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Communist Radio Staff
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To Quit
Berlin, June 3.
British and Soviet officials in Berlin tonight made some progress conference on the British Army's blockade today of the Soviet- controlled Berlin Radio and on earlier Soviet Army moves against British sector enclaves just inside the Soviet Zonë.
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Stigon, June 3. Ocial French quarters expect the new Vietnam Prime Minister. Mr. Nguyen. Van Tam, appointed today by the Head of State, Bao Dal to speed up the development of the Vietnem army.
This coincides with the French Government's desire to see the national any trained and equipped as rapidly as possible in order to tree Frends offers and man commisioned offers servied in Europe.
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Mr. Van Tam is known Parls as an energetic man of great organising capacity.
te the father of General Van Hinh, Chief of the General Star of the Vietnam National Army.
The new Premier, is expected to enlarge the representative the Government, charncler of
feel this will ÖMeinl quarters help to consalidate... the new Republic and strengthen the Premier in his lack of building -military Instrument capable the Republie's of detending Independence against aggres
One of the insistent requests Secretary of State, Air Dean Acheson during his talks with leading French Cabinet Minis- tera
Just weelt, was the need for morearms là ordinë: tó speed up the full development of the Vietnam national army.
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An official statement, which 'did not explain what was meant by "some progress", was issued following a meeting between the British Com- mandant in Berlin, Major-General Coleman, and a representative of the Soviet Control Commission in Berlin, Sergel Dengin.
The conference took place at M. Dengin's request" Meanwhile, British troops are patrolling round the brick and marble building of the Com munist Radio while about 30 of the staff held out inside.
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hands of the Soviet mithorities, although in the British sector; under a four-Power agreement made in 1945.
The Soviet-controlled long- wave.transmitter just outside Berlin, Deutschlandsender, in- troduced all its programmes this aftemoen with the announce ment: "This is Deutschlandsen- der and Radio Berlin"
Before dawn today British troops flung up à diree-and-a- half feet high wire fence round the Sovict controlled Radio building, whi
while their Comman der. nanked by
red-capped military pollee,
marched inside told the Russian guard German staff to get out. The guard commander and his 25 Russian sukliers ignored the order. So did the Germans. British Military pollee, Im maculate in white blancoed Soviet Control Commission in
and
in, but lo lét
No reason for the chango was given.
TANKS APPEAR The representative
In Capetown
After an ople tow of 1,450 miles by the tug "F. T, Bates" in storm and gales, the little ship Trblanke renchéd Gapeliwa; South Africa, safely, and here her crew are plotured back in harbour after their ordeal. Drifting helpless off Tristan da Cunha and rolling from 30 to 40 degrees, the ship was taken fu to nine days before she reached safety. This is the longest
low ever made by a South Africa fur-Express Photo.
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British Campaign
Improve Agriculture
London, June 3
Britain is engaged on a campaign, to make agriculture, already one of its most highly efficient industries, more valuable than ever.
Chinese Reds Seize Japanese Fishing Boat
of the
Dengin, this down Berlin, Sergei belts, patrolled up and down Inside the wire fence,
called on the British Guards afternoon stood at all exits "to let no one With order that
It was unofficially assumed he protested to people leave."
the British City Park authorities at their barricading West Berlin's
Farmers, encouraged by Government aid, have ment has frequently demanded of the Soviet-controlled Hadlo that the Radio Berlin building
West Berliners who went into responded well to an appeal to bring more land should be banded over to house
Officials -sulda Berlin today to enquire under the plough to meet the nation's urgent, need "Radio Free,orliq",
about the new posses which the this year for more home-produced feeding stuffs.
House.
Bast
Eastern Government said that must have to cater East
they
borders."
Jordan
Union backing the Government, for 65 per cent of the nation's With the National Farmers | 1051 botos: mroduction accounted
the call for another 500,000 supplies of meat and, off), acres made only last February against a percentage of only 50
in 1945.
-has been successful.
BROADCASTS GO ON West Berlin's Mayor, Erast Reuter, was told of the planned Germany came back saying that British action last night.
were told, "The peace theat Radio Berlin broadcast all morning and its chief political will do away with zonal
Eduard commentator,
van Schnitzler, told Reuter on the
The mudden appearance of 10|
In many of Britain's farming telephone,
"We shall go on British Comet tanics on the road broadcasting for at least another outside the front of the bar-countice during recent weeks ricadod East German Radio mechanical tractors have turned fortnight. That is the period for building in the British sector up the rich soil lying beneath which we have a stock of tope about midday today gave rise to
neres of grassland. recordings."
a report that, they were to reinforce the troops guarding the building.
-Ho-described as "nonsense" report that the Radio was broad- casting from a substitute trans-
The nerv
which patter agriculture has assumed in the last month or two is based on the bellet, of experts, that there is still plenty of scope in Britain to' make land more productive.
For fach nero converted from. massland, the Government, is FARMER WELL OFF paying the farmer £5 on condi
They say that more deres can tion that he sows an approved
oats, be used for barley
growing crops, mixed grain, rye, certain fodder while modem methods of ferti
The lising can make fewer acres of cost of this subsidy is cellmated grassland support more animals. crops, potatoes or linseed ut £2,500,000.
41, Jean Letourneau, Minister mittek, oftells have repeatedly | were returning from a practical. crop wheat,
for the Associated States of Allied Indo-China, will. Xcove
for said that broadcasting from the Washington next .week to building ceased some time ago negotiate in detall a new pro-and that it is used for recording framme of off-shore purchases only.
be made by America France-Reuter,
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in
United Nations, June 3., Mr Awni Khalidy, of Iraq,
An official British spokesman sald, "How long the restriction will remmin in force cannot at present be forescen."
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Soviet troops were expected at the bulging nl 9 am, to re- lleve the guards but none ap- }; poured.
was today elected President of The besieged radlo staff can
the United Nations Trusteeship Council for 1052. Mr William D. Forsyth, pf Australia, was
keep contact with East Berlu studios, six miles away, through
a shortwave transmitter.
elected Vice-President.-Reuter. The radio station is in the
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A British military spokesman explained later that the tanks exercise for Queen Elizabeth's birthday orday parade celebration here The spokesman said that their
the time appearance at rather misleading, but they were not intended to be part of the
Berlin cardon around
Radio House-Reuter,
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Eisenhower On Military Situation
The Government's £6-an-acre subsidy is a short-term plan to stimulate this year's harvest. It more permanent scheme.
Behind the Government's eagerness to get more landa under the plough is the shadow of the present international situation, both
economic political.
Over King Of Transjordan
Cairo, June 3.
Arab capitals are tensely awaiting develop- ments in Jordan where a major political upheaval is reported to be gathering momentum over the fate of King Talal's throne.
Observers here forecast widespread Middle East repercussions over the crisis brewing in the late King Abdullah's desert kingdom,
The Jordan crisis revolves. A member of the King's sulto round a three-cornered clash at the Trianon Palace Hotel at
between King Talal, and so far not expressed any
Versailles, said, “His Majesty has plans his brother Prince Naif, about returning home. No relura between the King and his tickets have been booked.
pre on holiday add we ere enjoy.' Cabinct and between unseening ourselver
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political and diplomatic forces.
Beirut newspapers today sald that the Jordan Government The Jordan Government, would ask Parliament to decide headed by Abu el Huda Tewig if the King should cbdicate Pasha, insists that King Talal favour of his sm, Prince Hussoln. suffering from acute mental These reports, discounted tho dickness which the King stoutly possibility of Prince Nalf, now denics,
in the Lebanon, assuming the
One report in Calro today throne, while the Cairo, news claimed that King Talal, who paper A Misr all that Kips is now in Europe undergoing Tolol might demand that the medical treatment, is flying back Lebanese authorities deport the to Amman in a bid to save his Emir whom he regards throne.
threat to his throne. Closely
following develop. Another Cairo newspaper, At ments in his homeland is the Ahrain, said that
Zaine, Queen lato King Abdullah's favourite "aware of the danger that might son-Prince Naif. He is report-threaten the Jordan throne it ed to be favoured da King of King Talal's absence abroad was Regent by a section of Jordan's prolonged, suggested that the King might abdicate in favour Prince Naif,
Emir Hussein."
political who stepped down of the Crown Prince,
from
the Regency after King Talal was proclaimed successor to. King Abdullah, has been in self-imposed, exile in nearby Lebanon against the wish of King Talal,
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Tokyo, Jane 3. The Maritime Safety Board reported today that Communist, Chinese patrol vessel was believed to have machine gunned. ntzd seized a Japanese
Al Nidna, another Cairo fishing boat In the East
nówspaper, asserted thaE: ONG China Sea on June.1.
Feason why King TalpF Went to France was to keep away brief
The Jordan Parliament, held from obhlketing political currents radio report from the sister
a special meeting in Amrazlin Iraq and Jordan on the one ship of the missing boat,
the Prime hand and Syria shd the Lebanon today at which the Nich bel owned by
Minister, Abu er Huds Town on the otherlana a tene Fisheries Company, had
Pasha, made important state-It, added, that apported rift reported an attack on both
ments boals but..
certified by documents, the
enthelsycen King Talal Хардвене
Lendy Emir communiqua an- second vessel had escaped
an omcial
Nail: had been exploited, for nounced. to and was proceeding port-Reuter.
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ambitions The communique added a benefit of certain political I was not in the general in-
Catro newspaper terest that the statements and inked, Anlat's position documents should be published
with the departure, for (Amman but it was necessary for meni-today of the Regent of Iraq, to know because they re- Emir Abdul Illah, Ho wab ac- Minister,
borg
presented the nascus,
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dompanied by
the Mustafa Alumarkolater
Syrian capital, carlier today had said that the Jordan Parlia ment had
been called to, a
TWO KILLED IN BOMBER CRASH
Tokyo, June 3.
likely to be followed by a Joy, who for ten months wealth visit, a' Jordan Legationight that both crewmen, of the
has
Reuter,
special session today to con- sider a "serious deterioration of Kng Tolal's mental health,"
But in Paris, where the 41». year-old Arab ruler, is on The Air Force announced to- san denied this...
8.2 ocmber which crashed o31 been absolutely Monday morning 18 miles west chief United Nations delegate at The current effort to make the Kercan truce talks, said here no change in the King's health," of Tachikawa were dead..
The and Britain more self-supporting in today it was a mistake to assumit to declared.
bomber, returning
from crops is another step along the or even hope that the Com-
The Paris spokesman, als Korea to a central Japan air- Agriculture is as vital a part road which agriculture has munists were capable of acting denied Calro Press reports, that field, crashed in heavy cloud and of the country's rearmament
the last 20 in good faith....
King Talal planned to return to rain about 1.000...feet from the programme as funk production, travelled here in
has
Amman today and declined to peak of a 6,000-foot-mountain, and the farm labourer is doing years. In that time, it
developed from depressed "If there are still those in comment on reports of a rit 18 miles west of Tachikawa, an as much to build up defence industry without enough capital the free world who believe that between the King And his air pse in western Japan. strength as the worker in an
to ono of the most highly the enemy can be moved, by Government, | aircraft · factory,
mechanised and productive in logic or that he is susceptible. the world.
to moral appeal, or that he is With
the Government, protect willing to act in good faith, Ia any future
war Britain, ing and encouraging him, the those remaining few should disabure them- normally so dependent for her British farmer has probably immediately
of that nation,"
he Icod
on imports, would be never been so secure financially selves thrown back more than ever as he is
today.
In fact, some declared. The United States armed before on the products of her critics have protested that he is
too pampered. forces can be operated more own, soll.
As the cast of importing food
There are now over 300,000 down the maxim that the speed efficiently than they are at goes up, the strained economy full-time farmers in the United which agreement is rench- cd with the, Communists varics present, General Eisenhower of the country can less and less Kingdom, and the industry em- directly as the military pressure
almost ploys nearly 670,000 regular is applied, and said during, a Press confer-stand it. At present,
that the worth of any agreement is in propor ence at the Pentagon today. every loaf of bread eaten here workers, Rouler.
means a loss in dollar currency
tion to the milliary strength because the whoat to make it
you are able and willing to has to be imported,
apply to enforce it," he added.
Washington, June 3.
He, added, however, that this did not mean that he favoured a "mest axe" cut in defence ap- propriations,
IN WARTIME
During the last war, when shipping space was scarce, the We must not forget the old farmers of Britain made a great copy book maxim of frugality, effort to produce home-grown efficiency and common sense. food and by 1943 had put 14% But we must find a programme million acres under tillage, to carry us through and defeati the enemný...
WAR GAMES
IN MED.
"Futuro text-books can set
Admiral Joy was speaking as
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"THE MAGIC BOW"
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Startar Stewart Granger, Yasmin Calvert, Jean Kent Denols Price he turned over his command For the past two years we have been in communication withi of American naval forces. In the London Head Office of the film company, on behalf of our the Far East to Vice-Admiral patrons and music lovers, who have requested the repeat per Robert Briscoe, Napics, June. 3. "They were at of lycstock Pact nations today toolt on fresh the
ere able to do this be
Warships from five Allantle cause amount of One of the objectives, he said, in the country was considerably supplies for the second phase of
grass the 10-day mine-laying as frugally reduced and, therefore, must be attained
to the sweeping exercises in the Medi- as possible and that was to land. could be. turned make "areas around the production of feeding stuffs and serranean.
grain for human consumption. Spvigh periphery strong enough By June last year, the deres
to take care of themselves."
the
had fallen peak to 12,000,000 peres -*-** # drop of 2,500,000
It would be a great victory under the plough
the free for free world when Spain from this
and Yugoslavia developed more Acres. liberal forms of government.
General Eisenhower was ask-
ed for his views on the role of ||
ACRÉAGE DOWN
and
the
Spain and Yugoslavia in the doThis was brosuse after the war force of Europe.
the Bvestock population started He rolled, "I have liked to increasing again think that we will go to war farmers began to put their land only in defence of the freedom back to grass, and dignity of the individual. I At the end of last year, the like to think that we seek total area sown with wheat in alliances with people who think Britain was 1,372,000 acros along those como Ther. I can reduction
of 150,000 acres, zee why some people oppose tho
representing
10 per cent in a digintarini form government year, and was one reason why decided that the Government that there immediate steps must be taken
poll-
to increasa Milage,
Immediate Another must be solved in relation, to was that the total of pigs in Spain and Yugpalayle on a level o
reached 3,000,000 the country rallway higher than that of a soldier, This was record, and it was
None could deny, he added, desirable, that
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Italian Navy Headquarters here described the results of the menpeuvres In the past six days as very good although a mine- sweeper was "lost" willo, pass- ing over a "magnetic mino.".
Ships and planes from the United States, Britain, Italy and Greece are taking part in the operations, called "Minex Dra Bex, which are expected to end on June 0.-Reuter.
South African
Act Motion
Admiral Joy is returning to Thanks to the invaluable assistance of Messes. J. Arthur Bank United States to become the above film has now been airlifted to Hongkong in entire new Commandant of the Navy print: Academy at Annapolis-Reuter.
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BUSINESS REGULATION ORDINANCE 1952
of the proscribed Forms 1(a) 1(b) and
3. Pletermaritzburg, June A motion calling on the South African
Goverment to hold, a national convention to consider the re-entrenchment of the basic principles of the 1909. South African Act, which created the the geographical importance of should not be checked because Union, was introduced Into the Coples
Natal Provincial Council today item of lack of ferding stuffs. hile comment on
by • M. J. Lësila Smuth United
3. Some of the effects of the
The motion seeks the re- The most recent oficial entrenchment of equality of those two countries begin to In 1948, home production was English, and Afrikaans as offelal show a stronger, disposition to supplying 32 per cent by weight languages, of young rights, and sive fieir propio greater free of Britain's consumption of of the Appollato Division as the dom, and opportunity.” -- United wheat and four. 1050, this: Highest court to the land
had fallen to. 24 per ocut
A which via
with, this return to grassland ́ere indicated Party member.m
Spain, and
It will be a great by tatement YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD – Across 3 Probable, ↑ Agog.victory for, the free world when statisties. D.Aperture, 1 Insulted, 13 Which,45 Emphatic18 Sheltors, 10 Odde 21, Prospera 20 Condemns., 20, Cali, 27, Bo- served. Down: 1 Ball 2 Bom, Baet, 5 Hard, 0 Blush, 7 Events All 10 Tarie, 12pmad, 14 Error, 16 Thumba Class, 10 Decur, 20 Danes, 21 Peer, 24 Once, 23. Elan, 24 Sole.
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BIOGRAPHY OF NICOLO PAGANINÍ. Nicolo Paganini, Italian, virtuong on ibo vielu, was hem st Genoa on Oct. 27, 1782 and, died at, Nice on
184010 learnt guitar and violin from his father, a clever arma four-stut afterwards. from the theatre violinist, Bervetto, and the catholic chapel manter, Giacomo Costa. At the age of nine, he made "his Arst appearance in public at Cenon with triumphant quocéan As a composer he profited, by the advice of Ginecon, and in 1796 his father sent him to the violinist Alessandro Holls at Farma, Albio
studied
victe there, he also
Gasparo Ghirelli, compositions
oprame 1767 he made his professional four. After that he Increasingly famous, travelled widely, beginning with Vieung and Paris in 1828-31, and in the faller year he went to Englang for the first time. In 1834 Berlion in Paris, cotangsed for him his, explony, Harold en lialle, but he never played it a
His works Included z violin coneeris (Op. 7 with the Rondo alla Campanella); Vars, for. on "God Gave the King and Doncert pieces for violin and oroliestra; 3 zig. 4 tels, with a fultar. pari: 12 songs for violin and gullar; 24 Capricol (studios) for Violin solo and concert.
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