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THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1952.

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Trieste: British Offer Truman Flies Over Daring Junip

Can Help To Italy

THE importance which the

THE

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British Government at- taches to Australia's action of making substantial cute in imports can be measured by Mr Churenit's decision Vie the Austranun rime Minister To London for "talks over a wide range or subjects." The range of the discussions undoubted- ly will include matters of defence and the forth- coming atomic testa in Austratin, but it can also be anticipated that Mr Churchill will be pre occupied principally with the effects which Austra Ba's austerity measures for correcting its adverso trade balance have already

CONTROL OF NON-POLITICAL

DEPARTMENTS

London, Apr. 16.

Definite British proposals for transferring whole departments of local government to Italian control were reliably reported to have been made when the conference of British, American and Italian officials resumed its full work here today of considering ways of associating Italy more closely had on Britain's exporting Industries, and whether with administration of the Trieste Western zone, something can be done to Lalso known as Zone. A..... make the impact "Tess" drastic. Australia, pn- doubtedly, is faced with a grave problem of preserving her solvency. Her current trading account defeit and

A usually reliable source here said that both loss of reserves in in the the British and United States delegations, after region of £600 million consulting their governments during the Easter sterling, and it has been

recess, are believed now to be rer dy to offer Italians catimated by the Australian Igli Commissioner. sole control of non-political departments of the London that the fiscal year local administration. now ending will show an everall deficit of £700 million sterling THE step which Australia has taken to put her economy on a sound footing is unavoidably hurtful to Britain. Yet in the long run It is the only way in which she can survive as a healthy customer for Britain or anyone else. In fact, as (t√√ hus been pointed out by one commentator, Austra lla la carrying her part of. the plan agreed upon at the recont

of conference

This zone has been under Anglo-American Military Government since the end of world war two.

in

Commonwealth Finance Ministers; a plan aimed at reatoring the power of the sterling area as a whole. It

A....which are

Consultationi hayo also taken i groups in Zone. place between the Britsh demanding establishment of an Foreign Office and the British independent Trieste in con- Generat Military Governor in Trieste, formity with the Italian peace

Sir John Winterton, treaty, The General

today published their returned to the own proposals. They were: city from London last week.

A delegation representing Italian and Slovenc political

Westerling Arrested & Released

FLOODS IN ALBERTA

The main street of Medicine Hat, Alberta, looks like a river after the Spring 'thaw had caused Elbow Bend Creek to overflow Hundreds of families were forced to leave their homes. London Express.

1. Allied Military Govern- ment should transfer entire civil edmftilstrations of Zone A to the population through

civil organs of authority, Allied Military Government

hould retain controlling functions only. Civil administration should comprise a Zone Council representing all political groups, which should in turn appoint an executive organ having the 66 functions of a provisional government,

2. All

political, .economic and administrative Institutions"

is cure that hurts, and Man Who Led Revolt should be free from Italiari in-

In Indonesia Mr

un-

Britain somewhat naturally wonders whether Menzies has not been too drastic ut this stage in applying his remedy. Britain's purchasing ability is dependent on the volume of her export trade; more impurtant, unless she can st least maintain that trade, unemployment In the industrial areas becomes inevitable. One of the un- happiest effects of Austrn- lia's economy cuts has been on the Lancashire textile Industry where the employment uituation is fast becoming critical.

Y no means can all the blame for the depression in Lancashire be attributed to Australia's decision to restrict her imports: world conditions are

basic factor. The overseas demund for British textiles has been declining for Home time past and the indications are this trend will continue. Nor can the Industry hope fully to off set this effect by a more lively home

market. Nevertheless an expansion of home trade together with a concession on the part of

BX

B

fluence.

3. All state and semi-official institutions with their seats in

dependence,

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

Amsterdam, Apr. 16. Captain Raymond "Turco" Rome should have complete in- Westerling, who led an up- rising in Indonesia in 1950, was arrested in Holland fo- day but was provisionally released again tonight.

4. The Slovene langunge should be accepted as an official language.

5. Trieste citizenshup should be established and the need for the Trieste population to travel on Italian passports should be abolished.

The Public Prosecutor con- Armed that Westerling was arrested early this morning at Laagkeepel, near Amhem.

Westerling, 32, former Dutch paratrooper, has been wanted by the Duich and Indonesian Dolice since his private army seized the town of Bandung, in 1950.

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He was discharged from the Dutch Army after being accused of atrocities against Indonesian rebels on the Celebes in 1946. In January 1050, after Indonega had gained independence, ho made news with his capture of Bandung,

Indonesian troops, but Wester

The town Was retaken by Ing escaped to Singapore, where he served

a six-month Eentence for illegal entry into the Colony, But the authorl-

ties refused an Indonesian re- quest for his extradition.

to

mean

of

of

"Ike" Feels Proud

But

Thoughtful

EXPRESSES REACTION TO VOTING IN NJ PRIMARY ELECTION

Paris, Apr. 16. General Dwight Eisenhower said tonight that his victory in the New Jersey primary "makes me proud but thoughtful.”-

grammes.

Em

Flood Areas As Workers Struggle To Strengthen Dykes

Omaha, Apr. 16.

President Truman began his inspection flight over the Mid-Western flood areas today while 8,000 levee workers piled sand, gravel and lumber on dykes here to hold back the Missouri River's highest flood crest in history.

The President and his party left Washington at 12.10 p.m. GMT for the flight in his private plane In- dependence over Illinois, Wisconsin and the critical Omaha and Council Bluffs (Iowa) areu,

He was due to land near here later to confas en flood control measures with the Governors až the flood-ravaged Mid-Western States,

President Truman's Inspection light is charted over a nominsk of the 1,250,000 ficoded acres in the four States where the Mis- Four, Mississippi and thei: tel- butarles have driven over 75,000 persons from their homes.

No flood-waters have yet poured through the dykes here but workers swarmed like ants over the levees, building them higher

..and

the repairing slightest chinks to protect the nearly deserted cities of East Omaha and Couneli Bluffs.

T

15 MILES WIDE

Upstream the river is 15 miles wide in places, narrowing through the man-made bottle- neck here and spreading out again downstream all the way into North-Eastern Kansas and North-Western Missouri where 50,000 acres have already been flooded and thousands of re- sidents evacuated.

The Mississippi River reach-

Prison For Refusing

To Fly

Court Martial's Verdict

1.co

Planned

Fails, Apr. 10. Valentini, French- Darachutist, will attempt next month a senmtional Jump with 'a woman in his arms, it wván announced today.

Valentin will jump from an aeroplane three thou sand metres up with the world's woman. parachute, jumping champion, Monl- que Laroche, in his arms. At 500 metres abave Tround level, Valentin will "push violently" Monique away from him to enable her to open her ́parachute. Valentia will open his at only 300 metres,

The jump will take place at an avlatlan meet- in Lens (dorth of France) on, May 11--Reuler.

MUTINY

IN PRISON:

SPREADS

Trenton, NJ, Apr. 16. A mutiny by 68 "desper- ate" convicts spread through the New Jersey State Prison today when 1,300 prisoners demonstrated by hammer4

El Paso, Tex., Apr. 16. A military court here to day sentenced

n Uniteding on cell bars and shouting States

insults at the guards. reserve Air Force officer to two years' im- The original trouble-makers. prisonment for refusing to were barricaded in the prison. fly last December.

print shop and they held four

The reserve officer, Lieutenant prison employees as hostages. Verne Goodwin, who had been They had gone without food or recalled for military service, water since Tuesday morning was one of 12 air force officers and, the warden, William Carty, who, because of their age and

there

into family position,

sald

he would starve refused to fly

sumussion" again. They had an been re- Fine men delivered an ulti called to train few recruits. malum last night, saying

The United States Chief of would give up it Carty

ed its highest crest on record Air Stan, General Hoy Vancon- dismissed and is an indepe at St Paul after driving 5,000 burg said. Ip

dent investigation were made of Washington fodbythent persons from their homes

and that

4 number of America's prison conditions, ruining an estimated $10,000,000 last war pilots had been re-

The prison authorities replied worth of property.

called to service against today with

their

memorandum, The creat hit 22.2 feet, more will owing to the expansion of handed through a broken win than two and a half feet above the United States Air Force and dow to the strikers, promising a the all-time record set 71 years

time was needed to form "complete hearing" of their ago.

The flood river toward

on down

that

air crows for modern, aircraft. grievances if they would free rolled

General Vandenburg who was their hostages and return to other Minnesota addressing a Senatorial inquiry. their cells. towng and flooding was commission, declared however There was no acknowledgment predicted along the Wisconsin- that since the past five months, of the convicts' demand that the Minnesota border down into the Air Force had not recalled rioters should not be punished, reservists against their own except a statement that they Bureau The Weather

said will.

would not be beaten.United. that town points also could He was indirectly referring to Press. expect severe flooding.United the recent incidenta which Press;

happened on certain American air bases where Air Force air

Iowa.

TRUMAN'S FROMISE

crows refused to fly.France- Fishermen

Feared. Drowned

Presse.

Disastrous Cyclone

Omaha, Apr. 10. President Truman, landing here today after a 14-State aerial

Tokyo, Apr. 16. Inspection of the devastating

Lindi; S. Tanganyika,

The Japaness Government Middle Western floods, promised

Apr. 10. authorities tonight reported that' to start a new drive in Congress for enactment of his

Three Africans are dead and eight flahermen were believed national nine missing in a wrecked boat

to have been drowned off the disaster insurance programme. and 20,000 are homeless - as a northernmost island of Hokkaido

it and I will give result push it

of a tropical cyclone after the 112-mile-an-hour wind backing" said Mr Truman, which hit this part on Monday, which swept across the aren referring to

to his request last year Damage by wind and rain to last night. for a $400,000,000 programme for Government property alone nera They did not know whether food insurance.

1 estimated at over £100,000 there were any land casualties.

-Reuter,

Speed up deliveries...cut down costs

He returned to Supreme Allied Headquarters from quick trip to Brugsels, where he urged the Western They told a press conference European countries to step up their military draft pro-,

were "completely tonight they

it He was shown the latest returna from the the results satisfied with their vialt.

elections when he stepped from his plane at Orly field. Dr Mario Stocca, leader

delegation

"When that many Americans representing

As General Eisenhower WOR "Blocco Triestino", said Italy's think you fit for office, it makes beginning

Flying low over the flood area, Reuter, his farewells in Trieste present

aspirations towards you proud but thoughtful," he Europe today before returning starting at Rock Island, Illinois, could

and ending on the Mississippi only

sold newsmen in Paris. But, as to the United States, the New desire

with a low-level turn of the CULTY, OU an ex I said a month ago,

not Jersey results confirmed his win pansionist policy which had talking polities any more. What in his first fight with Senator City, Iowa, to Omaha, Mr Tru- swollen Missouri from Sloux Klready once "given sad re- sakl Just now was not polities. Taft since the announcement sults."

It's just an observation.”

that he was leaving his NATO destructive forces of the floods,

man was deeply impressed by the The so-called Trieste prob- lem, he said, had really

"This is just as bad as it can appointment on June 1. to be a problem since it hutt

It was the first time that the

possibly be," he told reporters been solved by the peace treaty,

two chlet Republican contenders

as ho landed at Offett Airbaze The troublo

was that it had

have been officially on the sante

south of Omaha. He said that been aggravated by the British,

ballot list since the New Hamp-confirmed his

what he saw yesterday morning American and French Declara election districts gave

belief that the shire primary a month ago. tion of 1948 favouring the ro- Eisenhower, 388,847, Senator Taft Governor Stevenson's decision

United States needed an overall turn of the whole Free Ter-236.232, Harold Stussen 23,740.

flood control programme, started Democrat results In 3,540 dis- whether

speculation GB W might not change his

President Truman mind about standing for re-election it the National Convention of the Party, which meets in Chicago In July, calls for him.

LONE WOLF

After he was deported from ritory to Italy.

Australia no imply less sweeping restrictions on in France, Spain and Tangier, imports of British textiles. could

substantially help the industry to weather the current depression. (If Mr Churchill can persuade Mr Menzies to make a generous gesture in this, direction, Lancashire will be given new confidence, and bath atatesmen will have earned the thanks of the people of Britain.

Death Of Lord

Hereford

Leominster, Apr, 10,

300 BombsTM

ceased After he had glanced quickly over the press dispatch showing the latest New Jersey results, he asked, "May I keep this?

Returns fro

from 3,828 of 3,840

NO SECONDER

General

backed

1

E

The President, a long-standing witness of Middle Western floods, said he thought the pre- sent inundation had put more land under water than ever in the history of the nation.

"It's worse than I thought it would be," he remarked, - United Press.

Still, It's Nice Pocket-Money

Bruno Cerne, representing tricts: Senator Kefauver 161,002. Fronte Dell Independenza, si-United Press. and was later said to have been the Italian Government aimed at The Public Prosecutor, dis-establishing complete domination over the econcenia life of Zone A. closed that Westerling's arrest

New York, Apr. 10, took place early today, when ho

INTERESTS OPPOSED

Al their State Convention today was in bed in the house of

South Carolina Republicans re- Count van. Rechteren, Limburg, Bortola Petrionlo, representing fused to back General Elsen- near Arnhem-Reuter,

the Fronte Popolare Italo Salvo, hower.

Senator Estes Kéfauver, snld 'workers in Trieste would Instcati,

they selected, six nationally known by his televi strongly resent increased Italian delegates to the National Conston "racket busting" inquiries control in Zoo A. Twenty-five vention and left hem unin is a lone wolf campaigner for years of Italian rule had shown struc'ed. Two are supporters of the Democrat nomination and is that the economic Interests of Senator Robert Taft.

The other not

by the Party Trieste were opposed to those of four said they were not com- machine. Italy.

mited.

Governor. Stevenson's -- with- Branko Babic, also of the A resolution in support of drawal dashed the hopes. of Fronte Popolare, sald it

60-year-old was General Elsenhower failed to many Democrats, who saw him contrary to the will of the ma- and a seconder-Reuter

au heir, to the Roosevelt and 14llan Guest, who brought of a Truman tradition as an inter" | 25,000,000 one: chance. In nationalist, cleanser of corrup-winning top prize in a football tion; and supporter

pool for the second week run- of the New New York, "Apr, 16:

wing, was washing up dishes to Governor Adial

Deal and Fair Deal policies, Steverison

day when she heard the result "His refusal came the day be (Illinois), generally believed to

of her latest success be President Truman's choice to fore Mr Averolt Harriman is to succeed him, cald today that hobe feted as the guest of honour could not accept nomination for at Democrat dinner in New

on York.. the Presidency.

Hia

by the Welt Fobg

Explode

Saigon Apr 16. larity of the Trieste population Three hundred bombs to Impose, more Italian Infuetes ploded tonight in an under-

"encouraging Dit- ground depot at the Saigon air which was

gressive and Imperialistic ten- Lord Hereford, premier Vis, base. There were no casualties dencies of Italy towards other but the blast damaged houses in foreign territories and may also Count of England," died at his Herefordshire home. Hampton Saigon, seven miles from the encourage development of neo Court, today aged 88,

baso,

· Feșelsm in Italy,” Command The French Air

Answering questions, Dr suspected sabotage by the Com- Stocca said that in the muni- munist-led Vietminh. A pre- cipal elections of 1049 40 per

may have placed a dependence of the entire

He

nicoceded by his grand- son, Robert Millo Leicester De vereux, aged 19. his only won having led Li1094.

WITHDILAWS

Some observers Jums to him

Godalming, Agr, 10, Britain's inckpot champion, a housewife Mrt

to

["liminary · Investigation disclosed/cent of voters voled for the inkil na unisonterigest as the man-most likely now to She did it again this week, N

Free candidate.

The Viscountcy was created a me bomb after joining a crowd Territory, though the total vote In 1850,

being, conferred

time on Walter

Devereux hy Kink of native workers,

had been, weighted by an influx Henry VIII M

The depot stored 250-pound of unqualified Italian voters from One of Lord Hereford's ones bombs for planes on the French Italy costore was, the Earl of Essex, aircraft carrier ArromanchesThe talks will continue on

Reuter

Associated Press,

Thursday, Reuter,

Jumped

be pushed for the nomination. It como as final results from The dimmer was planned to the New Jersey Republions make him the "favourite son" ef- primary held yesterday confirm-Now York State Democrats, ed General Elsenhower's victory which would give him 04 dele by about 150,000 votes over gates behind him at the nominat Senaton Robert Taft,"

ing(convention.-Ruter,

Plump (grey-haired Mrs Guest, who twice a week goes out scrubbing floors, won £70,- 000 last week by forecasting eight drawn soccer matches,

This time her six-penny - staka meted only £3,591, 104, Dd. Her husband is m. £ll a sweek

creman in a local engineering firm, Their only son work with a fem of electrical cngineers,Reuter,

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