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ALLIED CONTROL HEAD Luzon Bandit

MISSING IN

PACIFIC CRASH

Honolulu, Aug. 18. least six persons were killed and four others, including Mr. George Atcheson (Chairman of the Allied Control Council for Japan) were missing and believed to be dead in the crash of an Army B-17 into the Pacific.

e plane was only a few minutes' flying time out on Honolulu. Three of the 13 persons aboard the plane were saved, including one staff off- cer of General MacArthur's headquarters. five bodien were recovered 42, smile for his companiona as

from Oahu, nafn Island the B-17 plunged into the sea. Hawaii.

Colonel Harvey Huglin said: Bixth body Book mt of "Atcheson was sitting in the

Ag befers a center of a cabin.

"SHF "ROM "FUN

tæn crúft could reach it.

In Tokyo

"I do not know whether he got out. As we were going down he did not say anything.

ja Tokyo SCAP Headquarters "He only smiled very quiet- "FEN today confirmed the deathy. The entire

crew of the "NE CAP Randolph Boyers, US. To tras were charged with as- "Xo, of Portsmouth, Virginia. sisting him in event of trouble.

Witam Bayer. "Honolulu

"We had ample warning, 30 vertiser reporter. insisted minutes before we hit the water sport he saw tag identifying that we would have to down. *muc of the shrouded bodies "FEken from the destroyer Rowan "NA that of Mr. Atcheson.

"YOLAL the same time three crew-

The Survivors

Chief's Last Fight..... MILITARY POLICE AND HUKS CLASH IN CANDABA SWAMPS

Manila, Aug. 16.

The death of Castro Aledjandring, chief of the Hukbalahap field, forces and right hand of Luis Taruc, was reported to the Military Police Command G.1.Q. today, according to despatches from Central Luzon.

prese

Alejandrino was said to have received fatal wounds on July 14 white fighting off an MP cordon, thrown around the Candaba swamps. during recent operations there.

The report nail the Hult emmander escaped by banea (native canoe)" but dled later in Barrio Caricutan where he was buried

Mayor Fernando Galang of San Simon (six miler southeast of San Fernando, Pampanga) sald that MPs had also been shelling an encircled Huk concentration, reportedly led by Taruc himself, in the swampy lowlands.

The shelling was first direc.ed from a church tower.

Eight MPs were stationed in the area.

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They were machinegunned to death in the same area on the night &! August 14,-A953- ciated Press,

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Exchange Plans By State

Shanghai, Aug. 18.

Mr. Chang Kia-ngau, Governor of the Central Bank of China, tođay explained the Central Government's radically revised economic po- licy. He said that the Executive Yuan was set- ting up means by which foreign firms would be permitted to remit profits home and collect interest on foreign investments in China. Mr. Chang, however, failed to answer many ques- tions put at a Press conference, pleading that the regulations were too new for him to know how they would work out.

Hc explained that China's "This will help exports. China problem was similar to that of needs to stabilise prices and the whole world-a shortage of bo'd down the cost of produc dol'ura.

tion.

Exporta must exceed imports "The quicker we can obtain to augment and conserve sufficient foreign assistance, the foreign exchange and China, quicker this can be done. must cut imports or get United States naintance, he said.

Mr. Chang laughed off I

A quicker recovery means a quicker taking off of the load on America."

* Tokyo, Aug, 18., The Kyodo News Agency aald today that la Communi caliona Afinistry has drafted for presentation to the Jap aneno Diet a bill which would place Japanese radio under

and Stato ownership

the management of a seven-man committee appointed by tho Prime Minister.

The Japan Broadcasting Corporation, which has their monopoly of broadcasting, is a semi-government organisation. -Associated Press.

Red Troops

Massing On Iran Border

Teheran, Aug. 17.

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Washington, Aug. 18. The United States may drop its offer to serve as a go-between to end the war question whether the new re- Asked if the new open market

would defent ite between the Dutch and Indonesians in view of the Republic's apparent gulations were timed to coincide policy

pur- with Li-Gen Wedemeyer's visit, pose by causing prices to rise

The failure to accept United States' good offices without qualification.

newspaper They had been under consi- and boost prices of exports, Mr. 1 caterday.

"Atesh," from "scorched earth" policy of the soldiers were killed and 22

which is close meяиugus

were Chang said that in some cases Baavia indicated that the In-Indonesian troops had at least wounded in "Sunday's clearing deration since May and

frustrated donesian Republic hud mude a temporarily

the actions."

promulgated when the time was prices would rise but he be to military circles, re- intent to

It reported gueril'n attacks thought to be ripe, he declared. lieved firm contro's and public ported today that Russia reimpose The three survivors were plek-conditioned acceptance of U.S. Dutch

patrols along the He falled to answèr a ques-co-operation-the most case is making large troop En of the Hermes (Cousted up by the Coast Guard cutter good oflices with an obfous invi- Colonial "exploitation" of the on Dutch

double highway. against the tion as to how much monetary tial phase-would prevent this, tard cutter asserted the body Hermes and transferred to the tetion to the United Nations Indonesians.

Oralatance China needed from He said with an agreement concentrations on the "TU" saw sink was the dip destroyer Rowan.,

Security Council to take action He said the Indonesian Army, Dutch drive on Jogjakarta.

stil virtually intact, had con. It sald 60 guerli'ns attacked the United States to recover her concluded with the Hongkong Soviet-Persian border. The Rowan radioed that the first.

Government against smuggling The Ateal salib, Soviet "Father top offietals aboard the three were Colonel Harvey Hug- In Batavia. "grave lisan-tened the Dutch within the big the Dutch south-west of Am- economic balance.

He stated: "We need first of and b'ack' market activities In Ambassador, M... Sadchlkor. e included Carl Buage! (Aslin, Captain P.L. Ryder andpointment" reported to occupied cities by controlling all barawa, situated on the Semar-

but had recently renewed presabre lant Chief of Staff of G-3 [Sergeant Holland.

have heer expressed by the supply lines except those by sea ang-Jogjakarth highway by all the reestablishment and de- South China would case

velopment of communications success again depended a great on the Persian Government to Magelang, and claimed the and air. | Colonel David Larr,

in American Consul General, Mr. Holland was reported

Bact Fighting continued despite doncslass were, driven off within non-combat areas and greatly deal on co-operation among the grant oll rights to Russia. A redio message from the air condition. He suffered a Walter Foote, after he

people, from the users.

increased power facilities. trover Rowan, one of the head injury. The two officers examined the Republican reply the truce stemming

ccase.fre Council'a

The communique snid Re- it at rescue vessels, said there were in "good" condition, to the reconst United States Security

publicags fired on Dutch patro's bearen "ittle likellhond that The plane, bucking bad offer.

reported. southeast of Salatiga, situated “AGÁĻof the missing will be found weather and lying under a Ae "Republican eters were The Repub¶cana

the Semarang Jogjakarto southeast of on "EUR"

1,500-foot celling, radlved to celebrating the second univerfierce fighting

North Central highway by Suknyarta, "PRO

Al, Sea Rescue Headquarera atary of the Indonesian State by Semarang in

Two hundred Chinese have Pearl Harbour at 1105 p.m. telling gatherings of their peo. Java, where the Dutch earlier

Central that it had only 20 minutes' gus ple that Indonesia needed com- announced they had been forced been "liberated" in

against Java, the communique said, employ artiilory pleto independence, Dr. Tamzil to

It charged the Republicans of Foreign "heavy realstance." In a radio Interview, one of ufu shortly afterwards.

Two engines apparently went (Vico-Minister

Affairs) brought the Republican Thin Dutch communique was were stil ignoring the cease-

Mr. the first to concede "heavy re-fire order, At 11.50 p.m. Air Sea Rescue Government's answer to

sistance" in any area since the HQ heard a distress signal re- Foole.

fighting began on June 21 porting preparations for a crash landing on only two engines.

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Only Civilian

Mr. Atcheson was the only supply left. Vilin aboard the plane.

Je survivors said that. Mr.

Acheson sat quietly with

"AJA

Here Comes The Bush

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S. Jolom, Newfoundland,

Aug. 17.

• 451 Threatened by a facest fire, wyjewport, s soll settlement.

Nrifonndland's vast vooral. Bonviate Buy, was being vacuated today...

Fire fighting equipment was fushed up in sea and a radio journing, inaid to the whotr reyin,Renter.

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A B-17 rescue plane took off

immediately for the scene, which was established by radar and

vin

Later it was reported that he

order.

to'd the American Consul Gen. Today's Dutch communique eral that the Jogjakarta Gov-also stated that thirteen Dutch

ernment had instructed Dr.

Sjahrir to request arbitrion THE STRIKE

radio fixed on the distress by the Security Council,

A message from Jogjakarta signal,

Mr. Atcheson WRR en route ways that President Soekarno from Tokyo to Washington for on behalf of the Indonesian Re- consultation, flying on the re-publie declared on Sunday that guler ATC route from Tokyo Dutch occupation of major Re pub'ican cities "does not mean to the United States Huwali,

our war strength is broken." The p'ance on this roule are He pledged that the Indose- ;

"will be con- scheduled to Innd at Johnsou slun revolution Island, 700 miles west of Oahu, tinued to a successful end." then Kwaja'ein Inland and then In a radio speech marking at Hickam Field in Honolulu. the second anniversary of the United Press and Associated proclamation of the Republic, i

Sockurno bonsted that

Press.

TUEWS AND ARABS CLASH

AGAIN IN PALESTINE

Jerusalem, Aug, 18.

"A clear tendency was obnor-

A Bridal Dress For A Princess

London, Aug. 18. ved to push forward their lines.

Princess Elizabeth has and force the population of the

(Dutch, occupied) chosen the dress she will boundary area to take up 4 non-coopera-wear for her wedding to

|tive - attitudo- 'towards" the

The newspaper account a'e. calmed that Russian "immi- grants" are daily trying to slip Into Persia,

Market Rate Mr.: Chang dwelt at length on the urbitary "upen mürkel räte An official of the General which will be set cach morning at Staff to'd the United Press that 0.30 am. by four appointed banks, Persian troops had been sent He euld he hoped eventually it to the northern harder “für any would wipe but black market emergency," but said the sitția- quotations.

tion was normal. "One of the main reasons in the Meanwhile, the Majlis elected psychological effect," he safd. Shrilar Fakher Hekmet, chloľ faction. The open market rate, just be-of the Democratic tow the black market rate, can be President of the Parliament. traded sofels whereas the black He wll hold the post for two market operations are subject to months and then a new Freat- stiff penalties."

dept will be elected.—Unite! It was believed that the four Piton

| Dutch," the communique said. Lieutenant. Philip banke would base the rate on the The Republicans carried out Mountbatten at West-morning's supply and demand of a "well planned attack" on the minster Abbey on Nov-tion of black market rates.

foreign exchange with, considera. night of August 15-16 against

Pamekasan on Madoera Island ember 20, it was official- TALKS

TIMED FOR TODAY

off Surabaya, the communiquely announced

went on,

The Dutch said the

attack

The Weather

The Stabilisation Fund Com- At 06 GMT (3 p.m. Hong Kon frommittee can Intervene in the setting Bummer Time) the depression was centrel about 150 miles. W&W of eng Kourt of an open market rate but it is moving slowly WNW. It expected i

enter the emet near Kwangchowwaii 10-

Buckingham Palace to- unlikely. It added: "There was heavy day

Central News says that, in view nizh Pressure retaine moderately high fighting right into the town

The Princess' choice wat made of the new regulations governing over Japan and the Facile is the E, an itself."

frem several designs submitted foreign exchange transactions, the user Central Ohing and to the if

of the Carolines, by Mr. Norman Hartnell, the Central Bank of China Мая

and Loudon dressmaker.

Today's Forecasti-Prish F Instructed its agents in Nanking winda, moderating: eloadz, bowery Im Details of the bridal gown will and Shanghai to discontinue tem- poring during the day. not be made publle until just be- porarily the sale of US dollar fore the wedding.

treasury note of 1947,

was repulsed "with some casual tics on our sille."—United Press and Associated Press.

BAO DAI

represen- TO END

the The Chinese Engineers Institute has been re- quested by Mr. B, C. Hawkins (Labour" Off-|- cer) to send a represen-1 tative to attend a con- ference at 11 am, today. There was no development in the strike situation yesterday.

No further walk-outs reported.

were

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In accordance with parente wisken and owing present day conditions, Princess Elizabeth will

have not trouzsenu, as earlier 'reported,

her

to

Yesterday's Weather - Maximum: 81.3 deg. Falu Minloves 15.8 des. Pub. Since their Issuance on April 1, Hunshiner NE BOTEN.

the sale of these notes has been Rainfall, 700 mm. 2.76 inches. Total entrusted to the Central Bank by since dan 1-1921.3 0 2 76.65 incher ninet no uzerago ́ul 1681F the Ministry of Finance.

1.00 Inchen.

According to pertinent regula.

mm,

Handin

T. this she is following the tions theso.notes are to be sold

1,10 m.. example of most of today's brides, in Chinese currency converted Baro, at t.a.1.1997.1 104.5 m.b.

Equats 20.74 20.72 inches. and is the more, able to do so be:Into U.S. currency. at a rate quoted Rel. Humility... DE caust ahe had a fairly large by the Central Bank.—Associated new Point I wardrobe for the Royal visit to Press, United Press and Central Wind Directius. E

News.

Wind Foron

777 den. P.

Ehe N 33120 knuta.

U.K. CABINET DISPERSES AFTER SURPRISE TALKS

Bao Dal, ex-Emperor South Africa-Reuter; Outbursts of violence, in which one Arab was stabbed to death, have dashed hopes of moderate Jews and Arabs that the week-old warfare would sub-

The Labour Omeer was under of Annam, will soon end side in the Holy Land with the week-end religious holidays.

stood to be in conference in con-his two year voluntary now An ofilein statement was nection with the strike, but In Jerusalem niessauer say that, Middle East Froces, and jone person was killed in an attached to the Brillah Embassy fagued after after the meeting, answer to questions, the officiat exile in Hong Kong and return in Indo-China, the Arab-Jowish fead yesterday, in Cairo, of "being behind the but it was understood that Sir spokesman said:

"There is no announcement to official spokesman of the The dispute over the "repri-Arab-Jewish communal clashes" Alan reiterated the warning

contained in last night's Gov-make!!

former Annam Emperor sal slaying of Arabs appeared in Palestine, to have brought the, three,

Enquiries at the Chinese En- The pamphlets alleged that eroment communique of "sovere

disclosed yesterday. Jewish organizations to the former British officers, with action". against Jews or Ambs' gineers' Institute elicited the In-: brink of open warfare among | Polish officers from General detected in acts of violence formation. that thero themselves.

Ander's army were now train Reuter, Anaoelated Proes and further development in the altun

United Presk.

A gang, of Yemenite Jews ing Arabs with British arms, Reized him while he was drink- ing coffee-in a Tel Aviv restaur- Jant, dragged him into an niloy

and stabbed him to death,

The Arab killed by a Jow, In Tel-Aviv today, brings the total a week of Arab- deaths Am Jewish clashes to 31-19 Arabs The Jewish Irgun Zvai Leumi and 12 Jews,

and the Stern Gäng distributed, In Jerusalem, Sir Alan Cun- pariphlets denouncing as "trainingham, High Commissioner In tor any Jew who touched a Palestine, today summoned Mrs, hair of an Arab's head.

Myerson, Jewish Agency's poll

Government

Irgun, broadcasting over ita tical leader, to

tion.

was

Heavy Rains Spread Havoc In Hokkaido

Sapporo, Aug. 18.

aceret radio, said: "When we House as Arab-dowish clashes At least 15 persons were killed in floods in Central

we wrong called

min

executed; the British sergeants, continued.

murderers" Hagh, however, killed wo children who were be

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Hokkaido as the result of heavy rains on Fri- day and Saturday, latest reports revealed to- day.

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of

London, Aug. 18.

The spokesan also said that Government Ministers dispersed to resume their vacation today after a sur-

with Bau France has agreed

prise Cabinet meeting on the economic crisis yesterday had mystified "Dal on the "unification and in- dependence of Indo-China and

Whitehall. that high French officials would.

FIFTH TEST TEA SCORE

South

Africa: First Innings 129 for three.

meeting

by the

Election?

One theory was that Primo, Foreign Secretary Bevin romain the Cabinet meeting. Minister Attico and 15 other ed in London.

The speech, however, was dis

Informally Ministers had rushed back to Their secretaries sold they are cussed London by plane, train and an expected to resume their vacn- Ministers. tomobile yesterday to send revis- tions tomorrow or Wednesday,!

11th-hour instructions to the The best speculation for yes- British financial delegation, terday's three-hour meeting`at! Buggestions that Mr. Churchill,, talke with No. 10, Downing Street, ap-in saying that the Government scheduled to open United

should have submitted the direc States

Officials inpeared in the "Dally Herald",

tion of the 'labour issue to Parlia Washington today on possibleLabour organ).

mant" and "to the people", was easing of the Anglo-American The paper sald the loan agreement:

was maloly concerned with the, asking for a new general election,

alio were rejected generally. The meeting came less than loan.. be returning to Saigon from

Despite the growing criticism of Dr. Takeshi Mizukami, Seventy houses were washed

This was bome out in part by Government's handling of the away and 4.300 others inundated, Tokyo Univerally, after on the Paris on Aug, 22 to make the 24 hours after Mr.Wanton

The Inundation of 34,000 acres spot investigation, warned égainst formal announcement Churchill (Opposition loader) the fact that Mr. Strachey (not clats, the Conservatives still do "Bno Dai" added the spokes had castigated the Government oficially a member of the not believe they oguld win a clear of farmlands, including potato further climbing of Mount Asamo, crops, will be a severe blow to predicting there will be four or man, le preparing to return to ter mehandling of the economie Cabinet) and Sir Edward Bridges Parliamentary majority at this

(permanent Secretary of the time. Un de his motherland spon to assume crisis. DAS

***Gir Stafford Cripps (Presi Treasury) were in attendance. Another Labbur, victory now tion, the reports and

September.

Tha; spokesmani," Karuizawa At the same time, Tokyo ro that Bao Dal has been recelying Food Minister John Sirscht, gestions, ther"? MV. Churchill'semment would continue at least Meanwhile, at Karuizawa," the ports say that the Kegon Falls at hundreds of letters and petl. and. Health Minister Angurin br:adcast on Saturday nign, untu 1901, instead of 1050 when- Japanese police have published Nikko, some 400 miles north, tións from Agnantes leaders of Bevan Left Croydon airport In calling for a return to these enter the next veral election is Jon, former Director of the Birk Stup-wreck Burvivor's Ordeal, the names of 10 Japanese all apparently is relaxaiting attras different sections of the nation, separate chartered planes today pris and denunciation of Covers, scheduled United Press tah | Military Intelligence val | Inge Ton.

mon-who died na d' result of the lion at nuicide","apot "igh Fthe urging the of Emberor to ro, sazreturn to their vacation, menu for taking over dreation of (Bee. Offer Cabinet, Stories=

ten Prime & Minister (Atijos – gna lindur, had any, conhections with. Eign (8) j General Headquarters of the *Fitch Test.

Leruption of Mount Asana. *

yond by political controversy.

But the Haganah were parti Pago Zwa

cipating in the feud against the Lamb Créo Nour Its End." Arabs and admitted blowing up | Page Thres

a house on Friday in which 12 U.S. Loan Hopes Out.

Arabs wore kiled,

Pane Four

The Stern Gang, in pamphlete Evalt on Japan.

distributed, in Tel-Aviv tonights Page Co

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Courte

accused Brigedios E. H. Clay Page Nine Te

the already precarious foci situa. five, morava ɑruptione ;; before his duties. "Fürthar sald fent of the Board of Trade), informed_sources rejected. wx. I'would mean that the Labour Gov.