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£10,000 Jewels Stolen

Torquay, Feb. 17.-

Jewels valued at £10,000 were reported stolen to-day from a

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1947.

Nazi Judges Face Trial SCIENTISTS

For Misuse Of Powers

suite in the luxurious Imperial Nylons To Be

Hotel here, where the Princess Royal, afster of the King, is staying.

Police fald the theft occurred on Saturday night while the owner, s WORL identified only

"Mra Bouth" of London, was dancing" in the hotel ballroom.

Descriptions of Whe. missing Jewolk-a pair of earrings, five rings, two pearl and sapphire and diamond broschwere circuinted throughout the country.

In two other burglaries during the past few months thieves have taken jewels valued at £6,000 from guests ut the hotel, which overlooks Tor Bay in this fashionable winter re- surt.

The

Princess Royal, sometinies known as Princess Mary, is one of the three Councillors of State named to act for the King during his ab- sence on the South Afrlean tour

Associated Press.

SCAP VIEW

OF SHINTO

Cheaper

Wilmington, Delaware, Feb. 17. Dupont Company an- nounced cuts to-day in prices of nylon yarn, which has largely replaced silk in the hosiery market.

The company said reduc- five tions ranging from cents to $1 pound through the entire list of types pro- duced an average of six per- cent.-Associated Press.

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SUSPECTED TYPHOID

NINE CASES OFF TROOPSHIP

at

Tokyo, Feb. 17. Mr W. K. Bunce. chief

Singapore, Feb. 17. of SCAP's Civil Information,

Out of the thousand British Education and Religious divi-

disembarked servicemen sion told Japanese newspaper- men to-day that Shintoism will Singapore on February 8 from survive only by keeping free of the 26,689-ton Royal Mail trans- militaristic and ultra-nationalis-port Andes,

I

He guld one of the most damning

cause.

bits of evidence against the politic, al morality of the Japanese people Is that it allowed political thugs who used corrupt Interpretations of Shinto

to justify assassination and murder.

Mr Bunce said Shinto nationediste developed Shintoism to a point of ¦ stood. ultra-nationalism. during the last

nine

cases

of

All servicemen who arrived here aboard the Andes have now been ordered to report immediately to their medical officers any symptoms such a headaches, high tempera tures or sore throats, it is under-

Andes left Singapore

on

Nuremberg, Feb. 17.

Fifteen Nazi judges and lawyers and officials of the Reichsministry of Justica to-day pleaded not guilty when arraigned on charges of turning the Gorman courts into a judicial maching without trace of freedom or independence.

ARMADA FOR

IMMIGRANTS

Reported Scheme By Jewish Organisations

London, Feb. 17. The Daily Telegraph reported from Jerusalem to-night that official Zionist organisations were believed to be busy completing plans to send an armada of America-monned ships to France, Italy and Greece to pick up Jewish immigrants and transport them to the Holy Land.

"In this way they hope to ret large numbers of immigrants into l'alestine before the United Nations begin to consider the country's future," the dispatch sald.

It also said organisations connected with the Jewish Agency had already told the immigrants to assemble. The promoters were said to believe that as most of the American crews were ex-servicemen, the British would be reluctant to interfere with the ves- sela,

The first American craft, Uluin, was said to be due at Palestine soon.

United Press,

The

arnis

BUSINESSMEN ARMED

Jerusalem, Feb. 17. Eight hundred British businessmen tic elements that contaminated suspected typhoid have been living in "security" cantonments in il, and becoming in future

admitted to the British 47th Haifa

are now carrying arms, mostly contributing force in the life of General Hospital, it was leart-automatics "packed" in shoulder hols the Japanese nation.

ed to-day, and there has been tera, with the approval of the British it was learned one death from an undiagnosed military authorit.cn,

They are mostly oilmen and their wives and families who have evacuated under the "quit Palestine" order.

Before

issuing them with arms, however, the military authorities pointed out that in the Army the Toss or is "an offence triable by a court martial."

businessmen

were also told they could leave their barbed wire zenes if they went out in fours and armed. They already travel to their offices

in a convoy escorted by almoured ears.—Router.

BACK TO FUNDAMENTALS Landon, Feb. 17. Britain's decision to reter the Palestine problem to the United Nations "brings us back to the funda- mentals of our problem" and to the origins of the mandate, said Moshe partment of the Jewish Agency for Palestine at a meeting

W the British mandatory "ay the

200

years,

The and these interpretation; † February 13, homeward bound on were exploited to justify territarial her fast trip as a troopship. Reuter. expansion and military forces and to suppress thoughts domestically con- sidered dangerous to the existing political, economic or social system.

United Press.

Nanking Troops Take Two Towns

Nanking, Feb. 17. Government forces captured Kin-hsiang, in southwest Shan- tung, and Luyi, in East Honan, to-day, according to the latest press reports.

Repatriation

Of Germans

Shanghai, Feb. 17. The northern German port of

The indictment was served on

January 4 and the trial is ex-

pected to open on March 5,

Two other members of the

TO EXAMINE POLAR OASIS

Aboard USS

Mt Olympus, Feb. 17.

A flying force of scientists will be sent on February 24 to make an intensive study of the "ousis" of open warm water lakes, bare mountains and neat benches in the midst of glaciers which aerial observers spotted last week.

original group Otto George upproximately 110 miles from the

Thiérack, Reichminister of Justice, and Carl Westphal, a ministerial counsellor, escaped trial by committing suicide some time ago.

A four-man American court will attempt to fix ___ responsibility for warping German courts, for cen committing munters, brutalities tortures and atrocities through the courts and for suppressing political opposition to Hitler's: through

regime the Nazis "people's courts,"

The chief defendant is Franz Schlegelberger, Minister of Justice before Thierack.

lenders among the 15 are Kurt Orthenberger, former Hamburg judge who became State Secretary lu the Ministry of Justice, and Herbert Klemm, friend of Martin Bormann, who Orthenberger as State succeeded Secretary. --

Other

Inke

It is a 40 square mille uren Ave miles Inland from Knox Const and

unfrozen son. The open apparently was 200 feet above sea level. The scientists will determine whether the warm water is due to a volcano.

has

The survey also will determine water the avalinbflity of a wHTT clearing for a future Polar camp Aile.

First called "Shangri-lu," the prea

now

been offelally named Bunker's

Lt-Comdr Oasis, after David Bunger who was the pilot of the Mariner patrol plane which dis- covered it,

Algde in Wajer Water

samples brought back by Bungers plane, which landed on one of the many open lakes on Thursday, showed algae, confirming there is life in the Antarctic lake waters.

The plane brought back readings showing the water is considerably warmer than the open sea, lending scientists to bilieve there is a sub- terranean source of heat.

One pilot reported seeing a mound

is not unlikely the region may cor- respond to the geyser aroa in the Yellowstone National Park in United States--United Press.

Other charges against the defen- dants are extending Jurisdiction

the Nazi Party 10 occupied | resembling a baby volcano, but It of the countries and trying foreign nation- uls for "treason" against Germany, for collaboration with the Gestapo. for inciting the population to the murder of Allied airmen by with- holding criminal processes ogainst them and for holding secret trials of resistance leaders in occupied

the

Flag Dropped At Pole Aboard U.S.S. Mount Olym-

pus, Feb. 10. (Delayed) Rear-Admiral Richard E. Byrd flew over the South Pole to-day and dropped flag of the United Nations at the Pole, dispatches from Little Amerien nnnounced.

Significance of his dropping the Was not cxplained. Radio communications between Little Amerien's base and the headquarters ship are difficult because of atmos

countries. United Press.

KESSELRING CHARGED

Venice, Feb. 17. Burly, baldheaded Albert Kea- selring, former German feld marshal the and Hitler air chief during battle of Britain, faced charges of "barbarous reprisals" against Italian civilians when his trial was resumed phefle conditions-Associated Press. before

a British military court here 10-day.

Describing hts crimes against "laws and usages of war," the pro- secutor, Colonel R. Helse, sold that after a bomb explosion in a Roman street had killed 32 inembers of a German police unit, 3,355 Italians were executed.

•

The Italians, whose ages ranged from 14 to 70, were taken to the Ardeating Caves near Rome and shot In the neck "without having time to pray and with their hands Colonel tied behind their backs," Halse declared.

The prosecutor also disclosed that Mussolini protested to the German

Freddie Mills KO's Bertola

ITALIAN PUTS UP GAME FIGHT

London. Feb. 17. Freddie Mills, British cruiser-

Bremerhaven will be the des Shertok, head of the political de-ambassador in September 1944 about weight champion, knocked out

tination of over 200 German nationals who are being re- patriated from Shanghai aboard the United States ship Marine Jumper sometime this week, it is learned to-day.

Covent

as a

body pure and untarnished exactly as they received it," or will they

present supreme International

bring

it "distorted as it now is be- Meanwhile, the Chinese authori-yond recognition?" he asked. 'The Communist headquarters ties have taken special precautionary He also asked whether the ban meanwhile claim that the 8th Route measures to prevent any repatriates | on immigration would be maintain- 'Army has taken Hsu-hsul and Taxo- from "umpling" the trip, and it is ed "зnve for a trickle of 1.500 a ho, two Hopel towns north of Pao- understood that at least two Ger- month and whether discrimination ting, on the Peiping-Hankew rail-mans have been placed under sur- | "Painst the Jews would continue in

veillance pending embarkation.

regard to land legislation.

Without an immediate change in these vital respects the reference of the matter to the United Nations must "appear as n 'new time-gaining device," he said.

way.

repatria-

This will be the second tion of Germans from China since the Japanese capitulation. The first group was shipped-homme-last-spring.

Military observers predict that the next, major Shantung battle will take place in the central part of the province at Meng-ying 25 miles north-west of the recently captured |—Reuter. town of Linyi.

Government troops are at present converging on the town from the north, while two Communist columns are rushing from the south and south- west to relieve the garrison there. -Ncuter.

TROOPS HELP TO

Museum Butterflies Found in House

London, Feb. 17. Scotland Yard disclosed to-day that two of its men investigating an other case In Australla had been called into the "Mystery of the Mis ning Butterflies."

He added: "No amount of re-

In the first round Bertola, far from being outclassed, landed some heavy punches to Milis' body, and for a

German behaviour in Italy. "War Enrico Bertola, of Italy, in the is a rough trade, Kesselring replied. fifth round of a ten-round fight

Colonel Halse said that Kesselring

secret order that the at the Royal Albert Hall to- circulated a

be night. "fight against partisans must curried out with all means at our protect any commander who disposal," adding that he would

ceeded his usual restraint,

When the trial opened last week, the president of the court agreed to the request for a week's adjourn ment on the grounds that the charge sheet had only been in the defence counsel's hands for 12 hours.

CX-

to-duy

He adjourned the court after the prosecutor's speech so that It could be translated into German. -Reuter,

pression can stifle in the hearts of CLEVELAND

the present Jewish generation the urge to freedom. No excess of brutal force enn eradicate from the hearts of the Jews their devotion to Zicn." Reuter,

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time Mills appeared to be sluggish. WATCH FOR OPENING DATE:

Mills did shake the tallan with a- left hook, but he came back again with a two-fisted attack.

A bruise showed under Mills' cyc as be came up for the second round and Bertola seemed quite content to participate in toe to Lot slugging. Mills landed twice with good lefts, but Bertola came back to punish the British champlon about the body. "Then"a"right"caught ̈Milis"on the side of the head and the Briton seemed to have no guard against the Italian's right hand.

CRASH PROBE heels with lefts to the body, but Mills

Washington, Feb, 17.

That KHALE of a Show!

› WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF A

WALT DISNEY'S

1,000 Chinese Lose Their Homes

After two rounds Bertolu had given more than he had taken. In the third, Bertola was sent back on his

again staggered with a right and for a Ume seemed to be in trouble.

Saved by Bell Ger Carl A. Spantz,

Com-

Bertola was cheered in the fourth mander of the AAF, to-day round when he met Mills rush with Saigon, Feb. 17. named an inquiry board to in-heavy body punches. Mills then French authorities in Indo-China vestigate the crash of an Army landed lets on his opponent's chin, announced to-day

himself that all press C-45 piloted by Col Earle L.

byl

look punishment when in cables would be censored for Johnson, national commander Bertola's nose bied before he was the ropes. Again, Mills attacked and "security reasons."

sent down for a count of five when The authorities said the censur- of the Civil Air Patrol.

the bell saved him. was established mainly to .The plane crashed and burned stop circulation of "false and un-shortly after taking off from

and attacks on Cleveland airport, and witnesses said official authority."-United Press. one of its two motors exploded in

Bight.

MOVE COAL

Radio messages between the Yard (Continued from Page 1)

and Australian police were expected to throw new light on the theft of yesterday, maintair.ed their produc- 1,000 rare specimens of butterflies tlon speed-op to-day.

which have now been found in Thousands uf miners, rallway Surrey home after disappearing from workers, dockers und transport Melbourne Museum a year ago, The workers, who yesterday sacrificed | delectives are checking the possibi- | ship Sunday to keep coat moving, have lity that other rare specimens may already agreed to work again next have been stolen in New Zealand. confirmed Sunday on being told that the crisis is not

over.

Pot

A railway spokesman said to-night that efforts to speed up trans- port had met with considerable suc-

nowithstanding the

fact that etsy, some lines are still snow-blocked. "Nearly 500,000 tons per working day are being cleared from collieries and supplies nf coal that had oc cumulated at pits prior to February 13 have bien considerably reduced," he added.

NO EXPORTING YET Sir Guy Nott-Bower, oficial spokesman of the Ministry of Fuel, sold at a press conference to-day that there was no likelihood of coal exports being continued in the near future.

"Until the basle needs of Britain

United Press.

news

nad

Independence Guarantee For Austria Demanded

London, Feb. 17.

The United States to-day said that she would serve notice on the other Big Four powers that she would insist that the Austrian peace treaty, contain a clause guaran- teeing Austria's political and economic Independence until the United Nations Security Council is in a position to do

30.

"It is our feeling that pro-

are satisfied we will not be able to bibition of anschluss with Ger-

again."

conalder beginning exports

German Assets In Austria

Gusev sprang a surprise en his.col.

Col

the

Johnson, whose promotion to Brigadier-general was in the hands of Congress, was making a tour of civil al patrol units throughout the nation.

Bertola had n weary look and no apparent guard in the fifth when Mits

quickly finished the match. Bertela was a splendid specimen as ho entered the ring. After two rounds Mills seemed bewildered at the success of his opponent. The Briton was sometimes crude with righthand punches and left himself wide open to the Italian's counter

Gen Spaatz described Col Johnson as "one of America's most distin-blows. guished airmen."—United Press.

The Italian was always ready to mix it, but as the fight advanced Mills's punching was harder, though

Two-Hour Flight Bertola staged a brilliant rally to

In Paper Balloon

turn defence into attack towards the end of the third round whan Mills had to back

away. Minneapolis, Feb. 17.

Reemed Blade of Iron Flying a 30-foot paper balkon, Berloin seemed made of Iron as he took hard punches in the chin, but which the Japanese used to send bombs to the American west coast they proved to weaken him and during the war the

Don Piccard, 21- though for a time in the fourth he Bon of stratosphere attacked his opponent the Italian was Dr Jean Plecard, landed shaken a short upper cut to the

of Jount of

Se Guy said, "Naturally, we look many is not enough. Austria leagues to-day when

he announceday 20

miles north-east of law which sont bim down for that

forward to a large-scale export trade must be protected from aggres- In coal, as it is a vital economie sion arising from any quarter," faclor. I have no doubt that there have been some sharp reactions from an American spokesman said. countries which have been importing British coal,"

assets.

did

Saigon, Feb. 17. Fires which gutted'ʼn lurge area of the native quarter adjoining Saigon destroyed the homes of over 1,000 Chinese Chinese, according to the Consulate.

More Annamites were rendered fire within 24 hours broke out last homeless, it was stated. The second

night and in less than two hours hundreds of straw-thatched, mud, wood palm-lenf huts were

ablaze.

Chinese and Annamites spent the night and this morning salvaging the few remains of their homes. Armed French civil and military police were present us a security measure.

It has not yet been established whether the fires are the act of ter-

rorists or an accident.

ter,

No casualties are reported.—Reu-

OUTWARD MAILS

Valess otherwise. staled. Registered Articles and Parcet Porta ciuno 30 minutes carlier than the time stated below.

Tuesday, February 18

Salgen. Singapore, Colombo, Sydney,

Amoy. Shanghai Nanking. Hankow. Tsingtao, Pelping,. 330 p.m. a Seanal:

Airmail: Auckland, London, 430 p.m.

Manila, 2 pm..

Saigon and Mauritius, 2 pan. Shanghai, 2 pm.

Alansia. 2.P.L

.

Mappo. Tinian, Shekki, 3 ́pan. Train!

Canton, 4 pm.

Wednesday, February 19 Rangoon, Calcutta, Delhi, Johannesburg. Cairo, 3.30 p.m. Boxmatt:

Shanghai, 10 am.

Blacko, Tainahan, Shekki, 4- p.m.) Australia vin Bydney, 3 p.m. Formosa, (via Keelung), noon. Manila, noon.

that the Soviet, would offer a pro- here yesterday after a solo flight of count of trod Bertola who came up posal on the controversial issue of two hours and 10 minutes to test was German assets in Austria,

a new aluminium basket and a hew for the fifth and though game he

defend.

.His re valve to avoid the danger of statle seemed, unable to While the Dig Four bad agreed sparks back-firing, causing the bal- turme la licne Mills Gradually battered Alemalt: The American representative, Gen that Russia was entitled to repara loon to explode.

seemed to have no Nows of other countries hit by the Mark Clark, informed other mem- tions from German assets in Austria,

Mr of the Foreign Ministers' Coun- there has never been any agree-been perfected by the father and fell to be counted out. fuel shortage was: Dublin-Following

Both the basket and valve have him into submission and eventually ho cuts in coal exports from Britain cil of Deputies to-day that he would railway services in Ireland have been insist the American proposal be sent as to what constituted German pon.- United Press.

After the fight Bertola said: "I drastically reduced and cattle, trains placed before the Foreign Ministera'

my best. It was a good fight stopped.

Council In Moscow. Both the Rus- Hitherto, Russia has refused to

but your champion in cortainly good." Oslo: The Norwegian capital is slon and British deputies are opposed discuss Une question,

Mills remarked: "What a chin that contending facing a fuel crisis due to prolonged to a guarantee.

that it is a maiter solely for the

boy has. Either I am losing my punch cold and Ice in Oslo flord. Far-reach-

or he is made of iron-a great fighter Austrian governmenta ing fuel cuts were announced, in-

A measure of French-support for Soviet and

and a great sportsman."--Reuter. cluding the closure of schools, chur- however.

the American proposal was indicated, to decide, ches, public bath and einering and

The Deputies to-day concluded places entertainment, except those The Soviet deputy, Mr Feodor.consideration of the preamble to using oil fuel or electricity.

Gutev, salt, It was "inconceivable the Austrian treaty. Several un Prague: Snow-drifty 20 feet deep' that any threat to Austrian sove greed points were referred to the covered on railway line in Czecho-roignty could arise from any quarter Council of Foret Ministers for Slovakia to-diny The Prague Techni

satllement American sources said cal. Collego and other schools, have

they were "satisfied in general" with closed till March 2.--Router;

Die draft-Unlied Press

other than Germany."

"However, we, do not agree with him,” an American source sold.

KING'S SPEECH STATE DINNER

(Continued from Page 1).. Earlier the King had decorated scenery as the time at our alaposal the South African Premier with the will allow the King added, Order of Merit, awarded Loveral "We are looking forward to our months ago saying that no award travel most keenly and I have no was ever better deadryed, "We pre doubt of any kind than, before we esger-the Queen and me and our leave South Africa, we shall daughters--to see as much of South wondering when we, may hope to Africa in all its variety of life and Visit it agniņ.—Associated Preis.

be

Straite, noon.

Halgon, 2-p.m.

Canton, 4 pm.

Train

Airmail:

Thursday, February 20 Balgon, Singapore, Colambo,

Auckland, London, 330 p.m.

Beamali:

Manila, 10 sm.”*

Balgon, noon.

Manija. p.m. Birafts, 2 p.m.

Bydney,

Trata:

Formosa, Canada (via Vancouver) 3 p.m. Macas, Trinshan, Shakki, 6 pm.

Cantan, 4. p.m.

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