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Britain Film Star & Kashmir Sues Studio Dispute
Announcement Made
By Mr Attloo
London, Jan. 30. The Prime Minister, Mr Clement Attlee, said today that Britain was working instructions for out
its United Nations delegation on the Kashmir dispute - due to come beforo the Security Council soon.
Replying to a House of Com- mons question as to whether he proposed to make any further personal efforts to work, out o settlement between India
Pakistan on Attice sald:
the dispute,
and Mr
The Kashmir dispute is on of the
Security the agenda Council and Is likely to come up shortly for discussion there. The United Kingdom govern.. ment is now considering In the dis- light of recent informal cussions with Commonwealth
Ministers Prime
should what instrucUong
Kingdom given to the United representative on the Council.
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Hollywood, Jan. 30.
CHINA
No. 34807
Tho film star Ann Sheridan testified today that any one of half a dozen actors would have been satisfactory to her as a co-star in' a movie from which she was fired. The actress was the first wliness in
her sult for $350,000 breach of
of contract damages agalast RKO Radio studios. She charged that after she was fired from the cast of "Carriage Entrance" with- out Qus cause the Tole was given to
to Ava Gardner. She
told the Federal Court jury she would have been will-
to
inf Conte, Franchot Tone, John Lund, Charles Boyer, or Robert Mitchum for her co-star but did not think Уолс Ferrer or Robert "fine Ryan although actora" - were suited for the part. She said that after she left the cast The studio signed Mitchum for the disputed role, although she had been told he was not available for the part. - United Press.
accept Richard
London, YOUNGER'S
AWARE OF DANGER
be
"am, as always, anxious to do whatever possible to facili- tate an agreed settlement this question."
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More Austerity UN DECLARES CHINA
For Britons
Prime Minister's Warning
London, Jan. 30.
The Prime Minister, Mr Clement Attlee, warned today that Britain's austerity will become more severe to guarantee enough materials and labour for the nation's big rearmament drive.
}
He told the House of Commons the govern- ment intends to reimpose many wartime controls to keep the new £4,700,000,000 three-year defence programme in high gear.
Mr Altice sald that "some (£nsure that defence needs are less essential production, espe-net."
cially for .e home market, will The government already has have to be reduced or stopped." taken over allocation of non- ferrous metals. Associated
Meanwhile, the government Press. sanounced it will offer a newy high-interest defence bond to help pay for the rearmament programme.
The now bond will go on anie on Thursday, Chancellor of the Exchequer Hugh Gaitskell told the House of Commons. It will pay three per cent interest and will replace a current issue pa- ing 24 per cent.
Dealing with still another act of the arms question, Mr Attire revealed that the old United London, Jan. 30.
Statos-British-Canadian agree- Mr Kenneth Younger, ment on atomic weapons- has
Minister of State been altered but British
that new entered agreements have been for
Foreign Affairs,
4 the gested here tonight that
round table conference be tween the United States and China might stop the Korean war.
In answer to further ques-
assured tion, Mr Alllec House he was always conscious of the danger" of war if the dispute was not settled.
Minis-
Mr
sug into.
He declined to make a stale- recni what the ment on
Younger, who is No. 1 Prime Commonwealth ters conference in London had official at the Foreign Office, in question because the absence of ailing Mr Ernest done on the
it proper for Bevin, he "though!
the Foreign
Minister, Prime Minister to make
was addressing a Labour Party statements about informal dis-
meeting. cussions with olher Primic Ministers."
onc
He said he had no intention of Branding any particular
party an aggressor in the dis- pute-Associated Press.
A
FIRE DESTROYS
15 SHOPS
New Delhi, Jan. 30. market place fire raged for four hours, here tonight destroying 15 shops before
11
Are engines could control the blaze, police headquarters said. Seven people were injured, one fireman.- Asso- including cinted Pres
"In recent weeks," he said, our delegation at Lake Success has been making tremendous efforts
to keep negotiations alive. All the United Nations are concerned in this.
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ATOMIC AGREEMENT
In response to questions from
several members of Parliament,
New AOC For Hongkong
Our Own Correspondent,
London, Jan. 30. Air Commodore D. W. F. Bonham-Carler DFC has been appointed AOC charge of Hongkong air- defences. Ilo will Laku in April from Air Commodore A. D. Davids,
over
Air Commodore Bonham- Carter, who la 60, was a test pilot before com- maniig a bomber station Against during the war.
he
the wishes of his chief,.
"Bomber" Harris, insisted on taking part in "Of"s" and in one of them, at the age of 43, he won the DFC.
Warships Pound
Chinese Kosong As
Counter-Attack
New
Activity In Korea
Tokyo, Jan. 31.
The battleship Missouri and other warships including the Conservative lea- today (Wednesday) opened a new bombardment Attice said he in ready to ask along Korea's East coast. Washington to take the wartime
der. Mr Winston Churchill, Mr
list
In
AN AGGRESSOR Overwhelming Stop-Gap
44 To 7 Vote Aid For
ARAB-ASIAN PROPOSAL SE Asia
REJECTED
Lake Success, Jan. 30.
Washington, Jan. 30.
It was learned today that the Economic Co-operation Administrator, Mr William
The United Nations Political Com- Foster, expects this week to receive authority to spend mittee tonight adopted a resolution to $75,000,000 in stop-gap eco- brand Communist China as an aggressor by nomic assistance to aix 44 votes to seven, with seven abstentions, Southeast-Asian countries. after the Committee had previously rejected the United States to stort al- an Asian-Arab proposal for a seven-nation designed to help the Philippines, conference to consider a Korean cease-fire Burma, Indo-China, and other Far Eastern issues.
This ready cash will enable
most immediately programmes
Thailand, and Formosa muster economic strength to resist
Communism. The money would come from
spent
European aid funds
the ECA to
tance programmes without this Southeast Astan assia- walling for new appropriations
rom Congress.
Earlier the Committee voted 36 to 17 to bring the debate on the China question and would permit to an end, following an attempt by Russia to cause a further delay in voting on the Asian-Arab and United States resolutions.
US Delegate Warren R. Austin angrily called Committee today on the wrangling UN Political
in stay
session until midnight if necessary, and vote on an American resolution branding Com- munist China an aggressor in Korea.
to
Soviet
дл
tain had received
within
promised
he
will
President Truman cmphasis
Aslan on Southeast economic aid in the foreign spending programme Send to
to Congress this spring. even if approved im- mediately, these funds would བསས- before Ascal
the new
not become available
1, when July 1 year begins. administration is
по
1ts
Mr Auslin spoke after listen- which Poking and Moscow have
Meanwhile, the In Western Korea, Allied forces within nine miles ing for nearly two hours to the contended do not fall
cager to loso las! minute Asia-Arob and the foreign troops category,
time in starting certain comic agreement off the secret of Seoul came to grips with counter-attacking Chinese Soviet groups attempts to delay Russia, Poland and Czecho- Southeast Asian projects. Om
Reds on the seventh day of the United Nations grounds vote.
slovakia appealed for on ad- cials said this particularly sp- Mr Observers thought the govern-offensive.
K. Tsarapkin, journment of the UN Political plied to the Philippines. Semyon
and Me Committee on the ground that delegate,
ECA is reported ment would
proceed carefully
no instruc-put about $15,000,000 into the planning to The new sen blow on the east | Nations attack launched by ROK Mahmoud Bey Fawzi, both de- they had received with tho reimposition of war-
manded the Committee put off tions on amendments to the US Philippines almost immediately time controls. Some measures coast began hitting Kosong, rall forces yesterday,
the and highway centre 45 mlics Enemy movement behind then vote for at least this category, such as
24 hours, proposal and to an Arab-Aslan if The Republic fulfils direction of labour, might in north of the 38th parallel. It lines slackened yealertday com- They teamed in seeking delay resolution calling for a seven- guarantees within the next 30
on Far Eas-days. the previous day's but their reasons, as expressed power conference volve negotiations or even con- was the same type of devastat-pared with fllet with trade unions, sources ing attack which for 24-hours operations, aeriat observera re-in the debate, were far different. terp problems.
The administration is obtain yesterday pounded Kansong, 20 ported. suldi.
Mr Tsurapkin put up
ing its special Southeast Asian miles south of Kosong.
Informed quarters said Bri-ald fund by shifting money from That Pilots Identifled their targets amendment to a resolution by assault "completely neutralised" with the aid of fares and hit 14 the 12 Asian land Arab coun-
instructions one pocket to another In voting Kansong, on the same rail line enemy-held towns
to support the US during the trics and he demanded the Com-
proposal, foreign assistance funds this and his and highway, the Navy an- night.
mittee give time for full dis- amendments, and to abstain on for Europe but it gave the Prest
with two Lebanese year, Congress earmarked most together nounced.
Fifth Air Force aircraft flew cussions. South of the parallel
the Asia-Arab proposal. cbout 600 sorties during the day | Mr Fawzi called for a 24-
dent authority to shift three per Western Korea, Chinese Reds and claimed the destruction of hour
delay for consultations Polish delogate Juliusz Katz-cent to other parts of the world
if he saw ft. 45 vehicles
after prodding Sir Benegal N. Suchy delayed the vate by a fore dawn. Two of the attacks Additionally, 080 bulldogs, Rau, leader of the Asian Arab long attack on the United ECA reportedly asked the were beaten back.
housing enemy troops and sup- bloc, to disclose officially that States, which some diploma:s Budget Bureau for permission to plies, were claimed to have been Red China had accepted the re-described privately
as a fili chift $75,000,000 from Europe to destroyed or damaged. Other vised Arab-Aslan resolution. buster. After ho had been Southeast Asin-United Press. pilots claimed damage to two With the approval apparently speaking almost an hour, the bridges, a tank, fuel and supply assured for the US plan to tag French Delegate, M. Francis 16 Killed In dumps, gun positions and rail- the Chinese Reds on aggressors, Lacoste, asked road cars.-Associated Press and Sir Benegal told the Political to see
Committee that Peking
Fire Disaster willing to accept the Asian.Arab proposal as a "basla" for peace- ful settlement.
The chief parties to any negotiations, however, must be the United States and China. We believe that if we can get them round the same table andet get the fighting stopped, fighting will not re-start."
in
In any event one reason for no sweeping movements of Bri- tain's labour force could be made at this time was because the nation's shortage of buildings and homes.
Mr Attlee sald, "Factory and hurled four counter-attacks be- Two were still in progress at last reports. Red artillery are feil on Ailled start anyi were now fighting of some raw materials have al-positions nine miles northwest of alongside them against British ready been Introduced, others Suwon. The positions are will probably be necessary to equal distance from Seoul.
Mr Younger said it would be wrong not to recognise the fact that the Chinese encouraged from the the North Koreans
troops.-Reuter.
COMMENT OF THE DAY
will be requisi- storage space tioned where necessary."
He explained that "allocations
Britain's Defence Programme
MR Attlee's revelations of the latest
M2 Artiet drence programme under- lines the unpleasant realities of the international situation. At a time when the country had good reason to con- gratulate itself on overcoming dis- tressing post-war economic problems, which
the at one time threatened existence of the nation, and when the people believed they could at last expect relaxation of the stern spending con- trols which they had endured for twelve years, the Prime Minister has had to announce extra expenditure on defence which of necessity must demand renewed sacrifices by the people in their living standards. The new defence budget for the next three years has been set at £4,700 millions-money which has to be found over and above the revenue needed to meet the domestic budget, and which is exclusive of the cost of stockpiling. It is a staggering burden for the nation to shoulder; yet it is inescapable, being dictated solely by the realities of the moment which are to be found in the ever-mounting tension in international affairs. The British Government finds itself con- fronted with a connundrum: how to bring its own defences up to require- ments, make an, adequate contribution to the Atlantic Defence Pact, and at the same time avoid depriving the people of social benefits upon which the Socialist Government has placed such emphasis during the
past five years. Clearly inevitable is a return to the Stafford Cripps' domestic austerity programmo. The people are to be denied fewer consumer goods, and a reintroduction of the rigid rationing system which provailed up to the riiddle of last year is almost certain. Nor does it neem likely that the Government can avoid continuation of the widely unpopular freezing of wages and profits. Human nature, being what it is, makes it impossible to ex-
BATTALION STRENGTH
were
an
Three of the Communist strikes
in battalion strongth -possibly 1,000 men in each.
The attacks pointed up a front line officer's statement that the Allied limited offensive had bumped into what appeared to be the main enemy defence line.
The Allied drive had
gained
Reuter.
American "Evidence"
Was
Faulty
Washington, Jan. 30:
American military
as much as six miles yesterday before the advance was slowed.
Associated Press correspon- Two dent Stan Swinton reported from the Western front that the writers said today that a sup Red attacks kicked off in the paced "1950. Russian-made" tommygun brandished by Mr American Warren Austin, the delegate in the Security Council, recently, was actually made in a Korçan factory,
darkness.
Tough Puerto Rican fighting men beat back the, sharp attack northeast of the airbase town of SLK02.
be be
The Arst wave drove the Puerto Ricans from a craggy. snow-covered
As
pect everybody to render equal volun- tary sacrifices in living conditions: the sacrifices, therefore, have to be imposed by official decree-a process which, even in a time of emergency, does not bring popularity to the government of the day. It can be expected, however, that the people of Britain will accept the new situation and will, with appropriate grumbling, make whatever sacrifices are demanded of them. On the other hand they will also expect results. Whether the Government's programme for calling up
can reservists regarded 18 adequate may questioned. The total strength of the armed forces as at April 1 next it is now estimated will be 800,000 which can only be considered a nucleus of the forces required in the event of war breaking out. A further, quarter million reservists are to be called up for 15 days' training this summer, which means that by the autumn Britain could put a million men into action if the occasion demanded. If this is not a very impressive figure, it is neverthe- less a big improvement on the situation at this moment, and would undoubtedly serve its purpose in an emergency. Defence production is a much bigger problem. By 1952 Mr Attlee hopes it will be double what it is today, and by 1954 more than four times as great. This is probably not a rate of accelera- tion which either the Government or the Services chiefs feel completely happy about, but, as the Prime Minis ter has emphasised, Britain is handi, capped by a severe shortage of raw materials. It is in this direction that the Government hope assistance from the United States which, if forthcoming in generous quantities, would enable the country to surpass the not immodest production programmo outlined by Mr Attleo. The and will bo attained if the means are available.
CANADA'S POSITION
the Chairman that he stuck to the was question on the agenda.
Mr
Hoquiam, Washington, Зап. 30. A flash fire swept through
The
Roberto Chairman, Mr Hrdaneta Arbalez, the Colombia Kotz- delegate, cautioned Mr He also said Peking had Suchy to confine his remarks to a home for the aged here today, agreed to arrange a cease fire at the resolutions before the Cam-killing 10 of 30 patents. the first meeting of a proposed mitice, but the Polish delegate Eleven died as they fought to seven power conference, pro- insisted he was doing just that. scape down. the Inalde stairway posed by the 12 Aslan and Arab He wont ahead with his speech. from the second floor. The countries.
rambling frame structure, on the Katz-Suchy continued outskirts of this Western throughout the morning session. Washington city, became a dam- In a move to avoid a pro- Just before the Committee re- ing pyre within minutes. cedural wrangle
Fourteen bodies over priority, gossed for lunch, he declared the Chief US Delegate, Mr War that approval of the US resolu- ren R Austin, said the United tion may be responsible for States would agree to have the the spreading of the Committee vote Best on Arab-Asian proposal. He called for a vote as soon as possible.
Immediately after Sir Benegal Canada's Minister spoke,
for External Affairs Lester B. Pear-
the Associated Press.
The gun, captured in Korea, son declared that Canada would hill. Then the was produced us evidence that abstain on the Asia-Arab pro- United Puerto Ricans counter-attacked. the Russiaris were supplying the posal and vote for the
the Reds withdrew, the Koreans with arms. The article, States resolution, provided two Fuerto Ricans called in artillery Written for "Look" Megazine by Lebanese amendments are adopt- cd. Approval of the amend- and 38 shells landed squarely Garrett Underhill and Roualit among the Reds, Swinton said. Schiller, said that the gun had ments appeared certain,
Jobb been sent to Mr Ausin
Britain's Sir Gladwyn by SCURRIES BACK
General MacArthur's Inter-announced his position would gence Headquarters.
be the same as Canada's.
Sir Benegal said he had re- "Unfortunately," the
ceived the
information said, "the Russian delegato re- from Peking two days ago, but Suwon but was sent scurrying so he would have discovered close all of it until this after- fused to look at it, Hnd he done
had
not felt It necessary to dis- Chinese Com- that it was a Korean version of One of five
noon. He made his statement Russian gun, made in a after the Soviet delegato, Mr- munist regiments which front- the
officers
now believe are Korean factory."
Semyon K. Tsarapicin, intro- The opposing watchful United Na-
writers attributed the duced important amendments to tions forces, has been almost mistake to "incredible Ignorance the Asla-Arab proposal, completely
enemy weapons", in the than 1,200 dead bodies, be United States Army.-Reuter,
One enemy patrol felt its way into United Nations Unes
north-west seven miles
|hatic.
destroyed.
of
More of
Loved to belong to one enemy
regiment, have been counted on
tho
mow-covered slopes of the
bat:lefeld in the last five days. Navies'
Several cou
counter-attacks on a launched by the
small Commun
yesterday, resulted
in hand-to-hand fighting three miles north-west of Suwon, but Allied forces either repulsed or contained them.
One
article
Part In Korea War
Tokyo, Jan. 30. United Nations Nával Forces, Icadquarters here claimed to
Dew
DELAY MOVE
At the morning session of the Committee, the Soviet bloe tried unsuccessfully to delay for 24
hours a vote on the two resolu-
tiona
Introduction of the Savlet
amendments touched off a lot discussion, which side-trocked a vote temporarily. The Soviet bloc and come other countries insisted that the Committee
of the attacks was day that naval ection had killed permit time for a full debate on Launched by an
lion of troon" estimated balta- † 24,500 North Korean and Chinese the amendments and for care-
by
Communist troops since the ful In the Wonju sector yester-Korean war began.
The dy
an estimated enemy regi~ [zullary positions, 198 locomo- | Beven power conference,
of
the
rather
It
of
main Soviet amendment day patrol clashes only were Ships of nine nations con- to the Asian-Arab resolution, reported, but on the eastern-tributed to the overall totul, the provided for a discussion central front United Nations Headquarters stated.
Naval "provisional" case-Ore EA forces were forced to withdraw forces destroyed 81 aircraft, 314 tirst order of business at the from Pyongchang before attacks
112 bridgor, niữa complete than a definite cease-fire. trains and 1,044 trucks and other also called for consideration On the far cast coast, at vehicles.
the withdrawal of all foreign Kangaung-the scene of a heavy The damaged 88 aircraft, 281 troops from Korea. The amend- naval bombardment enemy artfilory positions, 174 locomo anent
mado ΠΟ reference battalions threw back a United, sives, and 123s bridgong Rapterek to at
_the Chipeso: "volunteers".
ment.
were re-
moved from the ruins. Two patients died of burns. Nine war" others were in hospital, six in critical condition.-United Press.
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