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Senate Showdown On Loan

Washington, May 5.

The Administration moved

today for a Senate showdown on the

beleaguered

British bipartisan

loan bilf with a cloture petition automatically

forcing a vote on Tuesday on the question of limiting the debate.

The motion to evoke a rarely used rule was made after de- mocratic leader Senator Barkley made three vain efforts to cut through the fol of words which has prevented any further progress of the $3,750,000 pro- posal since it was taken up on April 15.

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U.S. PROPOSAL Italo-Yugoslav Plebiscite

Molotov, Bevin

EARTHQUAKE

Oppose Byrnes IN SOUTHERN

PARIS, MAY 5.

SECRETARY OF STATE JAMES F. BYRNES LAST NIGHT PROPOSED THE HOLDING OF A PLEBISCITE IN THE DISPUTED ITALO-YUGOSLAV FRONTIER AREA BETWEEN THE PROPOSED AMERICAN AND SOVIET BORDER LINES, A QUALIFIED AMERICAN

SOURCE SAID.

PACIFIC

Philadelphia, May 5.

The Franklin Instituto to- day reported that a tremen- dous quake was recorded, оп its scisomgraph at 10.25 p.m. G.M.T. on Friday BYRNES' PRO-

(7.25 a.m. Saturday H.K. Summer Time).

VYACHESLAV MOLOTOV, RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINIS.

TER, OBJECTED. HOWEVER, TO

POSAL, SAYING THAT IEJA PLEBISCITE IS HELD IT SHOULD COVER ALL VENEZIA TIULIA AND ISTRIA

to

Molotov was supported by the return for giving Trieste Since the Senate is apparent-British Foreign Secretary, Yugoslavia, British conference ly closely divided in support und Ernest Bevin, the American in-source said.

Mr. Bevin told the conference opposition to the loan, Adminis- formant said. Byrnes asked his tration leaders who sanctioned colleagues to think the matter that "you cannot bargain away the

cloture motion privately over and they called a meeting peoples lives,” in response to but little hope that they clamp for tonight.

Molotov'a proposala, these down on the debate limitation Byrnes' proposal was made sources added. rule. The Senate has not vot- after a cold reception

in since given to an offer by Molotov to ed to invoke a cloture February of 1927, Associal- meet Italian claims on colonial ed Press.

und reparations questions

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Riot Ends

The American Task Forca 77 which, ia bidding its fare-... telle to Hong Kong this morning will probably, weather permitting, give an aerial display as a final salute, The Task Force is leasing at approximately nine ami- ' and it is planned to carry out a formation flight of the air- craft with US S. Boxer at 2 TL The approximately planes will take off from Borer's flight-deck after she in well, out of Hong Kong seaters.

Mussolini, Jr.'s Wife Drowned?

Imotorboat, the

THE HISTORIC

SAN FRANCISCO, MAY 5. BLOODY THREE-DAY BATTLE OF AL- CATRAZ FEDERAL PRISON, IN WHICH THREE OF THE NATION'S MOST HARDENED CRIMINALS AND TWO GUARDS WERE KILLED AND MORE THAN A DOZEN GUARDS INJURED, HAS ENDED. OFFICIAL'S LAST NIGHT ANNOUNCED THAT THE LAST OF THE REVOLT CONSPIRATORS WERE -UNDER CUSTODY AFTER THEIR THREE RING-LEA DERS WERE FOUND DEAD AND THEIR WEAPONS

RECOVERED.

OFFICIALS SAID THAT AT THE END OF THE BATTLE ON SATURDAY MORNING THERE WAS NO RESISTANCE. THEY SAID THE TOTAL NUM. BER OF CONSPIRATORS WHO HAD TAKEN PART IN THE RIOT HAS NOT YET BEEN FINALLY ESTAB LISHED. THEIR STATEMENT DID NOT GIVE THE TOTAL PRISONER CASUALTIES. Some of the convicts who cornered surrondered

announcement from Mr. James Bennett. Federal Prison

Nuernberg Rocked By Explosions

Rome, May 5. It said the tremor was about Signora Mussolini, widow 12.800 miles from Philadelphia of Bruno Mussolini, 24-year- in the South Pacific.

Dr. Roy old son of Benito Mussolini, were K. Marshall, director of Institute said "It apparently was reported to be one of five earlier in the day, according to resembled reading of the 1931 boat said to havo sunk last Director, who said that guarde was a tremendous quak?" and occupants of a Brifish motor-an tremor that did much damage night in the middle of Lake had entered the blockhouse and at. Napier, New Zealand."

¡Camo.

that the bodies of three convicts Sorting out a maze of jumbled

had been removed. They includ- scismograph records, scientista Mr. Bevin,

The his stand determined in Pasadena, Call-said, contained Signorina Mus- of the mutiny, Bernard Paul reported that of the alleged ringleader against a plebiscite proposed by formin, that three earthquakes solini, a British Major and two Coy, he said. Byrnes, protested that if the occurred within less than half question were put to a popular an hour on Friday, possibly in more women.

Rigor mortis had set in in

Nuemberg, May 5, vote. the Ministers would ba different localities. They snid

et the problem that faced one was definitely of major in-was unt given, and one woman arms were fixed in the position barg was rocked by a scries of Only the major, whose name one of the bodies and the men's) The entire city of Nuem- them in London last September.tensity.

got safely ashore, the report of firing a rifle. His rifle lay explosions tonight when Compromise Plan

Dr. Charles Richter, of the added.--Reuter,

beside the second body, lying outstretched in the reismological laboratory of the

passage vast ammunition dump a tow was credited by French sources with sounding the quake times as 10:13 pm.. Institute of Technology, fisted

Body Found

leading from the cell which had milos outside the city blow formed the mutineers' firing up. Windows were broken in compromise" keynote 10:34 p.m. and at one stage of the discussion. G.M.T. (7:13. um. 7.31

10.36 p.m.,

Milan, May -5.

point during the slege. " Nuemborg and hugo Heen M A.ITI, Police here said to-day-that lie was quoted as saying "Let's and 7:36 am, Saturday, H.K. the body of Bruno Mussolini's old gangster, was serving a 25-

Bernard Paul Coy. 46-year-up the sky for miles around. get together on, Trieste, let's

Summer Time).

widow, who drowned yesterday | year sentence

The explosion followed the compromise.

for armed rob- demolition of enemy small arms He said the third and heaviest in Lake Como, has been recover-bery Before making his plebiscite tremor apparently centred about ed. They said she had been on leader of the desperate plot to control, spread to high explo

when he became the ammunition which got out of suggestion, Byrnes said he 6.600 miles west of the United a midnight boating party with break out from the island prisives and blew up, could; accept the British line (which runs west of the Ameri-States, somewhere in the New, three British soldiers and an-son, from which no man has Official

quarters woman, Associated ever been known to escape and deniled rumoure

tonight that sabotage live.

was responsible for the, mið. sáchy, and they stated en phatically that they were duo to demolition work getting put of control. Reuter.

Molotov

a "let's

Britain

Press.

"Why is it that when we Arabs tried to revolt we were ruthlessly crushed, but Jewish terrorism is rewarded?" That was the first question which outspoken Radalah Jabri, the Syrian Prime Minister shot at Richard Wyndham, "News of the World" special correspondent, in Beirut, can line at the tip of the Istrian according to a dispatch carried in the newspaper today.

Peninsula) if Yugoslavia would return to Italy the modern conl The diepte confiau Alestine to be overwhelmed by miffing machinery around Al- simpler solution would have any race through immigration berna. The American line would been to have dropped one of or any other means."

give Alberna with its coal minea America's atomic bombs on the The Emir, who will soon be and the port of Poin to Italy, Arabs.

made King of the newly inde- whereas the British line runs That, at least, would have pendant Trunsjordan, stated in straight down Istria leaving saved everybody wasting their news conference here today those two localities to

Yugo- time. for no Arab from the that he expected the Arab slavia. Mediterranean to the Arabian League to like "most deter- British

said Mr. Rources

Associated other area.

Preas:

Draft Peace Treaty For Austria

(By Harold King) -

Paris, May 5.

Sen will accept the committee's mined measures” against the Bevin had objected to the whole From very, reliable and authoritative sources, it is learned

proposals,

recommendations of the joint "Syria will resist with every Anglo-American Committee that 'means in her power and I have 100.000 Jews should be admit- communicated to each Arabted to-Palestine as soon as pos- state and to cur League, that ble-Associated Press. we will join them in defending the rights of our Palestinian brothers," Radalah is reported to have added.

The dispatch adds that Radalal, in or out of office or in or out of a French prison, has always remained Syria's national hero.

"Only a few days ago," he added, "Mr. Bevin, by sponsor- ing the immediate independence of Libya, spoke to the hearts of 70,000,000 Arabs."

Wilhelmina Tribute

To The Allies

tions.

idea of any plebiscite to draw an ethnic frontier and would re-open the whole dispute. The British also reported that French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault said he had no objection in principle to Molo- toy's idea for a plebiscite cover- Ping all of Venezia Giulia but wanted complete data on how the vote would be taken before he could agree.

that on the opening day of the Big Four Foreign Minis- ters conference, Mr. James Byrnes, United States Secretary of Stato, had tabled a draft treaty of peace with Austria.

- Stilwall Visir

General Joseph Stilwell (Vinegar Joe) who won fame four years ago as the comman

Windows Broken dor of the Chinese forces-fight|

Nuernberg, May 5, ing alongside the British, today,

The windows of many build visited Alcatraz prison Island-ings, including those of the the scene of the greatest jall War Orimes Court, ware shat- riot in American history.

tered. Planned destruction of

With Stilwell, now commen- damps in this vicinity.bave... der of the United States 6th been going on since last Sum Army at San Francisco, went mor, but Satarday night's ex- his Chief-of-Staff, General plosions were the heaviest felt. Frank Merrill, the former U.S. to date.. Deputy Commander in • the (An Exchange-Telegraph dis- India-Burma war theatre.

patch cald the dump was set On their return to the main-off accidentally during the land, General Merrill made it course of planned detonations clear that the visit had been and that military prisoners in a The main points can be cum-made in a private capacity and neighbouring. American Police, marised as follows: (1) The that no Army'ald had been ask Stockide, were evacuated

Austria's ed for or offered.--Annoriated | Nuernberg for safety).—~ABBO-

cipted Press,

This document has hitherto not been published but is un- derstood to be less a draft treaty than a memorandum, outlining the main points to be embodied in the final treaty.

of

NORTHALLERTON Independence with a four-pow-Press and Reuter.

SENTENCES

of

rectificatione if

Forged Welfare Col.'s Name

mand.

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Supremo At Singapore Conference

to

Fascist Springboard Molotov was said to have de scribed the Istrian Peninsula

er guarantee (the United States, and Venczia Giulia

Union Britain, Soviet

and The Hague, May 5.

04 the Queen Wilhelmina of the Ne-springboard for Fascist

France) to safeguard the Inde- Ex- therlands paid tribute to the Allied pansion," which he was quoted

Northallerton, May 5. pendence of Austria under the troops who freed her country as saying the "new Italy" must Sentonces imposed by court authority of the Security Coun- Faith In Britain from the Germans in a speech at repudiatë. Molotov's remark martial whon three soldiers cil of, the U.N.O. "He gave them back their Vught on the eve of today's about meeting Italy "half-way" faced charges arising out

(2) The occupation of Aus- Ilberation anniversary celebra- on other issues stirred, accord-

tria to cease as soon as tho faith in the integrity of the English race. He told them

ing to British azurces, npecula- alleged disorderly incidents treaty comes into forte. that Britain, of all countries, "We gather at this place, which tion that Russia might be will- and wilful damage of North- (3) The four nowera to re- was determined to stand by the is drenched with the blood of soing to give up her demands for allerton Military Prison on commend Austrin's admission

Leeds, May 5. principles

London, May 5. of the "Atlantic, mapy tortured men and women $300,000,000 in

Pleading guilty at Yorkshire | reparations Dec. 11 and 12 were promul- to the U.N.O. Charter.

who made the highest from Italy if the Ministers patriots

Lord Louis Mountbatten, tho' (4) Austria's frontlers to be Assizes yesterday to charges Supreme Allied sterifice which can be given by would give Tricate and the

gated yesterday.

Commander, "Must the faith of these

those of Dec. 31, 1937 except of forgery and theft totalling South human beings, after having fought

East The sentences were: On prl that in the case of the Austro-£1,572 while serving as civil-over a special conference which -70,000,000 Arabs be sacrificed

Asia, presided Istrian Peninsula.to Yugoslavia. the

ggle and

endured an agony for the sake of imposing on a

Secretary of State James gate H. McCuaid. R.A.S.C., to Italian frontier (South Tyrol); lan chief clerk in the office has just concluded in Singapore, that of

we can never small

be imprisoned with hard labour Secondary Arab .state. 100,000 Tealise," the Queen declared. Byrnes was said to have ap-

at which the "forthcoming alien immigrants for whom

would be of the Army Northern Commilitary moves in the Nether the ground for-me year and pay stoppages claimed by Austria "The conviction that in the end, posed Molotov on. even America herself-

valuda were at stake, higher even that cession of Trieste to Yugo- to make good 15-5-4d damago considered. with all her pity--is not pre-than life, raised man above him- slavia would cause trouble in Fusillers, 17 months hard la to guarantes to all citizens of Waverley Street, York, was Netherlands Now Agency roy Welfare Officer at lands East Indies archipelago" Private S. Gillesplo, Royal Scots (5) Austria to bind herself York, Sidney Mathews, 55, of were discussed, according to pared to relax the immigration self. If this spirit Ilves on and the future. IBWE?

all those who took part in the L The Italian Premier, Alcide bour: Private J. Tinworth, Mid-whatever race, religion, lan- "No. Arab can divorce him-resistance keep it alive, in the de Gasperl, who flew to Paris dlesex Regiment, 122 days

Kuage or Box the exercise of sent to penal servitude for port self from the cause of Palcs workshop, factory and office, it to picad his country's cause bo- detention and pay stoppages to the rights of man and enjoy-four years.

Major-General D. Bruman tine. I am only one, out of will penetrate society and lift it fore the Ministers, closeted him- make good 48-6-8d damage. ment of fundamental freedom,

van Vreedon,, Chief-of-Staff to higher level."—Router.

actf in the Italian Embassy Tinworth and McCuaid were notably freedom of speech, It was stated that Mathews the Netherlands East Indies during the afternoon and charged with causing wilful freedom of the press, of publi- had served sentences of in- Army, and Gilbert Mackoreth, barred all but official visitors, damage and Gillespie with at cation, of worship, of opinion prisonment for false pretences the British political advisor in

and embezzlement, Detective Java, He was described as disappoint-tempting to strike a staff and of meeting.

were also reported to ed with the intractable attitude sergeant and using, insubordin-

Officer Byrnes said that...in have been present. spito of all the money Mathews of the Yugoslav delegation. An ate language to a captain. Bucharest, May 5

"Although official Dutch and fradulently obtained he British sources in Batavia worą, The findings of the court The State will demand the Embassy spokesman said and that England has somehow death penalty for 24 lenders of had riot voiced his reaction to martial at Catterick on April 24 Austrid is to undertake. how had

pormit the exis- now had only 1-16-5,

not prepared to comment on the on 11 men accused in connectence in ker territory of organi

ever, not to been coerced by American big the country who have been in his reception by the Council.

G. W Wrangham, prosecut nature of the discussions ( business," the dispatch condicted as war criminals, it was

No Agreement

tion with the riot at the Norsations tonding to frustrate the ing, said that Mathows had may be assumed that the con thallerton prison have not yet people's rights. tinues.

reported here today. The trials The correspondent adds that are scheduled to open here on slon Mr. Bavin was sald to have

During the Council's discus-been promulgated-Reuter,

forged the name Colonel F. Fference was specially concerned (6) Treaty to settle the ques- Derwin, Welfare Officer, by with the recent developments in there were few cases of violence Monday.

tion of Gorman assets in Aus Inking over his rubber stamp |Sumatra,** the ruport added~~~- yesterday in n

the French Italo- supported demonstration Eighteen of the 24 persone, Yugoslav boundary proposals ná

THREE YEARS FOR

tla in accordance to the Pots signature. throughout the Middle East. Including former Premier Ion ethnically most accurate,

WOMAN SPY...... How long the restraint, will Inst. Antonescu, Mihal Antonescu, which Molotov is said to have

Ottawa, May 5. he adds, it is difficult to foretell, former Foreign Minister and answered that the world must Miss Kathleen Willaher, do -Reuter,

General Constantin Fantazi, halt its "discrimination against fondant in the Canadian-* --- Determined Measures

former Minister of War, hrotho south Slavs,

Bussian espionago, caso Baghdad, May 6, now Imprisoned here.

has a former employon in the office from people anxious to help cloudy, with light to modera As the second meeting closed | buon centenced to three years of the United Kingdom High welfare work. These prople Sealer wind good visibility. Six of those ladicted have without agrooment after more Imprisonment. She ploaded Commissiohor hore, and had were apparently content not to mum-800 dogs at 1 p.m.

Xardar'a temperaturos, HƐciz is paying an official visit to not yet been captured. They that two hours – of discussion guilty to violating the official access to virtually all war-time ask for receipts. It wYAN SUN- White13.8 dess at Granos Iraq, said today that the Pales- ficlude Horja Sima, 18-year old | thet Ministers : décided to hold mocrats act by giving informa communications. between O pocted that much of this money tine quoation, "concerns all former loader of the Iron-Guard, a previously, unisheduled session tion to an unauthorised person; | tawa and “Dond Houlated find boen appropriated, 1 -Arabs who can never allow Pa•|--Associated Prem

37%) today--Assoolated; Prose.

Mathews

70,000,000, but I-am express- ing the sentiments of pyery Arab in the world. The Ambs of Syria and Lebanon take.:the view, at least for the time be- ing, that the United States le tho real villain of the -piece

The Emir of Transjordan who

to

DEATH PENALTY

ha

to

dam

Economic Security

- agreement.

Economic.

Router.

Becurity a envisaged for Aus- While in charge of the Wel-

fare Office for sometime; · THE WEATHER Continued on page 2. Mathows had been receiving

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