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Laké Success, August 9.

Brussels, August 9.

The House of Representatives today passed the law transferring Royal powers from King Leopold to Prince Baudouin, Tho vote was 165-27. Friends and foes of King Leoplod traded angry shouts of "murderer" and "assassin" in the Belgion Parliament debate on the bill, to transfer the King's powers to his son as the first step toward obdication.

Pariia-

The United Nations Korean Commission has reported to the botte, touched off the

A Catholic deputy, Henri Lam- Secretary-General, Mr. Trygve mentary uproar when he turned Lie, that it is checking reports to the Socilat benches and said: of uncivilisert and inhuman "You agitators are responsible for practices against prisoners and the deaths of four people at wounded by the North Korean Grace Berlicur." This is a suburb Communists.

of Liege where four persons were

Vladivostok

shipping

movements

The Commission told the Se-killed when state troopers, opera- cretary-General that it had heard ting under the Ministry of the of no,mensures taken by the Interlor, opened fire during North Koreans to give effect to anti-Leopold demonstration. the promise of avoiding atroci- When M. Lambotte delivered tics.

his charge, Socialists in the

New York, August 9. It also urged that the strongest Chamber of Deputies rose possible voice be raised through-masse and began shouting "mur-

Russia was reported_tonight| out the world in protest

Merchant against derer" at the Interior

aur" by the American Minister. the delay in riving. Red Cross Albert de Vleeschauwer. The din Marine Institute to be assem supervisory protection to war lasted until the Chamber Pre-bling dry docks, merchant prisoners, non-combatant cap sident, Frans уда iives and wounded.

Cauwelwert, vessels and supplics at Vladi- shouted: "If this noise does not vostok, 500 miles from Korea.

United Nations officials weld stop Immediately, I will leave in Korea today that they were the Chamber and resign." notifying the United Nations

Headquarters at Lake Buccess

of at least two known instances of daylight attacks by North Когдала on plainly 'marked American ambulances, Valentine, Reuter's correspond. ent on the Korean war

Alex

front

reported in a despatch from

were at-

A Comunanding Omcer said that the ambulances tarked a few days ago.

United Nations officials vert- fied the attacks after on-the-spot investigations.

An officer said: "The am-

Comparison

M. Lambotte compared threatened Socialist march

A statement released by the Institute said that a large num- ber of Soviet vessels of all types had been selling from Baltic and Black Sea ports to Vladivostok, the Russia's chief Far Eastern 520-

on port.

Brussels with Mussolini's march

on Rome and the proposed The American

Street becomes airstrip

takes off from A

A email plane used by the American forces to spot, artillery fire village street in South Korea. The village was within 10 miles of the front at the time this picture was made. Note bulldozer at left.-Asociated Press Photo.

San Francisco turning from peace to war

San Francisco, August 9.

Merchant This port city, ringed with military installations,

is turning from peace to war.

Communist march on Berlin.. Marine Institute is a trade or- He said the Bocialists had used gantsation of ship-owners whost dictatorial methods - force vessels fly the American flag, Leopold off the throne, but he raid he would vote for delega ting Leopold's powers to Grown Prince Baudouin in the intereste of national unity.

Rusalan tankers with full car- goes have sailed to Vladivostok recently from two Black Sea of ports, the stitute reported.

Within t last two

months

The

Indonesia

protests to Holland

bulances carried huge Red Cross Buset, touched off another tumult three dry docks had been towed when military activities were in-passenger, double-decker Boeln Holland over the despatch of

other

Taiwanese fishermen held in Pl

COLOMBIAN

to Vladivostok.

Seven Soviet vessels were at Antwerp recently awaiting rc- pairs, the report added,

been abondoned.

have been

FC-

Jakarta, August 9. Indonesia has protested to

Korean situation has turned the clock back 10 years. San Francisco is today again the major staging area for war in the For East. Conditions now are comparable The planes are mainly Douglas to the days of 1940 and The Sociallet president, Max

1941. C-54 transports but several 100- markings. 'They were unmls- takable.

when he told the Social Chris- from Lalvin and the Baltic and creasing every day and industrial Stratocruisers In one case they were machine-gunned only,

Socrabaya-based Dutch tians: "You think you can try to from Odessa on the Black, Sea plants were training for full-time quisitioned by the Service. Four the 131 the

war work by turning out weapons civilian crews are provided with destroyer, Kortenner, to the

Ma- Communists

Impose the 'will of half the nation threw

for Britain. hand-grenades as well,

the other half with a four-

cach plane when it is leased from cassur, the main port of the proving

Many merchantmen bound for

Once vote majority. We that they had been close enough

efforts are under- the civilian airlines. again are warning the Far East were loaded with way to revive the San Francisco

Celebes, according to official to see the markings."-Reuter. you now you cannot do. It."

grnin, Others carried general Bay Area's major war industry-

The Navy is building up its per- Indonesian news agency. The bill would transfer Leo- cargo.

circles quoted tonight by the Even trawlers were re-ship-building War

sonnel at the Hunters Point Naval pold's Royal powers at once to ported in the movement to the But his 19-year-old son, the

in San Crown Pacific.

II yards, shipyard in Francisco, onu of

Former Netherlands Indonesian almost which employed Prince Baudouin. Leopold is to

a half the nation's largest naval stations. Army (KNIL) me and guerilla abdicate formally on September

Meanwhile, in the Soviet con-million persons and turned out The employment roster now forces were recently engaged in 7, 1951, when Baudouin comes of trolled shipyards of Eastern Ger- more than a ship a day, will have about 6,000. Three shifts a day a series of clashes in the area. age-United Press.

For have been authorised for work many repair work has been going to be rebuilt from scratch. at full tilt on Russian vessels.

the famous Kaiser yards have on certain ships. These ineludaa The Indonesian protest, handed two hospital ships, in addition to to the Dutch Government by the Only three of the numerous nine other

others, Including two escort Indonesian High Commissioner in Wartime shipyards were main-carriers.

The Netherlands, demanded the PLANE CRASH

tained during the five years of Operating civilian shipyards are immediate withdrawal of the peace on a military standby basis, modernising merchant ships taken destroyer, the Indonesian news Medelling, Cəlɑmbin, August D.

"What bearing all this may They are the Bethlehem Steel from the fleet of more than 300 agency stated. Fourteen persons were killed mains to be seen." the Institute and the Moore and Todd

have on the Korean situation re- Company's plant in San Francisco laid up in San Francisco Bay when a Colombian Air

The Indonesian Defence Ministry Force

ship-after the war. said. fighter plane with three crew-|

yards in the East Bay,

The San Francisco waterfront announced yesterday that hostili- men crashed into two homes.

Already these installations are today looks like a military port ir ties in Macassar ceased at 4 p.m. This heavy movement by over-loaded with work required to wartime. Transport sailings or local time after successful negotia- Eleven bodies rem

were recovered water could mean that from the ruins of the houses and Trans-Siberian allroad full meet the transport needs for the made under the cloak of military tions between Colonel Kawelarano, Korean war. Equipment as well secrecy. Arrivals are disclosed the East Indonesian Commander, The fishing launch used by the fit is toured that there are addi-occupied with the transport of seching has to be taken out of only 24 hours before the ship and the Dutch commander, Major-

moth-balls--and even

General Scheffelaar. this task docks.

Security regulutions were resi can be accomplished" more quick- ly than the recruiting of an ade-laxed by the Navy when the Air- But authoritative Dutch quate supply of skilled labour. Craft Corrler Boxer sailed with a source stated today that no con- of F-51 Mustang Armation had been received from been maintained at what may be fighters, the plane used to escort Major-General Scheffelaar of ant considered cadre strength. The B-17 bombers from English bases end of the Bghting. The Indo-

nesian nows

agercy tonight first units of the Department of to Berlin during World War II. Defence to feel the influence of The Navy distributed pictures

quoted most reliable reports in the Korean activities were the

the of the Boxer sailing through the that the Macassar cense-Are had Air Force and Navy Units.

Golden Gate. Officers explained same reports indicated that shell- not come into force ofcially. The The Pacific Coast's major air that there was no secrecy about ing of KNIL cumpa by Indone- Miss Sharman Douglas i ment base is at Fairneld

transport and heavy bombard her departure because thousandssion naval landing ships and

about had seen it from the hills taking a screen test shortly for 50 miles from San Francisco, in rounding the Bay a possible minor role in an one of the northward sweeps of American film, "That Man from the Bay. Tangler", which is being made in Spain.

Manila, August 9. Investigation is being made of the activities of 13 Taiwan- ese fishermen who were seiz- ed by the Philippine Navul Patrol in the Sulu Sea und taken to Cebu for temporary detention, according to a port from that city.

tional victims.

The

plane's entire perished.—Associated Press.

crew

Thiwanese Was also taken to Cebu and is being held until the ease is cleared up,

The customs

authorities re- quested

the National Commis- sluner to Issue instructions in handling the case of the Taiwan- According, to present Andings ese who entered Philippines ter- the Talwanese did not try to land ritorial waters on the fringes of in the Philippines.-United Press.

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the

Sharman mayThe military installations have deckload

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Madrid, August 7.

The headquarters of the ad- ministrative and training activi- ties of the Pacific Division of the Larry Corcoran, producer of the Military Air Transport

·Service Alm, today announced_the_forth- are there. The few planes which coming test for the daughter of the Service had for operation the US. Ambassador to Britain were used to maintain the mini- but said she did not plan a screen mum skills of the air crewa many of which took part in the Berlin airlift.

carcer,

Sharman, who is visiting Elizabeth Firestone, daughter of¦ · the

American rubber magnate,} has been a constant visitor to Spanish film studios in the suburb of Chamartin.

Reduced floots

sur-

strafing by Indoneesian light bombers had continued through- out Tuesday.

Potential effect

The fighting was expected to The potential effect of the end 5000 though a tense and un- Korean action is already being stable situation would probably studied in business clralds here, remain for some time to come, While little or no progress the agency added-Reuter. being made in the development of civil defence plans, private been no evidence of a concentra- Industry to surveying personnel

ted effort to hoard food stuffs. to determino the number of replacements which will bo Women have purchased all needed If reservists are called available nylons. Motorear tyres Up for active duty.

are in short supply with some warehouses exhausting their stock The fleets of planes and tha

Several insurance compapica as soon as it is received. Dealers route miles flown were reduced have served notice that wat have rationed buyers. drastically about a

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the Included in all policies sold in the The most marked commercial established commercial airliness nullifies coverage of the "automobile row."

development has occurred along Dealers In that the military service was competing unfairly in hauling insured sent overseas for milltary new cars are re-establishing their passengers and cargo.

dutles and makes the company practice of the short-supply post- liable only for a refund of pre-war months by requiring the pur- Today, the base is crowded with miums in the event of death. chaser to qualify for a new car the Alm, which tells the adven- [ commercially-owned trans-ocean While shortages as well as in- by buying numerous and expen- tures of an American family in jale transports, leased from the creased prices have developed in sive accessories such as heaters Spain-Associated Press.

Commercial airlines.

same commercial lines, there has and radios-Reuter.

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