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Amnesty For Prisoners In Yugoslavia

Belgrade, Dec. 27. — The Yugoslav Interior Minister, Alexander Rankovic, asked today for a "mass movement" to strengthen Yugoslavia's anti- aircraft and air raid defences. In a speech before the Yugoslav Parliament, which lasted for more than an hour, Rankovic also announced that the Government will grant an amnesty to more than 7,000 prisoners,

Attempted Escape From Prison Van

Calentia, Dec, 21.--Two prisoners were killed, and

several others received

bullet injuries. when pri- soners being carried in a closed police van in North Calcutta suddenly tell upon their guards in an attempl to escape.

The prisoners, who word being carried from Dum Dum. on the northeastern outskirts, to Howrah, to central Calentia, attempted to snatch rifles from the fuards, and in the ensuing soutile shots were fired,

The driver, hearing the shooting within the VII. drove at top speed to the nearest hospital where the van was opened and the Injured admitted. Two of the prisoners were found to be dead-Reuter.

US Airmen Safe Near Tsingtao

Washington, Dec. 27. Two United States

naval flyers who have been miss- ing for 14 months are being held near Tsingtao in Com- mmunist China and are safe and well, according to Chin- c80 Communist reports.

The flyers, Elmer Bender and William Smith, disappeared on a flight from Tsingtao.

The State Department today announced that the Communist Foreign Affairs Bureau Tsingtan during the first week of December Informed United States Consul, Hawthorne, that the men were well in the largest base just Communist military

safe and

outside Tringtao.

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Carl

"Delay in the receipt of this due to lack of radio

with

United the

report wa communications

States oficials in State Department telegrams to their next of kin

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The Department press *pokes

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He said that the Comin- form had confused the workers of the world with ila attacks on Communist | Yugoslavia, and emphasised that there are no internal disturbances in Yugoslavia, Over 1,500 persons impri- soned for Cominform sym- pathies, have been released In recent months,

Stoce 1944, flankovic gald. 17,810 prisoners have been set free, of whom 3,403 will have released this year. Besides been that, the government making preparations to set free an ad- ditional 7,305 condemned since the liberation.

tave

further

detaljn of the amnesty 1 ts speech. On national security he said: "Up to now, about halt a million people have been irnined

Included In

and thus

uni of the pansive desenco (air rald), but this Activity must be must be made into

movement."

Ho mid that

special instruc- tion courses and lectures will

10

state

in organised throughout the

Οι country.

security, Hankovic mid that he believed the Cominform leaders are "not quite convinced that they could bring Yugoslavia to her knees quickly.

STATE SECURITY

lie added: "The methods of will remain vur state security

human and not bureaucratic. The strength of our state security les in the fact that is in strug- the welfare of gling for the prouple who support 11. The Cominform ส very surprised that Yugoslavia could endure for

tog."

41

He then quoted statistics show that crimos in Yugoslavia are on the decrease,

Rankovic concluded his ad- dreas by declaring that the Com- inform

had ogdin

Frantz

"failed cock, Minister of Heavy Industry, was speaker. Parliament

the next convened

on Monday to discuss the 1950 hudget and

and other state business.

It expires on January 31, 1950.

Leskoshick sald that Hungary, Rumania, and the Soviet Union

Yugoslavia a uwe

a total of 320,- 171,000,000 dinars for goods

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1949.

Mayor Takes A Wife Peking To

Mayor William O'Dwyer of New York slips the ring on the third finger, left hand of Miss Elizabeth Sloan Simpson during the wedding ceremony at St Joseph's Church, Stuart, Florida. Left to right are David Martin, best man, Mayor O'Dwyer, Miss Simpson and Mrs Edward Bernecker, matron of honour. (AP Picture).

Professional Team Offers

Advice To

Marriage-minded

Copenhagen, Dec. 27.—Bofore you finally docide to

Establish National

Trade Unions

San Francisco. Dec. 27.— The Chineso Communist

radio said that 10 national trade unions will bo set up in Chinn before May Day, 1960, to bring Communist China's labour organisation into line with nation-wide economic planning, now that virtually the entire Chinese sub-continent has been unifi- ed under the Peking Com munist Government.

The broadcast referred to a clrcular by the Ali-China Federation of Labour, instrue- ung trade unions throughout China to establish such national trade unions before May 1980,

According to the circular, the following groups of workers will be organised on a national Menle: railway. postal and telegraph, seamen, lextile, fuel, metallurgical industries (which Includes armaments), food, education, publishing and printing, and transport.

POCKET CARTOON

Now there's a bit of capital expenditure that could do with a cut-every morning regular it comes to fetch im and every evening it brings 'im 'ome?"

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New York, Dec. 27-M of WALTER MITTY"

Agency

NOW UNIFIED "China is now a unified coun- Try

" slates tho All-China Samuel Goldman, Chairman Federation of Labour circular, of the American section of "And there will be nation-wide the Jewish Agency. for plans for economy, production, Palestine, left today on his management, and a wage systern. way to Jerusalem to attend It is therefore essential to Hava national trade umions

meeting on through which the workers of the entire January 12 concerning next nation can voice their opinion. year's

and Immigration Thus, the working class and the

colonisation programme. trade unions сап contribute more in the work of construc- Llon

Through these trade unions, the cultural and technical level. as well as the class-conscious

He said that immigration to Israel in 1950 would probably not reach the 1949 sure of 200,000. Most Jews from dis- placed persons camps in Ger can be many had been dealt with, while Jews in Eastern European coun- tries were not allowed to leave,

ness of the workers, raised, and the fixing of a na tlonal unified wage system and workers' welfare regulations in every trade can be facilitated."

United Press.

marry the girl, have a good look at her mother and the RAIN EASES

girl should have a good look at her future father-in-law. This advice is contained in a book entitled "So You Are Going To Cat Married" (VI Skal Giftes), published hero this month (December).

of engagement and

WATER-SHORT

Written by Д team of various aspects of the prob. NEW six professional men and flems women, the book sets out marriage. in considerable detail the

HO CHI MINH

BROADCASTS

TO FRENCH

YORK

The 1950 total' might reach 300,000 the East permitted the Jews there to leave, but this was not likely.

Discussing the internation alisation of Jerusalem, Mr Gold- man declared that thị United Nations decision on this question was "very unrealistic and un- wise".

"The United Nations should never decide anything they can not put through," he said.

COMPROMISE HOPE

New York, Dec. 27.- In its foreword, the book has Rainfall during the past 24 the old Russian problem: "Be-hours added "some four fore you go to war, pray

"I can only hope that during once: days' supply" of water to the the next few months a compro- Before you go to sen, pray elty's reserve, officials estimise can be worked out to in- twice: Dut before you get

mated today, and Commis-ternationalise the Holy Places of married, prny thrice."

in a chapter headed "If Mar-sioner Stephen Carney said Jerusalem in which Israel will

Το inge Is

Last," a doctor there would be no more cuts be of accord," writes: "One should see one's until after the New Year. future

Mr Goldman, who is travelling mother-in-law before

Carney cautioned New Yor-in the liner le De France will Anally deciding. The girl, on kera, however, to continue to fly from Le Havre to Jerusalem. her part, should Insist on getting save water and suggested that to know her future father-in- they add

ww,"

Dec. London,

27. - Ho

Although one foes not marry Chi-minh, leader of the pro- the other's party's family. the

that to their list of Another passenger in the Ilo.

De France was Mrs Samuel New Year resolutions.

Rainfall

fur the 24-hour Halpern, President of Hadassah, 3,910,000,000 golions of supply. States.

the United organisation Carney said.

ins The storage reservoirs stood at 34.8 percent

received, while Yugoslavia hng Communist Vietminh forces doctor sys, it is vital to know / Period resulted in an increase of the largest Hebrew charitablo

which

to co-

paid 424,024,000 dinar in ad in Indo-China, has called on vance to the Soviet Union and the French people other Eastern European Cou

for tries,

Yugoslavia operate with his movement received nothing-United Press. ¦ in a bid to schleve peace in

Indo-China, according Moscow Radio.

10 DROWNED

3

to

He was quoted

As saying: IN RHINE

"On our part, we shall launch

counter-offensive 10

expel Duesseldorf, Dec. 27.- Ten

colonisers from our land." propiu, aged between 18 and 28, were drowned in the Rhine last Moscow Radio, monitored night when a small boat cap-here, said he made his demand sized while crossing the River. in an address to the French

Six olers also „board were

peoule, broadcast by the radio rescuer,

station "Voice of South Viet- nom." Moscow Radle did not

when the breadcast

party, according to thes police, had come from a Christ- Na, veicornion and was trying Cu cross the Rhine in a boal built for eight people only.

Strong currents in the middle of the river caused it to over- turn, the police said,

say

made.

one'a

in

the backgrund of one's partner. in this way, it is possible to get

She said that during her five- an impression of how

of the capacity, or about 88,056,-)week visit to Israel she planned bethrothed is likely to develop 000,000 gallons. A year ago the to see the medical work being and how he or she will look at supply in reserve was 121,537,- done

in

the six hospitals the silver wedding.

000,000 or 40 percent of the operated by Hadassah, She CARELESS RAPTURE capacity.

would also attend the misting A thorouen understanding of Meanwhile, scientists as of the Jewish Agency, of which each other's character and fiults sembled in this water-short city she is the only woman member.

-Reuter. is vital to any lasting marriage, | debunked fears that the world The doctor adds,

is running out of water and Any false Ideas of the care sald that oceans can be A less rapture of engagement are source of supply. dispelled in a chapter

written

SALT WATER

Dr Howard Meyeroff, geolo- administrative, secre- tary of the American Associn-

by a lawyer. Ploughing through any conception of starry-eyed gist and evenings amid soft lights and sweet muste, the lawyer opens tlon for with: was

Science,

tujure date,"

the Advancement of said that sclence has taken machines

to

mental stage."

Dr Moycroft

Cingulate staff is now awaiting

"An engagement is an agree... | nlready transportation to Shanglial and eventual departure from China,

Ho's message sinrted: HAS ment between D Myan and a convert salt water for drinking of the experi- The Deportment

said it in

you know, in pursuance of their woman to get married at some purposes "out trying to get more information

selfish interests, French colui- about Smith and Bender

and

have already fur four He concludes wi h the ob- to effect

also speculated their release." The

years been The bodies of the drowned against our people. They have

waging an ugly war servation that if

the engage that atomic energy may in the Department did not reveal how

have not been recovered yet. perpetrated,

ment is for some reason broken future be used as fuel or heat the report was transmitted to

and continue 10 off the parties have a legal for distilling salt water. He the United States.

Reuter. It was the

perpetrate, terrible crimes in right to demand he return of said the chemical technique of Communists' first official ad-

our country.

any presents given On lesion that they were holding

the conversion probably will remain the fliers-United Press.

TUC MOVE

TO CURB

PROFITS

London, Dec. 27. --The 8,000,000-member Trade Union Congress today called for a thorough Government check on excessive profits in industry to complement ita wn drive to curb inflation by holding wages down.

In a 5,000-word report on woges policy, the TUC said, its General Counell would convey to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, its views on "exceptionally high profits which are likely to be made in certain Industries as an indirect result of devaluation."

The General Council are of the opinion that insufficent Jattention is being given by sections of industry to the noca for avoiding excessive

Larg

wages, the

General

profile." On. Council modo, no suggestion for a standstill on wage earnings, but expressed the hope that "as produc ivityIncreases, the earnings of a large section of work people will be increased” ·

United FresRS,

Elephant Charges Terrorists

He said that every year "over understanding that the marriage too expensive, but the evapora-

2010 runes from your would take place.-Router.

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are squandered on

thi hopeless war". Medan, Sumatra,

"French Dec. 27.-

people. let us join Trumpeting loudly, a wild ele- our efforts and try to win our phant charged a group of ler- common aim of pence, Increase rorists attacking rubber estate the scope of the actions you guards near Tentara, according have been taking thus far, de- 10 prens reports, which stated mand that the war be ended at that as the terrorists were closing once and that your youth be

"The

in on the hardpressed guards, sent back horie." the elephant, which had been

reactionary colonisers wounded in the first exchange will be defeated and our peoples of ride fire, charged the rear of will be able to shake hands in the attackers. killing one and an a mosphere of peace and routing the rest-Reuter,

fraternity."United Press

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"Mrs Harman was here today.".

Remember the kitten we gave Bobby for Enster?”

Six-year-old Breadwinner

Unemployed

tion technique is being im- praved, He said that scientists are approaching the point where the conversion of sea water into fresh is almost as economical as pumping fresh water long dis- tances and altitudes.

Predictions on the future usa of salt water were made by Dr Meyeroff, Dr Nelson

Sayer.

chief of the ground water divi- sion of the United States Geo- logical Survey, and Dr Thom- dike Saville of New York Uni- Paris, Dec. 27.-Six-year-annual meeting of the Society versity, They are attending the old Nicole Vaissiere, top here.-United Press. breadwinner of her family, DRENCHED, BUT HAPPY is unemployed today because New York, Dec. 27-Now Yorkers today were drenched-

a French judge. ruled that but happy. The city, critically big snakes are not proper short of water, had its heaviest peta for little girls.

downpour of rain since Nicole drew crowds daily to spring.

Inst

It

the family sideshow in Mont- With the rain came heat. martre to watch. her play with was New York's hottest Dece}f=" her Bve-foot Brazilian python, ber 27 on record, the tempera- As a feature of the act, she put ture reaching 60 degreca the shake's head in her mouth. Falirenhelt

The judge said that must: Officials said supplies in the stop.

reservoir systems Vaisatere, Nicole's city's two bi 11,000,000 gallons. father, protested that the snake-Router.

Marcel

was harmless. "Besides," he

sald, think anything would like Nicole."

When the judge stood Arm

Valssi re shrugged his shoulders and said he guessed the family's

Store Fire In East Berlin

Berlin, Dec. 27-Four persona

travelling show would make out were killed and five Injured in

somehow.

a fire in an East Berlin depart-

To keep out of trouble with ment; storo, the Soviet“ sector, the courts, he said, the family city government announced to- probably would leeve Nicole day egg INS In Paris with friends when it'

**It said the five broke out

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