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Fires Under

Control

Portland, Oct. 20. -Fire fighters held the line today for the first time in the week on all fronts of the charred New Eng- land forests, where fires have al- ready caused damage of over $27,000,000.

The death roll remained at 20 as "Under Contral" reports came from nearly all the regions region the hardesi of Maine. with eight communities wholly or partially obliterated.

The latest Red

Cross Agures for Maine were 2,500 homeless. 836

permanent homes and 220 summer homes destroyed,

National Guardsmen and police were patrolling the ruined townships and the Red Cross planned today to supply, 15,000 meals to Maine's homeless and the firefighters.--Reuter,

MOVIE STARS

PROTEST

Delegation Flies To Washington

Hollywood,

Oct,

26-Twenty-

six sleepy-e3rd movie stars, dl- reciors and press agents, led by Humphrey Bogart, left by plane for Washligion today to protest the House Un-American Activities Comumlitee's Investigation of al- leged Communists In Hollywood.

The chartered płone loft Los Angeles Municipal Airport and wit Iand at Kansas City, St Louis and Pittsburgh, reaching Washington at 8.20 p.m. EST. The group represents the Hollywood "Commitee for the First Amendment."

A group statement said: "We are Americans who believe in a just constitutional, democratic govern- ment. We are protesting the nature of this hearing because individuals have a right to be free from political inquisition. And we resent any at- temist

law or intimidativn to censor movies as a medium of free expression."

Bogart said the idea for the trip was born two days ago over a cup) of coffee with his wife Lauren Bacali,) director John Huston and director William Wyler,

"Everyone wanted to go," he said, "but we had to link it to 28 because of the size of the plane."

The girls were in mink and the men in overconts when they took off. Dancer Gene Kelly had his lojured foot in a new cast for the trip.

Bogart said they all met in restaurant to discuss plans last night and nobody got more than two hours sleep-United Press.

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Bodies Recovered From Train Wreck

Berwick on Tweed, England, Oct. 26.-The recovery of many bodies after steam cranes hud removed the debris brought the death roll of the crash involving an express from Edinburgh to Lon- don at Goswick a few miles south of here today to 23.

This was Britain's second rail crash in three days. The number of injured ranged from 40 to 60, according to various reports.

An earker report said that the express involved was the "Flying Scotsman," but a railway official stated that the information was unfounded.

The official said that the engine and 11 coaches were derailed blocking both lines.

Early reports said that three conches were thrown into a field below the embankment.

The injured were rushed to a nearby golfclub house set- up as an emergency first aid centre, and ambulances, aided by forries and private cars, moved the injured on to the Berwick Infirmary.

The Infirmary was so busy that when a reporter put in a telephone call he was answered by one of the crash victime who said that the hospital was fully occu- pied coping with emergency cases.

Troops from neighbouring barracks joined with the ambulance workers and firemen who had rushed to the rescue of the passen. gers trapped in the overturned coaches of the derailed train.

The englue driver was among the Injured.

Rescuers were recovering the bodles of the victims by the light

of flares. police oflcer stated.

GO injured at South

Last Friday, 31 people were killed and Croydon near London, when a train full of city workers ran into the hack of another train In a fog-Reuter.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1947.

De Gaulle v Communists

French Elections

INCIDENTS FOLLOW VOTING

Paris, Oct. 26.-Voters went to the polls in some 16,000 of the 38,000 French communes today in the second and last round of the municipal elec- tions.

As in last week's elections, when General de Gaulle's "Rally of the French the vote People" and the Communists emerged as the two leading political forces, today was largely on the Communist issue.

Last Sunday, General de Gaulle's "Rally" polled about 40 per cent of the votes, while the Communists lost roughly 15 per cent of the votes they received in the 1946 general election.

Although the Communists :e-1 Following the announcement, the doubled their campaign efforts during crowd rushed the police lines, shout- the past week in an attempt to swinging angrily and attempted to prevent the small town vote away from M. Flamant from leaving the town General de Gaulle, must observers hall. After a brief scuffle in which councillor expected their defeat last Sunday to n Communist municipal be confirmed by further losses today,

was Involved, the police dispersed The elections appear to have passed the crowd. off quietly, the only reports of "In- cidents" coming from Choisy Le Roi Com- Orly, near Parts, where munist demonstrators and police Immediately after his election ns clashed after the newly-elected Mayor of Choisy Le Roi. M. Socialist mayors of the two town: Lauterme, also a Socialist, was called had been minhandled.

to the telephone in an empty office of the town ball.

The police made several arresla. At Orly, a crowit of about 200 Communists

outside the gathered town hall two hours before the eles- tion of M. Flamant, (Socialist) by the Municipal Counelt nounced.

WHN Tif

REPORT OF PLANNED COUP BY KOREAN RED ARMY

Lake Success. Oct. 26.-Several delegations have urged the United States to strengthen its proposal regarding Korea to provide for stronger United Nations supervision of the Korean elections and the withdrawal of troops. These delegations, including some Latin- Americans, are understood to believe the American rezolution does not give the United Nations a strong enough hand in ensuring that a Korean government will be set up without Communist interference. Their concern is said to be based on reports from Seoul, and confirmed by American sources, that the Korean Communist army actually has plans to march into South Korea and take over once the American troops have withdrawn.

However, it is understood. Be United States answer to these bs that under the representations United Nations Charter the General Assembly has the right of recom- and observation but not of direct control of supervision and, therefore, cannot delegate any rights to the United Nations Korean com

timat it does mission

mendations

that

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1ere he was seized by a group of br Communists and men said to hustled roughly outside, where he was struck and slapped by the de- monstrator,

to

For Reservations

Rally of the French People voted M. Mollet and walked out against

meeting of the municipal council when his election was announced.

Later today. M. Herriot, President of the French National Assembly and since 1005, was Mayor of Lyons reelected for the Mayorally by 22 voles, grouping the suffrages of al

and the Itadient

MI municipal councillors of Lyons, in the second Sunday of balloting.-Reuter,

CRUSADER NO. 1

Paris, Oct. 20.-General Charlca de Gaulle was certified as France's No 1 crusader against Communism

in today as farmers and small-towns- 14,000 communities people throughout France trouped to the polls for the final round of munici

M. David, another Socialist muni-nal elections.

who attempted cipal councillor, interfere, was also manhandled.

The police charged the crowd and extricated the two men.

that

the

The run-offs which fellowed last Sunday's smashing Gaullist victory were expected to confirm the general's position as the most potent political figure in France.

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Southampton, Oct. 20, — A leck steward

thue liner Durban Castio was arrested today and

wiih charged the murder, on the high ́seas, of Gay Gibson, beautiful young British actress who disappeared while returning to England from a starring role in South Africa.

The polloe sald James Camp, 30, of Glasgow would be ar- raigned in the magistrate's court tomorrow. The titian-haired actress known as Gay, although her name was Elleen-was last seen the night of October 18 while the ship was somewhere between Monrovia in Liberia and Cape Verde near Dakar,

The authorities in Liberia, Sierra

Leent

French and Senegal and slip masters and aircraft pilots have been asked by Scotland Yard to report any sigu of a body they may have seen off the West African coast. -United Fress.

RADYOUMIKALIS KAMALGA

Hideous War Crimes Revealed

London, Oct. 26.-The poison with which the Gestapo chief, Heinrich Himmler, and Luft- waffe chief, Herman Goering, committed suicide Was first tried out' on Nazi prisoners at the Sachsenhausen concontro- tion camp, according to evidence given before a Soviet military tribunal in Berlin, the Moscow Radio reported today.

Truckloads of Communist. de- monstrators, who had been touring Observers also expected the Com- the town demanding the retirement munist Party, despite its all-out of the newly-elected Mayor, were election campaign in farm communi- dispersed by the police following ties, to lose perhaps as many as hair the incident.

the 1,700 mayoralties they won in the last municipal elections in 1945.

Quoting Tass despatches during Early reports from the provinces indicated

fing weather

The polls opened ut eight this the second and third days of tho Thursday, throughout most of the country had morning in all French towns with trial, which opened on brought a higher percentage A less than 0.000 population. Under Moscow reported that August Hehn, voters to today's second ballot, held the terms of French election Law, former second chief of the camp, of the sixteen accused, ad- in the smaller communes only, than a run-off election must be held unless and one In last Sunday's elections,

candidates score an absolute majority mitted that he had made the tests. "Hohn explained in detail that the new poison was colourless, and wherr The continued Socialist refusal to jof an votes cast the first time.

Communist appeals tor .Despite last-minute appeals to its mixed with water gave no reaction, heed the

the Marxist Party, "working class solidarity" has tended sister

Com- the broadcast said. woo the to reinforce predictions that today's munists were unable to

The former camp doctor, Heinz results will confirm the Communist Socialists into presenting joint lists Bauleiter, another of the accused defcal in the elections.

candidates today "agalrist

with complicity in the Gaullist and neo-Fascist reaction, charged

on deaths of 100,000 Allied and German The phrase was used in the Com- prisoners, gave

evidence that munist-newspaper-i'Humanite--to-ructions from-Himmler, prisoners day to characterise the 40 per cent were

of

In many places,

the Socialists

Meanwhile, it was learned that the Soviet Union rejecting the United States proposat un Korea will in- sist fant under the

terms of the Moscow December, 1945, agreement it is strictly up to the Asintic Big Four- 2+fath Russia, United States. Britain China-to work out Korea's fate..

The Soviet Union wil categorically" New Delhi, Oct, 26.—Social securt--were-today-said to have voted for reject the United Nations competence ty for millions of workers in Asian over the matter, but the American industry beads the agenda at the In- Labour Organisation's The United States hope is that reply will be that it tried in August ternational despite its limited powers of observa-lo cunvoke a meeting of the Big Four Arst preparatory Asian regional con- on the Korean question and the ference, due to open tomorrow in the tion, the Korean commission would,

Soviet refused.-United Press, Constituent Assembly Hall, in New the country,

Delhi. with its presence in constitute a deterrent to Communist designs.

possess.

not

America's Responsibilities

ECONOMICALLY ! Anancial-

ly, the United States han be- come the dictator of the world. Not with malice aforethought; nor perhaps, entirely of her own free will. Circumstances, rather than machinations have placed america In this invidious and embarrassing position. But it is the effect. rather than the cause which ex- ercises the minds of the rest of the world today, and produces variety of reactions. Soviet Russin sees America's economile domin ance as the single greatest weapon Erft in hands of Imperialistic

the st Capitalism, and in consequence only genuine threat to her system

Briinin Capitalism; of Stato

все to lier own eksen- in it an obstacle that industrial trade recovery; most of Europe regards it as a

opportunity to heaven-sent

10 regain Rolvency on A charity basis; China, and in a different way, Japan, also paternul Je the United States

and

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godfather who will seo that they

to

the

get enough be able to livo well without having to work very hard for the privilege. In fact, only subject on which the world remains unanimous at the present timo is the fabulous prosperly of the United States. Not even Me Vyshinsky would velo that pro- position. Unfortunately, as America is fast discovering, with wealth and power goes réspn- Albilly. It is a responsibility that extends to her own people as much as the peoples of bankrupt Europe and the Paolfe, because, unless the only creditor remaining in the world of international flance and economics today can find customers, she herself will be threatened with

It is recognit misery. is recognition of this that gives potency to President Truthan's latest declaration to his people. He sums up the situation When ho says: A Congressional attack on high prices at home unt hunger and cold abroad is neces- sary unless the United States in

itself

goods,

to' face depression at home and defeat in those areas. The Pre- sident's speech brings sharply to attention the inescapable fact that today, no matter what domestle neiltical action

taken 15 America, it automatically has its repercussions

throughout the Thus, when the Republi- can-dominated Congress decided to sky- Lift ceiling prices, it started

of American rocketing especially raw materials which completely

original neutralise the designs of the Iman to Britain, At the balmen of the this moment the balance of the lean is frozen, Britain has had to repudiate the clause which pro- vided for free conversion of ster- Har into gold by creditor nations. and she has been forced to adopt austerity standards well high un- believable. In die councils of the nations the dominating influence of the Almighty Dollar are clearly discernible; they either create icar or Aycophanes. But there are few signs that this monster engendera confidence. In "the a

hands of the

NOT SURPRISED

Sir Guildhaume Myrddin-Evans, British of the Seoul, Oct. 26.-A highly placed Deputy Secretary milliary authority sald today the Ministry of Labour and Chairman United States army was not sur- of the ILO governing body, is lend- prised by the disclosure of Yooning the British delegation, Chiang that the Soviet trained

The conference, which has been North Korean army has drawn up

final plan to take over all Korca, described the "Parliament

tion us

as

of

General Charles de Gaulle's can- didates.

in some cases,

American

of

on

forced to bile capsules of the French voters who voted for potassium cyanide to deleiming the de Gaulle in last Sunday's muni- painfulness and bitterness of death. cipal elections.

EARLY VOTINg light

SLOWLY THROTTLED

former

candidates In return, the Rally were reliably reported to be pre-

He said that immler wanted to pared to support the Socialists for Mayoralty

know how one could end one's life According to reliable reports, the

Voting was light when the polls with the least pain, so as to escape Communists have spent a lot of opened this chilly autumn morning, responsibility."

chfel Kurt

Eccarius, campaign | but towards noon there were small money in the electoral

warden, admitted having hanged and Communist leaders such as he queues before pubile buildings used about G80 persons" in specially con- Maurice Thorez have been touring as voting places..

structed machines, designed to small towns, appealing to the voters to "stop De Gaulle and

A large percentage of abstentions throttle them slowly. reaction."

He also admitted that he put two was expected because of transporta-

hand fotteri, tion

rural difficulties in

areas. British officers in He said he regards the informa Asian Labour," is expected to last a

floor, for periods of six "AGENT OF MOSCOW"

Politlent observers figured the num-chained to ber of abstentions would be even and hime months respectively, during "merely corroborative evid- fortnight during which time over unce of other

Appealing to the Socialists to join higher than inst week when a per- 1939-1940, facts we have known 200 delegates, advisers and observers

be personally with from 12 Asian countries will discuss

Communist cent them,

32 percent

Confessing that forces some time."

of Partslans and of substituting re-

in other cities re- carried out tortures invented by He

of Frenchiraca added that

leaders in their press have warned Yoon's report the best means

forms in response to the needs and

the Socialists that the alternative

Bauketter and himself, Eccarhus sald coincided closeby with intelligence

That he had beaten prisoners with was to become a "Afth column for fused to vote. from other sources particularly with aspirations of the continent's work-

then The Socialists continued to rebuff sticks, and

scrubbed their Wall Street," the "Communkt master plan for ing classes.

to de-

the Bium,

veterun all Communist overlures. Leon wounds with a hard brush-Reuter. Korea" which was uncovered here

Leon An effort will be made

M.

Pre- Blum, in the Party newspaper Le us carly as September, 1940.

at least in part, the In- termine.

Labour Meanwhile it was disclosed that ternational

Organisation's French Socialist and former

French Communist Party Yoon was in the US Army custody planning to meet Asian inboumier, last week denounced but the source declined

to bar the road to Caesarism." Moscow." to reveal social problems.

"agent of what netion would be taken. He Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, In- The French Premier, M. Paul

Bucharest, Oct. 20-The trial of Instead, the Socialists had

RPF Dr Julius Manlu, 74-year-old leader sold Yoon's youthfulness will not be

dian Premier, will welcome the de Ramadter, was re-elected Mayor of gained with Gen de Gaulle's Weakening factor since he had legations on behalf of the Indian Decazeville for the 10th time in the to gang up on the Communists. In of the banned Rumanian National hly associates, Socialists Peasant Party, and been trained in

communities, the three different Government and people.-Reuter,

Aveyron Department of Southern many schools by the Russians since Do-

France by the newly elected mini-voted for de Gaulle candidates, while which has been postponed twice this in others de Gaullists voted on the month, will take place in a few days, cember, 1945.

cipal council.

the Communist newspaper, Romania Ramadler, M.

(Socialist), was Socialist ticket.

Pre-election dickering among the Libert, stated today. elected by 18 votes out of 27, with

оле showed only

The paper sald that the charges will various parties nine blank papers cast.

constant principle. No party wanted include conspiracy, high treason and not to team up with the Communists, no civil and military rebellion.

charge their. how

pro- Another expected similur matter

lay mentioned by the toper is that of Krammes were. This situation

anti-Communist asking for "foreign diplomatic and behind the heavy

economic intervention."--Reuter. voting today-United Press.

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The military spokesman pointed out, however, that the highest North Korean officinidom consisted "Sovietised Koreans" the majority of whom have been indoctrinated since 1933 when the. Soviets forcibly removed Koreans from the maritime provinces to Khazakstan,,

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new

Soviet Union, for

United States Congress lies power which can determine the course of the universo for the next 20 years. If it can concede an error by restor ing price centrols, and at the same timo vote generous funds economically.ruined nations it will restore an equilibrium in Europe capable of removing the threat of another war for at least two generations; because the next war will come, not as a result of

of wordy confilets at Lake Success, but through hungry and disfflusiourd people revolther against what they will consider intolerable, in- Justice. The United

an

States.

by

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of her wealth and power has heavy responsibilites, but sho can, if she so likes, share them, for there are many nations alko willing to make sacrifices for the general benefit of mankind. In this knowledro... Congress should not find it impossible to respond to President Tronan's' appeal.

have no

Irgun's Threat

To Hagannah

Jerusalem, Oct. 26-After, a day of

clashed between sporadic

of the Jewish pamphlet squads

Zval

the Populaire, today called un all voters

an to rally round the Socialist Party Maniu Trial Soon

M. Guy Mollet, the Leftwing Socialist leader, was elected Mayor of Arras in the Pas de Calais Depart- ment of Northern France.

councillors Thirteen municipal belonging to General de Gaulle's

Jeffrey Hamm

bur-

Thanks God He Is Fascist

And Not A Democrat

NEW POLICY INDICATED. Political observers here såld the terrorist organisation-Irgun most surprising of Yoon's disclosures Leumi, and, the Jewish illegal de- Irgun was not the army plan but an ap- fence force Hand Ben parent

Soviet policy

Ben Gurion, of tonight necused abandoning Chairman the Jewish

Oct. 26. High line for eventual. Incorporation in the Executive, of trying to precipitate Londoners and police short-

civil war between Jews, (Yoon quoted Pak II-yoon us say- Accusing Ben Gurion of launching hand writers tonight listened to ing. The Korean problem at the the

In a strong-arm Jeffrey Hamm, the policy direc- Trotskylats) attempted to open a Thank God I am a Fosciat-thank present moment is a conflict between struggle

One of the places Hamm said that Sir Orwald Mosley would speak was democray and expitalism and not army, the Irgun said: "We do not just a Korean national problem. · I

ro the scene of the clash between rival Early on Suturday evening, want to quarrel with the Hagannah, Ex-Servicemen declare: "Thank supporters of the Lengue." Sympathy

we will God I am a Fascist", when he for Korea re- but if Ben Gurion

presentatives of each group arrived political parties tonight, when Tom.. actionaries, for the sake of humanity i start a fratricidal struggle."

spoke to nearly 600 people on said that had Clapham Common in South at Ridley Road, Dalston, to "take Tiley, organiser of the Trotkyists, because of cheap nabortebeted The Irgun selling noin with

their claim."

was among those arrested. London.

Sir Oswald Mosley told Reuter by They came armed with blankets, this

as a clearcut call to Koreans to the Hagannah in self defence, and

WAS bound make a decision whether they will would retailate for every Hogannah Hamm, who

and sandwiches for an all- telephone tonight that he knew

nothing of Hamm's statement. the United side with Russia

attack.-Reuter.

recently on a charge of using inzul-night wait.

Com- the revolutionary States, but were of the opinion that

When asked if he meant to return ting words at a previous League might seriously such polley

oaken

POLICEMAN SHOT meeting, told his audience: "Thank munist Party established a platform to polllles, he replied: Tom

L the Soviet regime in North In

Korea'

in a nearby rond, God I am not a democrat."

publisher and simply deskre Jerusalem, Oct. 26-The body of a view of the fact that "Korman en-

Polleo mado a number of arrests Hamm sold that Oswald possible to create and spread my Ideas thusiasm is 00 per cent racial und Jewish policernan-shot through the

chest was found on Saturday night tonight at a clash between rival Mosley, the former leader of Uts expressed in my recent book. The one per cent political.

Dalton, East British Union of Fascists, would soon Alternative'. political groups

"In the event of any great crisis, Koreans do not want to become on the highway north of Gaza, the

London one of the Longue's regular addresss publle meetings in London.

He made this statement in answer. I will do anything essenal for my of or the authorities announced today meeting places when members a satellite of other Russin

sociated Press.

the revolutionary Communist Party to a question after his declaration of country England"-Router.

Hm their 6,000 member tor of the British League of moating near the spot "reserved by God I am not a democrat".

or

or

United States.---United Press.

ovor asks

Later

Sir