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MUTE TESTIMONY OF LIFE-RAFTS IN BALTIC AIR CLASH
Washington, May 9. Informed sources re- ported that the examination of two life rafts from the Privateer patrol plane lost in the Baltic on April 8 has convinced officers that all ten members of the crew perished.
One of the rafts was "burned in a folded con- dition," and the condition of the plane's nose wheel, indicated that the four-engined plane either ex- ploded in the air or upon hitting the water.
There was no evidence that) Pentagon Building tomorrow.
One of the rafts was found ou either life raft had been used after the plane exploded. The April 10 by a British steamer 80 two rifts had been identited iniles southeast of Stockholm. It by the plane's squadron, which was partially inflated, but this was based at Port Lyautey in apparently occurred accidentally Morocco, North Afrien, as being when the raft was thrown from
the purt
plane. of
lost Privateer's the rquipment. The rafis
were vese
The other tuft was found by a specifically modified for use Swedish fishing vessel 65 miles of Liban, defluted and only In Privateer-type aircraft. west
fisherman There were no bullet holes burned. A Swedish in the rafts, which newspaper- found the Privateer's nose wheel southeast of Libou men and photographers will be 50 miles permitted to inspect In the Both rafts and the nose wheel were sent for examination by Intelligence ofcers. A life Jacket found in the Balule did nut belory: to the missing
planc.
Joliot-Curie
Dismissal
Debated
A Navy spokesman empha tically denied reports that the lane was sent to he Baltic to plane ttack
amphibious
Russlon
manoeuvres
and check on
Russlan rocket tests with radar.
He insisted it was only a training flight and that no either by radar ar French spying, Faris. May. -The
other means, was involved. In- a formed
sources also said the National Assembly today proved the Government's decl- sios to dismiss the Communist Navy plane was not kept un- der observation by British Frederic scientist, Professor
radar. addling that such action Joliot-Curie from his post as the would have been "mechanical- High Commissioner for Atomic ly impossible."United Press.
Energy.
The voting was 399 for and
170 against,
A Gnullist deputy, M. Jean abriel debate
Legendre, in
before the vole, "regretted“ Oint the Government did not take its
decision earlier.
Canadian
Fire Disaster
Quebec, Máy 9.-- Prime Minister, The
Cabant, M.
civic authorities today Georges Bidault, said that the The professor's dlemiseni waS a ordered the evacuation of this direct consequence of his state- ViRape as an uncontrollable fire ment to the French Communia threatened to engulf ft.
The Bre chief, Elie malson, said the villagers were It was told to get out when
Congress on April 5 that pio- Kressive trientists would never give their knowledge to war against Soviet Rusia,
M.
Grand-
reen that the are could not be has ap- oed. The Mayor pealed for military help.
Fanned by high winds, the re had destroyed
30 houses.
to three hotels and two lumber
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1950.
Siam Gets 'A Queen
King Phumiphon and his bride, Princess Sirikit Kitiyakara, who were married in the Grand Palace at Bangkok a fortnight ago. The bride is daughter of the Thai Ambassador in London.
West Germany To Enter
Council
Of Europe
Bonn, May 9.-The West German Cabinet to day accepted the invitation to join the Council in Strasbourg, the West German Chancellor, Dr Konrad Adenauer, announced tonight.
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WINNIPEG BATTLES
THE FLOOD
Winnipeg. May 9.—More] than 17,000 flood fighters battled the rushing waters) of the Red River today to Pave electric power and water supplies for this city of 300,000 persons.
City engineers reported, "The wat is breaking out all over and we can't cope with R."
Electric company officials warned that further dyke breaks might cut off all power to half of the 60-square-mile elty.
The worst flood in Canadian history has
driven airndy 12,000 persons from their homes early half of them from Wandpest-and rolled over more than 200 square miles of the Red River Valley.
The radio is playing a major
role
in fighting the flood.
Tell Jimmy to bring Molher
over to our house. Signed Sis."
Day and right,"messages kuch
As this have been coming out
Putting The Screws On?
will
Washington, May The Valled Slates shortly make a new an proar to tha Soviet Union for the settlement of Russia's outstanding commitments.
Lerid-Lease
US States Department official sald here today.
The cost of American Lend Lease equipnient sent to Soviet Russia Tur Jug the War 810,000 million.
The oficial declined 10 reveal any detalls of the next move by the United States. Reuter.
Macao Bomb
Outrage
In The Far East
BEVIN AND ACHESON
GET TO GRIPS
Containment Of Communism
London, May 9.-Within an hour of his arrival in London today Mr Dean Acheson, the United States Secretary of State, was at the Foreign Office.
First he had a short private talk with Mr Ernest Bevin, the Foreign Secretary, and then the two statesmen were joined by other members of the delegations.
Later, Mr Acheson lunched) with the Prime Minister, Mr Clement Attice, and Mr Bevin. United Staten officials at the morning
wero
Tru-
mecting Phillip Jessup, President
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roving
Dr
Ambassador, Mr Cooper, of radio loudspeakers through By Our Own Correspondent John F
Republican out the city as citizens made full Macao, May 10-About adviser to
Mr Acheson, Mr use of all facilities to aid in the 1 a.m. today the whole town George Pekings, Asristent Secre- digastrous flood situations. was awakened by the loud fairs, Mr Charles Bochlen, ad-
tary of State for European At-, Mothers sent
viser on Russian affairs, and Mr. Averell Harriman, Marshall Ali Ambassador-at-Large,
messages to their
arcas
Behind Mr Bevin were Kenneth Younger, Minister of
Mr
song working on the dykes, report of a bomb, the food control centre sent On investigation, it was dia instructions to persons living in covered that a bomb, presum dangerous
or requested ably placed there beforehand, needed manpower and equip-had exploded in front of the ment. All stations have been.
where
Chinese premises
the working on &
24-hour basis, daily, Wah Klu Pu, is Installed. Stats, Mr Ernest Davies, Parlla- with many staff members The only victim was a passer-mentary Under-Secretary to the
Office, working overtime.
by who was rushed to hospital Foreign
-Sir Willarn The Flood Control Director and is at ntive,
Strang, permanent head of the Foreign Damage to the building was For Omce. Sir yesterday asked all citizens to
Gladwyn Jebb, Icader-designate of the British delegation to the United chance, n policeman found a suspicious Nations, and Sir Roger Making, looking cigarette bax at
hend of the British the
Forcign “Prain---Grande, opposite the
Office's Economic Department,-- offices of the Kuomintang daily, Reuter
The box con- tained a time box with watch fuses, etc. This bomb was re- moved on disconnected,
It is strongly suspected that
were planted both bombs the same source.
keep their radios tuned to local saler, by mera
stations for hour-by-hour in- structions.--United Press.
Search For A Sal Kai Pou.
Compromise
Capetown, May 9.-The Prime Minister, De Daniel Malan, told here the House of Assembly
in Dru- today that talks wer
press between South Afilca,
India and Pakistan on the time
and place for a round-table con- ference to discuss their prob-
Bidaelf added that the
The Chancellor made the announcement in allems. High Commissioner for Alumie Energy did not have the right to
press conference attended by his entire Cabinet. declare himself
"You may judge what impor- } Dr Adenauer said that the de- "decisions taken by a Govern-yards and more buildings were meat and Parliament represen-
tance for Germany and for the cision had been taken after ex- in the direct path of the flames. ting the nation.**
The villagers are being sent to whole world we attach to this haustive discursion of all the Communis
of St. decision by the fact that the implications for Western Ger Inter- the nearby vilingea
and the Soviet Dame Notre
and whole Cabinet is here tonight," muny, Berlin Minister Jacques,
Dulic, United Press.
Zone as well as on the rest of
protests Prime several tires.-Ileuter,
rupted The
EDITORIAL
he said.
Russian Intervention In China
(JHEN Chiang
verdict on
the
Kai-shek pronounces the Far East crisis, with a motive and purpose behind the analysis, it is difficult to avoid a liberal discounting of its value. The exile Pre- sident is far less interested in clarifying the situation for the benefit of foreign observers than he is in persuading the democracies, and especially the United Stales, to lend financial and material ald, technical advice and assistance, to frust- rale any attempt to invade Formosa, in the first place, and afterwards foster the mounting of 11 epunter-offensive. The sympathies may be there, but objective judgment, plus such episodes us Hainan debacle, stirs conviction that the opportunity has long passed: Any ex- pectation of a recovery diminishes daily. Nevertheless, the Generalissimo, made several important points." Conspicuous among them was the accusation, very close to the truth, that Russia is openly giving military ald to the Peking regime. The Soviet action is branded as an vet of aggression-in violation of the United Nations Chorler. The degree to which Russian co-operation extends is not
· factually known. For their own reasons, fairly easy to comprehend if not to ap prove, the Peking regime has endeavoured to enforce a blackout on foreign obser- vallon, and truth beyond scope for con- tradiction is difficult to obtain. It is only "when perceptive foreigners permitted to evacuate from Shanghai arrive in a zone where they are free to talk that even a glimpse becomes possible. That leads A massive in- to only one .conclusion. crease in direct Russian military Inter- vention has occurred, and il fa probably below the intended peak. Aircraft rein- forcement has been large, capable of
Si proposal earlier to-cerned."
CONTAINMENT
Mr Maberly Dening, head of the Foreign Office Far Eastern by British memorandum on "Con Department and author of the tainment of Communism Asla". attended the
U.S. DEMANDS meeting today.
second
Aussie Troops Rumours
Canberra, May 9,-No decision has yet been reached by the Australla Government on the with- drawal of Australian roone
from Japan, Defence Minister, Josiah Francis, sali to- night.
of
Mr Francis WAS com. meuling on a press report from Tokyo which spoke "persistent rumours" that the 3,000 Australian servicemen now in Japan, the last element of the Britids Commonwealth Oc cupation Force, would be withdrawn by the end of the year-Reuter.
planning if Southern Asia, ip to be saved from Communism".
The debate bolled down to
for the Atlantic Fast powers to with the situation. The arst is the choice of ways of dealing
decide that it is a joint concern. The second is to decide how safe it is to leave Southern Asin to
ON RUSSIA
This afternoon's meeting was its own devices and decide the sold i have dealt with the line
which the Western Washington, May 9. The position in Southeast Asia † powers would fight Communism,
last
omn
A preliminary conference he-United States today demanded erented by the Communist con-
MAIN OBSTACLES · that Russia return by June 30 quest of China and "internal tween the representativis Di
lent to the troubles in countries
west of
Agalust this background, the Soviet under the thres Governments was held two ice-breakers
wartime lend-China”, recently in Capetown.
Broup discussed the main obsla- Mr Sam Kahn, Communist,lense.
Available for the conference eles to a constructive approach The demand was made in a Minister
delivered to the Soviet were reports compiled by Ameri- to the Far Eastern siluation. asked if the Prime realised that the introduction of 10te
can, British and French ex- Chief among these la the ques- d'Affaires, Vladimir
which showed that the ton of Russia
Chinese representation antires like the Group Areas Charge
agreed BI (which defines residential Bazyki.
inj Perta to return the threat
seriousness of the Coinmunis! en the United Nations Security arcus for the differeat raca) September 19
to Southeast Asia was Council, a matter of the "utmost Beferring to The French would "torpedo any reconcilia-ice-breakers
winter, but
not confined to Indo-China and exo Minister, Mr Robert tion between the countries con-reported later that tre vessels
The second was were stuck in the Arctic ice Malaya but was apparent; to a petiency".
the Japanese peace trenty, for day he added that no negotin- Dr Malan
not be freed until ser extent, in Siam, India and which the Commonwealth coun- had and could
this spring--United Press.
tries are at present preparing an "agreed report" which may be The reports detalled oction" being taken to stem the made available to the Big Three Communist tide and stressed meetings teler this week, that in each case the local move- nients were "defensive" rather This afternoon's meeting was than effective counters to Com-aid to have provided a "good
and munist iniftration
pre-tali". No policy decisions WETE and discussed and the only concrete British paganda. French: consultants main-idea that emerged was that tained that there must be there was no "tendency to op- radical changes of policy" and peasement in the Far East'-- abandonment of "long-range United Press.
sold
he
tions had taken place between nothing to add.-Reuter, Germany
and France on the question of internationalising the French and German iron, coal and steel industries.
M. Schuman's declaration had not ucted as a lever to persuade Germany to enter the Council of Europe, he said.
Dr Adenauer sald that the Council of Europe must create a third force between the power groups of the United States and the Soviet Union.
No single State in Europe was strong enough to stand by itself between these continued:
two groups, he LATENT TENSIONS
•
In view of the intent tendons one must, therefore, aim at creating a third power group strong enough to put its weight
Hitler Still Alive
In Tibet
Says A Pro-Nazi Magazine
Frankfurt, May 9. A pro-Nazi magazine, published today, reported an interview with Martin Bormann, the missing heir to the leadership of the Nazi party, and quoted him as saying that Adolf Hitler was alive in a monastery in Tibet.
The cover of the magazine, "Tempo der Welt," on the scales to establish at was titled "May 8, 1945," on which day the Nazis
strategic air attacks and of lighting off On the Pao- the Nationalist Air Furce.
Russian tung side of the Whangpoo, "nuvisers" are credited with directing the building of landing-craft, obviously con- invasion of nected with the projected Formosa. Anti-aircraft batteries supplied by Soviet Russia are operating in Shang- hai. Russia's record in Manchuria leaves no doubt that the Communist drive, which leveloped into the overpowering sweep throughout Chinn, was actively stimulated. The estimate that there are 25,000 Russians acting in various capacities, in- doctrinating and counselling the "People's administrations," appears close to reality. Whether, on the other hand, Russians are actually participating in military opera- tions, handling combat planes, instance, or manning guns, Incks clear proof. In the role of advisers or super- visors, they are playing Soviet policy, which can be regarded as reprehensible, but presumably they are in Chinn at the invitation of the Mao Tse-tung regime and it would pose a ticklish'problem for an international court were the members anked to find Russian hssistance to be an act of aggression. For that matter, Chiang Kai-shek is pleading for military ald In support of his organisation. Were given, would the step bear examination on the Home baals By that applied by anti-Communists to Russian intervention?
and It is very likely
It
for
true, as the Generalissimo insists, that engaging the Peking regime on The Chinese mainland would stall schemes for expansion involving other paris of East Asia. To accomplish results, however, out- elde aid would need to be very substantial -and in the present phase of the world crisis, could it bo justified? Or would it fan the cold war Into a flare-up?
he said.
cou Adensuer sald
1.4
that the
and
Rapprochement
13 ונi
surrendered. It pictured a negro American soldier, Dr Cabinet would discuss in full bayonet in one hand, and gun in the other, gloating M. Schuman's
proposals Internationalising French
onover a shot-down German fighter plane. German heavy industries. He it was an immediate sell-out saying: "Hitler is alive would lay before the Bundestag on German nowestands. But it Tibelan monastery, and not
the soon as possible both
also came in for immediate t-alone. Many have succeeded in Invitation to join the Council of tention from the United States getting there We are work- Europe and today's French pro- High Commission, which is doing for the same aim We posal, he added --Reuter,
ciding what to do about it. shall not give up the night as United States Icensing con-leng as we live. And if we die, trol over the German Press was others will take our place. Wo
All over removed in the American zone are not alone.
the inst June, but the High Com-world revolution is fomenting. mission reserved to act in cases One day.it will burn at all of flagrant abuse by banning
corners, and world Fasciam will publications.
Extensive Athens, May 0--The Greek
The purported interview,
and painstaking Yugoslav
unsourced lavestigations by American and Governments which was entirely have agreed on a plan to restore and undocumented, was written Allled intelligence sources have normal relations between the by the magazine's publisher and established as fully as possible two countries and have deelded chief cultor, Karl-Heinz Kaer in the absence of the actual dis
an exchange of Ministers, ner, who described himself as covery of their bodies, that both are dead, It was officially announced here Bormann's
personal Hitler and Bormann
-Hitler suicide in a Berlin today.
by There has been no Yugoslav
He claimed to have met Bor-bunker, where, his body wag Minister in Athens since 1943, mann in Spanish Morocco on maturated with petrol and bum- when tension between the two July 14, 1949. To his directed; and Bormann by a Russion countries over territorial claima question: La Adolf Hitler dood?" she burst,
on
In Balkans
pilot.
wartime
which blew
his
and alleged Yugoslav interven-he said Bormann replied: "Hilt-body to bits when he sought to tion In the Greek civil war for lives." reached a climax-Router.
Bormann WAJ quoted
escape Berlin as-Russian troops nsclosed in--United Fresa.
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