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---THE CHINA MAIL WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1951.

FAWCETT MYSTERY IS SOLVED

Aly Denies Rita Skeleton

Rumours

Cairo, Apr. 3.

Prince Aly Khan Jort Cairo today for Algiers on his way to Europe for the Spring racing season.

the

Before he left, Prince Aly said be raw absolutely nothing strange in fact that his wife, Hayworth, made' s trip to the United States without him. Rumours that he and Rita had· parted were ridiculous, bo added. United Press,

RUSSIA'S

ATOMIC

POTENTIAL

Washington, Apr. 3. Representative Carl Vin- son, Chairman of the Armed Services Com- mittee, said today that in of time,

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short space

she

Russia will have a stock- pile of atomic bombs suff- cient to initiate a terrible aerial attack on our cities and homes whenever wishes to do so.”

He Insured this specch

in advance of delivery in the House of Representatives, which is to open a two-weeks debate on · Universal Military Training.

of

Of Missing

British Explorer

Found After 26 Years

Rio De Janeiro, Apr. 3.

A skeleton identified as that of Colonel Percy Fawcett, the British explorer who disappeared in central Brazil in 1925, has been found by an official Brazilian expedition, the Government news agency, Agencia Nacional, said today.

The Brazilian explorers found some of Colonel Fawcett's possessions in the hands of Kalapalos Indians.

Students Clash In Madrid

Tram Cars Stoned

Colonal Fawcett left Cuyaba with a small party early in 1825 to explore the Kingy- Tapajos region. After some months news from the party stopped and it was feared that they were killed,

In 1028 Commander G. Dyott salled from New York with a relief expedition, retraced part of Col. Fawcett's route and re- ported finding evidence that the party had been killed by

Indians, Madrid, Apr. 3. Medical and chemistry students on strike here for better travel facilities today clashed with police when they tried to overturn tram cars.

The students sought the sup- Mr Vinson urged the House port of men working nearby Representatives nol 10 but there was no response. They eliminate the long-term UMT stoned three of six tram cars provisions from the Bill to ex-plying between the University iend the conscription law and City and Madrid. lower the induction nge from 19 to 183.

To delete

Windows were broken but there were no casualties. the training pro- visions, Mr Vinson said, would by lunch-time, and had released The police had restored order

On the American

The agency said the skeleton. was found buried in the Jungle and Tanguru, in the region of between the Rivers Külurna

Rio das Mortes (River of Deaths) on the wild plateau of Matto Gro530,

and Raleigh Rimmell, set out Col, Fawcett, his son Jack

in 1925 to find, some say, a lost civilisation they believed to be hidden there.

Others said they sought gold

and diamonds,

It was somewhere near the

the necessity for main-a number of students they had River of Deaths that they dis-

be to force prople taining, period, a

*which

for

an indefinite large standing force w!! eventually

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pardise and possibly ruin the

economic stabilky

of this no-

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Transport among the Thai tribes in the frontier district of Tonkin,, northern Indo-China, varica, between the sleek French plane of the Hanol-Lalchau, air service, and the buffalo and his cart on the Laichau airfield.—AP Photo.

State Department

Puts India Crisis

In Proper Light

Washington, Apr. 3.

Congressional action on the Administration's The State Department, in an effort to speed India famine measure, issued a lengthy background memorandum today specifically denying charges that India is basically unfriendly to the United States and in addition has not tried to help herself.

The memorandum was also aimed at refuting assertions in some quarters of Congress that India is withholding strategic materials from the United States and profiting on others.

detained. Groups of students re-appeared. malped outside University City,

IN LAGOON hooling empty tram cars as they passed by.

The agency said the expedi The students went on strike tion found two other skeletons yesterday. They want their

in a lagoon in the same area special cheap rates on trams to but it was not specified imme- military

and from the University City to diately personnel, he said, the vast

whether expedition United be made valid

for any day on leaders believe them to be the any line.

remains of

the Jack Fawcett and On March

300,000 Rimmell.

tion

Without trained

12 about

military output of the States would be useless.

Mr Vinson said that "for the foreseeable future and perhaps people struck work in Barcelona

The agency said

the finds beyond, this nation has no al-as a protest against the rising

two days were reported to the Govern ternative but to be ready for cost of living. For

crowds demonstrated "In the ment Central Brazit Foundation any form of aggression that may streets, hurling blazing raga in Rio de Janeiro by Orlando

be forced upon us."

the City Hall, setting fire to Vins, head of the Government "The Soviet Union listens

vehicles and removing passen- expedition. only to a nation whose voice is backed by steel," he said. "Here gers from them.

is the steel. Here is the sinew. Here is the way to avoid econo- mic chaos. Here is the answer that will meet tions."

The information was provided evident that more grain was Congressmen in an effort to get needed, Pakistani grain was not

$100,000,000 India food available-United Fresa, Front bill out of the Housc Rules Committee, where it has been stailed by objections such as the forefoing. The Depart- ment made the following speel- fic points:

LONDON IS THINKING IT

OVER

1. While there are unques Foundations expeditions have tionably many people in India The Spanish Cabinet met for years been exploring the who feel she should be friendly yesterday to discuss measures wild central area,

trying to with the Soviet

on, there to fight profiteering and high befriend and pucity savage are many more

dcapite Indians in order to

suspicion open the their deep Russia's ambi-prices-Reuter.

of the 385,000 square mile plateau to West resulting

London, Apr. 3, from centuries civilisation.

pr foreign domination,

The Foreign Office is giving are further detalled consideration The Agencia Nacional said the friendly to the United

States to the American skeletons

draft of the and feel India's best interests were taken to the lie in close

proposed declaration association

of aims expedition base at Xavantina the free nations of the world.

with

and principles by the 14 United | Associated Press.

Nations membera with troops -it-Korca,

A rigid ceiling on military

strength would be short-sighted and unrealistic, he said.-Reuter.

FRENCH RETAKE

COALFIELDS

Strong French

Newsmen's

Visit

To Egypt

Cairo. Apr. 3.

A Pakistan Press delegation, headed by Mr Malik Tajjudin, Hanoi, Apr. 3........ managing director of the As- Union rein-sociated Press of Pakistan, ar- forcements, spearheaded by rived here by air today on an American-built 21-4on tanks, amelal tour, have retaken the Maokhe coal- flelds, 45 miles cast of Hanoi, a of the French Army source sald here

Today.

visit as guests

The Egyptian Government

will take them to see ancient and modern Egypt, including The original French garrison the Valleys of Kings at Luxor, 120 men evacuated the Upper Egypt, and agricultural coalfields on March 29· after an and industrini

centres to the all-night battle with the Viet-Nile Delta, Lower Egypt-Reu- minh-Router.

ter.

of

A British Crossword Puzzle

Sequel To Death Of

Journalists

London, Apr. 3. Mr Kenneth Younger, Minis ter of State, promised today to do all he could to see that the £9,500 offered by

Israel in compensation for the death of two British journalists was

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3. The

Sabotage Theory Ridiculed

London, Apr. 2... |

---The United States 3rdh

Air Division

In London today denied that it sUR- pected sabotage of She Globemaster airliner miss-

tho over

Aflantia Ocean with 52 men since Good Friday.

ing

In a statement It said: The identity of the high American officer reported to have made

statement

earlier today at Shannon

concerning the missing Globemaster is not known. However, his alleged state- ment does

not represent the official' opinion of this Headquarters”-Reuter.

Auriol Gets

Traditional

Welcome

tra-

New York, Apr. 3. President. Vincent Auriol of Franee left the Waldorf Astoria Hotel today to receive ditional New York welcome,

Apparently in his honoura windy spring rain stopped and the sun came out about 11 am. M. Auriol drove to Battery Park, at the lower town of Manhattan Island, to begin his ride up Broadway to the City Hall for his offlelal reception.

A physician visited M. Aurio), who had been suffering from a temperature for an hour before his departure.-

The Department cited the statement which 48 members of The original. comments on

When he catered the car a the Indian Parliament sent the the draft were discussed in blanket was wrapped about United States Congress and in formally in Washington last him. which they

sald, "We would week by the US. Secretary of About 600 people crowded like to ace the United States State, Dr Dean Acheson, and around the hotel when the 16-car and India co-operate with coun- the French Foreign Minister, procession departed, escorted by trics of the Commonwealth and M. Robert Schuman.

05 police motor-cycles. other democracies in securing The US State Department is M. Auriol world

was accompanied peace through collective now understood to be awaiting by Foreign Minister. Robert security." The Department said further claridcation of the Schuman and Grover Whalen, the Indian Prime Minister, Mr British commente on the draft the city's official welcomer, Jawaharlal Nehru, bad not and this is expected to be for- M. Auriol, hatless in the disavowed this statement but warded to Washington shortly, open car, started up Broadway merely criticised the fact that A Foreign Office spokesman a 12.17 p.m. waving his right it was not sent through proper said here on Saturday that the hand to the crowds massed channels,

of the United Na declaration

four and five doep behind tions aims in Korea would not wooden police barricades. Department noted be indefinitely delayed,

In the familiar scene ticker transferred to Britain as quickly that India shipped the United He added that the matter was tape and to papers fluttered as possible..

States 580,000 tons of manganese still subject of exchanges down from the windows of the Christopher

and 280,000 tons of Marlowe,

mica in between the interested govern- tall buildings, Conservative, who raised the 1050, about three-fourths of its ments and that it would not be In the second ear werd matter in the House of Commons, total exports of these materials, very long before a declaration Madame Auriel, and Mrs Vin- said that the widow of one of and said shipments were con-

was issued,

cent Impollitteri, wife of the the Journalists, Mr John Nixon, tinuing at the same

rato this Earlier, Press reports had Mayor, was in deperate need.

year. Whilo the export of suggested that the declarations Nixon, Attish Broadcasting

monazito, a source of atomic might not be made In view of Corporation correspondent and materials, was at present ban- the recent International devo

ned by the Indian Government, lopments, Reuter. David Woodford, of the 'Daily there

they would Telegraph, were shot down and make some of the rare elements

was hope killed In September, 1948, by an from monozite avaliable to the Israeli fghter while lying os United States in the ücar PASSEN JETA

in a Transjordan future. civil aircraft.

Israel agreed to pay 20,500 • NOT COMPULSION

In compensatiei and Transfordan £3,000,

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Air.

Marshal's Operation

London, Apr. 8.

serious operation at the

Also marching in the parade were units of the Army, Navy and Marine Corpa, Acociated Press.

GRAIN FOR UK DESTROYEDİR.

Brisbane; Apr. 3."

away.

The explosion of a tip of carbon disulphide ect of a fre The Inspector General of the yesterday which destroyed 3,800 way to obtain, lifting Royal Air Force, Air Chief tons of sorghum grain destined of the Indian embargo is not Mr Younger mid that Trans- through attempt at compul- Marshal Sir James Robb, had a for Britain, according to ows jordan's £8,000 had now been alon but through angotiation in National Hospital for discores 400 mileshere today from Bajool, received and the British Minis- a friendly atmosphere of the ter at Tel-Aviv had been kind which would be created the nervous system here The fre occurred at the Instructed to report as soon as by a food grant," the Depart

today. payment was made by Israel,ment sold.

Sir James, Commander-in-British Food Cor Router.

Chief of the Air Forces in The chemien) Wis. "ALPOSİ

storage shed at Bajool. for The Department noted, that Western Europe unul last fumigation The grain, urod for one of the difficulties in getting February, was stated to be a stock feeding and estimated to be sufflolent Indian manganese to well as can be expected! worth £50,000, was ineured. this country was lack of shipping Reuter.

(Router "... ** [and one of the important bene- ficant results of the grain pro- gramme, would be to make avaliablo ships to carry man- ganese on the colurn a trip.

Border Clash Discussed

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Tel-Aviv, Apr. 3. Byrian-Israeli Mixed

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export duty.

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