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TWO 'NOAH'S ARKS'
FOUND BY
TURK EXPLORERS
Istanbul, July 13.
Two Turks claimed today to have found Noah's
Ark-in two different parts of Turkey. Then Ministry of the Interior promised each man 40 per cent of whatever money his find pro- duces.
EMERALD FIND IN MEWAR
Meanwhile, Tour Americans reached Ankara today w bcg permission to cross milltary zones
Acatat on the to climb
Rusko- Turkish frouller in their search for the Ark.
One Turkish "discoverer" sald -he-found-the-Ark-at-a-point 12- walking days' distant from Tokat
North Cent
Central Anatolia. Thren quarters of it was buried that Oxford, July 13. in the earth, he said, and
showed above Dr. Darashan Wadia, mining part which adviser to the Indian Govern-surfnge was covered with ment, told the Empire Mining and foliage.
A thick black substance re- and Metallurgical Congress at
tar had preserved it, rembling Oxford today that emeralds have been discovered in Mowar
State, where gem beryls of beautiful colour were found in
1943.
Emerald crystals, varying from a half to four inches in length, have been extencted. On cutting, they had yielded attractive gemas worth about 500,000 rupeen.
The use of semi-precious stones for manufacture as watch jewels with stepped-up postwar pro-and pivot hearings for scientific duction, are now reaching the instruments is receiving attention, market in increasing quantity, he added. Meet the Leica now at your dearest franchised dealer.
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Sir Lewn Leight, former geolo- gical expert, condemning the in adequacy of the British Govern- ment's compensation
war ravaged Malayan Industries, wald tha the chairmen of tin com- panies had been outspoken on the inadequancy of the compensation,
he sutt.
the trees
The second alleged-Ark is re-
ported from Mardin, near the Syrian frontier In South East Turkey. Its discoverer said it is
the Judy Mountains near the triangle where the frontlers of Turkey, Syria and Iraq Join.
Amorican Bid
The finder said it was very well preserved and inside were which three rooms In one of WAS A Emall chapel.
on
The four Americans who ar- rived to Istunbul by air from the
fortnight ago cailed U.S. à The American Ambassador, George Wadsworth, to ask for the request to help with their Turkish authorities,
But even with his help, most observers feel, the four will have Meulles In obtaining serious permissiona.
No military area is more close- a recent According to ment, claims Lotalled £170,000,-ly guarded than that they would
The British Government have to cross.
£35,000,000, Russin has already described had set omit of
a "free grant" of as "spies."
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It was thus that Britain pro- posed to settle her obligatione towards a country to which it In ᏚᎳᏍᎬ .
bound by treaty and honour bound to protect and whose Inhabitants contributed £20,000,000 to Britain by the end of 1941.
Malaya is left to meet 94 per rent of the burden, 85 per cent jr Japanese reparations secured, while Britain shoulders. six per cent.-Reuter,
Assault In RN Dockyard
Plymouth, July 13. The Egyptian Government pleaded for leniency for Charles McGregor. of Plymouth.
who was charged with assaulting a
naval Royal Egyptian
officer here.
McGregor, who pleaded guilty, was bound over to keep the peace for 12 months. Mr. C. F. Lewis, for the Egyptian Embassy, refusedi to accept the 42 shillings cont the Court allowed. "I suggest the money is put into the Poor Box,"
he said.
Defences Napping In Alaska
Washington, July 13.
The Alaskan delegate, Mr. E. I. Bartlett, testified today that the United States Army has less than 15,000 troops in all Alaska and that proper defence there is more necessary than during the war because of the increased range of bombers.
Mr. Bartlett appeared today bo fore the Senate Appropriations Sub-Committee. He urged it to vote more funds for the construc tion of permanent housing for troops and elvillans in Alaska. Ho added that more housing for troops is a major factor in Improving defence of the territory.
Mr. Fergus Hoffman, corren- "Seattle Post. pondent of the Intelligencer," testified earlier that Alaskan defences are dangerously weak and if war breaks out to- Mr. Lewis said that the Egyp-morrow the enemy wall might tjun Government six months agu] occupy Dutch Harbour and Kodiak. purchased the British frigate Spey An enemy occupying · Alaskan and renumed it the Rens Raschl bases could bring U.S. clties under Lieutenant Hussien was in charge) five from gulded missiles.
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Mr. Hoffman testified that
Row that Alaska is dotted with abandoned McGregor was not getting on with World War 1 airfields which are
his work on June 22. McGregor, extremely vulnerable to attack. not knowing that Lieutenant Hus- They should be staffed or destroy- sein was there in an official capa- vel. He also mentioned repeated city, hit the feutenant in the eye. rumours of the appearance
The Egyptiun lleutenant and Russian planes and submarines in McGregor shook hands as they the vicinity of Alaska-United left the Court.--Reuter.
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PACIFIC PACT PLAN PREMATURE
Washington, July 13. The Becretary of State, Mr. Doan
today Acheson, sald that the United States etlil, stands on its bellef that a Pacific pact at this time will be premature.
He does not object to the Quirino Chiang idea of an economic and political union outside the arma fold he said. -United Press.
NEGROES SHUN COMMUNISM
'LITTLE BLOCKADE’ BRITAIN'S POLICY
London, July 13,
Britain's policy in trying to settle the situation aris-
ing from the new Soviet restrictions on road traffic to Berlin will be to exhaust the local machinery for action between the four occupy- ing authorities before restoring to Govern- mental action,
The answer given by Mr. Hector McNeil, Minister of State, in the House of Commons today sug- gests that Britain is prepared to give the Soviet authorities in Berlin every chance to remove the obstacles placed on traffic from the West in the spirit of the four-power agreement reached in New York and In Paris. -
following the one Western mark, and that they The next step.
consider failure of the Soviet authorities
the current prices of Washington, July 13.
Soviet Zone goods too high and Mr. Alvin Stokes, a Negro to reply satisfactorily to the re- the Western
cases in many
the quality too investigator on the staff of the presentations by
low. House of Representatives' Com-powers, is expected here to be an through the Soyle! inittee on Un-American Activi- approach
Commander-in Chlef General ties, told the Committee today
Chikov, who was present in that about 1,400 Negroes, or
Parla when the four Foreign hardly more than a tenth of one
Ministers undertook. to restous. per cent of the Negro popula- free trafic and trade between tion of the country, are Commu- the two halves of Germany. nists.
the
He said the Communist Party hus a programme camouflaged for
tine being for setting up Soviet Republic in the so-called Black Belt of the South,
the
The Commitice took note of a General Dwight letter fron Elsenhower that the historic re- cord pro les irrefutable proof of the loyal of Negro troops in the recent world war-Reuter.
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Observers here tonight are In- clined to link the renewal of the Soviet traffic restrictions with the deadlock reported today In the
s between the German
experts from the West- ern and Soviet Zones for a trade agreement between East and West Germany.
The difficulty here is that the Western Gernian representatives with to base the Bow of trade on Soviet marks to n rate of four
arn
During the Foreign Ministers" negotiations in Parle, the West- powere tried unsuccess- fully to get a written agreement that Extrade would-be resumed on a balanced system which would prevent any un. duly top-elded flow of deliver. Ins on either side.
They also tried to obtain Soviet approval for an agreed balance between essential and non-essen- tial goods to be delivered from either Zone.
Welfare
Agencies Accused
Frankfurt, July 13. Some of the largest and most agencies respectable welfare operating in Germany were ac- cused today of being involved.
multi-million-dollar racket of smuggling food into Germany,
In
An effietal Amerlean Military Government-report and that these agencies, through their officials, have conspired to bring in large quantities of gift shipments, rang- ing anywhere from foodstuffs up to restricted and prohibited ma- chinery and other items, duty free. then have commercial Beca of nefarious individuale secure these items direct from the Customs and divert them into commercial and binele market channels,
The repurl does not name any of the organisations Involved and Mr. John McCarthy, chief of the Customs group, sald names wiit not be made publie until the in- vestigation complete.-United Press
trafle as a means of pressure on The Western authorities to use their influence on the West Ger-
man пол-
trade negotiators in Berlin to meet the demands of the So- vict Zone German Reuter.
As the Soviet Zone goods offer. ed In the current inter-zonal negotiations
largely Arc essential, it is thought here tonight that the Sovlet authorities may be applying "go słow" melheds to
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