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Bojangles Laid to Rest Members of Masonic order stand
In silent tribute (left) as the body of Bill (Bojangles) Robin
son is borne to the Abyssinian Baptist church in New York.
About 30,000 persons the small and the great crowded
around and into the church to pay their last respects to the
famed Negro dancer. (Acme Telephoto)
France, Poland
In Reprisal War
Paris, Dec. 1 VP) Diplomatic
relations between France and
Poland today became a vicious
circle of reprisals arising out of
arrests in both countries of al
leged spies.
Polish Ambassador Jersy Put
rament handed a note to the
French yesterday declaring Po
land, "against its will and with
aversion," was forced to arrest
Frenchmen in retaliation against
French reprisals.
French Foreign Minister Rob
ert Schuman told newsmen "I
think we are stronger," meaning
there were more Poles in France
than Frenchmen in Poland up
on which possible reprisals ei
ther by arrest or expulsions
could be carried out.
The scries of arrests and coun
ter-arrests began two weeks ago
when Andre Robineau, a French
consular employe, was arrested
by the Poles and charged with
spying.
France later arrested the Pol
ish vice consul at Lille, A. M.
Szczerbinski, on spy charges. In
a note yesterday France said he
was being offered legal assist
ance and demanded that Robin
eau be given like treatment.
The note charged that Rob
ineau and 16 other Frenchmen
in Poland arc in jail without be
ing permitted to see lawyers or
French diplomatic representatives.
Belgium Relaxes
Dollar Control
Brussels, Belgium, Dec. 1 VP)
The government relaxed con
trol over exchange rates be
tween the Belgian franc and the
U. S. dollar today by giving of
ficial blessing to limited fluctua
tions in trading prices.
The basic official exchange
rate of 80 francs to $1 will be
maintained. But official prices
on the Brussels slock exchange
will be permitted to fluctuate up
or down one per cent according
to demand.
Previously, fixed selling and
buying rales were set by tile
Belgian National bank. Free
market rates have been quoted
unofficially in the past, how
ever.
The new system will tend to
permit the buying and selling
rates to be fixed by free trad
lng.
Free market quotations have
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FRIDAY -a
varied little from the one per
cent limit recently. Yesterday'sl
free market quotations ranged
from 50.25 to 50.50 francs to
$1.
A similar limited floating ex
change rate was established re
cently for the Swiss franc.
Grant of $12,208
For Pollution Study
Washington, Dec. 1 VP)
Washington and Oregon were
included in grants for the study
of pollution control announced
yesterday by the federal security
agency.
A total of $782,979 was ap
portioned to the 45 participat
ing states.
Grants to the states Included:
Washington $13,473; Oregon
$12,208; Idaho $0,969; Alaska
$9,212.
The wood of the persimmon
tree related to ebony is
sometimes exceedingly valuable. zone recruitment call.
East Germany
Army Denied
Berlin, Dec. 1 (VP) Berlin's
Soviet-licensed press today de
nied as fabrication a report that
east Germany is setting up
360,000-man communist people's
army.
The British-licensed S oc 1 a 1
Democrat said yesterday that
cast zone officials and Soviet of
ficers had set up plans for six
big army groups, to be armed
with Russian weapons and sup
ervised by communist commis
sars. -
"Social Democrat tries with
this fabricated report to divert
public attention from organiza
tion of a west German mercena
ry army under American com
mand," said Vorwaerts, organ of
the socialist unity communist
party.
While the Social Democrat
and Vorwaerts traded charges,
the British licensed Der Tag, or
gan of the conservative Christian
democrat party, printed what it
said was a facsimile of an east
US Denies Flood
Loss Liability
Portland, Dec. 1 (IP) Federal
attorneys have denied in pre-trial
conferences that the government
must pay for flood loss in the
Memorial day destruction of
Vanport.
U.S. District Attorney Henry
L. Hess and department of jus
tice aides told Federal Judge
James A. Fee the federal law
provides that the United States
shall not be liable for damage
by floods. They argued that the
Portland housing authority,
which leased Vanport and man
aged the government-built hous
ing area, was not a federal
agency.
The government's attorneys
also touched on the claim of
survivors that they were lulled
into complacency by a notice is
sued the day of the dike break.
The federal attorney said it was
not issued by the government.
The courtroom was packed as
44 attorneys filed claims for 478
persons. Pre-trial conferences
continued today.
Judge Fee ordered the suits
segregated into three classes:
property damage. Injury claims
and death claims.
Plaintiffs' attorneys noted
that in an earlier suit involving
death claims, Circuit Judge Al
fred P. Dobson had ruled the
Portland housing authority is an
agency of the federal government.
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Air View of geometric patterns that look like silos and odd
shaped towers. Now turn the picture upside down. The silos
turn out to be Quonset huts. It's a view of Burnt Creek, iron
mine project between Laborador and Quebec. (AP News-features)
Modern pins made of wire
were first produced in France
and Germany.
RELIEF AT LAST
For Your COUGH
Creomulsion relieves promptly because
it goes right to the seat of the trouble
to help loosen and expel germ laden
phlegm and aid nature to soothe and
heal raw, tender, inflamed bronchial
mucous membranes. Tell your druggist
to sell you a bottle of Creomulsion
with the understanding you must like
the way it quickly allays the cough
or you are to have your money back.
CREOMULSION
for Coughs, Chest Colds.Bronchitis
Great Braitain Cuts
U.S. Lumber Imports
Geneva, Switzerland, Dec. 1
(IP) Britain cut her timber im
ports from the United States by
almost 90 per cent during the
first half of this year, the United
Nations economic commission
for Europe reported today.
At the same time, British im
ports from Canada were reduced
by one half, but Canada remain
ed Britain's largest single sup
plier of timber.
Approximately 5,000 trolley
cars still operate in more than
a score of American cities.
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Tito Celebrates
Independence
Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Dec. 1
(P) Premier Marshal Tito threw
an indepedence day party Tues
day night.
From a social standpoint, it
was a big success. Of all Bel
grade's top-ranking officialdom
and diplomats, only the repre
sentatives of Russia and her sat
ellites were missing.
Thi Kiwlpt-rilrpftort
..w . vuiiun.
form blast earlier in the day
calling for overthrow of Tito'i
regime aian i dampen the sDir.
its of the gay party. In the lav
ishly decorated old royal palace
dinner.
From caviar to bananas a
nuts it was well done.
The party climaxed nation
wide celebrations of the sixth
anniversary of the founding of
the Yugoslav Republic a nation
that started out as one of Rus
sia's slaunchest allies and today
is uer uibieieak enemy.
Glory!
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