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Mihailovic Says
British Fold Him
‘•Destroy Partisans’
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, June 12,
General Mihailovic testified in the
trial for his life that the British
Mission to Yugoslavia had in
structed him to destroy the Par
tisan forces of Marshal Tito.
The Chetnik leader is accused
of treason and collaboration with
the Germans and is on trial be
<* fore a three-man court which was
established by Tito, who now
holds the title of Premier.
Mihailovic described the rela
tions of his underground troops
with the Germans during the oc
cupation of Yugoslavia in 1943 as
“not cooperation, but, haphazard
mutual battle.”
The defendant, -answering the
prosecutor’s question said “Col.
William Bailey said to liquidate
Wre Communists.”
Bailey is now attached to the
British Mission in Bulgaria.
Mihailovic blamed certain of
his commanders who he said, co
operated his troops with the Axis
forces.
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J * GIs Held For
Theft Of Hessian
Crown Jewels
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WASHINGTON, June 12, — (&>—
’#he War Department announced
the arrest today of Roy Carlton,
former enlisted man, in an in
vestigation in connection with the
million and a half dollar Kron
|berg Castle theft.
The War Department officer
said, “The extent of his partici
pation is believed to be minor.”
Three army officers are includ
ed and being held in connection
with the case which involved
| “liberation” of the Hessian Crown
j Jewels which were hidden in the
castle.
•Navy-Army Agree
Domestic Control
Atomic Energy
WASHINGTON, June 12, — </PV—
The Navy joined the Army in en
dorsing the Senate legislation to
4^-eate a five member civilian
commission for domestic control
of atomic energy, and declared
the Senate bill "satisfactory in
most respects.”
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FIVE ON A HORSE—The Diligent! quintuplets, who will be 3 on July 15. show varying
degrees of emotion as they straddle a pony at Mar del Plata. Argentina. L. to r.: Carlos Alberto.
Maria Esther, Maria Fernanda, Maria Cristina and Franco.
Maritime Unions
Reject New Offer
Seamen Work-week
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WASHINGTON, June 12, —(/P)—
Frank Taylor, spokesman for the
ship operators, in the threatened
maritime strike, reported that the
unions involved had rejected the
new compromise offer for the
work week of seamen, almost
simultaneously with a statement
by Joseph Curran, president of the
CIO National Maritime Union, “It
will be a long bitter strike.”
He said the strike will begin
Friday at Midnight as scheduled
unless seamen’s work-week is cut
or pay boosted.
Both Taylor andCurran appear
ed before the House Labor Sub
committee, and despite the testi
mony, officials involved in the
Labor Department’s conciliation
conferences, privately predicted
settlement, possibly tomorrow, but
didn’t divulge their reasons for
optimism.
Gandhi Exploring
wEvery Avenue*
NEW DELHI. India, June 12,—
(j^P)—Mohandas K. Gandhi said
“We are exploring every avenue
to avoid a breakdown in nego
tiations for Indian independence
which is apparently deadlocked
by the unyielding stand of his
Congress Party against parity for
Moslems in the interim govern
ment.’'
SS Baranof Will
Arrive In Morning
Mr. Thomas Keating local ag
ent of the Alaska Steamship Com
pany announced today that the
SS Baranof is due to arrive in
Nome roadstead about eight o’
clock Thursday morning, with 75
passengers, 1305 tons of freight
and 13 tons of mail, to be dis
charged here.
Although the tentative sailing
date has been set for Friday p.m.,
the definite time will be announ
ced later.
Britain’s Bevin
Will Sign Treaties
If Negotiations Bog
BOURNEMOUTH, England, June
12, —(^P)—Prime Minister Bevin
; declared in an address that he
i would reject the immediate im
migration of 100.000 Jews to Pel
estine and would sign separate
peace treaties with defeated Eur
opean nations, if the pending
peace negotiations bogged down
among the four principal pow
ers.
He declared, however, he would
refuse to apply economic sanc
tions on Spain.
I
j Bevin’s stand was taken in an
appearance before the dominant
Labor Party’s annual conference,
of his policies was won.
The issue at the Council of For
eign Ministers in Paris next week
he said, would be whether Eur
ope would be split into eastern
and western blocs.
WASHINGTON, June 12, —<TP>—
A tumultuous House upneld
President Truman’s veto of the
Case Labor Bill with a hairline
margin of five votes.
The backers of the bill moved
immediately to revive the measure
amid boos and cheers.
255 legislators voted to over
ride the veto while 135 voted to
I sustain the veto. Two-thirds
vote is necessary to override a
; veto.
The measure died for the time
being but its undeterred support
ers made it plain that they were
j bent on passing major provisions
1 anew, perhaps in the form of am
endments to Truman’s own strike
! control bill, this will force him to
1 accept the Case program or fore
, go his own. The fact that the
Case Bill backers obtained a good
majority in Tuesday's vote, helped
to fuel the new drive.
INavv Will Have
Big PG Center
()fficrrs* Traininti
WASHINGTON, June 12. —(/P>—
The Navy today presented plans
for a huge postgraduate school
on the Pacific coast.
The statement was made by Ad
miral Nimitz, that a man doesn’t
have to go to Annapolis to be a
good naval officer.
At a cost of $28,000,000. the
‘ Postgraduate Center will be near
Monterey, California.
I The plan includes 52 colleges
1 and universities which will take
part in training officers.
Admiral Towers
| Says Keep Bases
PEARL HARBOR. T.H., June —
</P)—United States security de
mands the maintainance of ade
quate defenses in Alaska and the
I Aleutians, Admiral John H. Tow
|
! ers, commander in chief of the
I Pacific Fleet told a news confer
! ence.
Admiral Towers and his staff
i returned Monday from a 10,000
, mile inspection of North Pacific
I bases. He said, “It certainly
| wouldn’t be wise for us to leave
these islands open for occupation
by another country just as it
wouldn’t be wise for us to leave*
the Marianas.”
The admiral, and a joint army
navy board, he said, recently com
pleted the Aleutians survey to
determine postwar defense needs
of that area.