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VOL. III NO. 248

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1948.

Four Burned STRIKERS FIGHT POLICE WITH Waiting To

To Death

Texas Clly, Oct.

19.-Four

people were burned to death and about 40 others Injured

in a gas explosion

and fire

which swept a line of cars at

H

level crossing here last nighi.

thiet

The Texas City fro sald the explosion was caused by the ignition of an accumu- lation of gun which had leaked from a pipeline alongside the highway.

Witnesses said the gas, which hung in the roadside ditches in a fog, went up in a huge puff of flame.

started The explosion rumours that Texas City was menaced by a repetition of the explosions and fires of April

512 1947, which killed

devastated the cly-Heuter.

CHILD KEPT

FROM ITS

MOTHER

Plymouth, Oct. 19-Stella Costello, aged 24, described as a housewife of Inkerman Street, Swansen, was committed at Plymouth today for trial with unlawfully detaining 18-months | · old George Barry Buller by force with intent to deprive his mother of his possession in March 1945.

not Ruilty and

She pleaded reservel her defence.

The prosecution said that she might have taken the child to get her discharge from the A.T.S. by posing as a married woman.

The mother. Mrs Ruth Constance Buller said that Costello sometimes took Barry out. On March 5, 1945, she asked to take Barry out for the day.

Mrs Buller said that sche did not see the child again until September of this year.-leuter.

Alleged Sale Of

STONES AND IRON

Several Injured In French Coalfield Clashes

Paris. Oct. 19.-Twenty security guards were injured and about an equal number of strikers were hurt when striking French miners clashed with troops and police, who earlier had occupied pitheads at Roche La Moliere, near St Etienne. Eight strikers were arrested.

The strikers hurled stones and lumps of iron at the soldiers and police while the latter replied by using the butts of their rifles. The battle lasted nearly an hour.

When the Government forces arrived at the Roche La Moliere coal mine, they found 1,500 miners massed and waiting for them. After a few minutes' hesitation, the strikers left quietly.

Soon after noon, however, the miners attacked with larger forces. Earlier reports said the miners had im.

ready to provised barricades from pit props, police entry.

With the floodwaters rising in! some strike-bound mines, the Com- munist-led Miners Union headquar turs Carmaux, 40 miles north- east of Toulouse, earlier today called on pit miners and their

wives to

resist

The occupation of the Roche La Mollere pithead by security forces was carried out early this morning six large Army when, at 8 a.m..

with troops and trucks crammed special, security police armed with bar the way to the Government | rifles and tommy guns tore out of radio. Rent to protect St. Etienne, security

preceded by squnds

equipped jeeps and ambulance cars. volunteers at the pumps.,

St Etienne is virtually in a state

A pollco pinie circled overhend, of siege. It is estimated that nearly taking photographs of nny crowd 10,000 troops and security police are

movements and keeping in constant now in the area.

touch with police headquarters.

Armed police patrol the town, day and night. Citizens are frequently

meetings have papera. All public been prohibited.

Blood For Profit stopped and asked for identification

Shanghai, Ocl. 20. Mrs Kwen Tal-ze was charged by n Shanghai procurate court for selling blood at # profit.

The woman slalmed her business as well as her front was legitimate. The police didn't mind the business mucli but they didn't approve of the profit.

She is alleged to have cold 300 cc. of donated

to the 4th She charged municipal hospital.

CC

blood

the hospital 30 gold yuan and gave

(MORE TROUBLE EXPECTED

at St The police headquarters Elienne expect more, berious trouble when the troops ure to take over the two most important coalmines in the district at Courlet and Chatelus.

At the strikers headquarters. It was being said that the miners in tended to defend their pickets there

with all their might." mines Three other

were taken today. over by the police early

the donor only 10 yuan-Associated Nine or 10 pilheads are still occu- Press.

EDITORIAL

THE

pied by the strikers.

Leighton Hill Flats

E outery against the expan-economy in some directions and siveness and

expensiveness

of the Leighton Hill Government

flats should come as no

surprise

General

to the authorities. The wall is not

civil against

being servants afforded private living accommo- dation--to that they are entitled. Leighton Hill flats are But the symbolic of the careless spending to which Government sprees Keems

when so susceptible looking after Its own. To finan cial ald for approved housing schemes Intended to benefit the public. Government turns a deaf ear, pleading the Impossibility of advancing loans. But when it comes to providing houses for

servants, its own nothing, it would appear, can be 100 too good and no experwo much. As yet there has been no official statement as to the cost of the Leirkton Hiti -flata, but if the unofficial estimates are any thing like correct, the outlay is atapendous, to

10ast. say the These handsome and costly buildings .provide

typical oficlat contradiction. While the Government's financial advisers are inalsting upon more. economy expenditure on works that In

community would benefit the Eenerally, altering dark warninge about the Colony "not yet being out of the financial wood," mil- Hons of public dollars are being blithely

A

become virtually spendthrift

in

others invites nothing but public

Опе cynicism.

correspondent raises a pertinent point. How can

La Government expect

cover capital outlay, depreciation, and maintenance costs from these the highest rent building t obtainable is equivalent to one- seventh of a tenant's income? The prospecta are that it will requiro the best part of 20 years to

the initial regala

cost alone. meaning general funds must atti bear

interest the burden of charges, maintenance and depre- olation. The Leighton EX!11 building programme also throws the spotlight on a In procedure.

Cati

pecullarity

So far #3 WC the recollect

Legislativo Council has never discussed the scheme-either the design or the

flate cost of the

Any lown council elsewhere would have a similar project thrashed 'out In finance committee, and then referred to the council for full consideration and discussion. In Hongkong, apparently is felt that money can be spent with

reference Impunity without

OMG any public opinion. The method of fult accompli undoubtedly operates very nicely. but it hardly instils confidence in the 'public, which finds that while

spent on Improving many of its own requirements living conditions for a compara-

are left to go berging, there are tively few privileged families.

means of stopping no effective We have argued a dozen times

Government from spending to its rufficient that only those with

heart's content on pet projecta, private means can today afford to build grandiose homes, and

Wo aro probably wasting our as Government has only

time by suggesting that Govern- publle

ment make a 'statement on this means at its disposal, we fall to

subject, but if i did, for once, see why it should not prelile

the feel I swed same duty to economy in the type of dwelling houses 11 bullås for civil servante public, an explanation would ba For Government to Inalet

thoroughly appreciated. upan

A few minutes after the convoy had left, all the sirens in the town sturled howling, warning the miners to come and strengthen the pickets at the pithesds.

READY FOR BATTLE When the Government forces ar rived at the pithenda, they found a sullen, angry crowd of miners "ready to do battle," but who, after a moment's hesitation. dispersed.

Women

Communist Eupporters joined the pickets at the pitheads today prior to the expected arrival of the troops. Stocks of "ammunl- Hon-stones and lumps of Iron- lay piled up in readiness for battle.

the

usually well informed SOUTCO

Groups

a

passengers from ebarter airliner which made a crash land- ing an Tiny Haines Cay h the Bahamas Island group, watch a Navy rescue plane. aboard All 23 persons escaped Injury as the pilot belly-landed on a narrow The Hur- sandy beach. vivors wrote "no water" in "the" "sand, and planes dropped tins of food and

water--AP Picture.

REDS CLAIM

CAPTURE OF CHANGCHUN

NO COMMENT_BY NATIONALISTS

New England

Be Rescued

Council To Examine Berlin "Decisions"

On

Friday

Paris, Oct. 19-Dr Juan Brúmuglia, Chairman- of the Security Council, announced tonight that on Friday the Council would "examine the decisions which it can take" on the Berlin dispute. The Council adjourned this evening until Friday, after hearing the British and United States delegates reiterate that the Berlin blockade alone prevented four-power discussion on the whole German problem..

The Soviet Government, after boycotting any discussion of the Berlin issue in the Security Council, today found a "shadow" method of answering Western charges while ostensibly remaining silent.

Dino.

At the

For

P.G.

Reservations

Mr Andrei Vyahinsky's pressing power in Berlin will also be re- officer today distributed to the de- moved, the challenge to the United withdrawn, the San Francisco, Oct. 19.- legates and newspapermen pocket- Nations will be

"The Soviet threat to the peace will disappear, Communists size booklets entitled The Chinese

Berlin Question and negotiations for the settlement Union and the claimed that Changchun

As regards (Documents), apparently printed by of outstanding Issues fell to red troops at

the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Berlin and Germany can begin China the Soviet Union. time, after the government,

From these documents, the gist 60th Army, revolted against orders of Chiang Kai-shek.

stated that strict orders had been noon on Tuesday,

to all troops and police in the mining areas not to use firearms.

found many towns in the North con pletely without electricity and in seme the water supply was also cut The Paris evening paper, France Soir, reported that in many areas the strikers had offered to keep the safety services

maines Roing in

and that in threatened by flooding

the local Communist lenders some had allowed them to do so.

PITHEADS OCCUPIED Whlic police occupied pliheads in the Loire Department, the Ministry of the Interior reported Pas de that safety services in the Calais coalfield were not assured.

There was immediate danger In four mines, into which water had begun to flow.

moro

conl-

cause

unce."

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Furious Fighting On Negev Front

Tel-Aviv, Oct. 19-Fighting raged with fury on the Negev front in Southern Palestino in expectation of a ceasefire in compliance with United

Nations orders.

sald both sides had thrown all their forces Into battle and assorted that the Egyptians had moved in reinforce- menta from the

south of Jerusalem.

Jewish front reports

arca

It was understood the Jewish Covernment Was ready to order n ceasefire when it receives United Nations demand and there evidence the Egyptians will faint it. However, Jewish Foreign Office ources all they thought it would be "unjust" and "Impossiblo" to comply with the United Nation sugestion that both sides withdraw. to their original positions.

AIR-SEA BATTLE Egyptian reports in Calro agreed hat there was ferocious fighting in Negev. The official bpkocsman In Calro reported also an air-son battle off the Palestine coast in which, he, mid, one Jewish ship was hit by Egyptian planes and two Jowish planes shot down. The loss of one Egypilan plane was admitted.

that ar ballevad hero It was

Here 'rangements for a a ceasefire order might take at least three more daya and both aides would try to gain advantages during that period.

The Jewish commanders at the front asserted that their men were within Ave miles of Gaza.

artillery was reported to Egyptian be intensifying bombardment

positions. newly-won. Jewish United Press,

of

FIGHTERS SHOT DOWN Tel-Aviv, Oct. 19-Two Egyptian Air Force fighters were shot down today one by Israell gunfire be tween Tel-Aviv and Majdal, and the other by an Israeli air patrol,

lonight. Israeli communique stated lon

ab

Both Egyptian pinnes crashed on Israel territory, the communique

added. The Israeli military spokes- man sald Egyptian planes bombed Jewish settlements south of Gaza last night while the Israeli Air Force vehicle bombed Egyptian troops and veh concentrations in the Negov area.

Direct hits on the Egyptian concen- -trations--were observed by the Israeli pilots who made more than one attack, the spokesman added.

Referring to an alert and anti- altcraft fire in Cairo, the spokesmanM, stated that no Israeli, planes were acor Cairo last night.

A United Nations source in Halfa reported that heavy fighting between Israel and Egyptian forces continued today

In the Negev area of southern Palestine.

Reports reaching Halfa,

fronts.

United

of the Sovlet "shadow reply" would appear to be that the real blame Sir Alexander Cadogan then made for the trouble in Berlin is to be four points:

Western Communist broadcast said: lald on the The

Powers, and The very great variety of the Nations headquarters, indicated that "The city fell when the United that the immediate

the restrictions between March and July, hestillies are also flaring up on other States

restrie- The Imposition of these equipped 7th Government Berlin crisis was the separate cur-

United Nations rear-guard Army grounded arms.

rency reform introduced On June tions constituted a planned and

team in Gaza counted at least 25 18. This, the booklet anys, caused insidious attempt to harass the bombs dropped by Jewish planes on "General Tecng Tse-sheng, com-

"Irreparable damage to the economic Western occupying powers In the Gaza since Monday, during which mander of the 80th, showed his rehabilitation of Germany."

discharge of their obligations in heavy gun and mortar Are con- captors an order signed by Chiang At this evening's Security Council Rezim, and to whittle away their and dropped by plane. I told

. The Jewish authorities have abandon meeting, Mr Vyshinsky sat reading rights as an occupying power. Changchun defenders to

The variety and inconsistency granted no satisfaction to United Changchun and fight 175 miles south-a magazine, while Sir

sald that when of the reasons given by the Russian Nations observer's request to hold west to Muken. But Government Cadogan (Britain)

their fire in the immediate vicinity troops were starving and too weak to the blockade was lifted the threat to authorities for their action, make a breakthrough,”

3. pence would disappear, and the The manifest insincerity of the of Gaza Airport to allow the daily Western Powers would be ready to reasons advanced.

United Nations plane to land.-- discuss the whole German problem.

(Continued on Page 5)

Reuter.

The wero

Government commanders with "severe threatened punishment" if they failed to carry out the "absurd order," the broad- cust said.

Alexander

QUESTIONS ANSWERED Speaking during the third debalo The Minister of the Interior, M.

on the dispute, Sir Alexander re- Jules Moch, conferred with the Pre-

plled in the name of the three fects from the strike-bound

The Communist also claimed that Western Powers to the questions flelds on the worsening situation thoir forces had captured the highput to them at the Council's lust since the Miners Union's decision way Junction of Tungtal, 90 miles meeting by Dr Bramuglia, Inst night to continue indefinitely northeast of the withdrawal of safety teams-at Press. first niited to 24 hours.

A spokesman of the Ministry denied that there were any Negro troops or tanks units in the northern coalfields the reason given by the Communist-led Union for its deel- sion.

the

Nanking Associated

old

He gave a review of the events leading up to the Soviet imposition be. traffic of the restrictions on CLAIM PROBABLY TRUE

the tween

Western Zones 20.-Chinese Nanking, Oct

Go-Berlin.

Coming to the present situation. vernment officials declined comment on Tuesday on a Communist radio Sir Alexander said, with particular claim that

Nationalist

Coth emphasis: "It is now abundantly the Army The deadlock continued in

in Changchun has surren clear and I can hardly think that northern arca, the main strike dered to, the Reds, but on the basis anyone enh feel any doubt on this centre, but in the castern coalfelds of previous reports from the

score that it is the continuance of nearly 10,000 miners-40 percent of Manchurian capital observers here the blockade and this alone which barrier to the the total were back at work today, seld it appeared likely.

consitutes the The area is pre-dominantly Catholle.

The Red radio sald General Tseng resumption of four-power, negotia- which Reuter.

of Tee-shen and his troops, mostly tions on German questions,

the United and the Governments Yunnanese veterans, revolled

and the United Communists Kingdom, France went over to the

declared repeatedly turning their guns on the now 7th Stater have. Army, also part of the Changchun that they are willing to undertake have restrictions garrison.

as the Several days ago reporis circu- been removed." fated here of clashes in Changchun

"11 In Sir Alexander

went 60th Army and the the contention of my Government CIT these continuation the The Supervisor of Economic Con- between the

measures trol announced the official rate for new 7th Army which was regarded that

constitutes & informer rewards has been raised ta the backbone of the Changchun blockade.

barrler to negotiations between the to settle from 18 to 40 percent of the total force. The 60th Army, formerly

powers four accupying garrisoned in Kirin, retreated houl.

problem regarding took outstanding Transactions police aro particu- Changhchun when the Reds.

Kirin.

Berlin and Germany as a whole. Jarly interested in are: the sale of currencies gold, silver and foreign

It is this lasub which, the Security It is generally believed here that

between above the official rates, hoarding differences

commanders Council have been asked to consider. to obey an

realrictions have "When these been removed, this Infringement of

His of the rights and obligations Majesty's Government as an occupy-

More Money For Police Informers Shanghal, Oct. 20-Informers in Shanghai will make double their money from today anwards.

of cotton yarn and piece goods and resulted in fallure purchase of gold ornaments at evacuation order two weeks ago higher than the official prices-As- | Associated Press. sociated Press.

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