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Krupps Verdict

Sets Knotty Problem

PROPERTY

BECOMES

CONFISCATION

BIG ISSUE

Nuremberg, Aug. The Krupp war erimes trial has touched off a battle for $1,000,000,000, it became apparent today. Perhaps only the U.S. Supreme Court can settle the issue.

In convicting Alfred Krupp of slave labour, malpractices and plunder of foreign industry, an American court yesterday also ordered confiscation of his property.

What exactly Krupp's property is that

It is

confused 10 the key question. Judgo H.

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the judg- convicting court, was against permitting the ment to become erimeshed in such a

mazc. He dis- sented from this part of the sentence but agreed with the 12-year-term imposed on Alfred Krupp, However, ho said, he thought the other goal terms for ten of the Krupp directorate were too severe.

Krupp's lawyers announced that

they would appeal the entire case to the Supreme Court of the U.S.

Crux of the appeal will be the con-

Hocation angle.

The tribunal was speaking of con. Krupp's property fiscating Alred

but did not, say that they considered to be his alone.

his

When Alfred took over the reins of the gun-making firm fromn father and mother in 1943, he was Until listed as "sole owner" of it.

then Bertha Krupp, his mother. 're- tained virtual control and possession. Alfred's ownership was recognised by Hitler with a special decree, Be-1

law foro Hiller, a special Germoti permitted Bertha Krupp to be soir owner and name the heir.

for

SOVIET'S OPPORTUNITY Otto Kranzbuchler, Counsel the Krupps, shrugged his shoulders when asked who he thought owned the $1,000,000,000 concern now.

sly smile he commented: With

"If you recognise Hozl law Alfred Krupp is the owner."

It confiscation would be put into effect on that basis, Kranzbuchler said, he assumed it would be by the Allied Control Council. That would give Soviet Russia a chunk of the Ruhr.

Citizens Army Causes Trouble

Govt. Departments Won't Co-operato

Sydney, Aug. 1-A major row is brewing between the Federal and state governments over the new Citizen Army.

Two, New South Wales gov- eriment departments have forbidden employees to join the

force.

At Canberra, this is seen as an act of sabotage against the Common- wealth's postwar defence plans upon to apend which Australla plans

A £250,000,000 in the next five years.

Army officials said taody the ques- tion is being handled on the highest ministerial level, and they could not comment. However, it is known that they believe that the lead given

the

citizen are end of The

notification circulated through department of Road Transport and Tramways reads:

"If the Soviets take advantage of this judgment," said Kranzbuchler sardonically, they can go to Essen on Monday and examine their pro- perty."

The Krupp

plants steel operating new under British Mili- tury Government supervision. Pro- the fits go into a frozen fund.

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Demilitarisation Of Jerusalem

ACCEPTANCE IN by the two departments spells the

army,

the

LEAVE REFUSED After the Krupp conviction

"Consideration has been given to family conferred with lawyers to

of action. the question of granting leave to determine their course Attending were Alfred's sister and employees to enable them to attend

brother with German

lawyers parades and encampments in con- W. nection with the new Cluizen Mili- and

Joseph American, one

tary Force

but in view of the staff Robinson.

im- Alfred eati eontemplate position and the *consequent In goal

of releasing a large practibility that he was good enough to be call- cd sole owner when a war crimes number of employees who would be involved, it has been decided not trial impended but not now.

in grant leave for this."

The lawyers said. "We would not object, however, to surrendering his property rights to his family. The tribunal would be sure to frown on such a course."

NOT SAME CASE

and

took

PRINCIPLE

Rhodos, Aug. 1-Count Folke Bernadotto, United Jowish Nations mediator, interprets the Arab and answers to the proposed demilitarisation of Jerusalem as meaning that both sides would accept the idea in principle, although both reserve the right that agree- ment will not prejudice their claims for A permanent political settlement for the Holy City. Count Bernadotte's

were contained in his official mediation report, cabled to Lake Success.

vlows

runing 55 feet over Arab Jerusaleni Into the Jewish aren,

The Jewish proposal further stated that the highway-would-be-Jewish, while the area beneath remained Meanwhile: Count Bernadotte has left on a five-day trip to Jewish and Middle East capitais, after which he will take 3 short vacation Sweden. United Press.

in

There are Federal Bureau of Indentification photos of Party Communist leaders arrested in New York City on charges of advocating overthrow of the U.S. government. Top (left to right) William Z. Foster, head of the Com- munist party, in America, New York City Councilman Benjamin Davis, and John B. Williamson, trade unlon secretary. Bottom (left to right) Eugene Dennis, general secretary; Jacob Stachel, educational secre- tary, and Henry Winston, organisational secretary-

AP Picture.

TRUMAN'S

OPPONENT

The report said that the Jewish reply, sent by the Jewish Foreign Minister (Dr Mosho Shertok), In-Arab. The railways authorities

Jerusalem dicated, "The situation action in May.

пож The action of the two departments has changed in that the

to Jerusalem to has raised a storm from ex-service- have a land bridge

and consequently have begun former think in terms of possibility of the men's representatives leaders of the Australian Army. The same problem never arose ut Forben

General Sir Thomas Blamey, who Jewish part of Jerusalem being in-

forces cluded within the Jewish State." the case against the I. G.

the

report the According to chemical trust. Thirteen directors commanded the Australian

war during

ring World War 11, described it as

of the

Aug. 1-Governor J. Strom of Farben were convicted of

It shows reply from the Secretary "on extraordinary position. on

League (Azzam crimes

Pasha) and drew gaol terms

of national Arab great lack of sense

guardedly warned that, although the Rome, Aug. 1--The Italian mo-Thurmand of South Carolina to. Thursday and Friday.

rapponsibility to

to my

"Christopher was tion picture

Colum- day opened his campaign for principle of demilitarisation

Southern The Minister for the Army,

of the to safeguard bus," depicting the life of the dis- President the Holy City

Confiscation was not contemplated

that

Me

at any time because the Allied Con- Cyril Chambers, has said that em- trol Council already ordered were ployers must grant leave with full when the Farben properties

control pay for employees to attend camps law first seized. A special council No 0 was adoped by the four and training courses with the citizen occupying powers expropriating all army-United Press. Farben property. The

this status of

is somewhat clouded now. According Communism In

to Nuremberg lawyers, it was passed

each other these Press.

Jap High School

Columbus

Film

Opens His Campaign Cherryville, North Carolina,

acceptable in order

from further de-coverer of America, was presented Democratic ticket by warning a

does not affect their claims the future Jerusalem.

of

the

over General Directorate for Cinemato-civil strife "horrible beyond siruction, the Arab consider this today to the Commission

Imagination" would result from political status of graphy.

on President Truman's civil rights

programme.

recon-

be

the

The first film to be based It appeared that Count Bernadotte Columbus life and exploits to produced. It will be shown at would have a difcuit job

Exposition

Mr Thurmond, nominated at the cling the Arab and Jewish view.coming Motion Picture

in Venice.

recent states rights convention

that most

ralics precious

of Birmingham, Alabama, sald brought together "virtual revolution in the Southern Columbus were

would be the outcome of from European museums to make atates"

writing the Truman programme into low.

points as each wants demilitarisa- -The Ton en

Its own terms. mediator's The

first informa working draft" was turned down the alm--United Press. by the Jews and the Arabs.

It is recalled here, as an example

SUPPLY PLANE

Com-

to

· CRASHES

one

Affirms American

Politician

Washington, Aug. 1.-Republican Representa- tive Karl Stefan today predicted on his return from a tour of Europe, including Germany, that there "will not be war because I do not believe that Russin wants one and I know that the United States "does not." Stefan is the chairman of the Armed Forces sub-committee of the House Appropriations Com- mittee. He visited Berlin and flew with an airlift which he called "the greatest flying feat in history.'

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Mr Stefan declared, "The world is amazed at the expertness with which United States plánes conveyed Berlin from all over the globe and immediately co-ordinated into smoothly operating machine forming a gigantic task."

a

per-

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Stefan said he could not praise too At 2.30 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

highly the plots and ground crews who were responsible for fights Into Berlin and said. "I have never seen such flying in all my life." He add-. ed. "I have heard estimates that the airlift is costing the United States as Imuch as $100,000 a day but I think

maybe it is worth it.

NOBODY WOULD WIN He could not predict the outconic of the Berlin crisis but said, "Nobody He, sald, would win another war."

**I nm hopeful that the United

Nallons will be strong enough to bring the peoples of the world settle together so humanity can down to live in peace."

Mr.Stefan attended the organisa- tion for European

Economic Co- operation meeting in Paris on July 23 when delegates heard Administrator Paul Hoffman declaru that the European recovery pro- gramme

achlove is intended to recovery and not mere relict.

"I think Mr Hoffman's talk did a great deal to clarify questions in the minds of the representatives," ho said. He added that before Hoffman Europe appeared many people In still wondered if the United States purpose in instituting the recovery plan was not principally selfish.

HUMANITARIAN MOTIVES

Mr Stefan sald, "They were left convinced that our motives humanitarian and I believe

ore

that

they are sincerely grateful and de- termined to make the project suc cessful."

Mr Stefan added that he visited 300 farms in France, Germany, Czechoslovakia and Austria, Switzerland and was encouraged by the prospects of the crops which are better than in many years.

He said the housing shortage is at a tremendous problem in Europe, He said the especially in Germany. majority, who were forced to flee with only the barest essentials when the Communists took over, were now thrown on the economy Germany and there is not enough food to feed them nor shelter to house them,

for

of

Stefon said the principal need was and medicine, disinfectant sanliary equipment, because

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tuberculosis and other diseases are "STORMY WEATHER”

spreading like wildfire due to the crowded conditions. He added that the International Red Cross is doing what it con but more is, needed through privato channels-United

Press.

Three Soviet

Composers

Repent

London, Aug. 1-At least three Russian composers criticised by the Communist Party last February up- perred to have taken their punish- ment to heart.

A Tass

from Moscow. dispatch reported today they were hard at work on almost completed tasics which looked, to be on

the party

Their castigation by the Party Central Committee was for creating on the obvious assumption that For-

anti-democratic and

encouraging ben was an aggressive war firm. But

(Communist) works. the US. court last week expressly

Tokyo, Aug. 1-The Mainichi cald

Tas sald Dmitri Shostakovich-was acquitted the Farben Board of today that a number of parents at

writing a new opera based on waging aggressive war. Whether this Numazu, In Shizuoka Prefecture,

Alexander Fadayev's novel "The means that the Farben firm can get have protested that the senior high Its property back is too knotty a school there is teaching Communism

He said: "I did not risk my life Young Guard" dealing with young of the divergence between the Arab to their chi sald the parents are and Jewish Viewpoints, that when to be answered on anything. question

on the beaches of Normandy to come women of the Ukrainain town tor- Mainichi but the highest four power level,

back to this country and sit idly by tured by the Gestapo during the war, where the people are not talking to threatening to pull their daughters the United Nations Special

while.

The Leningrad opera house was a bunch of hack politicians out of that school on grounds that mission on Palestine attempted days. Associated

whittles away your heritage and reported to be beginning rehearsals a girl who gels the reputation of find a formula for Jerusalem,

RAF Dakota, mine. As for me I intend to light." of Sergel Prokofiev's

The hero being a "Red" will have difficulty in Jewish suggestion proposed the con-

Berlin, Aug. 1.-A

Story of A Real Man." of of an elevated. highway carrying four tons

cool into struction finding a husband.-United Press.

He denounced the Democrat Re- Berlin, swerved off the runway and today, but

but publicans for failing to guarantee is a man who lost both crashed at Galow airfield-

the states' rights in their platforms during the war but went back lo nobody was injured.

Mr Thurmand hit at their pro- his job and earned the title of Hero The plane's left wing and motor

Tas sald Nikolai Miaskovsky had were damaged and the under-posal dealing with the separation of of the Soviet Union.

races. He said: "When politicions machine carriage collapsed. The

adopted this particular proposal they written a new symphony was moved away soon after the

United Press the heads of the mishap and landing of other planes picked up the most dangerous club parts dedicated to Premier Stai

ever held over continued, without interruption:

American people. If the segregation It was the RAF's first flying ac programme of the President is en- cident since the Berlin airlift started forced, the results in a civil strife

WANTS WORLD

GOVERNMENT Cambridge, Aug. 1-Lord Layton, Chairman of the Liberal News Chronicle, advocated a

to

plan for world Kovernment

preserve peace in a lecture he gave here, to- stay.

of

Declaring that the future organisa- tion of the world must evolve

coming together through the groups of States headed by a supreme world authority, Lord Layton said: "Whatever other functions are ulti- mately assigned to the world thority, its primary and immediate purpose should be to nullaw war.

Att

for as many countries as possible that will assume control of defence

BURMESE GOVERNMENT

STRONGLY CRITICISED

London, Aug. 1.--Sk Raibeart MacDougall, Coun-- sellor to the Governor of Burma' from 1941 to 1947, criticised the Burmese Government in an article pro minently displayed in today's Sunday Observer.

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on June 22- British planes have may be horrible beyond imagination. NORTH ENGLAND PHOTOGRAPHS

madd more than 0,200 fights thus far United Press.

Jewish

"Let us tell them that in the WITHOUT PAPERS

South the intermingling of races in homes, schools and theatres is im practical and impossible."-United Press,

Russians" New Berlin Airdrome

...

•

Manchester, Aug. 1-A fifth Bri-

tish national newspaper, the Daily

Copies of photographs taken Telegraph, was tonight added to the by the South China Morning list of those whose northern edillons

will not appear here tomorrow owing Post and Hong Kong Tolograph to a dispute between their manage-

mants and this Typographical Asso- Staff Photographers are on view ciation over a wage increase.

The

.at foreign business "I must be stated quite plainly operation

has made an executives."

No Holiday For Sir Raibeart considered there was that the new State unfortunate start, and that there is little prospect of an improvement an unpromising outlook" in the

Security Council politically or economically until the political and economic-folds, adding: the present critical state of Government first faces its respon-It is the more unfortunate there-

Lake Success, Aug. The Europe, the political powers are sibilities by restoring low and order, tore that at this particular juncture more important than the economic re-establishing communications, and representatives of a great power, Security Council will hold a special

South delays and bottle not hitherto interested in

session at Britain's request tomor ones. In the first stage we might clearing up

other, four papers are the East Asia, should be imminently row to consider the arrest of five

Daily Express, the Dally Mall, the seek a form of federal organisation necks."

Britons In Jerusalem and also the

Berlin, Aug. 1-The German news Daily Herald and the News Chroni "Barma is an independent coun refugee problem

affecting Secondly, Sir Raibeart said, the expected in Rangoon,

northern the

editions, and foreign affairs, that will be Government must adopt "a competent to pass a Bill of Rights reasonable and consistent policy to try and it is right that she should displaced persons and 300,000 Arabs agency, DPD, tonight reported that cle. Their main offices are in Lon-

exchango diplomatic representatives

complete by September the new bublished here, cater for the huge War

near industrial populations of Yorkshire and set up a court to defend it."-wards the non-Burmese business with oil friendly powers. But he driver' from 'their homes by. the three thousand. men are working to don, but

Sir Alexander Cadogan, the Bri-Soviet Schoenefeld Airfield, man who is prepared to help in to reported size of use new Russion

is Teltow, about three miles from and Lancashire as well as, in some building the country's economy."

mission suggests something more tish permanent representative,

cases, for Scolland, Eire and patis than on: exchango Di diplomatis expected to say, the refugee prob- Berlin. "This does not by any means, in-

Earlier, it was reported that 48 of Wales.

Printed and published by FREDERICK Berlin construction firms were work- Four Sunday papers-the Bunday Frankfurt, Aug. 1.--United States volve abandoning the policy of courtesies, and whatever else may lam is urgent and likely to affect

Israell The

authorities willing night and day to make Schoene Express, the Dispatch the People PERCY FRANKLIN for and on behalf of Air Force planes sat a new record Burmisation and the nationalisation come of it, its arrival la uniikoly-international peace and security.

de- fald Airport among the most modern and the News of the World-were Scuth China Morning Post: Limited by Dying 2,034 tons of supplies to of commerce and industry: it means to induce the Burmese Communists

democnicy, taining several thousand Jewish in Europe and that the deadline for not printed here last night owing to it: 1-3 Wyndham Street, City of Soviet-blockaded Berlin in 24 hours only the abandonment of arbitrary to refrain from hernuing the upcounter-charge, Britain with

Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong, the dispute,Reuter." the job was August-Reuter, at 2 pm. ending

GMT today, methods and the adoption instead of porters of Western

refugees in Cyphu-Bauter. methods that will enlist the co-Heuter. United Press.

Mouter.

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the Palestine

in the Morning Post Building.

ORDERS BOOKED.