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GILMANS GLOUCESTER ARCADE

COMMENT OF

THE DAY

Economic Talks

NE question about the

O conference of Common-

upon

wealth Finance Ministera in Sydney that seems to be exercising the minds of not a few people in whether it will be a policy-making one or whether it will merely be concerned with reviewing achievements under the plans agreed London at the end of last year. It seems misleading. however, to argue that. beenuse it is nut u CON- ference of Prime Ministers and is being held in Sydney. instead of London, it is of relatively minor signi- fiennec. One factor especial- ly will add to the importance of the deliberations and that is the fallure of the United Stater Administration to announce their trade policy. It will be recalled that the last Commonwealth e30- mic conference declared that progress "towards a system of freer trade" was dependent upon American co-operation. At that time, however, LL W#8 hardly visualised that there would be auch delay in the US Government making

their mind.

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US BANKNOTES ROBBERY:

SUSPECTS HELD

Most Of The Stolen Money Recovered

THREE PEOPLE ARRESTED BY FBI AGENTS

Washington, Jan. 5.

Secret service agents today arrested a negro, his wife and another man in connection with the New Year's eve theft of $160,000 from the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

The secret service also announced that $120,000 of the stolen $20 bills and $7,000 in smaller bills for which some of the stolen $20 notes had been exchanged -was recovered from a farm near Middleburgh, Virginia, where the suspects had taken the money for burial last night.

The balance $33,000 has not been accounted for,

IT is one thing to take action to promote a freer system of trade when the United Staten is taking parallel netion; it is quite another when the United States con- Linnes tu stand aloof. Members of the Common- wealth could afford to take him as Willians Olles, a negro the Engraving Bureau hide-firm evidence that she

The negro an employee of the Bureau where all US paper currency is produced - was identified as James Rufus Landis, 29. He and his wife Mamie, 26, were arraigned before a US commissioner.

area.

a liberal attitude to impurts from other countries if the United States were to take a more liberal attitude to imports from the sterling But can they when entry Into the American market remains severely restricted? Yet a pressing problem confronting many trading nations today is the shortage of sterling. recent negotiations proceeding in London with the Japanese, for instance, are largely concerned with this problem. Can Commonwealth

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U. E. Baughman, chief of secret service, said the other man arrested is a neighbour of Landis and is employed in another government agency.

Mr Baughman later identified

He said Landis led them to but that the secret service had

lives in the same apait- Jaway. who ment bufiding with Landls an!

government that

was

Is employed 05 0 building painter.

Mr Baughman sald Landis seized at his job in the Engraving Bureau at about 10 .m. today and admitted some part of the theft, but denied other details.

Landis

wlic shortly afterward.

Mr Landis

arrested

Baughmun identified as one of "live malta suspects" from the moment the money was discovered, missing yesterday,

Mr Baughman disclosed later in an additional $1,300 small bills was recovered from the Landis apartment.

Was

Included in the metal box was 83,000 stuffed into a pair of grey silk rocks which Landis

his father-in-law give going to for burying the loot, Mr Baugh-

man

Ho said Landis admitted taking the packaged money from a hand tuck at the vault door lost Thursday, substituting "dummy" packages of the same size and shape, but denied carrying the stoicu money out of the building. Не said the other four Mr Baughman said Londis original suspects, also Engraving named another person as the Bureau employees, are "ap-

instigator of the rehome, but that the secret service had reasons to doubt that part of the story.

ACCESS TO VAULT

Mr Baughman said Landis has! a "distributor-check:r" Engraving Bureau

bren the

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FALSE POCKETS

secam- ponled her husband and Giles to Middleburgh last night on the money-hiding expedition.

Asked why Landis returned to his job on schedule this morning, Mr Baughman said the suspect number told his father-in-law he "had to show up or would be one suspect" in the theft- United Press.

Relief Fund

Donations

Blow La published this morning's contributions to the Shumshulpo Fire Victims Reller Fund.

The Fund closes at 12 noon Mr Baughman said the secret

on Saturday next, January 9. service has reason to belleve that Cheques should be crossed and since Landis sewed false pockets into made payable to The Shum- and had access to the the tall of a cont and spirited shulpo Fire Victims Reller

widen the money the money out that way.

Mr Baughman

Landis' Anol said

the statue quo for a yearparently okay." until it becomes known what the United States is going to do? It is highly improbable that they can do BO. Indeed, a major task confronting the Finance Ministers and their expert advisers will be to reach agreement on modifications to the plans decided upon In London in 1952.

WHILE the common action

1942, vault from was stolen.

competition being met by farm, ro Secrest, went to the more

Landis

bills and

Fund." Anonymous

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ITALIAN POLITICAL CRISIS:

CABINET RESIGNS

Rome, Jan. 5.

Premier Giuseppe Pella tonight handed in the resignation of his five months old Christian Democrat Government.

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Once In A 100 Years

Toronto, Jan. 5.

Pauf Phililgs peered over the shoulder of the man in front of him to a line at a bank wicket and aw the man cashing a cheque for $225.

nigned by Paul Phillips.

Phillips grabbed him by the arm and yelled for the police.

Detectives who arrosted John Ka.tinchak, 38, on three counts for uttering forged cheques said today that the

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Elopers Plans Thwarted

Court Order Stops Marriage

Edinburgh, Jan. 5.

tin magnate Patino

Bolivian Don Antenor

thwarted the marriage plans of his 18-year-old daughter today, but the | youthful beauty was

ported to be seen Ipnching happily with her lover-in Glasgow.

10:

Witnesses who ideatified the couple said they looked very much in love.

The 4race multi-millionaire Palino won a court prder allow- ing him at lebst to delay the elopament marriage of beautiful dark-eyed Maria Isabella Patino tud 20-year-old James Michael Goldenthi Their wedding certi- foate would be valid after 10 vised Congressional leaders am, tomorrow. today that the United

lovars The wo

who States will retaliate directly two weeks were spotted at noon einded Patino's detectives for against Communist China in a Glasgow restaurant where if the Chinese renew the they were overheard telephoning Korean war or intervene in Indo-China, Congressional When they walked out of tho sources disclosed.

Edinburgh.

restaurant they headed in the direction of the Cargow rail- way station where it is a trip of These sources, who refused less than an hour to Edinburgh.

use of their

salud names, M-

out Elsenhower spelled America's Far Eastern strategy

strodo

ESCAPES REPORTERS At 3.20 p.m., a blond young Goldsmith, resembling in bold terms at a White House man

Edinburgh's out of conference with Republican and Caledonian Hotel where Pating Dimecratic Congressional leaders, directed private detectives and lawyers in a campaign to stop was called by the marriage of his The meeting

"daughter the President in an effort to who ran away from her

chuper- attract bipartisan support, for one and family to defy him, is foreign

and Seeing he was followed, the programmes

young man walked quickly to a scaled-down defence budget.

nearby railway station, mede a Theit "` sources sala Gen; quick telephone call in a public Richard B. Russell (Democrat, booth, emerged, jolted two men

waiting

for him and they all Georgia) and Rep. Carl Vinson | Wi

jumped into a car and xpéd en leaving town

to recall two American divisions from Korea,

They were BOCA

| (Democrat, Georgin) expressed away.

serious doubls on the wisdom of President Elsenhower's decision in the direction" of the airport

and the road to Glasgow."

Pursuing newsmen could not Patino's catch up with the car, attorneys refused to say anything conference with but after a Goldsmith's lawyers promised a statement on the case tomorrow

They said they

the move

feared that would be construed as an indication of weakness,

These sources said the Presi-morning-United Press. dent and Secretary of State Mr

John Foster Dulles defended the decision as

an indication of strength rather than weakness. They were said to have called determina- it evidence of new

A last minute revolt by the leftwing of histon to resist aggression with own party foiled a fortnight's efforts to reinforce full-scale use of air power and

new weapons presumably in the Cabinet by a reshuffle slanted to the right. cluding atomic weapons.

101.25 50.00

A 15-minute emergency meeting of the Cabinet decided on the resignation. Immediately afterwards, €20.00

Premier Pella went to the Quirinal Palace to offer the 24.00 resignation to the President of the Republic, Signor

Einaudi.

173.95 100.00

The leftwing of the Party to- "But I encountered difficulties 50.00 night

told the Premier they that led me to conclude that would not accept his new list this aim could be attained only 200.00 of Cabinet Ministers in the pro- by a Cabidat-crliis."

50.00

pusod reshuffle of the Govern 50.00 (ment.

48,00

He said Landis, his wife and atory failed to account for all Staff of Mollers Ltd... illes drove lost night to a form the missing money and there is Staff of Jebsen & Co. near Middleburg,

250.00 Virginia, a possibility that a fourth per- H. T. Barma Ltd. where Mrs Landis' father lives, on A

aman Is involved in

Sluft of Nethersole Mr BaughmaN said Landis the biggest theft in the history Hospital told his father-in-law they had of the Engraving Bureau. H. A. Waller taken to reduce external a large amount of money but

He sald Landis

dis admitted pas3- San Miguel Brewery spending has strengthened "the heat is on" and they wanting some of the stolen blils in

Factory Workers sterling, it has also had ed to bury it.

the northeast Washington Oscar, Diane, Blackie adverse effects on Inter-

companion neighbourhood, but claimed to He said Landis'

& Rinty shifted the money from a red-have used

money which was

Principal of Hongkang Empire trade itself. The ex-

painted wooden box to a metal not stolen in making

$1,200

Technical College tent to which restrictions on

box which resembles a tool kit, down payment on a 1953 Olds- Anonymous imports can be relaxed would and left it with the father-in-mobile in which last night's Pamela Yih in any case have come up. law for burlai

trip to Middleburg was made. but American dilatoriness He said the father-in-law be- Mr Baughman said makes consideration of the come worried and called the claimed to have passed only about about 20 of the stolen $20 bills issue much more urgent. Virginia State police

that another alleged ac 5 a.m. Mr Butler, especially

today. Two Virginia and State troopers, V. P. Hochman complice passed a great deal view of

increasing and S. S. the

for small the money and brought it back to him for safe British exporters in foreign called the secret service.

Baughman markets, can be expected to

box. Mr In the stress the importance of said, they found 44 bundles of inter-Imperial trade. On the stolen $20 bills ($88,000) in- "I really

Lect and about $7,000 in smaller getting my the whole, the sterling aren

bills, the proceeds from passing like this." members of the Common-stolen notes. wealth recognise the value of reciprocal trading within the Empire, and there in ample scope for expanding it. But, ns the recent report by OEEC on Britain's economy pointed out, the need for expanding trade with foreign countries out- side the cannot be ignored. In part this is bound up with the question of making sterling less scarce, and this in turn Ja linked with the volume

SHOWS HIDE-AWAY

ch

The President of the Republic,

It was thought' unlikely that

in his search in the next few A Red Cross Clothes

Sorting Party"

They particularly objected to days for a new Prime Minister, the replacement of the leftwing was expected to concentrate on 600.00 Agriculture Members of the Kew-

loon Dock Club.

Ministry by trying to persuade the Christian keeping.

Mr & Mrs B. A. Davies

20.00 representative of the Party's Democrat leaders to agree on a "MESSED THINGS UP"

250.00 rightwing.

short term practical polley and Harbour View Hotel.. He quoted Lands as saying: Arlington Hotel

250.00

no man to carry it out, messed. things up,

M

E. Mrs L

Despite assurances from the wife into a. thing

Guteres

25.00 Premier that the new Cabinet

outride the Christian 25.00 would continue to carry out the | anyone Mr & Mrs K. A. Miller During the original question- Previously

land Acknowledged: big

reform programme Danocrat Party could rally, a ing, Me Baughman sail Landis $515,023,00; Sterling £100.

launched four years ago, the Parliamentary majority. flatly refused to implicate Giles

Democrat leftwing Total at 10

today: Christian a.m.

signor Eineta esked Signor parliamentarians would not ac-

Pella to remain at his post with cept the change

his Ministers as a caretaker The Cabinet crisis was seen Government. He was expected to partially as a result of the un- s'am, his ecurultations o new certainty that has gripped the Premier on Thursday in view Rotorua, New Zealand, Jan. 8.-Christian Democrat Farty in the of the official holiday of Epiphany Queen Elizabeth and the Duket six months on how to halt on Wednesday-Reuter. of Edinburgh left here by air the continuing growth of Com today for Gisborne to resume munist strength in Italy. thel round of official engage= | | COMMUNIST CLAIM inerts in New Zealand,

He said 10 additional bundles and kept insisting there was $510,385,00; Sterling £100. ($32,000) were found hidden another accomplice who under a small hond truck in a the "real brains" of the theft.

was

dark corner of the Afth floor of Mr Baughman sald Mrs Landis The Royal Tour

Idented knowledge of the theft,

the Engraving Bureau.

Commonwealth New York To Washington

of American purchases from

the sterling area. Clearly

In 24 Minutes

Washington, Jan. 6.

Officially Resumes

The Royal Couple have spent

די

The June, elections boosted

last clec-

WANTS CHARGES

RAISED 10% ·

London, Jan. 6.

a shoot holiday at Moose Lodge, the following of the Communiste allies from seven - to noex here. They spent most of, and their yuterday quietly at the Lodge, nine and a half millions. Com-

The British Transport Com- munist spokesmen claimed that Colonel Willard Millikan, who set a trans-continental on the pine-clad shores of Lake new elections now. might show mission, which runs the nation's If those purchases were re-speed record only last Saturday, flet his F-86 Sabre jet Rotol.

Their two days of complete the leftwing to be the biggest state-owned gallways, has ask

ed the Government for permis- from New York to Washington in 24 minutes today for privacy at Moose Lodge has been political force in Italy. duced, then exchange

alon to raise railway, dock and restrictions within the ster- a now unofficial speed mark between the two cities.

As a result of the Their first real rest athors since Ing area would have to be Colonel Mulikan. a National; "aufully happy, to be home the: 80,000-mile Royal Common tons, the Christian Democrats canal freight charges by 10 per intensified. So long as the Guard pilot, fathed across the after a week at boot in the wala tour boner Boremada alone cannot keep a government cent, it was announced, here

in being. They must peek milles today, a starling ares has to husband 210 miles at an average estimate On Saturday he flew from LOENDA TOULAY alther to the right or left. But The Application results from dollar earnings carefully, ited speed of 526 miles per hour. Angaids to New York in four

the ranic and fila of the pucky, as in "pay puer last month between Kampala, Uganda, Jani The 35-year-old speed in difficult to see how its

The Buganda Lukiko (Pariis- well er it, leaders, were tonight the Transport, chiefs,and leaders, abd, yo seconds,

Calvided: on, which today passed a resolus

Way of the thres major rail unlocus. members can relax trade took off from Michelle heurs sight minutes

Bato in New York at 1.53 pm. The official New York to on that a humble requer be to

Commfillon promise to 'restrictions substantially, ST and whizzed past the con- Washington spend record of

the Go

Governor, Bir Even without

Americantrol tower at nearby Andrewsi„kristau ·55 seconde was die wilent to

pointing put fades informing, the President prant, Mil-round, nae increase to

Republic of his resigne 500,000 rail workers h

has forced that "It would co-operation, however, there Air Force Base in Maryland | Captaki Martin Benith of the Alt { Andrew Cole dimoult for tion, "Bignor Pallu' kota: reporters | vp/running costs. : is no reason why the Com-2.17 p.m.

Force on April 21, 1948, in a jet the Buganda to welcome the that his erroris to reshume h monwealth countries should After looping the field for propalino -80, H1 night whe Queen in a sultable mandent so Cabinets were aimed at giving not beak to increase the landing, he told his wife Ruby over acalf-mán course for an long as the recently deposed the obtintry is bechnically and value of their Imperial the record Bight from New York average sound of 436,074 miles Kabakwaway from the pollenly more enclent govern

was "moventur “and "rw" was an hour waonated Press, and Country ReuberPOLAR "trado.

In turn, the unions cancelled a threatened national rall strike which would have plunged, the count into chtor of the height, of Chririmag

Tweski=Reuter,

L

Train Crashes

Into Plane

Vienna, Jan, 5. An Austrian Diesel cosch train, the Blue Lightning, today crashed into a Soviet jet plane, which was being towed by a The informants said President tractor over an unguarded level Eisenhower probably will use crossing near Wiener Neustadt, his State of the Union address south of Vienna, it was learned to Congress on Thursday to tonight.

position clear Seeral make America's

Soviet air bases are

to

the Communista, United located in the Wiener Neustadt arca. The accident is under- Press.

stood to have been due to fog-

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