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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1946,

NO GAMBLES WITH BREAD Plan For

Government's Decision On Rationing

Lively Scene In Commons Debate

London, July 4.

Mr. John Strachey, Minister of Food, pounding the ancient dispatch box in the House of Com- mons and raising his voice to a shout, declared today that the Government-- would not risk gambling with the people's bread, and was determined to start rationing of that commo- dity on July 21, as planned.

Mr. Strachey disclosed hitherto secret facts about Britain's supply of wheat, spoke in moderate- ly optimistic tones about the world wheat pro- spects for the coming crop year and appealed to the United States to aid in maintaining the ration of the British Zone of Germany, lest chaos result from a breakdown.

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BEAVERS COME

BACK

-London, July-A~~ Tip-of-the-chin beards ara becoming popular in London again, especially among men between 20 and 30 pars old.

Barbers say it may be u revival of the old custom

mon to among Royal Navy

keep beards or a`zolivenir, of their service. Since the reign of King George V, Navy men have liked beards, but the fuller variety, and without mustaches.-Asociated Press.

No

NO Basis For War

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NOTICE

Washington, July 4. Soviet Ambassador

The plan was Nikolai V. Novikov ex-delegates leaving the conference

as the pressed the belief today tonight

result of an original Russian alx-point plan "there is no basis which whatever for war" be- French yesterday and further amended by the

tween his country and amended by the Amorleans to- the United States and day. and shipping losses never fell declared he was

The delegates also said that confi- the Ministera below 11 weeks' supply. The

agreed on the Government had brought stocks, dent all differences be- Italian colonies question,

· M. Molotov, point which U-boats and tween them would be

at this after- the Luftwaffe had nover suc- "ironed out."

noon's meeting of the Big Four ceeded in six years. Mr. Hud-.

Foreign Ministers, refused' to He said Britain had no stocks | He said that the sending of son contended" that the ratlon-American reporter

In his first interview with an agree to fixing the date of the Europe had

21-power pence conference. until

further notice, the there being some great reserve been a factor, not the main tac.ing scheme would make no ap-presented his credentials to Pre-1 the question of Italian repara-] WEST COAST LIFE INSUR- |

saving, preciable

and the sident Truman 1 month ago, tlons, had been agreed. tor, in the present decision to necessity for it could have been Novikov and with feeling:

ANCE COMPANY requcata ration bread in Britain, but he avoided by reasonable foresight, "I know this-the people of formation expressed

Delegates who gave this in- that policyholders who have not was proud to be a citizen of the If he had been

done the hope already

60, forward the Minister the United States do not want that the conference date would present address to the head 2-tribution of that kind. The asked British farmers for an Union or any other country. I days.

office of the Company when were limita to what Britain increase of 500,000 acres of know the Soviet Union will] could do in that respect.

autumn-sown whent.

never start a war against United States or any one else. Thus any difference between us must be ironed out. I be lieve it will be ironed out,"

of wheat at all in the sense of food to Western

since he

Until