Admission of Jewish Refugees to Palestine Proposed
London April 30 The Anglo American Committee of Inquiry issues a report denying a Jewish or Arab state solution. It calls for immediate admission of 100 000 Jewish refugees and the rescission of the land transfer loan. It states Jews shall not dominate Arabs and Palestine should become a self governing state while the mandate continues.
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Husseini
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Berne
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M.P
Richard Cromman
Bevin
Foreign Office
Reuter
Palestine and Arab opposition to Jewish immigration
The Anglo American Committee report urges admitting 100000 Jews to Palestine and accelerating immigration while urging coexistence with Arab aims. Arab League and Cairo sources condemn the plan, predicting wider Middle East unrest and urging Britain to oppose foreign domination. Dominion leaders discuss the Palestine report as Attlee prepared a Commons statement.
Truman Praises Palestine Report and Jewish Immigration
President Truman expresses happiness at unanimous endorsement of his request to admit 100000 Jews to Palestine. He credits the report for protecting Arab rights while enabling Jewish redevelopment and large scale economic development, easing immigration and land policies.
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New York
Truman
Palestine
British Palestine committee criticized by Daily Telegraph and Times
London reports quote the Daily Telegraph calling the British American Committee on Palestine unhelpful and likely to dissatisfy Arabs more than Jews, risking trouble beyond Palestine without compensatory gains. The Times echoes that the report, while secretive, cannot translate into action elsewhere.
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Cameras to film atomic beam tests over Bikini
Super cameras in New York report that three camera types will film atomic beam tests, some from remotely controlled planes over Bikini Atoll. They use a revolving primum shutter and ordinary shutter methods. The fastest camera captured a ball dropping from a second screw window, running eight minutes before it hit the ground.
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Escort ship Solar blasts at New Jersey pier
A Sun AP report states three explosions aboard the escort Solar near Earle New Jersey wrecked the ammunition shed and pierced the loading pier. Eight crew hurt and about 80 injured mostly minor burns. casualty lists incomplete. One officer and six sailors missing as the ship lists and takes on water near the yard three miles away.
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Associated Press
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Earle
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Industrial Court Moves In Brisbane Abattoir Hold Up
Brisbane May 1 Partes to the Brisbane Abattoir Award called by the Industrial Court to end the symmeter strike met this morning. The President Justice Matthews said employees had no grievance with the Queensland Meat Industry Board but had ceased work to aid bacon factory dispute. A date for resumption of work was to be fixed.
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Eplerated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association
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Electrical Tides Union
A. Alwell
Amalgamated Engineering Union
T. A. Ferry
Meumann
Trades and Labour Council
Comrena
Murarrie Beacon
Attlees Australia visit sets valuable precedent for ties
London dispatch notes The Times and Melbourne Herald views on Mr Attlee first UK PM to visit Australia and New Zealand in office. The move fosters personal contact among Dominion leaders, easing UK Dominion and inter-Dominion relations despite global political pressures.
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Berlin
Meat union demands full resumption of work
Mr A J Newmann for the Meat Industry Employees Union argued that the court should not permit partial or sectional resumption at the abattoir. The union insists on an impartial total resumption and rejects any partial basis for settlement.
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Meat Industry Employees’ Union
Abattoir
Nuremberg Trials Dr Schacht Testifies First Meeting With Hitler
In Nuremberg the tribunal weighs Streicher’s allegations while Dr Schacht testifies about his resignation from the Reich presidency in 1930 and his first meeting with Hitler in Goering’s apartment. He portrays himself as a democrat and cosmopolitan, defending Germany’s past and colonial aims amid a broader war crimes context.
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Rice Shortage Threatens Southeast Asia Famine
May 1 report warns only 35 percent of minimum rice needs for Southeast Asia will be available in the current crop year. The shortage threatens widespread malnutrition and starvation across several countries as the food crisis escalates.
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Canberra
South-easteast Asia
Manchester Canal Strike Paralyzes Ship Traffic
London May 1 The Manchester Ship Canal pilots struck yesterday halting vessels at canal heads including foodships. About three thousand dockers and auxiliary workers are involved.
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London
Manchester Ship Canal
NSW Strike Efforts at Settlement
May 1 negotiations for settlement continue with aims to conclude today and resume at a conference tomorrow as officials pursue an end to the dispute.
Riverstone Meatworks dismissals under review
An outline notes that reinstate ment of two dismissed men at Riverstone meatworks is under consideration by The N Sth Wales Sales Ages and Labour Council Disputes Committees.
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Riverstone Meatworks
N . South Wales
Labour Council
Hazardous Flight to Campbell Island A Catalina Lands to Evacuate Ill Officer
A Catalina rescue flying boat landed safely on Campbell Island, 400 miles south of New Zealand, to ferry a government meteorological officer seriously ill with appendicitis. The hazardous sub Antarctic flight dodged fjord bends and 30 to 40 mph winds, carrying a doctor and nurse. The camp is sparsely staffed by Air Force personnel and maintains a meteorological station, with periodic supply vessel visits. The Catalina is expected to return with the patient later today.
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Catalina
Campbell Island
Ford
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Campbell Islands
Works Department
Air Force
Suare
Island Massacre at Nauru and Ocean Island Trials
May 1 report on trials of Japanese officers for mass killings on Nauru and Ocean Island in 1834. Lieutenant Nakayama acquitted of murder. Lieutenant Jiro Sakata sentenced to hang. Nasomi Suzuki condemned to death. others receive various sentences or acquittals amid horror at the native slaughter.
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Yoshiharu Shinozawa
Hiroshi
Heart
Sumioyechi
Raneichi Qao
Assassination Plot Rumors Reach Tokyo Officials
April 3 reports say a plot to assassinate General MacArthur spread quickly in Tokyo. The government apologized to MacArthur’s office. An accused man, Tokayama, accumulated funds and poisoned an accomplice’s coffee, but the plot unraveled as the accomplice survived. Tokuda denied Communist involvement, blaming capitalists.
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Tokuda
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Communista
Pacific Island bases plan eyed by Allies
The Daily News correspondent in Washington reports the Chiefs of Staff have agreed a proposal to share American bases with Britain Australia and New Zealand. The plan would use quarters built bases on Manus and other Pacific British Empire islands.
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Britain
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Pacific
Four Power rejects Austrian claim on South Tyrol
London April 30 Foreign Ministers rejected Austria's claim for Tyrol return and invited Italian and Yugoslav representatives to Paris on May 3 to present frontier views. A Four Power Commission proposed four frontier lines, three close together and a fourth more distant, reportedly backed by the Russian member. Italian and Yugoslav observers will limit arguments to which line they support.
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Bare Ae. Poe
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South Tyrol
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Four Power Commission
Reuter
Future of Trieste sparks rival international plans
Report from Paris shows British and Yugoslav proposals for Trieste hinge on international control, with one方案 favoring a broad 10-nation commission led by an independent chair and the other a Yugoslav chaired body with limited Western powers. Russia supports cession to Tito. U S insists on clear Western alignment and real security talks as Byrnes presses ahead with the Four Power treaty.
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Lifeboats Respond After Irish Sea Troopship Sinks
The Admiralty reports the troopship Victory, en route from Sydney, wrecked in the Irish Sea. Lifeboats were dispatched from Rosyth to assist survivors as naval ratings and crew members are accounted for amid rescue operations.
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Victory
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Navigation and logistics amid wartime shortages reported
Disjointed wartime notes describe a cheese ration cut and public concern about saving wheat. Mention is made of Rose aboard, abandoning ships and boats, and naval authorities arranging accommodation in London for ratings at an RAF station. Plans involve lorries to move troops from Belfast to Greenock and Greenock to Belfast, aiming to transfer ratings from a troopship.
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Snopsport
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Joss
Late Senator Kean Washington Ceremomy
The Requiem Mass for Senator R. V. Keane of St Johns Cathedral was attended by representatives from the State and foreign embassies Legations. The service was conducted by Auxiliary Bishop Baltimore and Washington John McNamara. Monsignor Curt delivered a eulogy praising eminent service to Australia and the world. The State Department was represented by Under-Secretary Dean Acheson with wreaths from Mr Chifley and Cabinet. The body was sent to Australia soon.
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R. V W. Keane
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Keane
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Cabinet
Australia to air first time in France on Paris station
An Australian representative in Paris reports Australia will go on the air in France for the first time with two half hour Med Aust sessions over Paris radio. A Australian cultural material will be sent, including a Peter Dawson recording of Aboriginal music. The American embassy in Paris supplied material for Waltzing Matilda as part of the broadcast.
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