1951-03-30 — Page 2

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1951.

Your guess is as good as ours as to how the young lady got into the bottle. But Laureen O'Dea, the 19-year-old redhead, is quite norimally proportioned when

she dances at London's Windmill Theatre.

Women Pay Tribute To

Ivor Novello

London, Mar. 29. Hundreds of women besieged St. Martin's Church in Central London today for the memorial service of Ivor Novello, Bri- tain's musical comedy king, who died earlier this month.

JUST A TRIFLE Bulwark

OPTIMISTIC

Washington, Mar. 29. The Navy indicated today that Senator Warren Magnuson (Democrat) was somewhat optimistic when he predicted that atomic-powered sub- marines would be ready for gervice next year,

Senator Magnuson, who made the forecast at a recent news conference in San Fran-1 cisco, also said that a "small model of the atom sub is in operation.?

Information

pealed out from the great organ can possibly have it." United

of St. Martin's.--Reuter.

Press.

For Right Of

Free Speech

WEST ANXIOUS TO GET THREE POINTS CLEARER

Paris, Mar. 29.

Western diplomats believed tonight that a Big Four Foreign Ministers' conference almost certain- ly would take place this year but they still saw little chance of its bringing about a cold war settle- ment in Europe.

The three-and-a-half-week-old log jam on the agenda for a Big Four meeting appeared suddenly to have been cracked open by the compromise pro- posal tossed in by Mr Andrei Gromyko of Russia. That dropped Russia's previous rigid insistence that the Big Four should discuss German demili- tarisation separately and as their most urgent problem.

The Western deputies' general reaction was that it was promising and agreement on

the agenda for the Big Four QUEUILLE

should now be possible, even though they had little hope the Foreign Ministers themselves would reach a settlement.

One Western delegation spokesman commented: "We must admit the Russians have met us half way. This leaves us with no alternative but to trynow for full agreement on the agenda. However, the general tone of Mr Gromyko's The Economic Committee at speech last night, before he in- the conference of America Retroduced the new proposal, was as aggressive as anything publics received an Ecuadorean

he has ever said before. It resolution today guarantee that

seeking to showed again how wide apart distribution of the East and West still are on newsprint would not be cur- all basic issues." tailed in such a way as to threaten the freedom of the

press.

Washington, Mar, 29.

Squads of police and mount- were hard ed reinforcements pressed to control crowds who overflowed across the road out-

available here side the church.

it will be at

This reminded delegates that Inside the packed church-indicated that which Was decorated with least two years, possibly five, newsprint limitation was one of joint the the first trouble's ecountered by atomic subs Spring flowers stage, stars before knelt with servants and film fleet,

La Prensa, the Buenos Aires with actresses shared pews

shut down newspaper recently A Navy spokesman said to- suburban housewives in a final tribute to Novello.

day that no one knows" just by the Peron Government. As the mourners came out of when atomic subs will be ready

The Ecuadorean resolution, the church into the sunlight, but we are working on it and

which did not specifically men- Novello's best loved tunést will be ready as soon as we

on La Prensa, would ask the American Republics to promise that governmental measures for the distribution and transport of newsprint are to be applied for the purpose of rendering service to the press as an expression of respect for the rights of man, "without preference or limita

which might adversely affect the liberty of the press." The preamble said: "The scarcity of newsprint seriously affects normal development of organs of the press in the American countries, a bulwark for the right of free speech. It is necessary to join forces in giving every facility to the newspapers of America în order

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tions

that they may take part in the

struggle against the infiltration of 'doctrines injurious to the

democratic system in the New World"-United Press.

BOYCOTT BY HOTELIERS

TO ACT AS

ARBITER

Paris, Mar 29. The Prime Minister, M. Henri Queuille, today agreed to the All-Union Strike Com- mittee's request to act as arbiter tonight in the dead- locked strike situation that has crippled Paris public transport for 14 days.

The Western delegates still

Observers, were more opti- were far from satisfied with the mistle about this than previous new Soviet proposal on agenda meetings, because the strikers iterns and they were determined

used 'the word "arbitration" to have full light thrown on a

for the first time. This gave accept hope that they would number of major questions. One time to sign on the dotted line.” diplomat said, "It is still not M. Queuille's conclusions.

The Strike Committee has so THREE POINTS

Far held out for a 25

per cent Points which the West still wage boost, whereas the Gov- wanted to have made clear in-ernment offered a 12% per cent. cluded:

rise.

1 The Russians will not in- The Minister of Transport, sist, at the Foreign Ministers' M. Antoine Pinay, also agreed to receive tonight a delegation conference, on discussing Ger- man demilitarisation-in other of Seine, Department deputies words, Allied plans for rearming accompanied by several mem- Western Germany-before any bers of the Strike Committee.

The requisitioning of 300 other subject is touched on.

2. Reduction of armaments underground railway specialists difference to the will not be limited to the Big made little Four alone but will be on the situation today. At noon, 91 basis of a general lowering of trains were running out of 450 in as against 90 at the same time the level of all armaments

including those of the yesterday. Europe satellite states.

A Paris transport official said

that 3. Discussion of breaches of today

the underground treaty obligations will not railway strike was costing 50 a day, which merely be an excuse for Soviet million francs charges of Western breaches of meant that by tonight the total the Potsdam agreement but bill would reach 700

breaches, by the francs. will include Balkan satellites of their peace treaties.United Press.

REDS CUT OFF

WATER SUPPLY

million

as

Since collectors as well train crews are on strike, there is no one to issue tickets for

the trains that are running.

Tax collectors, post office per- sonnel, civil servants, hospital.

staff, undertakers, dustmen and

other municipal employees were Rangoon, Mar. 29.

among the latest workers re- Rangoon's water supply was ported to be threatening to join completely cut off when Com-the wage dispute. munists destroyed the main

The results of a strike ballot

pipeline leading from the Gyobu among workers on the national reservoirs, 50 miles from the city.

air line, Air France, were await- ed. Workers in nationalised The authorities said that factories were planning demands though alternative arrange- for a 15 per cent rise. ments for supply. were being Arsenal workers in Brest, for a fortnight. The population south, downed tools and other made, the shortage would last Brittany, and at Toulon, in the of Rangoon is 500,000.-Reuter. minor strikes continued to flare

up in the provinces. Reuter.

Death Penalty

For Yugoslav

Belgrade, Mar. 29.

Red Consulates

Closed

The

Down

Belgrade, Mar. 29.

Soviet

Geneva, Mar. 29. The Swiss Communist leader, M. Leon Nicole, has been re- fused registration at his favourite hotel in Berne on the occasion of the Spring - sitting of the Swiss Parliament, the Swiss Communist organ,.. "Voix Ouvrier," reported today. AT 2.30, 5,30,

The paper said: "The, re-

A Zagreb Military Court to- 7.30 & 9.30sals by other hoteliers in fusal follows numerous similar

day sentenced to death a former

consulates In and Split have been the Federal capital to rent Yugoslav Army captain, Rad Zagreb P.M.

lodgings to M. Leon Nicole,”

Mrdjenovic, who was found closed down, usually reliable guilty of spying for Hungary. diplomatic sources said here to Nicole, who is one of five Mrdjenovic earlier told the night. Communists in the Swiss Parlia-1 Court, that he had been ordered It was not known whether this ment, received the following to obtain, at any cost, informa- had been done by the Yugoslav reply

as was thought from the management: tion on Yugoslav military co-authorities, "Sir, in order to avoid the operation with the Westernlikely, or by the Russians them- possibility of any incidents be- Fowers.

selves: tween you and our Berne guests When the President of the An official statemerit during the period of your stay | Military Tribunal asked: "Was awaited. The Soviet staff of in our establishment, whe are it possible to inform them that Zagreb consulate was al

SJ the extremely sorry that we can no† this does not exist, longer accept you at the Hotel cused replied: |National."--Reuter.

Reuter.

*“A NARROW ESCAPE”

虎

CHINESE PICTURE IN MANDARIN DIALOGUE

ac Belgrade tonight, was."-- on the way out of the

--Reuter,