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IS WORLD SAFE?

Atom-Bomb Test Fears

"Wot! Again?"

New York, Mur. 17.

Mr. Winafon Churchill will world again speak to the

when he receives an honour- urg degree from the Columbia University of New York on Monday--Reuter,

Man Charged With Murder

Of 63 People

Paris, March 17.

Scientists Say "No Danger

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WASHINGTON, MAR. 17.

WORRIED AMERICANS SCIENTISTS HAVE ASSURED

THAT WHILE WATER AROUND THE UNDER SUR- FACE OF THE ATOMIC BOMB EXPLOSION MAY HEAT UP TO ONE MILLION DECREES, THE OCEAN WILL NOT EVAPORATE OR THE WORLD BLOW UP IN A CHAIN REACTION AS A RESULT OF THE COMING MID-PACIFIC TESTS.

MAJOR-GENERAL LESLIE R. GROVES, COMMANDER OF THE PROJECT WHICH PRODUCES ATOM BOMBS, GAVE THE BIKINI ATOLL TASK FORCE YESTERDAY A STATEMENT OF TWO SCIENTISTS WHICH SHOULD "DISPEL THE FEAR WHICH IS GROWING IN THE MINDS OF MANY AMERICANS”.

One of the most important ITALY AND THE

murder trials ever will begin here on Monday when 49-year

old Dr. Periot appears before MONARCHY

the Seine Court on a charge of murdering 63 people between 1941 and 1944.

Rome, March 17. Prince Uniberto, Lieutenant- General of the Realm, is to pro- He is alleged to have killed mise to abide by the decision of them in a "death clumber" in the Italian people un the ques- the basement (1 his house, tion of the future of the mon-| watching these death agony archy in the forthcoming refer through a periscope from his endum, it was learned here to study and then burning their day. bodies in a furnace,

According to the prosecution, most of the vielims were Jews, anxious to get to South Ameri-

To-morrow he will send a let ter containing this pledge to the Prime Minister.

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A decree was issued to-day ca, criminals eager to get away setting he lae for he referer with their booty and people who dum as June 2--the same day

have might

given evidence as the

elections, general against Dr. Periat on charges of Reuter, trafleking in drugs or perform-1 ing illegal operations.

The Hague, Mar. 17. According to Dr. Periot, they Max Blokzijl, the Dutch pro- were Germans or collaborators Nazi brondeaster known as "The killed by the resistance group Dutch Haw Haw," was shot at which he claimed to have found- dawn to-day at a prison near ed-Reuter.

here.-Reuter.

WORLD BODY FOR

IRAN'S OIL? -

Nazi Group Still Active

·

London, March 17.

able treatment.

British

The General eaid the explosions will be completely localised."

The scientists are Dr. Edward Telt, of the University of Chicago, and Dr. H. A. Bethe. of Cornell) University. Both

Were former members of the bomb project and] are al present acting as consult- ants. This is what they think:

Only Local

Road Commandment No. 9

Today's Commandment of the Road:

FOR DRIVERS:-Dip or dim your headlights but nevar "black out." To dip or dim is helpful to others it is conT- tenus; to "black out" is to risk munalaughter with its inevitable remorse. The eye cannot adjust itself quickly enough to the dim light of side lamps after the searchlight effect of handlampe, The car is moving into a wall of blackness and an appaling risk. If the other car fails to dip or dim, look at the side of the rand

not at the oncoming lights,

(which FOR PEDESTRIANS:-at controlled crossings menna wherever traffic is controlled by the police or signala) cross the road only when the appropriate line of traffim in held up. Never attempt to cross the road just as the traffic is about to start.

M.Ps. Want Quicker Service Replies

London, March 17.

Members of Parliament are concerned about the time Ser- vice and other ministries tako to answer their lotters regarding servicomen inquiries.

TIME TO CALL A HALT

Washington, March 17. House of Representatives leaders have signalled for a halt in an almost daily round "The explosion of the atomle

of speeches that have been bomb near the surface, on the sur-, fare or under surface will cause critical of Russia or other War II Allies of only local disturbances such as World we might expect from an ordinary the United States. charge of great magnitude. It is There has been no formal impossible that such explosion can action, but party leaders passed cause progressive disintegration word that they feel the present of sea water which would per- petuate itself and result in the delicate international situation calls for temperance in refer- atomic explosion of the globe." encos to the United Nations

Careful considerations.

have

that elements contained in water

members.

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or consume thes. They do said that there was no intent not. So it isduced that sea to curb or curtail the right of water will behave the same way. free speech, but the time is not appropriate for what one called One Million Degrees

"Russia baiting."--Associated

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Washington, March 17. The Iranian Embassy hore expects to transmit its Govern- ment's protest on the Soviet action in Iran to the UNO Secretariat, the First Secretary of the Embassy.

• stated to-day.

The protest will be made by the Ambassador on behalf of the Government which is expected to send final words to him within the next 24 hours.

to ran

The United Nations' nuthori-¡sian troops at the Kraj encamp- ties point out that the normal ments 26 miles north of Tehe: course is for any member

constituted no danger to ask for its case to be put on the Iranian capital. the agenda five days before the "The Russians have been in Security Counell meeting. Next the country for 41⁄2 years with- Wednesday is thus the deadline, out attacking us," said Firouz, The protest in reliably expect- "There is absolutely no threat ed to charge the Soviet Govern- of an attack here now." ment with interfering in the in- ternal affairs of Iran and vió- lating its treaty obligations with Iran, and its obligations

Reports of troops at the Kraj encampment came from highly reliable sources as Iranian dia- patches said the Russians had established garrisons at desert

Mr. E. Carson, Conservative under the U.N.O. Charter.

It is understood that the fil- villages within the province of for the Isle of Thanet, raised the matter in the House of Commons ing of the protest will be dis- Azerbaijan. when he instanced NASCA with cussed by Dr. Lie when he ar- Daily trains are still booked which he had been personally rives to meet President Truman, fully out of Teheran as familica concerned.

The Persian Ambassador had a move out to the hills. Many The War Office took 97 weeks private dalk with Mr. Winston hotel rooma are empty for the to answer 16 cases which he Churchill after last night's first time since 1942-Associat-

ed Press and Reuter, addressed to them, an average of speech. six weeks for each answer. The longest took 11 weeks the

and shortest two weeks.

"No Threat"

"NO CASES YET"

London, March 17. The Secretary-General of the

Naticus United

Organisation,

In Teheran Iranian Minister Mr. T. C. Skeffington Lodge,

aald that of Information Prince Firouz) Labout for Bedford, members were considerably em- yesterday tuld newsmen that the barassed through long delay in reported presence of 3,000 Rus-1 Dr. Trygve Lie, said before he left London for New York by getting replies to letters especial- ly those regarding service 15-

eir to-day that he had no cases quiries. "In many cRICA, when

to put before the U.N.O. Se- curity Council which meets on March 25.

Servicemen write to us, we finit, HUMBER CAR

that they are out of the forces altogether before the answers to their inquiries reach us", he said. "Batting Average"

STRIKE

London, March 17.

Yesterday, the Iranian Am- bassador in Washington an- nounced the expected to

the

been made. First, it is known They privately told reporters Mr. A. R. Hurd, Conservative Humber automobile strikers transmit hovernment's pro- are aleg, abundam in the stars. that they were disturbed by the for Nowbury, quoting from at Coventry numbering 4,000 tekt against diapresence of Rus-

average" for

three to-day reaffirmed their inten-sian troop Iran to If the stars had a high rate of repeated "Inflaramatory speeches "batting

They months, rave the following tion not toʻresume work until U.N.O. Sed as sometime to- chain reaction they would blow up aimed mostly at Russie.”

U.N.O. Secretizat sometime to- figures of averago delays. Colonial their demands are met. Office and Foreign eight

The "dentline" for putting days, Admiralty, 24 ye, War They are organising a hard-

is next Office 40 days, Ministry of Pen- ship and relief fund to raise at cases on the agenda

Wednesday.---Router. sions 41 days and Air Ministry least £1,000 a week, -51 days..

Trade union executives and meet the Mr. G. H. Hall, Financial shop stewards will Secretary to the Treasury, said management again on Monday:

Workers at Cossors radlo fac- up to date figures showed that the War Office receives about 5,000 tory, Highbury, London, where letters a month from members of over 2,000 are out for the fourth Parliament. The Ministry of day, slept for the week-end in

What Ivan

Thinks Of

Churchill

the works canteen where they

have taken over. The company

Swiss Air Disaster

•

Health receives 1,200 and the Ministry of Works about 1,000.

The Service Departments were

Berne, March 17. often required to deal with indi-, have warned them they have the

The Swiss authorities are vidual cases and involved inquiries right to close the factory If still searching for one of the not only from the Labour Minis- work is not resumed on Monday four military aircraft which try, whether or not the man might|| Interest in the strike spread crashed during training yes be in Class "B" for release but north to-day with the arrival inj

Consors 'Oldtoon, Lancashire accident in Swiss history. also from this country and over London of union leaders from terday in one of the worst air

as

They had, however, gol down tol

ter, about three weeks in the majority factory for discussions. — Reu-

of cases-Reuter.

U.S. Rejects Idea Of Two-Power Alliance

New York, Mar. 17.

Secretary of State Byrnes rejected last night any idea of an alliance with Russia against Britain or with Britain ...against...Russia.......

The debris of one aircraft was found last night and two others this morning. Three pilots were killed..

A statement issued by the Swiss Aviation Offee this morn- ing says that eight planes out of 12 in air squadrons started out in good weather for training before

The first: mid-day yesterday. patrol landed safely. When the second group did not reach its destination a search was imme- diately organised. Reuter.

The atomic bomb contains a Press. relatively high content of inert1 material: This means the tem- perature of water around the homb will be "comparatively low", namely in the neighbourhood of one million degrees as compared Well informed diplomatic circles here said to-day that Bri-

with 20 million or more in the tish officials were considering the possibility of estab-

centre of the stars. Conditions lishing an Intornational body to administer to Iran's

produced in the water, therefore, rich oil lands, long a focal point of British, American

represent those. at some place far and Russian interest.

from the centre of a star.

Viena, Mar. 17. the Scientists said that even said that the United Nations should take

An inquisitive reporter of the The same sources

army advocates of such a plan feel over the administration and most probable of all known un-

Bervice clear reactions would, at a tem- United States that because of international frame regulations which will competition over the Iranian cil, make it impossible for monopo-perature of one million degrees, newspaper "Stara and Stripes" bo insuflelent to sustain itself set out yesterday to find out listic interasla whether private against losses of radiation. And what the average Red Army sol- or state, to get more than equit-it is certain that none of the re- dier thought about Winston action in the water can be as Churchill's speech suggesting The informant said that Sir probable ELS the above cited closer British-American ties. Reader Bullard, Britain's retir example.

The first Russian soldier ing Minister to Teheran, who is

Therefore, "we can be entirely shook hands with himself vigo- due in London next week, is ex- confient that the explosion of an rously and said "Churchill, pected to discuss the proposals] atomic bomb under water will not Roosevelt and

Stalin are all with the British cabinet. Al- cause a self sustalaing chain re-

action. This is certainly the ease Hood." The next said the Red Government has with the present form of the Army was "the most powerful atomic bomb. It might require army in the world.". A lleuten- more thought if the bomb contain- ant said he was "too busy to' ing only the active material were read the papera." A corporal set off because then a higher, tem- said "Russia Is the friend of pornture might be renched in the everybody" but he thought that water."-Associated Press.

Churchill was sa American and in a speech to the Society of Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, he had never heard of Presid-1 he declared the United States bases its' hopes for

• London, March 17. ent Truman.

security on the United Nations. Organisation "as the

A mission consisting of J. W. The reporter and his inter-

path to enduring strength."

Connelly and L. R. Barrett of Russians. butj preter asked 38

Ho called for extension of the

the Ministry of Aircraft Pro- not one had heard that Chur:) Using a practice bomb, a chill had made

duction, and J. D. North and N. a speech at military draft act beyond the

"Those who fight together ex-

P. Woodley, nominated by the Misouri-Associated May 16 expiration dato The discovery of the conspi-tailed reports prepared by Sir mock-up of the atomic bomb, the Fulton,

wholeheartedly" endorsed uni- pect, when the fighting is over, Society of British Aircraft Con- racy might lead to the unearth-Reader for the cabinet, might army and navy held a full-dress Press.

versal military' training as ,a too much from one another and structors, la proceeding to India ing of other underground or lead Britain to sponsor an Iran rehearsal of the projected. Mar-

long-term assurance of trained

this week at the invitation of ganisations, the correspondent lan diplomatic request to the shall Islands atomic bomb testa

reserves; He said the United are inclined to give too little to he Goverment of India, in or great powers to take steps in choppy seas off San Diego to- NO DOUBT ABOUT -A new clean-up among school through the United Nations for day.

States needa military strength one anoher. Having been der to study the technical as to support, if necessary, the pur- forced to fight for mili-pects of the catablishment of teachers had been ordered by assurance that Iran would re- Three B-29's from Albuquer

poses and principles of the Unit fary victory, they some-afrcraft Industry." by India, the authorities, he says, follow ceivo full profits from hor oil que and nine F-18's, photogra Senator Alben Barkley, acting ed Nations' Charter, to occupy times think that whatever they states the India Office.. - Bea- ing the detection of Hitler wells in futuro.

phic planes from here, few more chairman of the Serate Banking Germany and Japan and to pro-want should be taken by force ter. Youth meetings among boys inĮ

than 1,000 miles and rendez- Committee of the United States tect surpluses overseas. Kay To Policy higher classes of the primary

Yoused 200 miles from here, at Congress, which is holding heard schools. There were also signs The article in the Soviet pason for the rehearsal. They ings on the proposed United Without specifying any partion. of secret organisations among, per "Izvestia" drawing attention were units of the task, group States loan to Britain, sold to ticular issues, Byrnes described pr university students to the Soviet Union's fallure which is part of the Joint day, he had no doubt that the the present world difficulties neIt takes time to pass from

"In Goettingen and Jand, and to Britain's success in se- Army Navy Task Force 1.

Senate would ratify the agrée serious but said they could b. the psychology of war to the secret Nazi courts about whose curing oil concessiona in Iran

solved if all of us approach psychology of peace. We must existence the authorities have is considered by observers In A specially marked L.C.I. shipment. been informed for a long time London to constitute the key to as the target for what the The hearings sava boen very those difficulties in a spirit of have patienes as well as firm- have been operating and Ave, Moscow's present Iranian pormy sald was the last rehearsal satis

strinail will be finished, by etha for the atomic bom threatened to kill particularly,licy.

The official British view of the unis moves to

Berne, Mar. 1% A secret Nazi group has though it was emphasised that been discovered working in the the ranks of the Frankfurt taken no steps to promote such police (in the American accu- a plán, well informed sources said some high ranking mum- pation zone of Germany.)

The Frankfurt correspondent here of the Government believed of the Zurich newspaper "Die that international administra- Tat" reported the to-day, add-tion would go a long way to ing that the group had with the ward solving and smoothing outį knowledge of certain judges ex-

difficulties and misunder- onerated Nazia and had arrang- atundings between the Western ed for anti-Fasciats to be im- powers and Russia.

prisoned.

declarea. :

active anti-Fascists," he Henter

the

The same source said that de-

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Roswell, New Mexico,

March 17.

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Washington, Mar. 17.

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