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IN

KOREA CONTINUING Pope's Xmas

Truman's Chinese Believed

Reply To Hoover

Washington, Dec. 28. President Truman told the Press today that the United States will never go back to isolationism which, Mr Tru- man said, is advocated by

Herbert Hoover,

At his weekly news con- ference the President was orked recent to comment on the speech of former President Her-

bent Hoover which advocated a defence programme Hmited to unil such time as the free nations show Com- willingners 10 oppose munism in Europe and Asia.

the Western hemisphere and the surounding, waters

Mr Truman replied his only comment was that the United 'States is never

going back to

isolationism. Asked if Mr Hoover's policy represented 190lationism, Mr Truman replied

It was nothing else.

Preparing For

New Year Strike

Tokyo, Dec. 28.

The ominous lull along most of the battle front was unbroken throughout the last 24 hours, but General MacArthur's Intelligence Section said today that 150,000 Chinese Communists poised for a strike at the Eighth Army across the 38th Parallel on New Year's Day or soon after.

were

Reuter's correspondent, John Colless, report- ed that the Eighth Army Headquarters spokesman had denied he had announced that troops, tenta- tively identified as Chinese Communists, had al- ready crossed the Parallel in force.

Communists had al- A report that Chinese

the Parallel said that they ready swarmed over

The had already occupied undefended Kacsong.

we know is that spokesman commented: "All Chinese Communist troops have been reported în the past soveral the vicinity of Kaesong for days,"

He said mail being received The spokesman at General

strength.

The tanks were covered with at the White House is strongly MacArthur's Headquarters knew white canvas to blend with the

about the massed snow, supporting the polley on inter-nothing

were dropped and Bombs Communists crossing: national affairs which he him-Chinese self advocates, rather than the

though feld roports would rockets fired, but the nature of terrain made immediate policy proposed by Mr Houver. probably have been in by now the

Asked what would happen i thore had been a show of observation of the results im-

possible. to the country if the Govern-

Pilots claimed that about 100 ment took Mr Hoover's autvice. Mr Truman said he could not

Communist troops were killed comment on that without hav-

on the ground. thant

Communist-heid to make

Fifty-nine a speech ing might take all afternoon.

towns or villages, 276 buildings also and 34 vehicles were wanted One

reporter

claimed to have been damaged know whether the opinion of

or destroyed in other raids.- the country to the Hoover plan

Reuter. was reflected in mail to the White House. The President onewered curtly by saying the mail to the White House was

to

There have been many re- days ports in the last few

Chinese Com- about a small munist invasion of the South.

The Tokyo spokesman said that

crossing might

+

mass

Peking Seizure US Assets

the business of the President Of

of the United States.

Mr Truman plans to deliver his State of the Union message to Congress in person on Jan. 8 if he can get it ready by that time.

FORMOSA POLICY

Mr Truman declined to say whether the Government con- templated any change in its polley

keeping the towards Chinese Nationalst foroos ou Formosa out of the fighting in the Far East.

The decision to restore full diplomatic relations with Spain on ambassadorial level did not in any way change his opinion of Spain or American policy to- wards that country, but merely provide a little more orderly way of doing business.

During his remarks about Mr Hoover, the President said he was unaware of a speech to be made on Friday by Mr John Foster Dulles, Republican adviser to the State Department. Mr

said to Dulles' speech

be another reply to Mr Hoover's defence plan, but Mr Dulles sakl this was not so. The President said he knew nothing about Mr Dullos' speech.

was

London, Dec. 28.

The New China News Agency reported on Thurs- day that Communist China had seized all American assets in her territory, and frozen American deposits in Chinese banks, in retalia- tion for the American em- to bargo

shipments on Chinese ports.

The agency, in a broad- cast menilored here, sald the Peking regime ordered an Inventory of all Ameri- can assets from the day of of the the proclamation

States embargo United order last Dec. 18.

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FOR JEEPS

One new order went to Willys Overland Motors for $63,000,000 wortli of jeeps capable operating under water,

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Pope Plus XII delivered his 12th annual Christmas message to the world over the Vatican City radio. The Pope is seen here as he made the broadcast; stand- ing at right is Monsignor Delgo Venini, and (In centro) Monsignor Federico Callort di Vignale, the Papal Chamberlain -AP Picture.

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Failure of the Dutch-Indonesian talks over the future of West New Guinea, which coincided with the first anniversary of the Indonesian Re- public, may touch off a new crisis in Asia,

A spokesman of the Dutch Embassy in London today expressed the fear that "reprisals" for the Dutch Government's refusal to hand over West New Guinea to Indonesia will be taken against Dutch residents in Indonesia.

Holland has considerable economic interests

in Indonesia and any move hinder Dutch na-

tionals carrying out their day-to-day but there OUTPUT OF

would have serious repercussions,

The

British Government, Capital for south east Asia is which has maintained a strictly scarce, it says, and the Indo-

Lowards the nians

come down neutral attitude

will

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improved version of the famous Indonesia to act as mediators. These prders were in line with

said

Detroit, Dec. 28. Two new war orders, includ- ing the largest ever issued for the Jeep of World War II re- question of West New Guinea, reality when they realise it nown, hurried the motor indus- has urged the Dutch Govern-

DJAKARTA TENSE try's return to a defence role.ment to pursue every possible

Djakarta, Doc. 28, Djakarta police have special Today's orders increased the means of affecting a settlement

San Francisco, Dec. 28. such as al- Statistics made available by number of automakers working Land has pointed out that failure

to do so might result in West orders if trouble on war material to seven.

new tempted reprisals against Dulch the authorities on the Chinese residents follows the Hague mainland show that both grain Asian trouble spot. New Guinea becoming a

OR Western deadlock

New and cotton output has gone up Efforts may now be made to Guinea.

in Hopel Province, Peking Radio solution by asking the reach United Nations Commission In

Information Minister, Mr reported tonight, i Pellaupessy,

that today

The production of grain in the of the lost war vehicle

*The Dutch Government has be produced in Toledo suggested this course

but the the

Government's pledge to Province exceeded the prewar percent; cotton Ohio, where Willys Overland

Indonesians are standing out safeguard Individuals and their level by two

output was 81 percent higher already has handled military contracts since the for nothing less than complete property.

Djakarta was tense today, than the annual average Agure over West New Sovereignty Guinea with actual transfer with armed police standing on of the last seven prewar years,

Dutch business the Radio reported. guard outside

and military Postponed for six months.

the houses. Troops Negotiations to settic West New Guinea issue with-police raced through the streets

in lorries, jeeps and in a year" were called for extreme condiilons of heat and under the terms of transfer of cycles, but no clashes were re- rold

The Oldsmobile division of sovereignty over Indonesia from ported.-Reuter.

to the the Dutch Government come even tonight or tomorrow,

Motors Corporation but emphasised that the Press General

1940. rockets for the Army's New was known.

super-bazooka. General Motors disclosed that it was converting

The broadcast aid the Unlied States embargo was an aggressive and hosille act and that the Central People's Government took the measure "In order to prevent the United States Government from engaging In economio disruption within the country and endangering the interests of the people of the coun- try."United Press.

Korean war,

smaller

The new jeeps are capable of operating under seven feet of water and can perform at under efficiency maximum

Flying Cheetahs report was premature as far as saki it would produre 3.5-inch Indonesian Republic on Dec. 27,

Celebrate

South Korean Air Base,

South Cheetahs"

Dec. 20.

line.

patrol

future

motor-

It added, "This is a tremon- dous achievement in view of the fact

Province that in Hovel agricultural production had dropped by a quarter during the war years."

One factor contributing to the recorded rise was that 20,-

own land- 000,000 peasants in the Province

"never so well tilled as it is now owned their

the broadcast Bald.- now",

Reuter.

KMT In

Deserters Burma

AUSTRALIAN CONCERN

Sydney, Dec. 28. The Sydney Morning Herald Dutch views are that the said today that Britain had not of West New Guinea seen it to lift a diplomatic little Communist Hanvy activity was reported-but not its Kansas City assembly plant should be decided by the people finger to promote a solution to of the colony when they are the New Guinea problem, upon confirmed by the Eighth Army to production of F-8 Thunder-

Until such which Australia's security de- for the Air polluically capable. -on the east coast just below jet fighter planes

decision can be made they pended.

"Should Western New the Parallel, where the South Force. Africa's "Flying Koreans

Previously, rush orders had are strenuously opposed to the are manning the do-

Indonesian claim to the colony Guinea's sovereignty pass to the reunited squadron,

gone

out to Ford for B-30 on-

Indonesians, New Guinea, from as a complete squadron for the fence

The South

light on the grounds that it has no Korean Army gines,

to Cadillac for

with Indonesia Australia's point of view, would first time since it arrived in

reported to

for heavier connection

militarily untenable," Tanks, Chrysler celebrated Japan on Nov. 4,

by Spokesman

Bald Herald the Morning

in armoured vehicles, Buick for "elther geographically or anthro- become

an flying a record 20 sorties against have said that the Communist

trucks pologically.".

the heavy were de tank parts and

editorial on the failure of the Reds on Thursday.

under which can be operated

The Rangoon newspaper, The CABINET IN DANGER talks at The Hague between the Pilots claimed the destruction finitely a flanking threat to the

water. Willys Overlands' new

Dutch and the Indonesian dele Nation said today that Burmese of one locomotive and damage United Nations line.-Reuter.

order jeep

was $16,000,000 Fallure of the Hague talks gates to to 16 boxcars in rocket and na-

agree on the future troops had clashed with a band bigger than the previous record endangers

Indonesian

of Kuomintang (Chinese Na- status of New Guinea, in August contract

1944. Cabinet, it was stated here this

"Considering Austraila's deep tlonalist) deserters who have morning. United Press.

But if the talks had interest in the preservation of been in hiding in Burma. been successful from the Inthe status quo in New Guinea, The newspaper sald that the

the

broke out of their donesian point of view,

occasion surprise and deserters tit must

comp Dutch Government might have concern that the British Gov-internment

and wero

palm bomb attacks at Yong- dong-ni. They

forces in this

was

arca

Tokyo, Dec. 28.

the American aircraft flying over discovered seven destroyed a Korea today

small road bridge at Yong- hidden Communist tanks north

of the 38th Parallel.

byon. United Press.

Shipping

Firm

Fined Compromise

For Carrying Troops

Amsterdam, Dec. 28.

In French

Arms Bill

Amboin Island, now occupied by Indonesian troops, was the last stronghold of the self-programms proclaimed Republic of the South Moluccas.

Paris, Dec. 28.

been

prove

the

Rangoon, Dec. 29.

defeated by Parliament ernment has signally failed to heading towards the War States which would have had to app support her (Australia's) atin South-western Burma when Burmese troops marched to

ed. Reuter.

the transfer of West Newtcad, Whi sald,

Guinea sovereignty to Indonesia.

amount of northern seaboard

has fol-

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An authoritative Dutch source lowed a rigid polley of non-meet them and lighting follow- call today that it was extremely interference, a policy adopted doubtful whether the two-thirds also by Washington. majorlly necessary for Parila- "It is earnestly hoped that in mentary approval could have the course of future negotiations, been obtained.

Britain and America will dis- the Australia has

indifference to Although

a play less

of an Im The Royal Dutch Steampacket Company The French Government to- vita; interest in the future of security problems

to block munist attempt (KPM) was today fined 250,000 guilders for tak-night casily smashed a Com- West New Guinea its views, portant sector of the democratie

13 which were placed before the front in the Pacific."Reuter, ing Indonesian troops to Amboin Island last 355,000,000,000 frane rearma Dutch Government some time discussed at the The dis- month while Indonesian and South Moluccan mont bili. At the same time it go, were not

sought to appease the rebellious

Hogue Conference. National Assembly by slashing, puted territory Hes less than troops were still fighting.

from 165,000,000,000 francs to 100 miles away from Australia' DESK DIARIES

and 145,000,000,000 the new funds to finance the arms Australian mandateri Eastern

And by lepping Guinea.

The Australian Gov Leather Bound Visitors 4,500,000,000 francs off the pro-

considers this terri- crnment gramme itself.

vital tory

to Its strategie in-

& and has intimated it Books the

bill altogether was should have a say in any de-

afterward the New Guinea made the

com- Referring to the fallure of offer of culs in a let-the talks the Manchester Guar Ends, Inkstands, British

dian says in a leading article Publie debate on the bill was this morning that if the porties Fountain

Pens and Assembly's Finance Commission concerned wanted an unneces

sary crisia

might have

Personal Stationery. chopen

time internu- donally to indulge in it.

In spite

difference the Duter

Government West New Guinea;; the Indonesians have done well In

continues.

Communism

The Court found today that batile on the transport of tho "Aghting between Indonesian

at the

time.

The Communist attempt to terests

block

tely

Telephone

Book

DANA ANDREWS SUSAN HAYWARD

roopwas learned in The Hague defeated by 420 votes to 175.clsion over the future of West Address Books. that the Dutch Government had

and South Moluccan troopa was still going on" Counsel for the K.P.M, asserted also appealed against a Hague

last week that the fighting was Court verdict on the repatria-fer to the Assembly, onded and that the ship's tion Di former Amboinere passengera were "occupation members of the Dutch Army In then suspended to enable the forces to relieve troops that Indonesia. had been in action.

The Court ruled lost Wook to study the letter.United An Amsterdam District Court that the Dutch could not send Press, ruled on November 2 that every the Amboiners anywhere in

Indonesia ahip of the company that con-

occupied by In-Record Shark Catch with tinued, to carry troops for thedonesian troops without their Indonesian Republic to the South Moluccas would be finedown consent,

guilders.

sal against the anetone

bo

Adelaide, Doc. 28.

over

on sale at

MY FOOLISHE HEART"

On a week-end trip to Danthele first 12 months, the news- NO. 1, DUDDELL ST. Government would The

million guilders gorous Reef, near Port Lincoln, of November 2 is still to £100,000) for any violation. Mr and Mrs Cowell, of Ballan-paper

About 4,000 former Ambolabse nab, caught 755-pound and 0030 no stronger than it was a bo-heard.

VIVINE 24-thread lines,

exporta' aro up.' The Court ruled today that troops and 9.000 relatives now gound sharks on 16-thread and year ago; aconomic life is rYE OLDE PRINTERIE, LTD. NEXT CHANGE (31 DEC.)

But the Guardian takes the Thor bolleve they eat resordi the fine be deposited with an Dutch camps in Java word

returned to with been

the a goureused. Thor Indonesien Government to task Dutch bank, where it would be to have SERIO CON PRYmwos‹to the „party | Amboin Island this month brought the starke home for its head in air attitude

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