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Relief For Britain

1. London, Mar. 29.

While the first of the 30 United States Dakotas bringing American. Red Cross relief for British flood victims are expect- ed to land in this country today, eight Trent side, villages are cut off in a new flood threat.

Hundreds of people on the loutskirts of Scunthorpe. 1:-

colnshire, have been evacuateli Land may

been more have warned to prepare for flooding or evacuation.

Thousands of acres of foot! producing land in Lincolnshire are now under water.

In Selby, Yorkshire, floats are) receding so slowly, that fire) service pumps were brought in

* today to try to clear some parts j

of the marommed town.

**

The sealing of the River Oure embankment at Barlby.

near

Selby, by troops of Northern Command, will take two days. -Reuter.

BY

CHINESE TROOPS

Followed The Formosan Riots

Massacre Followed The

HITLER WAS FURIOUS

Venice, Mur. 30. Hiller was farins that the Altid bridgehead ut Anzie, Italy was not liquidated und ordered 30 to une rrutiaals

quinat.

partisans, General

former Www.phal Chief-of-Staff of Field-Mar- what Albert Kesselring, told the court trying the former German Communster-in-Chief in Italy today.

Hitler's reprisal oriler secam atre malified to 10 to one. The witness said that Kesarl ring won greatly respected in The Vatican for the steps he took to save the city of Rome. The caust adjourned until Monday--Reuter.

Viaduct Washed Away Tarzan

Hereford, Mar. 30. The flood waters of the River Wye today washed away part

Western of the Great viaduct at Strangford, Hére- ford, near Backney Hall. leny. ing the rails hanging 40 feet

above the river.

The viaduct carries a single

line

between Hereford Roos-on-Wye.---Reuter.

anci

Cho-Cho-San Drunk With Freedom

The

Tokyo, Mar. 30.

evening

paper "Shin

news-

Tactics

"Blood Bath In

Taiwan"

Shanghai, Mar. 30.

Chinese troops sent to Formosa to quell the riots which started there on Feb. 28 perpetrated "some of the most unimaginable atrocities," declared John W. Powell In an article in the "China Weekly Review" after a visit to the island.

He said a conservative estimate placed the num- ber of Taiwanese killed by Chen Yi's adminis- tration at 5,000 with thousands, more impri- soned.

He said the riots culminated aydar and a half of flagrant Chinese misrule, in which Tai- wanese were "squeezed and op- pressed far worse than when ruled by the Japanese.

Powell's article. entitled Blood Bath in Taiwan," said Chen Yi coupled trickery with n. reign of terror.probably un- equalled in history.

Kuomintang China has vir tually suppressed the rebellion, London, Mar. 30.

which began when the people Harry Bernstein learned to- rose on Feb. 28 in defiance of

an his administration. day Tarzan tactics were

The riots were preceded by expensive way to keep a wife

because hej extremely Revere searches of who left, him became bald before the honey-shops anci peddler stands by the new police trying to enforce economie regulations which virtually abolished private trade Central and directly violated Government laws.

Book was over.

Last June, Harry had a heat of hair and a new bride but a Yew weeks later his hair Logan to go una his wife followed.

sont

When she refused to return "until your hair returns", hair-1 less Harry heaved a haymaker to her chin.

At the London Magistrate's Court on Saturday Harry was told to keep the peace and to pay the Court elerk' £2 26. an the way out.-United Press.

Hochi" DUEL A FLOP

laments that many Jap-

l'aria, Mar. 30..

Last Straw The proverbial last straw cameron the day when a police- man killed a 40-year-old woman, protesting at the seizure of her cigarette tray, and a man died through a shot fired into a crowd by another policeman.

By March 1. rioting broke many of hul in most cities. which were in the hands of the Taiwanese.

Communications had col- lapsed and most regular Tal- wanese policemen left their posts.

Dum-Dum Bullets

The Government tried to counter roving mobs in the with flying strecta Taire' squads, which fired into Elem with machineguns. Examination the wounds, showed dum-dum bullets were used,

Twenty-five Taiwanese were killed, and 125 wounded when troops machinegunned a crowd outside a railway station.

Following the 'massacre' Chen Vi promised to accept two de- nevertheless, rloting

mande,

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Dusseldorf, Mar. 30.

A senior British offi- cial said

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POLISH MINISTER

ASSASSINATED

Warsaw, Mar. 29.

Ukrainian terrorists operating on the Soviet-Polish border have assassinated General Karl Swler- czewski, Polish Vice-Minister of National De- fence.

Unconfirmed reports reaching

the capital said that other high

on Saturday ranking officers and the general's massacred night that no actionbodyguard staff were

by the assassins who wern mem- would be taken against bors of the Ukrainian under- peaceful German

Upa, which acck de-ground

en "Inderen Ukraine." monstrations .. because""The general was a veteran of

protest meetings are con- the Spanish civil war in which be

sidered a "good safety fought as "General Waiter."

Tass, the official Soviet News

Children Without

Brains

Tokyo, Mar. 30.

He said the attitude would morning near Sanok, about 110 not prevall if violence breske miles southeast of Crackow.

Unconfirmed reports gave, the out, but none is expected-place ng Reeszow, which is about United Press,

30 miles north of Sanok.

A Kyodó dispatch from Although the assassination will Nagasaki quotes a staff Baturally fead to a tightening ub

valve to allow the Ger-Agency, said Inst night that the New York, Mar. 29.

murder was, carried out yesterday The lending

mans to let off steam" American Liberal and former Secretary of Commerce, Mr. Henry Wallace. annaunted today his forthcoming that after visit to Britain, he will go to Paris, Stockholm, Oxlu and Copenhagen,

with "ty talk Government leaders on teas of strengthening the United and to experience the Natione reaction of the man-in-the- street to American

While in France, Air. lace expects to meet_Prime Minister Ramadier and other leaders and will address pub- lic meetings. He has hem in- vited to sneak in Stockholm on April 17, in Oslo on April 18 and in Copenhage April 20. Mr. Walluce will Leuve for Britain by air on April 7.--Router,

Pause For Cat-Calls

clccles

More Strikes

of security measures, relaxed a doctor, Shigeru Ito, of Dortmund, Mar. 30.

a result of the decline in under- the Nagasaki Medical British troops standing by ground activity, poilical rendy to deal with violence as in Warsaw

University Hospital stressed that the 'mur- demonstrations. and strikes der was the work of Ukrainian Obstertics Department, broke out again today in the terrorists and not of Polish un stating he had not up to hungry, war-shattered Ruhr derground workers, 17,000 of district of Germany,

whose members have surrendered the present "heard of a under the Government's amnesty, single instance of a freak The amnesty does not apply

being born to anyone in- the Upa.-Neuter.

jured by the atom officials at Dusseldorf said to

bomb." day.

to

Some cities are down to a few hour's supply of food, but British Army transport is be ing mobilised to rush all possi-¡ blc food to the famine areas. **

Armoured. exercises were "Every day 5-0,000 tons are from due to be despatched from ports a few kilometreg Dusseldorf, the scene of yester to the North Rhine-Westphalia dny's acts of violence,

area, and every day we have

held

Dr. Ito said, however, he knew two children were born without brains, But the Kyodo News, Agoney quotos him as

If the coal strikes spread the ¦ been recolving only 4-5,000 saying these mothers were at

hopes of reaching 250,000 tons

of coal as a daily output by May, may be disappointed.

tons

tons," officinis sald.

"Where it disappeara to is

a considerable distance

from

not yet known. But we do know the atom bomb and it cannot births Grain Vanishes

that all that grain could not be decided that these

were a result of the blast." Thirty thousand

of disappear accidentally." grain-enough to feed the Officiala added that investiga- Kyodo sald the Atom Bomb Ruhr for one month-disap.tions are in progress and no Commission report in Washing- be given ton last week-iindicating "pós- peared in the past few weeks more details could on its way from German North for fear of hampering the in-sibility of freak births to atom Sen ports, Control Commission vestigators.--Reuter.

He Was Her Man..

Paris, Mar. 29.

bomb, survivors "has caused a big jolt" to Nayasaki residents,

It quoted the doctor as, ex- plaining that mora men died from the band thirf x, women “because there were big factor. les in the blast centra and more. men worked in. them."

Shanghai, Mar, 30. Cats are supposed to catch and kill rats, but a female cat owned by Li Yeh-sai of Hsinhochich A truce, however, was arin Wenchow doesn't cagged with A representative know it Talwaneso Committee, Inclu

Recently, A baby rat wan Lydie Baseten, looking scared but defiant, declared Ing prominent Taiwanese, which

cam-given to Li by a barber across

today that her former lover, Rene Hardy, who was formed to load the paign for political and economic the street na food for his cat. which had just given birth to

is charged with betraying his resistance com- reforms.

The Committed presented 32 two kittens. To Li's amazement, rades because of his love for her, was innocent."

which if accepted not only did the cat fail to The next day riots began. A demands

Surrounded by newsmen and fi It was rumoured that Lydle mul marched toward Chen Yi's would be tantamount

to the kill the rat but she fed it on French pullee, Lydio finally left escaped from Paris to Switzer- her own milk and housed Ither Lausanne hotel and arrived land, after the Hardy case offer to petition for compensa-near independence of Taiwan.

Included in them were the with her kittens. tion for the relatives of the

in Paris this morning. "I could came to court, to join a wealthy re- the Swiss manufacturer, who two dead and punishment of withdrawal of all troops from

Occasionally, she even licked not stand it any more", the policemen responelble, but the mainland and popular elec

rat affectionately. The dark-eyed sultry beauty told placed Ilardy in her affections.ing, an increasing birth rate. the gendarmes opened fire kill-

climax came when, the rat dis-1 reporters.

It said deaths since begin-* ing four Talwanese and wound-

appeared one day. The cat went

"I am not under arrest but the French authorities: She in-] ning : September; 1945 "wore right out; found it, and brought

visted that Hardy was innocent | 0,028' males and 8,428 females, it back home--United Press.

und Lydie revealed detalis only showing no big change in the 'death rate. — Associated Press

10. Ale, Ale, The Gang's

Two Deputies of the French Na anese women and girls tional Arembly blazed away at are drifting into im-vach other with pistols at 25 paces moral love affairs be-in France's first post-war dueling several others.

cause they are

drunk

but both missed,

The

with the heavily intoxi-former

between

and

and

Meanwhile, another mob beat the two policemen to death duel wils

Minister, sacked the tobaceo monopoly Information inston Deferre, who is the chol building. throwing out cating freedom which lenger, and M. Pazi Bastid, pub-burning all good there

her of Aurore. The fuel took in the capital, Taipei, grabbing morning news- Mobs surged through streets

place in the wooded area near the and beating all mainland Chin- suburb of Rambouillet.

ese they could find, sucked muiny Chinest homes, and burning their contents in the streets.

has been bestowed upon them.

Paper "Aurore."

The communique issued by the four seconds said two bullets were red without result and "there is

The paper pointed to the case of 24-year-oli Matsuko Yoneya- ma, who robbed another woman of her husband and despite the mtercession of the police ariano reconciliation."--United Press. mantly refuses to give in her m1.

Citing the Potsdam Declara- tion. Matsako told the pollee "Am I am not free lo love any man I choose even if he is mar rial! My love afair is my ow ofar and that of nobody else!"

The police arked the girl

Raising

Of

piling

Of Standards

Living

London; Mar. 30.

"do you really expect tobo Decisions must be reached at the International

happy by making others un- happy, expecially this man's svife and children?" whereupon Matsuko replied "I do not care how you čok at it. I still do not want anybody to Interfore with my freedom."

xald tho Kirl's

The paper

unhappy parents had appealed

Trade Organisation conference in Geneva on April 10 which will raise living standards all over the world, Mr. Walter Nash, Finance Minister of New Zealand, told Reuter in an in- terview here today when stressing that the. Latin-American, Asiatic and European coun- tries will be represented at the conference.. Mr. Nash, who is in London; a great deal has to be done by and Inde.

to the police to lecture their for the current Commonwealth 'charity'. Charity loans daughter on moral discipline trade talks, anticipated a suc-credits cannot continue ana filial duty.

crasful outcome from the con-finitely. The paper.

by concluded

forence and wald: "I think too "When we have world Gov- countless stating there are

much emphasis has been pub- crhment-perhaps in 100 years' other

whore Japanese | women have twisted the mean- licly placed on horse trading, time-things, will be different.

en tariffs and Imperial

"Meanwhile we must see that pre-

canca

THE WEATHER

mattor.

WHO'D BE A CIVVY?

Lincoln, Neb, Mar. 29. Frank E. James, fother of 11 children and with another on the way, took a look at the US Army recruiting postér and joined up.

month James earned $185 a during the wear as a essential wrider for a rulireed. An buck private, his salary and allotment will totul. $383 à month-United Press.

tion of officials right up to the "overnor himself.

Chen 1,, who was expecting troops from the mainland, placated the Committee but stalled off decisions until the arrival of reinforcements.

From the deadlock, through. March 13, the city experienced a blood bath with troops shoot. Ing Taiwanese on sight with machineguns and automatic rifles. I

the

All Here!

Beaumont, Tex, Mar, 20, Of all the cats in town, the one belonging in Pelico Chiet Artic Pellock had to disgrace himself (and the chief) by going to focul hotel and getting drunk.

The police station cat, which seems to be just as content with- out f name, learned that his three meals a day were coming from nearby hotel. He decided to take look, but me rascal gave him a bottle of beer.

The chief refused to believe it,

in Switzerland every move

•

She was questioned today by

made was followed and docu- mented. I have come to Parls to her lawyer-United Press.

in to go before the fulge of struction because. I could not stand the lies they were telling about me hi the papers. I will defend Rene Hardy," she said.

Wearing a silver fox and turban which emphasized her slightly oriental features, the 25-year-old former minis- hinted

Егенн

cont

of Itené Hardy, that she nr longer love the re- sistance hero. "Thora are many things which separate us," sho told a reporter of the newspù- "but I will

but next day the same cat turn: Per France Soft,

uffer myself as witness ed up at the station. somewhat the worse for wear-United Press, testify in his favour."

Anglo-Soviet Treaty Revision Talks

Moscow, Mar. 29.

During this period some of Conversations between British and Soviet repre-

the most unimaginable atroci- Lies were perpetrated.

• Foreign Witnesses

sentatives for a revision of the Anglo-Soviet treaty have begun in Moscow.

to

The talks are between Andrei Vyshinsky, deputy Soviet Foreign Minister, and M. Golunsky, re- presenting Russia, and Sir Maurice Peterson, British Ambassador in Moscow, and Sir Oliver Hardy, Deputy Permanent Under-Secretary, at the Form Office, for Britain. between Talpol and

The first Th were dard of living, by elts own of Keelung were castrated, ears Moscow in the was held, in view with the British Foreign

Soviet Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin.

It was pointed out that the interview. was in sporet In "mecord-

Quoting eye-witness accounts/ from reliable but unidentified Ing of the new freedom given ferences which will take place conditions enable every country foreign observers, Powell said them since the Japanes · Bur- ronder.—United Pross,

in Geneva between the British so to utilise ita resources as to in one instance 20 youths in a Commonwealth and the United | be able to pay for a high atan village States, as though they the only two participants who forts. I am certain that in the cut off and noses slit before office on Thursday and the second

long run Britain's difficulties liey were bayoneted and their meeting als "pokesman today ance with custom and that sell "Naturally as two of the can only be completely over bodies thrown into a creek,AgBritish An anticyclone covers the Yellow Bee world's major trading powers come through the increased Live by dismount from a lations will be completed before demounted car peculativ Agency A gendarme, ungered by a expressed the hope that the hego-reports regarding it thould be and. & Japan and snuther, centred peer and areas they must play a fot raw materials" at preseht

the Foreign Ministera.. report said tha; Marshal, Stalira major part in the tariff discus- buried in those areas of the bicycle when ordered, slashed the end of the Moscow meeting A United Staten, sfons, but the attitude of other world which are called under his hands with a bayonet beThe main known proposals for offered economical tance to

* Britain during the meeting fore running him through the revision are countries is going to be ex-developed. It la therefore in One foreign observer watched the Soviet alde: A. revision the two statesmen, flauter, tremely important Britain's own interazie to see troops searching hauspo, wans of article on mutual susistance "We must reach decisions at that the Geneva confervice je tonly shooting whoever opened-askinst. German, aggregaton); > Geneva which will raiso ¡iving successful in helping the under the door in front, diferenta to make it Indexendent of the standards in all parts of the developed countries to develop placres.

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