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VOL. IV NO. 137

7th Time

Betty Grable Married For Tops Salary List For

U.S. Women

Washington, June 12,— Charles Skouras, US$810,- | 000

a year Greek born cinema magnate, was listed Sunday night by the Treasury

America's highest paid corporation employee in 1947.

DA

Betty Grable, with US$208,000, was best paid of her sex in a list of moru than 1,000 people who drew more than US$75,000 in pay from corporations in 1947 or in the business and fiscal year ending in 1948.

It was the third conseenuvo year at the top for Skouras, although his compensation President of tho National Theatres' Amusement Cam pany, Incorporated, and of Fox West Coast Agency Corpora- tion was US$175,300 less than they paid him the year before, All the suma Ulated were be- fore tax deductions.

Harlan, Kentucky, June 12-Seven times a bride, 89 year old airs Lucy Jane Johnson looked at specta- for outside County Judge W. J. R. Howard's chambers where she was married this week-end and asked, "Why should I not get married if I want to?"

Mrs Johnson's newest husband, Isaac, in 78 and 10 has been married three times. They both resident Mulen near the Bellharian County line. Ho sted his occupation as a labourer,

Court records showed Mes Jolinson's wixth husband.

the late John Blevins, was 95 at the time of

their marriage in Heptember, 1045. Records did not show whether hirs Johnson was widowed or divorced from her previous husbanda Associated Tress.

Bandit Chase

On Lantao

Mina Grable and Olivia de Four Mon Captured

Havilland

women

were

the only

persons

47 among

were:

Following Skouras Vincent Riggio, President of

American Tobacco Com

An official

statement

credited as caming more than Issued this morning denying US$200,000 during 1047.

an attack on a Police launch off Lantao Island, states that actually land opera- tlong have been taking place against suspected bandits on the island.

tho

pany. US$484,202.

HOLLYWOOD EARNERS Preston Sturges, Alm director of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, US$370,090,

About 4 o'clock yesterday E. H. Little, President of the afternoon a Police party, com- Colgate Palmolive Pest Commanded by SI Schirieisky, went pany, US$330,000,

into action against a party of Among Hollywood personall-bandits due west of Shek Pit.

The engagement lasted several Raymond Miliand US$253,- hours... 933; Rex Harrison. US$219.750: Bob Hope, $115,000; Douglas

ties listed:

MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1949.

Price 20 Cents

Tel: 27890

Big Four Meet In Secret DOCKERS TO GO

SURPRISE MOVE

AFTER DEADLOCKED

Mr

CONFERENCE.

Vyshinsky Talking

Accused Of Propaganda

Paris, June 12-The conference of the "Big Four" Foreign Ministers tonight went into secret session for what observers believed was a move to reopen real discussion on a plan for a settlement of the differences over Berlin. The official explanation for tonight's secret session, which began after four and a quarter hours' open discussion, was that the Ministers were discussing the procedure of the next meeting.

But conference observers said that they were increasingly con- vinced that behind the inconclusive surface of today's open session, moves were afoot to achieve a live and let live settlement in Berlin..

At their secret session the Foreign Ministers were attended by only one adviser each and an authoritative American source described the session as "the most restricted of the conference,"

The Soviet spokesman declared that no decision had been reached on the call made by Mr Andrei Vyshinsky, the Soviet Foreign Minister, for the drafting of a German peace treaty which would provide for the with. drawal of all occupation troops one year after its signature.

The secret session was held

One bandit was killed and In the private office, in the Rose their discussions on the pre- Fairbanks US$135,000; Maureen our captured. Four....revolvers Palace, of M, Robert Schuman, peace treaty, item three on the |

US$108,000; - Tyrone

and Д hand selied.

grenade

develop-

egenda.

ing order, what sort of steps to prevent any dictatorship.

U

Leicestershires Due Here

Tomorrow Morning

The first sizable reinforcements for the Colony's land forces are due in the troopship, Empire Halladale, tomorrow. They are the 1st Battalion, the Royal Leicestershire Regiment.

Also due by the same trooper is a detachment of the 4th Hussars, who come from Malaya where they have been engaged in weeding out jungle terrorists since last September.

The Empire. Hallidale will tie up at Holt's Wharf at 10.30 a.m. tomorrow, and the troops, on disembarkation, will proceed in the first instance to Whitfield Barracks.

An Associated Press message from London says that 1,500 troops of the Argyll and Sutherland High landers sailed yesterday to reinforce the garrison at Hongkong. They left on board the 14,000-ton transport, Empire Trooper.

Congress Presses For Far East Policy

Clarification

Washington, June 12. - Congressional pressure for "clarification" of the United States administration's overall Asiatic policy mounted this weekend in the wake of several significant developments on Far Eastern affairs.

Administration officials promised that Congress would be given an up-to-date and comprehensive picture of general American policy in the Far. East very 8000.

series of Mr Dean Acheson, charged that treaty we showing a peuco;|| Kören uld “that he would ask

O'Hara,

were the French Foreign Minister. Power US$231,027,

A Police rifle lost during an Tonight's

Burprise Arture

Toscanini drew

followed US$102,000 from the National action on June 8 was recovered.ments

There were no Police or informal private talks between Broadcasting Company,

all the Foreign Ministers, civilian casualties.

Chester Gould, cartoonist of Dick Tracy, Hot US$110,702 from the Chicago Tribune and New York News Syndicate.

Others with US$75,000 included:

moro than

Patric Knowler, US$82,541; Charles Laughlen. US$100,000 Phyllis Calvert, US$100,000; Billy Wilder, US$180,000, al) from Paramount Pictures.

Laughton also got US$83,333. from

Vanguard Films incor- porated. Other Incomes:

Fergy Commins, US$82,833; Richard Greene, US$78,060 Anatole Litvak, US$115,250, all

from 20th Century Fox Film Corporation-Associated Press.

EDITORIAL

including Mr Vyshinsky, within the last 24 hours;

BACK

But Strikes Continue

London, June 12-Doc-

in Liverpool,

one

kers of the ports, hit by the striko in support of the Canadian seamen, are to re- turn to work tomorrow. After an hour's talk tonight, the men decided to and the 16-day old strike.

Fifly men who obfected were shouted down. Strike leaders strongly denied the suggestion of the Labour Minister, Mr George Tsanes, that they were "Communist dupes,"

They told the men that it was Jadvisable to return since the Avonmouth dispute was break- ing up and a steamer shifted to Liverpool from there would no | longer be in dispute,

Railwaymen decided to

at Hull elso resume normal Sunday work next Sunday.

Strikers on the North-East Region' rallway link to Scotland, and dockers at Bristol and Liverpool, defled Mr Isaacs who, in a radio speech last night, told them

not to be Communist dupes.

Tho

Cho railwaymen object to new duties which compel them to sleep away from home, and this was the fifth Sunday in succes- sion that they have refused to work the trains.

as

A United States delegation Mr Acheson then walked spokesman said that tonight's over to the secret

French Foreign session was to decide Office and had a talk with the "It is not a question of Ger- at their open session which was what the Ministers will discuss French Foreign Minister, M. many pure and simple which is Schuman, completing the in- involved, but the security of tomorrow scheduled, for

but formal exchanges between the Europe. What we are willing

IN SYMPATHY which they have now agreed hold on Tuesday.

Foreign Ministers,

to do is to consider the problem

Men on the other sections of At the

open session this in the light of the evolution of

the nationalised railway system afternoon the Ministers ended matters in Germany and of the

i have also come out in sympathy progress of the developments The acting Secretary of a broader polley framework for been staged.

the successive strikes bave paration of a new German made in Germany,

State, Mr James Webb, told the Congress if they wanted to

Today, nearly 300 of the mehi, nhen the time-arrives for House Foreign Affairs Com- salvage any of

Germany which is mitteo during

the Korean at depots in the Nowcastle arca, hearings The US. Secretary of State; capable of

on programme,

a vital centre on the North- Russia's argument for an early what the forces for the main-

then know the Secretary of State, Mr Deun The question of United Eastern route, decided to go on peace treaty with Germany was tenance of order

Acheson, to do this as soon as States old for China came into str

striking, Sunday by Sunday, in Germany "as full of propaganda as a dog will be. We can then alt down Foreign Ministers conference Dr Kan

the latter returned from the the spotlight in recent days; S until the lodging proposals is full of flens,' "In fact, I with our three colleagues and in Parts.

Chich-heu, personal withdrawn would say it is all fleas and no carefully consider a date

representative of the acting Some trains got through over MORE THAN SOCIAL

dag,"

which it would be safe for us

President of China, Li Tsung- the system during the day, but The Soviet Foreign Minister's

Hearings on the administra-jen, disclosed that he had pre- the public, afraid of being LONG ARGUMENT to withdraw troops from Ger- tion's request for a US$150,-sented Д dinner with the U.S. Secretary June 12-Three

For four and a half hours the many.

for marooned, stayed at home and request persons were killed and a fourth of State, Mr Dean Acheson, last

000,000 economic rehabilitation American assistance to the on one express from London to want to inake authoritatively re- Big Four argued about

this programme injured seriously

for South Korea struggling Nationalist govern- today when night was

Edinburgh there were only 60 two planes crashed into

I brought into sharp focus the ment. cach ported to have been considerably Soviet Minister's proposal for categoric statement because

passengers, Normally, this "other" at the alrfeld here.

than purely social Cach of the four powers to sub-do not want to get into spherea desire of many-Congressmen

train carries many hundreds mit draft peace treaties for Ger-of propaganda. I am not going for a A former German Junkers occasion.

fuller explanation of NO ENCOURAGEMENT · Later today it was learned transport, coming in for a land-

Mr Ernest Bevin, the British many to the Council within three to play up to the Germans on Asian policy, which could

all oc- this matter.

that 243 enginemen reported guide them in their action on

Dr Kan gave the Department for duty in the North-East re- ing, alde-swiped a Nord-1100 Foreign Secretary, "dropped in" months and withdraw

"I want U.S.cupation troops from Germany that had just laken off with four on Mr Acheson at the

a cate-individual matters,

a plan for the defenco of South-gion, out of a total of 1,532 at passengers aboard.

one year after the treaty was Koric statement of what Bri- Embassy earlier today and was signed.

ern and Western China which all the affected depots, tain's approach is and I think FULLER PICTURE NEEDED he asserted could be effective was many more than last week. This presumably told of the results The Western powers of Mr Acheson's talk with Mr rejected Mr Vyshinsky's pro- put it on record."-Router and have I ought to make it now and

Members of the Railway Vyshinsky last night.

Several members posal without qualification as United Press.

the wore provided. Oficial sources Executive ot Foreign Affairs Committee have privately indicated

which, under na- being unrealistic,

that theytionalisation, now control

the 10ld State Department officials, had given Dr Kan no en-

railways of Britain, met both in open and closed hear-couragement.

London this morning to review Inge, in the past few days that

Plane Disaster

Versalles

The Nord was wrecked, but the Junker succeeded in landing safely-United Press,

more

Value Of Derationing

THE removal of an elaborate system of

consumera

controls from Britain's and manufacturers since the beginning of the year has grently changed the scene at Home. It is now possible to walk into any store and buy clothing, household * linen, blankets and so on without having

to hand over ration coupons.

Yet there has been no rush to buy. Retail sales, according to official statistics, have not increased and traders are more anxious about keeping up sales than about obtaining supplies. A variety of AX- planations are offered for this state of affairs, but the most likely one is that It springs directly from the rigid economic polley which Britain has been following since the end of the war, "Austerity" is not a popular word, but the fact is that the policy was firmly applied and completely successful. The Government's, own estimale is ....that domestic consumption, of goods, and services, after allowing for price changes, was almost exactly the same in. 1948 ma Sin 1947. For the current year It is ex- pected to rise chly by about 241⁄2 percent. So long as money was abundant, con-1, sumption of a large range of articles was controlled by rationing; and many other, "commodities were, in fact, ratloned by various types of control or allocation

· schemes applied at the level of the manu- facturer. Now the country has had over a year of deflationary finance. A huge -budget 'surplus has been collected by: Government. In direct and indirect taxes or duties the State has withdrawn. #from-the income of persons and businesses I several hundred million pounds more than clệ has put back in the form of Govern- 7 ment" expenditure... What was left over “has been used to extinguish publle, debt. This' drain on private finances load at

first to an increased use of savings and capital.. By now the adjustment of lower Incomes has been made and large inroads have been made into capital, both by private individuals and by business firms. It was on this point of the financial squeeze that the Government decided to stage the "bonfire of ration books and'

Tho controls". The timing was correct. artificial restraint of paper-forms has been safely replaced “by the traditional restraint of money. In industry the removal of many allocation controla has been

welcomed mainly for the lightening of paper work. The most recent killing of controls alone was estimated to do away with 1,000,000 forms a year, It has been possible to reduce clerical staffs, both in Government departments and in business. firms. That is a substantial gain, but more important la the revival of flexibility In the Industries concerned. Ever since the early part of the war for nearly 10 years-British Industry has had to run along grooves firmly · Inld down for It. The controls tended' inevitably to judge the rights and claims of each firm ac cording to its performance before the war. And though this danger has long been recognised and the controllers have tried hard to release Industry from the 1938. pattern", some rigidity has remained. In many cases the Brms in a particular ilne, of business resist the allocation of scarce raw materials to newcomers so long as. they themselves are kept short, because they feel they could, make efficient use of more materials themselves. This has been one of the most serious postwar problems of British industry, and it 'le by far the most important effect of the recent decontrolling policy that if goes some way towards restoring industrial: flexibility,

Tho

The French Foreign Minister, M. Robert Schuman. warned that before he could conndor tho withdrawal of troops in Germany he must know what kind of Germany was to exist., The British Foreign Secret- |

Mr Ernest Bevin, Bald preparation of the peace treaty must go hand in hand wilb

to make

Strikers

Guarantees

on

new

sumcient American ald

80 SHIPS HELD UP In the dock kiriko ́ ́at Liver.

gave

Omelais still dismissed as the position. -Ask they would not be able to vote "unfounded" rumours that the in favour of Korean ald or any United States was, reconsider- other measures affecting the ing the possibility of a limited pool, which is holding up over Far East until they had a better ald programme to help the Na- 80 ships, dockers general idea of United States tionalists defend Southwestern ference to food, ships, handling pro- policy in that area.

China. Sources close to State Department sald such a repetition of what occurred the a variety of cargoes to avold Republican Representative plan was not under considera-last week, when one ship, had assurances that security would strikers to accept the proposed į among the first to stale this at- Congressional and other pre- States with her holds fun

Frances Bolton of Ohio was tion, but they indicated that if to sail back to the United illude when she remarked that sure for aiding the Nationalists On the Empresa of Francs, Congress was being asked to ap-became aufficiently intenso

it which arrived from Canada prove Far East policy "piece might be necessary to review few days ago, men swarmed what the general policy is". meal" without having "any idea the situation in order to salvage on board to discharge several

(some other portions of the ad-thousand tons of grain.

ministration programme.

ship in duo to sail for Canada United Press.

on TuesdayReuter. ¿

be safeguarded.

Berlin, June 13-The Western Lord Mayor of Berlin, Mr Ernst Reuter, today urged the rallway terms of settlement and end the who strike.

Acceptance of settlement terms has also been compromise urged by the Western Commandants.

Allied

At a

up a prace

It was Bir Acheson pointed a finger at Mr Vyshin- sky and accused him of pre- pagandising Mr Acheson said it was pointless to talk about a peace treaty before there was

In a subsequent closed hear- unification of

ing on. Koren ald, other repro- Anyone drawin treaty.

meeting here today sentatives joined in demanding Germany in present strikera' delegates passed a re-a fuller picture before voting

·with conditions would be drawing up solution asking the Western on specific measures, a fantastic document," said Mr. Allles for these guarantees: Committee sources, sald

this Acheson. "Acceptance of the Soviet document would be a

(1) West sector rallwaymen Aned to the Republican oppo- critical attitude was not con- cruel illusion for millions of on West sector stations and were found to be joining it.

shall in future be employed only sillon, but many Democrats ermans.

have a very grave rea

trains... ponsibility to the world. Many

Some Republican Committee (2) East sector and zone rail-sources asserted that the Korean millions of lives depend upon waymen who took part in the afd measure appeared doomed.

this treaty is concluded. strike shall also be employed

Administration

officials To use it as the plaything of solely in the West sectors.

ad- itted. They were under propaganda is a partime I do not want to join."

searching and

how

**4 +(3). All arrested strikers questioning. They believed, how POLICY STATEMENT

should be released immediately. over, that they would be able For Britain, Mr Bevin made a

(4) All dismissed

to relate the Korean request to statement on British policy on Union members, should be re-factory manner and secure ap- UGO general Aslan polley in a satis the withdrawal of troops.

Instated; He declared that a withdrawal (5) A'. spécial" West sector

proval of the Korean aid blu.” from Germany could not be railway police corps should be considered until it was absolutely formed and Soviet-controlled sure that security safeguards railway police should be banned were, satisfied.

Contrary to the assumption that Mr. Vyshinsky had made, ho had not accepted: the Soviet proposals on, the preparation of German peace treaty, Mr Bevin added.

The following is a fuller ver-

The

S'hai Reds May Charter Foreign Steamers

Shanghái, June 18-The Shanghai Military Commission is considering a scheme to charter. foreign steamers for shipment of vital commodities to this city from other areas under the People's Government, according to press reports today.

The goods to be shipped hero action having been taken to comprise about 200,000 tons of the Yangiso; River had been from other Uberated areas will determine whether the mouth of coal, three to five million cattles mined. of edible oil, and from 60 to 100 Although an inspection team million catties of cereals cach is reported to have salled down month.

the Yangisq to investigate

The Bureau further hot

hopes to whether the raiding is real or

will

"INCONSISTENT!! Some Congressmen asserted from the Western sectors that the administration was Reuter,

being "inconsistent" in seeking Day for the charter not with imaginary, a marins authority

exchange economic aid for Korea and at foreign

but with Bald an Inspection from any tho same time

wltidrawing ket in the areas concerned.

goods which have a ready mar- distance would not reveal any- EDEN RECOVERS

American troops from that

thing because of the muddy. country, · They wore joined by

The

waters of the Yangtse. of foreign He declared that minesweep- London, June 12-The British Taited States would merely be negotiated through the Naviga

critics who asserted that the flagged RICAMATA Won of what Mr Bevin wald: deputy Opposition leader, Mr building up South Korea

being still remained the only way "I want to make the United Anthony Eden, who collapsed the Russians.

Ilon for.

Bureau of the Millary to determine whether

there Kingdom delegation's position at a United Nations Association

Control Commission under terma

werd any mines, quite clear. We are not ready to rally in Warwick yesterday, told

Korean, hearings continually which will not violate the The Milliary Control Come commit ourselves to any time or a friend here today that he was broadened into general die bavigation rights of the countries mission has been meeting con perlod for the withdrawal of "completely fit again"

cussion of Asian policy with concerned, days to consider the situation stantly during the past four troopsdata

50ke the rest of us silting at quite wolls Howald that his questions regarding American charter, foreign stramera was lack of proper equipament.

The friend said, "He looked numerous Committeerien saking The

The reason for the picn to but was handicapped by this table, we have had two wars collapse was due to landing in policy in China, Southeast Asia reported to be the shortage of The China Merchants with Gormanswer want to the very strong sunsafe for and Japan. It was this tendency available know what sort of Germany it inore than an hours and that he which was said to have conversa bunge NI

going to be what work of war noi completely, at gain vinced administration oficiais Shan that remains cloted methods there will be for keeps, Reuter

ring that they would have to provide neth day without any nurinito past

the

Ni port)

not take her

at the danger area Baule