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Buried alive
A woman fakir, Lella Hamoun, and a man, Bearha Boy, competed recently for a 50,000 franc prize offered by the screen actor Orson Welles to see which of them could re- main longer In a scaled coffin burled in the ground. The con. test took place in the cellars of a well known Paris hostelry and Scarha Bay emerged the winner with 21 minutes against 17. Photo shows Scarha Bey (centre) watching as his female rival is sealed in her coffin for the start of the contest.-AP Photo.
S. Africa's rail segregation ruled invalid
Bloemfontein, May 22.
The Appeal Court, South Africa's highest tribunal, ruled the Government's railway "Apartheid" regulations invalid today.
The Court allowed the appeal of Abdullah Abdurah- man, a member of a Non-European Resistance Committee, against a conviction under the regulations in Capetown's Magistrates' Court în 1948.
The
colour bar in ccrlain The Bill would provide for coaches of trains on the Cope three racial groups "white," suburban ne was one of the "native," and "coloured." But the Government's first steps in apply- native and coloured groups may ing its Apartheid (segregation) be sub-divided further, making it. policy.
possible, for instance, to segregate Cape Malays and Cape "colour eds", or to allocate a special area to a native tribe like the Zulus:
Reuter.
Abdurahman was convicted of Inducing non-whites to enter these reserved coaches.
Allowing the appeal, the Court held the regulations to be racial- ly discriminatory. The Court found to be its duty to hold the scales evenly between all classes and to declare invalid any practice which, in the absence of authority of an Act of Parlia ment, resulted in unequal treat- ment,
For all citizens
The Court further held that the Railways Act did not au- thorles such partiality, but thai the State had provided a rall way ayktem for all its citizen Irrespective of race.
The Minister of Transport, Mr. Paul Sauer, promptly replied to the judgment with a statement
Hearings on
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EQUALITY OF TREATMENT Jews worried.
IN U.S. ARMED FORCES
Egypt insists on Jordan "expulsion
Calro, May 22. Egypt will, insist on the expul-
Arab sion of Jordan from the
violation League because of her
of the League's resolution on the unily of Arab Palestine, the Foreign Minister, Mohamed Salah El Din Bey, told the Senate here tonight.
Washington, May 22.
t
A Providential Committee reported today that there would be equality of treatment and op- portunity for all in the United States Armed Forces within the reasonably near future with a gain in military efficiency as a result. The task of the Committee-created by 'the Pre- sident on July 26, 1948-was to investigate rules and practices of the armed services and recommend steps to carry out an order in which Mr. Truman said;
"It is hereby declared to be the polley of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and Opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, colour, religion or national origin. This policy shdi! be put into effect as rapidly as possible,
(The Arab League's Council is meeting in Beirut on June 12 torme consider. Jordan's recent annexa- tlon of Eastern Palestine),
The Foreign Minister said, in reply to Senate questions, that Egypt was seeking a "Just solu- tion which would safeguard the rights of the Palestine people,
ungue regard to the time re quired to effectunte any neces sary changes without Impairing efficiency or morale."
"Egypt is grieved over the dis-
In its report to the President aster which has befallen Pales- today the Committee said that all tine and over the fate of Arab
of its recommendations had al refugees driven from
their ready been approved and accept- homes," he said.
cretary, Mr. Louis Johnson, and ed by him, by the Defence Se- the Secretaries of the Army, by Navy and Air Force.
"They are now in effect," the report added.
was
in
that
In reply to another question
sold the Foreign Minister the stationing of an Egyptian garrison in the Gaza coastal area keeping with the Egyptian-Israel armistico,
As for "other military prepara- flons" these were necessary for self-defence and did not imply intentions, he any aggressive said. Reuter,
POP
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ARE YOU PLOVCHING
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THIS YEAR
"It is the Committeo's convle- tion that the present programmes of the three Services are designed to accomplish the objectives of the President,
WELL I BE TURNING IT
OVER. IN ME,
MIND
over Arab re-arming
New York, May 22.
Dr. Nahum Goldmon, Cháir- man of the American section of the Jewish Agency. Jor Palestine said today that the vast Arab re-armament and Arab, unwillingness to make peace were causing worly und anxiety in Israel.
"The request of Israel to bo given equal opportunity to arm as the Arabs is natural and based on elementary Justice," Dr. Gold-
"As the programmes are car-man said. ried out, there will be within the
Dr. Goldman, who has just reasonably near future, equality of treatment and opportunity for returned from Palesthic, further forces said, "I hope the American Gov- all persons in the armed with a. consequent improvement ernment will finally acknowledge in military efficiency,"
the justification of this request and make it possible for Isract to get the necessary arms it fe- quires, which, as long as the Arabs are not ready for peaco is the best safeguard for stability in, the Near East"
The Investigators said they found that inequality had contri- buted to inefficiency. They gave two reasons:
fused a single Negro the technical (1) Insofar as a Service re- training and job for which he was qualified, by just so much did the Service waste potential skill.
Jewish people
Dr. Goldman appealed to the to continue to make a supremo effort to help the Israel Government, parti cularly in the immigration of units hundreds of thousands of Jews
(2) Segregated Negro could not be created which would to Israel, perform the complete range of functions of white units, and He said that the Heracli Gov- mako full use of the skill of ernment and the Jewish Agency highly qualified Negroes, "be hope to settle between 150,000 cause the majority of Negroes in and 200,000 immigrants in Israel the Services did not have as high in the next year and to doubly a level of skill and education as Israel's present population within the majority of whites"-Reuter.} five years-Reuter,
Furrowed brow
Now why
MANDRAKE the MAGICIAN
NONSENSE, BEY. THE
NOT SAFE POLICE KNOW NOTHING] OUT
OF ME.BESIDES,IFEEL
YET
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By Lee Falk and Phil Davis
IM FROM POUCE HQ, WHY-WHY MISS. I MUSTASK —~. HOWDARE YOU TO IDENTIFY YOU? WHAT YOURSELF.
DOGS THIS MEAN?
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SW Africa's YOU
status end
The Hague, May 22. After sitting for five days, the International Court of Justice tonight concluded its Oral hearing of arguments on
a series of questions from the United Nations on the pre-
that the bar would be maintained, sent status of South West
and that offenders would continue | Africa.
to be prosecuted.
The Minister, said that the re-)
By a majority resolution, the
Unio.t
gulations under which Abdurah- United Nations General Assen- was convicted. had been bly, at its last session, challenged
the the competency of superseded by the Hallways Amendment Act of 1940, which Government to proceed with its radically altered. the previous plans for a closer political and legal position regarding segrega former German territory without
association with economic tion on trains and railway pre the prior consent of the United mises.
Nations.
stil
the
In Capetown, the South African
South Africa has disputed the Government today told the Union Parliament here that its proposed United Nations over South West osed existence of any authority by the Will "Group. Areas BUI allow a white
Africa, nan to conduct certain kinds of business in African representative, Dr. Lucas The Court has asked the South native area," end s native or a Steyn, former Attorney-General coloured worker will still be able to live in the house, of his em of South West Africa and at pre- sent principal law adviser to the a "white
Union Government, to stand by In case he is needed to appear be fore the Court again to clarify certain points in South Africa's
*f 19 in.
The Minister f the Interior, Dr. T. E. Donges, cald in a meme. randuin tabled in Parliament that
for one mitted.
It would obviously be very dif- case which has already been sub-
If not impossible for group to be entirely. :solf- |
supporting and sufficient
The Hague President of the Court, and welf
M. *Jules Basdevant (France) announced at the cons Different groups depended to a greater or lessor extent on help clusion of the hearing that the they could and frequently had to Secretary-General of the United Nallons, Mr. Trygve Lle, and the obtain fra another racial group. Nat
:
A white person would be allow member States concerned would ed to run a chemist shop, a bank fa due course be informed of the
or a building society in a native date on which the Court would
give its advisory opinion. or coloured group aron, the memorandum, said Permits for This is not expected for several such exceptions would be issued weeks, Reuter. by the Minister of Native Antsira In a native group, and by the Minister of the Interior In other group
areas,
MarkDefined areas an
REDS OCCUPY LAND NEAR BURMA
Rangoon, May. 22.
A month ago. Dr. Dongen; ROVE An authoritative sourds sild to- police of the "Group. Areas, Bill" | day." Chinese Communist troops In the Union Parliament, saying} from Yunnan province had occu». It will alm✨at: dividing (South¦pled a large strip of territory, on defined Facial the. Chinese, side of the Chineso- Africa inte clearly de
Burma border.
areas als
It would empower, the Govern An official spokesman here said ment to declare that any one, area all was gulet on the border, and ot the Union should be set aside that events on the Chinese alde for yenidence and Imit ownership had no repercumalons in Burroaen
#Associated Pressz
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