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For Miners

Truman's More Wages Important Confab

Proparing Message

For Congress

Washington, Nov. 16.-Pre- sident Truman was in a long conference with his top Cabinel economic advisers to day to complete the crucial foreign aid and domestic price the message he will send to special session of Congress on Monday.

031

In addition to emergency

London, Nov. 10-An arree- ment between the National Cos! Board and the National Union of Mine Workers for increased minimum wage scales, expected to cost. Britain between 12 and 13 million pounds annually, will voted on by Union delegates he who are to meet al Blackpool on Thursday,

to

The agreement, which will be retroactive to the first fall pay werk in November, raises the minimum weekly waze for un- derground workers in Britain's £5 10 nationalised mines from

£1.10s and for surface workers from £4.10% to £5. The arrec- ment was a compromise reached on Friday night after two weeks' of negotiations

on the Union's demands for a £1 week boost in the minimum for all miners. -Associated Press.

EXPLOSION

KILLS FIVE

recommendations TRAUSTRALIANTUANZEESON FERIE BEITERATED BRONCO ald to Western Europe. Mr Truman's associates said he was working on a "tough" list of proposals for curbing the high cost of living at home. When the Prandent convened the conference ut fu o'clock the best Information available then was that he intended to nak Congress for hold-in-reserve authority to revive rationing and price controls over expressly scarce Items if that recourse became necessary.

Many Others Injured

Nampak, Idaho, Nov. 16.- His message is expected to run to Rescuers pulled five bodies out about 4,000 words and he will de-of the wreckage of a restaurant liver it in person. The conferees, tavern building demolished on called in to give him last minute Saturday night by an explosion advice before he completed his text, that injured nearly 50 other included, Recording tu the White House Press Secretary Charles Ross, persons. the Secretary of the Treasury, Jolin

Fire Chief L. F. Lessinger said W. Snyder; the Attorney General,

early today he believed the Tom Clark; the Secretary of Complosion occurred in a gas range in merce, Averal Harriman, the Secrethe restaurant,

Among the dend Clinton of Agriculture, Lary

was Pop Fong and Kim H. Fong. 34, Opear Anderson;

Chapman, L.

who recently returned to Nampa Under-Secretary of the Interior; and

to the from China with his bride. She Clark M. Clifford, Counsel

was slightly hurt. President,

P.

HALF-HOUR SPEECH For three and a half hours these top (canamic) advisers went over the President's message line by line. Hoss sald the mestage was to be put into final language later on today. Ho estimated that I will take about 30 minutes to deliver.

President Truman will speak from the rustruni

ex-

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1947.

Threat Of War

In Palestine

Arabs Rumoured To Be Preparing

LONDON REACTIONS

London, Nov. 16.-The threat of an Arab war to prevent the establishment of a Jewish State in Palestine is today considered here to be a more serious factor than it would have been a few years ago. But how serious?

If, therefore, In the

scene

not

Anti-Flood

Precautions

London, Nov. 16-Britain will spend £630,000 to prevent a ro- currence of last spring's flood disasters in England's low-lying Arounds in the East Midlands, if the Ministry of Agriculture ap- proves scheme proposed by the local auth

authorities.

Engineers are going ahead with the preparation of detalled plans for a scheme which will prevent "as far as Is humanly possible" the floods which im- mediately flooded last winter's fuel and threw Britain's home food production Into chaos.

the Members of Last spring Parliament, supported by the powerful Trades Union Con- gress, agreed to a proposal that the Government should Lake over river control.

The new scheme comes from the

Board responsible for the control of the Great OusO fenland

froubla centre-which last year overflowed Its banks and damaged thousands of rich fields-Reuter,

More Arrests In Bangkok

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Move To Replace

Ramadier's

Government

CENTRE PARTIES COMBINE

Paris, Nov. 16.-Paul Reynaud took steps 'to- night toward forming. a new French Cabinet to succeed the troubled government of Socialist Premier Paul Ramadier, an authoritative informant said.

After a conversation with the Premier, Rey- naud said he now felt he could negotiate with various political groups. He added that French newspapers have speculated recently that he would be the next Premier. Reynaud, who headed the Third Republic's last government in 1940, said "an important change" would be made in French economic policy if he undertook to head a new Cabinet.

Asked if he would have other con- tacts with Ramadler, Reynaud re- plied, "There is nothing definite." Associated Press.

tho

na

is Independent,

an expert

on, govern-

and

leaders of the four Centre parties- the Socialist, Popular Republican, Radical and Independent Conserva-

the

and a

expected

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Three other Chinese were Injured seriously,

reported Among those most seriously injured were Tarry Fong, Charles Fong and Kim Lard of the other injured Fong. Many were released after brier treatment. remained trapped Several persons for an hour or longer,

City and State police from Boise, the Lebanon. Park. House chamber in

20 milles cast, and ambulances from in rescue work. Caldwell nusisted

troops and

Azzam Pasha's league claimed that it can put 230,000 men into the field. But even if it could-and this is doubtful in military quarters here-these soldiers would not be modernly equipped. The doubt today in the Arab world is that of Egypt; but even its claim to 100,000 men is not taken seriously. Any time that Egypt tries to in- Rope blocks had in the meantime, frustrated by the telltale but well- district north of Haifa, and lorries Creuse her armed strength she been thrown up around the Naharla

Premier Paul Ramadler received The luncheon. Plot To Overthrow

Reynaud known fact that the majority of and private cars were subjected to

tonight.

Important It was reported, foreshadow

Cabinet Now Cabinet those called

that Reynaud would have the cup-changes in the near future, Thu. up aro rejected as a thorough search.

port of the Socialist Party, but this reason why it was not held could medically unfit,

This was in case some of the 180

not be learned. who landed at Naharia ciondes- Bangkok. Nov. 16.-Marshal naked official confirmation. Jews one thinks of wnr

Reynaud,

Meanwhile, the Prime Minister of largescala mitinely in the darkness this morning

Pibul Songgram's one-week-old considered

met several party leaders during fitary operations by an alliance,

from of

other immigrant ship the

delegation, Because of his the weekend Allyalı, might ship through to Halfa Government established after ment finance, For not only Arab States, It In not Burious.

the

or other settlements.

last Sunday's coup d'etat, has fightist leaning he has always en- representing Socialists, Popular Re in

Army there but the job of slag-carrier is Jewish sources in Halfa sud "that arrested two Palace attendants countered opposition heretofore from publicans and Radicals, had & long

Communists

most and

Socialist So. still ir dispute.

talk with and the private secretary of the clalists. most of the immigrants who suc-

stateman, M. Leon Blum, He

at. his wartime Premier. Was & The aspirants to the present dayceeded in getting ashore were young

Inte King Ananda of Sinn, Arab leadership are many, They people

Raunadier has been attempting to hone outside Paris. between 18 and 20 and

of Socialis better health

M. Blum was reported to be in "third found shot in his apartments form a

force" include King Farouk, of Egypt, who specially trained for beachhead"

Popular Republicans, Radical

and willing to take though he himself is not an Arab, landings,

last June.

OF Meanwhile the second illegal ship,

cialists and Independents to combat the burdens of the Promiership

the Communists

the France if asked to do -Reuter. is the soverrig head of the most important of the Arab speaking the 200-ton schooner adimah, berth- Both the attendants figured pro-

MARSEILLES STRIKE: countries: Ibn Saud, the King of ed in Hulfa harbour under a Naval minently in the court investigation Rightist Rally of the French People,

RPF.

of General Chantes de Gaullo.

Marseilles, Nov. 16. Saudi Arabia, whose Arab Kingdom escort Inte this afternoon.

carlier this year in Xing Ananda's

Over the weekend he conferred with A shore detachment

the of Her every almost all of Arabla; and

estimated 500 passengers-death

of political lenders French Navy were a number Singapore

to hezin un King Abdullah, of Transjordan, who¦ men, women

It was reported from and children-dis- visualises

tomorrow loading

all perishable Arab bloc of the embarked

to yesterday that a Bangkok Radio Associated Press.

[codstufa UNION LEADERS ARRESTED

held up from cargoes Lieutenant-General countries

ferry ship, the brondenst EL

and Marseilles, Nov. 10---Police

(Continued On Page 4) Phin. the Siamese Deputy "Supreme the stated that Commander" had

troops in full battle gear rounded up King was murdered.

more than 1,500 uhlon leaders and General Phin also revealed the demonstrators in strike-bound Mar- arrest of a second group of people sailles shortly after the Government in connection with an

attempted announced plans to break the five- plot to overthrow the new Cabinet. day waterfront strike with soldiers

mentioned. and saltors. No names have been though it was understood that all the arrested were civilians.

Prime "Minister, The deported

Nawasaupt, Dhamrong Luang esenped arrest during the coup, and took refuge with the Siamese Navy, which was reported to be taking ne part

In the political upheaval

today Unconfirmed reports sald that Piridi Panomyong, the former statesman, Dud Premier Slemese whose whereabouts were still un- known, was asking for plans for an lus private escape by plane with secretary-Reuter.

what his associates regard as one of the most important appearances uf his career. During today's conference there were numerous changes made but Rosy sold they textual and that the decision has been

in the message wert merely

basic policy reached.

The

not

State Department was represented at the conference und

The National Guard

to have

In 1937 Nampa was the scene of Ross, when asked about this, said Fourth of July explosion in a drug persons.-As- the-parley was devoted largely to are that killed five Truman's anti-inflation recommenda-nociated Press. Lions.

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to incorporate Cyprus ably for shipment

uncon-

A woman who had given birth to a child only two hours before the Rafaelvecia-berthed, was the Hndimal-former Italian schuoner first

to be taken ashore. She was. re- moved to hospital.-Reuter..

Dominican

Govt. Expects

REPORTS POUR IN Nevertheless, since September 19, Naval Reserve unit were called out. when the report of warlike prepara- Children reported

beentions by the Arabs reached the out- playing in front of the inn were be-side world, despatches, official and lieved to have left shortly before the unofficial, have been pouring out in explosion.

never ending stream. This initial report, though completely firmed, sold that an Arab army of 50,000 men were being trained near the capital of Syria, Damascus, less than 100 miles from Jerusalem "to- save Palestine

the from Zlonists". This was followed four days later by a note from the Iraqi Govern- Woodcock Challenged.

United to the British

And States Embassier in Baghdad warn- Stockholm. Nov. 10. The Swedish ing

that, if the

If would

United Nations

New York. Nov. 10.-A revolu- Andersson, has decided- intil heavyweight,-Nisse

-to- -partition Palestine, the tionary expedition was alleged today 12.30 p.m. EST Montay. Hoss said challenged Bruce Woodenek, British Tengi Government and nation would by the Dominican Information Office to fight for the full independence and rere to be preparing in Venezuela gave his cunferoes a "com- and European Truman plete review" of the message. This match here on January 0.

security of Palestine.

for an invasion of the Dominican presumuby covered not only Andersson lost to Woodcock last A waiter of

of unconfirmed

reports Republic. emergency aid and domestle price December in London when the re-

Sam- then began to reach Cairo,

The statement declared: "A crisis but Marshall's long range feree stopped the fight at the end of plus of these are:

expedition of revolutionists second recovery plan for Europe. United the third round owing to the Swede's Egyptian and Syrian troops are is training in Venezuela for the pur- Press.

badly cut eye.-Reuter.

already marching to the frontiers pase of invading the Dominican Re- bordering Palestine.

publie with the fullest co-operation Battle plans for a six-nation Arabs and financial support of the Pre- army of 200,000

being sident of Venezuela. drawn up.

that the Ross disclosed

White House will exercise unusual pre- cautions to prevent premature lease of Truman's message. said that copies of the text

not be available to newimen

EDITORIAL

FC- He

Lille holder,

The Dalton Drama

to

2011

rapeity regards everything belag "en the record,” unless it is expressly Indicated to the con trary.

Parliamentary correspon-

denis, however, have created for themselves and the politicians with whom they are daily in con- tact a unique and intimate rela- tionship. The lobby correspon-- dent is not regarded by a Minis- ter or a back-bencher MI' as

just

another reporter trying to get a story for his paper, but a con- Hulante, trustworthy, knowledge- able, and a person to whom he

can

speak freely. Moreover the Parliamentary preas corps

has built up its own inviolable code of ethles which the lobby corres- pondent is expected to embrace without question.There is strane suspicion that the Star correspondent has commilted a breach

ach of this code, and if this is proved to be so, the interest ing question will arise

a

THE resignation of Mr Hugh Dalton following his indis- cretlen in discussing details of the special Budget with a press- man before disclosing them to the House of Commons seems likely to give way to further dramailes before the Incident is considered closed The Opposition is de- the appointment of a mondia

to inquire Select Committee, not to

why Mr Dalton committed Into his blunder, but to find out why be resigned. The carious situa Lion has now arisen where every- hody is going out of his way sympathise with the late Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, suggest- ing that he has been the victim of a misplaced confidence. Mr Churchill is most pointed on the subject, declaring in a personal letter to Mir Dalton that ho and July

colleagues be- Conservative Ilove that secrecy had been im- plicit in the Chancellor's divul-

The the reporter. mences newspaper which caused all the poller is grovelling and significantly has withdrawn from the House

the of Commons political correspondent responsible Dalton's In- for reporting

Ant formation. I Government the appointment of & agrees to Select Committee is main tank will probably be to determine the delicato polni as to whether con- Mr Dalton was speaking fidentially to the Star correspon. and it is feasible to believe that dent. In the ordinary course of

In due course Mr Dalton will be Inter-

invited to re-enter the ministerial events

newspapermat

ranks. in his official viewing

#

to

anybody

with

remorse

whether

Mr Dalton can be absolved from all blame and thus entitled to re- sume his Ministerial career. If the House of Commons is satisfied that Mr Dalton's information to the newspaper centrespondent was intended to h

to be "off

then the record. he cannot then be accused committing an indiscretion of would be entitled to full rein- statement. It is recognised that by his realgnation the country has lost a talented Minister at a

anti

time when ho is most needed,

ment

men

are

"INTERNATIONAL BRIGADE”

Invasion

"The revolutionists are under the sume leadership generally as thoso who commanded the International The Arabs have recruited an Communist Brigade, whose invasion {"International Brigade" of 10,000 plot against the Dominican Republic

men for service in the Holy Land "in the event of hostilities."

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Robbed Hikers

Identified

All

were and

for re-

REARGUARD

ACTION

of those rounded up taken to police headquarters subjected to Intensive questioning. About 400 were ordered held

Tribesmen Hold Up further investigation and the

Indian Troops. mainder. were released. Eleven per Tikt sons, all foreigners, of divers tionalities, were booked on charges Srinagar, Kashmir, Nov. 16- of being In France legally.

Tribesmen covering a bridge out by The roundup

and with light machinegun They troops. grim-Ineed, belmeted

In the mortar fire, today held up a questioned everyone found streets and took into custody those column of Indian army troops whose actions appeared "suspicious

was

as well as those who were not quick pressing on to the rescue of the with their answer, Marseilles streets heleagured garrison of Kashmir were all but deserted in the wake State troops at Domel, on the of the roundup.

Union leaders who threatened to

call a

a general strike of all waterfront workers in every Paris port of the Socialist Government of Premier Paul Ramadjer went ahead with of the plans to break the Marseilles strike.

United Press.

SHOOTING PARTY

revealed

Paris, Nov. 10.-The negotiations

main west road to the Pakistan

frontier. The check occurred eight kilometres beyond Uri, which they entered on Friday.

Indian army airmen attacked the raiders surrounding the Kashmir Mr D. J. R. Crozler

and his

State troops at Muzaffarabad, near Education Department

tho Northwest Frontlor provinco cousin Mr C. Crozier were the two of

border and dropped supplies to other Europeans who were robbed $780 worth of property while between the leaders of the French Kashmir State troops in the Mirpur hiking along Tytam Road yester- Centre parties for the formation of nector.

The wide valley round Srinagar was thwarted in Cuba by the Cuban,

Dollce the

this

new government to replace M. day Navy in October."

Paul Romudier's present Cabinet was reported by patrols to be clear morning. October. Arab League troops are "forging The statement added that the ex- Reaching the junction of Wong-were tonight reported to be making of waalers. a ring around Palestine."

Sheikh Mohammad Abdulah, the about headway, pedition

Itbuds Was "rellably reported" to neichong and Tytan Meanwhile, the Islamtie

The big political luncheon, which Prime Minister of the the, interim Federa- possces surplus United States bom- 4.20 p.m. the Messrs. Crozier were tion and the formation of an eastern bor and nighter planes.

med the

President of the Republie, M. government of Kashmir, called on ing of the Arab States,

approached by three Chinese armed bloc consisting

foreign observers to "come and sco The, Dominican Republic claimed with a revolver and two knives. The Vincent Auriol, had been Persia, Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakis-on August i that a small invasion robbers after holding them up, took officially reported to be giving today for themselves" what had happened in and India, to defend Arab in fleet of two

landing barges and n wrist watch, a signet ring, a wallet at his country house, did not assume Kashmir. terest

to be the continue

Thousands its expected importance,

of tribal 'palhans mala corvette carrying part of a specially with a car driver's licence, a pair of subjects being discussed in Iraq. trained Communist army was sall-ginsses, car's keys and house keys,

traditional equipped with mechanised weapons Instead, Was The consensus of opinion in political ing from

down on us, not by a few of war swooped the The victims were on a hike with shooting party attended Cuba to overthrow quarters there is that the establish- Domini

their wives who were walking some leading members of the Assembly merely as armed bandits, but as a Dominican Government,

directed force ment

with the of one or the other would

next The

day, the American distance ahead of them and were not and the Council of the Republle, but centrally

nobody of Cabinet rank. Near and Middle Eastern

avopred object of subjugating our assist the countries to stand firm against any to look out for seven former United

Buthorities warned airports in Florida Involved in the robbery.

No arrests have been made yet, the Last night's reports said that the land to the vassalage of Pakistan at President would entertain principal the point of a gun," he said.-Reuter. aggressive move from any quarter-- States Amy fighter planes, reported police sald, great or small.

"ying_unauthorised to a foreign

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In other words, even if no war-country." Hike preparations are in fact going On September 30 the Cuban Navy on, war itself continues to be talked was reported have captured more about-Reuter.

than 800 armed men sailing from |Cuba allègedly in an attempt to over-

throw the Dominican Goverment

SYRIAN MANOEUVRES Damascus, Syrin, Nov. 18.Two Reuter. divisions of Sycinn troops, including two-

mechanised brigades, held manócuvres today midway between Damascus and El Kuncitra near the Palcatine border:

President Al Sayed Shukri, who witnessed the manoeuvres, reaffirm-

Democratic Party Reforming?

ed to Army officers Arab intentions tang Goverunent would consider a

seml-

MOB ATTACKS GERMAN CONDUCTOR

rescue.

Ife was and pleaded with the demonstrators

on

Vienna, Nov. 16-Wilhelm | Furtwangler's Furtwangler, famed German punched in the head several times, to maintain order. The crowd calm- conductor, barely escaped In- but during the confusion Furtwanged and the performance began at 11

ler slipped inside. The

WAS Russion n.m-half an hour lato-but jury today. at the hands of an

sentry then fired into the air and stopped by heckling and was held organised mob which waylaid Meyer also entered the hall, barred up again for 15 minutes while the and jostled him as he appeared the doors and summoned the riot police searched for hecklers they

sqund.

hnd missed in the first weeding out. at the Vienna Music-Hall to

The Pornocutes organisation, com The mob then found a side a posed of Nanking, Nov. 16-The Kuomfn-conduct a concert..

former

concentration The Russian sentry from nearby trance which Moyer had forgotten camp inmates,

picked

Furt appearance to defend Palestine's independence request by the outlawed Democratie Soviet Headquarters at the Imperial to bar and poured into the hall just wangler's third "to our last drop of blood."-Asso-Longue to form a now party, and Hotel was forced to fire in the air to us the conductor was to begin play his arrival here on November 7 elated Press.

promised every assistance to the break up a mob estimated at 60 per- ing "Metamorphose" by Hindemith. stage their demonstration Two

of the This opern was banned in Germany earlier performances went unchal former League members. VEHICLE CURFEW

allegedly members This

report originated tonight from Austrian Political Persecutees As- during Hitler's regime,

longod. Halla, Nov. 16-A vehicle curfow

The mob, now inside, began higslag Furtwangler made his postwar do was imposed on the Jewish quarters un important Kuomintang member sociation.

The Austrian · Riot Squad was and heelding, proventing the start but in Austria in 1946 under Soviet in Haita for the second night in but was denied by a Kuomintang

He was

flown to succession tonight as some 600 Jews spokesman. The report also saki called, but arrived after Furtwangler of the performance. The riot sqund sponsorship." who had falled to enter Palestine, that after the formation of the new had entered the hail followed by boos arrived and began weeding out Berlin subsequently, in a Soviet mill-

demonstrators.

tary plane for his recent densifica Illegally

disembarked

the party, it will be granted the right and cntcnlis "Go back to Germany, from

The Communist City Counelimon, tion by a German court United Boron, Eugen Meyer, 65-year-old schooner Kadinah, In Haifa harbour to participate in the forthcoming tonight.

general elections.--Reüter.

director of the music hall, rushed to Viktor Mateyka, mounted the stage Press.

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