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RUSSIAN COLONEL
HANDED BACK
Berlin, May 28-A British official spokesman revealed, to- night that the Russian Lieut- Colonel Y. D. Tassoev, who had recently asked the British for protection, had been handed back to the Russinn authorities at his own requcat.
Tassoev voluntarily deserted his post as Chief Soviet Re parations Officer in Bremen on April 23, and was flown to London after seeking British protection.
The British spokesman sald that Tamsoev went to London from Berlin on May 20 In n British military plane.
The spokesman said that after brief stay in London, Tensory naked to be returned to the Russlans, and this was done.
fle was turned over to the Rus- slans immediately afler being brought here and his present where- abouts are unknown,
The spokesman was unable to say whether Tomocy was returned in uniform or in civilinn' clothes. He war unable to say why Tassocy changed his mind.
The Russians had charged that American secret agents had abdurledi Tassocv, who disappeared from Bremen on April 24 öfter having tea thore at the home of Stanley. Clam, American harbour master,
The British claimed that he sought their protection) and asylum as a political refugee.
The spokesman denied Tassoey's return had any connection with the transfer of Io: Klein from tho Soviet
to British hands. Klein, Busshun-speaking chief of the Bri- tish Liaison Offee, disappeared and later turned up in the Soviet Zone.
He insisted that the only reason Tassoey was returned was because he asked for it.-United Press.
FURTHER
S. AFRICA
ELECTION
28.
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Former Premier U Saw of Burma stands on the gallows at Insien Prison, Rangoon, as hangman's assistants manacle his hands behind him. He is wearing the traditional white tunis worn by persons convicted of murder in Burma. Saw was hanged for the machine gun slayings of seven cabinet members last July 19. Five of his henchmen, also convicted of the mass slayings, were hanged the same day.
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Hunger And Poverty Not Acts Of God
London, May 28.-Sir John Boyd Orr, retiring Director- General of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Or- ganisation, proposed here today that the British Common- wealth should take the lead in plans for world co-operation to overcome increasing food shortages.
"Moral and spiritual lendership in a sick world by the Commun- wealth of free nailons is probably man's last chance of averting the greatest catastrophe in history," he Bald.
including Russia, to stop, at least for the time being, the contilet of ideo- in measures logles and co-operate for the benefit of all.
The increasing world food shor- tage was a greater threat to civi- Johannesburgh, May
plan for in-lisation than the atom bomb, Sir A Commonwealth Strong hints were heard here
creased food production should be John said.
Food and in Cape Town today that linked through the World the Nationalists will soon call Council with a global plan, he said.
Then the
hind
It and call
Prepared To Struggle
In the last few decades, he went Commonwealth should on, the masses in all countries had for another general election in the whole weight of its au- begun to realise that hunger and order to consolidate their newly-thority, prestige and resources be-poverty were not acts of God to to all nations, which they should submit with re- won majority in Parliament.
signation.
They demanded a decent standard of living and were prepared to struggle for it, he added.
ment.
The
The Afrikaner organ, Die Vader- Innd said that a majority of five is insufficient for a durable govern- sald the newspaper country 担 approaching another election in which the present small advantage must be consolidated into a workable majority.
As a result of yesterday's upset
at the polls, the Nationalists
MACARTHUR
TO STAY
The revolutions in China, Russia and India were expressions of this politlen world-wide revolution.
Sir John raid the forthcoming
Commonwealth conference would be Washington, May 28. the first of a regular series which and General Douglas MacArthur, would soon include delegates of the non-self-govering colonies, and, as Afrikaans have combined a majority Supreme Allied Commander. in fur as possible, representatives of all of five sents in the new Parliament. Japan, informed Mr Styles races, colours and creeda. This will be reduced to the actual Bridges, four when one of them is appointed *speaker."
of the Dr. Daniel Malan, lender winning Nationalist Party and pros- pective Prime Minister, would not comment on the election results.
Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts has not yet deelded whether to ne-
"The new world must have colour bar," he insisted.
Chairman
the of Senate Appropriations Com- mittee, today that he does not want to return to the United States until after the Republican National Convention in June.
THE TOWN TITO WANTED
110
(Continued from Page 11) Meanwhile, with the Big Four's
cept one of the many offers made to economic matters in the Pacific | decision to make Trieste and part
him of a safe Parliamentary seat, Smuts will visit Britain carly next Imonth to be installed as Chancellor of Cambridge University on June 10 will then as already planned. He
another decide whether to accept sent. United Press.
Adelaide Without
Heating
WRE
The Committee decided yesterday to ask Generni MacArthur to testify
area.
of Venezia Giulia on the Yugoslav Mr Bridges: side of the Morgan Line into un in- The General cabled
return at this time, however ternational free state, with Italy re-
and betaining Gorizia
Monfalcone. "My
and condemned by racial hatred hus whipped up
still sincere in its purpose, would ndsunderstood
more. Tito still demanded the whole many as politically inspired."
General MacArthur has long been of Giulla while the Italian protested mentioned as a possible Republican that, by allowing him Pola, the port
The dond Presidential nomince. for him grew louder after the Senate to the south, he could menace the
approaches
Some 30.000 Trieste. Committee vule yesterday.-Reuter. (out of 32,000) inhabitants of Flume are said to be planning to leave. hoping for a plesbicile in ten years. Both sides refer to the Free State
a "miniature abortion."
Schuman Asks
Services For
London, May 28-Adelalde without gas or elecirle heating today and tram cars and train were curtailed, because henvy rains in southern Australla held up coal deliveries, according to Radio Aus- tralla. Reuter..
QUIZ ANSWERS
1. France and Italy. 2, Counter- A city la southern clockwise. 3.
4. In damp wood Alberta, Canaa Dry wood always escapes dry rot. 5. $5,000,000. 6. A cone. 7. Identi- cal, fraternal and Siamese. 8. The internal ear. 9. June 22, 1937 by
Braddock. Jamen defeating Russian peasants.
10.
Confidence
as a
With the Italian Peace Treaty ratified, it was hoped the appoint ment of a governor to Trieste would
forthcoming.. His job be
was in
SATURDAY, MAỲ 29, 1948.
Aussies Held A Draw
To FINDLATERS
Rain Affects County Cricket Matches
Old Trafford, Manchester, May 28-For the first time in this tour the Australians have failed to win a match, for their game with Lancashire here ended today in a draw.
.
The final scores were;, Australians 204 and 259 for 4 wickets; Lancashire 182.
Lancashire held a good chance of being the first team to head the Australians on the first innings when the match was resumed, but they finished 25 runs behind, their last seven wickets adding only 74 runs to the overnight
score.
Hilton took Bradman's wicket for the second time in the match after the Australian captain and Sam Loxton had put on 74 in 50 minutes for the third wicket. First, Illion beat Bradman by the 147 runs, Northants 68 and 04: (Pope Spin and struck film on the pads. 5 for 44. Rhodes for 28): Derby- The next ball spun across his bat shire 100 (Nutter 0 for 47). and narrowly missed bowling him. The third was a similar type of ball and the fourth Bradmon tried to pull, but he fell in a heap and was stumped.
Barnes had already been caught at mid-off when the score stood at 51.
Stealing a cheeky single, Loxton- reached his 50
AL
University Oxford: Oxford drew with Warwickshire. Warwick- shire 200. Oxford 270 (Pawson 87, Webb 50, Holles.
for 00).
At the Oval: Surrey drew with Surrey 346 and 9 for no Sussex. wicket. Sussex 208 (Smith 54, Cox 94. A. Badser 0 for 14).
with Al Lords: Middlesex drew
Leicestershire 323 and 176 for 2 declared (Berry 62): Middlesex 240 (Munn 114, Compton 84. Walah 5 for 116) and 72 for 2.
Leicestershire. after batting 55 minules, but his grand Innings was brought to a close almost imme- diately afterward when he was run out, Harvey refusing risky single.
to take
With Harvey and Hamence In- clined to take no risks, interest in the lust
the hour of
game dwindled. Harvey completed chanceless half century in just over an hour and when stumps drawn at 5 o'clock, Harvey was ntill unbeaten with 76, while fifth wicket pair had added 122 in 75 minutes.
THE SCOREBOARD The final scores were:
1st innings Australians: Lancashire 182.
Australians 2nd innings: Barnes e Roberts b Cranston Morris c Edrich h Pollard Bradman st. Edrich b Hilton Loxion run out Harvey not out Hamence not out
Extras
(for 4 wickets)
were
the
drew At Dudley Worcestershire with Kent, Worcestershire 202 and 112 for 3 declared (Ridgeway 3 for 10); Kent 108 for a declared and 189 for 8 (Ames 62, Fagg 57).-Reuter.
UPSETS IN DOUBLES
Paris, May 28.-Two upsets fea- tured the semi-finals in the French lawn tennis championships, when Czechoslovakia's Jaroslav Drobny and Sweden's Lennart Bergelin beat the tep-seeded American men's and doubles pair, Frankie Parker 204: Budge
Australian Patty, and the pair, Harry Hofman and Frank Sedgman defented Tony Mottram, 31 Britain's No. 1 player, und Eric Sturgess, the South African cham- 43 pion. 52 Drobny
the
and Bergelin beat 70 Americans, 3-6, 4-0, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4. It
will be
be Drobny's second final.
players Outstanding doubles match were Drobny 250Parker, who, Incidentally, will meet tomorrow for the men's singles championship.
-Reuter. COUNTY CRICKET London, May 28-County cricket suffered its worst wash out since before the war on the first day at the series of matches just finished, when no play was possible because of rain in the complete programme of six first class matches.
on
not
the
The lust occasion on which a com- plete programme was held up was
1930, when
nothing July 23,
"be done could
in seven games. Even this dismal "record did compare with May 28, 1932, when of nine matches became completely wonther-bound.
When play did make a start yes- terday everybody looked bowlers on drying pitches and the spotlight was loc
focussed on Malcolm Hilton, 19-year-old Lancashire left- arm spin bowler, whose nume must new-be added-to-the-short list of nen who have clean bowted Don Bradman. He followed up this suc→ Australian eess by getting the
stumped In the second Captain innings.
in
thin and
Won
It was largely due to the Czech's
last dynamic play that the European pair fought back to win the three sets after Parker's Accurate placing and cross-shots had won his side the opening two sets.
Hofman and Sedgman against Motiram and Sturgess, 7-5,
6-3, 1-6, 6-3,
Miss Shirley Twenty-year-old
of America, reached her second inal in the tournament today when, with Mrs Mary Arnold Prentiss, she best Miss Helen Rihbany and Miss an Barbara Scofield, 6-1, 6-4, in all-American semi-final of the women's doubles.
1-0
Miss Fry had already won through to the women's singles.
In the other women's semi-final, the
Doris American pair of Miss Hart and Mrs Pat Todd defeated Madame H. Doleschell, of Austria, and Madame S. Kermoczy, of Hun- gary, 6-1, 0-0--Reuter.
AMATEUR GOLF
Sandwich, May 20. Willie who Illton,
played his first Turnesa defending champion, and four seaFrank Stranahan carried America's game in League cricket
bail
R
tournament
British amateur gold today.
New Turnesa, the White Plains
salesman, York fire extinguisher
Sum Roberts whipped Welshman 4-3 this morning in a quick tour of the sun bathed Royal St George's course.
to the Stranahan put an end
Gonzalez of aspirations of Marlo São Paulo, with a 4-2 victory.- Associated Press.
sans ago, said it was a big thrill to colours into the semi-finals of the get Bradman's wicket.
Lancashire honoured Hillon' in- mediately by stating that he would week- definitely play this coming end against Middlesex,
The alteration in the MCC rules regarding the definition of a wicket "down" enabled Harry Squires, of Surrey, to continue
inue his innings after playing un and dislodging against Sussex at the Oval, Squires chopped 11 ball from James Langridge on to his stumps, but though a
a ball was dislodged 11 uld not fall off. Last season Squis have been out on appeal, but would the new ruling stipulated that ball must be completely removed This from the top of the wicket Is the first recorded instance of the
land. operation of the new law in Eny-
There
hold on in the 5,000 Brilish, 5,000 Robert Paris, May 28.-M.
American and 5,000 Yogoslav troops Schuman, French Prime Minis- for three months, and then decide if ter who has threatened to re- he could do without them. sign six times in his stormy They would then have 45 days in seven months of office, asked which to leave, leaving him with the the French National Assembly police. It was always doubted it he
and dividually the middle class Italians for another vote of confidence would do without the troops. today-this time on the Govern- welcomes. ment's bill to dismiss 150,000 guaranteed what stablity there can be amid a highly spirited and hot- civil servants.
blooded people.
The vote will be taken on Tues- day, and if in the negative it will mean the Premier's resignation.
The French Council
for
In-
them. Their presence
arc
a
was an exciting finish to the match at Dudley, where after 13 wickets had fallen in three and n half hours, Worcestershire declared at 112 for six, leaving Kent un huur and 40
minutes to score 207 runs. They failed by only 18 runs. Leslie Ames and Arthur Fang took up the challenge with a
Ing stand, which" ble-hitting open-
108 runs Ames contributed 82 In an hour. The Slovene peasant on the sur-
after rounding hills, who is not interestert runs, and when Fagg left
minutes, Kent hitling 57 in 78 of Ministersin polities, wants only to be left in
needed 54 runs when the extra half Kent lost the CROSSWORD SOLUTIONS
cave. M. Schuman authority to ask pence. His brother, who is a Cam-
hour
was 'clained, Solution of yesterday's puzzle.--
the vole this morning after lost munist and idolises Tito, is resentful.
raco with the clock. Across: 1, Evaporate; 8, Net night's two and a half hours heated Many of the working classes are un-
The only century scored in this Horse: 11, Ultimate; 13, Moist, 10 debate on the bill which ended at employed, but their pockets
perits of matches was by Laurie In his second Nile; 16, Creed; 17, Fen; 18, Entice;
midnight with the House sharply rarely empty. It 13 an open secrot
Fishlock, of Surrey. they are filled by their friends over
of the Ecoson, divided. 20, A.T.S. 23, Tact; 24, Tempest; 25,
three-gure score Dyc; 26, Herd.
M. Rene Mayer, Finance Minister, the border.
Fishlock hit 13 fours. He defied the Down
1. Enumerate; '2, Velocity;
the measure Tito hopes that these people will
Sussex attack for four and a quar- Attire; 4, Poise; 5, Olum; 0, Roan told the House that
and threatened help him to get Trieste, the most
ter hours and shaped confidently not through 7. Artificer, 10, Select: 12, Beneath; was "Indispensible"
prized port in that part of the world.
only when the ball came 14, Tent; 10, Tope; 21, Sty; 22, Fee, to resign if it was not approved.
The Socialiste strongly opposed the He hopes they will manage for him
ensily, but when it rose awkwardly what the Communisis of Czecho- from the damp pitch. Solution to Skeleton Crossword bill-Reuler.
slovakia did for. Stalin. Unfor Although the County champlons, gain a point him the Governments Middlesex, on Page 13:-
tunately for
Leicester of Britain, America and France from their match with have been too quick.
shire, they maintain their place at the table, with 48 the head of points. They now have an oight- point lead over Derbyshire, "whose Innings victory over Northampton- shire Jumped them from sixth into accond position..
'PHONES CUT OFF
BY THIEVES
By altering the terms of the Peace Treaty, giving the free state to Italy, Tito can row only take Trieste by
Lille. May 20. Telephonic an act of war. War is a big step communications between Paria
and no one, not even Tito, knows and Bussla
all Scandina- and
cut late last how much help would come from vian countries wero night when thieves stole more than Uncle Joe Stalin. Probably- norio. thren kilometres of overhead wiro in Northern France. Communications
were
early today-United Press.
Also the latest mova by the Allies savca nomeone from filling the very restored sticky job of being Governor of
Venezia Giulia...
i
falled to
THE SCORES The results of gaines ended today
WOTO:
At Chesterfield: Derbyshiro beat Northamptonshire by an innings and
TURNESA LOSES
Sandwich, Kent, May 28.-Charles Stowe, British Walker Cup player, today scored a brillant semi-final victory over the American holder Willie Turnesa. Stowe won by one hole.
In the finals tomorrow, Stowe will meet another American, Frank Stranahan-Reuter.,
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