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MANILA "Council Of War"

Survivor's Dramatic Story Of Shipwreck

Hundreds Dead In Ship Fire

Nanking, Dec. 28. Fire Just night caused panic nning, the 700 passengers of the Chinese river Steamer "Yan Shing." most of whoma plunged Jute the Yangtse River, accord-

34 Persons Still Unaccounted For

Manila, Dec. 28.

Five survivors of the wrecked Danish motor: ship "Kina" arrived in Manila today with a tale of horror and death wrought when the ship was smashed on the reefs of Camandag Island by typhoon "Jean" on Thursday night.

ing to the Chinese newspaper. The survivors three passengers and two crew-

San Pao.

It is reliably reported that the fire involved six passenger ships and resulted in the total loss of 200 passengers killed and seriously injured.

400

No further details are avail- able-Reuter-AAP,

-

men told the story after they had been flown to Manila by a U.S. Navy Catalina fly- ingboat for medical treatment.

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"With the ship pitching waves persons reR= } cued from the vessel remainvil{op all around us, it was Seventy light indies have board the Norwegian ship | miracle we got clear. Wel been so far recovered,,

"Samuel Bakke" which picked swamped immediately in these them up on Saturday.

big waves," Mr. Olofsta said. There were tbeonfirmed re- "Our lifeboat was non sink- ports that five other personsable. We were in the water all survived the disaster and had night.” made their way to nearby Santo "Don't Like This" Nino Isdano.

23 Dead In Indian Air Crash

A motorboat was

He sald four-year-old Kenneth patrolling Matti, patting the water with his the vicinity in search of the rehand, said plaintively: "Daddy, porleg survivors,

I don't like this."

So far 34 of the ship's G3 Twelve passengers, including: passengers and crewmen were three American wanten, were in umcented for.

Cofsen's host.

Captain Ange Tjernum, one:

The Olofsens held tight to the of the most experienced muster drinking water container in the of the East Astatic Line, who bout and saved it from being bad guided his ship safely washed away. New Delhi, Dec. 28.

through perilous Atlantic runs Olofsen wuld the ship struck Ninçleen passengers throughout the war without the about 7.30 pm, and was aban-

Just doned about 8330) pin. and a crew of four were benefit of a convoy,

reached fand killed when an Indiansen on the bridge ordering pas- lifeboat

senpers and crew members temoming at 5:30. small boats and life rafts. It was learned that Mr. Olofsen was the heroine of the wreck.

Dakota operating on the Karachi-Bombay service crashed last night..

'The

accident topled shority after the plane Erft Kacarhi, a Gin- ernment of India press note vid um shoy.

WIN

He is among the 34 till listed us missing

A member of the East Asiatic Company aald the Kina haul no radar equipment aboard,

Survivor's Story N.E.R. Olofsen, of the Chin- ese. Maritime Customs, and Mrs., Olofsen were among the aur-

A ball-mile trail of Sve-bdarkened metal scrap na the sand dunes near He BOAL: fying leat base at Korankivivors. Creek marked the serne of the crash-Jadia's disaster.

Mr. Olofaen was returning on greatest visit flying ierive from Shanghai with his

Tho

.next

Mithungh dot a trainpa nptre, he buried herself oftending to the shocked and Injurent up to

Shanghai Has Time On

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wife, Margarete, to their home Its Hands

A Rewer Karachi despatch said in Copenhagen. that Dakota crashed and blew up suddenly after the pilot had réported engine trouble after taking off for Borstray from Karachi airport In night.

He told the Associated Press that the Kina struck rock with grind of ripping metal nt. 7.20

and 'immediately p.m.

took u sharp list to starboard, Searlet turbined Stor

There was no pante, he nald. policeturn were searching the muist Shrouded The ship's officers told everyone;

durs early today wasid

for the to put on febella. bodies, some of which were thrown Owing to the list, enly three hundreds of yards away when the lifeboats on the port side ware Full ranks bleix up after the impact launchable. One of these was So far 22 bodies have been te unipshed. All liferafts however covered.-Heuter.

were used.

China's New Bid

At Government Delayed Until

May

Nanking, Dec. 28.

China's first constitutional Government will ac- - tually begin-functioning about May 5, 1948, despite its theoretical Inauguration on Christ- mas Day this year, according to informed political observers.

They pointed out that annbuner, 1947, exerpt for -on; emply ag- ment of a constituilenal era onnouncement that the Constitution

- Christmas Dây was little more is now. In force.

than. announcement "sincë"}"

Candidates

cannot be enforced until the No The National Election Board ilonal Assembly

Arab League Leaders Gather In Cairo

· Representatives of the Arab”» league/neven-member states opened what they, termed 's "Council of War" / oni December 8. to discuss milltary/and other measures tot fight the United Nations' Asserably dreision of partition of Palestine.

The fest, meeting has held: | at the Egyption Foreigu Min- islry-in' Cairo,

PHOTO SHOWS:-Lept to right, Abący Kálman Azzány Pasha secretary

Reneral of the Arab Lengue (holding prayer; bead; the exiltd

Mufli of Jerusalem. Haj Amin E1 Husdeinf, who came' Tróm the Lebijnon" to me: The League's representatives)

i did not attend the coun- El meeting and. Sheikh Youssef Yassin. Soudi: "Arabia's acting Foreign Min.:

ister. A Photo.

Battles

Seesaw Rage Near Mukden

Singapore

Boycott On Arms Ships

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Sergeant Killed In Acre Prison Break

Jerusalem, Dec. 28.

A British Army Sergeant was surrounded and Kicked to death today by prisoners in Acre prison after guards had folled an escape attempt.

The prisoners who attempted to break out of the prison, were forced back by a barrage of gun- hire from the military guards who recaptured all but one prisoner.

Troops form a nearby comp 000 Illegal Jewish immigrants, were rushed to the prison and were sighted at 0.59 nam, on Sun restored order:

day entering the Bosphoraits un This was the third mass brenk route to Palestine from Rumanin. from Acre Gnol in recent minths. The two formar. Americans In May 158-Arabs and 29 Jews ships, carrying the biggest grup made

mass escape and 18 of. Jews over attempting to run Arabs escaped. on. December 10. the British blockade to the Holy

Associated Press

the Black Sen says: Acre Land, entered Prison now contains only Arab early in October loaded with prisoners.

provisions..

Cafe Bombed

A bomb later exploded in packed Arab cafe in #imema on

British observera have been walching for them to break for the Mediterranean over since:

Bethlehem, the birthplace of

the western outskirts-of- Jerusa-" | the Prince of Peace, became an

lem.

armed camp on Christmas Day Firat police reports said, there na more than 4,000 British soi- were several casualties, some b2ders, their weapons bristling. lleyed, to be fatal.,

..

The official announcement said thronged the holiest place in Christ- the cafe bombing was preceded Christendom to attend by, a Jewish' grenade attack on a mus Mass in Saint Catherine's

Vacuum Sucony

station Church and visit the sacred operated by Arabs.

Grotto-lhe traditional site of The station was set on fire and the nativity. destroyed.

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In a exchange of shots which Singapore, Dec. 28. followed, it was reported without

Only a few Christian Arabs" made the perilous Journey to

The "Malaya Tribnue" confirmation that two persons Bethlehem through the moun

taina which have become the said today that the were killed and six Injured.

Witnesses sald Jews then aus of murderous bands of Singapore Federation of bombed the Arab cafe while elew Trade Unions has order Meanwhile in Jerusalem.

caping.

* The - massed"; "thousands of a

بده

RQUITIVE

ed a boycott of ships Jews fatally shot four Arals and year ago were conspielovely, ab- carrying

She athers as Jowish wet from thoTM mangel arms from wounded Dan Canada to China when member-Haus Beith-killed on in front of the church,

Friday:

day by snipera" - billets-was- Riflemer în staid "Augufat-em- they pass through Singa- takom stradale grayfula 20 ara

aru pincement onthe roof ryby. ed: bebrse: A

looked the square where armoir. [pote reinforcements are rusfied "north-

The rattle of gunare interrupt The Tribune aid the buycolted Belth's funeral as some 0.000 British soldiers with Sten g

cd cars and 'noveral thousard ward in an effort to dent the Communist

to parifeipale first would affect the Guifude mourbery.walled 'so-called "seventh "offensive in Manchuria.

which is expected here whortly. the procession to the burial rifles and pistols, moved under Presant fighting centered with the arrivals of reinforce-

The paper sild the Canadian Place on the Mount of Olives. the electric lights and hundreds

Illegal Migrants ship"Cliffside" Scabies Into Press, despatch from above the cries of Arab street of others sang Christmas carola' nróunil three impertunt Govern, ments from North Ching." inent bases in western Lincuing Trou returned to Mukden yes-

Singapore Harbour on Christmas-

that the Parin- vendors.... Istanbul roptris Provinca Changwi,

with","2,500 clone) or of Day Shiuminterday, from Peiping after con- wild nihitung 60, 36 and 25 ferring with General Fu Tao Yi, ammunition, four Mosquito bom-manian ships, Pan York and Pan United Press Associated Press &

·Crescent," reportedly carrying 14,-ĮReuter. * miles northwest of

hers and an unassembled (arma|| Mukden commander-in-chief in North respectively,

factory,... China-United Press and Rev-

Trhe: cargo-was valued; .... nt- Pro-government. Contral News, ter-AAP. Agency reports: from Mukden

$6,000,000. MY TEA

The Federation of Trade- said the fighting for. · Changwu Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Unions. ordered a boycott climaxed when swarms of she arrived in Hankow this against the Cliffside but befor "suicidal attackers" closed afternoon by his private plane it went into effect the ship wars on the town despite concen-accompanied by Dr. Ye Chleb discharged with 150 tons o trated gunfire-

Shi, Director of Military encargo and precoder t The Reds finally were re-- Affairs. Bureau, and secretaries China. WIE!

pulsed, leaving a large number and conferred with General Pai The Tribune said both the of deal, ..

Simultaneously the Reds hurting, the Minister of Na-Seamen Union and the Harboul.

tional Defence all concurrently Board workers would be affect ed "tlichselves" against gover Central China's Commander-in-og by the boycott Associated ment positions around the walls Chief. of siblitang

Shanghal, Dec. 28. About 1,250 expensive Am- crican wrist watches, seized from a foreign traveller inst August. will be auctioned next week by the Customs authorities. it was disclosed today.

The Customs [2947 naction cosmetics, nylon lose, a store of the drug streptomycin and othier. smuggled goods. -- United Press

the time of their arrival in Manila today.

.'

Chlang Arrives

-It is oxpcoted that a large scale military development will result from this conference, says Reuter-AAP.

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Press

LEFT GAS ON

Vienna. Dec, 28.

In southera Shaust Com mutist General He Lyng per The Olofsent and 13-year-old scnally is directing the selge of Richard Malti were taken to Yuncheng with a force, totalling Meanwhile, a late report from Fifteen people, lost their lives Manila with two grow members, over 70,000, reported to be 12 Hunkow, claimed the - Natlon- from gas poisoning In Vienar Madser, ship's cook and seaman times the strength of the Govalists are strengthening their Xmas Holiday; most of them during the three plays of the Karl Hansen, who suffered a crnment garrisonvivor-defence" by "nemy, naval through, leaving gas fires on

broken right arm-

"Essential

Sven Halberg. "East Anintle Company's Mualla manager and

“Chlum cannot“ ekial" · "without. Danish Conqul there, sald the search was being continued for Manchuria," said General T800- the missing members of the Tro Hwa; Political Affairs Com ship's company and one passen- missioner in Manchurin, when ger, Dunals Matti,, who was be asked for confirmation of re lieved to have perished when ports that Nationalist, troops number three liferaft smashed were being withdrawn from against the King's side. during Changchun' and Mukden, ac- the launching.

** | cording to pro-Governmnat des- The loss of the Kion was a patches reaching Nanking.

"These reports are “almolute- severe blow to the Danish" mer=| chant marine. It was one of ly groundless,” Tuvu" added. the most modern in the fleqt.---- He said the position for, Gove United Press and Associated ernment forces would be greatly

-Improved." in the North-East,

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INDIA IS FACED WITH

HER BIGGEST

STRIKE

Newsprint Quotas Restored To Shanghai Papers

Shanghai, Dec. 28.

Newsprint quotas of the American-owned "Shang-

hal Evening Post" and the British "North China Daily News" were restored today by the Import-Export Board.

The guild recently ordered.

the "North. China" Daily., Newa" the "Evening Post by 60 per- quota slashed by, 90 percent and cent as punishment for the alleged infringement of a ferm- er guild, agreement."

Reuter learned that the fol- lowing letter was regelved today by, the North China Daily. Nown from Mr. P.T. Shen, the bend et the Import queta allocation department of the Export Import Board M

With reference to the reċent | Ispue of newsprint, quota, alloca tion for the fourth quarter of this year, I am instructed by the chairman of our board to inform you, that the fourth

Bombay, Dec, 24.6 An estimated 1,000,000 industrial, commercial and **/ public utilities, workers will stay awat Ironi their jobs tomorrow in a 24-hour general strike, called by Socialist-dominated labour unions, fieavy, police reinforcements, were prevent - violence expected, from the quarter alloiment for all men- posted in - pássible, trouble spots to largest spike in India Vaporytale bera of the Shanghai News

Hundreds of Bombay, mille paper Gulla including your raries, trams, bades will be idle ak.

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Manila Says Lindbergh Is On

in: actual fast the constitution |

convents to last night announced, there will the President elect

and Vice be 1517 candidates for the forth Pracident.

coming Legislative Yuan elec. Promulgation of the constitutions on January 21 and, 23 after. tion trok place on Christmas he Kuomintang, Young Chiŋa Day, 1840, with the stipulation and Democratic Socialist parties

•Manila, Dec. 28.-- that it should be enforced begins coachod agreement on the candi

· Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh's ‚oing on. Christmas -Day, 10479 0; "datare" allocation.

this had proved impos Since

The agreement reached after recent trip to the Far East was alble because of postponement of weeks of negetation gives the in connection with the joint the National Assembly, nothing Kuomintang 1,313 candidates, the defence system of the United really happened on December 20, Young Chine Party 81 and the Kingdom, China and tha’"United

Democratic Socialists 08. There Sites, the Manila Chronicle fra: 775 cuenta:5

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Military Mission

Clash At Konitsa Continues

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