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A
Nice, October 13.
French 40-year-old woman told reporters today that she was forced to wear a "strangling apparatus" by a man who robbed her, kept her for three days and prisoner finally hanged himself.
"A strong power occupylog Iran over the could establish control entire Middle East," one source sukl. "It could outflank Turkey, the Amb States und Israel to the West and Afghanistan and Pakis- tan to the East. Submarines bas- Gulf could the Perzlan cd on harass the sea route to the For East and in the West na far as the Suez Canal."
Diplomatic quarters sold the Soviet Government's widely pub- to develop the Jished decision Irrigation and industrial possibi-
Asia was scen Central
His victim, Mademe Sermaln ties of the Kara Kum Desert in art of a plan part Near East. The area embraced Kutler of Villefranche-sur-Mer, the Soviet development plans near Nice, said that a man named by clommates the craggy vastnesso Andre Labattut, who had rented of Iran. Afghanistan and Pakisa villa from her, locked her up in tan down to the Indian Gecan. a garage from Saturday to Mon- These plans tie up with the Rus- day and forced ther to wear an consisting of ellp. siin purpose in the current nego-opparatus tiation in Teheran for access kent attached to the magazine of Thompson machine-gun by a to the oilfields in Northern Iran
steel cord.
to
CoCree
In Afghanistan
the
oll, which Iran to rich ช would he of Immense. value to industries and the lifeblood of the war machine which Russla Is in a process of building up In Central Aula.
It was capable or strangling hod she her in a few seconds screamed or tried to escape.
with On Monday she went Labatiul to the bank still wear- ing the cord around her neck but In Afghanistan. there was sald concealed by a scarf. He force: her to withdraw her whele for- to have been quiet infiltration of
tune of 1,200,000 franes (£1,200) which was Soviet Influence
mak ing itself manifest in recurrent and hand it over to him, she sald He then took her to a restaur- incidents on the Pakistani border.
her sign u Also for the Crst time known to ant in Nice made
car over to official records, Soviet broadcasts paper haring her last week attacked the Govern-him and let her go after threaten- mert cf Pakistan for "brutal sup-ig her with death if she breath-
uprisings, pengant
ed a word of the affair, she al- pression" of
Other Soviet broadcasts refer-leged. She, nevertheless, got in
to Afghanistan's border ralds touch with the Nice police.
against the "peasant revolts" 05 Pakistani burgeoisie and urged the North West Frontier tribes mer to unite in a fight for free dum.
red
From there and other important developments, diplomats said, it was evident that the position of Iran and the Indian subcontinent had attracted Russian attention as an area where the Soviets could strike Indirect but damaging blows at the Western nations United Press.
Soochow Mayor demoted
The
Communists
Late on Monday night they arrested Labattut and confronted him with the strangling apparatus which they had found in a garage together with Madame Kubler's car.
Yesterday, Labattut hung bis bedding on the wall of his cell, making the warder suspect he had hung bimself. Entering the call the police found Lobattut hiding behind the door ready for an estape attempt.
They chained ard handcuffed him but when they entered the cell later they found him dead. Hc hnd managed, despite his bonds, to hang himself with stripa torn from a blanket-Heuter.
the Mayor of Spit and
Chinese have demoted Soochow, Wang Tung-nian. and discharged his deputy because of a shooting incident early this month.
polish
from now on Eighth Army HQ, Korea,
October 14.
It is not official, but the war
According to the Shanghai con- trolled newspaper "Sin Wen Jih
D is over at Eighth Army Head- Puo,"
entering Wang was theatre when his bodyguard's gun quarters. accidentally went off, killing one]
Three correspondents - Genc bystander and wounding another. Symonds and Jack Bury of the The Chairman of the Chinese United Press and Charles Grutz- New York Times- Red's investigation commissioner of the
impressive
agreed that the Mayor had done drove to Eighth Army Headquar- the right thing in rushing the ters on Saturday and started to victims to a hospital in his own turn in through an car, but decreed that Wang had brick gate. shown "callous Indifference" by staying behind to see the movie. -Associated Press.
TURKEY, SPAIN AND-THE WEST.
New York, October 14.
Journal- The "New York American, in an editorial today, applauded the inclusion of Tur- key in the North Atlantic alliance and urged that Spain likewise be included.
The editorial said that Turkey overlooking the Black Sea with her frontier on Russia near the Caspian oll flelds, could im- mediately supply 2,000,000 ready. troops. Turkish participation would protect the Eastern side of the Mediterranean.
Declaring that Spain could con. tribute nearly 3,000,000 soldiers,
A military policeman me! them with upraised hand and ayebrows, and after surveying the correspondents' jaop. sald
but I hav "I'm sorry, air,
orders from the Deputy Chief of Staff not to let any unwash ed Joops onto the area." The correspondents
drove Air
ocross the street to Fifth Force Headquarters and parked there.
Into
The trio then walked Eighth Army Headquarters.
The military policeman admit- fed with a grin that he had no, orders to keep out unwashed war correspondents-United Press.
"ELECTIONS"
IN RUMANIA
Bucharest, October 14. Rumanian voters will be asked
the editorial said the two nations to approve the policy of the
together cari hove 16,000,000
Communist-dominated "Popular
soldiers available. It added that Democratie Front" in elections to there was virtually no munist "Ofth column" in either. S country-United Press.
Com- the People's Council on December
NEW WORK BY SHOSTAKOVITCH
London, October 14. The Soviet composer, Dmitri Shostakovitch is composing a work Inspired by the giant Rus
profects
Crimes
nníið "cana)
tho
The Front launched its election campaign by feruing a manifesto praising
political, the "great economic, agration, cultural and social reforma achieved by the democratic regime."-- People's United Press, te
GIANT NEW BASE
IN ALASKA
at Kulbyanev, sc- Anchorage, Alaska, October 14."
The Army rovented today that
cording to
to a message from Tass,
the Soviet news agency, received a giant now airbaso was billt AFFED Secretly, in the past your was which will allow a doubling of
military personnel d
defending this
Shostakovitch,
by the Communist Party for His formallam, and strategie ardo.
the Journal of Boviet Art that
anti-popular devices with square mitgadjoining the city of was skerød to the depths six fis- Anchorage, and in hidden in thick heart by the announcement of foreste, Fox.res the schemas.
inThe bare, covers an area of 10
WETE SWAIK
Cardinal Griffin sees Pope
подг
Castel Gandolfo,
October 15,
The Pope today granted a special audience in his sum- mer place at Castel Gandolfo, to Cardinal Rome. Bernard Griffin, Archbishop' of Westminster, and 10 Bri tinh Catholic Bishops, - who have com to flame to pay the Pope thair homage aftor the colebration in London of the centenary of the restora. tion of the Cathollo Hierarchy In Britain.
acoom-
Last night, over 2,000 Brl- tish pilgrims, who panied the Cardinal to Rome, were among those received by the Pope in the Bastion of St. Peter Router.
PEKING VARSITY TAKEN OVER
CHINA INCREASING PRIVATE IMPORTS
The East China, Foreign Trade Control Bureau hás
granted a total of US$8,000,000 in forsign private enterprises to be permit fed to handle some of these ex exchange for private imports for the quarter
ports if they are financially, abla to do so. anding September, arrivals from the North told Reutor.
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"
These informants said that this allotment is 10 times higher than that for the previous three- month period.
to
Lino drown
Meanwhile, the Bureau has tions, although efforts are now announced that it is prepared being made to give private tenders
receive applications for greater scope. foreign exchange by private importers for the October-De-
For the purpose of helping both State and private concerns cember quarter.
Nearly all imports into China solve their problems, a Foreign since the People's Government Trade Research Institute is be was established have been con- ing established with its head fined to machinery and equip-quarters in Feking and branches ment for the restoration pansion of the nation's Industries sh the country's major ports of
and
The Institute's tasks include. the ollection and analysis of all data regarding Imports and exports, such as demand, sup. price trends, exchange
Government ra controls and strictions.
ply
The only way in which privato traders can have an interest t deals in "monopoly" commod)-> ties is to get an appointment as: the Government's exporting agent,
ZA
In matters of imports all md
and chinery, equipment materials required by Govern ment organs can be handled on by State concerns which also as- Gume responsibility for part of such requirement for privately owned factories.
Private establishments are given a free field in equipment and raw materials of "secondary
allowed
handle part of the equipment and materials required by private plants.-Reuter.
DEATH OF CZECH COMPOSER
raw materials to keep the Dairen, wheels of industry turning. Peking, October 14.
Not a single cargo of "unaeccs- The Chinese Communist Gov-
such ከ። uanned goods, sary** ernniert today took over the 40-
articles. nylon stockings or cosmetics has en- year-old American Roman Catho-goods, plastic
mainland le university in Peking.
the Chinese tered
Prague, October 14: The Chinese Education Minis- try said the action ended a two-legally during the past year.
The death of Dr. Emil Votorek, These informants said that i A more or less rigid une has
professor and month feud between the Roman
the now been drawn between items chemistry oMetally claimed that is Catholle mission authorities and
The. Czechoslovak news agenes Among their Chinese professors over the volume of China's foreign trade which State-owned and private poser, was announced tonight.
bristles, university's role under the Con- for the first nine months since enterprises may handle,
soyabeans, sald he died here on Wednesday the establishment of the People's exports, inunist regime,
metals and ores come under com- aged 78. The cause of death we
Government Republle exceeded that for
monopoly, no: given.
Dr. Votocek held honorary doc similar period of any year since plete
other main exports, | while the 1032.
It is admitted. however, that such as salt, coal, silk, tea, oils, tomates from Padua, Nancy, Far! most of this foreign trade went futs, furs and skins will be un-and Toulouse Academics.Asso
State-owned corpora- der a sort of semi-monopoly-elated Press. through
The university with about 3,000 students was staffed mainly by German and Chinese misionaries. The mission still operates the Yer. Ching University, also Amer- icar, in Peking-Reuter,
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