Australia plans postwar defence focus on naval expansion
Australia unveils a five year defence programme prioritizing naval power with two fleet carriers and 14 squadrons. Defence spending totals £250 million, boosted by Army Air Force and Research allocations, while UK and New Zealand partnerships will aid Commonwealth defence efforts.
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Islands. South African Soccer Team Defeats Newcastle
ISLANDS. ADMIRALTY AFRICAN SOCCER: South African team beat Northern Districts Newcastle three goals to one amid heavy rain making play difficult.
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Empire Naval Base Proposed for Sydney
London reports Sydney may replace Singapore as the Empire’s major Pacific base with plans discussed by British and Australian leaders. A wartime air base could be built on Australia’s east coast and cooperation with the Australian navy aided by a British 18,000 ton aircraft carrier. Britain and Australia would defend the southern Pacific while America protects the north. Brisbane dispatch notes 750 Japanese gut lines seized by Customs valued at £1000 on the black market.
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Senate echo on forced treaties with Germany and Austria
Washington warns the Senate that the United States may be compelled to sign separate treaties with Germany and Austria and to back an atomic energy pact without Soviet consent. Senator Vandenberg urges swift ratification of treaties with Italy, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Rumania and warns that delaying could push Italy toward Communist influence and threaten world peace.
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Visit of U S Commander for Pacific Talks
Honolulu reports the visit of the U S Commander for Pacific talks as Admiral Louis Canfield accompanies the U S Ambassador Robert Butler en route to Canberra. Butler, departing Pearl Harbor, cites no expected U S business recession and plans Australia conferences on Pacific matters.
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Bomb Explodes Under Freight Train Near Tel Aviv
A bomb exploded under a freight train near Tel Aviv causing derailment and injuries to a fireman. An older train struck a mine between Benyamina and Haifa with the line and four carriages derailed.
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Peace Talks in Canberra Set for August Next Year
Reuters reports the Australian Government urges Britain to hold the Far Eastern peace Dominions conference in the first week of August in Canberra. Observers think a date in the first half of August is likely, with Lord Addison and Home Secretary Hector McNeil expected to attend. Australia suggests Dominions involved in the Pacific War should participate, potentially excluding South Africa.
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Hungarian ministers recalled as Nagy expelled
Reuters reports Hungarian ministers in Washington London Berne and Paris ordered to return to Budapest. The Smallholders' Party voted to expel Nagy from the party. In the United States the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair described the Communist coup as treacherous and possibly a call to trial at the United Nations. The Soviet Union was criticized for democracy critique while urging ratification of the Hungarian treaty to aid Hungary.
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Senate completes tax reduction bill to Truman for veto
The Senate passes a broad income tax cut with rates ranging from 50 percent for low incomes to 10 percent on income over 302,395 dollars. The vote stands 48 to 25, three short of the two thirds needed to override a veto. President Truman may veto the bill.
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China Imposes Ban on Newspapers
Nanking reports state the Chinese government closed newspaper offices and arrested scores of journalists amid student unrest. Ta Kung Pao says eight staffers detained and a Canton correspondent taken into custody. Canton papers like Daily Tribune were shuttered with editor Chang Tao among those seized. News from Canton faces strict censorship.
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U S Must Send Military Missions Abroad
Secretary of State General Marshall told the House Armed Services Committee that the United States should deploy military training missions to foreign nations or risk others doing so. He urged legislation authorizing sending missions to countries that request them, stressing urgency in the Near, Middle and Far East amid political and economic upheaval.
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Tito Aided Greek Guerrillas
Athens reports allege that Tito aided Greek guerrillas with planning of heavy attacks on Florina in Yugoslavia connected conferences. Bulgra ka sources quote marshal Tito's military representatives as present. If Florina fell, it was said to be proclaimed the capital of free Greece.
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Arabs Move to Boycott Palestine Inquiry Commission
Cairo dispatch says the Palestine Arab executive committee will ask the Arab League to boycott the Palestine Inquiry Commission. The statement came from Emil Beydhoury after returning from a U N C special occasion on Palestine.
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Sinatra Agrees Cash Settlement Out of Court
columnist Lee Mortimer reports Frank Sinatra will pay a cash settlement to resolve a night club incident from April. Sinatra had sued Mortimer for an assault charge, but Mortimer says he sought dismissal and the case ends with Sinatra noting satisfaction of injury.
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Indians Accept British Plan For Future Government
Nehru in broadcast says plan ends violence and aims to build anew ties with England on a cooperative basis. Jinnah appeals for peace while regional leaders suspend civil disobedience. Lahore curfew extended to June 18 with only minor incidents reported. Mountbatten’s handling praised. boundary and dominion questions outlined. bill for dominions to be introduced in Commons before August recess.
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Views on India by Mr Casey in Melbourne
Mr CaseyHR G Casey former Governor of Bengal urged Australians to follow Britain’s lead in Europe and to take a strong interest in India. He argued that withdrawal of British rule could have sparked large scale civil war in Northern India and that Australia should assist India in its affairs.
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No Threat to Can Air Supremacy
Washington reports that neither Britain nor Russia threatens American leadership in commercial aviation. James Landis of the Civil Aeronautics Board told the Senate Commerce Committee that jet liners will not let Britain dominate Atlantic routes. He opposed a bill to create a single U.S. overseas airline.
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Record Transfer Sets 15 500 Pound Soccer Fee
The Scottian international Willie Stal from Greenock Morton moves to Derby County for a record 15 500 pounds, the highest fee in soccer history. The prior record of 14 000 pounds was paid in 1838 for Beryn Jones of Wolverhampton.
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