| Show World News Today European Allies Meet To Outline Defense Compiled From Chicago Daily Dally News UP A AP and INS Reports Chiefs of staff of the five western European alliance countries met in London Tuesday to continue the tho task of coordinating their defenses Lord Tedder marshal of oC the British air force presided over the meeting of bf the military chiefs of Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg The session was arranged prior to Monday nights night's formal announcement of the appointment of ot Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery as permanent military chairman of the alliances alliance's defense council Montgomery is expected to resign shortly as chief of the imperial imperial im im- im- im penal general staff Speculation on a successor to that post has been fixed largely on Gen Sir John Croc Crocker er 52 British commander In thief chief in the middle cast east The British foreign office announcement said French Gen of the Arm Army Jean Dc De Lattre De Dc was named commander In chief of the land forces of the alliance British Air Marshal Sir James Robb was appointed to command the alliances alliance's air forces while French Vice Adm RoDert Robert was named flag lag officer of the naval forces U. U S. S officials in Washington ton said the appointments are the most significant step yet taken to coordinate Europe's peacetime defenses Tr Trouble uple Feared in French Coal Strike A department official predicted trouble in the French coal strike About miners failed to tc show up Monday at the gov gay I owned pits virtually Frances France's entire coal in in- in The first day of the strike passed passe 1 without violence but Jean top aid to the prefect Of f Nord department province told newsmen These things always go quietly at first It is different after the people begin to think of going hungry and when there is a constant succession of meetings to keep them excited Watch Vatch for trouble after a few days Each day the strike continues the European recovery program loses between and tons of coal King of Siam Hurt in Auto Crash King of Siam was severely hurt in an auto accident Monday night at Morges Merges Switzerland The king 19 and Aram identified as his brother- brother law in-law were taken to Morges Merges hospital Latest reports said phon had shown considerable improvement but that condition was grave The accident occurred on the main nain Lausanne Geneva-Lausanne highway Police said was driving a sized midget-sized automobile to toward toward to- to ward Geneva A truck ahead of him stopped suddenly to avoid two cyclists and nd the royal car crashed into the rear Th The young king has been a student at Lausanne university for tor several years ears Greek Army to Use American Tactics Tactics' I I The Greek army soon w will ll attack the Communist guerillas In the northern mountains with tactics used by United States forces For th the first time since the United States came to the aid of the national troops Greek soldiers solders have been taught American methods of t infantry combat Heretofore the British had done all the training The Greek general staff brought 11 platoons of about 30 to 40 me men each to to the staffs staff's Infantry school They had had six weeks of basic training A cadre of American infantry officers gave them six more weeks of nand training in infantry Now they are moving on to the battle front each of the 11 platoons assigned assigned as as- assigned signed either to a separate e division or special unit |
