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Doctor's U.N.O.'S FATE SAID TO Palestine Jew Terrorists Hold

Dilemma

De, Hugh Dalton nettles down to think haw a Chancellor of

the Exchequer elsandd set met to meet the dollar ertain and the Pausing end of UND,

MOSLEM REFUGEES KILLED IN THOUSANDS

Karachi, Sept. 26.

Casualties in an attack near Amritsar on a Mos- Jem refugee train three days ago are estimated at over 3,000 killed or missing and 1,000 wounded.

BE IN BALANCE Palestine And Greece Are Big Issues

Lake Success, Sept. 26.

Most United Nations observers are agreed today that an early end of the United Nations Ur- ganisation looms if the General Assembly fails to meet the challenge of the East-West strug- gle over Greece and finds a formula for the Palestine issue.

M Assembly committtes eat, it was learned in Washing plunged into the two

crucial to tedny-United

problems today,

United States Aociated PreYE. spokesman made it clear that the

ni! its

United States is taking

hopes for the UN's future on the Assembly's ability to support Truman

th anti-Communist

Doctrine in Greece and work for a passable solution to the Arad-Jew Imposs-In the Holy

1.ant.

The Assembly's schedule today promised further developments

on both issues.

Igh points included;

(1) Britain's

long-awaited formal statement on the Special Commission's report on Palestine recommending partition between Arabs and Jews.

The British

are expected to avoid a clear- eut "yea" or "o" answer:

(2) M. Vishinsky will hold a Dress conference to issue a form- al statemont and answer ques. tions. It will be the fiest he

has held since the closing days of the Foreign Ministers Counelt in Moscow:

to

(3) Yugoslavia will reply the United States charges that

A Pakistu Government, of the dead and dying fellow she, Albania and Bulgaria communique fosted today sald: passengers. "Details of the attack on the They said that the Moslem

evacuee

special at which Jelt Delhi on Amritsar on September 22 show was first attacked at that the train was carrying about 30 miles east of Amritsar 4,500 Muslemi refugeen from This attack was beaten off.

Later, a train carrying

Alwor

leaves missing.

are

bor.

on

of aggression against train guilty Sunday, Greece and to the Unlied States Boas. proposal to send a special pec. manent Assembly commission to watch Greece's northern Bikh dark. "There appears to have been troops passed the refugee train. about 1,000 wounded, which When the latter had

Evatt's Role reached over 3f0_khien and Amritsar and pulled a short Australia's Minister

distance beyond the platform, ternai Affairs, (Dr. Evatt), on

for Ex "When the train was attack the survivors said, eikli troops Thursday was elected ed. the British officer in com- and a crowd of

chairman armed mand of the escort, which con- opened fire on the train from tions Assembly

Bikhs of the Extraordinary Unite: Nu. sisted of 13 Hindus and eight both sides of the track.

Committee Moslems belonging to the Royal They added that the escort- Palestine. Indian Army, started organising troops only fired over the ing the defence. He was at once heads of the attackers, but the killed by a burst from automa- British officer commanding the tic weapons.

escort, fired a machinegun un- "The Hindus in the escort he was shot. are reported to have sarren- A Moslem sergeant of the es- dered; all eight Moslems died cort was also reported to have fighting.

been killed and The attack, which lasted ap-ranks wounded,

four othe- parently uninterruptedly f1 'fl10 two hours, was made by mein-attack began at 6.00 p.m. and said that the hers of the Kashtriya Swayam went on for three hours Bungh desertbed as a militant wards Hindu youth organisation.

well as by Sikhs."

The Survivors

survivors

Palestine Eu

Evatt suggested inviting repre. «entatives of the Jewish Agency for Pultrine and the Arab High. er Committee for participate in discussions of the Committee. on the same terms which were adopted without opposition.

Evott then called for a state- ment from the United Kingdom, the country which rules Pal:silne under 3 League of Vatlons mandate.

To

39

was

down, the train nsshunted back to the platform

New Attack

they

Press peri

Position

Here is some of the background on Palestine. Above): Barbed.scire divides "free? Jorusutom framʻquarters under war" - that law, (Bel) The wife of a Polish officers imploring the police to find her daughter who was killed when the Gold- amith Club pie bloten up on the Jewish Sabbath.

U.K. Conservatives

Hit Back Hard

At Brighton Talks

London, Sept. 26.

The National Executive of the Conservative Party today announced a resolution to be presented to the Party's convention at Brighton next week which is tantamount to demanding a general election in Britain.

Shimizu

Decides On Hari-Kari

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Tokyo, Sept. 26. Toru Shimizu, a form

Tel. 21432

Up

Barclay's Bank

FOUR POLICEMEN KILLED IN GUN DUEL

Jerusalem, Sept. 28. Four British policemen were killed today when an armed gang, tentatively identified as members of the Stern Gang, held up the British Bar- clay's Bank in Tel-Aviv and escaped with £250,000.

The police later recovered turret when his companions re- £100,000 in money near Bamida turned with the clerk for more Theatre around the corner of money.

the bank.

They returned with another Two "uspects were solzed by snek which the clerk lowered the police within a few hours of over his shoulder. the hold-up.

A third a 27-year-old Jew who was taken wounded to how pital was pleeed under cua- tody on suspicion.

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Arabs Meanwhile, the Palestine Arab Higher. Committee today entled upon the Holy Land's 1,200,000 Arabs to join in a masa demon- Police and army aquadastration on October in protest patrolled Tel-Aviv's alreels. against the United Nations com- checking up on pedestrians and mittee recommendations for the automobile traffic.

establishment of a Jewish state,

The robbery is one of the largest in Palestine's history.

Cache

Meanwhile, in Haifa, one of

The ammunition

was in a

Under the decisions, taken at the present, the Arab League is seeking to organise a one-day strike on that date throughout the Moslem world.

This

mienn

Palestine

the largest arma caches ever da

Emlie Ghoury, a member of er President of Japan's covered in a Palestine city was the Palestina demonstrations will the committee, said today that Privy Council before the blown up in Hamdan el Paula be the greatest since the bloody advisory body was abol- Street near the Moslem mosque, 1939 Arub revolution. ished, killed himself in building, apparently also an

time the Arabs really the hope that he could arma factory, and was believed business," he said, work to retain the Em- to have belonged to Arab under called upon to demonstrate their A United Press Cairo dispatch peror system from an ground forces..

#pport for their The police refused any state brethren on October 3 in other world.

The 79-year-old aavant drown-investigation,

ment cn the explosion during whatever form available - ed himself Inst night in the

The Barclay's Bank robbery, protests to the United Bikes, meetthics, manifestoes Pacifle Ocean by jumping off which was reported to have in Nations and to the embashies of the cliff at the Atami seaside volved the Palestine police pay foreign powers."

First he wrate death messages this morning.

roll, pecurred in daylight early expressing distrean over the turnings taken in Japan.

A police armoured car pulled out of Allenby Street's teeming He wrote he did not like traffic and parked before the China, Australls and Russia, bank to remove the money, advocating for Japan a Republic In which the Emperor system would be abolished.

resort.

"Powerless"

Three polleemen manned the vehicle, one of them remaining

turret,

in the armoured car's training

machine-gun at the

bank's door.

*

Ghoury old the Arabs did not template a future appeal to the International Justice,

Court of

"If the General Assembly does not solve our problem we are not going to any more tribunala," he said. "The Arabs will achieve independence themselves."

Attack

The two other policemen went! "But we are powerless to do

He attacked the British ngent Brigadier Clayton, attache at anything about that," he wrote, into the bank for the money. adding that he found it "most

A Jewish clerk, escorted by the British Embassy, who has regrettable even among the the two policemen, came from turned p as "advisor" at all Japanese people there are those the bank lugging a heavy money najor Arab League meetings who are advocating abolition of sack which he lowered carefully during the past two years. the Emperor system. There are

Into the armoured car.

"Ile Reeks to put Arab unity

Shanghai Dancers Stage A Blitz

even Japanese who blame the The policemen manning the in line with the British policy," Emperor system as responsible machine-gun remained in the Ghoury anid.—United Presa, for the war and demand its The resolution, to be moyed on the present Government of their abolitíen.". The British Indicated A Lahore message saya sever would be prepared to speak on next Thursday by Sir Herbert the economie crtala.

the convention's opening day fallure to prepare for or to meet,

Shimizu also wrote that he (al thousand Moslems

By their had misgivings about the future The survivors of the

attacked attack Bikh-Hindu refugee train a Friday (today),

Williams On behalf of the improvident handling of our of the Tenno system but as a reached Lahore by road yester- Kamoke, about 25 miles

West Colonial Secretary Crzeci. National Executive, demands national resources and by their person purged from holding day. They told reporters that of Lahore, about noon yester-Jones was expected Bikh troops took part in

to deliver "complete change of method" as insistence on pursuit of partisan public offices he was purged the day, killing 340 Sikhs and Hin-Britain's main policy itinck. These survivors

declara. the "first condition of national ends they have destroyed the by the Japanego Government on said dus and that they were saved

wounding 260. the tion. through West Punjab Government an

recovery."

unity of our national life in these Monday he was powerless to being hidden under the bodies nounced today. - Router,

The Jewish Agency was re. "This can be achieved only by difficult times.

make "secure" or "guarantee" ported to be secking a private & new Parliament," the ro- "This conference, therefore, the position of Pirohilo,-United conference with Secretary of solation siates,

consider that a complete change | Press. State Marshall before

of method of approach is the sembly settled down to fill.

first condition for national re- dress, review of the

covery, problem.

French Political Prisoners Escape

Paris, Sept. 26.

Three thousand French police and security squads, armed with machine guns, today blocked all main roads leading to the Pyrenees in a search for 61 French political prisoners who broke out last night from a camp at Carrere, near Agen in Southern France.

Seventy-three prisoners actual Into darkness through

蟲 short

the As

"This can only be achieved by a new Parliament.

Wrecked Jap Sub Off Long Beach

Shanghai, Sept. 26. The city's army of dancing girls today opened a double-barrelled drive against the proposed dance ban by appealing to Madame Chiang Kal-shek, who is at present visiting Shanghal. The offered huge donations to would he pretponed. Rio Stato. the City Council for disposal as Council ordered voting for the the Council seen fit

National Assembly to be delayed Four dancing hostesses this from October 31, 22, 29 until the morniae

called 011 Madame same dates in November because Chiang, seeking to nolleit the election areangements, including First Lady's support of their the selection of party candidates case, but were told the President'a and printing of ballots, are

not wife was busy but will arranza completed. Long Beach, Calif., Sept. 28.

A Government spokesman said another appointment. The Navy discovered on

Meanwhile, the city cabarattoday the postponement would not Thursday what, it said may be operators and pro-

employees gulta dolny the scheduled meeting of th the sunken wreck of a Japanese ad-pted a resolution that each National Assembly on December submarine about 1 300 yards off cabaret should by turn contribute 25 for the Inauguration of the the Long Beach breakwater.

day's net profit to the City constitutional government nor the Navy crows employing grap- Council.

scheduled viecjlon of the Legisla. pling nooks contacted a large Dancing hostesses will contri-tive Yuan on December 21, 22 ant submerged object) and a spokes bute an entire day's receipt, wal: 3-United Press and Associated Em-brought here to board th

man said that divers will be or their tips, the musicians their Presi.

salaries and the management all The discovery was reported to profits from drinks and food. Naval officials; by Herman M Ditlinder. Long. "Besch photo-

It was estimated that the net grapher who sighted the ob- tarnings of a larger cabaret Ject while travelling in a antall wauld amount to more than hoat to Newport; Bosch,,22 |CN$2,000,000,000,

Debate Palestine The measure is expected to bring about a long debate in the Official spokesman for the convention which will be wound American delegation refused

to up by Mr. Anthony Edon, deputy "It further pledges Itself to confirm

or deny that such р

to Mr. Churchill as Tory leader promote a national and practical meeting with Marshall was con- in the House of Commona. polley without regard to special templated.

Marshall met Arab represen. considered the

Most political observers have interests which will unite the tatives earlier in the week, in a machinery is not ready for a Britain dependa and the use of Tory Party forces on which the survivel of sesalon which was kept secret hard-fought national until disclosed by the Arab:

election our resources in the task of in- themselves.

and that the Labour' Government | dustrial and agricultural would not be challenged on a duction and moral revival. - The polley of strict'

This national scale until completion

conference reaffirms of its full term of office in 1950. the long-held faith of the Party The Conservative resolution] that our future can only stand released today by the Conser on the unity of nations of the vative Central Office reads:

British Commonwealth and "That this conference accuses pire."-United Press,"

secrecy

ly broke out, all of them on- circuit.

has developed widespread specu tenced as Nazi collaborators and

lation among the Assembly dele- Eight guards at the gate were gations over the likelihood that believed to be heading for Spain, overpowered but reinforcements but 12 had been recaptured by arrived in the camp just in time the United States had not deve noon today.

prevent the escape of a further loped a hard and fast stand on A Ministry of the Interior group of about 400 prisoners, the the partition recommendations statement said that the break fal-statement said, Jowel the plunging of the camp

The Weather

An antigelons' centred over Kṣeen, and

Truman Moves

Many of the prisoners had, cara Meanwhile, President Truman which had been left near the camp son after nightfall in what ap- trailon group composed of the

La organising a special adminis peared to be a well laid plan bo- tween the prisoners and their Labour, Commerce and Agricul helpers outside-Router.

ture Departments, aided by the how Citizens' Food Committee

atakwisted ridge of his ATTLEE VICTIM OF

extending:SW along the China Const, ar Both 'moving E-end declining. A shallow. trough extensda from Yunnan to the danc trul Yanga Valley and pressurg" te“ater" low of Lucan.

Today's Forecast:--Moderate

Partly cloly

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"BOMB HOAX”

London,, Sept. 20.

Scotland Yard disclosed today

that Prime Minister Attlee was the victim of a bomb' hoax yester=" day.

The Yard announcement said a

| brown paper parcel addressed “C. Attlee, Esquire, No. 10, Downing Street, S.W.1" was delivered

to

to help carry out his request that' the nation waste. Jess food!

MILAN WORST

MEETS ITS HURRICANE

Milan, Sept. 26.

so hungry European nationa muy | Milan's worst hurricane in two years subsided to- day after 15 hours of violent rails and 65

THE SADIST” GETS

ELEVEN YEARS

Yokohams, Sept 20.

+

Ditlinder said that he could Bee it plainly in the clear water and that he is convinced "that

Excited Barbers Εκακόν.

despatches any two 10 is a submarine-Associated volicemen were injured and more Press.

han 20 barbers arrested tha serious clash between hundreds of barbers and police at two theatras when the Chinese movie. "Phoney Phoriz”, opened here today,

m.ph. winds, leaving destruction estimated at ON OTHER PAGES

tens of millions of lires..

Only cho casualty wa retranapcrtation system, partly ported—a man hurt by falling paralysed, with many thou Yeahlaki Kariya, tivillan debris.

xands of windows shattered POW guard, nicknamed The Widespread flood and wind | throughout the city. Sadist, was sentencódź to 11 damage- drew over 500 order, Lightning destroyed a trans- years hard labour today for gency calls to the Milan fire former plant, leaving much of beating and abusing Allled department during the night the city without electricity to contain a battery connected by Branch Camp No. 1 Murthouses and buildings flooded to remain in lie building for

Opened by his

y his salt, it was found prisoners at Hakodato FOW But the city woke this morn At the famed La

Scala wire with a fountain pan" capita

withtheusands of lite "Theatre thousands were forced Palico axpioive expertamara

the Prime Minister's, official re sidence.

| caliod. They found that the cuppa Among the Americans, mal;

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The United Press-correspon-over an hour!lärter the per Ein formarice, hecause of watersli

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Racing.

It is the same movie which paused a demonstration by Shang- hal barber two months ago but, finally reached the screen fallow- tag minor alterations and addition, of prologue In which is a lengthy article praising the “sacredness of labour.

When Hankow theatres present ed the picture for the first Ume, | hundreds of barbers demanded a han-without first seeing the plea fure. The police intervened and i

Governmerit

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The King Was Not Amused

Belfast Sept. 28.

A letter from an Irish extremitat, David Fleming, ta Keto Gcords Vl, telling him stay out, sons in court hure to del eut of Ireland and

today as Fleming wanar. raigned on the charge of hav. ing three rounds of amniani. tion in his possession

Fleming, anzk=IRA leader, cho previoualsivos yelcured from jail after on record- breaking, hunger, "striko, was sent for trial f3October."-

He was carried from the.. courtroom shouting: "right fafri "F" refter to be turned Into a British subject/ / whal racist to the Timis to limuzine.

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