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SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1948.'

ITALIAN ELECTION CAMPAIGN

REACHES CLIMAX

RACING Chaotic Conditions

TIPS

By "The Turf”

Pearty

1ST RACE

Pleasant Valley Wodong

OutsiderHose Emme

2ND RACE

Arcot Brauly

Ciant Ship

Noonday Sun

Outsider:~Autumn Leaf

3RD RACE

Sine Marshull

Brivisto

Jump Bid

Outsider:-Scaßre

Amigo

4TH RACE

Rebel Queen of Henria

Outsider:-Fiesta

5TH RACE

Fifth Alarm

Daisy Bell Cooper.

Outsider: Black Market

6TH RACE

Blue Sky

Fort Knox

Lily

Outsider:-Kentucky Mean

7TH RACE

Boulsle

Trade Wind

National GIN

Outsider:-Ding How

8TH RACE

Empress of Peace Two Bid Rosebud

Outsider: V-E Day

9TH RACE

Care Free

Friendship

Arabian Nights

Outsider Lucky Ki

10TH RACE

Jeep Shing

Nevertire

Sapientia

Outsider:-Arabian Moon

EDITORIAL

In Rome

TROOPS STAND BY

Rome. Apr. 16.-The Italian election campaign ended tonight with a last tremendous burst of pro- paganda. All-over the country, orators of the 356 political parties and local groups that have entered candidates harangued crowds in the squares, on street corners, and in gardens-anywhere where there is space enough for people to congregate.

In Rome, the campaign climax has been terrific. The city presented a scene of indescribable chaos as lorry loads of leaflets carpeted the streets with appeals, threats, denunciations and promises, while cars with loudspeakers made life hideous touring the main thoroughfares with blaring slogans and music.

Overhead, neroplanes of several | parties scattered more leuflets.

Sudden outbursts of fireworks by Communists 1 the Piazza San Giovani marked the end of the

the

Signor Sarngat based his appeal broadly on the international issues involved in the campaign.

"Italy must decide her destiny the

YOU ARE LEAVING THE AMERICAN SECTOR

LETE HO

AMERICAIN

Arabs Driven From Key Positions

day after tomorrow and how they LOSE GRIP ON MAIN HIGHWAYS

electoral campaign and showed the decide it will affect the whole civi tenseness of the feelings in capital, for the pallee were inused world." he said. dated with urgent telephone calls Asking whether a revolution hud broken out.

Signing the "Red Flag" and waving a sea of crimson banners, a crowd of some 25,000 greeted Sig- nor Toglintil, the Communist leader. who, wound up his election campaign in the Piazza San Giovanni.

While Signor Togliatti spoke, a Monarchist plano New averhead, showering leaflets exhorting the crowd below to "vote only for the tree Monarchist.”

CROWD MADE ANGRY

A rour of indignation rose from the crowd. Signer Togliatti safd it was only through the Popular Front that the tallna workers would ever achieve their ends and betfer their situation.

Attacking Signor Togliatti's thesis tant on the one side was the Eastern bloc of peace-loving peoples and on the West a blue of war-mongers, he cited Czechoslovakia and Foreign Minister, Dr Jan Masaryk, her late "who gave his life for democracy."

FEDERAL EUROPE

He said it was absurd to say that because Hitler was against Russin and the United States was now against Russia that the United States was no better than Hitler.

On the contrary. be added, such nt argument could be turned just as as well to show that Russia was no better than Nazi Germany.

Jerusalem, Apr. 16.--In bitter fighting, Jewish forces today won the first phase in their battle to amash the Arab grip on Palestine's roads by driving the Arabs from the positions commanding the main Jerusalem to Tel-Aviv highway.

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Roadblock In Berlin

Two U.S. MP's stand by with submachine guns as & German policeman checks papers of an automobile driver at a roadblock in the Berlin suburb of Wannsce. The roadblock is in U.S. sector but close to boundary of Russian zone. It is on main highway leading from US. sector to Potsdam in the Soviet zone, AP Wire- photo via radio from Berlin.

Overdose Of

Tablets

Mrs James Roosevelt In Hospital

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DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED

New. Bill Passed

By Lords

London, Apr. 16.-The death sentence in Britain is now com- muted to penal servitude for life.

Mr Chuter, Ede, the Home Secretary, announced this to- day when a Bill, suspending the death penalty for murder for five years and including other reforms, passed through the Ilouse of Continons. It was sent inmediately to the House of Lords, where it received n formal first reading at once.

When it becomes law, the sentence will be simple imprisonment for life, Penal servitudo is more severe than ordinary Imprisonment.

man.

Two men are at present under sentence of death. One is Jaines Cumb, a steward of the liner Durban Costle, found guilty the murder of an petress, Elleen "Gay" Gibson.

The other is a gypsy, Joseph Smith, who was sentenced to death for the murder of a 71-year old business

"GANGSTER CHARTER" Lord Winterton, a Conservallyd anti-nbolitionist, today described the new clause abolishing the death penalty inserted in the Blil by a fres vote of the House of Commons on Wednesday--as the "Gangsters' Charter."

He said, however, that the Op- position would, not vote, against It because it agreed with nine-tenths of the other parts of the Bill. -

The Bill was therefore given third and finnl "reading without division.

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The Jewish forces in action | village of Sarfs, eight miles west of throughout Palestine, estimated at Jerusalem, in a push to some 10,000 first-line fighters, have westwards their convoy

Lord Winterton said: "I think for a week now been battling to

Tel-Aviv.

Ribbentrop must be looking down break this Arab communicatiouis

Jews and Arabs were today also

on the House this afternoon with a stronglehold and their co-ordinated gripped in a stiff battle further north

certain

and sardonic satisfaction attacks in the centre and north have for seven Arab villages also had considerable success.

saying to himself; "They hanged me Biblical plain of Armageddon, where

because I aircraft and field artillery were in

was indirectly the cause of Beverly Hills, California. Apr. murder, but they will not hàng, nction.

17. Police said here on Friday Englishmen for direct murder" The situation at the big Jewish that Mrs James Roosevelt, wifeen to execute a man for piracy or settlement of Mishimar Haemek-16 of the late President's eldest

Lord Winterton said it was logi- miles southeast of Haifa, on the main

freason, but not for murder.

Seizing the initiative today, they occupied the hills around the Arab

He appealed to the people not to Triesto Issue be totally America.

against Russla

nor

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ile suggested the formation In Milan, more than 100,000 people Federal Europe which would net as n gathered in the Cathedral Square bridge between Russia and the tonight to hear Sinar

United States. Giuseppe of the Nightwing Saragat, leader Socialists, wind up his campaign.

Although fomorrow is officially a This was at least double the crowd day of truce in the election com- which listened last night to the pro-gn, thousands of amateur and Communist Socialist, leader, Signor to cover walls and hoardings with professional billposters will continue Pietro Nennl.

final appeals to the 28 million people who have a vote on Sunday,

Last minute reports from all over Italy indicate that the former strong Communist hold Is weakening Пleuter.

A President Passes

THE death of Manuel Roxas has

occurred 14 days before the end of his second year as first President of the republic of the Philippine Islands, and at a time when he was engaged, not only In promoting important national Identifying reforms, but also himself in unmistakable manner with the international anti-Soviet

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powerful sup

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porter and admirer of the Ameri

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economic and social-President Roxas nhwittingly succeeded dramatising his deep-rooted son- victions.

by making U.S.-Philip- pines co-operation and friendship the theme of his

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last speech. Only a few hours before he died he told 800

American officers.. that if war comes he was "bure Filipinos and Americans would once more fight side by side fust us they did in the last

one-for liberty and freedom." The death of President Roxas is a grlovous loss to the nation because, ilke his colleague and predecessor, Manuel Quezon, he was a man of the

winning people. In

the Presidential campalen in 1946 he polled a majority of more than 200,000 national vote of con. denes that natonished his most ardent admirers. His nearly two years as head of a new republie were anything but easy, for he had to tackle vast undertakings such as post-war reconstruction of a country that lay ravaged, seek to alleviate widespread dis- tress by social reforms, and com bat the increasing

menon of central guerillas and bandita in and southern Luzon. He bad also to face up to the early tribulations associated with the creation of a brand new republle, of Sustaining tho nation's economy and Binance, and meet

challenge the

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BARRACKS ATTACKED

16.-Italian Rome, Apr.

Carabi- merl defended themselves by fring bursts into the air and using fear gns today when a crowd of 10,000 attacked their barracks at. Cavezzo, near Modena, for several hours, after people had been arresteil for hiding arms.

focussed increased attention the international aliuatiun, adopt- ing the attitude of friendship with all countries, but not at the ex- perso of Rovereignty Independence.

ས་ས་ President Roxas, wille not the glamorous figure of Manuel Quezon, proved liim- helf to be an

executive of high qualities courageous and stead- fast to his principles and him

platforms. Darty

political aver 26 career, extending

years, appointment as of Finance

under Quezon's

n's administra- ton, and in 1941 he WAR elected

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President

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a Senator. The war brought for him many severe tests, moral and physical. AK soldler he earned The admiration of both MacArthur and General Wain- wright for his stubborn defiance of the Japanese even after the fall of Corregidor, and he rendered only when implored to do so by Wainwright. During the Japanese occupation Philippines he at first resisted all attempts

to Invelzle him into the Jaranese puppet administration, and when, two years later, ho finally agreed to direct food organisation "on the Ficas and entreaties of hungry children and mothers," lia

managed to ntifi 'direct an espionage ring which provided valuable information to the Americans. When political accused President collaborator MacArthur vindicated hla record and described him as a "staunch patriot and a mtoat Atting

representative of the people." President Roxas died too soon to see his works bear much fruit, but, he has erested

adversarica

Roxas of being

General

a

to

a pattern which his successor can follow, and at least he remained chief executive long enough put the new republle of the Philippine istands on the read to solidarity and security.

·

rracks

Police reinforcements found ronds leading to the blocked by tree trunks, PIES OF stones and masonry. A crowd of [3,000, mostly women, jeered as the police cleared the roads and lifted the siege.

A number .of arrests were made..

Altogether about 330,000 armed police and troops are standing by al

over Italy ready for any emer xency in the Inst

stages of the election campaign, officially ending jat midnight tonight.

Under

the orders of the Italian Premier, Signor Alcide de Gasperi, all Ministers would remain in Rome for the polling and the scrutiny of the votes.

The voling on Sunday will go on until midnight.

RESULTS BY TUESDAY

APPEAL TO

RUSSIA

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That

road running south through the plain son, has been taken to hospital resembled the state of affaim behind

Armageddon--was extreinely following an overdose of sleeping | The Iron curtain." varts, due to the breakdown of emi | tablets. munications.

Police Sergeant Byron Kilgore POSITIONS FLUID

said that James Roosevelt told them This wife formerly Romelle There The indications, however,

were sa Schneider of Independence, Wis- that the Arabs have been driven back from the settlement and posi-

consin, had been suffering from tions are fluid.

Insomnia since the birth of their third child three months ago,

The Jews claim to have captured Arab villages and a battery of field! The guns and to have driven the gun- Rus-mek, but the Arabs say they domi- ners out of range of Mishmar Hoc con-rate the situation.

Washington, Apr. 16. United States today asked sin for the third time to sider giving the Free Territory of Trieste back to Italy.

Although the fighting round Mish- mar Haemek looked like the begin- The United States offered to "con-casualties are believed to have been

Ring of

of a major battle, so far sider my suggestions" which the comparatively low. Russians might make for revising the Italian peace treaty to that end.

The Under-Secretary of State, Mr Robert Lovett, sent a note to the

Russian Ambassador, M. Alexander Panyushkin, raising the Trieste issue again two days before the Italian national elections,

The American memorandum was in reply to a note from Russia declaring

unacceptable the procedure sugested by the United States, Britain and France for the negotiation of a pro-

tocol for the return of Trieste to Italy.

The Americari memorandum sald it was the intendon of the United

Kilgore said the police presumed Mrs Roosevelt took the overdose accidentally.

Mrs Roosevelt's doctor said that she awoke with a headache and reached for a box of pills sho thought were headache tablets,

Instead, she swallowed several sleeping pills.

Her condition was reported to ba near good.-Associated Press.

Jewish forces were today assault- ing an Arab village 10 miles west of Jerusalem-at Babelwad, "Ambush Valley"-amid the wrecks of mined, bombed and shot-up Jewish convoys which have tried run the gauntlet through the Judean hills.

ta

Reports from Calro that the Arab

Liberation Army forces in Northern Palestine were surrounded by some 15,000 Jews were today described by a Jewish Agency spokesman as a propaganda move designed to stimu- late

Arab recruiting and to

pavo way for the

introduction of

States that the preliminary meeting the of the powers principally concerned regular Arab troops into Palestine to negotiate a draft protocol should from neighbouring Arab countries. be followed by consultation with all Jews destroyed the other interested governments.

mosque, village school and 25 houses and The United States had proposed killed three women in the attack this meeting between representatives on the Arab village of Saris early of Britain, France. Russia and the today, It was officially stated tonight. United States, should take place in The attackers numbered 500 and Paris early in May.-Reuter

withdrew after destroying most of the village, it was added-Reuter.

PASSENGERS SAFE

AMNE MACHIN FLIGHT

this

The first results will be known by Monday evening, but the final pileinl results will only be made

Shanghai, Apr. 17.--The 500 Shanghal, April 17.-The Central known on Tuesday or on Wednesday passengers and crew of the Chinese Air Transport Corporation C-40 Propaganda in Milan and Northern freighter Won Lee aro safe and plano, which took off yesterday Italy has

grown more sensational. The Communists claim that British well in a small town to the vicinity afternoon from Lanchow for a fat

of Chefoo and are expected to be over Amne Machin,

returned fo and American troops are parading brought to Shanghai by boat in a Lonchow last evening, after having dally in Trieste to support Signor de day or two, according to a radio- presumably flew over the mountala, Gasperi,

that and

yesterday

gram received here last night. according to reports here Christian Democrats und Neo- News of the

safety of the pas-morning. Fascists were at the saluting point rengers is sold to have come from Confirmation of an actual flight with the British commander.

the first officer of the Wan Lee, who over the mountain is still lacking as The Trade Union

Council at was picked up by the steamer Chi officials of the Shanghai CATA Bergamo, near Milan, today decided Chung as it was passing the wrecked office said that they have not yet to call a 10-minute strike through ship along the Shantung coast. received details of the seven and o ou! the province because a youth He disclosed that the passengers quarter hours' fight. attacked a Communiat speaker. landed in Communist-held terrority.

The boy, said to have been but were freed after their identity equipment, only 18 persons, it is limited bigh altitude "grazed" by iho bitter elvelion and luggage had been inspected, by reported, were aboard the speeches, followed the

plano Communist the Communists. The freed pas- when it made the survey flight. all day and then, hit him in the sengers left by fishing boats and there were head-Reuter.

Reuter,

scientists- {Reuter.

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M.P. CRITICISED

A Labour Member, Mr Reginald Paget, was

day that

criticised from both sides of the House of Commons today for his statement on Wednes-

the late Sir Alexander* Paterson, for 10 years

the Com- missioner for Prisons, had changed his views on capital punishment be- fore his death and joined the Society for the Abolition of Capital Punishment,

Beside suspending the death penalty for murder, the Bill abolishes whipping, hard labour, as well as penal survitude.

An

detention will be simply "imprisonment" with the object of making the punishment At the criminal rather than the crime. Reuter.

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