Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS ANALYSE ANAL Pacific f is Isles Given n US By UN Britain Votes Peacetime Draft bra f t German Miners Ask More Food dud 14 by Wm VJ r S r r au 1 r t III ahr r u uh arra h r f This picture show the th ant Brat tour plane plaDe ever ner photo graphed In the Ute air alt The We ba hap M 46 a medium bomber streaked across acro the sky ak pou spouting flames flame at army air sir corps corpo Maroo Held field California Californi Calf ornia PACIFIC BASES UN U N r Says Y Go Ahead Without a dissenting vote the United Rations Nations Security Council en dore the United States Stat request tot for permanent control Of the former Japanese islands Jl nd d in the southern Pacific These Theis include 1123 Islands inland comprising most mot of the Marianna Mariann th lb Caroline and the tho Marshal All AU Ut the UI United States Stat will wW will have bave complete control over a Pacific irei a e between the Hawaiian islands Island and the Philippine of square miles mIlea ot of ocean Sora Some of these the islands island lie lie closer to the great Russian sea ea base bile at Vladivostok on the Siberian coast cout than to Sill San u Francisco The Tho United State Sta States can forbid forbid ships ship of any an na- na ns na ering the at irea rea M y the islands can t a and aad o ij pass ieli can be Established within w ei pf 90 Japan lapan China the Philippines Philippine phillp lne Ko Ko- Korea rea ra rea and even evelt southern Siberia Bor- Bor oCd n Australia and New Guinea also ir It within reach beach fe ch by bl air sir rb The i remaining step now is la lac by c by l the U S senate p O J M e a of both houses R I 1 r tet I XU newest n ne veat and andrt attest rt lt propelled yet bomber has ta I its preliminary r tests teats In to in an M manner pact fab ici speeds peed were withheld army stated that It U U la the fastest bomber b ever built in this thil country The rjae r trials trIal are art being conducted at atM M air Held field in the desert of California he new super bomber 1 I Is pro pro- pilled ed by four jet engines engine set et into th i wings wing win It U is feet teet long lon and b be bea his a wingspread of feet In Its It first Brit flight a teat pilot flew it for an en hour b ur and sod a half baU performing saUs- saUs factor It leaped into In the air after a run of only feet Consoli- Consoli Cons aU dated dated Aircraft corporation built the new plane plan BRITAIN Peacetime Draft Recognizing the threat to peace that the Russian foreign policy pre pre- lents tents to Britain as aa well as a to all aU aUthe the world the parliament passed palled a peacetime conscription bill dis tasteful h as this thi Is to the Labor gov government ov emment A curious alignment com com- combined combined to force passage of the bill as II Conservatives Joined with Laborites to vote the act Bet through There was wu embarrassment on both sides aides aide for tor many of the Labor party members had bad voted against conscription at atthe the th beginning of the war The Con Con- Conservatives led by Winston Church Church- Churchill ill W reluctantly favored a bill spon spon- spon sponsored lored by the party they ardently I dislike Liberals and certain pad paci- I flat Cst Laborites voted no on bill The national I service bill extends the present conscription laws fur for live five years beyond January 1 I 1949 It 1 provides for tor 18 months of ot active service for all men 18 to 26 and five live and a half years of part time service Reds Control Berlin The Berlin Trades Union organisation allon now is completely under con con- control con con- control of the Communist party In the thela latest la teat elections election the Socialist Unity party or SED which is ii the German Communist organization elected 37 87 of Its members to the man 45 4 man man man man- managing aging board This board controls the city's administration Since the Communists have of f the delegates who elect the board they could have taken over overall overall all seats GERMANY Strikes for lor Food Coal miners in Germanys Germany's I Ruhr area are striking for larger larer food rations ra for themselves and Ind their families famille This region Is la in the Brit Brit- lab ish zone More than miners have bave been off olf the job at It various times time in demonstrations demonstration against what whit they consider inadequate food allowances Most of the Ruhr's Ruhr mines mine have bave been idle at some ome time or other during durUi the past two weeks The Th Ruhr is U the heart of industrial Germany containing coal and iron fron mines steel mills mill and other heavy Industries Indus s British authorities have havo been ap apo ap- appealing pealing pe pealing for the most part futilely to the Ib miners to remain on the job The situation has been getting worse for fot some ome time largely larel ai as a result of ot British Inability to obtain and transport large enough tie ties of ot foodstuffs foo to maintain a I min mh- subsistence diet Heavy workers fee feel the lack even more acutely and tr uble has ha been brewIn brew brew- brewIng log Ing In all winter Curtailment of coal output has serious consequences not only for Germany but for 13 la E European countries now receiving 10 per percent cent of ot the tha German coal production Electric power reductions reduction soon sons 00 Will will become necessary in these nations nation it is 11 feared In an effort etT rt to ease 81 the Uon ut e rushing all aU available food tood rOm ora other parts part of their zone gone Worth lea t 3 bw u kv Pretty Miss Hane lIane Kennard of Boston BOlton is displaying a necklace valued at t It consists of small diamonds and one big bigone one a carat arat emerald-cut emerald gem lem Ml MINs s Kennard doesn't dOlsot own the jewels kels She la is I merely modeling for far the American Gem society meeting In to Chicago LIBERIA To He Studied A group croup of German scientists Is preparing t for an expedition into the wilds of Liberia on the west welt coast of Africa if d permission can be ob oh- oh obtained tamed They would leave In June If occupation authorities permit Dr Heinz leader Iader of the man 11 group says that they I will concentrate concen te on the southeast portions of the hinterland studying native tribes animals and plants They hope to discover the secrets of the legendary and weird elephant and leopard cults of the natives Other matters of interest will be pygmy py my elephants and hippopotami I believed to exist in the deep dep Jungles I INow New Now Yorks York's Budget I New York City's budget at more an an a s billion dollars for tor the fiscal Oscal year the largest ever submitted in the United States excepting by bythe the federal government The 1029 figure sent by Mayor Wil Wil- William liam ODwyer 0 Dwyer to the board of esti- esti estimates estl esti mates matel compares with for far the fiscal year yeu The big city's budget even ex ex- ex exceeds the cost of operating the fed fed- federal eral government 31 years yean ago In I 1916 federal expenditures expenditure totaled only COAL MINES I Closed da tU Dangerous Five Five hundred and Ind eighteen I teen row COT OY- OY operated eminent soft tott coal mines mine have been closed down as al unsafe Secretary of the Interior KnIt Krug They Thel will remain closed d for an In In- definite period until inspections Inspection Indicate In- In indicate that they thel are reasonably safe lite Representatives of miners mine unions union also alo will pas paia pal on the to safety I element In la each mine I About miners are employed In the Ule dangerous mines mine The I nIlI greatest risk Secretary Krug said ald nIl I la Is from bom explosive gas II as and dust dUit The Theother Theother other 2013 mines under federal con eon control I trot have reopened It Is ii estimated that coal output hat has been reduced about sixth one-sixth by the closing order John lohn L L Lewis Low who was war testify tea tog ing In before a house hOUle labor mittel when Secretary Krug Kru Issued the order commented R 1 1 point out that Secretary Secreta Krug Is Ii 1 doing now what he should hould have hive done ever since the safety code be be- be became came effective Hes He's started to en en- en enforce force his hi own code after deaths death BILBO Cant Can't Claim Seat I Two more operations operation and a long convalescence will prevent nt Senator Senator- elect Theodore BUbo Bilbo of Mississippi from claiming his hi seat set In the U 3 S senate In 1847 1047 This announcement of Bilbo's condition was wa made by b Forrest Jackson J a chon the senators senator's legal e al advisor Bilbo has haa been suffering from cancer of the Jaw The senate expects to adjourn for forthe forthe the year lear by early earty July Judy Since Bilbo cannot attend before September S at best belt he will win be unable to put In a I claim for his hi seat this year ear Mean Mean- Meanwhile while he continues continue to draw his pay pal Before this this began in Janu Janu- Janu January ary ar several senators planned ac sc- sc tion to bar Bilbo from rom the chamber Modern Modem Caveman FBI agents agent have arrested an army deserter who has been living as a cave man for tor the tho past pait four years yean He is I John P Lehigh 23 of at Ohio a former coal miner miller He was waa seized at the farm home of his hi year old grand grand- grandmother I mother mother- When captured Lehigh was wu wear wear- wearIng wearing I Ing lpg six s r lour JOUl pairs Patr of ot trou- trou seri er short rubber rubbe boots boot and a I coal coal miners miner's miner cap cep with a carbide lamp fr 1 Jt 4 t V rl k g V Y His us Hi hair and beard were long lon and unkempt His Els cave an a 18 by 18 foot toot room dug In a hillside a mile and a half east of had a trap trapdoor trapdoor door camouflaged by moss mOil and nd leaves leavel It was rudely floored He Re deserted from Shelby Miss In July Jull 1943 He 0 was turned over to military police at Fort Hayes aes Columbus Ohio ICELAND Ash Ruins Ruin Farms Farm Ashes Ashe from the furiously erupting Mount Hekla ekla are ruining pastures In a large area around the cone which is situated In southern Ice Ice- Iceland land The volcanic dust Is three Inches thick and constantly getting deeper It Is feared that 17 farms 20 to 30 miles from the volcano will willbe be ruined Three main volcanic craters are active Streams of lava two miles wide and 48 40 feet high are flowing from the mountain Boulders hurled I Into the air explode like artillery shells lIs Farmers are Bre slaughtering their livestock and moving out of the ash coverd ash coverd area orea RADAR Tests are being made at al the Washington D C and Chicago air air- airport port port l to determine how practical the ground approach control meth meth- method method od is for commercial aviation This method found successful by b the army and navy air corps employs radar to guide planes to a safe eafe landing land mg Experiments will be conducted also at New New York and eventually at al alother other leading airports The test teat pi pe pe- pe period will continue according to Civil Aeronautics administration of of- of officials officials until it Is determined to what extent radar could be used to sup sup- supplement up- up or substitute for instrument landings Murderers Murderer's Eyes Aid Vets The Tho eyes of ot a naval veteran exe- exe executed exe c for murder will give sight to two men blinded bUndro at al Guadalcanal Immediately after the electrocution of Russell Koons in Ohio penitentiary penitentiary Columbus Ohio surgeons re re- re removed removed moved his eyes and packed them In a Special container The package was Gown flown to New York City and ind rushed to the army hospital There surgeons transplanted the corneas of Koons eyes to the eyes of two sightless veterans This operation is possible only In to special cases casei |