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Britain's MacA DISMISSAL
Atomic Progress
London, Apr. 15.
The British Government today disclosed hitherto top secret. Information about its atomic energy research.
It gave a detailed description
of the construction and com- position of the larger of two piles built at the atomic re-
MAY COMPLICATE
ARMS AID PLANS
Battle Looms In Congress
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Washington, Apr. 15.
Administration quarters today voiced new con- search establishment at Har-cern over the probable fate in Congress of its im- pending request for $11,000,000,000 for foreign arms and economic aid.
well, Berkshire.
The statement revealed that this pile, known as BEPO, was designed by the British staff at n Montreal Laboratory in 1015 and 1940. Its construction began in 1940 and on July 5, 1948, it was first charged with a "criti- cal loading" of 28 fons of uranium metal.
After a first experiment in which power output was per- inilted to rise to 50 watts, there was n gradual work up to full power by Christmas
10.10.
They made no secret of the fact that President Truman's dismissal of General_MacArthur, who opposes some aspects of State Department policy in the Far East, would raise a major obstacle to passage of the programme.
The request will include arms and economic aid and Point Four funds. The chief fear is that it will be fought on a partisan basis with not only cuts in loss of American prestige store but consequent abroad.
Today's statement gives a So far only a smak part of the long but highly technical eles-programme has cleared budget cription of the pile bullt within screening. The present target for of reinforced submitting the program to steel with Congress is about the mikile of thick cast iron May.
on outer case
find concrete lining of six-inch plates.
This outer care or shield was constructed as a complete box and took three thousand tons and 600 tons of of contrele steel.
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REPO Is described ns "a
The major part of the requcet;
VIETMINH
ATTACK
REPULSED
.:
well be for arms for Western | Europe. Limited amounts are to be asked for the Asian countries, including Korea, Indo-China and the Philippines and posity
the
pians,
inder present Administration whi Beck $30,000,000 for arm's ald #50 Generallimo Chfang Kai-shek's Nationalist forces on Formosa. Republican proponents of more akl for Formosa are certain to focus their attacks on
this
part of Administration
planning. The MacArthur controversy probably flare again on the Nationalist programme and the Administration's primary interest Saigon, Apr. 15,
in European
defences. The Vietminh troops today attack-Administration of
plans to seek esi advanced French units in the $8,000,000,000 of $11,000,000,000 Thai country northwest of the for arms for foreign countries. Tol Delta, about 25 miles This compares with $5,122,000,- from the Chinese border,
000 authorised by the last The French, recently rein-Congress. forced by airborne troops from auoi, the capital, threw the Vietminh forces back.
graphite mederate pir-coolexi pile" with a critical loading of 28 tons of uranium metal and a full uranium load of 40 tons. About 180,00 cubic feet Hira minute is drawn through the pile for cooling purposes.
GRAPHITE CUBE
A concrete storage block accommodate five tons radiated uranium
of ir-
In the Red River Della,, Viet-
its
three
attacked
can cartridges that have been in the pile
The reacting part of the pile consists of a cube of graph hite with 20 feet sides through villages near Phuc on about which pass 1,840 channels about 19 miles north of Hanol, Local supported by French three and a half square inches
105-malmetre guns,
smashed
the centre,
miltia,
the attack and dispersed the
Vietminh,
other
in cross section,
of uranium a foot long Barz are placed In
French Union forces, When the pile is running at full power. the radiation out-reports said, ruided Vietminh
shleid side its protective
is entrenchments near Tanmy, in only double that existing when South Vietnam about 25 miles the pile is fully shut down. northwest
dump. Today's statement was issued a supply at Saigon, destroying
between fter agreement
the In other operations in South authorities atomic energy
of and Central Vietnam, French Canada, the United Kingdom troops killed 72 Vietminh and and the United States, it was captured 45, announced.-Reuter.
American-built fighters again pounded Vielminh installations at two centres in South Viet-
Peace His Main-Reuter,
Objective
Washington, Apr, 15. · President Truman said today that it "doesn't make any difference what happens to me m the controversy over General MacArthur's dismissal, as long as "we win peace."
PEKING'S ENVOY TO MOSCOW
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WIDER PROGRAMME Countries expected to receive arms help for the first time are Communis Yugoslavia and Spain, The Korean war and the posed in Europe by threats Russia and her satellites have
consideration of prompted broadening Europeau pro-
ramme,
In addition to the North
Part countries Atlantic
in Europe, funds will be sought to supply as to Greece, Turkey,
and other Iran
nations now
Munitions for Spain, Greece receiving United States help. and Turkey may be tied to new defence arrangements between those countries and the United States. There is little likelihood,. however, that any of the three will be brought into the North Atlantic Pact structure.
The foreign assistance pro- Framme would also Include $1,500,000,000, to continue. United States economic help to Europe under the Marshall Plan, with limited amounts for Moscow, Apr, 15, the Asian countries. The last The new Chinose Ambassador Congress authorised $2,700,000,- to Russia, Mr Chang Wen-tien, 000 for that programme. The arrived here by air from Point Four request is expected Peking today. He was met_atto-184-$90,000,000-triple the the airport by
of the current officials
programme. - United
Ministry for Foreign Affairs Press, Speaking extemporaneously at Mr Chang succeeds Mr Wang- Democratic | Chai-hsieng, who returned to
.a reception
Mr
Truman
#convert
for
The new
oficials and Party members, Peking some time ago to re- urged them to sume his duties as Vice-Minis- Republicans" and ter for Foreign Affairs. -others to the truth and facts”
-Ambassador, who MacArthur's dismissal, is 51, was designated as the he outlined in his permanent Chinese delegate to „Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner the United Nations in January. speech last night.-United Press. Reuter,
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Australian Role In
Emergency Shipping Programme
In US
Washington, Apr. 15.
A programme to meet the immediate need for Mar- shall plan shipping and to prepare a long-rangé plan for any future wartime shipping emergency has been initiated with the creation of the National Shipping Authority,
The new organisation, similar to the War Ship- ping Administration in. the last war, was set up within the Government's Maritime Administration with Mr Charles M. McGuire as director.
The Immediate tnak fronting the new agency will be provide ships from the reserve fleet of World War II vossols to carry cargoes financed
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Auckland, Apr. 15.
A Mako shark, weighing 858 pounds, was caught to- day by Mrs Ernest Beaver fishing
Cavalli on the Istand grounds off Whang- Aroa, North Auckland. It is a record for a woman angler.
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Mr Beaver, 54, R sident of Whangaroa, has been deepsea fishing only twice.
The Mako fought for four hours. Its length was 11 feet seven inches, lis girth five feet four inches. -Associated Press,
UNIQUE COMPLAINT
FILED
Administration,
But
Maritime officials dicated that prepare
an
in-
Britain
Washington, Apr. 15. Another United States
the agency will also Congressman has sought to should- pro-place on Britain's emergency gramme under which full war-ers the blame for the dis- ime control of shipping re-missal of General Mac- sources will be ready in case Arthur from his Far East-
International crisis should
ern commands.
National Ship-
Me
suddenly develop.
They said plng Authority will ask Congress
TO-DAY
ONLY
(Re-
that
Everett Dirksen soon to legislate stand by power publican Senator, Illinois), de- to control
I port facilities and all cared in Peoria, Illinois, United States and foreign ships General MacArthur was dis- touching this country's ports. missed because he was the only This
who blocked America's will be similar to the ship one warranty set which was in "policy of appeasement toward
during the last war.
Great Britain.” The NSA
will also provide
the authority under which the
opera-
Truman and Acheson are
United States will participate in hotchet men who had to get rid the international shipping pool of MacArthur to satisfy British who wanted General which the North Atlantic Pact critics
MacArthur muzzled," Mr Dirk- nations are planning for tion in any "bobal emergency." sen said. The Marling Administratian is already represented on North Atlantic Pact ocean ship pleeg planning board.
FREIGHT INCREASES
tho
He added that Mr Truman and Mr Acheson plaid to hand Formosa to China in the next step of appeasement,
In its immediate work, how- Mr Charles Dobey (Repub- over the NSA win carry out a lean Senator, New Hampshire), Lucknow, Apr. 15. shipping programme which was said in an interview at Phoenix, The Indian Prime Minister,
requested by ECA. The Marshall Arizona, that he felt President Plan organisation has been con Truman was stands oc- Jawaharlal Nehru,
justified in re- Hindu fronted with increasing shipping lieving General Douglas Mac- cused of Insulting the
freight rates and
is growing Arthur of his commands, com- to a religion, according plaint filed in court by J. P.shortage of ocean-going vessels
bulk He did not think that General Visharod, a pleader of Deoria, to carry low-paying
removal cargoes. It requested the Mari- MacArthur's
would town in this province.
time Administration to
affect the war effort in Korea, supply Visharad filed his complaint ships from the reserve feet and but America's standing in under Section 395-A of the I provided $50,000,000 to put Japan was another matter. dian Penal Code in the court of these ships back in
in operation the Sub-divisional Magistrate
ships
under NSA will
"A great gap has been left in of Droria,
our relationship with that carry cool, sulphur, grain and country," the Senator added. Sydney, Apr. 15.
Accusing Mr Nehru of pos- other bulk cargoes financed by The Australian Government sessing an anti-Hindu bias, es ECA to Europe and Southeast
At St. Louis, retired Liest- reflected in his has approved dour proposal to
writings and Asia, and on their return trips tenant-General help the technical development sporches, Vishared
him will Carry strategic {ed South and South-East Asian (Nehru) with "day and fores, needed for the stockpiling commander under General Mac- metallic Eichelberger,. former Army countries under the Collembo
maliciously" outraging and defence production pro- Arthur, said today that the Plan
for co-cor
co-operative develop (complainant's) feelings with a "Tammes in the
in the United States. bombing of Manchurian targets mont of that area.
speech de lyraed on March 4 When legislation providing
Aid For Asia
This was announced today by the Minister for External Affaks, Mr Percy C. Spender. He said that the proposals were:
The
Robert L
—a course advocated by his
last at Bombay on the occasion grain to meet the threatened former chief-could precipitate of the opening ceremony of a famine in India Anally clears dairy which he had read in a Congress, the NSA ships will all-out war," section of the Press,
carry these cargoes.
General Eichelberger added To make a gift of 3,000 refer- He claimed
that
Premier Maritime Administrator Vice- he saw no ethical reason for ence books on dechnical, scentile Nehru hrad ridiculed cow worship Azimiral
Edward L4 Cochrane not using Chinese Nationalist and other subjects to Pakistan ns and cow veneration the emphasised that these ships troops in Korea, but that he an initial contribution to develop country and had thereby violated are not intended to compete believed Dibraries in that country!
the Indian directly with private shipping. needed in Formosa where they
But he said it is hoped they now were-Router. technical educa- Evidence ofted in the cast will influence the overall ship-
ranged from the Vedas and niner
ping situation by decreasing
Arice 48
To send есть Australian Constitution
specialist in
tion to Ceylon;
these forces
were
Atomic Agreement
for
то send' a team. of three articles by Mahatma Gandhi toutes. Australian geologists to carry the autobiography and other
an example, Admiral out surveys in the Gilgit area writings and speeches by Jawa- Cochrane cited the rates
The Hague, Apr. 15. of Pakistan, and
| barlal Nehrta.
shipping petroleum, "Astoni
Holland and Norway have To extend for
The magistrate, passing orders, shingly high," he said nin additional
concluded an agreement for six months the services of asak: "The various allegations times what they were in 1946" Co-operation in tho field of Western
Australian Govern- cited pertain to the period of Mr Dry cargo
atomic energy, It WILB да rates have doubled. ment horticulturist, who is now Nehru no Prime Minister of India in the same five-year period, noted here today - Router, working in Pakistan...
and over before that he said. United Press, The cost of this assistance, complaintant wants time to study said Mr Spender, would be The complaint shall be put and on sume vallent points of law......
boane by the Australian Gov-Aprox so when the complaint Bernhard In
ermanent.
A number of other projects shall place before me his angu-
designed to help
ho
mean that this court can take these areas, added, would also be com-gance of this complaint"
United Press. ploted soon. These wouki iz chado a special school of Gov- ernment administration Canberra for 25 Pakistani of- floors and finishing school at Cronulla, New South Wales, for personnel from Ceylon-Reu-
ter.
Union
Bomb Outrage
Sequel
Damascus, Apr. 15.: The police announced today
Chile
Santiago, Apr, 16.
Prince Bernhard arrived hero
CANASTA SETS
complete with rules
from Quilpue late last night two score pads, and
after attending an equestrian exhibit at the Chilean cavalry (chool "there.
The Prince had a free morning the arrest of five Palestine Arab today and later attended a refugees
Figures for participating in funcheon, given by the Board
A Record
United
of the of Directors of the Jockey Club, States: Minister . In Damascus last month
teakwood tray.
$16.00 each.
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