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which precipitated the Although most people now, Conservative back benchers and temper

unruly scene in, that do adays are realising how much cursome front benchers wmit the only Ilves in England are, governed active leadership of the Oppeal-corous discrizion, supported Mr. taken out of Mr. Wyatt's allegations of waste of by International conditions there tion to bo

intensified interest in this Church's hands though they manpower in the forces but an week's Contrond change-verstill want to retain his powers of amendment was withdrawn with- from foreign affairs which have massivo orstcry and political cut being forced to a division. dominated debates recently to phrase inventiveness. One of his The average soldier's chief in Concentration on home 'affaire. plums this week was to refer to terest in the debate will probably buttons that Primary cause if this nwitch the size of the Civil Service add-be in, those new

will not need polishing. Behind round to looking gfter our awa*ing.

the scenes, fairly worm argument

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CARNIVAL

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CỐTH, 1986 BY KEA BERTICE, INC. 3. M REG. U. &. PAT: DEF

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"Where is your professional spirit, O'Dowd?' You can't let a little cold get you down-the show must go on!"

Communist Leader's Grim Story Of Il Duce's Death

II

business was the Churchilljari Lighter Moments, vole of cunsure which he hitched "The Socialisi ideal is to reduce developing over the size of the Two things emerge clearly from up to the debate on the White us to one vast Wormwood Scrub-armed force and may come to ahend when Liberals propose the official announcement on In-Paper on Britain's economic polbery but," he went on. "I do not the rejection af the National Alon Once more we were wern. wish to exaggerate because at come Tax made last evening, ed beforehand that this would Wormwood Scrubbs there is only Service Bill on the ground that Government still intends to pro- be a major attack on the Labour one official to every fcur manpower is essential for maxi:

There ceed with the Inland Revenue Cabinet.

insinua prisoners. Whereas up to now we tlong that rebels within the Bill despite the critics and de-i

have the advantage of only one Labour Party were this time amelat to look after every eight All this of course will bring us spite the view of the augmented going to give Mr. Attien a first wage earners or producers." back again into the field of for. Taxation Committee that it class headache and solemn

Two or three other lighter cign affairs. Thus it is a case circuinted should be postponed for twelve stories were

about momenta illumined an otherwise of "This is where we came in months. Government has

three line Whips being issued.

The sambre debate. The best of these as we say at the cinema. com. General suggestion W49 tho was Mr. Clement Davies's com- Commons Is beginning to grasp promised to an important extent Labour Cabinet was

about tment what the song in the heart the fundamental fact that in and it is now a reasonable assump face its ghost gruelling test since of the Chanceller of the Exche;ereased comforts at home can tion that the standard rate will it took office. A three days' de- quer might turn out to be wind only come from increased har

and there 011 the national stomach. But mony abread so that the result not be in excess of ten per cent. bate was arranged

were whispers that "anying

· In addition, the Bill is to be submight happen." The actual pro" i though the level of most speeches of the discussions now going on

was high, the House gradually Imitted to detailed examination by cecdings hnd touch of anti-realised the

11

time was past I yet another committee with a climax about them.

mere word spinning and that view to the removal of any pro You wil have already have

not be cured even by the mont visions which might inflict special read vefuminous reports of the sick economic condition can- debale published in the Press

brilliant oratory. |hardship, on any section of the and though they made excellent

Nevertheless, the Commons as community-a term of reference reading matter the average citi;

83 whole refused to accept the which can be as wide or as narzen nished up echoing the words

foreboding of Oliver Lyttelten. one of Cripps' pre- row as the committee, in its judgf Mr. Clement Davies, Liberal gloomy

MP, "Where d›› we go from decessors at the Board of Trade, ment, chooses to decide-and there?"

that "national bankruptcy is not the removal of anomalies or con-i Realistic Gravity

far

away," They preferred flicts between various provisions

Cripps own summing up, "Any- of the draft Bill. These decis When Cripps opened amid anone who looks at a realistic pic- sions are such as may well justify atmosphere of realistic gravity ture of the things act forth in the we felt that this debate really Economite Survey, as portraying a re-assessment of the present

was going 10 get somewhere, disaster, or forecasting catos-

Floitera Rome, Mar, 30.

to Mussolini fre m the public attitude to the plan for Almost every MP had a copy of trophe must completely misun-

Audisiu, hundane, Duce's missing treasure hoard: direct taxation, especially in the the White Paper Economie Gur-derstand the temporament of the moustached 37-year-old, Com- 2. Colonėl Charles HONG KONG CANTON EXPORT CO., LTD.light of the submissiont of the vey for 1047 on his iuers und British people. It is a challenge

Poletti, munist partisan who executed former Lieutenant Governor of Bill to free examination by a to cheering New York, approved of Musso-

15,000 and lini's execution without trini. nine-man · committee which in-notes us le spoke that he was is not a record of their failure crowd of between

only-interrupied twice in tla or their impetence. That

today that the cludes but one Government offi- two hours' uration.

was said in the first few hours 20,000-Roman

Heavy Guard vial, oven though he may be the Everybody waited breathlessly of the debate and nothing said Fascist dictator "trembled before Potential taxgather-in-chief. The for him to reveal whatever plan afterwards during the three days death and died vilely."

Audinio кроке from a raised the Government had for pulling lessened the import of Cripps' Audisio, mystery partisan teeling that the time is inopporus through our admitted serious message.

known until recently

platform bearing iwa Communist only and four Italian flags and was tune will not, however, readily situation. Shern of such mluor

Diagnosis

Colenci Valerio, described the guarded by hundreds of unit:rm- slain." succumb either to the sharp cut ints as the likelihood of coali As the members fled through last moments of Mussolini ated Italian civil police as well us In an effort to counter-act the in the standard rate or to the in- rationing for domestic users, and the lobbies for the eventual divi- gigantic open air political rally a tow reploads of Anglo-Ameri- growing sentiment against

sions they seemed to imply that in Massenzio Basilien, the mas-can military police plus hund execution and desecration of the business and professional men to George Isanes' subsequent war debute as a National Inquest was sive arched ruins of a former reds of Communist plainclothes- bodies, Audisio said "There is now

temple which overl:oks men.

speculation on the so-called max improve upon the structure of ing that mid-week; sport was to forgetting that you cannot have pagan

Communists fear for his Ife at encre of Dongú and v the ugly the proposed Ordinance and ren- be abandoned and football pools an inquest without a dead body the Roman Forum.

and Britain is anything but a It was Audisio's first pubile der it more acceptable. Postpone skeletonised to release all pos corpse. Truly she is stele but appearance since the Communists the hands of political enemies or affair of Piazza Loreto, I want to residual Fascist fanatics and the tell you something quite new sible manpower, the only big

calmed the Nations) ment for a year, regarding that feature of the Cabinet plan ap plenty of doctors are in attend revealed his identity two weeks belief his life is not worth a which just ended as a year of struggle peared to be the strengthening of case fairly reliably diagnosed.

ance and they now have the,dis-ago.

soldo" has become the theme of Liberation Committee of Northern "His hour and 40 minutes and rehabilitation, an abnormal inter-Govt planning staffs who

Purpose of the new planning address was careful synthesis restaurant jikes and serious dis-

tlon) at the time, year not appropriately to be taxed' would be co-ordinated under arrangements now proposed will of the Communist Party line cn/cussion là every police station/als (which ordered the .exechs

and politient headquarters.

"At first the Commliteo ww the missing Finally coming to the actual afraid the execution would hur upon retrospectively, will still sert of super-planner in chic, be to decide the best remedial Mussolini's death,

Labour MP: "fad already been

Mussolini treasure, the dangers appear to a goodly majority "as told behind the scenes about this Points about the size of the of neo-Fascism and Anglo-Ameri-execution of Mussolini which the Allies. But Colonel Poletti, the civil commander for the he carried out în April 28, 1945;] the arrived in Milan on the discussion of the Army But it niso proved that

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Walter

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Communists

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crimes of which you are gully. Ils mercy in infinito."

Audisio kald the bodies of Mus- solini, Petacei and the others were taken to Plazza Loreto

mauled Milan where they were,

and spat on by a crowd before being hanged by thoir wola.."They were hung by their hosla, because there was a moral significance in exposing them in Piazza Lore where 14 of our martyra had beg

the

the soundest and most practical planning idea and certain mem-British Army came up again on can Imperialism.

near the village of Dongo and of politics, Salaries already bers of the rupk and le pressed spent and business profits set off that this industrial, and economic Estimates when it became

hent, Audisio related: and who op- purent that a section of Labour Communist hero

Okay "On how Mussolini behaved directly to Plazza. Loreto and ex

thos pressed himself Mr.peared in a blue baret and yel- tell you without, fear

Any Italians are good Italians." members was still uneasy.

was an excellent deniul I had the impression of Callaghan (Labour MP), whose low remarks during the Economie de orator with a sense of humtur. shooting not men but beings in-

"Okay" It also disclosed:

ferlor to men. When a man is bale were generally believed to

"At that moment a group, been the cause of Mr. 1. The

brought have

Communista · believe facing death he must low how young unusuri loss Alexander'a

of Mr. Winston Churchill stole his

the minimum acquire

of around Achillo Staraco (former human dignity but instead Mus. Fascist Parly accretary). He with solini trembled before death. He shot right under the eyes of did not recall his dear ones,' Poletti who again sald Okey neither his wife nor his children, Italians, Justice is done. Th He did not utter anything of was also the impression Poletti spiritual value. And when pes passed on to the Liberation Com- plo today try to rehabilitate his mifttee." memory I say he died more vile- ly that the other Fascist chleft shot at Dongo."

high command should be vested against severe

Jusses and in the Cabinet itself. necessarily churned back into the

But Mr. Attlee would not have business, appeal to few as suitable this as he felt it might diminish sense of respon. and justifiable sources of surprise the Individual

siblity

of the various ministers. taxation. The lower level of the This uncusy feeling in the Labour standard rate; as now proposed, ranks that the new plan was not comes merely ELS a mitigating quite good enough was probably factor.

storm which Much will, of course, behind the small finally depend upon the findings broke out when it was realized that a only fraction of the and recommendations of the com- hundred and twently members of mittee headed by the Hon. Mr. all Parties who had Indicated a A. Morse. Mr. Morse's views desire to speak would possibly be within the Thaits of a en direct taxation were clearly heard expressed at the recent meeting their teeth in vain.

three-day debate, They gushed

Stolen Thunder

Big guns on the Treasury

d

thunder and dis-

BARCLAY ON BRIDGE

By Shepard Barclay',

"The Authority on Authorities"

BLOCKS YOUR OWN SIDE

Firearms Fail

Audisio, who was very specific

on this written orders from the Liberation Commitice to execute of shareholders of the Hong

Mussolini and the others, said, be had no orders on the treasure Kong and Shanghai Banking Cor-

column 9X+

which the last Fascist poration, but while he refused to Opposition benches stole must of

"What a terrible bid!"

On ine elual execution in reportedly was carrying. subscribe to the clamour against the orucular

claimed North as he saw ono-

and his mis- which Munnclini

The anti-Communist opposition cards of South's! Income Tax, he made one in- gruntled back benchers went off

tress, were mowed down before, now. charges Audinio's 52nd Com- at the end of it all depressed A high original sult bid by-one the

hand."We had laydown for

ja brick wall by his machinegun, munist Partisan Brigado seized portant reservation that persons with the feeling that the speeches blocks everybody from a good on the lower scales of salaries had been political rather than chance to show what he has often tricks at either No Trumps Audisio mentioned only he had the treasure including 20,000,000,- should not have their standard of constructive. Nobody the value in his hand. It obstructs or hearts. You should have bons cunction within the life in gold for the Commu-

although they mist Party. living reduced. Since Govern Treasury bench added anything

After repeating the Communlat was good for a sure eight tricks did not function at all."

Audisio told his listeners they explanation that mont of the ment is determined to push the very solid to Sir Stafford Cripps Your own partner just as much started with one, as your hand rms functioned

broad outline. Inland Revenue

Possibly they as it obstructs your opponents.

the newspapers local population where the Fascist therefore, Mr. Morse is perhaps with. But about the middle of

the Communist newspaper

on

that

Also failed

Bill through, I thought enough to be going caį Consequently, it is undesirable! at No Trumps if I could stop could read other detalls of the trensure was dispersed among the

to make such a bid except when the other suits before the de-execution in

fense had five tricks." the happiest choice of chairman the second day, deterioration set the impeding of the opposition

It was a terrible bid. Most Unita" has copyrighted his story column halted for six hours on the of the

"What I know is the so-called- new committer. The in. Mr. Alexander began it by can benefit you more than the Ane players will not make nin Italy and for sale abread--but i read before. Dongo, Audinio at:

provecational trulling of his cont

his references to the non-func- assurance is provided that while with allegations against Conser impeding of your partner can preemptive call of three or more toning of the firearms has been treasure included a leather bag

which Is M Mussolini's you, Ordinarily the main issue must be regarded vative inaction, when they held harm

and which nowadays: unicas their hand is told by others..

ontained letters between Hitler The Arst machinegun failed to end -Mussolini, documents on the de worthleas on the defense, with

no ace in the hand, not even in fire: The reveiver the long sult, and with nothing and the Duce was killed by dve Verona trial (before which Mun- solini's son-in-law and Foreigo DA good as a khig.on the vide. Į shots from the second muchinc Ministor, Galontzo

Clano, whe They have learned that any un which then turned on Petac-

Jc... Because remantle Italians condemned before his execution

by shooting). better high card holdings are criticised

bag also contained cor- too useful to their partners to Audisio did not once utter ber justify starting high. Some name. S. 10 6 6 Umes they will make such a N

bid in third hand position, op- ecmo a political football between wrote to Mussolini by beginning the Communists and the Right Pear Mussolini, United Press. parite a passing partner, when ists, Audisio, was mostly on, the pan di baw*** WEH. 92

D. A 768 holding the ace of their ault or defensive." S

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one alde king, but almost never with anything better:

| Come

MANILA FIRE

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D. Q J 10 C.4

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as settled, sight will not be lost power which set a tone of a "You situation exists only if your) of the possible consequences to segur

IT" bandying of words, hand is worthless on the the Little Man. If his interests which disgured severni subse-fense.

quent speeches ferm both sides are safeguarded, and we may of the House. Mr. Churchill accept Ten Per Cent as the continued this theme in a speech maximum, we may perhaps which was characteristicully bril

round eventually to the lant in, phrasing but offered point of congratulations to Gov-nothing else ond could get one's ernment upon a wise decision, And thus the most important Par. S. A 9 7 2 apon concessions, not only to liamentary discussion of modern H. 8 6 5 sound reason, but to the pressure times ground its way along with D. K 942

plenty of clever tackle but pre- C. 10 8 of public opinion.

claus little in the way of produc tive ideas. It was a grand de- bate rather than a council of

S. J national leaders :- and the Anal

F. K. 4. fact that Mr. Churchill's vote of

D. 8 5 A fire of unknown origin consure was heavily defeated in

CAKQJ'6 6 3 2 division lobbies, and Government's awept a Philippine Government own motion patting itself on the

(Dealer South. Neither side, salvaga depot at Grace. Fark back went through successfully vulnerable.) mear Manila and raged for more seemed afterwards to have no South West

North than five hours, while the Firo significance whatever. Partia

Pass Department was helpless due to ment has in effect said to the 15C FRES

1 H lack of water hydrante.

nation, there is no other road to 21 C. Pass..

3NT The fire paralleled another recovery from the cumulative C Pass dianatrous blaze which burned cffcets of two disastrous where The first sequence above-if thon, for, everyone to work harder large supplies at Makati on March 18 shortly after the than ever before. Among you want to callˇu ́single, bið a property changed hands.

side issues of the debate was a sequence is what actually oc hint of disagreontent within the curred on this, rubber, bridite CQ 100 Absociated Presindek

Labour Party on the question of hand. The second sequence is the size of the defenen forces. wilat might have occurred

Manija, April; 2.

CHIANG IN SHAF

East Page Pasal

Many MPs contend the Army hy South had been a sounder bid- particular should be drastically; der. Or North might have re- Bhanghal, Apr. 2reduced so as to feed manpower bid hearts, and a game would Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shok requirements in industry but Mr.

arrived the afternoon from Nan Alexander emphatically declined have resulted.

s Problem

Tomorrow's

D. J5 !.

HAQ G4 D. AK Q 104-3 C. K

Petacci's

executio CB with the man, witho ́

Because the execution has be- cigar, Mr. Winston Churchill, who

Another point has been rale

Gibraltar Garrison

ed against me, that I did not give evening Mussolini time to confers himself,

London, Apr;1.

"I must ask if at that mementi. Asked in the House of Com- I was to worry even for his soulmons; today whether steps, were If this great man, had asked for being taken to reduce the sizo a priest I would not have object of the xuvrison,” in. Gibraltar, ed. On our way to the place Mr. Bellonger, the War Minis execution we passed painall

church and I he wanted it would for replied to Mr Swingler. have been easy to ask a priest to (Labour, Stafford); No The come out or to have gone inside garrison has already been re- and rinde bila confession:Theduced to the minimuni which is SK Q2 truth it he was so scated he ald NAI, 10

think of that This question of considered necessary. confezione question of Swingler asked Alf Mr. WED 07.2

manostolavablar men

Bolehger was aware that ijt had been alleged that Giliraltar is so swamped with troops that there li to room. to train them

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Audiato "explained, bo did tell Fr. Adolfo, the Dongo priesthe was too presset for me to allow he would he categorically dany the priest to administer the Lost the allegation."temp Sacraments to the 16. Tusciat bie M Ballenger: "No, sir. Do, shota xecuted separately from you think 1 should be held res Mussolit and Petardi at Dongo popeible for any statement al- (Dealer), North. Bath sides

- But: Helwald-ho, told the priest ; feged or nuthorised in the news- hat could, administap, to them all papera↑ "The garrison has bean fila way

bir native home at ready fixed up to, March 1948: South from getting met at his vulnerable.) EVER Chikow Chelling, where he will. But those who imagined rebel E-Clubs, as the defenders wah What grade of players would to there ever reduced to minimium and "If

dona in these words Which was

that conßlefs - with, the... news, visit his mother e grave,nuk Lábour members. Would' umbar.

Among those welcoming him at rain their own Government were the spade A diamond A and be helped most by the Black by Adolfo "In this engrams the airfield in ex-Premier TV doomed to diasppointment diamond before South could wood convention in bidding a moment I turn my mind to God paper Entstament I am sorry

deal like this?RSI

1, to ask ble mercy for the sins and, for the newspaper-Reuter i stend zumoury, were revived that untrack bimself.

king aboard private plane on to budge from establishments, alThere was no way to keep

to