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British Mission
Admitted Failure
SIMLA, India. May 13,—(A3)—'The
British Cabinet Mission is admit
ting failure in an eight day con
ference with Moslem and Hindu
leaders on the independence of
India and made it plain that there
were still hopes of settling the
Indian problem.
The conference ended in a com
plete breakdown yesterday, thus
dealing a severe blow to the hopes
of those who expected a quick
transition from British control to
Indian self-government.
I Two communiques were issued
after the breakdown, one jointly
by the Cabinet Mission and the
Moslem League Congress Party,
and the other by the Cabinet Mis
sion alone, gave no reason for tht^
collapse. It seems apparent, how
ever, that the conference flound
ered on demands by the Moslem
► League, for an independent Mos
lem state. These demands were
bitterly opposed by the Congress
Party which favors an India, uni
ified, at least as far as foreign
affairs, defense and communica
tions are concerned.
Young-Bender
Nuptials Sat. Nite
Last evening at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Bullock, Dorothy
* Bender and Ben Young were
married by Rev. Paul Carlson in
a beautiful candlelight service.
They were attended by Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Mandeville. The bride
wore a soldier blue suit with a
crown of pastel flowers with a
short veil. Her corsage was of
freesia and red roses.
The Bullock home was decor
ated with quantities of fresh
spring flowers.
After the ceremony, Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Webb gave a recep- J
tion in the pilots lounge in the
Wien Airlines building, for the
many friends of the popular
‘young’ couple.
Assisting at the reception were
Mrs. E. H. Mahan and Mrs. Jack
Bullock, who poured, and Mrs.
Paul Mandeville in charge of the
three-tiered wedding cake, Mrs.
Famk Whaley and Mrs, Fred
Hyde served, assisted ably by
Paul Mandeville. Jack Bullock
presided at the punchbowl. Ann
Stoken was in charge of gifts.
The Youngs will reside at the
Bender residence on Third Ave.
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Reports Chinese
Still Battling
PEIPING, China. May 13,—(IP)—
Newspapers here report continu
ing small scale attacks by Chin
ese Communists in North China
along the railways. The stub
born defense by the Comunists
in holding Szepingkai and Pang
shihu in Manchuria in four har
rassing attacks anolg the railways
running out of Tientsin was listed.
One paper said that 6,000 Com
munists armed with artillery
seemed intent on capturing Tsang
chow. Meanwhile, General Mar
shall faced the job as peacemaker
with a new weapon from Wash
ington. he reports, he has abso
lute veto over the Five Hundred
Million Dollar loan to China and
it is considered a potent source
of power in dealing with the Chin
ese.
Negotiate to Open
Alaska Highway
WASHINGTON, May 13, —(/P)—
Plans to expediet negotiations with
Canada for reopening the Alas
kan Minitary Highway to civilian
traffic was discussed with Pres
ident Truman by Senator Mag
nuson. The senator told report
ers that Truman suggested he en
list the support of Secretary
Byrnes when he returns from the
four-power conference in Paris.
Army C-45 Crashed
On Montana Peak
GREAT FALLS, Mont. May 13,—
bP)—Five bodies were removed
and a sixth is still missing from
an army C-45 transport which
crashed into the side of Lebo Peak
in South Central Montana last
Monday.
Col. Phillip Hawes, command
ing officer of the Great Falls army
air base said searching planes re
ported they had contact with the
crew of an army weasel that went
to the scene of the crash. The
searching planes were informed
that the bodies, none of which
was identified positively, would
start down the side of the peak
this afternoon with weasel and
horses.
Riehl-Compton
Wedding Saturday
Saturday afternoon at four
o’clock Carl Riehl, electrician
for the Northern Light and Power
Co., and Cristabelle Compton, who
arrived here Wednesday, were
married at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. David Mercer, by Rev. Paul
Carlson in a double-ring cere-1
mony.
ring ceremony.
The Riehl’s are at the Paterson |
Hotel.
New Zealand became a domin
ion in the British Empire in 1907.
I
Kiyose Challenges
Court Authority
To Try Japanese
! TOKYO, May 13, —(/P)—Argu
ment that Japan didn’t surrender
unconditionally, and doesn’t have
to obey every command, was pre
sented in the Far East Military
Tribunal by the chief defense
counsel for Japan’s major war
criminals.
Attorney Kiyoses challenge that
the court lacks authority to try
the 28 defendants on 55 counts,
was taken under advisement as
the court adjourned until Tues
day morning. The Allies Chief
Prosecutor Joseph Keenan labeled
Kiyoses argument “the height of
absurdity” and offered document
ary evidence of Japen’s surrender
“Utterly without condition".
Kiyose said “ In giving the tri
bunal jurisdiction over crimes a
gainst humanity. General MacAr
thur was exercising authority he
doesn’t possess. The Japanese peo
ple are not bound to obey that
order.
Prospect, Oregon
Safe From Fire
MEDFORD, Ore. May 13,—(&\—
Two forest fires threatening the
tiny resort town of Prospect, north
of here, has been brought under
control.
Forresters reported that the fire
swept toward the vacated homes
Lewis Calls For
Truce Period
UNDATED, May 13. —(/P)—Min
ing soft coal for the nation’s fuel
hungry industries was resumed af
ter a 42-day strike shutdown by
as many as 400,000 AFL United
Mineworkers returned to the pits
leading a back to work trek was
the 104,000 miners in the West
Virginia area, the leading coal
State, with a capacity of over
three and one half million tons
per week. However. Solid Fuels
Administration estimated that ab
out 40,000 of Pennsylvania’s 100,
000 bituminous miners refused to
resume work under the strike
truce of two weeks called by Lew
is. Some of the holdout Penn
sylvanians said they were adher
ing to the traditional union pol
icy “no contract, no work'’.
Others protested that should the
, strike continue after the truce
period they would forfeit the $20
! weekly unemployment compensa
: tion pay by returning to work
now, meanwhile the government
prodded the miners and operators
alike to reach a swift agreement
I and a new contract, but. both
sides said privately there is little
hope of meeting the deadline set
f
by President Truman.
Congress showed no indication
that it would back down in its de
termination to seek legislation to
bar a future crisis growing out of
1 labor disputes.
Spain Working On
Atomic Energy
NEW YORK. May 13, —(TP)—'The
Spanish government in exile said
the Franco regime is threatening
world peace by working on atomic
energy with the aid of German
scientists.
The statement was contained in
one of the documents of Dr. Jose
Giral, Premier of the government
in exile, and was brought to Paris
yesterday for presentation before
the United Nations sub-committee
investigating the Spanish ques
tion.
It was learned from a reliable
source that the report contained
a statement that atomic research
was being carried out in two
Spanish cities, Garnada and Mur
cia.
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ibut State National Forresters di
verted the flame into scrub timL
ber away from the town.