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Never Surrender
Veto Atom Control
Says Russia
MOSCOW. June 24, —(/P)—Prav
da. the official Soviet news agency
declared that Soviet Russia will
never surrender its veto power on
any atomic control plan and said
the U. S. proposal for control of
the weapon “reflects evident striv
ing for world rule.”
"In our times such striving can
► succeed,” Pravda said, in its
lengthy international review, de
nouncing the proposal by Bernard
Baruch, to the United Nations
Security Council as “a product of
atomic diplomacy.”
The official Communist paper
said “there is not, and cannot be,
a surrender of this right.’ of veto
on atomic matters such as Bar
uch’s plan envisages it to share
the US secret of atomic fission
in an effort o outlaw control of
fthis two billion dollar weapon.
The paper praised the Russian
counter-proposals placed before
the Security Council by Gromyko.
Ministers Disagree
French-Italian
Frontiers
PARIS, June 24, —(£*)—An Am
erican informant said the council
of foreign ministers had rejected
Austria’s demand to take part of
Southern Tyrol from Italy, but
it was unable to agree on the
Italian French frontier issue.
The Austrian demand would
give the new republic control of
^ the strategic Pusterthal Railroad.
The ministers met for an hour
and a half when Molotov declared
he sought postponement of the
French Italian frontiers issue,
while the American and British
conferees insisted on immediate
decision.
Soviet Propaganda
Attacks U. S.
Significant
WASHINGTON, June 24, —(/P>—
Observers speculate that the new
Soviet propaganda attacks on the
United States are evidence that
significant developments are tak
ing place in Russian maneuvers.
Both U. S. and foreign observ
ers said it appears the main force
of the Soviet verbal ideological
assault is' now turned against
Washington instead of London.
ATOMIC BOMB TEST SITE — Vice Adm. W. H. P. Blandy, Navy special weapons
chief, points to a map of Bikini atoll, in the Marshall Islands, where he will direct experiments in
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New Government
Being Formed By
President Bidault
PARIS June 24, —(#*)—Officials
today announced the forming of
a new coalition government in
France, under President Georges
Bidault, who is also retaining his
portfolio as Minister of Foreign
Affairs.
UNSC Hears
Polish Demand
Break With Franco
NEW YORK, June 24, —The
United Nations Security Council
called a session late today to dis
cuss Poland’s demand for a world
wide diplomatic break with Franco
Spain, but a check of the dele
gates indicated the demand would
be rejected. it appeared that
Poland will not be able to mus
ter more than four votes out of
the council’s total of 11; Russia,
France, Poland and Mexico.
The Polish delegate, however, is
said by associates to be consider
ing two other moves in an attempt
to keep the Spanish case on the
council’s agenda, steps to bring
the case before the 51 nation gen
eral assembly in September.
Two U.S. M.P.s
Shot By Russians
VIENNA, June 24, —(/P)—'Two
American M.P.s. were shot in the
head when they attempted to halt
four Soviet soldiers in a stolen
U. S. jeep, and a Russian soldier
was shot as Americans searched
out the assailants.
The U. S. soldiers are expected
to live.
Bill Hart Dies
Brief Illness
LOS ANGELES, June 24, —(/P)—
William S. Hart, first of the two
gun screen heroes, died in the
California Lutheran Hospital Sun
day night after a brief illness.
Sugar Prices
Upped Today
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WASHINGTON, June 24, —(&)—
Retail sugar prices increasd one
fifth of a cent per pound today,
it was announced by the OPA..
The increase comes simultan
eously with an increase of ten
cents per hundred pounds for re
finers ceilings on both cane and
beet refined and granulated sugar.]
| Consul General
Report To Russia
Espionage Trial
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j SEATTLE, June 24, —(/^—Mich
ael Vavilov, Russian Consul Gen
eral is here from San Francisco,
to report to the Russian govern
ment, the espionage trial of the
Russial navy Lieutenant Redin,
38, for whom a jury panel will be
drawn in federal District Court
today.
B-29 Crew Scores
Direct Hit With
Practice Bomb
ABOARD A B-29 CIRCLING BI
KINI ATOLL, June 24, —(/P)—
Major Woodrow Swancutt, of Wis
consin Rapids, Wisconsin, and his
atom-bombing crew, demonstra
ted their grit when they scored
a hit in a practice drop on the
target ship Nevada after an AAF
captain walked into the propellor
of their plane at the takeoff from
Kwajalein.
This was Queen Day rehearsal
before the actual bombing with
the live atom bomb scheduled
later.
Earthquake Shakes
Pacific Northwest
I
I SEATTLE, June 24,—(/P)—Walls
1 tell and a hillside ‘walked’ Sun
day morning in the Pacific North
west, when an earthquake jarred
wide areas in the coastal section
from Vancouver Island to Kilow
na in central British Columbia,
south as far as Olympia, Wash
ington.
Jacob Kingston died of a heart
attack when he saw downtown
Seattle buildings sway.
The tremor knocked the needle
from the University of Washing
ton seismograph at 9:14 a.m. and
was noticable for a full minute in
Seattle but continued to record
for a full hour.
A 300-foot hill moved 35 feet
at Campbell River. The top of a
brick building crashed at Port
Alberni. A chimney collapsed at
Courtenay B. C. and smashed
through two floors of an element
i ary school. A highway bridge
east of Mercer Island, near Seat
tle crashed. And the Lion’s
Gate bridge across the entrance
to Vancouver Harbor reportedly
swayed like a leaf.
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Browder Held
Incommunicado
British Police
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LONDON. June 24, —-(A>)_Earl
Browder, deposed head of the
Communist Party in the United
States, is being held incommuni
cado by British Security Police
on specific orders from the home
office.
Browder was picked up Satur
day night on his arrival after a
six-weeks stay in Moscow.
Authorities said he would be
allowed to continue his trip to
New York tomorrow. ,The home
office spokesman said he had no
permission to remain in England
hence he must either wait for the
plajie at the airport, or return to
Paris.
Mrs. Carnegie
89, Dies At Home
Long Illness
NEW YORK, June 24. —</P>—Mrs
Andrew Carnegie, 89, widow of
the steel-maker, philanthropist,
died at her Fifth Avenue mansion
today. She has been failing in
health for more than a year. Her
daughter, Mrs. Roswell Miller, of
New York, was with her.