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ARCTIC GRIP NewMove PARTITION MAY

In Safety Twenty Degrees Of Frost Registered In London

Jerusalem, Jan. 29. A rumpled unshaven British judge, still dress- ed in the dignified wig) and robes of his office, was. released by his ab- ductors today as the po- lice intensified

Disorganisation Of Transport

London, Jan. 29.

their Biting cold weather accompanied by winter's heaviest and most widespread snowfalls add- ed to the discomforts of millions of fuel-short and under-nourished Europeans today:

second ⚫ search for the

British subject kidnap- ped by members of the Jewish underground..

A

Frmkfurt-eleven degrees. The German police said the situation was "serious but not an emer. gency":

A northeasterly wind swept across the continent from Russia carrying the cold wave as far Judge Ralph Windham, who

south as Italy and bringing the first real snow- was taken on Monday from the

fall of the year to Ireland. bench in his courtanm it. Tel Aviv, described his captors as

Weather forecasters were un- cordial, mannerly people who able to predict relief before Sun- were careful about seeing that day and the cold spell may con- he had enough to eat and read. tinue longer.

Heavy Snow Rasho lose w, reporting higher i

heavy They remained masked at all;

Jemperatures in Byclo-Russia, the 1 Italy-Po Valley had

yesterday hampering Bologna Windham was taken to a tex-western parts of Ukraine and the snowfall

four degrees below had about a foot and a half of tile factory on the outskirts of Leningrad area, said temperatures rond communications. Ramat Gan and released. The

Milon-the pallee immediately cordoned off Ramat Gan. a Tel Aviv suburb

bringing and began a search for

Dublin twenty-twa judge's kidnappers.Associated Press.

ein Eire was reduced to mini-

essential

timis.

the

had risen

snow;

cold;

freezing

Kecord, ne temperatures were rep:rted from many points and there were scattered reports of people freezing to death in re- less and foodless homes on the Fahrenheit. continent.

mun

sun

U.S. WALKS OUT Maquis

Nanking, Jan. 29.

The United States Govern- ment today officially announ- ced the termination of its connection with the Commit- -tee of Three, established past year for the purpose of ter minating hostilities in China, and also with the Executive Peiping... Headquarters in Reuter.

Soviet At-Bomb

Denial

Washington, Jan. 28.

Attack Village

Valencia, Jan. 28.

persons

Four

were

By Peak Tramway

The "China Mail" un- derstands that negotia- tions between the Peak Tramways and the strik- ing

have employees finally broken down.

The Company, it is under- stood, are advertising in the Chinese press for a complete new staff to replace the strikers. At the same time they are killed and 11 injured ployees who wish to stay with announcing that any old em when Maquis attacked the Company on their former the village of Rose De- terms of employment can do 80. The workers, 36 in all, walked labispo (about 40 miles from Valencia) yester-out on the evening of Jan. 21 following the fallure of the day at dawn.

The Maquis divided into two Company to concede their de

mands for increased pay email groups and attacked a

retirement pension. clubhouse and the headquarters of the civil guard, shooting a they entered. The report said the civil guards repulsed

attack.

the

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BE IMPOSED

London, Jan. 29.

The British Government may impose partition upon Palestine if the present negotiations with Arabs and Jews fail to produce any mea- sure of agreement, a high Government source said today.

Although there has been no decision pending the

outcome of the present Palestine conference in London the Cabinet, it was stated, has had two alternative proposals before it for considera- tion:

The first, submitted by the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Arthur Creech Jones, would provide that Britain arbitrarily divide Palestine into separate Jewish

Big Film and Arab states if no Jewish- Combines

Arab accord was reached

Under the alternative pro- penal, tentatively supported by the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, Britain

would

Condemned

London, Jan. 29.

lay the problem before the With one of the biggest ; United Nations and ask the and General Assembly to sanction Anglo-American film deals ever the imposition of partition by signed less than 24 hours old, Britain, Britain would be pre- the Film Industry Employees NO DUELLING pared to hear suggestons and Council today attacked Holly- recommendations from other wood, and London combines and demanded that the Labenr United Nations members.. Paris, Jan. 28.

While either proposal would Government establish a chain The Paris police today warn- ed a leading French lawyer mean the ultimate withdrawal of state-owned cinemas and

of Britain from Palestine such state film production. and a former Vichy official

A strongly-worded statement ber of guards injured, the re

that if they carried out their withdrawal would obviously not announced intention to fight a port added. The police sabre duel, they would be ar scorching for the Maquis, some rested if the police found their of whom were believed to

injured.

The wife and daughter one of the civil guards

were killed and an undisclosed nunt

which

Prees.

be

is shining." The Russian Ambassa- some relief for the dor, Nikolai Novikov, to- degrees day denied a report that Mor vehicle traf-the once said that Russia evices with had a defence against the Landon had the coldest night Carried in A Sack

Collins, British in 17 years. The BBC home ser- streets covered with a thin layer atomic bomb and per- Major H. 1.

had haps

possible a barker, had not returned to his vice to London broke down for of icy snow with more snow pre-

It was believed the attack home today many hours after his 14 minutes, this morning because dicted:

be-bomb too. Viena thirteen degrees

was in retaliation for the de- "beyond our release was reported officially at of circumstances

Novikov made the denisi tention of the group's chief, and the 6 p.m. yesterday.

buffers when its rubber Four hours later, a high paling control" and Big Ben choked up ew zero Fahrenheit at Tamswog..

oze in Western Austria. froze.

a. 20-minute visit to Levantine Maquis, and also pos- extensive cuts in heaviest sn:w of the season blan-after officer suid Collins wasn't yet in There were police hands although squads had electric and gas supplies again in keted the capital and the country: Secretary of State General sibly it was caused by the cold

Munich-thirteen degrees above Marshall.

drove the members to of the British Isles disrupting trans- been searching the outskirts

zero Fahrenheit necompanied by The Soviet Ambassador was seek food and fuel.-United, portation. Jerusalem.

Electric trains during the morn-over failures which prevented By early morning, with Collins st!!! not back hrme, his close ing rush hours were late and a bakeries from operating and the asked by reporters about a said shortage of bread is becoming statement in Drew Pearson's friends began to fear he may have Landon Transport oficial

column that Novikov had hint. cars and serious; died of his abduction injuries. breakdowns of street

Marseilles -- fifteen degrees ed to Robert Gross Leatherer trolley buses "are 50 snatched him trackless

↑ Russia had The group which

defence

Pearson reported Novikov as underground train developed en Middle East for the fifth cense- Jagainst the atomic bomb. gine trouble due to freezing, decutive day:

Yorkshire, England-twenty-six saying. "You Americans should. laying the services.

decreek:

East Coast of Scotland thirty.not depend too much on the five degrees oddly bainy wea-atomic bomb. Against France, But Italy and Germany, yes. against Russia, Do. You should London's Frost London the coldest Janúary not depend on it."

Novikov's talk with General above night in 66 years with twelve de-

grees Fahrenheit recorded shortly Marshall was his first since before 4 a.m. Snow ploughs were the new Secretary of State took clearing roads in many rural sec office. Novikov-said he had a tions of Southern, England;

Heathrow very nice talk, but that it was London airports

"juat conversation".-United

from his apartment on Sunday widespread that we have no clear Fahrenheit with two feel of snow that

and carried picture of the situation." One holding yu air services from the

chloroformed him

him

away in a sack. Others speculated that Collins was. in sound health but that the Irgun leaders decided not to re lease, both the victims the same day when they could obtain news- paper headlines en two successive days.

Below Freezing Shivering Europe reported: Paris-seventeen degrees Fah-ther renheit and a further drop Loj eight degrees predicted;

Orleans one degree

The 48-hour ultimatum to the that if the kid- extremists was papped persons were not return-zero Fahrenheit; ed safely, statutory martial law would be proclahned in Palestine,

United Press.

France-snow falling in many places including the Riviera;

Brussels-ten degrees Fahren- beit.. The two-day-old snow is not melting despite brilliant sun

Lisbon, Jan. 29,

O Seculo re-shine: The newspaper ported from Horta, Azores Islands, today that strong earthquakes shock Horta twice yesterday. - United" Press.

Berlin-eight degrees Fahren. heit at Tempelhof airfield. The authorities feared there would be several deaths from freezing:

Berlin Control Council Friction

London, Jan. 28.

"An official British denial of the Soviet statement regarding the reported utterances by Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin on reports of the Ger- man occupation was made tonight.

A spokesman of the British Control Office.for Ger- many said that contrary to Marshal Sokolov- sky's statement made in Berlin and published by Tass, Mr. Bevin never agreed that "in- förmation about reparations extracted from. the Soviet zone should not be requested from the Allied Control Council in Berlin."

One

was covered with snow but opera-1 tions were not affected greatly. Press. Northolt and Creydon airports were operating normally. FOAC plane scheduled to leave fon Palestine from Heathrow this morning was re scheduled for to- fcg on the morrow because of plane's controls;

Brighton-the sun was shining following yesterday's heavy snow- fall in this

his Channel resort. The coldest temperature in 19 years was recorded last night with reading of 15 degrees Fahrenheit T:nbridge-four degrees Fah renheit was recorded last night, the lowest noerature in living menary-United Press.

Paraguay Revolt Quelled

Ascunción, Jan. 28.

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SHANGHAI

FIRE

SEQUEL

Shanghai, Jan. 29. The special board of Inquiry investigating charges that municipal fire-fighters démand- ed gold bara before putting out a blaze which destroyed, ten large houses on Chinese New

endezvous.

challenge to a duel was made by Colonel Andre Grous- sard, former Vichy emissary to London, -to Maitre Maurice Gaston as a result, of the lot. Inst ter's successful defence

former week of Rene Hardy, resistance leader, who was ac- quitted of treason. Reuter.

CNAC Wreck Sighted Near Hankow

Shanghai, Jan, 29.

Although no official news is yet available grave anxiety is felt here for the safety of the 26 oc- cupants of a CNAC twin-engined airliner which disappeared shortly before noon yester- day while Chungking bound from Shanghai. The wreckage was located today about " 100 miles from Hankow..

Unconfirmed reports suggest that the wreckage ap- peared badly damaged when sighted from the air. There were also reports that planes saw a crowd standing around the plane which show- ed no evidence of fire and seemed to be in fair- ly good shape.

A jeep rescue mission left Hankow this morning for the, rite of the crash'dnd no authen- tic information will be avail- áble until its report is received. Piloted by New Yorker Captain John Papajik, the

Mt. Parker

Year's Eve, heard an allogation Air Victims

today that the fire actually had been doused but burst out again an hour later.

Buried

Other allegations:-The fire-" men, drank hot tea and wine

Manila, Jan, 29. while the fire was going on;

Funeral services were the wardrobe in one of the held at 8 a.m. today for house was hacked open and a jewel box in it disappeared; victims of the Philippine attempts were made to obstruct Air Line's crash in Hong the US, 701 Montaion Kong. fire brigade from joining in the

4,

A revolutionary plot by sub altern officers of the Pars been The comments by Tans grove, ish economic data about their guayan Air Force has from the Foreign Ministar's zone was the mot of the differ discovered, it was officially re discussions in New York draw- ences that had arisen in the vealed today. ing up progress reports for the Cuntrol Council...

The announcement said the Moscow conference. Mr. Bevin The British commander-in-pletters planned an uprising, had asked that each occupying chief, Sir Sholto Douglas, im beginning January 24 and firefighting.

The bodies arrived in Manila power should furnish

The board is questioning the at 8.30 p.m. yesterday in sealed a commediately told Marshal Soke through the night of January plete report about all outgoingslovsky that Britain was ready 26."

firemen tomorrow when an ex-ight mahogany casks. from their zone whether ast furnish Information on any

Jose Trillo, PAL personnel The revolt was discovered planation is expected why it reparations or paid exports and point on which all the other when Air Force officers took 10 fire engines 18 hours manager, said that all whether from capital equip-occupying powers would do thei ment or current production, same, and had never objected sought to seize the military to combat the fire-United victims were fully covered by

Mr. Bevin withdrew this to the working out of agreed airport on Monday night, it Press. suggestion after the Russia progress reports by the Con- added. assurance that all requested trol Council on that basis, as

facts would be covered in re-requested by the Foreign Minis and ended the shortlived revolt Yoshida Cabinet

ports under other headinguers at their New York meet

Guards resisted the attacki

tionUnited Press.

for instance, a progress report ing. Britain, however, was un- THE WEATHER

on economic policy measures. willing to submit information monthly statistics of all bran unilaterally. He said that in cher of production and 'a cen- this he agreed fully with the sus of the remaining German statement. made by the Industrial capacity. But he commander-in-chief, General never agreed that the Soviet MeNarney-Reuter. Union should submit its report

on the economy of the eastern

zone only to Moscow and not

together with the other powers ON OTHER PAGES

in the Contral Council,

The spokesman of the Bri-

tish Control Office for Cermany

-Page Tuo

Major Boxer and Sailo

added that the information Maintenance Cizim, Contained in tonight's state. Page Three ment had already been, pansed i

on to British representatives in Fano Four Berlin,

Keito Camp Kindness,"

Britain

and Hong Kong.. Creech Jones Warding To Jewa volte, said that in the British | Page Fight St.

vies. Razstan reluctance to furn- Mr. Churchill Rebuked.

Root Of The Trouble Pena Flyst-

markud

An elongated sultryclone est ends from La Bastin, China but is our Ferlly-wakening in the B. A

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the

plane carried 23 passengers, including 11 foreigners-six Americans and five Canadians

and a crew of three.

The American passengers were: 'Methodist Bishop Schuy- ler Edward Garth and Mrs. Garth of Madison, Wisconsin, Bishop Garth arrived in China orly on December 81 last on his first assignment.

Mrs. and Mr. Robert A Vick of Cheshire, Connecticut and their two children. Paul, ten months old, and Theodore, who is three. The Vicks are Americ- can Baptists (North).

The

Canadian passengers were: Mrs. Frank Miller and i her three sons, Peter, Paul and Philip, who were en route 'to join Mr. Miller of the China Inland Mission at Chengtu They arrived. recently from Vancouver, BC, Mrs. Beatrice Kitchen of the United Church of Canada, whose husband and deugther proceeded her to Chungking by plane on Sun. day.

Meanwhile, the other CNAC plans (No. 188) which has been with 18 passengers and a crew missing since last Saturday

be possible until order was from the Counell followed an Warner announcement that assured.

Mr. Bevin and Mr. Creech Brothers and Associated Jones were to begin conversa- British Pleture Corporation had tions with David Ben Gurion agreed to join forces to make with and Moshe Shertek today. six British pictures

and to Neither side held out any hope American directora that they would result in Jew- spend £1,000,000 in modernis. Ish participation in the con- ing and re-equipping the Elstree ference, which resumés to Studios.

morrow. Mr. Bevin will then On Anglo-American. Alms, reply to the threat of Arab the unions said: "British films resistance to the partition pro-made by American companies. Pasal United Press.

Vietnamese Repulsed

Paris, Jan. 29. Twe companies of Vietnam. troops attempting to storm the French airport at Nam, Dinh in Tongking were strafed by French Junker and Spitfire planes and fed, leaving do deed, according to reporta from Handi.

Vietnamese elements had a tempted to work their way into

own under the cover of dark ness and had lit a number Ares,

the French communique

demiclled in Great Britain ere

a little removed, save from be- Ing generally inferior, fram American films made by American companies in their cwn-country--United Press.

BANKER'S. SUDDEN" DEATH

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London, Jan. 28. Edwin Fisher, Chairman of Barclay's Bank, died within a few hours of being taken ili in the Queen's presence at Buck ingham Palace and rushed to a London-ellnic in an ambulance. stated.

Fisher had been called to Vietnam reports described the Palace yesterday afternoon to plight of the French troops in discuss private business with Nam Dinh as "critical" and said

the Queen and during his talk, that they were entrenched in the he became ill and died last colton works and were encircled night.-Reuter.

by Vietnamese troops.-Reuter.

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TOUGHENED GLASS PANEL bodies back to Manila, reported on his arrival to Colonel Jesus

FLECTORS AND FACINGE Villamore, Director of Aeronau- tice. but no details were dis clored.

Jan. 29. Tokyo Premier Yoshida's plans to re- sign and then organise a new coalition Cabinet hit a snag again PAL officials announced that when the Social Democratic Party" "all of the gold" in the ill-fated my wustward is moving afternoon refused to

Yoshida's oner, of, Social Dampcarfler report from Hong Kong plane had been recovered. An

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R.A.F. Crash In HEAVILY CHROMED RE- Singapore

Singapore, Jan. 29, this morning near Changi. R.A.F.. Beaufighter crash)- Singapore Laland. The pilot insisted on gold was now in, bank vaults was killed and another officer, 1:200 deprecators are moving from Weeping Finance Minister Tanzan in Hong Kong.

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Captain Victer Dizon, of who was a passenger, was in- Today's Forecast. Moderate. Ea winds, mocrats are strongly opposed." the Bureau of Aeronautles, is jured and taken to hospital

The Stelal Democrats informed scheduled to leave today for The Beau-fighter crashed Yoshida that he roust first resign Hong Kong for an on-the-spot shortly after leaving Selstar and, then discuss the coalition investigation of the crash and burst into flames after with the leaders of the five major Dizon told the United Press: striking, the ground. The pas political parties without any com "We are trying to pick up all senger managed to scramble mitment United Press.

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out the fire. Reuter

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