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SHIP'S SYMBOLIC VOYAGE First Delivery Abroad Of British Coal Resumption Of Shipments

recovery.

London, Jan. 4.

Some time this month, a ship will leave a port in Britain on a voyage which is regarded here as symbolic of Britain's progress to Industrial No well-dressed men and women will crowd her rails as she steams out, bound for Sweden. No sleek stewards will carry cocktails to luxury passengers. Luxury, in fact, is the last word one could apply to this vessel, with its sooty decks, its grimy clad crew, its black holds.

Her importance lies in her | The export of the "black cargo. For she will be carrying gold" from under Beltish gall. the

firat regular shipment of which, before the war, brought British coal under the new trade the nation over £34,000,000 a pact agreed with Sweden at the year from sales abroad, stopped end of 1947.

almost dead at the end of last

Production was too low even to foed the home factories on drive which Britain's recovery depended.

To the British people, made | February. congelous of the importance of roal to their prosperity through the bitter months of the fuel shortage, the resumpitom of coal

has exports

come #19 hear- tening news.

COLOSSAL DEFICIT

Shanghai. Jan. 5.

The astronomical figure of CN$1,216,726.000.000 was cit- ed by Chinese Customs sources today as the foreign trado deficit for China for October the last month for which figures are available.

At the same time other sources sold that for the period of 21 months prior to October, excess importa over exports amounted to US$- 618.351,618, October's BX- port« are estimated at one- third of the import tolal9.~*** United Press,

The "Mad Doctor" To Die

tbe

Since then, however, produc-; tion records in the mines have soared. and alocks of coal have Accumulated unti! home in. dustrial consumers the No. 1 priority are now turning]

away offera of extra coal.

Althaugh the Jannery ship. ment to Sweden is the first ex- port under firm contract since the coal erists, Britain did nc-

10 ually begin export small soared, and ntocks of coal have several amounts informally

countries, including Portugal and France, in the last weeks of 1947.

Turned Down

These Amounts are stocks, turned down by already well- supplied factories, which cannot be shifted

the elsewhere in country because of transport difficulties.

Their accumulation at the theads would seriously endan; ger further production. Sn the surplus stocks are sent to the nearest port and shipped to foreign customers chosen the Government.

by

The conl export target for 1948 is 16,000,000 tons of a total estimated production of 211,- 000,000 tons. Of this, €,000,. 000 tons are already committed

Eighty Jews and drabs were killed and many more injured in violent demonstrations by Arabe in den against the United Na tions decision to partition Palestine, Damage caused by arson and laeting is estimated at £200,000. Royal Navy and Airborne troops eventually restored order. Photo shows eisters engaged in looting stores in the Grater area. They are bring helped by Somali svomen. (Photo)

Liberian Resources To Be Developed

New York, Jan. 5.

A group of American business men, executives of a recently formed Liberia company, will leave here shortly on a fact-finding mission to dis- cover "the resources and economic potential" of Liberia, Mr. Edward Stettinius, former American Secretary of State, announced here today.

matters, including.

Yokohama, Jan. 5. The Eighth Army, Military

to the countries which come Mr. Stettinlus, who is chair-self chiefly with the financial Commission today sentenced to

policy former Japanese under the Marshall Plan, and man of the company, will got and death

with prospective needed for himself accompany the misalon, interviews Army Captain, lisakich! To-17,000,000 tons are

and other kuda, known as the "mad doc- bunkers and depots abroad. which will study the prospects Liberrian investors tor" at Shinagawa hospitali Apart from Sweden and Eire, of the development of minerals, members will have special. In. prisoner of war camp, Tokyo. the only customers whic at metals and agriculture in the terest to look after.

Tokuda was found guilty on present have signed and sealed West African republic,

contracts, 11 Je still doubtful|

Aa a special assignment, the several counts of performing what countries will share in the

will The mission will be especiul mission

survey present Ameri- medical experiments on

for health, ly interested in cocao and coffee Liberian faeities remaining 3,000,000 tons. can and Allied prisoners of war,

Britain's biggest annual in-and in fishing, lumber, roads.welfare and education, in con- causing the death of four and dividual conl exporte before the railways and other public uult-nection with the expansion contributing to the death of

the recently-formed war, taking 1938 figures, were ties as well as in banking and plans for fifth prisoner.

Liberian Foundation. to France (6,155,460 tans), Ger- finance.

cd

tions in their own fields of In! terest.

The four prisoners who died many (3,687,443 tons). Sweden, The mission will be composed from injections of soy bean milk (2.455,311

The first members of the tons). Denmark of five of the Liberia company's solution which Tokuda concoct (2.996,868 tona), Italy (2,266,-principal executives and seven mission will leave by air for

were William Holland of 180 tons) and the Argentine independent business men willberta on Thursday--Reuter. Leytonstone, London; Thomas (2,030,407 tons.) Reuter. accompany it to explore opera- Thompson of LyRon Street, Liverpool: Walter L. LawɛON, address unknown; and Ernesto Saxida of Trieste, a member of the Italian Navy, who was im- prisoned after Italy's surrender. The Britons were Hong Kong P.O.W'S.

The formation of the com-

ARMS FINDS IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA |pany by Mr. Stettinius and a Prague, Jan. 5. group of associatea Wus an- The Czechoslovak Ministry of nounced several weeks ago. Of the Interior today stated that large the stock, 66 percent is owned quantities of explosives and arms in America and 25 percent has Picas of insanity by the de- had been found buried in several been given to the Liberian fence prolonged the Erlal for places close to important Czecho- Foundation as an initial grant several weeks. Examinations re-clovak industrial and economie for developing health and wel- vealed that Tokuda had recently points, Tho suffered from neute confusion

toctod psychosis, but he recovered suf ficiently to continue his defence. -United Press.

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London, Jan. 5.

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influenza. The later notice be removal of war Industries "On March 14, 1944, the Re-never received.

across the Urals to avoid des- gistrar-General reported that "It must have been a slip-up," truotion by the Germans. Barrott had been living at An- he added.

This shift "not only increases laby Road, Hall When the Yesterday, Barrott got a lot-military, security as a whole lä police lalted the house, ho had ter from the Adjutant at any future confifct, especially removed without leaving a new Talavera Camp, Northampton, in= a war, that "may be chiefly address or notifying' the ' 'au- granting him deferment of call-fought out with air power, but | thorition.

un(until, Jan. 1:15. Today he iz siso Increases that country's}@/ "On Dec. 5, 1947, the Re-will too, the County Agriaut power in Asia, and on the Pacijen gistrar General reported that tural Committe Reuter de Associated Press

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