Greeks Increase
Army Strength
ATHENS, </P)—With the con
front of 'he United States, the
strength of the Greek army is to
be increased by 12,000 men and
the manpower of the national
guard is to be boosted to 50,000
men. Premier Themistokles Soph
oulis announced Monday night.
The decision, he said, consti
tutes a reply to the help given
Communist rebels by Greece’s
neighbors and is intended to en
courage hose who defended and
liberated Konitsa in the last week
of the old year. The announc
ement was issued after Souphou
lis conferred for two hours with
Dwight P. Griswold, head of the
American air mission to Greece.
At the same time, the U. S.
state department announced in
i
Washington that as part of the
program to aid Greece in its fight
against Communism Britain had
been given blanket authority to
transfer or lease military equip
ment to '.he Greek government.
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Seek Injunction In
Cable Strike
NEW YORK, (/P)—Three struck
cable companies sought court ac
tion today enjoining the CIO
American communications asso
ciation from refusing the handle
foreign messages sent to or from
I interior domestic offices on land
lines.
The companies, involved since
Friday in a strike of overseas com
munications workers, Monday ap
pealed to the national labor rela
tions board to seek a federal court
injunction against the union be
cause it allegedly had refused to
handle “struck copy” on domestic
lines.
The firms are the Mackay Radio
and Telegraph Co., Commercial
Cable Co., and All-America Cab
les. A fourth firm, Western Union
Telegraph Co., cables division,
also was struck. The walkout in
volves some 3,500 members of
ACA and the independent All
American Cables employees asso
ciation.
BEN GILLETTE
MUCH IMPROVED
Ben Gillette has been confined
to his home with the flu but is
reported much improved.
Strife In India
Before Security
Council
(By Larry Hauck)
LAKE SUCCESS. (PP) — The
strife and bloodshed touched off
by the partitioning of India offi
cially came to the attention of the
United Nations today when the
security council took up ‘India’s
complaint against Pakistan, her
sister dominion, over fighting in
Kashmir.
The issue of Kashmir, a prince
ly state about the size of Kansas
in northernmost India, covers
only the current focal point of
fighting, but some observers be
lieved that other problems of
splintered India hiight now be
aired before the U. N.
British India was carved up
along Moslem-Hindu lines last
Aug. 15, with most of the Moslems!
in Pakistan and the Hindus in In
dia. Much of the strife has en
tered on which of the two coun
tries some of the princely states,
with split populations should join.
Three-fourths of Kashmir’s four
million inhabitants arfi Moslems,
but their ruler, Hari Singh, is a;
Hindu, and a tug-of-war has been
under way over affiliation. India
charges that Pakistan is support
ing an invasion of Kashmir.
U. S. And Canada
Reach Agreement
On Seal Protection
OTTAWA, (/P) — Canada an
nounced yesterday the conclusion
of an interim agreement with the
United States for continued pro
tection of the seal herds of the
north Pacific against depletion.
The external affairs department
said the present provisional fur
seal agreement will be continued
until a permanent pact can be ar
ranged.
A conservation program was
begun in 1911 after indiscriminate
killing had greatly reduced the
size of the Pribiloff Island herds.
The United States, Britain, Japan
and Russia were parties to the
program, but Japan broke the
agreement when war was declared
on the United States in 1941. Dur
ing the war Canada and the
United States agreed to protect
the herds.
The Pribilof Island herds had
been reduced to about 216,000 by
1912, but since then the program
has built them up to more than
3,600,000 in a program adminis
tered by the U. S. fish and wild
life service. Canada receives 20
per cent of the year’s furs. The
Dominion’s proceeds in 1946-1947
amounted to $632,722.
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Protest Red Cross
Goal Too High
WASHINGTON </P)—-The Amer7
ican Red Cross goal of $75,000,000
for its 1948 fund-raising campaign
brought a protest yesterday from
the El Paso, Tex., chapter that
quotas set by the national organ
ization are too high.
E. M. Kelley, Red Cross board
chairman in El Paso, said in the
Texas City that he is flatly reject
ing a $33,800 quota there.
Burglars Are Finicky
About Housekeeping
BILLINGS, Mont. (^ — Burg
lars who stole a rifle, two pipes
and a can of tobacco from Joe
Wersal’s house took time to cook
themselves a snack and coffee.
Wersal was a bit less put out
when he found the men had also
stayed long enough to rinse off
their dirty dishes and sweep the
floor.
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