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For Third Successive Day

French Set

Jungle Ablaze With

Tine the executive Napalm Bombardment

looking from his office

the

window, the scene in street below must have had a nightmare quality.

+

in For there brandishing his fists and calling

tho street, downs elaborate curses from the

evening air, stood a man in fez, of tarbimh, every hair of whose full white beard scemed to tremble with anger.

bearded

Once, already, the man had been shown out of the fim offices in a combined oper- tion between o giri secretary Now, and the commissionaire. he was laying siege to the place. I AM THE GREATEST

THE AL

executive saw his chauffeur at

car, with the

the wheel, pull up to the kerb.

I'll make a dash for It," he said to his secretary.

He

did

50. scampering ACTOSS The Davement, jumping into the car, and ordering it to be driven off, and fast, before the man in the torbush realised what was hap- pening.

When he did realise, the old mán sot up such a roaring of curses, that a policeman

Paris, Mar. 26.

French "Flying Boxcars" for the third suc- cessive day set ablaze stretches of Indo-Chinese jungle today with hundreds of gallons of napalm in an attempt to halt Vietminh preparations for a new offensive against beleaguered French Union fortress of Dien Bien Phu.

Twin-engined bombers went into action with 1,000-pound bombs against supply depots and troop concentrations.

Going On A

Holiday?

"Rainy-Day" Insurance

Scheme

There was no counter offen- sive from the estimated 40 rebel artillery batteries, according to reports reaching here.

Arro- diving

The aircraft carrier, manches, sent out low planes to machinegun camou

laged Vietminh positions.

Military quarters said the re- bel commander, General Vo Nguyen Giap, was still building up for an assault on Dien Bieni Phu.

They said lorries-perhaps as many as 500, compared win the 200 or 300 he had at the start of the Dien Bien Phu battle-were London, Mar. 26,

ferrying in ammunition and sup- Косрега at

East- plies from Communist China дго considering ต The rebels at many points

allowing for

their

around Dien Bien Phu's defence in-perimeter have installed loud- speakers which transmit calls to the “defcifiers in French, Vict- namese, Arable and GenuLE, teling them "either surrender or you will be killed,"Reuter,

Hotel care bourne at the double from his beat two scheme streets away, to find out what holiday-making guests to was happening.

sure against rainy days. "Now, quiet,

The plan, proposed by an in- quiet," he said

would cost soothingly. "What's the trouble?"surance company,

the holiday maker an extra 10 per cent of his hotel bill if he chose to insure himself.

"Troubic? Trouble?" roared the old man. "I am the greatest

film script writer in the world and that 60-and-,..."

He

And for every rainy day the hotelier would deduct the". full resumed his highly erudite cura- | cost" of the day's stay.

If it ing, and as he would not stop,

hoteller would had to be arrested.

I NEVER SWEAR

T Bow Street, the old man,

Soviet Officer

It rained all the time, the Granted Asylum

deduct the full

cost of the day's stay. If it rained all the time the visitor would get a tree holiday.

as a day which there is a A rainy day has been defined rainfall of 0.15 inches... two hours steady rain or. 15 minutes in a thunderstorm.

A who wore a turbush in the dock, as a mark of respect, he said, to Mr Frank Milton, the magistrate, pleaded not guilty to a charge of using insulting It must fall between 10 a.m: words.

never use swear-words," he said, when his turn came speak.

and 6 p.m. during April, May, June, and September,

10 "Work" hours for rain at other times of the year are: "All I did," he said, "was to

Between 10 am, and p.m. call down a curae from above un in July and August, between the offspring, antecedents if 9 am and 1 pm. in October alive, and spouses it concurring, and 9 .m. and 12.30 p.m. in of those who got in my way. December

"I

FIVE LEAN YEARS

Vienna, Mar, 26. A Soviet Army lieutenant, Alexis Pavlovich Voyakin, has been granted asylum by the American military

authorities, an official statement issued here today said.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1954.

Queen Will See Coneyburrow Is 7-1

100 Elephants

In Ceylon

Perth, Mar. 28,

One hundred elephants. deoked in lavish regalia, will take part in a proces- alon for Queen Elizabeth when sho visits Ceylon next month.

This was siated today by Colonel C.P. JayawardanaS who will altend the Queen official functions in

Ceylon And, But as in- formant. Ho arrived In Fremantle today.

Ho said the people of Ceylon were full of en- thusiasm and “keyod up to concert pitch" for the Royal visit.

He added that the colour- fui Baja

Perabera prodes- sian, usually staged in July or August at Kandy, was being held earlier this year because of the Royal viale. The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh

dao, to arrive in Ceylon on April

10.

Colonel Jayawardano will stay on the Royal ! yacht Gothle during the Queen's stay In Western Aus- tralia--Chios Mali Special.

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Overtime Ban

Threat At

Vickers Works

Favourite For Grand

nd National

Liverpool, Mar. 26.

A field of just under 30 will start tomorrow afternoon for the world's greatest steeplechase, the Grand National, to be run over a 30 jump course of four and a half miles at Aintree near here.

The winner takes just under £9,000, the small- est purse since the war. The favourite is Coney- burrow starting at 7-1.

There is no previous winner in today's field but Irish Lizard was third last year, Legal Joy second in 1952 and Royal Tan second in 1951.

race

All three are much fancied to pull out that bit extra in which is featured by the battle for supremacy between Ireland and England.

The Irish hope to emulate France's feat in the Lincoln- shire Handicap on Wednesday by pulling off the National second

of leg the "Spring Double" and confound the Bri- tish.

The Jending horses were backed to win a total of £142,- 600 at the eve-of-race callover ni the Victoria Club last night.

Coney burrow retained his position of favourite, his price being slipped by half a point to He was backed to win £10,-

seven to one.

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OUTSIDERS BACKED

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Pondicherry, Mar. 26.

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The French Government in India has postponed in- definitely a meeting of the THE LADIES' RECREATION of 60 cents in charged,

French, India Representa- tive. National Assembly ar- ranged for tomorrow, French India High Commie sioner, M. Andre Menard, said here today.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY that the Annual General Meeting of the Club will be held at the Club House om Monday, 29th March, 1954, at 5.80 p.m. for the purpose of receiving the Committee's week, M. Edouard Report and Statement of

Deputy for French

reporters

All 20 probables were aup-

M. Menard. told The heaviest backed ported. Manchester, Mar. 26. Shop stewards representing

were Legal Joy and Church that no action would be taken 18,000 workers at Metropolitan town, each being taken to win to dissolve the Assembly.

Last £18,000 Vickers. Trafford Park. prices

at their respective

Goubert, Of the outsiders more Manchester, today demanded an interest was shown in Whisper-

in the French National Accounts for the year ended immediate reimposition of the

Steel, Ing

Icy Calm and Assembly, and four ministers 181st December, 1953; electing ban on overtime and limitation

of the French India Martinique.

Socialist the General and Ballotting of plece work if discussions on

Party! declared Final offers were: their 15 per cent wage claim for

they Committees; and appointing 7-1 Coneyburrow.

would move a resolution ան engineers fails.

9-1 Irish Lizard and Royal tomorrow's meeting of the

the Auditors. Representative Assembly and manding the immediate mergor of French settlements in India within the Indian Union with- out a referendum,

100-8 Churchtown Tudor Lios.

Tan. They sent their resolution to the National Executive of the Confederation of Shipbuilding Engineering Unions.

A spokesman. said: "If this fails to achieve Ratisfaction; then we call for a national strike.”

-The officer, who belonged to Russian regiment stationed at Urfahr near the border of the American and Soviet zones of Austria, asked to be given- A meeting of ship stewards at asylum on March 6,

chict

London airport tonight affirmed Voyakin arrived on March 6 the decision of 200 skilled Bri- at the American military police tish European Airways techni- post

on the bridge over the clans to ban overtime in sup- Danube which separates Linz, port of

of

Wage claim. American the wown

An unofficial ban Was Im- zone, from the Soviet zone town posed 24 hours earlier. Experts at the Royal Meteoro- of Lerfahr. He was accom- A BEA spokesman sald "we logical Society, keeping la mind panied by a young Austrian girl. are not likely to feel the effect the thousands now planning

On March 10 the Soviet Army of the ban for some days since their holidays, point out that

Commander, General Biryuzov, we have no overtime scheduled July and August aro the rainiest demanded that the lieutenant for the weekend."--Reuter, months of the summer.

should be immediately released

WANTED to see the Alm director, Those people prevented me. I had with me four great film scripts, I would like to read you some excerpts. They advise Julie and Sep-and One is on Joseph, one on Jacob, tember for a relatively dry and sunay holiday,China Mail "I'm quite sure they're very Special good," cald Mr Milton hastily, "but I don't think it would help to read them."

one on....

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your honour pleases," the old man said, bowing so that the tassel of his torbush brushed

his check, "Since 1949," he went on, "when I wrote Jacob my first born-I have teled to appeal to all the most important

returned to the Sovict

authorltles in Austria.

On March 24, General Arnold, Morea Meets Gardini commanding the American forces in

In Tennis Final Austria, replied that Yoyakin had asked for and had

Future Of German been granted the right of any

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25-1 Legal Joy.

and

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EUGENE CHEONG M. Deschampe, French Ad- ministrator for Overseas Colonies, B.D.Sc. L.D.S. (Brisbane) who has been appointed to Mahe, has said in Madras today that the Practice on 28th March, 1954 commenced Dental French Government favoured a

tam under international.

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to determine the future The right age is nine the last 25 years ten winners has left Madras to call on M. the French settlements He and 12 pinced horses have been Menard before taking up his post this age.

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The best supported nine-year-

Mr R. Ramasrinivasan, Presi olds tomorrow are Churchtown, dent of the Karikal National Tudor Line end Sanperion.

Youth Congress, salt today that. Still, a "veteran" seven-year- the method employed by French

to hold written

to on. Won Which men's singles event of the Open Handicap for the first time for the Lincolnshire

their posscesione "are highly de- Voyakin renounced hla al-International Tennis Champion- legiance to the Soviet Union ships here today.

than 70 years, Bo

lo Pirablo,” ka

said that the Youth Cop because

morrow it could be a day for angress will launch of his disagreement

Morea, in his Soviet Government's with the

semi-final old slayer

campaign 13-year-old Bonn, Mar. 26.

internal, and external policies match, bent the United States Prince of Arragon, the tomorrow: supporting the Indian demands and carry on until The Soviet High Commission-

France-Presse.

star. Budge Patty, 2-0, 8-6, competitor.

the goal is reached.”—Reuter. He lightly sketched the his- er in Germany, Mr Vladimir

6-3, 3-1, 2-5. tory of the last five, frustrating Semenov hug informed the

Rome, Mar. 26.

May be the "baby" of the "Finally" he said, "three

The second semi-finals of the party, six-year-old Ontray will years.

The Italian Public Prosecutor

singles was won by rise to the occasion-China decided upon the company, that loners that he is ready to dis- is to hand over to the Appeal men's great corporation, for whom I

Gardini, cuss with them the question of Court Prosecutor tomorrow the Italy's Fausto

who Mail Special.. the German war criminals de-ales on the Montesi case and on anals. In his semi-finals match

will have much

now meet Morea in the effection, outside whose dwelling this offence is

tained in Spandau Gaol, allied drug traffic for transmission to circles said here today, alleged.

preliminary examining Gardini beat the American G. date and place of this meeting, it is understood, has been lef section of the Appeal Court - Shea, 10-8, 6-1;. 6-2.

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New Delhi, Mar. The Indian Premier Mr Jawaharlal Nehru, told a meet- ing in Kanpore today, that for eign possessions in India could be classed as military bases

and The American-German team

could not, longer be tolerated. of Budge Patty and Gottfried

The Premier claimed that the ❝ BEGGED that my name be sioners to decide upon.

The decision was unexpected Von Cramm entered the final

French authoriiles committed talcen to the chief there, The soven Nazi war criminis and is regarded here by, well- of the men's double when they and they showed

An Australian-built guldeda atrocity in allegedly arrest day, and 37864 by night. out; me

Ing several persons Swedish important, beat the at present held In Spandau informed sources Notimally,

seeking of missile is to be shown at the fuge in India after the recent cursed them and

establish Lennart Bergelin and Staffen Society of British Aircraft Con Pondicherry Incidents and add their offspring antecedents if Prison in Berlin are former The action appears

a link between the Monteal case Stockenberg 6-3, 6-8, in their strutora air exhibition at Farned that this action was im Admiral Karl Doenitz, 88, sen- alive, and spouses if concurring. tenced to 10 years, That was all. Now, sir, 1 should Admiral Erich Raeder, 78, sen-

former and drug trafficking, observers semi-finals, match. United borough, it was announced here proper and unjustified,France- to have

this

today-France-Presse, totenced to life

Imprisonment, green- Baron Konstantin von Neurath,

I

like you held out a

read....

backed pamphlet,

81; former Foreign Minister and

"It would give me great plea- "Protector of Bohemia and sure to read it, no doubt" said Moravia, sentenced to 15 years,

the magistrate, but I ardly Rudolf Hess, 60, sentenced to

think it is relevant. This case life imprisonment, Baldur von, is proved. You mnani

fine Schirsch, 17, former payi

Leader

of of de, end I shall bind you over the

over the Hitler Youth, sentenced keep the

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for 12 months. 20 years, Tonner Armaments "I DCoEpt *that your scripta Minister Albert Speer, 49; sen- are very good ones. You surer tenced to 20 years, and former si misfortune "common to many Economics Minister Walther (author).) good oune vastepall Funk, 64, sentenced to life. Im-

AMAI thal, the old man målted. Bowing low asin," he said: "I accept your honour's judgment,” and gathering up his papers and. his considerable dignity, he left

the kindly”....... sytopathetic, court,

prisonment-France-Presse..!

Pope May Preach Lenten Sermon-

* Vatican City, Mar. 25. His Holsets, the Pope (may.

to arsain to the charahisworld preach the last sermon of Lent

outside where genius:

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