THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1950.
ATLANTIC PACT ARMY IN SIGHT Complete Agreement On German Participation Reached
He Swallowed
The Toss
Auch, France, Dec. 13.
A local football match was cancelled here today, because the captain of one of the teams swallowed the toss-up coin,
Both
captains were standing close to the re- feree when he threw the
coin into the air and it fell into the mouth of M. Dubignac, the captain of the Pavie "team.
He was rushed to nearby hospital, where the coin was removed by an operation.-Reuter,
Sentenced To Death
Final Decisions To INDIAN AIR Lana Overdid It
DISASTER
Be Taken By Foreign Ministers FEARED
London, Dec. 13.
were
Trivandrum, Dec. 13. Indian Air Force and private today scouring the 8,000-feet high. Nilgiri Range for an Air India plane carrying
passengers, ini- cluding four Britons, and crew of four, which is over-
The North Atlantic Pact deputies and the aircraft Military Committee today reached complete agreement on the political and Military recom- mendations for German participation in the Wes- tern European integrated force, it was officially announced.
The recommendations will be submitted to the meeting of Defence and Foreign Ministers in Brussels next week, a communique said.
"The Military Committee will Mr Charles Spofford, the also forward to the Defence United Chairman of the Deputies, Committee the agreed recom-
presided at today's joint meeting, which was believed to have con- mendations concerning the
sidered problems affecting: Quebec, Dec. 13.
establishment in Europe of an Generaux Ruest, crippled
integrated defence force, the clockmaker who helped to
provisions for
the make a time-bomb that blasted general an airliner and killed all 23 appointment of a Supreme | mander persons on board, was convict-Commander for this force, and Army. ed of murder today and sen- his mission when appointed," it tenced to be hanged on March declared, 16.
Ruest was the second man to be sentenced to death for a part in blasting a Canadian Pacific Airlines DC-3 with a home- made time-bomb on September 9, 1949.
Albert Guay, jewellery sales- man who was mastermind of the plot, to get rid of his un- wanted wife, already has been sentenced to be hanged. Unit- ed Press,
Austro-Swiss Trade Talks
Berne, Dec, 13. Trade talks between Austria and Switzerland began here to- day with the arrival here of an Austrian trade mission led by the Austrian Commerce Minis- ter, M. Hudischeck.
The shortness of today's joint meeting-only two hours-- indicates that serious problems had already been solved in the the two separate meetings of bodies, diplomatic quarters con- sidered.
The review of the plan for creating the Atlantic Pact force, and integrating into it German fighting units, which is due next week in Brussels by the Defence Ministers and Foreign Ministers of the signatory Governments, is expected to be equally for- mal.
GERMAN ASSENT?
The problem which the Brus- sels
to
meeting face is how obtain German agreement to serve in the Atlantic Pact Army. Here the main issue is whether, The talks will cover all in putting the present plans to aspects of the commercial re-the Bonn Government, any lations between the two coun- modification suggested by Ger- tries. The talks are expected man Ministers could be taken to last for a few days.-Reuter.
into account.
Mrs Luise
She is 88 and from Lithuania Friziene, a displaced person, photographed on her arrival at Liverpool Street station to be re-united to her daughter. (Central Press).
16
a
due eight hours at Coimbatore,
South India..
It was on
a flight from
Madras to Trivandrum, on the southwest coast of India.
The air search was hamper- ed by dense fog over the moun- tain range.
at
The aircraft was reported to have radioed 10 minutes be- fore it was due to jand Coimbatore, the next stopping place, at the foot of the West- 1.--The immediate appoint-ern Ghats Range. Its last call ment of General Dwight Eisen- was at Bangalore, about 150 hower as the Supreme Com. miles farther to the north.· ́
of the Atlantic Pact The search was suspended tonight because of fog but to send out search parties. police outposts: were ordered
2. The practical creation of, this integrated force in January next.
3. The inclusion within it and the immediate recruitment German fighting groups of reinforced brigade strength.
4.-German recruitment not exceeding one-fifth of the total size of the Atlantic Pact forces in Western Europe; and
FRENCH PLANS
5.-Authorisation for France to proceed with her plans to form а smaller integrated European Ariny within the Atlantic Pact Army.
According to an Atlantic decision Pact spokesman, the on the number of Germans to be recruited for the Atlantic Brussels meeting. The Pact will be taken at the coun- tries represented at the joint meeting were Belgium, Cana- da, Denmark, France, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Italy, Luxembourg,
the United Kingdom and United States. --Reuter.
the
The 16 passengers included à Swiss, Mr W. Saille.
'Others'
Halland Dec. 13.
A physician today ordered the movie star Lana Turner to go to bed for rest because she had hurt her back by carrying home too many Christmas parcels.
Dr John McDonald said the star was suffering from a strain- ed back apparently brought on by too much. Christmas shop- ping. United Press..-
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They have been under the oc- cupation authorities on a zonal basis. This will enable, the Bonn Government to organise the railway police on a Federal .basis and decide on its strength, according to a High Commis-. sion statement today.-Reuter
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