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FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1947.

MOLOTOV BEATS SCHEDULE

Cripps Is Not BY SIX HOURS

Encouraging

London, June 27

Sr Stafford Cripps told Con- servative criiles. In the House of Commons on Thursday, that Britain

cannot took forwart

for many years LO standard nf

living 35 high as that in the

United States.

Board of Trade President was replying in a debate ori the

shortage of consumer goods to manufacturer Cyril Osornen, who said, "it is only by going across to America and seeing what life really can be for mit classes that we realise how for we have slipped".

Slr Stafford retorted, "our standards have never been the same as theirs and we do not expect them to be the same lo- day". Production is rising, he said, but it will be a long pull before the high postwar demand as well an export needs can be metAssociated Press.

Baron's Daughter On Fraud

Charges

London, June 26.

The 25-year-old daughter of Baron Noel-Buxton was arraign

Urgency Is Keynote

Of Paris Talks

MEETING WITH BIDAULT

Paris. June 26.

The Soviet Foreign Minister, V. M. Molotov, arrived by air from Moscow today and rushed the schedule on the momentous Big Three talks on aid to Europe from America by quickly arranging a meeting for tonight with the French Foreign Minister, Georges Bidault.

Mr Molotov arrived this morning at 11.15, six hours before he was expected.

The British Foreign Secretary, Mr Ernest Bevin, will arrive in Paris by air from London shortly before noon tomorrow and the first full meeting of the conference among these three on the Marshall plan is expected in the socalled "Parrakeets Salon" of the French Foreign Office tomorrow at about 4 p.m. (Midnight Hongkong Time).

The French Foreign Office un- His last minute activities includ- nuinced only that Molotov anded a third conference with Mr Wil- Eldault would meet tonight at 7.30 am Clayton, United States Under- and disclosed ng further details. Secretary for Economie Affairs, and They will meet at the Qual d'Orsay a detailed review of his policy with

The meeting may not only involve the Cabinet. European recovery and the American Mr Bevin's advance party of showdown specialists and experts left for Paris dollars to do it with but

West split between the East and

thing has been so swift and so urgent

Biggest Blaze Since Blitz

French Government Expected To Fall

STRIKES CONTINUE TO SPREAD

Paris, June 26. The fall of the French Government was predicted in the French press today, as strikes against the new austerity programme spread further in the coal and industrial areas of France.

The cool strikes, involving nearly 200.000 miners, which began in the northern, confelds, was joined to

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Negotiations between employers and strikers in the big chain grocery stores, have been broken off, while

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Last 16

Wimbledon Results

Wimbledon, London, June 26.

While there were no outstand- ing upsets of form in the Wimbledon championships tq- day there were some gruelling struggles in intensive heat-wave conditions which left the players dripping with perspiration."

Spectators needed almost as much endurance as the players as they watched the men's singles whittled down to the last 16, with all "seeded". players getting through, and they protected themselves with and sun-

On the warmest June day for handerchiefs, newpapers

glasses.

80 years and in an evening of

The men's singles event is gradual- tropical heat, firemen tried for y resolving, itself into a battle for five hours to get near the "big supremacy between Australia and gest farcup in London since the the United States, the two countries Blitz," and save a street oflikely to clash in the Davis Cup challenge round. France, however, homes and six factories. But it has three representatives,

led thousands of tons of rubber nv the giant Yvon Petra, holder of were destroyed as this picture the Ule. vividly shows.

First-Class Cricket OXFORD'S

| SMART WIN

Great Britain is in a sorry plight in the lawn tennis world; not one of her players has reached the last 18. Seven of the eight poeded player got through in straight sets. The exception

Was

the American Tom

Brown, semi-finalist last year, who had a stern struggle against Hedley Baxter,

Junior former British champion, before winning 6-2, 6-2, 10-12, 0-4.

C

ed at Bow Street Court today on whether Europe will Irrevocably the three day talks with Mr Clay-i day, by bit workers of St Etienne in those in the three main Paris depart for obtaining a cigarette lighter, blocs. It may last anywhere from ton, which the United States Ambus-south-central Franco, and, the pro ment stores were to the Citroen . The Indian-all-rounder. A. FL. and No. 1 seeded player, rompest whiskey flask and

Mr Lewis Douglas, the Prime duction loss, now estimated at over still. several four days to one week and every-tor. Mr Clement Attlee, Chan-90.000 tona dally, may mean a two-motortar worke articles of clothing from a West betraying Europe's concern about cellor of the Exchequer, Mr Hugh thirds drop in the steel End department store without her economic plight that prepara- Dalton, and the President of the

31.000 German pr. open' negotiations with tion was scant except for the two- Board of Trade. Sir Stafford Cripps, war working in the northern mines day preliminary meeting in Paris

have joined the French strikers, were between Bevin and Bidault at which also attended, were very useful in Riving Mr Bevin a emprehensive

who have already they invited Molotov to sit in.

background un American ideas for cut down

"Textlle workerson by 30 percent tary unease over

permission of the owner whose account they charged.

to

BEVIN TO TAKE LEAD

be

Four charges of obtaining with Intent to defraud have been filed

The Russian plans and attitude against the Hon. Lydla Victorio on European relief are unknown Noel-Buxton for the buying

and whether they will play ball at escapade.

all on the subject remains to An unidentified department store seen. Likewise there was little customer, to whom Miss Noel-Buxton concrele from the Allied side and charged her purchases, told the the statement, Court the Baron's daughter did not last night, by the United have permission to buy in his name. Treasury Secretary, John.- Snyder, caused momentary uneasiness nere.

To the sales people, she had repre- sented herself 36 the customer's daughter.

GIFT TO PRINCE

The prosecuter sald Miss Noel- 'Buxton obtained a elgarette lighter and fusk, valued at nearly £10, which she gave to a min identified in Cairt as Prince Michael Obolensky

a birthday

Prince Obolensky, a lleutenant in the Irish Guarda, told the polles he received a lighter and flask from her.

present.

the

1

wage increases were met,

of

Their representatives met officials of the Ministry of Labour today to press their demands.

the Paris talks, it was stated in Lon- by a "go slow" movement, announ- don.

Though official secrecy shrouded ced that they would stop work to- morrow unless their demands for the details of these discussions, the American attitude was made clear in statements by Ambassador Dou- ins and by Mr John Snyder in Washington, quickly corrected

Mr Douglas told States

Chamber of Commerce at a luncheon that unilateral political elforls by slates or groups within states foster- economie disintegration must

Zes-

of the

MASTERFUL BROMWICH Jack Kramer, American champion

Hallan, through against tho Cucelli, winning 6-0, 0-2, 0-0, und John Bromwich, Australia's No. and considered

chief danger to Kramer, for the title, gave a brilliant of all-court play to demonstration bent Bernard Destremenu, French Davis Cup player, 0-1, 6-1, 6-1. So. complete was Bromwich's mastery that he sometimes returned service with drop-shots.

Geoff Brown, Australian finalist last year, beat G. Meredith, Leicester county player, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 in 40 minutes with cannon-ball services ond vicious ambidextrous backhand

London, June 26. refused to re- Kardar, had a big hand in Ox-

the strikes until they return to work.

20,000 ford's defeat of Sussex by 162 The bank strikes continue.

runs today. Despite, some bad With this overall picture of in- luck, Kardar followed up his dustrial unrest and with pariinmen-

four for 43 by taking five for passage of Pre- 36 in the second innings. mier Paul Ramadier's austerity "Save the Franc pro

proposals, the Conserva-

Oxford's captain and New live newspaper. Franco Libre. flatlyland Test player, Martin Donnelly, foretold the fall of the Government. scored 115 in 85 minutes, hitting one

political crisis was "sleeping across the parties" and had even "gripped sixer and 21 fours. the Governinent itself," the

Geoffrey Edrich, brother paper Test player, scored his malden een The National Commitice of the said.

tury for Lancashire against Whr- M. Leon Blum, the Socialist Transport Union met at the head-

ex-wickshire. He hit 13 fours in his drives. quarters of the General Confedera- Premier, wrote in Le Populaire tint 124.

Bob Falkenburg, six-foot American tiun of Labour, and will meet again "the Blum experiment is over," and tomorrow to review workers griev-admitted the failure of the price re- The close of play scores were:

playing in his first Wimbledon, gave by seeking quick results of a techal-er Snyder issued a polite warning

METAL WORKERS' THREAT last Dececmber.

Gentlemen of Ireland by an innings cannon-ball service to beat C. Lister, cal nature without risking bickering

rund. Derbyshire newspaper, Com-and eight

202 Great Britain, 7-5, 6-3, 0-1. on

or political plans to arope not to take United States

The 3,000 strang Metal Workers

a 24-hour strike bat, said that power might be seized (Rhodes 50). Gentlemen of Ireland perhaps trying to get through the assistance for granted.

Union announced plans for committee to inquire in- Both Mr Snyder and Mr Douglas for next Monday if the Government by a dictatorship if the Government 111 and 173 (Rhodes Ave for 53).

re-emphasises

conditions does not, in the meantime, grant in fell. two to more urgent needs. Bidault was

originally made by the United States crensed production bonuses. lumpered by the internal crisis.

Secretary of State, Mr George Mar- shall that the nations. of Europe must co-operate and that this co- operation must

produce 50m scheme of self-help.-Reuter.

According to the best information here, Bevin plans to take the lead

economic

economie

French commentators believed that success would hinge on whether Molotov is prepared to regard the During the months of May and

relief problem os n techulcal one April, it was charged, she also ob-

or insists 011 tying it up with tained two dresses and a sweater

basic

and political valued at about £30. These pur-

ferences. United Press. also were charged to chases account of the man who

FINAL TOUCHES received the bill for the lighter and flask.

London, June 26. Miss Noel-Buxton was committed The r'oreign Secretary, Mr Ernest for trial on all four charges and was Bevin, tonight put the final touches allowed ball- of £200. She did not to his brief far the three power ald- testify in her own defence today.-to-Europe talks, opening in Paris to- United Press,

*morrow.

EDITORIAL

ONE of

The Marshall Plan

the most important

announcements of the times has become

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confusing

and

requirements is coal, food, steci and transportation, and if Amerl- can support were given to these four items, Europe could make good progress towards economic

and

stablis something more than formal ap proval from Washington will be

recovery

puzzling that 1 Is doubtful man whether anybody but the belloved to have been responsible for it can understand or expisin what is intended. We refer to the Marshall plan to assist jaded

talks are to find practical The plan sounded when i was

sion, The first world three.

Europe

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trifle varuo presented to the weeks ago; stuce then, it has been made even moro, abstruse, Last week, when Mr Clayton, General Marshall's right-hand man vas asked by newspapermen how the proposals would work, he replied that he could not say anything definitely, because the announce ment did not constitute a pro- gramme. Yesterday, Mr John

Becretary of the Snyder

U.S. Treasury, to all intents and pur poses, repudiated the general in-. terpretation of the Marshall Plan declaring that it did not en- by America supplying dollars. Air Snyder means what he is reported to have wald, Mesars Bevin, Bidault and Molotov will

Paris today under. mectin

visate

It

Just

serious misapprehension. how Europe is to work out her own salvation without the man-

lance; of American ́credit' (Le, dollars) is hard to conceive: The Anglo-French vision of primary

Fot

needed it the Parls three pre

fica of assisting Europe to regain her economic feet was General Marshall's and at the time was given an enthu plastic

reception by Britain, France and other countries, beld

out such high promise that even the suspicious Kremlin de- cided, to take it at face value and endeavour to work out a practical programme In conjunction with France and England. It would be

about

a tragedy of the first magnitude if these talks had to fall of a misunderstanding America's commitments under the plan. The United States is en- titled to know fully what pro- gramme it is proposed to follow before she Irrevocably commits herself to give it practical support; by i the same token it is asking too much of the three-Powers con- cerned in the Paris. talks to ar- rive at any decision unless they are assured that Washington will back acceptable propositions— with dollars if necessary.

Mr

the

American

TRUMAN'S STATEMENT

Washington, June 26. President Truman announced today that he was in "compiels agree- meat" with the Secreuary of State,

this

Fances.

Moscow-Made At-Bomb, 1951

London, June 20.

duction policy which he introducet At Buxton: Derbyshire beat in display of super passing shots und

The Resistance

CABINET'S DECISION

that

LANCS' GOOD POSITION

12

Torsten Johannsson, Sweden's No.

player, who had not dropped one game in two matches, beat J. Agbath, At Chichester: Oxford University of Hungary, B-6, 5-7, 6-2, 0-2. beat Sussex by 152 runs. Oxford Agboth trolled 1-5 and rallied to The French Cabinet tonight de-252 and. 302 for nine decinred save eight set points before losing clined to approve the agreement (Donnelly 115, Mollett 57, Henley, the first set.

Jaroslav four for

of Drobny,

Czecho- reached earlier today between the 5). Sussex 108 (Kardar

slovakin, semi-finalist Just year, was - Industrial Production Ministry and 43) and 204 (Kardar Ave fur 30).

too experienced and too accurate the representatives of the north of France coal mine

for W. Skonecki, Polish Davis Cup strikers, which

player, whom he beat 6-3, 0-1, 0-3. was expected to end the walk-out

H. Redl, former army of 250,000 miners.

corporal At Peterborough: Northampton- It had been expected

from Austria, gallant one-handed theshire 210 and 226 (Timms 68, Childs player, advanced another stage by Premier, M. Paul Ramadier, would Clarke 51). Surrey 242 (Squires 84, defeating Dennis Slack, young Bri Mr George Marshall on the plans Almost all experts are agreed that; sunction the agreement, which offer-E. W. Clarke Ave for 46). for future aid to Europe.

tish player. 1-6, 6-3, 7-5, 0-6, 6-3, Russia is "very unlikely to developed the miners a 60-frane daily pro-

of Roger Abdesselam, France, The President made

Brmatornic bomb before 1951 at the duction bonus and reduced working At Blackpool: Lancashire 371 beat F. Ahmed, of India, 9-7, 6-9, slatement at a conference when carliest," Mr Raymond Blackburn, hours.

(Edrich 124). Warwickshire 120 asked about the status of the "Mar- Labour Member of Parliament, said

7-9, 4-0, 0-4 in a gruelling marathon: The Cabinet is to continue discus- Pollard six for 32, Roberts three lasting two and a half hours. shall plan" after Mr John Snyder, here tonight.

of the agreement tomorrow for 20) and 48 for one. Secretary of the Treasury's con- Mr Blackburn, who specialises in

morning, and further selentific subjects and has spoken in between the strikers and the Gov- and 171 (Howorth Alve troverskil remarks yesterday.

PRINCIPAL RESULTS At Barwell: Leicestershire 100 President Truman said that the the House of Commons on questions ernment are expected.

for 33).

Here are some of today's results: plan had been thoroughly enunciated of atomic policy, added:

Agreements were reached, tonight Worcestershire 245 and 75 for eight,

Men's singles-Third round: Dinny by Mr Marshall

Univeralty Pails in hits

"This gives us three or four years in respect of two strikes of shop as Hur

At Bath: Cambridge

(Australia) bent Sumant yard speech and he was in com- in which to come to a final solution

Somerset is (Bailey Misra (India) 0-4, 6-3, 6-2, E The strike committees of 163 and 338. plete agreement with Mr Marshall of the problem of control of atomie Paris department stores accepied a

six for 52).

Moren (Argentine 3-3, 0-3, J. E. beat J. Peten on this subject.

(Belgium) 1-0, In addition,

Nottinghamahiro Robson (New Zealand) beat C. M. the

At Nottingham: crisis which recently has monthly production bonus of 1,200 Secretary of

francs, which will be submitted to Communist

482. Gloucestershire 249 (Wilson 53. Jones (Great Britain) 0-4, 2-0, 0-8, State and Secretary of the Treasury been initiated by

vote. of the workers concerned Monks 84, Jepson four 40) and 14 6-4, 10-0. Budge were all in agreement, the President parties of

Central the und

Patty (United Baltt.

Europe would be almost intolerable tomorrow.

States) beat D. W. Barton (Britain) An agreement between strikers In President Truman declined to dis-If we knew that the Russians possess

0-3, 6-4, 6-3. such circum- the capital's cheap-price stores and cuss any details of the plan. thated atomic bombs. In

Mixed Doubles-Bob Falkenburg. stresses their employers was renched on the

and Mrs P. Todd beat C. Maliros have not already been

strains disclosed-stances

of the basis of a monthly production bonus especially as to how much the United produced by the advance

These workers will

Halford 0-2, 0-4. L. Ber- States is prepared to contribute to police state across Europe might well of 500 francs.

also meet tomorrow to vote on the Europe's recovery once Europe has get out of hand."--Reuter. formulated' its own needs.

Hia assurance, however, that there is no difference ol opinion

Inside his administration over the plan is taken as an assurance to the Big Three foreign ministers to go ahead with their work in 'aris tomormw.

MORE FUNDS NEEDED

energy.

The

the

the

Eastern

and

BIG THEFT OF GELIGNITE

Exoter, June 27, Twenty-six sticks of gelignite and The United States National Advi-500 detonators were reported stolen sory Council top-ranking polley from two quarries near Exeter after making body on the Government's a dark, swarthy man was seen in foreign old programme, said today the vicinity, Detective Superinten that it had become "increasingly dent John Harvey of the Devon clear that funds at present avail- Constabulary reported on Thursday able for providing, help to other night. countries were inadequate.

"Checks were made of other 'quar-

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It announced that it was giving ries in the vicinity and the theft of problem. "continuing consideration" to the the detonators from the Bridford quarry, five miles from the Alphing- The Council, in a report to Pre-ton Works was

uncovered sident Truman, made no direct re- Thursday, morning, ference to the Marshall aid plan for Harvey said that the padlocks were Europe, but indicated that the Go-broken at both quarries to get at vernment fully appreciated the need the explosives and detonators and for further dollar commitments to that 30 other sticks of gelignite at "foreign nations..

the Alphington quarry. touched-Associated Press.

(Continued on Page 4).

were

not.

sistants,

terms. Reuter.

negotiations

for no wickets.

At Colchester: Essex 282. Hamp- shire 303 (Arnold 136, McCorkell Peter Smlih seven for 129). seven (Ames 50 not out). Glamor gan 427 for eight declared-Reuter,

At Newport: Kent 105 and 150 for

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Only South Africa was ahead of the Colony In au- thorising the cheaper Air Letter rate to all countries with direct air services, the Postmaster-General, Mr E. L Wynne-Jones said today.

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and Mrs

relin and Miss Doris Hart beat M. Deloford and Mrs T. Kenyon 0-1, 6-3. 3. Bromwich and Miss L. Brough beat J. Sanglier and Mrs Hemelin A-1, 6-1, A. J. Mottram and Mrs Bostock beat M. Delbello and Miss 13. Gulbrandsson 8-3, 6-1. J. Drobny and Mrs M. Mathieu beat H..

Bliling ton and Mrs H. Billington 6-3, 0-3.

C. Long and Mrs N. Bolton beat N. E. Hessen and Mrs G. Lines 6-2, 6-1. W. Sidwell and Mrs H. A. Stolpa and

Mrs

Peterman beat

7-5, '0-2. Men's doubles G. Meredith and D. G. Snart beat J. N. Crimth and J. A. Moors 6-3, 6-2, 0-4)

Women's doubles-Mi V. Daco and Mra E. Hamilton beat Mrs R. Chandler and

C. F. Lister 3-6, and Mrg Ce 0-3, 6-4. Miss Doris Hart and Mrs F. Todd beat Miss P. Knight and Miks E. Sulton 6-4, (0+1. Mrs E. Bostock and Mm B. Hilton boat Mrs Bathurst and Mre G. Powell 6-1, Mrs J. Meulemeester and Mrs 0-3. Bornian beat Mrs C. Boegner and Mrs Homolin 6-4, 6-1. Mm R. Baker and Mrs E Peters beat Miss B. Gul- brandsson and Mr R. McKelvio 0-3; B-1-Reuter.