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Desperate Stand By Vietminh

Saigon, Apr.. 21.

Elements of the 316th Vietminh Division continued today to wage a desperate battle 35 miles cast of Hanol after the failure of

to break their attempt through the Franco-Viet

namese

Established 1845

TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1952.

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Today's weather: Freah gu sty ENE winde, strong la ex- posed places. Cloudy and cool with drizzle tho' evening and Jonight

State Troopers Fire On

Convict Rioters

troops encircling THREE MEN

occupation by British and French forces is signed next month, West Germany in assured of a new and property dignified status with her friends and neighbours. The event also will give full substance to the Western Powers' care fully weighed policy of according a fair degree of

Violent combals are now tak- sovereignty to West Ger- many policy which husing place south of Baoninh-the

based been

the recognition that the Ger mun people must, in the fullness of time, be allowed

on

them, it was announced here tonight.

Seven Pagodas Rond. French units were compelled to call for

aviation support: artery and

to reduce the Vietminh resis-

the freedom of governing tance nests in fortified villages. themselves independently.

after hand-to- It was only One condition is that the remaining work on-the-end-hand lighting that the Franco- of-occupation treaties is

Vietnamese troops suggeen May 17: ompleted by

the Bonn another that

join the Government members of the European

community defence simultaneously signing the European Army treaty to which West Germany has a contribution to make. It is

cccupying several vill the particularly combats

in

were

violent for the poscession of

Hodan and Yengi villages.

Because of the battle move- mente, il 15 Impossible as yet estimate of to make an exnet

Vielminh left numerous dead on n number the battlefield and of prisoners-have-begs token.....

not likely there will be the results of the combats. The

undue delay in ratification the the treaties by United States, Britain and France, but Dr Adenauer purposeful 421 expect opposition from sections of was

WOUNDED: GUARDS AS HOSTAGES

Jackson, Apr. 21.

State Troopers and guards pushed rioting prisoners back into their cell blocks at Southern Michigan Prison today, wounding three of the convicts who fought back.

However, 104-rioters-holed-up-in-the-disciplinary-bar racks continued their siege, holding II guards as hostages.

As the troopers opened fire, the ringleaders in the bar- racks yelled: "Any more shooting and we will drop a guard's head out of the window."

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But 250 troopers, walking shoulder to shoulder across the prison yard, continued firing over the prisoners' heads. Inch by inch, the rioters retreated, giving ground before the blast of machineguns and the gun butts

of officers.

Many of the prisoners refuss? to budge, either sitting or lying Franco-Vienamese patrol in the yard. A

Officers picked ambushed by Vietminhthem up and shoved them along the West German Parlia rebels near Nachgla, the main a few feet. Then they would

western coast of Bil or lie down again, ment who are closely town on the

DROP WEAPONS

aligned with the Soviet-the Gulf of Slam, it was an-.

Eust German nounced fotlay. controlled

engaged Ln 3 Government. T is fairly certain their main operation when allocked. line of argument will be that any agreement between the Boan Government and Western Powers the

vinless the meaningless treaty includes the East Zone: They will point to the latest Soviet note and the prepasuls contained therein

is

WAS

prison tarioters. For a time the convicts threatened to seize the administration building. But troopers Bred over their heads as they broke through the cell blocks to the building and they fchl back. In retreating, however,

they seized seven more hostages who were taken into the discip Inary barracks.

The patrol was The majority of the 2,000 rund-opening voters fell back. They dropped their knives, clubs and other

Gun smoke mixed with the weapons which they had looted!

the kitchens and store already huge cloud from six fres from

set by prisoners. The auditorium ground The

was burned out, along with the rooms. littered with weapons.

kitchen. laundry, greenhouse The State police made no and attempt to enter the cell blocks in three other smaller puld after the convicts. They awaited inga.

State police, led personally by before reinforcements

the Commissioner, Donald more (charging into the buildings, Leonard, already had cleared

Troopers and guards counter

French Headquarters announced that slight losses were suffered by the Franco - Vietnamese tranps and that the Vietminh were compelled to withdraw.

A skirmish in the Cantho area resulted in the Vietminh leaving kiled ca the balltfeld Light and in 50 prisoners being taken

France Vietnamese attacked after being forced to

give

up more than half the

the

these by that afirm proposals offer, the only forces-France-Presse. full solution to the prob-

lem of the future of Ger-

mny.

And they will, of British

course, taking their cue from

the

ALTI

the

East German paliticians, repudiate

which makes Agreement West Germany a party to alliance with any Western Powers. All these

familiar are

objections, not

the motivated interests of the people of West Germany, but hatred of anything which suggests the embracing by

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Subjects In China:

New -Note To Peking

London, Apr. 21.

A Foreign Office spokesman said today there were now only about 700 British subjects left in China com- pared with 4,000 in 1945 and 20,000 in 1937.

by

This information

Germany of Western democracy.

of

came after

the

Press.

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Comet's Remarkable Flight

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Death Of Sir Stafford Cripps

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Sir Stafford Cripps, one

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Australia

Plagued By Skilful Forgers

Melbourne, Apr. 22. Citizens all over Aus- tralia

being warned

are

to check their "folding money" following the dis- covery of a gang of skilful - to be forgers believed operating from here,

Several operators are circulat- ing "split" notes of all de nominations and are managing. to clean up a tidy proft as: n result.

made by soaking a 10-shiling, 21 or:

The "split" notes are

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note in water and then the centre, peeling. It down separating the back of the note from the front.

The two halves are then folded with the printed side up und

us passed

legitimate, giving the forversa 100 per cent.profit on every note circulated.

The splitters are not the only get-rich-quick men on the easy For the last y mariect.

months police all over Australia have been searching for a "Mister 880" who has been passing forged £10 notes.

MEAGRE EXISTENCE

(Mister 880, as he was called. by the US Treasury Investiga tion branch, sked out a meagre existence by forging dollar bills and passing them only when he to ran short of the necessary

keep him alive. He evaded the police for by

Opposition Demand time Britain's "Iron Chan- Bild singly, at long intervals

Voted Down

Capetown, Apr. 21. The Malan Government, facing

Australian police believe that the local Mr 880 is an elderly

in Zurich to- and in wkicly-separated dis- night-and with his passing tricts.) Britain has lest a brilliant scientist, lawyer, politician and lay reacher. He would

man after the pattern of the American, forging the bills for

The

a. constitutional have been 63 on April,24.. the same purpose.

forged 210 notes have after the Supreme "Austerity" Cripps to the Bri-

Wales and Queensland at odd Court's rejection of its tish, it was he who ruled Bri- appeared in Victoria, New South Coloured Voters Law, to tain's economie life in her post intervals. They are described as

perfect Imillations announced it would we cover and wrecked his "almest

health in doing so. day

This morning, Sir Stafford's leading police to the bellet that introduce a bill to set up a

physician, Dr Dagmar Liechtl, the forger is either high court of Parliament.

or a New Australian Immigrant Minister of Interior Dr T. E. reported that Sir Stafford had employee of the Australian mint Donges fold the South African "drifted into a state of deep and who picked up experience in forgery techniques in Europe.— House of Assembly here he painless unconsciousness,"

He never regained conscious- United Press, would ask leave on Tuesday to ness. introduce the bill.

Dr Malan declared last month

London, Apr. 21. A record breaking Comet half the prison of rioters before jet airliner of the British

big push started.-United

Overseas Airways Corpora- tion made history tonight by touching down here after flying the 927 miles from Rome to London in 2 brat 29 mins, against head winds. The Comet, on the Arst por- senger carrying trip, has pushed

on a separate at it was the late Sir Stafford Cripps appears up the speed of air travel to

duty to place on Page 3.1. eight miles a minute, travelling Parliament's sovereignty beyond the double journey of 1,854 miles doubt. House today rejected by

Woman

Bravery Medal

Wins

London, Apr. 21.

in

from

London to Rome and begr back ving time, in under five hours' flying

She was one of the 500-miles-

an-hour Comet flest with which BOAC on May 2 open the world's

and Johannesburg, South Africa. ying high above the earth at Flying about twice the speed of con- ventional aircraft, the Comet by her standards was still making a lolsurely journey.

Lady Cripps was by her hus- folkwing the court's in-band's side at the time of his validation of the Act placing death. Router.

A detailed blography of the coloured (mixed blood) voters

Government's

The

78 to 61 votes an Oppostilon demand that the Governmen!

accept the Court ruling.

VOTING RIGHTS

DISCUSSED

Colombo, Apr, 21, Mr J. G. N. Strauss, Opposi- tion leader, had moved that the The Indian envoy in Ceylon House should refuse to go into today discussed with Primo theCommittee of Supply to

question, of voting rights of consider the budget and Minister Dudley. Senanayake the residents of Indian origin on the until the government undertook

island, to accept the decision of the court on its separate represent- allon of the voters act and to abide by the constitution of the country.

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Winston Wears Hearing Aid

London, Apr. 21. Apparently fully recovered from the bad cold from which he suffered during the past few days, the Prime Minister, Mc Mrs P. Richards, 55, who

Winston Churchill, today at- The British. Note asks for in-lives in a Westminster flat Foreign Secretary Anthony formation about the arrested

tended the reopening of the In the Parlimentary session Eden tald the House of Con-persons, including the nature of at Sloane Street, will be pre-jet liner service between London mons that Britain was address-the charges against them, thelt sented on Wednesday at the

For the first time, the Prime - In rentity, ing a third, Note to China on whereabouts and whether sen- London Council Hall with a

of British, Australian, tences have been passed heither the treaty to end behalf

on medal, the annual award for

House of Commons. Minister was wearing on his right ear a small sound ampli- and of Canadian

United States them. the Allied occupation

the bravest civilian art

fler. For a long time Mr Chur- Earlier, the envoy had sent West Germany, ΠΟΥ the citizens now under detention by

It also asks for permission for London in the year in as-

as chill has refused to have his representation"

to and his European Defence Com-the Chinese People's Govern

Mr Lamb to communicate with gisting enforcement of law.

COMFORT & SPEED

Instructed by the Government deafness attended munity puct prevents ment.

were the persons detained.

the dis poliitas adversaries have often India A year ago Mrs Richards saw

against Earlier representations fruitful discussions between

The glistening aircraft, her jet in This move was made on be-

In the debate on the motion,

enfranchisement of nearly 300,- nccused him of exaggerating his engines merged into her elegant,

the Minister of Finance, America, Britain, France made formally by Eritain

Mr000 Indians for the Country's deadness when he found it con- to do-co-Franco- April and August of last year, half of the Australian, Canadian a gang raid on a jewellery

said Havenga,

heneral elections

month, venient bandit as and Russia on the question and many cases have been raised and United States Governments shop in Sloane Street. She ran streamlined frame, set a new

Bri-forward to ward off a Chine in

an the interests unifying

for whose Germany individually.

slood whatchesrtedly side of his colleagues in "this through the medium of frec Mr Edien sald today: "Itain was at present responsible. he beat a plain-clothes police standard In, comfort as well as Nicholas

The absence of any reciprocat-

out, tho Mr Eden said the figures given man over the head with an Iron speed. clactions.

the House regret to inform

sovereign will of the people by do were subject to correction "since bar. She may have saved the representations 10 much, however, dependa that these

appear

Its legal representatives in Par- 10 have in most cases persons under de officer's life, for PC. Stone, As-ing parts in her four ghost let struggle to carry on whether the Soviet not so far

in tention have not been permitted sistant Warrant Officer, is un-engines robbed air travel of any

liament." In the armchair luxury of her

Was formerly Government is genuinely affected any improvement

Mr Havengo to-get in touch with their na-likely ever fully to recover from

ho received before she lounge passengers relaxed, as it the situation."

families Injuries he ready to permit free elec-

Mr Anthony

Eden said that Bonal representatives,

roached him.

motionless leader of the Afrikaaner Party tions in the East Zone, Tho

which had merged with the the British Charge d'Affaires in for friends." Western Powers could not Peking,

suspension. Mrs Richards already holds seamed, in almost Mr Leo Lamb, had- Mr Eden said: "Others are even consider the passibility been instructed to deliver

The silenced, presturised in- Nationalist Party to form Dr to died in prison, the OBE for work with wounded

have A though

the first no satisfactory delalle in

world war. She terior of the Comet shut off for Daniel Malan's National Party. that an all-German Govern- further Note.

the nursed Dunkirk wounded and the air traveller the shrill whine

CONVINCED civilians during of the jets which is audible only ment formed on any other The move, the Foreign Office have been obtained from basis should take part in stated today, was made on behalf Chinese authorities, and several bomb-Injured

to the outside world.

Taking off from London this the preparation of a pence of five British and Canadian have been released in such a the last war.

She has a 21-year-old daugh- Australians and poor state of health, due to neg-

bulband, who

bad weather has morning in

and trenty. On the other hand,subjects, three

a toll of 62 United States clli-leet of their special ailments,ter. if the Soviet Government is

allow free ens, 42 of whom are in gast and that they died shortly after re- business abroad, is in Nigeria.her schedule extended by a

Reuter. prepared to

| lease."-Reuter. elections, there is no valid 20 under house detention.

reason for refusing further discussions. The Soviet offer has a number of dangers, Thero

arc, for

example, serious objectiona to an independent Germany with a national army, and to restrictions

Ger-

ort

many's. right to form

alliances. Nevertheless B

known

Her

Atomic Tests May Be Carried Out Off The West Australian Coast.

From Alan Melville

!

fatigue.

(Mr

The separate representation of the voter's act was troduced only when he Havenga) was, in all good faith, convinced that by placing Use coloured people on a separate which list, nothing was done would bring the government in- to conflict with the entrenched clauses.

diversion, the Comet, climbing 3,000 feel minute like modern fighter, made a very fast journey to Rome, touching down 2 hrs, 17 mina, after tak ing off.

first "leg" Inaugurating the

In so far as the morality or of the London-Johannesburg

er merlis

of any immorallly route over which it will y ovident they will be absent granted. Alteraft operating regularly from May 2, the steps taken by the government was concerned, the outcome put party of Bri-

the government in exactly the. from the Australian mainland routine. flights within the area Comet carried for some months.

must report their positions every tish Commonwealth and Amort

can journalistas and BOAC off-same position as General Smuts was in regard to the Indian Miles Sir including The Dally Express Perth cor clals,

Nepresentation Aci.. Sir Miles has described the Norvik en Zeebrugge brought some reports, adds that about 20

Melbourne, Apr. 21, Firat positive evidence The preparation of a rot:igern-20 minuter. parilona predicament, and that the Empire atomic tion lighter indientes the test in resporident, commenting on the Thomas, Chairman of BOAC.

October; on September or tests will be conducted

divided Germany Is

the Western Allies have little to lose, even at this stage, by putting Russian fitentions to the test.

"Monty" In Rome

the

усата

an island off the Australian 100 Royal Marines, and Royal scientists and a large amount of Comet an being "four

scenat equipment will have to ahead of the rest of the warta,"

coast has leaked out.

Engineers whose work is to pie-

Tho. Monte Belle Islands, pare the site for the atomic come from the United Kingdom-Reuter.

Australian authorities.

atomic secret

weapons and

German Elections Possibility

The Appeal Court in 1937 had certainly done its duty in the same way as the Appeal Court ald this year.

(Dr Malan's Government has quoted in support of the argu-| atbut 65 miles northeast of explosion; the Narvik carries five before the tests can get under way. Most of this is expected

ment that the courts do not diave Onslow are believed to be the large landing craft and two to come by sea, although top-

the right to test acts of Parlia- chosen by the British and smaller craft of the type usable

ment a Supreme Court judgment for landing stores and equipment parts for bombs may be flown.

in 1937 that Parliament could Rome, Apr. 21.

out:

adopt any procedure it thought Fald-Micsha? Lord Most Navy Department spekcemen on beaches."

The Monte Bello 'Islands are The nearest airstrip is Ontow

B. to confirm or deny the

Berlin, Apr. 21. Emery; The Deputy Supreme refuse

The East the Allante reports but a number of facts uninhabited and barren. There where the equipment acauld be

Forelen Germian Commander for

Mr Havenga said Parliament are three large islands In the unloaded and shipped to the Pact, arrived in Rome today have become public knowledge.

islands by naval verein. Air Minister, Georg Pertinger, re- was now faced with two judg The Royal Navy tank-landing group,

The after a three-day inspection of

The Civil Aviation Department craft could not land on the cently bad in talle with Soviet ments and it would now have to

on the decide what the law was. Italian army is along the craft, Narvik and Zeebrugge,

are due to leave Freemandes issued an instruction to pilots falands because of the rock out Ambassador. Pushkin

of free German struggle would have to be taken Alps.

He is to meet the Italian De tomorrow morning with two that a wide area of ocean in this crops and the sandy ansas, but possibility

declarad seaplanes could land on a lagoon elections in East and West Ger to the people who would be aasiced if their will could be fence Minister, Signor Randolfo Royal Australian Navy lighters region has been Pacelareli, and the Chief of they have been loading at Fres restricted." No charter. Alghts three miles long between the many, Gerhard Rommeler

today-France-Presso,

Ugments-Reuter. Staff, General Ensio Mary mantle such large quantities of within the mea will be allowed Islands-Lemdon Expres Sor former preno offelal, sold hero thwarted by a minority in Par

1 vico. Reuter.

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