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To command Dutch Sultan lays Egyptian girl claims she'll be
virgin mother of prophet troops in Korea wreath
Major-General M. P. A. den Ouden (right) will command two companies of Dutch Army troops which the Netherlands I putting at the disposal of the United Nations In Korea. At left it Captain W. D. H. Ecknout, who will be second-In.com. mand of the Dutch force, Bath officers have Far East fighting Indonesia. In fore- experience having commanded unita in ground are their wives (left to right; Mro. Eekhout and Mr. den OudenAP Photo
ENGAGEMENT OF SHAH OF IRAN
Teheran, October 11,
A smiling Shah placed a diamond engagement ring on the finger of his 18-year-old bride- to-bo, Saraya Esfandiari, in a traditional Par- sian betrothal ceremony today before the Royal Family.
The young couple then received members of the Court and government leaders, headed by the Premier, at a small reception in the glit- tering Hall of Mirrors, at the Marble Palace.
Shah the usually serious One by one, members of the as Royal Family, Court functiona- smiled at his future witd and his rles, and government officials laughed with members of filed past to kiss the Shah's family. hand and wish him happiness.
His fancee looked more solemn
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The future Empress, dressed as she endured the unfamiliar entirely in white satin lace, siege showed great dignity and polse. bulbs. She and the Shah, who WAS wearing the dark blue uniform of
Also present was Saroya's Commander-in-Chief of the father, Khalil Esfandiari, wealthy Iranian. Air Force, then posed son of the late Bakhtiari tribal for half an hour for photogra- chief, Esfandiar Khan Sardar phers.
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The marriage is bound to
thad 1 have seen him for years, commented one old acquaintance)
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A Court official said the wed- ding ceremony will be delavod until after the two-month Mos- Icm mourning period of Mohar- ram and Safar which begins on Friday,
until
One source said the wedding might even be put off March, the beginning of the Per- sion New Year.
Until the wedding, Saroya and her father will live in a house not far from the Palace---Asso- ciated Press.
S. Korean police patrolling
N. Korean towns
Seoul, October 11. South Korean National Police already are patrolling nine towns liberated in Red. North Korea by troops of the Repub-
lic.
The Home Minister, Chough Pyongsk, said in an intention the police in those towns are part of a force of 30,000 belig re- cruited to key order in all Red territory as it is.- freed from Com
muzlat, rule.
Careful preparations are being made to set up civil government agencled in the whole territory above the 38th parallel,
***Chough!
The pinn of, recovery is. pro». ceeding very smoothly because the Korean people are cheerful, co-operative and loyal,".^-said Chough Associated Press.
BRITISH CAR EXPORT
London, Oetcher, 11. Australia, Canada and Sweden wie Britain's best auto customers auring the first eight montu or tals year. Total (Britishs car exe ports for the period wore 233,00 compared with 129,949, during the
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Paris, October 11
The Sultan of Morocco pald homato to France's Unknown Soldier here today in glitterin ceremonies at the Arch Triumph. One of Faris ► traffic jams resulted.
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Thousands of people lined th broad Champs Elysees in bright. manshino to applaud the 40-year- old ruler, Sidi Mohammed Ben
YoussoL
A squad of mounted Spahir North African desert troops, led the way.
red
Cairo, October 11,
in the fifth
An Egyptian girl who announced publicly last April she would be the vir
gin mother of a great religious Icador says sho' is nov month of hòr prognancy.
Tawhida Ahmed Hamdi, 27-year-old daughter of a minor Egyptian govern- ment engineer, told the Associated Press she expects to give birth early next February to El Mohdi. El Mahdi, according to Moslem tradition, is an awaited prophet who will announce the second com- ing of Christ.
Tawhida's father,
RN
Tawhida (whose name mean- į
carnest although only; Tawhida has seen Believer in one God) spoke man who belleves completely in the archangel
closed door in the his daughter, sald she, first noticed of through a
Tawhida now spends her time. movement of the baby inside her in silent prayer at home. She says small flat where she lives with
at the end of August. her parents and two youngc
Gabriel has told her not to leave. brothers.
The Sultan taid a wreath
chrysanthemums before th tomb of the Unknown Soldier and stood in silence for one minut The wreath boro
ribbon labelled, simply: "H. M. le Sul- |
tan."
She has made no publle appea- rance since last April 7-Good Friday in the Christian religion; On that date, dressed in a long
The Sultan arrived here yes- terday as the guest of the Frenc President, Mr. Vincent Auriol.white satin cloak, with hood and He is expected to ask for greater ndependence for his 8,500,00 Maroccan subjects.--Astoelated of Hussein. Fress.
CIVIL DEFENCE FORCE FOR UK Coventry, England, October 11.
The Home Secretary, Mr. J. Chuter Ede, sold in an address tonight that 'Britain aims to set up & Civil Defence Force of about 800,000 within a few months.-- - Associated Press.
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Scopticism
Mostem religious loaders here have evinced scepticism over Tawhida's story. They say that Gabriel, according to the teach- ings of felam, fulfilled his last mission an carth some 1,350 years ago when he dictated the Koran the Mostem bib1o-to | the prophet Mohamined.
She said then that the angeli Gabriel bade her pray at the
Tawhida says of these sceptics, mosque that day, after telling her "They are wrong. I am ready for she would soon conceive. She an argument with any of them."
talited claimed to have
with She says she is willing to undergo Gabriel many times since ko first announced her part in the "mira- any medical, civil or religious in
vestigation to prove her state.
culous" birth in March, 1949.
"Gabriel visited me on Friday night, May 12," a Moslem holy day, she said, "and announced that God's will would be fufilled that night."
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The religion of Islam Christ au a prophet second only to the prophet Mohammed. Mos lem tradition says that Christ will come back to earth as a Moslem "to rally erking humanity to the true religion of Islam." Associated Press.
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THE CRAZIA PLOUGHS: HER” WAY THROUGH ROLLING SEAS
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