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VOL. I NO. 76-

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1946.

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MYSTERY DISTRESS SIGNALS FROM SEA OFF DEVONSHIRE COAST

COAST

PLANE REPORTED "IN Report On MUTINY TRIAL Premier Discusses

GRAVE DANGER OF SINKING"

FRUITLESS SEARCH BY BRITISH CRAFTS

Brixham, Devonshire, Dec. 27. Royal Air Force planes, lifeboats and warships were engaged in a search for a plane, believed to be French, which sent distress signals from the sea off Brawle Point, Devonshire, early this morning.

Parla airfields and the French War

When the signals were picked up by land radio, life- boats from Brixham and Salcombe left for tlie Point indi- cated by the distress elgnals. The secretary of the Brix- ham lifeboat, after radio communication with the crew of the boat, stated that there were passengers in the plane. The distress calls received, French plane crash-originated from from the plane before the life. the Luxembourg radio. boat reached it were in French, but beyond that there was no in- dication of the plane's identity. A distress signal was alto picked up at Le Bourget airdrome, Puris. where it la stated the operator was of the opinion that the signal was given by a person with an American accent.

Enquiries have failed to establish

that A report from Paris alated the machine was a French military aircraft; but officials of the Frefich

the origin or identity of the plane

Ministry had no other information. The Commander-in-Chief at De- venport has ordered the emergency duty naval ship Tremadoc Bay to proceed to the spot where the plane is believed to have crashed.

Royal Air Force planes were also sent out this morning to help in the search.

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FRENCH AIRCRAFT IN BATTLE AGAINST VIET NAMHESE

FIERCE COUNTER-ATTACKS

Saigon, Dec. 27. French aircraft joined the battle against fiercely-counter attacking Viet Namh troops around Hanoi yesterday, where General Valluy, Commander of the French Far Eastern troops, has arrived. Headquarters said French fighter planes strafed and bombed Viet Namh convoys and troop concen- trations during yesterday's fighting.

French

London, Dec. 27. Washington, Dec. 20,

Singapore, Dec. 27. Commitice The House

The Foreign Secretary, Mr Ernest The Court Martial In Singapore un- American activities

with the Prime WES to-day began this morning of seven Indian Bevin, conferred

Minister Mr. Clement Attlee, at the hinded a report by its general coun- soldiers charged with mutiny. sel, Ernio Adamson, charging that The charges arise out of a Christ-alter's country home to-day on the rejection of the American Communists sought to gain mas leland massacre of one Brillalt probable Briush reply non-commissioned Albanian

to the British political control of the United States officer and four

ultima.um on the mining of Corfu and were bent on fomenting "revo- officers on March 10, 1942.

Channel. lution through a general strike",

General Valluy flew to Hanol from Saigon. A mutiny chargo can carry the

The Ministers were

belleved to

sources here said Viet Namh troops suffered heavy casual- The report also charged that arstly, death penalty. A murder charge have discussed the manner in which he was not possible, because more than Britain might bring the mining of

ties yesterday, but admitted that the ferocity of their in the event of whr between United States and Russia, the Ameri-three years have elapsed since the two British destroyers with a loss of

attacks seemed to be increasing. Namdinh, Haldoung and The defendants entered

cred 44 lives in Corfu Channel to the

Hongay were being subjected to attack yesterday as the can Communis.s were prepared to incident.

out in

industrial the room, where the trial is being Security Council forfung

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threat to which

international peace.

Viet Namhese apparently extended their activity. campaign through strikes by "Com- held, through a door over

red and blu

blue sign, saying

Even as they munist-controlled

and

met the London uniona

"The courtroom is the "welcome"

the "Daily Mail" published dispatch

Dr Levanhoach, president of wanted to rule herselfUnited secondly, the Communists were "set-

Rome

Press. from

reporting ting up numerous political organisa- recreation hall of a Singapore tran

"every the provisional government of sit camp, and was

End to Fighting Demanded ons which have the overall

Paris, Dec. 27. been "mined again by

Cochin's autonomous Albania,"

govern- purpose of ultimate overthrow of the Christmas celebrations. It was still indication" that Corfu Channel bas

festooned with gay streamers

Seven Viet Namhese labour and which gave only Government

The dispatch Chelatinas placards. Associated

"persistent reports from Bari" and ment, in a speech of welcome to political organisations to-day sent a an unnamed Iulian source as it the French Minister of the joint resolution to Marius Moutet, French Minister of Colonies, now in sources, was not taken seriously in Colonies, M. Maurice Moutet, Saigon, demanding an Immediate

Foreign Office and the Admirally said they expressed the hope that his french press reports here.

the fighting. according to nel.her had knowledge of such reports nor intended to investigate

The Committee has not yet actedPress. on the report

Meanwhile, Mr Adamson told in his report of the activities of Mr Elliott Roosevelt, who returned on Wednesday from Rusala.

Mr Adamson said the Communists way

hoped Russia would pave the for discontent in the United States by taking a big portion of United]

ercating Sates foreign trade, thus

in this widespread unemployment

country.

Mr Adamson said that 6,000,000 Americans normally employed as a result of foreign trade 6 career that in addition to inclting haired

Noval. Ministry later stated that they Emude when altcraft is reported | a’Çömmanistice Party}

wero "absolutely certain" that' the plane was not a French military plane, as all French army and navy aircraft, were accounted for. They belleved that the report about

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The seriousness with which Britain regards the mining of her two destroyers on Oc.ober 22 was seen, however, in the fact that Mr Bovin interrupted both his and Mr Attlee's Christmas, holiday vaca.ion to discuss the question.

Mr Bevin's conference with Mr Washington, Dec. 27.

Atlee was believed to have centred Senator Thomas, Democrat of primarily whether Britain should An Air Ministry omelal said: "An wo have to base our search on is against the Government of the United Oklahoma, brought a hot Congres-print the matter before the Security States in our own country, in Europe sional issue to the fore with the Council under Article 34 or 39 of the radio message.

Latin-America,

Tho

Coma-assertion tint all immigration into the United Nations Charter. ather detalla yet. RAF. nianes are and in

always munists are endeavouring to secure the United States should be Julted Artide 34 empowers the Council

of.. govern- immediately. making a "routiņo

to inverigite any dispute or situation China and

which "might lead to b.ernat.anal -in men

Mr Themas told a reporter: "I

tricon or give rise to a aispute." The Salcombe Lifeboat returned

six-hour scarch without realised I could never obtain control make no distinction as to race or

We already have too Article 39 covers the "existence of after a

any threat to place, breach of peace finding any trace of the plane, The of the United States through elec- nationality.

lle estimated the many people in this country." (Continued on Fage 8)

or ac. of aggres:ion."

The mater may be referred to a Party's

President Truman said last Octo- although it

only 100,000.

full Cabinet meeting on Monday for The Communists

ber in calling for substantial immi- realist, Mr

The Fore.gn ŎMee The

It did

anticipate not Adamson added, that the Communistration of Jews into Palestine that Anal decision.

he was prepared to ask Congress sald

carly next plan of creating unemployment in the for livcranston of United as announcement until United States was the only medium laws to admit thousands of refugees week-United Press. through which they could possibly into the United States.

in, control of the United States. He said the increased rate at which labour unions were ousting. Comm- tunist and fellow traveller elements was evidence of the unions' awaken- ing to the danger of Communism in their ranks-United Press..

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DEPORTED FROM MANILA

Manila, Dee, 27. The Eulletin to-day reported that an order for the deportation of Victor Erovaly, 33, Russian subject, who was believed to be propagandizing Communistic ideas here, was issued yesterday by the Immigration Com- missioner, Engracio Fabre.

Republican Senators who will hold majority in the session starting un Friday indicated to-day that they wanted to see President Truman's before they proposals perille committed themselves-Associatea Press.

COLOMBIA JOINS

WORLD BANK

Washington, Dec. 20. Colombia became the 38th member of the International Bank of Recons Immigration authorities labelled truction and Development, following of the Articles of Brovsky "on undesirable allen and her signing a menace to peace and order in the Agreement on Tuesday, Mr Hari country" in recommending his de D. Smith, Vice President announced

on to-day.-Central News. portation. He will be placed board the first ship avullable for Manchuria, Fabre announced- United Press.

LORRY RUNS INTO CINEMA CROWD AND KILLS SIX

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No Confirmation

Rome, Dec. 27, A spokesman of the Mediterranean Zone Mine Clearance Board told Reutero-day that he was unble to confirm or deny the reports that the Corfu Channel had been mined again after Init month's "BISIN sweep-but that they were probably just shermen's gossip.

"Tuval

The

spokesman said that the Channel had not yet been declared navigable by the British Admiral'y. Two

sweeps were normally carried declared eul before the area was

were known as clear. They

#nu "hundred per cent sweep" "check sweep." So far only the first of these had been made in the Corfu Channel.

Once a "check sweep" had been made, the area would be declared clear, the spokesman said-iweuter.

AMERICAN LEND-LEASE

FIGURES PUBLISHED

Washington, Dec. 27.

President Truman told Congress to day that the United States sent her Allies $50,692,109,000 worth of lend-lease by September 30, 1946, and received or will get more than $10,000,000,000 in return,

Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 27. Bix Asiaties were killed and Ave others seriously injured late inst

In his 23rd report to Congress continuation of military lend-lease. Army lorry night when

ald. In addition, some 340,117,000 ran into a crowd of people who were on such operations President She received about $1,605,000,000 in leaving a cinema.

The occupants of the lorry, statTruman said the British Empire worth of goods that were in the: 84.2 per pipeline on VJ-Day had been sent to be four British service men, fed and Russia received when the vehicle was brought to a cent of the aid or $42,690,244,-to Culan. She would begin paying standstill, but following wide-000. The British Empire, within 30 annual Instalments on July spread search by the military and lend-lease aggregating $31,892,- tained in connection with the fatal Intident-Router.

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Russia, 220,000,000 ounces of allver bullion Norway Greece, the Netherlands,

valued at $160,000,000. and the Union of South Africa.

5. The Australian Government Bournemouth, Dec. 27.

The report emphasised:

completed its lend-jeano, payment, Christmas holiday guests, wearing 1. Lond-lcase aid prior to V when it turned over $20.000.000 to minks and topcoats over their night Day totalled $40.370,000,000. Since clothes huddled in the lounge. of then and up to September 30. It was New Zealand and the United The Roy Farrell Export-Import Co. (H.K.) Ltd. fashionable stoned to the orchestra Bourne Hall Hotel carly

$2,113,000,000 more.

22. Belgium was the only nation states gove each other approximato t-day and play impromptu music while firemen receiving auch old which gave mors Australia and New Zealand have blaze in the servants' wing. In reverse land-lease than she re- agreed to make available in their fought a

$31,- A hundred and fifty guests were celved. Belgium got $114,000,000 in own currency $7,000,000 and routed from their sleep shortly be materials and commodities, but in 000,000, respectively for the trans or fore dawn when the fire broke out, return provided $204,800,000,

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