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There's A JAVA WAR SPREADING Big Train Jew Threats

Fabulous

Treasure Hunt Being Held Through Germany Today

Berlin, Aug. 10.

thited Statra agents launched an intensive investigation today 1.0 he mysterious disappearance of part of a fabulous collection of German crown jewels.

A stepson of the last Kaiser said he thought the Runziona were involved.

Prince Ferdinand values the 20 missing items at $2,000,000 and the entire collection at $5,000,000.

American Criintat Investigation Department agents pre. niously reported the missing portion to be worth more than $500,000 and the whole collection of 05 pieces about $1,000,000,

The Prince said he had submitted to, a truth serum test to support the version of the mystery he unfolded to the Ameri can authorities.

The jewels were smuggled from the Russian occupled zone

of German}.

Some quarters kere speculated that the Russian might demand that the balance of the treasure, пош in American cualodu, be returned to their tone.-Associated Press.

ODOM DRAWS NEAR HIS WORLD RECORD

Anchorage, Aug. 10. Globe-girdling Bill Odom landed his Reynold's Bombshell at Elmendorf Field at 11.34 p.m. PST (7.34 a.m. GMT), making his first stop on the American continent in his attempt to shat- ter the world solo flight record.

The 27-year-old former U.S.| put over two-thirds of the Bola Army Air Force pilot tnxled speed time set by Wiley Poat in hia plane to the service camp.

Waiting mechanies Immediate.

I began refuelling it and

1038.

In Japan

At 8.28 p.m. GMT on Satur- checking the engine for Odom's day, Odom Janded at the Yokoto base-Just takeoff on a 3,000-mile light (Japan) Army air to Chiengo on the last leg of his 48 hours and 35 minutes after round-the-world trip over leaving Chicago,

Yukon and Canada into con- tinental United States and back to his starting point at Chiengo. His estimated arrival time was 2 GMT,

After a few, minor repairs the converted A-26 atinek bomber took off at 8.17 p.m. for Anchor

Age,

IN

INDIES DUTCH CLAIM

Batavia (Java), Aug. 10.

The Dutch army said today that Dutch forces on the Netherlands-controlled outer islands of the East Indies-Borneo and The Celebes- had been attacked in local actions. This was the first report of fighting outside Java. Sumatra and Madocra since the Indonesian Republican-Dutch conflict began on those three islands on July 20, Reports from both sides have the

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Indonesian Kovernment indicated sporadic fighting this radio that Chinese Nationals week despite a cease fire order fought on the side of the Dutch issued in response in a United troops in the capture of Cheri-} Nations Security Council com- bon end Tegal were untrue.

Ile munien lon

called the charges The Republic advised the malicious accusation without

a basis of facts." Security Council yesterday that From-

Throughout Republican troops were

the Duich-In- donesian hostilities, the spokes-} pelled to undertake mopping up and preventative operations", man said, the Chinese residente leenuse the Dutch were "con- in the aren maintained strict tinuing military operations with neutrality, in accordance with the aim of extending their ter- instructions from the Chinese ritory."

Kovernment, carefully avoiding i perticipation In host'e action: prejudicial to any alde.

cap- the

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carried off as prisoners.

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Crash....

Tel. 21435

35 Hurt When London Said To Ban

Express Hits Head On

Doncaster, Aug. 10. Thirty-five injured were ruched to hospital today when the EondoiLLeeds express crashed at Dalby Bridge, one mile from here, into the rear of anothen train, also healing for Leeds, in Yorkshire.

The main lines from London to Yorkshire were blocked in both directions da result of the accident.

Stæ passengers were killes and some fifty injured. Thrue passengers were adlit trapped in the debris tonight, the London- North Eastern Rat'way Company reported.

The locomotive and first three coaches of the express were derailed and the last four coaches of the train into which it crashed were completely masked, the Company's statement zaid.

Both trains were filled to capacity, eye-witness reports said.

The two trains left 15 minutes apart from King's Cros The collision tele. slation in Loudon, shortly after 1 p.m. scoped the last four concher of the 14.car lower train, engine and frat three coaches the express were derailed- Reuter and United Pres

The

PAKISTAN SETS OUT TO FRAME

CONSTITUTION

Karachi, India, Aug. 10.

Train

Traffic

Tel Aviv, Aug. 10. Unconfirmed reports today say that the Palestine Government has suspended, all railway traffic throughout Palestine for an indefinite period. Derailing by the Jewish underground of a British military train from Cairo yesterday was be- lieved to be the opening of a programme to destroy all rail lines in Palestine by the time the next fruit crop is ripe..

The train was derailed near AL Tel-Aviv yesterday, the Wilhelmina with no military police munched another Hudders casualties.

series of arrosta of Itevialunist Icadern.

It was learned that Menahem Beigin, Irgun Zvai Leumi's com- mander-in-chief, Recertly in- formed a', citrus merchants to ship fruit by the road in the coming season.

He said that all rail lincs would be entirely out of action by that time.

At the same time privately circulated pamphlets warned all travelters to beware of using trains which, the pamphlets salci would be "subject to subotage."

daily

The warning boasted

that

a

"not a single yard of rall line

wou'd be left intact."

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So far they have detained three, including the chief oditor of the Revisionist daily, Hamashki.

Return

To The

Soviet

Shanghai, Aug. 10. Amidst the strains. of

Two Jewish youths, who fled brass band music, 1,000 wreck, Soviet nationals sailed from the scene of the

the were arrested after one of them aboard

Russian was wounded in a gun battle luxury liner "Ilyitch" with the police attracted by the

this evening-the first explosion.

batch of repatriates from China under the recent Moscow. "government

them

A Dutch communique similar ly accused the Indonesines of

A Chinese spokesman In violating the cease fire order.

on Saturday Today's Dutch communique Batavia declared nid Republican

In that the withdrawal of Dutch forces Bro arabushed A Dutch forces from occupied territories patrol n Hoeloe Stengai and in Java and Sumatra would re- inẞleted some casualties before suit in the mansuere of theu The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan 'predomin-

sands of Chinese by Indonesian they were driven off.

antely Moslem India (which will become In the southern part of the Nationalists,

British Dominion next Thursday) 'met today Celebes (east of Borneo), the Hung Yuan-yuan, chairman of Taung-hui

to start framing a constitution. Chunghun Dutch said their troops

Jagandar Nath Manda'. Hin- This is contrary to the views (Netherlands East. Indies Chi- tured two important posta

u leader, setive in the Mos- ef many top party officials. The Netherlands army com- nese Association), broadenst

New Leader munique charge the Republicans request to the United Nations toom League and once legislative |

A new political leader has ap with four more

violations of call on the Indonesian Repub.minister in India's Interim Gov-

release ernment, was elected chairman.peared on the scene. the "ecane fire" order and said lican Government

1. The assembly was in Reeston). He is Jpl. Pakrashi - Narain that in the first five days...the thousands of Chinese he claim for an hour and 10 minutes. (Nodiuriaty qua f

Athird youth, carrying, a Dutch lost 13 killed, 43 wounded the Indonesians had already it met in a mall semicircular

Narain's rise has been rapid. Bub-machinegun, escaped. ed and one missing.

once housed the He argues that, Socialism is the

One Jew tossed, away a hand Chi hall, which An Indonesian communiqur An estimated 2,000,000

Sind Provincial Legislative As- antidole for the growing Com, grenade when captured and the scheme.. nese live in the East Indies. yesterday said the Dutch cap

munist movement.

other was packing the revolver, tred Vingir, less than two! Since the Indonesian-Dutch Bembly..

Fifty-three of the sixty-nine The Communista have been) Two contact mines placed on miles south of Malang (Eastern fighting began, Dutch and Chi- delegaten are expected to sign making gains among the low the rails exploded beneath the Jaya), behind artillery and air nese officials have reported the

paid Industrial and rural labour engine, toppling. it into a ditch the register. killing and persecution of Chi-

Other massages say that in of Pakistan but the Moslem; and derailing a tender and two nese by indonesiang In a new outbreak of age-old community India's new division, the Con-League will be supreme there couches.

gress Party will be supreme but for some time to come. rivalry.

Icaders are conscious of a drift

Recent reports of food riota Hung said 1,831 Chinese were to the left among their con- in some outlying areas havo In Nanking, a Foreign Office murdered at Tangerang a year situents.

British Army police yesterday Many whole fami'ica' were been studied as possibly fore- took unprecedented precautions anong spokesman said emphatien lyngo.

the passengers who today that charges ninde over Since the latest outbreak of

shadowing a growing problem.

People, who in the past hatin Jaffa, acting an information boarded the 1lyltch. The ship fighting, he added, a number of

foreign rule to blame for their that the Irgun had earmarked was berthed within half a mile Chinese have been killed, includ- i ■ ■

lils, now look to the Nationalist police offices and billets, for from the Bund, from which the ing 60 workers who had been

liner, which formerly belonged Governments to bring relief their next operation, burned alive in Ա Sumaira

short. from "food and clothing

It was said the Irgun had to the Germans, could clearly ba house,

ages which have been constant succeeded in tracing the per seen.

petrators of last week's riot in ended in six Official planners are tackling! Tel-Aviv, which

Jews killed, and now planned these problems.

They are complicated by a retribution.

Last Thursday, growing birth rate which is out-

an Irgun tripping the capacity of the youth, disguised in Bedouin land to produce unless ulled for clothes, was arrested as he rods Press and Associated Press. food crops alone,

Although he showed unmis-] support. takable fatigue when he stepped

it reported the Dutch advan- from his cockpit at Yokota just cing on several other fronts. Odom was hollow-eyed and

the tired as he stepped from his before dawn, Odom said

plane's engines were function-| plane.

perfectly.

He was hustled to a waitinging uutomobile and driven to Elmen- dorf Field Hospital where an Army surgeon gave him a phy- sten', check.

Odom's total elapsed time to Anchorage was about 62 hours since taking off from Chiengo nt 5.53 p.m. GMT on Thurs day

Barring accidents he appeared cerinin fulfilling his ambition to "have at least 10 hours" of? the record he set in the same plane last April.

He was accompanied by mil- lionaire pen-maker Milton Rey- nolda and a flight engineer.

It appeared Odom would also

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Denial

"Hitler's Last Words"

London, Aug. 10.

The Admiralty relevard tonight what was described

un Hitler's last niesenge seni on the Garman muval wire- Iess the day before he killed himself in a Berlin hunker.

It said textually: "General Jodl, inform me inme diately: 1. Where are Wenck' apeuthenda; 2. When ara then going to attack; 3. Where is the Ninth Army: 4. In what direction is the Ninth Armg breaking through; G. Where are Hoiste's apearheads. Signed Adolf Hitler... United Press.

OPEN WAR OVER IN TONKIN, SAY FRENCH

Saigon (French Indo-China), Aug. 11. Military operations in Indo-China's Northern Province of Tonkin have ceased.

A spokesman of the French Army announced the attainment of all ob jectives fixed by the high command.

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He said Chinese were behend-

Martin Behrman"

ed at the Japanese city of Ma Appears Agains

lang.

Meanwhile,

Dutch-spon. the

Party which

svred Pasundan

Washington, Aug. 10. The ownerE of the American freighter Martin Behrman have clolms to represent 12,000,000 demanded the State Department Sudanese in West Java cabled the to obtain $3,084,240 from thu Security Council that it protested Netherlands in immediate pay against

United Nations "Interment of damages suffereu

suffered when ference" in the Javanese Internal Dutch warships gelted the vessel problem and said the Dutch police off Java Murch, counsel and

Jast March.

action was justifică.

War

At the same time the Sultan of Jogjakarta came to that Re- publican capital's radio to claim that "although the ceasefire has been issued the altuation is still a situation of war,"

The Sultan said that the Dutch had begun to disrupt the econo- imle life of Indonesia.

Mr. J. director of the Isbrandtsen. Com- pahy of New York, asked Stere- In tary of State George Marshall a letter to seek the monny at once. The steamer was held by the Dutch for 34 days when it tried to sail with a carga picked up in a Republican controlled port.

Egyptian Protest

Cairo, Aug. 10.

artala of

Precautions

a bambladen camel on a Jaffa Pakistan JA predominantly street.

It has since been learned that of jute in the world markets. agricultural and a big producer

tho camel rider was the apear- head of a large force-"tho Industrial India is industrially Import Black Squad" which was pre- pared to swoop on police head- quarters:

ant.

Nationalists ́are jealous of foreign control in any aspect of their economic life, and

Through a National planning commission they are moving to choke off foreign, control and ultimately investmonts in key Industries. ··

He added that "shopkeepers Pres dispatches sald today who close their business or raise that Egyptian workers and At the name time they are at prices or hoard stocks are playing students prevented a Dutch troon- tempting to induce America and into the hands of the enemy." ahip en route to Indonesia from other countries to provide heavy The war that raged, between But there is no safety for the a lull in their activities for overal

The Voice of Free Indonesia entering Port Salil harbour. the French and Vietnamese French in the wake of their weeks.

listed 31 estates destroyed in East They blocked the path with an machinery and skill to Improve

the efficiency of industries. shallowed boats. forcer last winter has subsided: armoured columns.

The French conclude that, with Java, 32 in Central Java and 41 The dispatches said the Exy Congress leaders are appeal- but complete renco has not lievi

the "stabilisation" of the military in West Java, including two Britians, lod by Arah and Indonesian Ing to the people to abandon restored, he said.

This French believe that the situation, the fight in Indo-Chino tish rubber plaulations, one Bri- youth leaders, barred the ap- European dress and manners, Indo-Chinn has thus entered Vietname main forces, in hiding will pass into another political tish tea estate and one French proaching chip and shouted: Prohibition and bans on horgo

in the mountains of Tonkin, are, and propaganda stage-Asso-rubber plantation-United Press "Down with Imperial Holland."-

race baiting and other gambling This phase is one of n mill-weary of wae and eager for a ciated Press.

are well on the wayAssociats tary talemate,

ed Press. set:lemont on any terms.

A now, phase.

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French forces occupy morò There is evidence that the than one third of Tonkin, and

people of Anham and

Cochin

Fontrol the other provinces Chlum are anxious for a solution through strategie garrisons. that would permit them to culti

The Vietnamese still hold

vate their felds in peace, Buch Important. Tankin'. townn

Two factors have worked

ae Ninrinh, Howun Tyyon-nguinst the Vietnam. quang, and Loakay and have One is the rise of Tonkines, who btrongly fortifled them. A V

have turned against the Vietnam

Weapons.

Vietnamese guerillas, operate and organised their own pollée A within the network of ponts and military. They appear to be. he'd by the French. The French very jonlius of their own inde have superior arms and mobil pondence of action.

The ercona is the defection of the members of the Hao religious Their members railed to the French in Cuchin China after the asinmination of their chief, Gu Ynsphsiao, by Virlomus ex. tremists.

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iPage. Two

Housing Shortag Fatshan's Arrivals Puga: Four Made

Pin-Point Bombing German Problem: Shanghai Murder,

tect.

and Assoclated Press.

Unknown "Black

Reported Over

United Press;

Planes Tsingtao

Nanking Aug. 10.

National Defence Ministry, spokesman today confirmed a “Ilsin Min Pao" report that the Tsingtao airfield was attacked by unidentified black planes yesterday.

Tsingtao, the U.S. naval baso, le raid nrecautions following the re-feld which is held jointly by the a Shantung port and also a ports that the Communints Hat Chinese and United States Naval Nationalist, military huse,

established an aviation training unita

dispatchen school in Northern Manchuria Meanwhil

...from *Hain Min Pao" sald's 'special: Stukden maid today that the Chief, detalla.

"ate precaution" sono had Ugon of Staff, Gen Clinu Cheng, has **- established In Shantung and Blanaumed charge of preparations, for provinces with at least healt meeting an expected Communist defence corps transferred to that offensive In Manchuria

The Weather

A rid of bish pressure intende WAW In the Gulf of Tonkin from the antlerelam Lo the E of the Lonchaov; < Demosura' năn strues low'over' N, and Central China RUS- vier Abe Carolines.

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acete bn': Average 14683 mum. 1287,400. Ingham.

The spokesman said he had no The report said, four "bimbs were dropped on the sirfjeld but one exploded and one hit the

I whether the region from Central Chinese maturgudem 10 Kn It was questioned","

'aérodrome."

4 pm.

The Vietnamese scored specta, raiders were Communht planes cular succesner in underground | From: Datrenor Port Arthurged comcided wilhus Palfing, report to would direct the milliary: operke Kali Humidity (42 LU fighting and terrorism in the Dispatches. Icom, North Chinain in 'ao? that an unidentitions himmelt it dighting flared un

The "Hain Min Pao report The dhipatofins and Gem Chen,, at pink, pripí1,0, 1918. | mh.

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Total casualties since July 16 among security forces are killed and 84 Injured, with three civilians killed and 17 Injured. Two terrorists were killed,

For the majority of who had not set foot on Russian soll since the Czarist days or who were born abroad without ever having seen their homeland, It was a voyage into the known.

un-

Sweating under n. scorching sun, the passengers made their way to the dock in cars, trucks, and rickshawę, taking their belongings with them.-United

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