Show I 1 0 U 0 W BRITISH AID IN PACIFIC ex representative norris poulson dt df california republican returned from rom london recently and refused to lo be q quoted in the press on what he had learned there a bout about bri british ish old aid to the U S A against japan finally confronted confront edwith alth the details of a conversation in A which he had P participated poulson aarn admitted it t ed that he had discussed the pacific war with two influential members of the british parliament just what sort of help can we expect from you people once germany is knocked out poulson asked them well weve got anargy an army of over indians one of 0 the two britons replied replie dv yo you u can have them but you know perfectly well we cannot rely on them poulson said bluntly ll be lucky it if they dont fight against you let alone fight figh it for you against japan 11 the admitted he too was worried about the indians but added at any rate theres a large army of australians and new zea landers in other words countered pout poul sun you people here on the island are going to pull out just as soon as you can leaving to your colont colonl als the responsibility for any aid we get in the pacific about right was the reply weve had five years of war here enough note despite congressional concern some high U S navy men are not enthusiastic about either british or russian help against japan they feel U S forces can d do the job themselves when the british wanted to send a naval force to cooperate with the american fleet in the Philip philippines admiral king objected and the president virtually had to overrule him BRITISH TROOPS PROTECT GREEKS for some reason the news was suppressed in the united states but a very sa s1 significant gnidic ani event took place in kalonika Sal greece during the trouble between the british I 1 and the EAM ELAS greeks when the british ordered troops in n kalonika Sal to suppress the greeks the he troops sided aided with the greeks and refused to fire on them the troops were a garrison of the british indian army I 1 the indians indiana chiew their weight on the side ilde of the greek organization which bitterly opposed the return ot of king george ani and which churchill claims to be communist there was no r rioting or bloodshed the indian troops simply cooperated with the greeks simultaneously krishna menon secretary of theIn sheindla dla league made a spee speech chin in london attended bysee by several members of the british parliament in which he praised the indian troops in Salon kalonika Sal lka and said they go in their landlords cars and vote against him the incidents Inci dentis considered extremely important not only as at it effects greece but as it effects india and the far east general stilwell when in the burma barms theater was reportedly report edby it 0 Ambas ambassador salor william phillips as considering british in than dian troops mercenaries who would not put their hearts tuto into any battle as k long as india was not given its independence I 1 s SECOND CALVIN COOLIDGE in more ways than one harry truman to Is like calvin coolidge he comes from the same backwoods origin xe ahe seldom makes speeches on the senate floor he is thrifty remembers the days when the drugstore paid him 3 a week but more than apy anything thing else truman has the same brand of coolidge political luck the lightning hit cal first arst during the boston police S strike later when the party bosses I 1 in ri the smoke filled room at the blackstone hotel wanted a good composite vice president to go with harding the lightning struck truman when his investigating committee hurtled him bin to fame later when uie the democratic demotic era tic bosses dining at the white house decided that he was the corn pro promise raise candidate to replace henry W wallace allace that tha is the man who has assumed th the e life insurance duties of vice president odthe of the united states ile he will be worth watching 0 CAPITAL CHAFF 41 when allied troops entered a little belgian own for the first time the local church warden climbed to the carillon tower of the church and the bells started to ring out the I 1 atar spangled banner 11 next carne came god save sava the king and finally swanee wante river 41 john danaher of connecticut who fail aile dot edof io tho the senate in november may got back bach here even though he lo lost stout out to brien mcmahon connecticut law requires a four month notice before an election to replace the late francis ma bla loncy can be held and republican governor 1 ray baldwin may name republican danaher to serve in the interim with danaher also running in the elect election lort C burma engineers have coined a new word to 40 describe jungle trans trails A fairly good trail Is described as a i |