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"THE RAZOR'S EDGE“

MAJESTIC

CRASH

Rome. May 20.

A man believed to be one of the last war's most famous George "Screwball aces

Beurling, 2 Canadian was killed today with an English companion when plane, which they were flying, crash- ed in flames at Rome airport.

Saigon, May 20.

Gonoral Nguyon Van Xuan, the newly-elected Prime Minister of the Central, Vietnam Government, revealed today that he would shortly ask for the Government by foreign recognition of his

powers,

At a press conference following today's elections, General Xuan expressed the hope that the French Government would provide this recogni- tion "within several days."

RUSSIAN HINT ON BRITISH AIRFIELDS

Berlin, May 20,

The Russians hunted for the second time today. that they ****

the considering closing In regard to the unified Viet-1 The meeting of the three states- British and American alrfelds

in Berlin nam Government's position to- nuen, it was widerstood, will be

and forcing the wards France. the Premier arranged immediately following Western Allies to handle all sald he hoped France would negotiations between M, Bollaert air traffle between Berlin and permit the new State to have and General Xuan in tile Day of the west from Russian-operat- Rome police Identified the body consular agents, in return for Along, where an agreement is to ed airports.

bo signed on the status of tho new Central Indo-Chinese GOV- The Soviet-licensed ADN news ernment.

Bao Dai is not expect-agency reported that officials of the Russian Schoenefeld airfield ed to sign this agreement.

General Xuan further di.have decided that all western air closed that the present Cochin traffic can be handled from their field, situated south of Berila's China Government would ba transformed into An adminisily boundaries inside the trative committed, headed

by 8:09 zone. M. Tran Van Hou, its current Vice-President.

as that of George Beurling. 20 years old, and Jewish sources later said he was the Canadian ace who shot down 31 enemy air- craft during the war, winning his greatest fame in the defence of Malia

The Englishman who died in the crash

identified WES

По

Leonard Cohen, 29 years of

old, of Liverpool,

men

which Vietnam would agree to be represented by the same Consuls abroad as France..

The new Vietnam Cabinet will be formed in June, General Xuan declared,

"I plan to leave next Tuesday for Hong Kong to present tha list of Ministers to BRO Dal," ke wald.

14 was known here that the two The proclamation of the new were making for Palestine.Government, he added, would be The

plane had been flown in made In Hue, capital of the Em trom Nice on the way to Palos-pire of Annam, in the Throne tine, and it was reported that | Room. Bo Dal, the ex-Emperor Beurling borrowed it from theuf Annam, will not himself at- pliot für a short flight over the tend these ceremonies. feld

ield.

It was learned authoritatively tonight that Beurling signed, up sexeral weeks ago, with a private Jewish group for service in Pales line-Reuter.

However,

Rus-

Schoenefeld is equipped withi all

p-to-date

means required for funding 80 to 70 planes daln-

Hope was also expressed by General Xuan that France would y. the ADN reported. The exelui- include within the Constitution of sive use of this airfield "would

alr traffe security." the French Union the term "us-increase sociated states and allied states."

Russian-sponsored press In Ber- lin has long been clamouring for Dominion Status

the closure of the British ond "Vietnam would thus obtain American airports as a tirent tu 'status similar to that of a

air safety. minion," he stated.

Yesterday the "Berliner Zei tung" reported that Air Director. Mejor Genern? Georgi Alexandros is considering strictly dividing"Allied air traile

Do-

the forthcoming meeting between General Xuan. Meanwhile, Bao Dai, in a mes Bao Dai and M. Emile Bellaert, sage addressed to the new Pre- the French High Commissioner inter, gave his full approbation for Indo-China, will take place to the "de facto" Vietnam Gry shortly afterwards.

REQUISITIONS FOR AID TO CHINA

Washington, May 20. Economic Cooperation officials said today that they have just finished preparing requisitions for $13,500,000 worth of cereals and rice to be shipped to China under the new aid programme for that country.

Requisitions will soon be issued for petroleum and cotton to be shipped under the initial authori- zation providing $36,500,000 out of a total of $463,000,000 voted by the Congress for Chin- ese aid.

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Officials said the first efforts T250.000 has been shipped are directed toward getting to difculties of finding exactly food movements started, since the Items desired.

that is the most urgent phase Offcials sald, however, that the of the China" progamme. They remaining $5,250,000-worth-of said they believed that action other medical supplies should be

shipped soon. could be taken quickly enough

filled.

which

ernment.

the

Soviet

"The constitution of the Pro-between Berlin and the west into

neui civil trafic, visional Central Vietnam Govern-Military

On this basis military traße.

went marks the Grst step toward resolving the Vietnam problem must be decreased and hundied the Russian Dalgow with regard to France and inter-only national opinion.

airport. Civil airlines would be.

from

"The people have asked me confined exclusively to Adlershof und Schoenefeld airfelds-United

to come back to power, but

feel that under the present cir- Press.

cumstances this would be of no

benofit to

the country,"

BAO

Dal said. The

opproval ex-Emperor's was expected to enable General Xuon to obtain the joint support in future of delegates from the three provinces-Annam, Tonkin. and Cochin-China of Indo- China. wish to assure you of the collaboration of your com- patriots who will do all they can to facilitate the progress of this task dedicated to the best inter- ests of the country and the peo- ple," the mesango said.-Reuter.

BIG HOLD-UP IN TUNGKOON

Socialists To Go Ahead

Berlin, May 20. The German Socialist Unity Party (SED) today announced its

to hold the m intenfion

Russian- supported "referendum on Ger- man unity" in Berlin's. Western seclors despite a ban by the Bri- tish. French and American Mili- tary Governments.

led"

The SED, which is Communist- said the pro-Soviet "Ger- man People's Council" would start ut once to build polling booths on the

rallway -Canton,-May-2-stations-in-the-s

The

A band of 40 men, described

statement said the as "Communists," made off with Military Governments would be

group

under of sian-controlled

reports reaching Canton from the of down-river district.

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four-

to keep the pipeline to China at $670,000 and $127,000 worth of of rice and beans when they suc- Berlin railway stations are Rus- Pesticides and sprayers valued a haul of CN$300 million worth unable to interfere, since all the

hybrid corn seed provided in the cessfully waylaid China at present is receiving interim programme have all been travelling traders, according to power agreement--Reuter.

shipped. $36,500,000 under the new ECA

The Initiat authorization

fol- programme was divided as lows: cereals and rice $13,500,000, cotton $13,000,000, petroleum $8, 000,000, fertilizers $1,500,000 and reserve $500,000-United Press.

remnants of the interim United States aid of $45,000,000 was voted to tile her over unt!! the ECA programme could made ready. The officials

said that procurement has been finish~ ed on "practically al of the $45,000,000 programme. They said

that out of $30,000,000 in this programme allotted for the purchase of cereals and rice for China, $33,000,000 worth has ac- tually been shipped and all the rest has been bought and is ready for shipment which will be made later this month and early

July Five million and five hundred thousand dollars of the $45,000,- 000 programme was allotted to medical suppiles and so far only

RADIO

ZBW Hong Kong broadcasting on

The "Communists" are said to have escaped in Junks'fully load- ed with the stolen cargoes. Their hide-out is given as being in a village in the Tungkoon district. -Reuter.

BARCLAY ON BRIDGE

By Shepard Barclay

"The Authority on Authorities”

- A THREE-WAY PLAY

Johnston, опе of the best in THERE ARE frequent plays New York's University Clubi, which offer two chances of suc- went to work. With a probability Cesa. Onn chance would be of one loser each in all suits ex- through the direct operation of cept apades, he first took out the the play itself. The other would trumps in three rounds and then come, after its fallure, from in- made his real try for game." viting a mistake by one of the It happened to be a three-way defenders. On rare occasions First it may work by

play

mond J. this worked, he would home. didn't, however, and bringing your contract home.now the second chance was Second, if it falls, one defender hand. If, East would only lead a may make a particular

error.club

either his good K or Third, if he does not, his part smaller one, two hearts could be ner then has a chance to slip discardeil on a club and a din- Enst saw that himself, so

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