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VOL. 1, NO. 60
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1946.
Library, Supreme Court
ROUND-TABLE CONFERENCE FAILS
TO BREAK INDIA DEADLOCK
Woman's Evidence DRAMATIC LAST. Move To Break
In Ravensbruck Camp Trial
Hamburg, Dec, 6. Sylvia Salvegen, a member of Norway's "King's Messengers" underground movement, testi. fied to-day that women too ill to work were the first to be selected. for extermination the Ravensbruck concentration camp.
at
the
Appearing as a witness at trial of 12 men and seven women staf
memberu of Ravchsbruck, charged with ill-treating and killing Allied nationals, she said that the staff traded thousands uf women inmates as either At to work or too ill to work. k
She told the Military Court that. those who were 100 III received pink cards allowing them to perform light work, but that this was regarded as ni virtúni denth söntönce as these card holders were the first to be se- lected for extermination.
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The witness said that although
the inmates were starving, only one
In a thousand. Red Cross parcels reached them on the camp staff stele, all the others.
She testified that the camp hos- pital in which she worked, us a nurse was so crowded that the pa- tients were forced to le closely packed on the floor. Even the corp- sea were not regularly cleared away, she said. Associated Press,
Mrs Salvesen said of the hospital matron: "We had in our minds a ple- ture ot Florench Nightingale, thinking nures were sworn to help the people of all nations. But the lifted u finger to help
MINUTE EFFORT TO SOLVE ISSUE
LONDON, DEC. 6.
A DRAMATIC ELEVENTH-HOUR ROUND- TABLE CONFERENCE OF BRITISH CABINET MINISTERS, MR ATTLEE, AND THE VICEROY OF INDIA, LORD WAVELL, WITH FOUR INDIAN POLITICAL LEADERS CONCLUDED AROUND 8 P.M.
A British Government statement issued after the conference showed plainly the failure of the Government to get the rival Indian factions together. However, the statement said the British Government would not permit the Indian constitution to be forced upon any unwilling parts of the country.
"
This means that Britain will not go through with the Independence plans unless the Moslems get together finally - with the Hindu-dominated Congress Party. The Prime Ministor, Mr
Clement Attlee, the Viceroy of Persia To Move
Indin, Lord Wavell, and three British Cabinet experts on. India got the four visiting Indian lenders together for the first time at Number 10 Downing Street, Mr Attlee's official re- Įsidence. Pandit Nehru, Congress Party leader, and Beldov Singh, Sikh leader, and the two Moslein leaders, Mohammed Ali Jinnah and Ali Khan, talked for two hours without result.
Troops Into Azerbaijan
Deadlock Over Trusteeship
New York, Dec. 6. The United Nations to-day demanded Russia and America to get together to settle diffe-
rences over
FRENCH SUBMARINE 30 HOURS OVERDUE
Paris, Dec. 7.
The Armed Forces Ministry announced last night that the French submarine 2320 was 30 hours overdue and was being sought off Toulon by other Naval craft and aircraft.
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board! arc 21 ПАТЕ! personnel, Including two un- named Naval Staff officers.
The submarine, a 250-ton craft formerly belonging to the Germans, had been making fest dives--Associated Press.
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Molotov Agrees To American Plan For Armament Control
New York, Dec, 6,
The Soviet delegate, Mr Vyacheslav Molotov, agreed to the American amendment to the Soviet proposal urging · elimination from national armaments of atomic weapons and all other major weapons adaptable to mass destruction, when the sub-committee of the Political and Security Com- mittee resumed their discussions on the regulation and re- duction of armaments hero to-day."
The American amendment bited and other forms of mass des- called for rapid international' truction are not.”.
Senntar Connally, supporting Sir
the question of TRUMAN TO control of atomic energy, and Hartley, sall When we do so we
exactly which nations Arc "directly concerned" in the ad ministration of trusteeship, over dependent areas BO that approval of the eight proposed trusteeship drafts will be de layed no longer.
COMBAT
MOB RULE
other technical 'discoveries so as
to ensure their use only for peaceful purposes.
that Mr Molotov declared
the United States proposal wan of in urgent nature.
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Return Of German
POWs Would Ruin French Econony
Paris, Dec. 6.
The sub-committee, working in close harmony, discussed sentence by sentence the disarmtiment pro- posal presented by the United States The Trusteeship Sub-Committee,
Washington, Dee. 6. and adopted it at Mr Molotoy's which is considering the proposed President Truman, candem-suggestion as the basis for its' work,
After an hour's administration drafts submitted by ning organised groups which fan
discussion this nations holding League of Nations "hatred and intolerance" that General
sentence was agreed on: The mandates, found itself deadlocked
Assembly recognises after a six-hour debate over the cause mob violence, to-day set sential to the general regulation and Soviet contention that all the Big up a civil rights committee to reduction of armaments the early establishment of international con- Five powers should welve such con- combat them.
The French Foreign Oce siderations for the time, being and)
trol of atomic energy and other It was directed to study and re-modern technological discoveries snid to-night that to repatriate accept the principle that a manda- commend new civil rights legislation to ensure their use only for peace-all German prisoners of war in tory power is the only one that
and other measures to protect "all |ful "directly concerned,'
France who were captured by parts of our population."
to the the United States Armies, as In an executive order Mr Truman United States proposal
sal proposing declared the action of those who taise that the Security Council should ex-requested by the U.S. Govern-
their law inlo
own hands | pedite consideration of the draft con- ment. would be catastrophic in threatens our form of vention for the prohibition of atomic its effects on French economic
weapons was criticised by Sir Hart-
Underlying the Soviet-American dispute is Soviet concern over the United States intention to adminis-gravely ter, without accounting to anyone, former Japanese islands in the Pack-
1c.
Unable to
(United States) and MNikolai
In the
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pur covict amendment
tai
government."
He named Charles E. Wilson, pre- ley Shawcross, of Britain, who sub-recovery. sident of the General Electric Committed alternative proposals,
No reply had yet been made to tho break the Soviet-pany, as chairman of the committee.
American nole, Mr James Byrnes, American impasse, the Sub-Cam-to time, in some places
The statement said that from time
Centrol And Inspection
the US. Secretary of State, an- mittee direc.ed Mr John Foster country, freedom fro
He said that the British proposals nounced yesterday that: the United been Gravely
Involved the threaten fear. had
prohibition of the States bad asked France, Belgium, Nivokov (Soviet) to confor and tour was so after the last war when atomic bomb and other weapons of the Netherlands and Luxembourg New York, Dec. 6. Persin to-day informed the icy are able to come to an agree-Intolerance
report- within-24-hours on whether organisi banned. hatred and mass destruction, together with ade- | repatriate all the 674,000..German. United Nations that she would ment.-United Press.
at times mob action (quate-and-stimultaneous contre)-and-prisance prisoners ebould-be To send troops into troubled Azer- baijan to-morrow and be ready -BOAC officiala said there was no to act against any hostile de-
Jawaharlal Nehru's monstration that may be touch Charge
London by ed off by their presence in that arrangements to leave gaged in smuggling and hiding re-pecial aircraft for india at 6.15 north Persian province, sistance group and Allied nationals.m. on Saturday.
matron novET
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Mrs Salvesen disclosed that she
was an Underground member of the change Norwegian Secrot
organisation
known as "King's Messengers". en-
In
hunted by the Germans. Sho was Moslem League quarters Bald Hussein All, Persian Ambassador sent to Ravensbruck as a hostage
thni their leader, Mohammed All to Washington, in a letter to the following a British raid on Narvik, Jinnah, likewise had not indicated United Nations Security Council said his country must ignore the Soviet any change in plans following the conference.. It was believed he will advice to keep troops out of Azer-
Norway.
She said that many older inmates dyed, their hair black with soot to
void being selected for the gusain in London to supervise re-baijan. He said Perain was prepared
chamber.
Loans For Aussie War Wives
Canberra, Australia, Dec. 6. The Foreign Minister, Dr Herbert Evatt, to-day told the House of Re- presentatives that Australia is con- sidering granting loans to divorced Australian wives of American ser- vicemen in the United States to pay their passage home-United Press.
-organisation of the Mostem League
vi Great Britain.
In the meantime, it is learned that the British Government has given
Nehru a guarantee that they will not
deviate from the proposals get forth
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Chinese Communists Used Poison. Gas
In their attack
Talyuan, Dec. 3.
against Chung-
to take the action necessary to main-yang-130 kilometres southwest of lain law and order. He added that this city, last Tuesday night, the the Soviet Ambassador to Teheran Communist troops used poison as had been given a friendly admon!- shells, resulting in the killing of a tion.
considerable number of the garrison
taken by the American forces. struck fear Into the hearts of men inspection. and women because of their racial Sir Hartley added: "We insist that lensed gendually and the programme
prohibition and control origin or religious beliefs,"
thon October 1, arc not completed not later merely concurrent things; they are 1947, he said.
France will consider the request part and parcel of the same thing."
"We must not agree to any parat Cabinet level and it is belleved tial system of disarmament in the the French Government will try to sense that atomic bombs are prohl- modify the US decision-Reuter.
He added that sometimes persons
"killed, maimed Intimidated."-Associated Press.
or
Another Win For Bromwich & Long
Melbourne, Dec. 6. of Australia dealt a blow to United Jack Bromwich and Colin Long
States hopes in the coming Davis. Cup matches by defeating Gardner Mulloy
championship,
capture the
Victoria doubles
The dispatch of troops to Azer. / forces and civilians inside the city, and Billy Talbert, 6-3, 6-4 3-6, 6-3, said reports reaching here to-day to
The garrison, however, held out and managed to keep the attadding Communists at bay. It was CS- timated that the Communists used 20,000 men in the attack-Central News.
on May 10 by the Cubine: mission baijan would result in disturbances to India by which Indians may de- both within the province and along cide the tuture constitution. The the Persian-Sovlet borders. He said Guarantee said the Congress Panty Persia was prepared to take could proceed with a
constitution risk. making body.
dramatic
It is learned that the decision to hold an eleventh-hour conference emerged from Informal exchanges between the Indian dele- gates United Press,
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All Hussein did not present formal complaint to the Security Council but asked it to retain its jurisdiction over Persian complaints concerning alleged interferences with its sovereignty.-United Press.
Small Fry Let Out From Sugamo
This Aussie victory, coupled with Jack Kramer and Ted Schroeder, their triumph earlier this week, over America's other prospective doubles team, made. Australia a
strong..fa- vourite to ake the impending Davis Cup challenge round doubles match. -United Press.
HAMBURG STRIKE
Tokyo. Dec. 6.
London, Dec. 8. SCAP to-day odered the release Hamburg dock workers staged a of 22 lesser Japanese war criminal jhalf-hour strike in protest against Suzamo Pricon. food shortages, insufflelent supplies The group Included Ave former army of working clothes, snoes and Luel officers, reven enlisted men and 10 and transport difficulties, the Ham- civilians Central News,
burg Radio Bald to-night-Reuter.
U.S. Forces In Far suspects from East To Be Enlarged
of
Honolulu, Dec. 6.. The peacetime disposition United States Marines in the Pacific and Asia theatres will be the same as pre-war but on an enlarged basis, Lt- Gen Allen H. Turnage, new Com- mander of Fleet Marine forces in the Pacific, announced here to-day.
Whereas before the war the Marines bad, less than a division In the Pacific, they will now have one division for, chore, duty, one with the air wing and two extra brigades of task forces.
SHOWDOWN NEARS IN U.S. COAL STRIKE
New York, Dec. 7.,
A showdown in the United States coal crisis appeared near last night, when President Truman conferred with his Cabinet concerning his broadcast on Sunday amid reports of mounting unemployment and worldwide repercussions of the soft coal miners walk-out..
Gen Turnage announced that an.. extra brigade is now being trained One rim-faced Cabinet member, hooda to join the CIO In unified for future assignment to North Chinn emerging from the Presidential action to combat.what he called. where he commanded the Marines conference, said privately, "There "this deliberate monstroua between 1038 and 1041.
will be no turning back in this ment to cripple labour During the Guam and Bourgain- fight." ville campaigns, Gen Turnage com- manded the Third Marines Divi sion. He now succeeds Lt-Gen Roy S. Geiger, who is retiring soon.- United Press,
move Indicating the impact of the strike Labour's position was voiced by on the nation's economy, the Solid Me Phlup Murray, President of the Fuels Administration climated, that Congress of Industrial Organisations, more than a quarter of the "Frozen" who called on all Unions to join the slocks of bituminous conl trickled battle against Government efforts to away in the first 12 days of the end. the walk-out by Court · In» -striko. junction.
When the mines, shut down on
consumer With organised labour marshalling November 20, TRAINS - COLLISION TOLL it forces for the continuation of piles contained 62,000,000 tons,
stock. John L. Lowis' battle through the The Civilian Production Ad- High Courts, his United Mineworkers ministration took steps to impose thenewdrastle: fuet conservation deposited securities covering $3,510,000 fines Imposed for ignoring restrictions on: December 0. These It was announced to-day that two the Court order against cancellation will extend the "dim-out" order to people were killed and 20 injured.
of the cont
contract with the all utilities deriving electricity from alght of them seriously, when a dovernment formally invited the The new orders will impede oven
soft coal. Hamburg-bound express collided
Mr Murray. with a goods train in the fog rear rival American Federation of Labour more aevore limitations on 21 nor- Hanover yesterday--Router.
and independent, rallway - brother-
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