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The suicidio of a. Elamero student pilot was blamed today, on fils broken English.
The flyer, Chitra Fongual, 32, was found hanged last week in his hotel Group Captain Marin Hongkula, Air Attache at the Blarneño Embassy, Bald at the in- quest: "Its lack of the English language worried and depressed him, He could not get in touch with the ountrol lower easily while, receiving Instrue- Ulớn.”—--Associated Press.
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Step Nearer To Defence Set-Up In Middle East
Acceptance Of British Proposal
London, Nov. 12.
The first step towards the Allied defence organisation in the Middle East has been completed with the acceptance by all its sponsors of the British proposal to set up a planning organisation with headquarters in Cyprus.
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“Operation Hatchet” In Singapore
Singapore, Nov. 12. The police drive to oradi.. cate the million-dollar illicit oplum traffic here had re- sulled in a serious dent in the city's biggest under. ground business but a high police source told United Press today that there are still more than 1,000 dens in operation.
The original proposal for the Allied Command in the Middle East was presented to Egypt by the United States, Britain, France and Turkey in October last year as a way out of the Anglo-in 3,000 successful police raids Egyptian impasse over the Suez Canal Zone,
It was then agreed among the Alliest planning organisation for four powers that in the absence Middle East defence should be of Egyptian co-operation the formed with headquarters in Allied plans for the Middle East Cyprus. defence organisation should go The
ahead anyway,
Operation "Hatchet", golig into its fifth month, has resulted
but on the city's opium dens officinis estimated that operators currently grogs more than M$1,000,000 monthly. It officially estimated that between M$30,000 to M$40,000 still change hands, each day in the sale of this narcotic.
other sponsors have signified their acceptance of In August, Britain circulated the proposals Frankfurt, Nov, 12,
for planning memorandum among the headquarters and It Is still The United States le frsuing
Daily police raids by special visas to German wives
sponsors and also hoped that Egypt and the Arab squads since July have cut the of other three
and States would be able to partici-retail oplum business an esti American soldiers at the record Australia, New Zealand
mated 50 per cent but police tale of 500 a month, US, Con-South Africa proposing that the pute. culate record
oficials said this only resulted today. showed
in, the price of the narcotic These figures Indicate that the
going up by the same per- number of marriages of Gorman
The small, standard- girls and U.S. soldiers is twice
centage.
of opium which 0s high as Inst year and for
eized packet above the number during the
cost the idlet MȘI before the police declared war on the trade rush which followed the Ufting
now runs to M$1.50.
PURE RACE
of the ban on such marriages THEORIES
In 1947.
Offcials offer this explanation.
1. There are more American
troops here now than at any
EXPLODED
THE QUESTION Since the original proposals were made by the four powers, the changes in Egypt and the noproach to the Arch States. by Turkey have Increased the possibility of the Egyptian and Arub States co
East
securing the against possible aggression.
in
Officials recalled that the
Secretary,
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Police and Customs officials are co-operating closely in try- The New ing to seal off Singapore Anthony
Asia's narcotic trade but admit
Eden, told Parliament last week ther period sluce German-
that it was hoped that negotin- American weddings were per-
London, Nov. 12.
tions with Egypt on the defencs mitted. During the Allied build-
There is no such thing as a aspects of the Suez Canal ques- up against the Soviet
menace."pure
race," according to an tion would be resumed soon. the number of U.S. soldiers In
ilustrated booklet published
the meantime, officials Germany has grown from less today by the United Nations
of the defence said, sponsora 1047 tu about Educational, Scientifle and Cul-scheme have consalled on the than 100,000 in 250,000 today.
tural Organisation.
2. Mony American soldiers are now completing their over- seas tours of duty and are being returned to the United States. They marry shortly before they start home.
The marriage rate is reflected by the number of visas issued to German girls for admittance to the United States as wives of American citizens.
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is to
the battle is far from won.
from
SECRET COMBINES
The authorities are up against commercial com- huge secret throughout Asia and the Middle bines whose activities extend East.
Several narcotic rings are headed by prominent Chinese The question at present is not millionaires, the police believe, how to maintain the status quobut thus far so ringleaders have in the Canal Zone but to seek been arrested.
"We have ways of ensuring that it plays
a good idea who a top police official its full part in the regional de- they ure." fence of the Eastern Mediter who wished to remain unidenti
led told United Press. "But renean.-United Press.
fencaving who they are and proving it in Court are two dillerent things."
I also gives
an unqualified immediate requirements and de- "no" to such fundamental ques-cited to proceed with the estab
lishment of planning head- tions as "Is
Where a superior race?" and "Are there absolute quarters. and unchangeable
zace differ- ences?"
The purpose of the publica- ion
present in non- technical language some of the provisional conclusions reached by scientists in recent years on An average of 500 such visas how races are formed and the
nature of the differences Issued every month by 'U.S.
Last year the
word "race" rate was about half that, with a total of 3,039 issued during the entire year.
In the first 10 months after Americans were permitted
Isulates. In Germany: tween them.
to
The
be-
how tro- quently been misused to justify policies of economic and social discrimination.
ns the ideas, such
"Folse
ALLEGED
marry Germans in 1947, only Nazi myth of Aryan superiority PARTISANS
1,098 such weddings took place.
Associated Press.
AIR
are
still in circulation," the writers declare.
"People who have been con- fused by pseudo-scientille ideas or propaganda tend to make
CHIEF'Sudgments
PROPOSAL
London, Nov. 12.
Sir John Slessor, Chief of Air Staff, urged today that the mer- chant air feet should be built up to supplement military transport whether in hot or cold war.
Sir John said there was vital need to enable Britain fo move troops quickly to the scene of troubles. "But We cannot hope to do that by military transport alone," he said.
Britain must look to civil alt transport le supplement the hard core of military transport, which is held for sudden, urgent troop movements in bulk.
than wo of the latest troop- ships, he said. Reuter.
about intelligence, and character on the basis of facint characteris- tles."-Reuter.
5
A Monarchy
At
An End
Srinagar, Nov. 12. Kushmir's 106 year old monarchy ended today when the Constituent Assembly voted to delete all mention of exlied Maharaja Sir Hari Singh from the Constitution.
RELEASED
Bonn, Nov. 12. The West German Supreme Federal Court today ordered the release of three alleged members of a United States. backed partisan organisation in Germany because no evidence had been found
the that organisation planned murder.
The three were the last of group originally arrested to be released.
the
The pr
existence of the anil-
Soviet organisation
WAY dis- closed last month by the Hesse State Premier, Georg August Zinn, who alleged that it had been planning to "liquidate" prominent German Communists and Social Democrats
in case
cuse of a Soviet attack on Germany. The election of a new Head of The court issued ils release Two long-range jel transports State with two in reserve could wealthy Maharaja's 21-year-old welded
The order because investigations had is due on Friday,
nothing to support lift in a year more troops mare con Yuvaraj Karan Singh, ap- suspicions of the three men hav cheaply between Britain, the
to be the Assembly's ing violated the articles of the Middle East and the Far East Pears
choice. He win be appointed for criminal code concerning plot- ting of murders and criminal five-year term. Sir Harl left for Bombay In plots. 1040 after clashing with Prime Six International voluntary Minister Sheikh Abdullah
over found organisations Protestant, Jewish an agrarian reform programe
that and Roman Catholic-are pool-
included redistribution' of ing their schemes to help the the Royal Family's estates. His been drawn up by the organisa- United Nations High Commis- son has been acting as Regent on with the intent of eventual- Willing the people sted.- sioner for refugees his task, Sir Hari, in exile, gets an
anual
Reuter. Grants totalling $658,750 have privy purse of 1,500,000 Rupecs, been
approved by the High The dispute between India and Commissioner in his capacity of Pakistan over control of Kushmir administrator of the $2,000,000 has been before the United fund created by the United Nations for several years,——Â6- Nations. Reuter.
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October. exports and re-exports totalled £230,000,000 and im- ports £260,000,000. The deficit fell to £36,300,000 from the monthly average of £01,100,000 for the third quarter of 1052.
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