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Newspaper
Mediterranean Stars And Stripes
Location
Naples, Naples, Italy
Date
Jun 01, 1946
Page
1
A Cairo delegate at a meeting of Arab leaders warned that resettling 100,000 Jews in Palestine would cause 100,000 deaths and guerrilla warfare. He urged the United States to steer immigration matters by American interests, not those of Jews, and defended Palestine’s beaches.
Istanbul May 31 AP Turkish news stories will no longer face delay for transmission by the press bureau. Writers remain subject to the Turkish press code, with possible jail terms for harming government dignity. Foreign correspondents' messages will be sent immediately and copies forwarded to the press bureau for potential action.
More than 4,000 stevedores approved ending a four day walkout and accepted a Ministry of Labor mediation offer. The dispute delayed ship handling at three London docks after workers quit Monday to seek reinstatement of the wartime practice allowing sons to be nominated for dock jobs.
In Tokyo on May 31, Emperor Hirohito confronted fresh woes as 17,000 Ainu petitioners demand restoration of 75,000 acres seized during Meiji era rule. The protest follows government moves to cut imperial stipends under General MacArthur.
In the House of Commons on May 31 Churchill pressed Herbert Morrison over the resignation of Sir Ben Smith as Minister of Food. Morrison refused to debate the resignation, prompting Churchill to quip about a minister disappearing through a trap door and noting precedents from Churchill's own administration.
The British government backs an international company to operate world airline services as outlined by Sir Donald Banks at the Montreal air conference. Australian delegate Arthur Drakeford wired that the principle of international ownership is gradually finding more acceptance.
London May 31 In a Commons session next week questions on Germany's political and economic future the Italian peace treaty and German expulsions from the Russian zone into the British zone of occupation are expected. Bevin will open the debate and address the Paris conference and empire defense in light of the international scene.
Scotland Yard has launched an international search aided by New York Paris and other capitals for two company directors alleged to have conspired to defraud nearly a quarter of a million pounds in small denomination notes. The men Max Harr y Greenman and Harold Aldrift Squire reportedly fled over a year ago with the funds.
Sofia reports former Agrarian Party leader Dimitrov to be tried in absentia on charges of sabotage and treason. He fled to the U S legation amid an international dispute last May and is now outside Bulgaria while alleged collaborators remain jailed.
In Prague on May 31 the Czech actress Vera Vratislava was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by the people's court at Kutna Hora for attempted betrayal of her theatrical colleagues to the Gestapo.
In Tokyo on May 31 George Atcheson Jr. accused an aggressive minority of trying to sabotage democracy in Japan while denouncing May Day demonstrations led by communists. Soviet Lt Gen Murina Derevyanko rejected the US report on irregularities and floated a four power probe, but the proposal failed three to one. Britain and China backed the US amid sharp exchanges on occupation policy.
Singapore May 31 Six foot 14 stone Lord Killearn special commissioner to Southeast Asia has adopted a famine diet to set an example for millions in his area He ordered that his diet follow recommendations from the recent nutrition conference in Singapore to address food shortages.
FRANKFURT May 31 USFET announced Pvt. Jonn Hanson of the 15th Infantry and three Germans were killed when a German evacuees train collided with a DP train near Aschaffenburg. Seventeen Germans and one DP were injured. Hanson served as train guard.
Paris officials disclosed that the originals of the Versailles Treaty signatures and all related documents were destroyed or lost by the Germans.
Nuremberg dispatches reveal French tardiness in supplying 250000 slave laborers helped trigger the German defeat at Stalingrad. Fritz Sauckel told Vichy reps on January 11, 1943, Hitler threatened to govern France without the Vichy regime if more forced labor was not provided. He admitted the statement but said he only transmitted Hitler’s ideas. Sauckel challenged Falkenhausen’s claim that force was used under pressure, asserting recruitment was not brutal and calling Falkenhausen a liar.
Hermann Goering grows despondent and avoids court with defense counsel. He has shed weight from 225 to 190 pounds since hearing of the Reich’s fall. German counsel notes concern for his wife’s living conditions and reports he asked her transfer from Neuhaus in the American zone to the British zone, without explanation.
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