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Holiday-Making Britons Swelter In Hot April Weather; Beaches Crowded
weather on record.
London, April 16.
Holiday-making Britons sweltered-or swam-today in the hottest April The shade tem- -Europe as a whole sweltered, too.
perature in London shot up to 83 degrees Fahrenheit, 10 degrees higher than yesterday's figure, and in most other parts of the country it was almost as hot. Temperatures in some countries on the Continent rose to record heights.
Status For Indonesia
Federalists Relaxing in town or country, crowding beaches and
Batavia, April 18.
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promenades at seaside resorts or packing foot- ball grounds and other sports arenas, millions of Britons enjoyed the second sunny day of the Easter holiday.
weather cloudy from the Atlantic coast,
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The Indonesian leaders, after several weeks of discussions, today adopted a Committee report defining their status in the interim period be-
Air Ministry
and Ruardedly fore the formation of the pro-furecnst continued he wenthes posed United States of Indónes for
rest
the four-day? sia.
vacation perionf but hinted that thunder storas aught not be far
the coasts, resorts All round reported that the "
coming
heavy. Paris dlway stations had said 200,000 tickets by this evening. according to unofficial figures,
Frankfurt-West Germany and ints warmest day this year na wen
rreorded tempern- ther stations tires averaging about 25 degrees Fahrenheit.
| April" set records for Easter sun-
libns and for erowds,
The Federalists declared that they look forward to the forma i om tion of a sovereigu independent United States of Inimest, which will be linked in an equal union with Hailand.
The They
recognise
excess rights of member States und ein- Armed the status of the States alrealy formed. The furtiraments. recognised Dulch sovereignty the interim pey feel.
The Federalists flexiled Mat they wished to par teipate in
rst Republicats present Dutch discussions, under the auspiers of the United Nations Commission for Indonesia, mofor us they of- fecte the formation of the future United States of lactoneria and the Netherlants-Injoneystan Umas Be they did not wish to parts cipate in de cuasionis affertua.t muly Holland are the epildi uzte es
were invalid to They by both the parties
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Sport provided these hot spots: A player
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the weather for Easter Sunday, men preleted.
Berliners were spending their Easter holiday in bright sunshine.
temperatures of with maximum
सर degrees, expected during up to The week-end.
73 etty's "It Miami". hench in the American Warnser sector. was preparing to receive sun-bothers as 50,000 as any
Bathing and pinie parties. The lake itself will not be allow- ed. A bun was imposed because shortage of electric power to work the pumps that clear the Take of Berlin waste water.
brought
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bas Home-Easter Rome brilliant, hot sunshine, wealth of spring Bowers, Weau
tourists from many armies of
It was estimlard 10- countries. aight that at lust 10,000
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by rigners had arrived--the biggest visitors for 15 indux of Easter
to
of years--Nouter.
banideed rats on the Southern ke- gion elvetric system.
More than 25,000 people were (dhawa to Navy Day displays at
Chalaun.
Portsmouth and
vonport,
De-
There was also brilliant Easter Funshine aver the Continent. I uter correspondents rubled the followaret reposts fom various widespread points
Brusels Belgiwan, with maximum temperature of 82.4 degrees Fahy nheit in the shatte, had the hotted Easter weather for more than du years.
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NORWEGIAN SHIP ABANDONED
London, April 18. Lloyds agency reported here to night that the 24-ion Norwegia fishing vessel Polarbjura has been abandoned in flames off Bell Isle. New Brunswick.
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Christians United In Celebrating Feast Of Easter
New York, April 17.
^ Christians throughout the world were united today in celebrating the age old story of the rosur- rection of Christ.
10.00 "Munde in Miniature"
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Religious services to mark Easter were planned for spectacular outdoor settings, in the ancient Cathedrals of Europe and in the tiny churches of hamlets.
Two hundred thousand per- italy, sons were expected to gather in the Wichita Mountains of Oklahoma for what may be the largest outdoor Easter service In the United States.
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Thousands will crowd into the centuries old Saint Peters Church Parks, in Rome, Notre Dame in and Saint Paul's in London.
Easter brought a four-day holl- day to Great Britain, Czechoslo
Western Germany and vnkia, some other countries.
Troops still guarded the way to the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem, Military au1- thorities, however, innde special arrangements for Christians to cross the lines to attend an East- er Mass in the historie church
There was more food and even h few Easter eggs in Germany. Smrt women were looking for- ward te reviving the Easter
In some parade
big European rities.
Customs Revived
Traditional customs revived. The long week-end was wel- comed In Britain. Scandinavians went skiing. Itailan priests once ngala blessed individual homes and shops with Holy water. In Portugal. gifts of sugared almunds were made again.
Hundreds of foreign tourists watched "processions of allenco' In cities and towna of Spain Friday night. Roman Catholic penitents on
Pneumonic Plague Victims
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Calcutta, April 16. Calcutta health authoritiem today Imposed emergency measures to prevent spread of pneumonic plague disenso, even moro deadly than bubonic plague.
Eleven membarm of one family and two persons who nursed them were wiped out by pneumonic plague in the suburb Of Culcutta. Tha CASO were not correctly diagnosed unili the 11th to tall I received proper me- dical attention.
Thirty-seven other victims of the disease have been cent to hospital in Calcutta, where amallpox and cholera epide- mice are also raging.—United Prexa.
03,000 at Chiengo's Soldier Field, 60,000 at Pasarlena's Rose Bowl, 00,000 in Miami's Orange Bowl, and 35,000 at the Hollywood Bowl. At Rindge, New Hampshire, an stones outdoor alter made of from flying fields all over the
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Brussels, April 16, From Monday, Belglans eat meal seven days a week" instead of only six. A deerne to be published tomorrow puts an end to the mentless days.'
The message was picked up from the motor vessel Illinois, which refered the crew of the abandoned
hip. The message added that the Two days a week were intro- crew would be transferred to the Gured when ment was brought Norwegian mutur vessel Herofjorth, off the Belgian ration last year, [which was homeward bound.-Reu-| but o decree early this year lifteri
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Paris-Maximum shade tem- perature this afternoon was 80 degrees Fahrenheit with bril- Bant sunshine pouring from a cloudless sky. The National Weather Service forecast colder
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