columba moving In the direction of Albania, he miel.
Three any columns have clos
ed the Sarnovaporos Tiver and are moving north toward Kmert- kon and other units, which tap- tured Oxya, are driving on 1- ward the Prophet Elins height an the Oxyn district.
Another rolunu moving on the most westernly end of the front haze uved on
frun
From for und zidu came re- ports of rivers, swollen by rain Fand high des breaking their banks and of crops Battened by the force of the 10in.
Pietro Nenni
In Moscow
·
Londen, August 9. Moscow Radio said tonight that Dignor Pletro Nanal, the Hallan loft wing Socialist lendor, had arrived in Mos- cow from Leningrad.
Bignor Nenni stayed in
Leningrad on August 6 and 7, visiting "places and memoriate of historical interest connect. od with revolutionary events and the horola defence of the city during the Escond World War," Moscow Radio sald— Reuter.
Palestine Immigration
Journalist Ordered Out Of Berlin
SORDID CASE IN NEW YORK
Now York, August 9.
Mrs. Holen March, 31, has been arrested and hold in US$50,000 bail, charged with forcing hor daughter Margarot, 14, to become a prostitute.
The daughter, 'plcked up after Mrs March sent out an alarm for her as an habitual runaway, told the police she was persuaded by her mother to become a prostitute Inst September. She sald her mother had also forced Pearl Bragg, 15, into prostitution,
Berlin, August 0. The British authorities today
The police charged Mrs. ordered John Peter Nettle, 24, March's sister Katherine, for rorrespondent for the British | whom a warrant has been issued, weekly Economist, to leave with procuring men for her young Berlin under guard within six niece.
hours.
A British offelal said it was not in the general interest to give details. He added. "The order means Nettle must be out of Ber- in by Tuesday end armed guards will watch him until he leaves. Ife will leave by air."
Charges by the girl led to the arrest of the Brogg girl, Miss Fuse Leo, 49; and her estranged husband Louis, 02. All three were held on narcoties charges.
Surprise
Wedding
Santa Paula, California,
August 9,
Diana Converse Cyrus, 25- year-old aviatrix who will soon
solo try for a record
world flight, married a pilot, Robert Bixey, 34, this afternoon,
Shortly after the ceremony, the couple flew a load of freight to Dallas, Texas, le as the pilot and she as co-pilot.
Mrs.. Dixey hopes to leave on her round-the-world, solo flight on August 29 from San Francisco,
United Press.
ITALIAN MENACE
Home, August §. Her well-dressed mother denied the charge. She reported The Communist-controlled ita- that Margaret had run away six lian Federation of Labour has Urnes within the year. The girl issued an appeal to its members, said she did so hecause she did estimated at about six million, to not like the role to which her oppose the Government's econo mother had assigned her.-United nic programme at every turn.- Prese.
The police said blonde-haired Margaret told them she had seen a man give her mother US$50 Mettle has been here since July tfter she had been forced to en- terfah him, and that twice men New York, August 9. 14 and has been the guest of the Nearly 50,000 Jews have en-British Military Governor, Lt.ad given her nunt $10 for simi- terei Palestine this
for Gen. Sir Brian Robertson. Hear entertainment year resettlement by means of funds hat frequently been soon in the raised in the United States, ac- company of Gen. Robertson's 20- cording to Dr. Israeli Goldstein, year-old daughter. the United Palestine Appeal
Nettle reported to other corres. National Chairman.
pondents that he was told he was Crops Destroyed
He said that over 25,000 of being expelled on the grounds these Jews had entered the coun-that he had falsely claimed to be The storm wrecked havoo in try since the establishment of the a member of the Control Com-
harvest fields.
Farmers, Israel State on May 14, and mission. However, British sources who had been predicting bum-new settlements had been found said he reportedly had possession per crops, watched powerlessed since then, bringing to 28 the of restricted documents of the as thousands of acres of earn number of Jewish Agricultural Germon Econc.nic Commission wore inundateo. Most of thelonies established in Palestine relating to economie conditions in damage raportet was In South.
since the United Nations part-the Soviet sector here and in the tion last November,
Sovic occupatie zone-United
the
ern and Eastern England.
in
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In Surrey, where between 70
Dr. Goldstein. added that he Press. and per ven: 64 The orn is would assure the Jews of Israel airendy cut, the sheaves were the Hells, Freak soaking
ןןן
MY [of the continued financial support perils of inten: o sunshine, ulter lett today for Tel Aviv where he }uf the Jewish community. He Kaninkane with heavy cam, will make will
Alading
sessions of the sprouting inevitable unless fair
Guverning Council of the World The spokesman said that Greek | weather comes yulekly.
Zionist Organisation, opening on forces bud captured the heights
August
22-Reuter.
and is deploying along the tanlar border.
In East Anglia, inany curi Anttened almost
品
force of storm
of Petsio hill 1240 and Aghin fields were cumpletely Trias, near Oxva in the western sector. The Army brat lack one guerilla
ke
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FLEW GREEK BRIDE TO UK
London, August 9.
Ex-Quartermaster Sgt. Philip
sitral
MORE TIN ALLOCATIONS
London, August D. The International Tin Commit tee has made an Interim tim {metal allocation for the
hit of 1948 to cight consuming second Bolton, aget 21, of London, rived imek in England on Satur-armoured tonight.
at regions, the Ministry of Supply May with his 21-year-old wife Alloentions, which are in addi- Porn gul, whom he had flown
tlon to those announced on July to Athens to marry.
16, are as follows:
| He told a reporter he had been trying for months to get his ondancee lo England.
When the Greek secret police
3.52 megacyeles in the 31 metre band from 12.15 to 1.30, 7.30 to detained her as suspicion of
8.30 uni P.15 to 11.15 p.in. H.K.T.
12.13 --Morning Prayers Roika. 12.m.mily Printre Bumenary,
12.12 p.m.-SwingUmr
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1.10 p.m.News, Weather Ileport and
Announermette,
1.20 p.m.--(rchestral Interlude.
1.30 p.m.-"From the Slutw".
2,00 p.m.--Close Dawn,
6.00 m-rogramme Humnaty,
Ing a Communist, he flew out to
her.
She had since been cleared of suspicion.
The Boltons will sail for Can- da shortly-Associated Press,
U.S. CENSUS
Washington, August 0.
The United States had an es- timated population of 143,414,000 |last year, a rulse of 8.0 per cent
4.01 p.m.-Chiles's Blury: The Bucknce the 1940 census, the CensusS
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10.16 p.m.-Weather Report.
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{denths necounting for a gain of 11,738,000, the Bureau estimated. Civilian immigration from abroad added another 1,010,000-Reuter.
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INVENTOR'S DEATH
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Mr. Brown, who started Invent- ing at the age of 18, held nearly 1,000 patents on a wide variety of devices. He played an out- of telegraphy, telephony and the standing part in the development,
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