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VOL. II NO. 94
MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1947.
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EIGHT KILLED IN POLISH "Victory's Hardest Fight
Flying Squad We Have Been
Combs Jerusalem
"No Poace in Holy Land" Says Irgun
Jerusalem, Jan. 19. Palestine Police flying squad cars are to-night scouring Jeru- salem for two stolen vehicles with radio orders to “arrest all the occupants and take no chan- ceg,"
The missing vehicles are, a black saloon taxi and a three-ton Army lorry, stolen to-day from Sarafand Camp, Palestine's biggest garrison. Both are believed to have been stolen by Jewish terrorista.
The secret radio of the Jewish ferrorist group, the Irgun Zval Leumi The Volce of the Fighting Zion"-- declared in its usual Sunday broad- cust today: "There will be no peace in the Holy Land."
the
Waiting For This
New York,--Salt and pepper shakers said to bo moisture proof are described in Plastic Magazine. A pushbutton at the too dis. tributes the salt or pepper evenly without shaking. A vacuum seal at the bottom keeps moisture out to pre- vent the salt from caking. The shakers are being pro duced in various colours. Associated Press.
Many Chinese
Casualties
In 'N.E.I.
Batavia, Jan. 20. The Netherlands Indles Govern-
The radio accused
Jewish Ageney of stopping Jewish Begalment announced that 250 Chinese were killed, 1.000 wounded and 000 Immigration into Palestine so as to have peace in the country during the missing as a result of a battle be- resumed London conference on Pales.
tween the Dutch and Indonesians at ine thin matth.
Palembang, Sumatra, on January 3 "The Immigration will continue to 5. nevertheless, the broadenst ndiård.-- Reuter.
SMERTENKO ACCUSES Shannon Airport, Eire, Jan, 19. An accusation that the British Government was carrying out "pets of terrorism" in Palestine, WOR made to-day by Professor John Smertenko, vice-President of the
In
I said that 000 others lost their homes. The Chinese part of the large merchantile population were caught in the middle and also were victims of looting and arson.
The belated announcement
fol-
ELECTIONS
Landslide For The Commumists Likely
Warsaw, Jan. 20.
At least eight persons were killed as Polish voters chose their first post-war Parlia- ment in an election lacking in secrecy and marked by intimidation of the opposition to the Communist-supported Government bloc.
M. Mikolajczyk, leader of the opposition Polish Peasant Party said he would decide within a few days whether he would resign from the Government if the bloc Parties scored an overwhelming victory. There seemed to be little doubt that the bloc would win.
Throughout Poland at day break, bloc organisers working in com- mittees of three went from house to
house, rounded up voters and led them to the polis in groups.
Voters were said to have been told that the alternative to voting for a bloc candidate was loss of employ ment or their home or imprisonment. Balloting wns extremely heavy, and a maximum of 12,000,000 voles up- penred a certainty.
waiting voters that such demonstra- tions were prohibited by election
M. Mikolajczyk also appeared at the precinct at noon. But while other; members of tho Government were escorled up the stairway to cast their inllots, he was wedged in the lostling mass of voters who booed him and
shouted
"Down With Mikolajczyk".
that the
"
London, Jan. 19. Admiral Lord Nelson's flagship, Victory, which earned her name the hard way, to-day was reported to be gamely fighting her toughest battle. She is being aided by the now insecticide DDT as the oaken-heart gallant vessel is being attacked by hordes of beetles, the newspaper Sunday Dispatch reported.
Slout (imbers which flicked fam off roundshots like pebbles and endured the sens since 1705, are. in danger of crumbling. Crew members, however, have blown DDT into holes drilled in the ship's
timbers. And beetles have been scrambling from their wooden nests only to be sucked: up by huge vacum cleaners.
During 1046 waru
the daily catch averged 0.000 beetles on officer fald the Dispatch. Ho sald the Department of Solentiac
and In- dustrial Ecsearch became inter- ested in 1030 when damage was Arst reported. "We are optimistio about our present efforts and I think the Victory has at least 50 years of service left in her," the officer said.
The ship is tied up at the Portsmouth naval yard where officers proudly point her out to visitors and Royal Navy recruits.
Valted Press.
For
Reservations
VIET NAMH STATEMENT
OF POLICY
Bangkok, Jan, 19. An omcial government of Vict Namh statement of policy, through the underground Viet Namh radio, to-day declared an open door policy
Tel: 27880
SEA AND LAND OFFENSIVE
French Action In Indo-China
Paris, Jan. 20. French forces on Saturday uched land and sea opera- tions aimed at liberating. Hue, captial of Annam, it was an nounced yesterday in Paris.
During the day, French ground forecs were reported to have advanced
for Viet Namh plus air and sea bases more than 15 miles from the Naval in Viet Namh to friendly UNO baso of Tourane, 50 miles southeast powers in return for Security Coun- of Huo on the east coast of
cil Intervention in the present war. China, meeting little or no dia
The statement said: "Viet Namh is convinced of the necessity to organise collective security to assure the de- fence of small nations in the main tenance of security in the World. mamentia. It also recognises the measures taken
by the.
United Nations, specially through the Security Council. to execute these decisions,
JUMPING
JEEPERS!
Washington. Jan. 19.
"Viet Namh is conscious also that some Viet Namhese territory could be offered for such peace, and Viet Namh is ready to Include in the frame of UNO naval and ground ac- The U.S. Army air forces aunomic-cords, special securities and conven- cu to-day they have developed a tons with special relation for the use new "flying Jeep" that can take off of name as havat and ale bases, obstacles in the process. within 000 feet and hop over 54
OFFER TO FRANCE
open
poor
Co-
uf
MIKOLAJCZYK JEERED The Vico Premier stood in line Marshalled by blog organisers and two and half hours and finally In the shadow of rifles of 100,000 cast his vote amid a doad silenco of
The "fence jumper" has a 125-.
"An Horsepower motor
and seats two operation, as volunteer militia men supported by the throng before
policy of lowed a complaint by the Chinese regular militia soldiers and security | Asked what he thought were possible which houses a power plant, a pilot them to sign the ballot box. persons. The fuselage is a gondola been offered
sketched above, has Consul at Palembang, who estimated jammed the nation's 6,726 precincts. shook his head then said
police, the
to France, expecting Poles overdovingly results of the election, M. Mikolajezyk and an observer.
an necord in 1946. damage to Chinese property olalled Most of them plainly held in their voting should have been in secret." cruise at 100 mph for two and a France in Indo-China tried to make
However, the representative at least $2,500,000. He
The AAF said. ertimated hand a small white slip of paper that the Dutch forces caused $100,000 bearing the simple number
m.p.h.
for two it fall with the hope of re-establishing three worth of this damage and the indone- That was the figure assigned to bloc voting in any precinct.
no booths for secret half hours.
The belly fuel fonks the old regime domination which, for lan the remainder,
would almost double that range. then, is a real monopoly of explolta- list candidates on a uniform basio
The
be towed tion. flying jeep can throughout the nation.
M. Mikołajczyk fought his way behind a larger plane and released down the stairway to the street. Upon in flight, Iandings and take-offs on entering his car he was feared and a cable to permit operation within booed by men, women and children.otherwise inaccessible aress. The In no precinct was there any evidence plane is 20 feet long and has a wing of poll watchers for the PSL spad of 40 feet. It is eight feel eight Associated Press.
inches high.-United Press.
American League for Free Palestine, Ha alzo denied that there were any Jewish terrorists in the country.
Smertenko, who is
now on h way back to New York after being refused permission
Innd it England, said in an interview here that in Palestine the British "have much as possiblo" but said that the 011 Army of 100,000 and 3:eep screaming about the presence in the Indonestatis were mostly responsible country of 3,000 terrorists.
for the casualties. The colony in- tended to scnd relief ships to Palembang.—Assoclated Press,
"But," he added, "In actual fact there are no terrorists but instead the entire Jewish population is #gainst them and this talk of terrori bands is just propaganda to cover up their own terrorism
to assist the
The Indies Government promised Chinese victims "as
SPEER IN HOLLAND
Velkenburg, Holland, Jan. 19.
fusing numbers, 1, 2, 4, and 5.
M. Mikołajczyce Party had con
Most Poles got numbered slips from bloc organisors on the streets ar clipped them from pro-Govern- ment newspapers.
HOW IT WAS DONE
In the polling places voters were identifled at tables. They then walked a few steps to the balloting
open
D
Lluc
num-
ballot
The professor considered that the Lieutenant-General 8.11. van Spoor, British Government "was just as the Commander of the Dutch Forces impotent to settle the Palestine prob in the Netherlands East Indies, or tent at it was to settle the Irish rived here by air to-night, flu re-box. There officials of the Election question."
fused to state the reason for his visit, Commission held In ireland he said, the British "just Ile said his plans had been held up envelope. Voters placed the fried to control the country which for 24 hours after an emergency was then dropped into the
bored-R
slip-in-the-envelope-and-it they had no business to coftral,"
About his exclusion from Britala Arabia.
landing near Brarndam, southern
box. Professor Smertenko thought that pasaports, which were not returned The police took away their the main issue was not whether he until the following evening, he added.the could land in Britain but whether Iteuter.
critic of British policy had the right
to speak against that polley in a
supposedly democratie country."
He added emphatically "we are
some
not just going to let this thing drop." WILL SEND STOOGE "We will send over Will Rogers Junior (the son
of the famous American Cowboy humorlat) or the novelist Louis Bromfeld, or other prominent member of the American League, to London, to let the British Government indicate to the British people whether they are keeping out Smertenkp or the truth about Palestine.”
Russo-Hungarian Trade Treaty
Budapest, Jan. 19.
A Hungarian trade delegation is leaving for Moscow to discuss the the Russo-Hungarian newal of the end of 1946. trade agreement which expired
ut
There were
CONSPIRACY ACCCUSATION
AGAINST OFFICIALS
Budapest, Jan. 19.
The--continued investigation of the recently-dis covered plot to overthrow the Hungarian republic has shown that many active and former officials of the Hun- garian Foreign Office were involved in the "conspiracy," it was officially stated here to-day.
sources
the
of
suspension of Immunity
Kalman Saluta
and
tions found themselves deserted like- "Other democratically inclined na- Wise when a so-called protecting power is unable to protect. The last war proved that and "in a struggle for political independence and ter- ritorial integrity the Vt Namhese people have profound conviction".
The statement of Viet Namh polley was relayed from Hanoi by the underground radio which opened with the words, "The era of domina- tion and colonial conquests closed. The people of Viet has firmly decided to continue end the struggle for the defence of the most sacred rights of the terri- torial integrity of the fatherland and political independence." - United Press.
Indo-
have
An Agence from Tourano said that French
France Prenso casualties were extremely light": two solidors were reported to died accidentally while disembarking at Tourane, while were wounded during the advance. soveral others Elements of the French Foreign Legion and of the 23rd Regiment of Colonial Infantry were reported to have occupied many localities after crossing the Name River between Tourane and Hue.
DIFFICULT NOT TRAGIC Previous dispatches said that the situation in Ilue itself was "difficult without being tragle."
Agence France Presse sald that the whole of the French population of the town was gathered in a small triangle shaped imperial eltadel under the protec
near the lon of a French battalion.
arca
Was
This small French carrison submitted to Viet Namhese reported to have been constantly men-strong attacks and to the 5,000- shelling of two Viet Namhese guns.
The Empress of Annam was re ported to have taken refuge in the Canadian Redemptorist Mission whic
was liberatel by French forces some days ago and
and Agence
France Prease that her children is belleyed
are with her' News, meanwhile, reached France of the arrival in Indo-China of the French cruiser "Duqueme" carrying elements of the 25th Airborne Divi- ston and war material.
RECALLING COMMISSIONER
In Paris, the Colonial Ministry has issued a statement denying that the Nomh
to French Cabinet had decided to recall Admiral Georges Thierry d'Argenlleu, the French High Commissioner in Indo-Ching.
French Cabinet
Problems
Paris, Jan. 20. Socialist Paul Romadler has agreed announce the Ministers to-morrow. to form a Cabinet and is expected to
Leaders
Georges Bidault's
has for three hours without antounding a decision whether to enter the pro-
of
in the majority of instances, Election Commissions were thus informed of how persona voted. although some Poles
The announcement said that the ranks. Without awaiting the findings folded their numbered slips. Those Foregin Minister had given instruc- of the parliamentary enquiry cont who tried to seal the ballots were tions for the recall of a number of mission, the Party gave its approval prevented from doing so by election Hungarian officials abroad. Their for
the oMcials.
names were given as Mihail Hcodye, rights Many Foles displayed" "No..
official at the Hungarian Legation in Paul Juczko. two Smallholders before placing it in the envelope. Paris, Geza Sos, on the staff of the Deputies, accused of complicity Legation in Switzerland, and Tamas in the plot. Both have been. M. Kazimlers Bzowski, General Szabo, press attache in London. expelled from the Party and asked Commissioner of Elections, claimed Omelal
to resign their mandates. that even though many people voted through Geza Sos,
alleged thut
Six other Smallholders deputica, openly in protest against the Part- "Hungarian Community," which was suspended from all party functions Popular Republican Movement met
so-called who are under suspicion, have been san bands, which killed more than founded in 1941 and became the core until the enquiry commission 100 election oflciats and militia men, of the comspiracy, was constantly in Trade talks between Hungarian the secrecy of balloting was preser- touch with Baron Geoerge Bakach-investigated their pares. and French representatives are
in Bessenyei, former Hungarian Minis- The Peasant Deputies of all parties posed conlition Cabinet,"
tor in Berne and described as the Smallholders, Communist Social
Peasant- "leader of the pro-Horthy politicians Democrat and National who emigrated to Switzerland".
held I a joint meeting and later Isued In precincts, envelopes
memorandum to the
не country's handed directly, to voters to insert Hungarians who have been recalled peasants, in which they tools n joint the ballot, rather than being held from Milan, Rome and Salzburg.
Dgainst
the conspirators, open by an election ofclal, M.
Budapest newspaper
In somo quarters here, this was Sza- Mikolajczyk appealed. to all Poles to badsag alleged that a
interpreted as foreshadowing a pos- number of vote secretly, but Poles by scores persons abroud had been in touchable swing to the left on the port of told this correspondent that they with the conspirators. The paper any Peasant Deputies, most of recent London talks about could not vote for their conviction said that the headquarters of the whom are at present, members of the Franco-British They and that they had families adherents of Admiral Horthy, Smallholders Party-Reuter,
Press, and obligations, adding that It was former Hungarian Regent and ally either vote for the bloc or lose of Hitler, were in London. everything,
to | ved
by placing the votes
THE ALTERNATIVE
He alleged that the British Em- be held in Budapest and Hungary is envelopes. bassy in Rome which was recently also taking up trade contracts with subjected to a bomb outrage-had Reiglum
the Netherlands,--
(Continued on Page 4)
EDITORIAL
Reuter
and
It's Money That Talks
The nation's armed forces, which
The
MINISTER ARRESTED
It is patently clear from letters appearing in the newspapers that an articulate section of the public is for from satisfied with zaw; it is just as obvious that the authorities cannot dismiss these marmurs and mutterlugs with an alry wave of the hand. Whether It seeks to be, or not 7BW is in a hotly competitive market. Not commercially; but in
In the 10 districts in which the that less tangible, and very much
more
sabllo market of entertainment Pensants Party was denied con- and propaganda. The days are gone when a focal staffon know
It was confimed to-day that Epinc it
didates the peasants boycotted the Misteth, Minister coald caplure : the attention' of 90 Der cent. of its loensed fisteners simply polis.
of Building and because receiving seta had restricted,
Publie Works, has been arrested. icted, ranges. Today, the average sot will bring la almost any short-wave station in the world, while, DX-ers
Mistelh_resigned from the Cabinet (fanatical dial twisters) proudly claim they can go round the world on
received a thorough pre-election last Wednesday БОСП after the their broadcast bands. All of which means that XBW, while it is on the pre-bloc political education, voted announcement of the discovery of atr has to compete with San Francisco, Sydney, London, Paris, Milan,
moslly, in garrisons.
the plot. A high-ranking judge was India, Colombo, Singapore, the Philippines, Shanghal, Tokyo and a host
The Army had made active pro- among those detained in the latest of other entertaining overseas stations-formidable competition. Indeed,
pagarida' on behalf of the bloc Par-arrests made. tles, and members of the High Com- The Social Democrat Party, in the Correspondents have advanced several suggestions for brightening
mand, Including Marshini Rolazy-first statement of its attitude over ZBW's programmes,
many
of them eminently sensible. But they
nierski, were Parliamentary can- the plot, has called for a purge of have all forgotten, or ignored, one mportant point-that
didates..
the army, civil service the best of
and anything has to be paid for. And 20W hasn't any money, nor is it
Smallholders Party, the largest likely to receive sufflelent allocations from the Treasury to enable it to
party in the government coalition. become a first-class station unless the pubile is willing to agilate loud
The statement said that the Social enough and long enough. The station's
Democrats had for months urged the -only source of income is from ilcence fees which, at the present, amount to about $70,000 a year not
Smallholders to purge their rant enought to meet the wages bill of a professionally trained and wholly competent staff, let alone royallies to the Performing Rights Society (the biggest single item of entertainment expenditure for the maforily of the world's smaller stations), and "live" artists' fees.
Money is the biggest stumbling block to ZUW's much-to-be-desired expansion and Improvement' 'Until money. Is made avaliable' for the employment of fully-trained announcers, a script-writer, a production and ↑ presentation: officer;; and, more attractivo," fées for studio ariisis, ZBW, nahappily, must remain a filth class'station--and a very poor advertise. ment for Hongkong.
JI
sland
M.
were
Ramadler, therefore, once again postponed a report to President Vincent Aurlol on whether he could form a government. Indications that French policy toward Germany had become an issue in the negotiations. about the implications of M. Blum's Bidault is reported to be worried
trenty.Associated
Bulldozers In Operation
At The Antarctic
Aboard USS Mount Olympus, with the Byrd Expedi tiori, off Little America, Jan. 19.
!
the
The statement explained that no decisión concerning Indo-China could be taken before a new French government, which is to succeed that of Leon Blum, is formed.
bad
France Presse, meanwhile, report- ed from Hanet that no news reached the French. authorities re- garding the fate of 200-odd French hostages held by the Viet Namheso since December 19. The dispatch said that the British, American and Chinese Consuls in 'Hanol were stil awaiting an answer from the Vict Namhese government to a proposal to negotiate the liberation or change of these 'hostages.
Among European hostages dotalo- ed by the Viet Namhese, It learned in Hanoi yesterday, are many Canadian, French, Spanish and Viet Namhese priests. Accord- Ing to the latest reports, French (Continued on Page 4)
STOP PRESS
ARMED ROBBERY ATTEMPT FOILED
CX-
W39
Five robbers armed with hand- grenades and pistols beat a hesly re- treat when their plot to rob a Chi- nese family residing at 18 Connaught Road Central second floor (which is .opposite
the Douglas Whart) was folled by the timely alarm raised by the inmates shortly after 10 am." thin moming
On entering the flat one of the robbers asked for a woman Inmato.
Rear Admiral Richard Cruzen to-day announced the unloading of the Yancey's 4,224 tons cargo was well un- of the house by the name of Yeo So der way with the first sled load already moved across the
An amah answered the call and she. was held by the neck by one of the ice ridges a quarter mile from the unloading point.
men, who also produced a pistol.. Bulldozers levelled the tooth-like the clock in shifts since the sun nover of the strangers into the flat drew The commotion caused by the entry PRESIDENT VOTES
surface of the ridge, making a smooth sets In Antarctica during summer- the nitention of neighbourg residing roadway for the sleds which are Ítimo. President Bierut was one of the
capable of carrying 10 tons of cargo.
next door. first in the nation. to vote.
a continuing strong As those neighbours wore about to He cast his ballot at Mokotow and file from the "gentry and im-formidable ice ridge a wooden bridge pico out of the Bay of Whales at a
Meanwhile 200 yards south of the southem wind was moving broken raise an alarm the robbers docamped district in Warsaw near the apart posters". Now the time had come had been thrown across a yard-wide probably have a pretty tenable har a telephone message of the intended hurriedly without stealing anything.. ment house
brisk pace, and added: "We wil When the Central Pollco received 功 majority to break the power and political of members
crack 'which separates two huge Belds
where
1
Cruzen sald
armed
reside, including M. Mikölajezyk, The their backing.'or intncing the cou- bolleved that priority"materials (net will rendezvous shortly with the rushed to the scene but on their way!
of the government Influence of big capitalists to prevent of Bay of the Whales lee and it was hour in there before long."
the
robbery two cars of the Emer- Vice Premier, M. Gomulka, bitter foo spirators, it declared.
for Ho announced the submarinė Sen-gency Unit with Police officers were "Operation High Jump of M. Mikołajczyk and head of the
irek Communiat. backed Workers' Party, PARTY TAKES ACTION
fee-base and alstrip on rarrier, Philippine Sen, and retum passing Queen's Road Central out top of the Ross Iceshelf would be home shortly afterwards around Feb. side Shell House one of the cars voted at noon. M..Gomuika
moving up the frien of the slippery ruary The Sennet has been in collided and smashed the front part grocted with WAN
The Smallholders Party has already white barrier by to-night, crica of "Long Live Gomulka". The announced its intention of starting 17.9. Navy Seabees and other con-
the vicinity of Scots Island since driver, however, was not injured.
of a Standard car No. 4471, whose Commission chairman. Informed, the a rigorous inquiry within its own struction workers will work aroundleabreaker Northwind-United Press, was towed out of the icepack by the
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