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Mad Child Killer At Large
Boy Found Beaten
To Death
London, Apr. 13.-Scores of police scoured the Lancashire countryside with bloodhounde today for a mad killer of 魏 child.
The killer tore the clothing from 11-year old Jack Quentin Smith and beat him to death while the child was returning from school on Monday,
Near the scene. villagers foun Jack's schoolmate David Lee, aged 9, with stab wounds in his chest, and stomach,
IN "ZICZAG SUIT" David's condition was only "fair" today,-hut-he-was able to tell polica. the killer was a fall thin man "in
Many zlęza suit."
others ac- their children to school today, Police took exira precau- tions to guard them.
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companied
The
two boys were the latest victims of a series of attacks on children in the district dating back
to 1044. Seven-year old Shella Fox left her Farnworth home for school four years ago. She has not
been seen since.
She was last scen with a tall, thin man.
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1948.
COSTA RICA INSURGENTS MARCH ON CAPITAL
More Trouble In Colombia
Washington, Apr. 13.-Sonor Alvaro Bonia, acting Foreign Minister of Costa Rica, has asked the Diplomatic Corps of San Jose, capital of Costa Rica, to take the city under its protection against armed insurgent forces advancing upon it, the State Department reported here today. Government forces are not believed able to hold San Jose.
A house to house defence is expected as the Communist Vanguardia party are issuing urgent calls by radio to all their supporters to gather at the labour union headquarters.
It was also reported that the Vanguardia Party has taken over the tele- phone headquarters and is expelling any members of the staff who are not 100 percent on the Communist side.
Heavy fighting is expected at Cartagio, second largest city in the country,. and it is stated Limon, on the east coast, has fallen to the insurgents.-Reuter.
on a bicycle Berlin Air Accident
In October
1945, Patricia McKeown, six, was stabbed by a man of the description.
same
A few weeks ago a man at- tempted to entice another school-
girl to go Press.
with
him.-Associated
Freighter In Distress
14.-A
United Vessel und a Chinese bou! bren
States Navy
Shanghal, Apr.
warship
sent
from
Reds Refuse
To Hear Witnesses
Berlin, Apr. 13. The Soviet members of the joint Viking- Yak crash inquiry have refused to hear American or German witnesses in the case, it was announced here tonight.
Tength to rescue the 400 passengers The head of the Suviet delegation, of the Chinese freighter, Wan Lee, General Alexandrov, gave no pre- which went ground on the north-eise
attitude explanation for this
s
cast Shantung peninsula, offeinlly stated here this morning. except that the Inquiry was a bipar- The fate of the 400 passengers, it one and therefore should hear who were safely put ashore before only witnesses from the two the ship foundered in shallow water, tions concerned. is not yet known.
It is underslood that the pus sengers include a Czech, A. Prihoda, who was returning from. Tientsin to Shanghai.
The point where the passengers landed on Shantung is said to be in Communist territory, and it was. first resort d that Communist troops were only 30 miles away. There is no confirmation of this available in Shanghaj, but the ship's owners, the Fuming Steamship Company, said that troops were observed around the Won Lee.
Asked if the military force was Government or Communist, Company could not say.
the
·formed American warcraft, which was built in 1944.-Reuter.
EDITORIAL
-na-
The Dritish delegation chief, Air Commodore R. N. Waite, said the British would continue with the in- vestigation and would take evidence "from all witnesses who present themselves and shall test their. capability",
He added: "We shall, of course, make available to you the whole of the evidence which is presented to us",
General Alexandrov made no re-
REDS IN CONTROL
Washington, Apr. 13.-The State Department has received a dispatch from the American Vice- Consul in Medellin, Colombia, giving an unconfirmed report that Puerto Berio, the river port of Medellin, has been burned and is in the hands of Communists.
The State Department also gave correspondents an unconfirmed report. from Medellin that a troops train had been derailed yesterday at Caracóli and that troops were fighting their way forward.
Another report said, a. Colornhinn · plano", with United States pilot was fired on by Communists Saturday and was unable to land troops.
on
The State Department had also received a report from the Vice-Consul in Buenaventura that the situation was under control, but still somewhat tense there with sporadic firing and troops rounding up those suspected of lending disturbances.-Reuter.
Bogota Conference To Resume
resume
Bogota, Colombia, April 13. The Army is in the 21 complete control of Bogota and delegates to nation Inter-American Conference voted to deliberations interrupted by the revolt last Friday. The action was in accord with interrupted
story being tele- conference sentiment to continue the phoned from Bogota by correspon-
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Tie Free Territory of Trieste, which Britain, the United States and Franco ha vo proposed should be handed back to Italy.
Moscow's "No
To Trieste Proposal
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THREE-SIDED
BATTLE ON SLOPES OF MT. SCOPUS
Arabs Ambush Food Convoy
Jerusalem, Apr. 13.-Forty Jews were killed today when Arabs, Jews and British fought out a three-sided battle on the slopes of Mount Scopus, outside Jerusalem. The British brought up two pounder guns, machine-guns, Bren carriers and armoured cars, rescued many Jews, took them to hospital and then called a truce with the Arabs to end the six-hour fighting.
The action, one of the hottest Jerusalem hao scon, started after Arab miners wrecked the leading vehicles of a small Jewish convoy which tried to tako food to the Hadassah Hospital and the Hebrow University on Mount Scopus."7
emplacements.
cow radio said on Tuesday night The British Intervention is be-| Arab Offico In London today as that Russia had rejected alleved to have saved the Jews from { "meaningless and insincero".
They were so, it cald, because the of an all-out mortar attack, a proposal "unacceptable"
The Jews called up reinforce- | Jawish Agency was both Indirectly the United States, Britain and ments, most of whom were engaged and directly responsible for the France for a four-power con- outside the convoy area while the terrorism in Palestino. ference to consider the return Arabs, firing from rooftops and from
Its policy had encouraged ler- behind stone walls and sandbagged rorism. It had never done anything of Trieste to Italy.
rushed up two to check terrorism or help in ap Russia also resisted on Tuesday a Western plan to guarantee to Austria the frontiers she had before Hitler joined Austria to Germany in 1938. N. P. Kokumov, Soviet delegate to the Big Four Foreign Mnisters' Do- putles, told the Depulles that Russin
Piles of burning bodies, senttered supports Yugoslav claims against Austria. He asked that Yugoslavia around the blazing wreckage of the be invited to present the Yugoslav Jewish convoy, met the Highland case to the Deputies who are study-Light Infantry men after they had Arab attacks terms of an Austrlan Ing
peace beaten off ferocious treaty.
and rescued a score of Jewish sur- Marshal Tito secks a big slice of vivors. Carinthia, mountainous South Aus- trian province and part of the burning, Styria Alpine region, rich in fron
armoured cars and tins of petrol for prehending the terrorists. a final "rebomb" attack on the stationary vehicles.
orc.
Samuel Aeber, United States, said! bin delegation is willing to hear Yugoslavia's claims orally "if it hos any new arguments."Associated
Press.
Superforts To
Some Jewish reinforcements fought a mortar duct with the Araba
BURNING BODIES
The bodies of 35 Jews, mostly were counted and more were scattered by the roadside,
The Jewish Agency today formal ty announced the formation of a 12- form the man Cabinet which will
structura of the proposed central Jewish-State in Palestine.
The Cabinet will be composed of Ministers and a Hend of the Government
12
Referring to the
massacre at Deir Yassoin, the statement added: "For the Zionists to pretend now that the atrocity was an act of private Chorse done by their left hand
the
of their right knowledge without is a sickening piece of hypocrisy.
"A fanatical, appressive nationalist movement which seeks by force that which does not belong to it by right must, in the end, resort to such methods," the statement added.
"Like Nazism, it will stop short of no horror or bestiality in seeking its end."—Reuter,
- 'GOC'S (CAR. HIT
Jerusalem, Apr. 13.-Lieutenant tho General G. H. A. MacMillan, General Officer Commanding, Pales- tine, was brought to Jerusalem from Kalandia airport, dve miles away, In an armoured car tonight, after his
Scopus convoy
A Jewish Agency spokesman told car had twice been hit by bullets
press conference in Jerusalem during the Mount today that over 50 key appointments, battle. would be made in the now Jewish
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Make Show Of Civil Service.
Strength
JEWISH GOVERNMENT →
that the The spokesman added
over the Ministers would take government of Jewish Palestine from May 10, the day after the British authorities aro duo-to-give up the mandate over Palestine.
No one, was hurt. The car, es- corted by jeeps, lind gone to Kolan- dla to pick up General MacMillan on his return from n flight to Haifa. -Router.
U.S. TRUCE PLAN New York, Apr. 13-An imme- New York, Apr. 13.-Three
diate cense Are and a standstill of all *quadrang of Amerient Super
activities aro political
the main fortress bombers-about 30 machines
"The Ministries set up are: Foreign points of the truce plan for Palestine -left Smoky Hill Airßeid, Kansas, this morning on a training flight to Affairs, Defence, Interior, Economics proposed by the United States today,
And Finance, Immigration, Com- it was learned here. Germany.
and Industry, Labour, In a private meeting with the They were expected to rendezvous merce
Security Counell, Fisheries, Fublle President of the Agriculture and Brest at dawn on Thursday, Arics and Communications, Justice. Dr Alfonzo Lopez, Mr. Warren on their way to their destination,
main points: Furstenfeldbruck, Germany,
1.--Cessation The spokesman announced the Two of the squadrons will return after the trip, but the third will re-establishment of a national food activities
under
El Ezer Perelson, Deputy 2 Mayor of Tel-Avly, who would be called the Food Controller.
over
[ply except to confrm that he had meeting in rubble strewn Bogota Indent Ewal Almen when the latter and to fly in formation over Para Education. Health and Social Wel- Austin presented the following three
understood the British statement.
The completion of the inquiry is expected to take two or three days,
dudings will be made public, a Bri- tish spokesman sald-Reuter
War Losses Claims
R Creech Jones has promised
Mo make an early statement
order to show the Communists "they was giving a report on casualties, can't kick us out."
Almen-sald hospital reports showed Romulo Betancourt, chief delegata 231 known dead and 1,625 wound-
fare.
included 15 soldiers after sporadic | place a Superfort squadron now in control system for Jewish Palestinemusely.
munications were
Germany.
of all
military
and acts of violence
establishment by the Se- curity Council of truce commission which would go to Palestine and pay a few doi was being observed.
3-Artandstill on all political changes contemplated by both sides A political standstill means, in the view of observers hero, that the Jews would be ordered by the. Council to stop their plans la set up a Jewish Government and the Arab League would, in effect, also be told not to proceed with its re- ported plans to create an indepen-
Reuter.
for Venezuela, said the delegates cd or injured. He said the dead The Wan Lee is a 1.500-ton trans- with or without the Russians. All approved his motion to continue the
conference in the, Colombian capital, sniping fire ceased at midafternoon
on Monday. At this point com- A Denver Post, Colorado, writer, The Colomblan government char-
cut. ged its Public works engineers with conversation was resumed,
When the Lee Callison, said today the flight
Almon
of Superfortresses would make "a Another food convoy, the biggest the task of cleaning up the wreckage reported. "The operator says 1 can- show of strength
evolution
for the Western yet to run the gauntlet of the Arab of inst week's attempts
news due to
in blockade of the Holy City 200 before the elections powers" which US Secretary of State George not pass any more.
Italy
vehicles, carrying an estimated 000 on Sunday, the censorship" Marshall said stemmed from
The Colombian government hns
of food, including special sup- Writing
tons under force of international Communism.
a dateline verplies for the Jewish holy festival assured the.. delegates they will
the Atiantle on board a-0-29, he complete have faellities for their work, free- The Army remained in
"After the expected Italian of Passover reached Jerusalem to- sold: control. Hundreds of citizens came dom of expression and communien- nut on the streets to go to the jobs tion with their home governments.
manoeuvres by the group, the B-29s day, Jewish source reported,
A Soud!
Force proposed Royhl- Air they
are expected to fly over Jeft when the revolution Carlos Lozano, chief Colomblan
operation to States
bomb the village of the United erupted in a savage outburst of delegate to the conference, said the Arabia, where
three miles from has one of its biggest B-20 nero Delr Yassein. Capitol building-site of the most- killing, looting and arson.
dromes, and
a point incidentally Jerusalem, where 250 Arab men, SHOOTING OVER
ing-would be ready, for occupancy within close range of most of Rus-women and children were massacred dent Arab Palestino Governmont,
by Irgun and Stern Gang terrorists the re- The shooting phase of volution is over. Bogota and the
un Friday, was called off when it rest of, the country are trying to clean up the mess left by revolters
left the village", the Palestine who tooted, sacked and burned here and in many other ellics,
Bogota is semi-destroyed. Hardlysassination touched off the revolt, are scheduled for then, also at the u public building, store or church escaped damage, but the resident Capitol building-Associated Press. oreas were virtually untouched.
MARSHALL'S OPINION Whole blacks in the heart of the in ruins with 'only walls
13.--International Bogoln, Apr.
first Industry and buslices are Communism has made its
organised
the Wes- Damnlysed. The position of
nized major postwar effort in labour, penetrated by the Com-
and has folled. tern Hemisphoru Tho nat clear. munlate.
That is the verdict of Mr George- cituation
Secretary relations with Russia is
on claims regarding war damages and losses in Malaya, which en- courares the hope that the Colonial Secretary, will soon find ilmo to deal with the same question concerning Hongkong. War, damages and losses claims constitute probably the trickiest of all the post-war problems in- asfar as the Imperial Government and its colonies are concerned, At no time has a promise ever been made by the llome Govern- ment to reimburse those in the coloules whose personal property has either been lost or damaged as a result the Pacific war, BO that the most Hongkong can expect in recognition of a moral or, sentimental claim.
Moreover, Is.
Hongkong's position different to, and weaker than that of Bitalaya where a property In- surance scheme was introduced before opening of hostilities.
the Here, thanks to some not
very far-seeing gentlemen, a similar protective scheme was rejected. Hongkong, therefore, cannot plead in justification of its claims that premiums have been paid. It is natural for anybody who has been deprived
com-
property and roads while helpless to pre- vent the loss, to hope, for pensation, but the diffulty is to discover against whom.
should the claims be minde. That they should be drawn from reparations paid by the defeated enemy seeinx' a natural source, but monetary reparations, as was proved" after- World War I, can boomerang.
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EAMS
Furthermore there is a definite limit to which Japan can go in meeting this type of obligation. Expressed in terms of currency the full reparations bill against Japan would be fantastic and probably quite impossible -10 collect. Although it has not yet been disclosed what
Hongkong's bill amounts to it is certain to reach a fairly staggering figure which, taken In conjunction with the numerous other claims, could not be paid
paid in full by Japan. not There
various other angles, Ato such as equity: legitimacy of claim; whether a house that was looted because it was unguarded should
be entitled
the compensation as properly that
shelled Was
because it marked as a combatant object: whether
commodities, cars and requisitioned by the
Britial Authorities before the surrender, aud as a result lost or damaged, pliquld not have first claims, and whether, In any event, the onus for repayment in such cases does
rest with
military the authorities, Whitehall ог the Hongkong Government In the Jour
tho majority will Lend that Hongkong's material losses formed part of the general war effort and should accordingly,
be placed to the debit of the war bit and honoured as such. It la conceivable, however, that we whall have to write off
not
ron
was
Can-
city are
On Monday
the
is
zlu."--Houter.
conference
by Saturday.
It was possible the may resume on Wednesday with a
ceremony honouring Simon Boll- TELEPHONE HOAX became clear that the terrorists had
liberator. South American Funeral servides for Jorge Elicler Galtan, Liberal leader whose as-
var,
in respect to dialle Marshal, the American.
of State, and the American delega- government an-
tion attending the Pan-American nounced three times that Colombia (Conference, on the Colombian re- bad
relations severed diplomatic rela
volt which. Interrupted the Con- with Russia. Todny a member of the Presidential Secretariat said theference's works. Cabinet had not yet approved the
of
The death roll in the revolt was deureo for severing relations. The estimated today to have risen to government said it had arrested a700. Damage to Government and number of Communists, including other buildings will take 10 years to
repair completely. two Russian agents.
Amidst
Martial law and the stato tha confusion, Eugene
d'Affaires, siege continued today, and when- Fedin, Soviet · Charge arrived from the Presidential Palace fever a soldier was sighted citizens in his car. After wailing a half raised their hands or waved a white
sign of handkerchief hour he went away. these
nocence." CENSORSHIP
Only-colated shooting was heard Censorship la making itself very during the, night, and with the la- ovident. Details of a prets con- creasing calm in the capital, a start. ference on Monday with Mr Marshall was being made on clearing up the were only partially cleared.
mess caused by the weekend rioting, The Associated Press correspon-though business is virtually at. dent in Panama said the censor | standstill-Reuter,
claims ng being Irrecoverable
(many have already mentally done so), but for the time being everybody would feel happler If Mr Creech Jonca gave us a lend as to intentions and possibilities.
London, Apr. 13.-An anonymous Government announced today. caller told a. London telephone It was understood that the bomb- operator today "We will blow up the ing of the village was planned for Houses of Parliament at 8 o'clock." Sunday. Men of the Haganah the
Police ransacked the bulidings. A Jowlah defence force, police car rushed to the phone box (occupying the village. from which the telephone threat
and
was thene. They came. Nobody
extra policemen in posted around Parliament.
Parliament went on undisturbed with its work. Associated Press.
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"SICKENING HYPOCRISY" The Jewish Agency's expressions of horror and disgust at the massacro of Arabs in Palestine by Jewish terrorista
by the were described
Water is the one com- modity with which you must not be extravagant
Save Every
Drop
STEEL SHORTAGE HINDERS BRITAIN'S
London, Apr. 13. The Board of Trado President, Mr Harold Wilson, said today that a shortage of steel and a diminishing demand for con. sumer goods have. hindered Britain's economic planning.
ECONOMIC PLANNING
chases in the United States have Clovernment planners expect to been stopped entirely,
overcome some of these setbacks by Steel output is running at a Bri- shipping more textiles, Mr Wilson tish record of more than 15,000,000 explained. He noted, however, that long a year-but this is well below | foreign demand for soft goods was British needs.
also on the wane. Those were the principal reasons.
"The. short fall in steel made it "Some markets abroad for wear- he told a nows conference, for ro-
necessary for many of the targets ing apparel are drying up,” he said. during export targets from 100 to
In "in- to 150 per cent of the 1938 volume.
and the machinery vehicles The South American market was Since the war used up a big part | groups to be substantially reduced."not as good as we wished it would of the nation's overseas assets, in- Mr Wilson said. creased export are required to help balance a deficit of foreign exchange expected to total £130,000,000 during the first six mouths of 1948.
To help reduce the deflel; - Imports have been curtailed. Food. pur-
The
"The possibility
So far, he added, British'manu- of Increasing other export targets in 1948 was facturers had been unable to in- Imited by the requirements of the terest Russia in anything but heavy tome market or the inability of machinery and other items for foreign markets to absorb more of their capital- re-equipment - pro- the goods in question."
gramme, Associated Press.