1947-04-30 — Page 4

Resistance Fugitives Flee Spain

Hendaye, Apr. 29. French border police today placed at 142 the number of anti-Franco fugitives who man- nged to flee across the frontier · from Spain to France' during March in the narrow aren be- tween Hendaye and Bayonne.

Unofficial sourcna, however, bejlevo the actual number of Spanish re- fugees who cluded Spanish border guards during this period were at Jenst twice ps high as the omelai Sigure.

They emphasise that the police. count does not include many other fugitives who entered France, in bypassing Customs agents and gendarmes through the aid of smug- ating rings.

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Most of these were Spanish clvi- Hans, but among the most recent arrivals were two soldiers-deserters from Franco's army-who slipped into France over mountain roads,

A representative of the Basque government in Bayonne said he estimated about 12,000 Busques were In Bilbao, representing all shades of political thought, who follow orders glyen by the anti-Franco resistance movement. He said the clandestine

THE PARKERS

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1947,

Truman's Strong Bid

For Election In 1948

Washington, Apr. 29.

President Truman's campaign for a full White House term of his own is off to a bold start on a platform of debt reduction, protection of oppressed peoples abroad and no immediate tax cut at home. He is sharpening his veto pencil for some Republican legislation.

CLOSED DOORS

TO DEBATE

madin, Eunkarii, continued to brund- BALKAN ISSUE

cast daily, without incident,

The same source said that in all of Spain, during the period between

April 1 and 16, 7,000 persons were

arrested by the Franco police for resistance activity.-United Press.

CZECHS BAN RED PAPER

In the first weeks of his third year as President, Mr Truman has finally become the acknow- ledged leader of his party. More than that, he is the party's candidate for the presidential nomination and election next year. No challenger is in sight. Mr Truman has been building up for some months position of great parly pres-

Teen-Agers Will Be Rampagers

Berlin, Apr. 29,

The U.S. Army in Germany cracked down on a new.discl- plinary problem today. Com- batting a fresh outbreak of "unsatisfactory behaviour, General Luelus D. Clay's head

American parents to "caution chlidren not to hang out of windows or be- have in a disorderly manner" while riding school buses,

quarter ordered

"School bus privileges will be denied to children whose be haviour is constantly unsatisfac- tory," the Army threatened— Unlied Press.

by HODGES

Hanged For Betraying Comrades

:

Czecho-

Prague, Apr. 29. Karel Curda and Viliam Gerik, Czech parachutists who betrayed their own comrades and helped the Gestapo to capture and kill the patriot executioners of Reinhard Heyd- rich, were hanged today in the courtyard of the Pankrac peni- tentiary.

They jumped into Slovakin from a British plane on March 27, 1942, having completed training in England with other Czech paratroopers.

Ten weeks later they shared a 10,000,000 kroner reward for giving information which led to the discovery of eight of their com rades hidden In the crypt of the New Delhi, Apr. 29.

Russian Orthodox Boromejsky were Church in Prague. Communists today, com-warned

during the! Two of the men in the crypt- of Jefferson Day. He Interim Government Assembly Jan Kabls and Josef Gubelk-hind talked and acted like a man who

ambushed Heydrich, Deputy Reichs- enjoys his job now and feels able to meeting, that steps might be protector of Bohemia and Moravia, taken to suppress Communist on a lonely suburban street in handle It.

Prague on May 27 und escaped after Party activities in India.

throwing a grenade into his car. The other six had helped in the plan of assassination. United Press.

Geneva, Apr. 29. Commission of the United Natige.

The Balkans Investigation

tions closed the door to the public and the press today to discuss their failure as yet to reach agreement on the subsi-

diary Investigating group for

Greece, which by a United Nn-

tions Security Council mandute was to be sent to watch for frontier incidents.

to his

new

-

The new President Truman peared as the chief spokesman of Democrats who

dining were #Corey of communities in

mensuration

in

Here, Mr Truman addressed 2,000

of the faithful at a $100-a-plate dinner which raised close to $200,- Democratic political 000 for the

The President was as war chest.

confident happy and of

as a bride groom, and he was full of fight.

False Economy

India Warns Reds May Be Suppressed

Indian

The Bengal delegate, Somnath Lahiri, only Communist member of the Assembly, had proposed that the new Constitution should guarantee ettizens' rights against discrimination on political grounds.

Vallabhai Patel, right wing Con- Fress Party lender and Minister of Home Affairs in the Interim Govern- ment, said: "There may be some objectionable and may deserve, not discrimination, but suppression."- United Press.

Prague, Apr. 29. The Ministry of the Interior

After receiving the mandale here today announced the first news- 10 days ago, the Western Allies ad- paper confiscation in Bohemia-vocated setting up the subsidiary Moravia since the war, stating be nearer the actual trouble centre

group's headquarters in Salonika to that Sunday's issue of the Com- the disputed area. Russia was one of munist-dominated Youth organ, understood that she stated it would those opposing this plan, and it was Mada Fronta, had been con be better in have headquarters in fiscated for an editorial on the Athens. There, the Sovie

Mr Truman accused the Repub- political situation in Slovakia. ly the Commission could lenn Congress of (plse economy in political creeds which may be highly

sald

get to seeking to lop millions of dollars the heart of the problem by study- and

thousands of employees from Although it was the first time the ing Greece's internal conditions, the operations of government agen- Czech police used their confiscation particularly the shortcomings of the

eles. He said his $37,500,000,000 powers, Slovaka have quite frepresent regline.

budget for the next fiscal year could quently seen Bratislava

Another point which is reportedly not safely be cut papers

He promised, gathered up by the police. The holding up formation of the sub-

further, that this fiscal year would latest instance was on April 12, sidlory commission is Russia's In- when three of the Slovak capital's aistence that the group be free to

end with the budget balanced and

fat surplus on hand. dallics were banned. A Ministry of Information spokes-make its own decisions on its find- ings The Soviets, it is understood, man told the United Press the con- contend that the group should not be fiscation order had been

Intended bound to refer the findings back to merely as a warning and had no the Commission in Geneva and act Sunday edition was

sold

and deli- vered

practical effect. Mlada Fronta's upon its instructions.-United Press.

normally and the police made

no attempt to take up order was

The spokesman said the

not directed against the factual con- tent of the article, but was issued because the editorial reprinted parts of an article from the Bratislavo Democratle

Party organ,

Cas, of April 22, which was conillscated by the Slovak police as appeared.-United Press.

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JOHNNY WESSMULLER

· HANCY KELLY · JOHNNY SHEFFIELD Produced by SOL LEISER » Directed by WELLAJB TRILE

OPENING FRIDAY

AT THE

QUEEN'S

It

SMUTS' GOLDEN WEDDING

Cape Town, Apr. 30. Party members of both Houses of Parliament

on Tuesday presented Field Marshul Jan Christian Smuts with an antique wooden casket on the occasion of his and Mrs Smuts golden wedding anniversary which tlicy will celebrate today.

his wife.

"And that is dene without, the help of the Republican Party," he snapped

as the dinner audience struck up its applause.

Proceeds of proper economy and surplus funds should go to debt re- duction, the President warned. That was a direct challenge to Republican plans to split the kitty between debt reduction and substantial cuts in personal income taxes.

was

The promise of a velo of the Republican tax reduction bili Implicit in the President's Jefferson Day address. He said present tax levels were too burdensome to re-

main permanent, but he would not Gree to tax reductions and read- justments until the proper time.

Price Reductions

Travancore Monazite

PALESTINE · CHALLENGE

(Continued from Page 1).

"The effect of political Zionism_on Palestine is nothing less than Im- perialism at its worst. The result is that all the Arab world today is in asiale of high tension."

"We thank Judalem is a great world religion. Zionism, on the other hand, is poisoning the atmosphere between Jews and non-Jews in the Arab world.

Bombay, Apr. 30. The Times of India said yesterday' it was "understood" that the state of Travancore had entered into an greement with the British Ministry of Supply under which Travancore would export 9,000 tons of uranium- bearing monazite sand of uranium is undermining national loyal- Jews all over the world. Kingdom in the next three years.

"Nothing can remedy the situa- tion ex

except resort to the funda- mental principles of the United Nations Charter declaring an in- dependent Palestine along demo- equal rights, where all citizens enjoy

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The paper said that Britain return had agreed to help Travan core to establish a factory for the processing of monazite sand and the manufacture of thorium nitrate.

minerals had been found in the pro- 11 also said that thorium-bearing vinces of Bihar, Madras and Mysore.

Associated Press.

cratic

Linn

ARMED TRIO IN LONDON JEWEL RAID

NOTICE

UNION WATERBOAT

CO. LTD.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN London, Apr. 29. Three masked gunmen, using General Meeting of the Company, that the Thirty-eighth Ordinary American gangster methods will be held at the Offices of Messrs strange to a city which has Dodwell & Co. Ltd., 3rd floor, never armed its police, shot dead Hongkong Bank Building, a man who attempted to inter- wednesday, the 21st May 1947, at cept them today while they were fleeing from n jewellery store

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11 a.m. for the purpose of receiv ing, the Report and Statement of

hold-up. The

trio escaped on foot after Accounts for the porlod 1st De trying in vain to start their get-cember 1945 to 31st December- nway car. They find led empty- 1946, handed from

Alore the jewellery

when the manager refused to be NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that intimidated by their guns.

the Transfer Books of the Com- Until recent months, British crl- minais seldom have s

used guns be-pany will be closed from the 7th stlit sentences cause of the

that May. 1947 to the 21st, May 1947, awaited them when convicted of both days inclusive. armed robbery. Only carly today, however, three men who were

attempting to break into a West End

Own

shop fired three bullets at i them. police officer who surprised They escaped.

DODWELL & CO. LTD.,

Genoral Managers..

Printed and published by Frederick

London police carry only A truncheon. The only exception, t when a man known to be armed is Percy Franklin for and on behalf of trapped Inside

South China Morning Post Limited a building. Then guns ore distributed sparingly to st 1-3 Wyndham Street, City of Vic- the besleging officers-United Press,toria, in the Colony of Hongkong

Watch

for

the announcements

of the

Ball of the Season

Tuesday, May 6th

in aid of the

British

Flood

Relief

Fund

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"There is nothing about the Pales- political situation which re- quires the appointment of a com. mittee," adedd Dr Jamall. The Polish delegate,

Dr Joset believed all points of view should be heard, but added that the difficul- ty in the Egyptian proposal was that it suggested terraination of the mandate before hearing-the-Jewish

case.

-Honolulu,~Apr.-29.- Smuts said the gift was in recogni-

Vice-President Elpido Quirino

He said that the Poilsh delega- tion not so much of himself a of Politically acute Washington is predicted today that most Phi- tion would abstain from voting on. pretty sure by now that "the proper lippine industries, including the Egyptian proposal and urged time" will be next year, on the eve sugar, lumber and mining, would the Steering Committee to take up of the presidential election. Mean reach prewar levels within the Boon as possible the admission of while, Mr Truman le committed to paying off the debt as rapidly next two years,, and exports Jewish representatives to the dis- possible as a precaution against fur- would reach prewar status in ther Inflation.

five years' time.

as

For the last 50 years, Mrs Smuls has always stuck to her guns," he said in a tribute to her.

Shortly after the Smuts left by plane

presentation, for Pretoria where he will spend Wednesday quietly on his form with Mry Smuts, who has been too indisposed to come to Cape Town during the Parlia tax-cut plea, Mr Truman urged stopover en route to Washington, mentary session. All of their chil-price reductions. He seemed to dren and their grandchildren will be direct his remarks most pointedly at present at the family celebration. steel und allied basic industries. He Associated Press:

wants them to lead the parade.

BEVIN BACK AT

With his debt reductions and no-

In a press conference during a

cussion Rester,

OUTWARD MAILS

Mr Quirino said the Philippines no longer had problems of food and

Unless otherwise capital, Articles and

stated. Registered clothing but still needed

Parcel Posts close technicians and coaching from the minutes Carlier tan the time stated United States to rebuild the de- below: The President reslated the 50- vasinied country. called Truman doctrine under which He said recent stories describing

he already has asked Congress to the looting of American surplus authorise economic and limited mill-material in the Philippines were tary uid for Greece and Turkey. He exaggerated, but admitted basically said America's responsibility was to they were true. support the United Nations as the

He sald Filipinos did not consider

instrument of world peace. But he it stealing since "surplus" to them sald the United States must supple- meant the United States did not ment the United Nations on occasion, wint the material... as in Greece and Turkey, and that by so doing it would strengthen the

UN.

HIS DESK

London, Apr. 20... The Foreign Secretary, Mr Ernest Bevin, had a talk with the Prime Minister, Mr Clement Attice, at No, 10 Downing Street this afternoon,

This was Mr Bevin's first public duty in London after his return from the Moscow

Bolled down, Mr Truman's doc- Conference this morning.

trine is that it is the United States' Immediately afterwards he went to his 'desk at the Foreign Office.

responsibility to resist oppression So for.

anywhere It is learned from a re

in the world.United liable source that no definite arrange-

arc Press. ments have been made for the visit

Carlo of Count

Sforza, Italian Foreign Minister,

to London, but if Is now considered unlikely that he will visit Britain before June.

No debate on "foreign affairs has Advertisers are requested to

yet been arranged in the House of hoto that no advertisements

Commons, but Mi Bevin will take the earliest opportunity of reporting. (with the exception of urgent to Parliament upan the meeting of notices) will be accepted be- Moscow-Reuter,

the Foreign Ministers' Council in tween the hours of 12.30 noon Saturdays, and 9 am, on Mon- days.

NOTICE

From and including Mondays. to Fridays, copy for the following day must be submitted not later than 4 p.m.

S. C. M. POST,

H.K. TELEGRAPH.

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FREIGHTER AND STEAMER COLLIDE

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Flying Faster Than Sound

He is leaving this afternoon and is expected at San-Francisco morrow.-United Press.

Plane Disappears

lo-

Vancouver. April.. 20. A Trans Canada Airlines plane with 15 persons aboard disappeared on Monday night two minutes before it

land here. was scheduled to Nothing more

was heard from the plane after radiced that it was 7,000 foot over the west of the Van- couver range preparing for landing. Eleven planes began a search of British scientist revealed yesterday the rugged southeasetrn shore some of the secrets of a model air-Vancouver Island on Tuesday morn- plane enthusiasts' dream-an 11-foot

London, Apr. 30.

of

Wednesday, April 30 Sourabaya (Hea) z p.m.

Rangoon, Calcutta. Stralts, Batavia &

Shanghai (sex) 3 p.m. U.S.A. Central & South

America &

Canada via San Francisco (No Parcels for

Canada) (Nea) 3 pm.

Konginoon, Macao. Telnian & Shekki, Canton (Bea) 4. p.m.

Tsingtao, Pelping, Canton, Liuchow and Kunming (air) 3.30 P..

Amoy, Shanghai, Nanking, Hankow,

Foochow only (Air) 3.30 p.m.

Thursday, May 1′′ Manila P.I. (Air) 10 a.m.

Formosa vin Keelung (Ben) 10 a.m. Shanglia, Swatow and Bangkok, al- phong (Bea) Noon.

Strait, Amuy (Sea) 3 p.m. Kongmoon, Macno, Tainshan & Shokki (Sex) p.m.

Sydney,

Canton (Train) 4p.m. Saigon, Singapore, Colombo pm, Auckland and London (Air)

Swatow, Amoy, Shanghai & Pelping (Air) 330 p.m.

Friday, May 2 Manila P.I. (Air) to am. Straits & Calcutta, Shanghal, Swatow and Salgon (Bea) 10 am.

Tsamkong and Haiphong. (Sea) 2 pm. Straits and Egypt (Rea) 3 p.m. Kongmoon, Macau, Tainahan & Shekki,

Canton (Train) 4 pm.

(Bes) p.m.

Salgon and S'aris (Alt) 330 p.m.

Bangkok, Rangoon, Calcuits, Karachi, Baarn, Cairo, Johannesburg. Augusta, Marseilles. London, New York and Canada (Air) 3.30 pm.

Tinglan, Feiping.

Arnoy, Slianghal,Nanking, Hankow, Hollow and Kunining (Air) 3.30 p.m.

Caunching. Canto

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rocket propeller, flying model that The vanished plane carried 12 may solve one of aviation's most passengers: and thres crew members. important questions-what happens It was enroute to Vancouver from to na airplane when reaches and Lethbridge, Alberta,—United · Press. passes the speed of sound.

Sir Ben Lockspeiser, chief, selentlat to the Ministry of Supply and co-

£1,000,000 Promised TO-DAY'S BROADCAST Flushing, Holland, Apr. 30. collided with

The British freighter, Merganser told a press conference that the

ordinator of arconautical research, For Flood Victims the US. steamer, Norwalk Victory, in the Scheide 087-pound model would be tested river near Antwerp, Dutch Coast England, in about five weeks,

over

London, Apr. 29, to Scilly Islands, south-west of

Official organisations and indivi

0.30 Store Parade"-Stage and Ecreen "From these and later tests," he duals in the British Dominions and Favourlies of To-day and Yesterday: 7.30 The 2,024-ton British ship was said, "we hope to learn enough, to colonics have given or promised a

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George Lobb&A Suti; & London zelay: off the village of Doel, near Antwerp aircraft that will fly at speeds, faster

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the relief of Britons who suffered News from Aritain; 8.15 Bluding of Dring damage to their lands and homes arranged by Lynn Frazer: 0.16 Budle: „You Music"-Classical Request Programme ship is sinking and the crew Sir Ben said the torpedo-shaped during the recent flooding, Mr A, G. "Bing Italy, Sing Low-Vocal Rectint by safe.:

The Norwalk Victory. which is launched from

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Bottomly,, Dominions Under-Secre Cells Hodginan._(Soprano) bo

with Delly the belly of a operated by the Black Diamond Mosquito bomber flying at 400 miles

announced in a parliamentary Interlude: 040 Btudio: Piano Recital by Drown at the Pigno; 0.35 Orchestral- reply in the House of Commons to Peter Woelley; 16 London, Telay: New Lines and chroute to Rotterdam, an hour at: 30,000 feet. An auto day, returned to Antwerp Associated pilot will guide it and radar will A similar" statement was made. In Press,

trace its path--Associated Press. Who House of Lords. Reuter,

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