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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1950.

Toscanini's Busman's Holiday

Hoover warns against Red 5th column in U.S.

HALF MILLION THOUGHT TO BE FERRETING OUT ATOM SECRETS

Washington, June 8.-The FBI director, J. Edgar Hoover, has told Congress that unprecedented numbers of Communists are seeking vital American atomic, military and industrial secrets. He asked for more agents to ferret out a "potential Fifth Column of 540,000 people.'

Mr Hoover told the Senate Appropriations ATTACK ON sub-committee, in testimony made public today,

that subversive Communists were more active now than the Nazis and Fascists ever had been during

JUNKS NEAR World War II.

Ife and he needed more sonal history, activilles, associa- contacts and length of I membership."

of the Communi:t}'

to. Investigate

Mr Hoover and all these

had made uctivilles

itzelf

HONGKONG agents because 54,000 avow-ons,

ed Reds and almost 500,000 He sold the 13-man Executive Taipeh, June 8.-A Na-sympathisers were using Committee tionalist naval communique every trick they could to Party had set up a three-man

ab-committee on Thursday reported that hinder legal activities. at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Na- He said the Communirts had tionalist naval units patrol-gon: underground, used "double ling the Lap-Sap-Mel sen talk" and Jane In the Wanshan island own loyalty purge to make theifficult for the FBI to main- FBI's check on then more dif- bun its sources of information group near Hongkong, en-acult.

ndd:d

that they in the Praty.

"Party checking their

records have countered three Inden Chin- were even

destroyed or removed to clan- ese Communist junks at-member Central Committee.

Secret He said some Reds hid behind destine hiding places.

cover of darkness the Sam Mon and Halchow islands which are still held by the Nationalists.

all

He

had Instituted their

13-

Arturo Toscanial the world famous maestro, takes a busmon's holiday and conducts a hand which is using foy guitars, wash fubs, a clarinet and kazoos, The the United States at Sun Valley, Idaho. conductor stopped on his tour of

it more KING'S BIRTHDAY

been

London dons mantle of pageantry

the

to

the

roya

tempting to attack under diplomatic sports and in printing facilities and supplica some instances they might very have been secreted for future well be employed as clerka er underground operations. Trans- in some minor capacity in a for-ters of Party members from one to another nre con- eign establishment, but actually district Cave orders to the higher-ups, holled through the use of an

London, June 8.-London put The communique suid two

elaborate identißration system."

on its annual mantle of pageantry PRESERVE SECURITY with Junks

were sunk,

IN INDUSTRIES

today

the King's honour aboard killed. The other junk | Mr Hoover said the FBI must

11 sald 48 percent of Parly ofcial birthday and Thousands excoped in the darkness.

expand its work

to "preserve membership was in the base packed the parade ground for

in the internal security According to an army intel- Dur

Industry of the United States. annual trooping of ligence report on Thursday, the event of emergencies, He Bald The activities, he ackled, were colours. Chinese Communists

The King's recently Soviet sympathisers were after most concentrated in New York,

troop of Artillery fired a 41-g moved a large number of troops information on atomic research, New Jersey, Calo, J'ennsyl-horse and henvy equipment from radar, jet propulsion, coastal

"In this manner they wou with their helmets sparkling

500 rolliers of Central China Into the Swatow-mapa, military reports, biologi van'a, California and Michirannyal salute in Hyde Park as 1.- of household cuva'z Amoy orea Ju preparation cal warfare and Industrial re-be able to rabotage essential for Darmault en Formosa sources.

the sun an red tunic quard industry in vital defence areas United Press.

He said the job of dealing in the event of national emer-paraded before Kint George, with native-born

The weather was balmy with Communists geney," he warned. and sympathizern was much He said also that the Com- light breeze-pericet tropin

steppi more dileuit than the wartime entraists recently

21 up day and only handlu of Job of curbing Nazi agents, their activities in the steel, guards and specta or: fintel. since espionage laws were in-heavy machinery, mining, com- The King drove to the horse tended mainly to deal withmunications, transportation, elec. guards parade from Buckinghan alicus.

trical ant maritime industries-Palace in an open hors-draw

then sat on a Landau,

chair The Heils were also stirring United Press.

the up civil rights agitation in

placed on a small platform

Princess Eliza. Mr 1Inover continued.

the march past. ¡outh,

beth, goon to be a mother fur hed out

at the Jerily

second time, watched the Left Wing! Lawyers

mony from a nearby window as de the

Q. 83-year ski Mouer Mary Queen Elizbejs and Princess Margaret watched from van age point behind h reviewing standUnited Press

Dramatic Rescue From

Air Tragedy

He

Guild NEW MOVES

London, June 8.-British aying it had allowed itself

and American aircraft were mard my a

Founding board he

still searching the North for Communist actions, and BY SOVIET

Sen tonight for four men accuse it at trying to have him missing from the Americanusted from his job since 1949.

COING UP

London. June

8. Oh

Superfortress which crash- According to Mr Hoover, the servers here today inter- "orbit at Communist control" preted Moscow's decision to han Increased from ene.

Com- seventh of

work's replace the Soviet population in 1917 one mandant in Berlin and con-

ed into the sea last night.

Two men who had been kept affont throughout the night by their Mae Wenn were rescued today by British naval craft and the calm sen bas kept alive hopes that the four still missing may yet be found.

Four Lurvivors and three bodies have so far been found

The

to

Mr Strachey

third of the world's populatien trol Commission representa- Leaves For

ONE - 10

that

"Even though there are only

un

of the Communist bloe's peace campaign."

England

korig.

Ho

Cheerful

the Mr Trygve Lie, Sceretary General of the United Nations caught in cheerful mood.

TELLING THE

RUSSIANS WHAT'S WHAT

Washington, June 8.- The United States told Rus-

sin in a note today that General Douglas MacArthur. Supreme Allied Commander in Japan, has full authority to parole Japanese convicted of war crimes by American

military or international tri- bunals.

The American note mid that 1:0 Russian protest

WYJA

apparently based on the "fun- damental error" that a parole meant an alteration in the^sen- lences.

"A parole in in no cenne an allciation of a sentence, but n permission by the appropriate authority for the convicted cri- nual to serve part of his sen- tence outside prison under cer tain conditions and controls and *ubject to being returned to prison for serving the remain. der of the sentenco if the con- lions of parole are violated," the American nulo said. ficuler.

Prague Treason Trial Ends

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Prague, June 8, Four Czechoslovaks were sentenced to death and four to hard labour for life when the treason and espionage trial ended | KOWLOON SUB-DISTRICT here tonight.

The remaining five of the 13. Czechs received sentences of hard labour ranging from 15 years to

28 years.

all

The State court found dant)

13 had heen kuilty of charges of high treason and espionage.

The court, where eight days' proslons were considered by observers here as a signal for further notion against Western embassies in Prague, found that

the

accused had conspired to overthrow the Czechoslovak Republic, that they had been in Powers contact with foreign

directly and indirectly and had delivered State ccrets to forein Powers nud had per

Jap Reds threaten strike

Tokyo, June 8.-Japan's 34 Communist members of Parliament said today that they would fight against "colonisation" of Japan Those senteneed to death in despite efforts of Genern' eluded ono woman, Dr (Mrs) | MacArthur and the Janan- Milada. Horakova, 48, former

mitted acts of espionage

Meicber of Parliament, who se government against pleaded guilty. She was sald Communist activities.

to have organised a network of They said they would fight

und underground

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espionage all "intrigues" at the approach- PHOTOGRAPHS

Copics

of

ps and to

have s'nt 'bn- | ing session of Parliament, portant reports to America,

One Communist member re- pented the Communist threat to Another woman, Mrs Antonie į call a national general sırıke.

photographe Kefuckova, 40, got hard labour

Workers at four Tokyo auto- for life nodu third,

Miss nobile factories held a one-hour taken by the South China Frantiska Zetinova, 67, whit:- strike against the arrest of two haired editor, got 20 years hard union workers arrested for or- Morning Post and Hong Kong ganising a demonstration de- apite the government United Press.

Libour.

All three women were former Members of Parliament.

today. The FBI chief bald in- tives with civilians as fur-; tensification of Communism and

ther steps towards the underground activity in United States had increased pro- eventual separate pence be portionately.

tween Russia and Germany.

Blamey Rumoured The two men rescued taday "If we are to preserve our in-

The turning over to civilians temal

The Secretary of State for unity in times of emel of the Soviet Control Authority been to have were reported

Picked For Japan Strachey, lef it incumbent

is swimming throughout the night | Kenity,

In Germany, besides bringing War, Mr John

air for London In line with Hongkong by with the help of their inilator- the identities of those who work the Eastern zone

Sydore Jean - The Mr ngainst the peace and security the three Wester zones, was this morning, after completing Ilfebelts.

id today: "There is specula- Newspapermen were barred of America de established. In line with the general policy is tour of Mainya and Hong-

Ban now th by creating Sir The 13 defendants were fe- And

Erlet becurity measures

by Theman WAS accompanied

Bromcy Fild Mar ha tenced to the loss of all property were enforced when the Brl-

and the lors of their civic rights. tish trawler, Warren, docked at 54,174 members of the Party, the It was, observers here agree, Major-Gen. H. Redman, Direc- the Government proposes to c

bim t

Jags an Ambresador. The accused men, Holda, a Lowestoft shortly after dawn net remains that the Party calculated to appeal to German for of Military Operations

former factory owner, was ined with two survivors and the leaders themselves boast that, opinion and might prove a pre- the War Office, and his private His new rank would put him on

Mr W. Geraghty. an equal footing with his ole | 500,000 crowns, Krizek, legal ad- an unn med lieutenant. for every Party member, there fide for a renewed Soviet move body

at

frient Mr Strachey others who follow the to ensure the withdrawal of all Tak by General Sir John General MarArthur United and colleue in charĘ. see. off at

viser

Embassy, Unked Stater Air Force are fen

For th -Allied Occupation. was fined 150,000 crowns. officers awaited Its

arrival at Purly line and who are ready, occupation forces,

The others were fined smaller Harding, Commander-in-Chief and able to do will n

the the jetty.

Cominform resolution, ob- Far East Land Forces, Major-

amounts.-Reuter. The skipner of the Warren, Party's work.

ers reentied, cigned by all Gen G. C. Evans, action GOC. other words, there. Is reent

the Mr J. W. Bridge, said that his

Eastern potential fifth coluinn of 540-concerned in which left ship,

port only

German peace CJ.R. Dawson, ADC to flis yesterday afternoon, wat an people dedicated to this treaty, Included commenda- Excellency the Governor.

tion for an early peace treaty General Harding later took philosophy."

Mr floover said the

recent will the Soviet-sponsored East off in a CPA plane for Singa- Communist German conviction

Government by

Im- pore via Salgon, the Parly plication

but the nie- recognised

the craft turd best shortly after

her way to fishing grounds when flurcs were seen through the lazc.

"In

000

of

Steaming to the spot they leaders had driven

A s:rvers

Eecretory,

Powers directly-Chief, Hongkong, and M

came across two rubber dinghies le concentrated underground Government of all Germany. ause the starboard engin In one of which they found the netivity and iwo survivors.

The plane left about two hours Inter after repairs.

no Party card and the subsequent withdrawal had developed a fault. Tied to this were issued in 1949 or 1950. He of aft that maintenance of Reuter. was the second dinghy with the added

membership records also had body-Reuter.

beca discontinued.

Unsung?

INVESTIGATES ITSELF "To counteract the FUI's San Francisco, June 8.-Forty-penetration of the Commanisi one industrial representatives Party, its lenders have exta- from Hongkong and Koelson blished K far-reaching and have arrived in Tientsin, Peking vigorous loyalty programme of Raja reported tonight.

13 owo, culling for the The industrialists are on their fablishment of ofeers for the way to Manchuria to study in-thorough investigation of each dustry there, It added.--Retter. member of the Party as to per-

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No more funds for technical aid

Lake Success, June 8.-The United Nations has received so many requests for technical assis- tance from under-developed countries that many cannot be granted until new funds become available.

This was disclosed today in a report by the Secretary-General, Mr Trygve Lie, on this aspect of the activities of the United Nations up to date.

Mr Lie said: "The sums under the 1951 Budget or from required to meet the requests a special account of voluntary for technical assistanos thus far pantributions to be established In 1950 again exceed by far by the Teclinical Assistance the avaliable funds.

Conference, duo to open next "The exact amount provided werk. for the purposes, apart from administrative

The

expenses

was

Up to the present. Mr Lie has heen. obliged to inform many Governments that, pending the receipt of further funds, "addi- Anancial compliments

$808.420 in 1950: compared with $230,620

report, la, that many requests could not be undertaken and received from under developed that acilon upon their requests comtri111that be granted must, therefore, he deferred for until: fundy - become available |the present."--Reuter.

400041, og to the tonal

occupation foreza

SIDE GLANCES

Prees.

to the British

Russians will

start a war

not

Washington, June 8.-Senator Robert Taft,

of Ohio, leader of the Republican Party, today de-

By Galbraithclared that the United States should be ready to

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With the exception of the pean Recovery Programme end- arms given to Britain, the Amerl-ed he would be willing to con- cap Government "cannot be sure sider further economic ald for that the arms given to European other countries, but countries can or will be used against Russia,”

"I shou'd

hope to get the figure down to $1.000 mlillon or $2000 million to be provided for the most part Senator Taft said that aby private capital."--Reuter, Japanese peace treaty should be concluded soon-becauso wi’h- out one the situation within Japan might begin to go against American interests."

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"Giving in to McCarthyism"

Washington, June 8-Willlora Remington today declared that was innocent of the perjury charges brought against him by

Grand Jury in a Federal

New York,

The Commerce Department official relterat that he was not and never had been a Com- manist

Or Communist sympathiser. His lawyer de- clared that the Remington in- dictment "means the administra- on has decided that the way fight McCarthyism is to give in to 11."-United Press.

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