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London, November «1. Thirty-one individual awards to Royal Navy and Royal Air Force officers and men for their part in the now historic. Yangtse incident were announced tonight as officers and men of the frigate Amethyst celebrated their home-coming.
The awards ranged from an appointment to the Distinguished Service Order to mentions and posthumous mentions in despatches.
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COLONIES bertson, Commanding Officer
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King George will confer these honours and others announced carlier at Buckingham Palace on November 17.
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Commander Robertson, who The Trusteeship Committee was appointed a Companion of of the General Assembly the Distinguished Service Order, was wounded when Consort adopted over strong objections went to aid Amethyst after she United Kingdom, had been fired upon by Chinese of the France and a few other coun-Communist batteries while tries a resolution placing cer- her way to Nanking last April tain limitations on the crea-20.
Captain Peter Grenville Lyon tion of administrative unions Cazalet, Commander of the crui- between trust territories and ser London, received bar to the adjacent colonies of powers Distinguished Service Order to GOOD YEAR RUG CO. administering these territories. which he was appointed in July 1945, for his service in the des- The resolution was adopted by 38 votes to nine with one absten-troyer Saumarez escorting
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The vote came after nearly two weeks of debate during which the Latin-American majority of the nations and the Soviet bloc de legations charged that in many instances the powers entrusted with United Nations trusteeships eships are giving a political character to the administrative unions they establish between trust territories and their own adjacent colonies or dependencies.
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Distinguished Service crosses were awarded to Lieutenant Peter Egerton Capel Berger, Amethyst's navigating oxicer, who, though seriously wounded, assumed
temporary command of the stricken vessel
Gar. Reginald Smith, Senior Commissioned Gunner, of firing and inspired those under Amethyst, who kept the guns
him, and
Flight Lieutenant Michael Edward Fearnley, R.A.F. phy- sician who dew from Hong Kong
La a RAF. Sunderland Aying-
The resolution adopted recom- boat to join Amethyst after her mends
to the UN. Trusteeship ship's doctors had been killed. Council to complete its investiga Boy Martin was left ashore tion of situation in trust ter-wounded and he was later cap-
the ritories and stresses the desir
by the Chinese Commu having administering ability of
who took him to their army authorities inform the Council camp. beforehand when they propose to There he resisted all their create new administrative unions efforts to induce him to say that extend the scope of the already Amethyst fired first on the shore or existing unions or federations.batteries-Reuter. United Press.
Filipino Election Voters
MANILA BLAZE
Manila, November 1. Property worth 500,000 pesos Tar destroyed Last night in Manila's frst big fire this month. The fire, which was fundet - mined origin, gutted 13 business establishments, including dry goods stores and offices of radio More than 5,000,000 Filipinos and cable companies in the cen- have registered as qualified tre of Manila.
Manila, November 1.
voters in the presidential elec-united Fress...
No casualties were reported— tions to be held on November
8, according to the Commis- sion on Elections.
for
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The new total of registered voters represents an increase of nearly 1,000,000 over the total the 1917 elections, which were for provincial and town oficials.
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'Yangtse 1949' Will Be On! Their Medals
Plymouth, November 1. The officers and 'men, of the
·Briksh naval frigate, Aine- thyst were told on their ar- chal back at Plymouth from China today that they had been awarded a medal with special clasp fer their ex- ploit in' escaping 140 miles down the Yangtze River through Communist gunfire last July.
His Majesty the King will also award the Naval General Service Medal with a clasp bearing the Inscription: Yang tee 1949" to the crews of other warships figuring in the Incident and to the Royal Air Force and Army personnel who helped---Reuter.
AIR EXPERTS MEETING
INEONU ON RELATIONS
WITH SOVIET RUSSIA
Ankara, November 1.
President ismet Ineonu, in a speech at the opening
of the Turkish Parliament today, declared that in Turkey's relations with Soviet Russia, "which we would sincerely wish to be good, we are again not in a position this year to record any new development.”.
"With Bulgaria, we are even finding difficulty in making our relations conform to the strictest rules of international law. Our efforts remain without response." #
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Referring to Turkey's re-jin the world situation and Tur- lations with Britain, the Pre-key must continue to use great sident said: "These rela today stands to defend
vigilance and alertness. Turkey herself tions are bearing fruit in with
reorganised in the efforts directed towards accordance with modern military American the maintenance of peace, requirements under and are developing in con- military aid, said the President. formity with the conceptions
Part Of Europe. and interests of the two coun-i tries.
Montreal, November 1. Lights to pierce fog and new "We are happy to see that Bri- methods to enable airliners to fly tain, like ourselves, attaches on safely in bad weather were con all occasions great value to this sidered here today by the techni- alliance which in Turkish eyes cal experts of 20
20 nations
sational and and has attained a international organisations.
historic value."
He added that he looked for-
The experts attended a confer ence organised by the aerodromes ward to a development of rela division of the International Civil tions through trade with Yugo- Aviation Organisation Officials slavia and he also hoped that said that a reliable lighting sys- Israel would become a factor of tem would reduce
fuce flight can- peace and stability in the Near cellations and make air transport East. more regular-Rexter.
He could see no improvement"
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augurs well for the future" con- tinued the President.
In what appeared to be a rew ference to anti-Greek demonstra- tions throughout Turker Last Summer, the President remarked, "We attach great importance to the continuation of the closest
friendships with our neighbours Greece and to ensure that this genuine friendship shall be es- poused by the national masses.
The
demonstrations occurred after a football match in which the Turkish, national team lost. during a tournament in Athens, Reuter and Associated Press.
NO ARMY FOR WEST GERMANY
London, November-1.
A Foreign Office spokesman, tom day denied that the United States Turkey has taken its place in had proposed giving West Cer- the European community and Į many an army. He was commen- will strive "unreservedly to be ting on a report that the United * most ardent propanent of States favoured a restoration of positive co-operation between the German Army and that Bri- European states. Efforts made tain and France had objected. In the present phase of Indecl- The spokesman said that if any sion by European states to such
were received, it pave the way for tomorrow are would be strongly opposed by the proving fruitful," declared the British Government. President.
in Londen was Official opinion absolutely opposed to any plan for arming the German people at this stage or for bringing Western- Germany into the Atlantic Pact. Reuter. „
"The Council of Europe, set up to ensure material and spiritual recovery and progress of Europe, has gone to work in a way which
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