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ITALY FACED WITH MORE RED TROUBLE

Tornado Hits The Transvaal

Johannesburg. December 19.

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Romo, December 19.

Italian workers are ready to fight to the bitter and, Signor Giuseppe de Vittorio, Secretary General of the Communist-led Italian Gondral Con- foderation of Labour, said in a speech tonight. Signor di Vittorio's 6,000,000 strong union group has called the general strike of Government employees which is due to begin at midnight. He added that Signor Alcide de Gosperi's Government is an autocratic Government and it should go.

felegraphs.

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union

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1948.

Father Was Only Survivor

Adelaide, December 19. An entire family except the father was klied when car collided with a train at level crossing near hera today.

Those killed were a 50- year-old mother

and three daughters, aged 23, 18 arid 14, and a male relative of the family. The father, aged 61, was admitted to hospital with minor injuries,

The family was on its way to a pre-Christmas reunion. --Router.

ARAB APPEAL FOR SUCCOUR

GRAVE DELINQUINCIES

IN EXPORT CONTROL

Washington, Docombor 19.

There are serious delinquincies in U.S. export con- trals, o Senate investigating committee 'said' today.

The committee demanded stricter enforcement to make sure that exports do not trickle through the Iron Curtain.

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The Committee, headed by marked lack of vigour and fore- Senator Homer Ferguson, suidsight, it snl. the export programme was being

seems almost incredible handled better now, but there is that a nation such as ours would still considerable room for Im-embark on a programme to con- trol is exports without having provement.

Its report based on

more ad- long greater forsight and Investigation of an alleged blackvanced planning."-United Press. market in forged export licences and says that scarce commoli- ties eventually find their way to Russia and her antellites.

Comics Gave Him Idea

A tornado which struck the Northern Transvaal town of Louis Trichardt Jast

flattened tutist

The Premier, Signor de Gas- Ralways, 1wn

miles telegraph

of

poles

a speech on the radio, phones and posts are among the cartying the main trunk dine bo pri. in

ser-services which will be affected. tween South Afrin and Rhode-declared that Government

vants could only be paid more The two million strong indepen- Nin.

Trade Union Movement Inpletely cut off telephoneoney by Increasing taxes and enl

Famagusta, December 20, communication added: "If we granted greater in-under the Catholic trade union telegraph www!

About 200 Arab refugees in between per

countries for creases then prices would rise in Jender, Signor Gitutio Pastore,

said today it would wol take part. Syria, unable to get visas for over 18 hours. Torty they were spiral,"

The Prender promised that all The Trade Union Movement is Arab countries, have petitione Thukest by a makeshift line,

the resulta of a

the Cyprus Government for The formada seemed to strike legitimate claim would be made si awaiting

Italy has recovered pleliscite for or against chrke an airfield near Pietersburgh, the good ace

Rs provincial or similar assistance to that given Turnul No th forel

struck is from the ravages of war. Asking notion orang

the Jews in Famagusta camps. The Arabs, who arrived in Cy- Tricked, where it destroyed beast whom the strike is direct-ganisations, tween 20 and 30 houses, No one, Signor de Gasperi saul: This

160-70-71-1 Mead 15 roadies betwees capitadent Trude Union Movement, the Prus in January, are mostly living says, the flow of Illegal exports comics and movies.

administra-Government hopes. 10 Rutan miserable circumstances. Same enn reach such volume that it

stables Nicosia and fire up an'inflationary spiral.hendhunting tribe

In

was killed but many Herved hornolersen,

The high wind coppel the rol ed a church, sehrash and shops, ig i woke casse a deluge, of rùn ami hail, washing was runds and bridges and soaking B ant is the damaged lousas

The tornado

was the second high wind storm within

A

Three werks

devastate to South African town. A hurri cane killed 14 and injured 500 In the Band mining town of

Roodeport on November 26. The damare te conatum dewatiron mated by peterday's torm was

great that this thest ronda of Be lisaster catre foton dolatovesháng Today 18 hours after the storm ht Louis Trichmt. Hester

aal labour. Publie

With the help of the indeprsi-

tion is not capitalist under-skelion railway services during taking. yielding profits, but the strikes

the service of uporated

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the

tion." He said the public employees have the grendezt Interest In seeing freedom does not perish

Italy as tars happrtied in so many other cuntries of Europe.

Wage Increases

The General Confederation of Labour has called a 24-hour sirike throughout the Goyern- ment services because it con- siders Inndéquale the Govern

Workers Warned

The Government

nounced that these

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Joined have alrently sleeping in

Among other things, it urges the Commerce Department to strengthen present export re- mutations, to keep a strict check make on all shipments and to certain of their Anal destinations,

Without such precautions,

vagrants will create shortages al

slums,

plication is under consideration.

A formal reply from the Gov- ernment Secretariat said the ap

At the beginning of December 3,

services there were 11,800 legal Jewish

will run with full safety moanmigrants all detained by Bri- auren, thus answering the Com-tun on the island.-Rruleg - munist newspaper, Walta, which today alleged that traina would run without anfety devices.

The

the legal

CHURCH FIRE

London, December 19.

+

Álmost Incredible'

home

Manlin, December 20. Even Filipino headhunters are crime influenced by Amerienn

Police arrested Layogen. Boténg, 18-year-old member of the Sagada in Northern Luzon.

Botong hunted Japanese hendis

HELD

OVER!

Queen's