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THE HONGKONG

PH SATURDAY, JANUARY- 1947

Uproar At Opening Monty For BOMBS SAID INTERNMENT

Of U.S. Senate

Washington, Jan. 3.

The Mightieth Congress, the first to be controlled by the Republicans for 15 years, opened yesterday with the Sounte in an uproar over the seating of Senator Theodore Hibe, the Mississippi Democrat. The House of Representa- tires was ready for business.

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∙Last minute efforia to reachi compromine

the Bilbo col troversy fatted when 14 De enocratic Senators organised "extended debato" against a Re- publican Rore to bar Senator Bilbo from the chamber.

Bulbo walked up to the bar of the Senate to take the oath but returned te is sent without being sworn..

Senator Glen H. Taylor of Idaho, n Democrat, blocked the cath-taking by offering a resolution which would prevent the seating of Bilbo.

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Hundreds formed the corridors of the capitol hour before the session opened, trying to get into the Senate galleries to hear the fight over Bilbo,

Moscow

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ON MEDAN

Batavia, Jan..47 A delayed dispatch from London, Jan. 8. Siantar says that the Dutch Field Marshal Viscount Mont dropped 80 bombs in five alr gomery, Chief of the Imperial attacks on Medan on Monday, General Staff, will take off from killing five persons and wound- a London airport to-morrow for ing 14 Indonesians. The city is a visit to Moscow, which diplo- now without water, as the Ro matic cifcles believe might republicans have cut off the supply sult in closer Anglo-Russian at the source. military relations,"

Palembang, the centre of Dutch

front, is the and American oil interests, and for six months the quietest Indonesian

troubles.

scenc of renewed

SOUTHERNERS UNITE Democrats from the southern states lud made it clear that they was invited to make the visit by Field Marshal Montgomery, who

and some Democrats would resist efforts by Republicans Generalissimo Stilln and Marshal to prevent Vassilovsky, Chief of the Soviet Bilbo from taking his seat,

General Staff, probably will spend at the most five or six days viewing Senator John L. McCleanan, De-military Installations, but diplomatic mocrat, Arkens, told reporters circles here belleve he may tako there would be a "considerable de advantage of the trip to discuss closer into action by both the Dutch and In Java, artillery was brought bate".

military co-operation with the the Indonesions in a clasli Russians,

Samarang. Patrol clashes were also

of

three Dutch were killed and five The Dutch sold 80 Indonesians and Dutch wounded in clashes, on De cember 28 and 20.

nt

Senator Robert A. Tatt (Ohio),

Reports from Moscow said. Stalin himself might propose the establish-

reported outside Batavia, chairman of the Republican Steering ment

Dr Soekarno, in one of the most Committee, retorted;

Inter-service talks on concillatory speeches he has made "We have a strategic subjects within the frame-since the revolution began, said rati- way to beat that."

work of the Anglo-Soviet 20-year fication of the Cheribon agreement That way was by "closure" (a rulo

treaty of friendship..

will. pave the way for peaceful A high government source said settlement" finiting the dobate but requiring a Britain

the Dutch do not two-thirds vote

would welcome such a demand modification of the origin) for adoption) Senator told journalists. The

The development, and that it would terms. He pleaded with the Dutch first offset criticism within the Labour opposing the agreement to realise measure brought before the House Party of Britain's increasingly close that "this is not 1041." of Representatives

was the Re-military ties with the United States. world must not prevent publican plan to reduce individual-United Press.

"For the sake of democracy, the Income taxes..

a former colony from becoming u. new de- mocratic state," he said.-Associated Fress,

President Harry Truman plans to Investigation Into Frontier Incidents

deliver his 50 minule state-of-the- Union message to Congress per- sonally on Monday if the two Houses are organised by then.

If

the Schate is engaged In a Alibuster, the President plans dellver his speech later.

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Lake Success, N. Y., Jan. 3. An Informal meeting of the Security Council's Commission, which to is to investigate frontier incidents in Greece, Yugo-Slavia, Bulgaria and Albania, will hold its first meeting on an January 30 in Athens.

Representative

Alien, Illinois Republican, who is to head the Important Rules Committes in General, Dr Trygve Lie, is to request

The United Nations Secretary the new House of Representatives, all the four Balican governments to told a reporter that the proposal to grant the Commission limit any President to two terms is necessary immunities and accom- sure to be one of the first items on medation, which will be paid by the the programme-Associated Press, Commission-Reuter..

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BYRD EXPEDITION| PLANE MISSING.

A Washington, Jan. 3. It is announced that a Navy patrol plane carrying elght crewmen, which was attached the Byrd expedition on an exploratory fight ainee Da- to the Antarctle, has been missing cember 30.

A PDM Mariner left the seaplane tender at Pine Island at 8.45 am. on same afternoon na scheduled. Search Tuesday and failed to return the

and rescue operations have beon hampered by bad weather, and it is hoped that the plane may have made. a safe landing.

The last radio report from tho plane came at 7.25. a.m. when it was about 250 miles, south of Pine Island. The Navy said the plane had sufficient fuel for 11 hours additional flight beyond its scheduled time for return, which

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Heavy Snow

New York, Jan. 3. Cold, weather and heavy snow continued to hamper all types of transport over a wide area of the United States to-day.

Temperatures dropped to 30 de- grecs below zero Fahrenhalt along the Canadian frontier.

Fog and rain again grounded acro- platics in New York-Associated Press.

VIGNETTES OF LIFE

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REFLECTIONS

Continuing the series of verses written in Shamshulpo Camp, two more contributions published to-day:

REFLECTION

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There's Ife and hope in a garden; Tears and sorrows" too. There's polace, love and pardon, For the things we shouldn't do.." There's beauty, joy and plansure And children's laughter pay There's a place for rest and lolsure For the weary at close of day.

ANON. May, 1943,

F. T.

The ways and means of keeping At Are really most intriguing.

Wo know we all must do our bit, Which some find quite fatiguing. Bending bones of youth, of course, Is quite a simple matter,... But when it comes to age, perforce Bones make an awful clatter, I wish I could to you, convez, The sights we see here every day.

The morning show is not so bad Just simple excrelses,

Some think the leader, lạ n cad, When he extcmporises. Touching toes is rather hard For those of over fifty; And some

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From all the clicks and creaks I

hear,

I fear their end is very near.

June, 1943.

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Brahmin Pandits Pray For Peace

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