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BRITISH RAILWAY AND DOCK STRIKES SPREAD

Noah's Ark Expedition Banned

London, May 30, The International search for Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat on the Russian-Turkish border has been banned by the Turkish Government, promoters of ex- peditions sald today.

Three parties planned to ex- plore the 17,000 feet peale tower- ing out of the Armenian Plateau next month. They were: a Bri-

by Ush expedition led

Egeton Sykes, member of the Royal Geographic Society, a Dutch öns fed by Hans Hoozen, member of the Dutch Research Society and an American expedition led by Aaron J. Smuth of North Caro- Jina,

Sykes it the Turkish Govert- ment informed him that they coulet not grant permission for the ex- pedition under any circumstances, end that Turkey made the sinne ruling about the Dutch ex- pedition and would ruake it for American party-United the Press,

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Britain's dock and railway strikes both spread today os the Cabinet hoord reports from the Minister of Labour, Mr. George Isaacs, and the Trans- port Ministor, Mr. Alfred Barnes.

In the House of Commons after the Cabinet meeting, Mr. Isaacs refused to intervene in the unofficial railway stoppage in North East England, where the strikers have announced that they will keep on striking every Sunday until their claims are

met.

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They are protesting against the | Liverpool dock strike, which new train schedules, forcing started on Friday from strike- locomotive crews to spend nights bound Avorunouth, doubled in size away from home. Represent today. tives of the Railway Executive and the Ballwaymen's Union are to meet tomorrow to discuss the new schedules.

"We cannot meet the unofficial strikers because there is a con- certed and deliberate attempt In the trade unions to disregard their

Isaacs leaders," Mr.

sald. He urged those who have been led into this irresponsible action to abandon this method.

Birmingham and Grimsby 10- comotive crews today voted to Join the North Eastern "Sunday strikers,"

At the London Road, Manches- ter, goods depot 80D railwaymen deelded to suspend working overtime as a protest against the delay in settling the National Union of Railwaymen's extra pensions claim.

Strike Spreads

Meanwhile, in stoppages at West the Coast ports, in support of Canudian Seamen's Union strike, more dockers came out. The

GENERAL STRIKES IN ITALY

Rome, May 30. General strikes in Cremona italy, and Mantova, Northern today intensifled Italy's acule labour situation following yes- terday's fighting between strik- ing farm workers and non- strikers in these towns.

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The local branches of the Com munist-tert General Labour Con-

for

stoppages federation called there in protest against the police netlon following the fighting.

The Confederation alleged that when the police intervened they helped the

About non-strikers.

it the injured in people were clashes, and the police have de-

70 persons. tained

Among the detained is the Assistant Secre- of the Cremona Trades Union Council.

Negotiations to avert two other strikes

over -wages have been without avail.

dominated building workers, es- timated the General Labour

by Confederation to

number about

The 1.300 men who stopped work on Friday voted to con- tinue the

1,400 stoppagt. and others decided to join them. Avonmouth and Bristol dockera decided to send delegates to all major British ports to explain their ease and ask for support. London docks are working norme ally.

Troops continue to unload the West Indies bailann ship. Bayana, ut Avonmouth, where employers have refused to take on men to handle any ships until the dockers ngree to work the Montreal City and Gulfside, which are involved In the Canadian dispute.

Canadians' Appeal

Was

A direct appeal to the Bristol

Avonmouth strikers und made today by the crew of the

City. Canadian vessel Montreal which the dockers bave refusel to handle, because she is invalved in the Canadian Sermen's Union dispute.

The crew, all members of the Seafarers' International Union, signed a circular declaring that the rival Canadian Seamen's Union is Communist-dominated and that Canadian workers do not want Coinmunists at the head of their union.

"Ships are coming and gning smoothly at all Eastern Canadian ports with SIU crews. There is no strike in Canada, and the | United Kingdom is the last resort

of

[19 Conadian Compuntam

strips," It added.

Montreal City can accomplish is What your refusal to work the

to help promote the poisonous growth of Communism through out the docks of Britain for the suke ot something which does not even concern you," the circular said.--Reuter.

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Yugoslavian Allegations

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Belgrade, May 30. Grock Army Spitfire killed three people and injur. ed four others this morning in a bombing and strafing af. tack on a Yugoslav, village, Tanjug, the official Yugoolav news agonoy, reported today. Tanjug sald that the Yugoslav Ministry of Foreign Affairs handed a note of pra test to the Greek Legation liare, saying that the Bpitfire flow 10 kilometres (about five miles) over the border, and machine-gunned the vil- lage seven times.

The dead were identified as Yugoslav soldiers-Reuter.

Miners Threw Away Uranium

Canberra. May 30. Australian mica miners have, for years, been throwing away rankum, the source of atomic power, it was officially revealed here today.

Australian

1- geologists are vestigating reports of a vast up- anium Deld In the Hartz Range, 800 miles North Enst of Alle

EISLER GIVEN A PERMIT BY THE HOME OFFICE

London, May 30.

Gerhard Eistor, German Communist who was dis- charged last week by a London Court which rejected a United States extradition application, has been told that he may stay in Britain for the time necessary to enable him to make ar- rangements for his journoy to Poland. The Home Secretary, Mr. Chuter Ede, announcing this in Parliament today, said that Eisler was given a document of identity by the Home Of- fice today!

Mr. Ede said that there is no justified claim for condensation against this country.

Eisler's legal advisers stated earlier today that he is claiming British compensation from Que Home Secretary for having been forcibly removed from a foreign ship on a charge of an extrudit- able crime, that proved groundless.

to bo

Mr. Thomas Driberg, Labour Member, asked whether the mat- ter is now definitely closed at the American end or whether Mr. Ede has received further representa-

tions.

"The decision In this case may well serve as an object lesson to countries in both halves of the world which do not share our view of the rule of law," he said. Mr. Ede replied that he is not

conduct

Springs, Central Austrnila, Sens responsible for the

for Join Armstrong. Minister for Supply and Development, safe.

The deposits may extend over hundreds of square inites, Sena- for Armstrong said.

some

There are gond prospects of production. Prospectors made the frat And, and a party of gentogists und gen-physicists then went to Lone Pine, in the Hartz Range, where mica *< rined, to investigate.

"As a result, the occurrence di highly radio-active minerals has been verified," the Minister sold. Other mien deposits will be in- vestigator. The Minister said that it is loo early to size up the in- Fortance of the present discovery.

Senator Armstrong said that the Bureau of Mineral Resources is preparing for the Government A full report which will rezom- mend what reward shall be paid to the prospectors and how the Bnds should be worked.--Reuter.

PI Complaint On Jap Reparations

Manila, May 30.

The Communis!- The Under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Folino Neri, said today that Japan's rosurgence as a dominant power in the Pacific has been clinch. ed by the United States unprecedented directivo of May 12.

1,000,000, and Treasury workers throughout Italy will stop work. hatal Three thousand Rome

have been on

workers, who

strike for the past six days, to- day reaffirmed their intention of stopping out until their basic pay l ralued.

the 12th day of Today,

the strike throughout Italy, of 2,008,- 000 farm workers, passed off with- out any incidents being reported by tonight. There is still no sign of an agreement on national wage contracts which the strikers demand.

The farmers have sald they will discuss only regional agreements. Reuter,

"BOLD VOLGA” SURRENDERS

Athens, May 30.

A guerilla leader, Christos tirammenos, known as "The Bold Volga, gave himself up today to the military authorities in Epirus, the Athens news agency report.

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point in the conclusion that the United States is determined to underwrite Japan's recovery and economie ascendancy in Asia, he stated.

The Philippines fundamentally shures the American view that Japan's recovery is essential to the recovery of the rest of Asta well as the United States advocacy

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ly coine to the conclusion that the needs of Japan should have miority over the needs of Allled countries which she overran and devastated," Mr. Neri sald.

The Philippines claims are comparable to Belgium's after World War I.

The only reparations the Philippines has received are $5- tools 000,000 worth of machine while claims total $8,000,000,000 Mr. Neri is senior official In "But what the Philippines can- the Foreign Office since President no1 comprehend is why the Elipidio Quirino holds the secre United States should so sudden-taryship.-United Press,

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Japanese Trading With China

Tokyo, May 31. The "Mainichi. Shimbun" to- day echoed the general bellef among Japanese that trade with China will be revived but ad- mitted

that the Communists will have to lift the restrictions on the exports of certain essen- tial commodities needed by, Japan.

Among them, are

muli, paper, silver, ores and coul for allver refining. The newspaper pointed out that Japan, on the other hand, will have to emphasise exports of transport equipment, drugs

which and cultural goods most in demand by the Chinese Communists.

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In order to rehabilitate their war-stricken land, the Commu- nisis will have have an chor- mous import volume for a long peried to come. To obtain this they must boost their export volume, the paper points oui.

However, Japan has little need for large quantities of those com-

When Mr. Ronald Chamberlain, Labour, asked for an assurance that Eisler will not be apprc- the American kended again by authorities if he goes to Germany, Mr. Edo said: "I can give no guarantee that extends beyond i modities that the three-mile limit.”

Mr. the

Asked by Lord Hinchingbrooke, Conservative, to repudiate Driberg's insinuation against United States. Mr. Ede said that

it does not seem to call for any comment,

Mr. Eric Fletcher, Labour, ask- ed what the Home Secretary pro- posed to do about the Magistrate's suggestion that those responsible should consider whether Eisler is entitled to compensation.

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Mr. Ede repiled:.." hopa responsible will consider the Magistrate's remarka." Mr. William Gallacher, Com- munist, said that Eisler had been forcibly dragged of a Polish ship and kept in prison for

three weeks. It was then discovered that no charge could be laid against him. Was there no! something wrong with the law?

No Influenco

Mr. Ede replied that a sworn statement was made. Information

was laid before the Southampton Magistrate and from that time the law took its course.

the Communists want to export. This is true of other countries.

This point, the "Mainich!" con- consistency between the trade and cluded, constitutes a major in-

economie rehabilitation policles of the Chinese Communists.- Reuter.

MOSCOW CALLS FOR PEACE

Moscow, May 30. The

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to the bloody civil war in

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"To the Greeks, the status quo is a bloody civil war, with thou-

Major Tutton Beamish, Conser- vative, asked the Home Secretary to make it clear that Eisler's sands of victims and torrents of release was simply a question of

blood, mass privations and calam→ ity for

the people, British law and justice and in no

economic way connected with the emotional catastrophe, and increased tension outpourings of the extreme Left.

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Earlier today, Eisler's legal ad- vicars said that he had asked for permission to stay in England until he had completed armnge- ments to leave for Germany to become a professor at Leipzig

University. Reuter.

ending Greek war were pub lished. "Fravda" declared, cer- tain feelings of awkwardness had been observed in United States and British Government circles,

The paper advised an early end to the Greek civil war in the in- terests of the Greek people, the Interests of peace and interna- tional security-Reuter.

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