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Hitler's "Breed For Fatherland" Campaign.

Senate Split Allies Lost More "Blonde

On Atom Tests

Washington, April 14.

A widespread split has de- Senate OVCT veloped in the

the question of cancelling the

holding or Bikini Atoll

atom bomb tests, despite Pre- sident Harry Truman's state- ment that the experiments are of "vital importance" to national defense.

Senator Lucas. Democrat of illinois. Wik is lending the fight for the abandonment of the texta, told newamen that he fears that if the bands explod on schedule the world may ob tain some valuable information' which it would not otherwise be able to get on United States military power. He indicated that be thought it better that the extent of damnge that can be inflicted by atomic bombs ca

remains an un- naval vessels settled question until the world gets further along on the road to peace.

man

Both Senator McMahon, De- mocrat, of Connecticut, Chair-¡

of the Special Senate Atomic Energy Committee, and Scantor Ton Connally. Demo- crat of Texas. Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee, mail that they thought the tests should be held a

scheduled.

The Bill to authorize the pan- sible destruction of about 100 Navy ships for the two Pacific tests, came up in the Senate but it was referred as a matter of routine back to the Naval Com-

mittee.

Than Germans

LONDON, APRIL 14.

HITLER WAS ENTIRELY SUCCESSFUL IN HIS PLANS FOR ENLARGING THE GERMAN POPULATION, LIQUIDAT- ING EUROPEAN JEWRY AND REDUCING THE BIRTH- *RATE IN NON-ARYAN COUNTRIES, BUT THE ALLIED VICTORY DEFEATED HIS INTENTION TO EVACU- ATE SUPLUS GERMANS IN OCCUPIED COUNTRIES. PUBLISHED TODAY BY THE STATES A REPORT INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE SET UP TO STUDY EUROPEAN QUESTIONS.

THE COMMITTEE OBTAINED THEIR DATA FROM OF- FICIAL ALLIED DOCUMENTS AND DOCUMENTS FOUND IN GERMAN TERRITORY AND FIGURES GIVEN BY EX-ALLIED GOVERNMENTS.

KILLED

New York, Aur. 14. Two bandits were killed in central New York tudrey after τέντα a running fight with constables,

murpined them robbing the night clark of a hotel

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One of the bandite was sitt in the lobby in a gun duct policemen with two of the The other, who, duahed out during the firiusi, was shot in the street bu a traffic stable Renter,

call-

"PONGO" JUST AS IMPORTANT

Beastess"

A "Saint"?

A

Nuernborg, April 14.

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secret movement has been started among girl stuð ents of Germany to make saint out of Irma Graso, the "blonde beastass' of Belsen.

A student in Nuernberg told Correspondent that Renter's those "foolish girls" are meet- ing in secret and creating [ which seeks to new movement represent' Grase as the German Joan of Arc.

Part of the ritual is the wearing of red caps, in imita- tion of those of the British mili

"Edelweiss Pirates"

Hanover, Apr. 14.

PRICE: 10 CENTS."

An anti-Nazi gang of Ger mana formed in Germany in 1933 to "fight for a free Gor- continued to operate after the end of the war by terrorizing Poles and refugees, has not been "com- pletely broken up," the Bri- fish military authorities an- honneed yoaterday.

The gang "Edelweiss

ed mainly of who were

as the consist hooligans

attracted to the movement not because of any high ideals but because it offered a certain amount of excitement and a chance to net holic of some lost," announcement gufl-Associat- ed Presa.

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Four Talks

Paris

In

WASHINGTON, APRIL 14. A NUMBER OF WHAT APPEARED TO BE INSPIRED PRESS REPORTS IN WASHINGTON, EXPRESSING "GRAVE STATE DEPARTMENT" FEARS THAT THE COMING MEETING OF THE BIC FOUR FOREIGN MINISTERS IN PARIS WOULD RESULT IN THE MAJOR POWERS BE- ING FORCED TO SIGN SEPARATE PACTS, RECEIVED CREDENCE IN AUTHORITATIVE QUARTERS HERE TODAY.

THE STATE DEPARTMENT, HOWEVER,

MAKE ANY OPEN COMMENT ON THEM.

NO REAL PEACE

IN EUROPE YET

REFUSED TO

Reports by regular State De- partment correspondents c such "New York papere as the Times," the "Herald-Tribune," and the "Baltimore Sun," in al- mont identical despatches, quot- ed U.S. authorities as saying:

New York, April 14.

1. There is a possibility of Supreme Court Justice Ro-the conference ending with Bri- and the United bert Jackson, chief American tair, France prosecutor at the Nuernberg Staics abandoning further at- at collaboration with temptu 38 crimes trials, sent a mos- Russia, to complete peace trea- Touching on the German cam-

sage to the "New York Herald ties with the Gorman satellites. paign for higher birth-rate with the slogan "Breed for Father-

Forum for High Tribune"

2. The same three countries Schools, that "there is nothing would, in such an event., under- land", the report states that the response was an increase of

London, Apr. 14, that can honestly be called take their own reparato trentles 800,000 marriages and 1,556, tary police, whem the frauleina Recently an admirer of Mr. peace" in Europe.

with Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria 000 births in seven years before frankly suspect as having tor-Winston Churchill left aamall

Everything possible tured "Saint Irma" into sign-packet at the door of his London craced, but the underlying con-

"Military engagements have and Rumania. the war.

home and then slipped

3. Agreement had already quickly was later done to prevent nor-ing her confession.

lets which set Europe fighting been reached between the four The movement is said to have away. mal decline in wartime of the

in Hanover. birthrate.

originated

former Premier are not yet solve. We have Big Povera, to postpone the Inside, the

conferenco indetaitely, peace As a result, Germany's birth- other ways the German woman found a letter and a tiny colour; learned how certain it is that

of Napoleon, but any European war will involve until the foreign ministers could rate doclines by, only 761,000 in and girls are said to be resus-ed miniature the first four years of the war.citating a Nazi Clony, Rou- neither the name nor the address 18. The next world war must agree to a new date-if any,

as compared with a decrease efter. over 3,000,000 in the 1914-1918

war.

Lasses in

population caused

WEATHER SHIP SAFE

Reykjavik, Apr. 14.

In

by bombing were considerably

The United States weather ob Icss than that given by even the most sober estimates, partica-servation ship "Dearborn" 1,200 larly in the case of factory tons, docked here yesterday after soon after having radioed on workers, it had been discovered Friday night that she was in dis- by the Allied Control Commistress and leaking badly.-Asso- sion.

ciated Press, The low losses were due to th building of dummy factories, which were very effective in Washington, April '14TM

the first half of the wor General Jacob L. Devers, tremely efficient Shelter con- chief of the U. S. Army struction and big scale evacun- Ground Forces, asserted today tion from big towns of popula that machinos failed to lessen tion not doing war work.

The decoy of the Krupps

pa

He noted that ground forces absorbed 81 per cent of the

Press,

Eden Attacks The

Low Casualties

Ex-

As for shelters, they were built with walls and roofs of reinforced concrete ten inches

thick which could stop even a direct hit. Hamburg had 157 of them, one of which could shel- ter 60,000 people. The hills

of the donor.

This morning

be stopped where the last two following world wars were started -- in the

"The Times:"

Burnt appeared in the Europe."

column of

*

Retired Supreme Court Jus-

British Foars

There was no possibility at

Mr. Churchill wishes to thank tice Owen Roberts, told 3,600-present, of the Big Three con- the Anonymous donor. not only

for

war.

im- a beautiful miniatuo of the New York students here that he ference United States, Britain

for the favoured a better framework of and Russia-preceding or Emperor Napoleon, but

and affec- international co-operation and mediately following the Paris sentiments of regard tion so movingly expressed in the said that the United Nations meeting of the Big Four. letter which

The United States would fav the does not provide security against accompanied generous gift"-Reuter.

our Big Four discussion on Saar issues, Declaring that some critics of Rhine, Ruhr and the United Nations Organisation but only if, and when, the peace are idealists who want a super-treaty issues had been settled. atate, Doctor Eelco Van Klof- Some sources claim that theso fens, Netherlands delegate to rears are shared, to some extent, the U.N. Security Council, add by the British authorities, and ed that they are "opposed to after studying reports of diplo

cb- realists who are content to get matic correspondents and at any given time as much se servers, it was found that they they can." Associated, Press. werd unexpectedly "inspired".

with defence,

Restoration Plans For Germany

BERLIN, APRIL 14,

SOLDIER PETITION

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10%

bo'st

Sydney, Apr. 14.

today.

The "Golden Arrow" Runs Again

to

They declined, however, to speculute whether it was dampen public expectation in

Week-End Jaunt Up Nelson's Column

London, Apr. 14) From out of the usual after- noon crowds in Trafalgar Square, a man sauntered up to Nelson's Colujan today. Nobody took any notice of him until he jumped ap on to its base and removed the board at the foot of the scaffold- Law (the scaffolding lathers bo- cause Nelson is being spring-

the importance of foot soldiers works at Essen had 64 per cent in World War 11 and suggest- of. Allied high explosive bombs Chairman Walsh told reported that the same would be and 74 per cent of incendiaries.

A PLAN TO ELIMINATE GERMANY'S INDUSTRIAL WAR ers that the Navy requested the true in the event of another The rest fell on the real fac

tory. That trick was discover-

POTENTIAL WHILE RETAINING ENOUGH of the postponement in order to pre- conflict.

ed before the end of 1948.

BEATEN NATION'S ECONOMY TO MAKE IT REA- aent to the committee next week!

Mr. Joseph B. Chiffey, the Aus- advance, of what is expected to the revised plans which might'

He reported that this most

SONABLY SELF-SUSTAINING BY 1949 HAS BEEN tralian Prime Minister, and Doc-be a very difficult meeting, or to reduce the number of ships to technological of all man's strug-

ADOPTED BY THE ALLIED CONTROL COUNCIL.

tor Herbert V. Evatt, the At. serve as a notice to Russia that of the peace treaty plan may col be used in the tests. The pre- gles, put just as much emphasis

THE PROGRAMME SLASHES GERMAN ECONOMY IN torney-General and Minister sent plans number 77 ships to on the ground soldier, as did

HALF AND PLACES FUTURE EMPHASIS IN PRODUC-External Affairs left by air for lapse, is being taken into Ameri- be used as targets in the first those wars which were waged test and 23 ships to be used as with short sword and musket."

Empire Prime Ministers TION ON AGRICULTURE AND ON COAL AND London for the conference of the can calculations-Reuter.

As they were waiting

ing at the fiv MATERIALS FOR THE REBUILDING OF. WÁR-TORN spares in the second test.

a deputation of ' CITIES.

base, Senators Fluffman and Lucas, co-sponsors of the resolution to

Every industry which could time geoda which may go ahead Servicemen, with brides still in enneel the tests, said that Pre- American Army's battle losses, near Kassel and Hanover were possibly be diverted to the full last. Coal, for instance. 18 toner demanding rensage here,

Britain, came up carrying a ban- sident Truman's statement had captured nearly as many prison-made into colossal warrens and manufacture of war materials is be mined to the utmost, provid- their wives. Mr. Chiley told not changed their minds.. era as their losses and won an nearly the whole remaining to be eliminated and other in- ing a balance for export in or them firmly: "I will do my best, considered on the der that Germany may have but I will do nothing to embarraBA Senator Hart, Connecticut overwhelming majority of the

(Continued on Page 8) the British Government."Roster. Republican, and a former Ad- medals awarded for heroism. Population of heavily bombed dustries miral, fold the Senate that the He further reported that of all Essen got protection in mines fringe of the war potential are which were shut down decades to be cut back. Only enough Navy cannot make post-war the ground forces sent overseas

ago.

export trade is provided for to plans unless the atomic bombs-8 divisions all but one

Shelter discipline saved the pay for the food Germans must are trated on ships without de- division saw action.Associated German factory work s of import to maintain their reduc- lay."-Associated Press.

whom only two in a thousanded living scale, were killed by bombing. How Allled officers said the targat in ever, the low casualties do not to establish by 1919 a standard imply the failure of the Allled of living for Germany noroxi- bombing policy which had a mating that of 1932. Germans crippling effect on most of the would not be permitted a higher | 60 cities on the "priority list" standard of living than the to wards the end of 1944 or European average. carly 1945.-

The Council's outlino-e- The German military losses tablished four general industrial 011 the castern and wes-categories: terr

Today, with England's green on dance music from radio sets fronts totalled about 1. Industries to be prohibit 3,000,000, the figure given by ed. Thega induded synthetic and pleasant fields, soaked in concealed in Mr. Clement Attice, British gasoline and ell, synthetic rub-spring sunshine, she came out riages.

Everything was carried out Prime Minister, to the House of her, synthetic ammonia, ball and again to take the "Iron road" Commons last October. tapor roller bearings, heavy ma- on her first post-war journey today, as a dress rehearsal for a normal service which will be Food rations remained fairly chine tools of war-making types. back to Dover.

aluminium. After six years of railway gin on Monday. "But I will say this for Mr.high throughout the war and heavy Adding that the Government] exploited their majority ruth-Shinwall; he does at least eat were no epidemics in Germany. magnesium. beryllium vana-austerity with trains getting On arrival at Dover passen- lessly Mr. Eden told con-himself a target. His colleague,

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dlum, radio active materiale more-and more shabby as the gers will again embark of the above London, the man was watch Then, withouť a DAILED, atituents: "Mr. Shinwell has the Minister of Health, on the

(including uranium), hydrogen years went by, it was a thrill steamship Canterbury, whiched by every eye bag Trafalgar. warned the motor car industry other hand, bluntly refuses to

peroxide. The liat expands to step into a luxurious travel crosses the Channel and com

man waiting for him that if they do not do better, do this. The country does not

from five to 19 the industrieling drawing room, with all nects up with all main Buro he came down and found a police Driver Of Hamill of the ATS the Government will have to know how many houses the Gov

barred by the Potsdam meeting amenities of a Arst class hotel,pean rail services. of the Big Three. - · ` !.."

But the Golden Arrow today She has just been demobilis who visiting Londos for s few take them over, but there is jemment has planned this year. nothing in Mr. Shinwall's re-or next year, or

[99]Paying War Debts

Is even more sumptious thaned from service as an aircraft cord, so far, or in that of his poriod. All they do know

2. Those to be restricted to she was when she rat created carrier Reuter Santa Monica, Cal., Apr. 14, friends; to show that he would that results, so far, are dismally

Douglas certain levels so any excess can sensation in luxury travel, 44-passenger, be any good at the job

Mr. Eden sald that, on the Mr. Eden said that tomporary D.C plane clipped one hour be used to pay off Germany She is the only train in Britain contrary, it was fortunate for housing' was to have provided and six minutes from the best war debis, Cutbacks Included with cocktail bar, which will Britain that Mr. Shinwell had the greater part of 100,000 previous time for the fight steel, limited to 5,800,000 ingot compare in daintiness with any nothing to do with the auto-homes by autumn, but only from San Francisco to Austra fons a year, about 89 per cent thing in Paris

s of the pre-war output, and maAttached to the train -- mobile industry, for the export 19,000 had been completed. The 11

The Douglas company said chine tools, with only 11.4 per this trial journe had even sarded the praise of unit, was "even more arious: that the plane arrived in, Mel-cent of me war:"prod

Government

Bidford-on-Avon, April 14. The former Foreign Socretary, Mr. Anthony, Edon, accused the Government of unjustified arrogance, mentioning by name the Fuel Minister, Mr. Emmanual Shinwell, and by his title, the Health Ministar, Mr. Aneurin-' Bevan, here today.

disappointing.".

Trans-Pacific

in any other Air Record

of care was progressing well and perrianent houses situation, he

Socialist ministers.---

hvatra Eden then

Since July, the authorities had bourne

con bullt fewer than 500 housed in hour

tractors,

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London, April 14,

On Sept. 1, 1939 when clouds of war hung low over Europe, cleaned), and then a few Teople

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the famous, Golden Arrow train made its last trip from Victoria to Dover.

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looked.

Carefully, the man

procceded

to climb up the laddering, and he did not stop until he got to the

brat scaffolding boards at the top of the column, just below the feet

the hero of Trafalgar

the roof of car-

of

HARD GOING IN HUNGER:STRIKE

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and then he went on to are eyes were upbuned Nelson and prowled around for about Age minutes.

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