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IReutersi -— Vladimir Vestamo- itch, 27-year-old Russian, today isiieli his 27-foot welded steel sall- téllgt down the River Severn from ‘oi-caster, setting out on a single- "lded "Wise round the world. "is vessel. which he believes will

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Vcstcixnovitch intends to sail to Bristol aihi then set out for Buenos Aires. He will take enough canned food to last him the four to six

months he expects to be at sea bc- fore reaching south America.

By Ken * Reynolds

° lAP) — Tho world's bhgest bomber has made its greatest flight.

nounced today that its giant pride, a B-Bd, flew non-stop from Fort Worth to Honolulu breaking its own record.

and more than 8,000 miles after talus off, touched down at this city's cm. well Air Field.

load" to the halfway merit. drop- ping the bombs in the ocean off Honolulu.

the Strategic Air Command made the announcement hero after hours of official silence.

done, but it was a routine training

oi the bomber," he said. "It was in excess of 8,000 miles."

flew from Fort Worth to Honolulu by way of San Diego. Calif., and returned via San Francisco.

fly directly to Fort Worth,” said Montgomery. "It flew to the east oi Fort Worth and then returned."

bomb, 10.000 miles, staggers the imagination of the public and the men who fly it. It's as big as three houses arid it's 67-foot tail is as high as a four-storq building. It has groaned into the air at its

- almost the length of a football field — and they flap lazily in flight. And the 3-36 is so long — 163 feet - its crew members use a little scooter on rails from nose to tail.

miles an hour.

PORT WORTH, Tex.. Dec. O _ The United States Air Force an-

and return. M ‘I am. last night. as hours the great silver ship

It hiui carried "a useiul bomb-

Brlg-Geri. J. B. Montgomery of

"It ll the best the 3-36 has ever

With a ls-ma-n crew the ship

"Pl-om San Francisco, it did not

Built to carry 10.000 pounds of the bomber

five-room

Its amazing wings stretch E0 feet

to Illp

Six pusher engines shove the bomber along at better than 850

flours before the air force made its announcement, there were un- confirmed reports of an historic

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 — (AP) - Everything is ready.

The day of the great decision is Monday. The electoral college will meet and elect the next Unit- ed States president.

Maybe you thought the United States already had a president for the next four years. Maybe you believed those headlines of Nov. 3 that the people named a fellow flamed Truman.

Stuff and nonsense!

All they did was to pick electors to pick a president.

Down through the years, of course. electors have dwindled in importance until their lob has be- come a mere formality. But it’; a formality backed up by two sect- ions of the constitution and eight pages of law.

Truman can't be elected until it's all carried out.

The man charged with seeing that everything goes properly is Denys Myers of the State Depart- ment.

He assured me today that every- thing looks shipshape for the big event.

“The electoral college," he said, between puffs on a balky pipe "Is a reminder of our history. Original- ly we were the United States. with a small ‘U’ and a big ‘S.’ So the electors were named in each state. and they decided on the man they thought should be president." Myers has written each of the 48 governors. over the signature of Robert A. bovett, Undersecretary of State, explaining to them how the thing should be done.

‘For instance:

Each state must. send in its letters of ascertainment. This. translated from the legal vernacul- ar, merely means a report on who was elected electors, and by how much.

During Monday's meetings in the 48 states, each elector will sign six certificates. verifying how the voting went.

What happens to these six certifi- cates requires almost a full page of law to explain. But the upshot is that they'll be opened in Con- gress Jan. d, and counted.

This time the result won't sur- prise the most bemused poll-taker. The long drawn out formality will add up to Truman.

Changes come slowly in some- thing like this. But I noticed that four years ago the lettaa to the governors wound up with: “ “I have the honor to be. Iir, your obedient servant."

‘This year Myers quietly changed

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World's Greatest Bomber

Makes 8,000-Mile Flight I

f ii i ht 1 218.000 . ﬂight- rilo glaze cover carriexdom Bu! officers remained eilent- 13mg? EM" “"5 Y"! h" a load. Montgomery made the first an- rubber. gubweaexliltlltylylllythge-lnialiei

nouncement to the Associated Press in Dallas early today. ‘1 can't tell you everything. but i'll tell you what I can," he said. The flight was not a record for distance. 1n October, 1946. a United States Neptune patrol bomber flew from Perth, Australia. to Columbus, Ohio - 11,236 miles. The air force hopes to stretch the B-Ws bombing range to l2,- 000 miles.

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ll. S. Considers Gominform-Tito

By J. M. Roberts, Jr. Associated Press News Analyst United States officials apparent- now that

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Russia Bids lligh For Wool

BY SYDNEY GAMPELL 140N139". Doc. 8-(R.eutcrs)— Russian purchases of wool and o; other sterling arcs materials are believed to be partly for strategic iltzwkpues- PM 11151111! to supply

° mdmtn" 11°‘ Will’ 0! Russia herself but also oi her satellites “wllldlﬂl the textile industries P1081111. Czechoslovakia and Fin. land.

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m m9 W965 of wool she "m". Russia outblds. all other illygﬁl and American as well as

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Y as appeared to be a b18891. buyer than Russia, but the m“. 5"“ Pllreheeee. ﬂ-nd the way Lhey they are made, tend to have m. Inn's” 93°" 0n Prices and to Blgmmmgst attention,

Lhr - u“! l0 Differ Tiiesomi? o‘ m” First and foremost are her earn. m“ °t “twill!!! under the Alaglo. Russia "we lsreement of last Sh‘? sblillled more than

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° h“ been sending - am ‘memes ever-snenlilnlz-iilo bal- ance on raw materials in the stcr.

Switched to Australian wool.

‘Iihe second source is her earn- ings of sterling from her exports to other countries. Russia, is m ‘he Bfollp of "transferable ster- 1111!" countries within which ster- l-ns can be used without any ye- Tefeﬂce to the British authorities. Third and most surprising source is by exchanging dollars for ster- ling. Russia still sells freely to me United states, including even strategic materials such as ma“. lﬂi-nese which the United States vrreni-ly Wants, but Washington allows hardly any United states sales to Russia, even of non-es- sential goods.

Thus Russia has a regular sur- plus of dollars and she has oc- casionally sold dollars for sterling with which to buy raw materials from the overseas sterling area. it is believed that Russia buys this sterling cheaply in New York instead of selling the dollars to the Bank of England at the of- ncial rate.

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Government have howeyer stated that they recognize the existence of a specially close relationship between Eire and the Common- wealth countries and desire that this relationship should be maintained. These close relations arise from ties oi kinship and from traditional and long- established economic, social and trade conections based on common interest. The United Kingdom Government for their part also re- cognize the existence of these fac- tual ties and are at one with the EiresGovernment in desiring that close and friendly relation; should continue and be strengthened.

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Accordingly the United Kingdom Government will not regard the enactment of this legislation by Eire as placing Eire in the cate- gory of foreign countries or Eire

year.

phony and that greater trade be- tween Yugoslavia and the west can be undertaken safely. Yugoslavia has been under close scrutiny for the six months since Russia made her futile effort to oust Tito in favor of a regime winch would pay less attention to nation- alistic interests and more to the international program of the Com- munists. There were signs of fear on the part of the Kremlin that Tim's tendency toward independence from Russian guidance might lead him into a position of neutrality in the cold war or any subsequent hot war. The Con-linform underestim- ated the power of Yugoslav nation- alism, the "good Communists" to which it appealed failed to rise to oust Tito. and now that fear has assumed a certain semblance of reality. Tito still expresses loyalty to the idea of Communism. but insists that it can exist orl a national basis without subscrvience to the rule of international obedience. The attempted purge‘ having failed, Russia has been reduced to other fonms of punishment for what it considers a renegade. This has resulted in an effort to weaken Tito with his people by weakening Yugosiavias economy. A virtual trade blockade has been erected by the Cominform count- ries, crippling Tim's five-year plan He is forced to look elsewhere lest a drop in an already poor standard of living should lend vigor to his so far suppressed domestic opposit- ion. The United States is reported re- viewing its export licence policy toward Yugoslavia with a view to liberalisation. There are also ' dicatlorls that steps will be token to make it eas- ier for Marshall Plan countries in Ilirope particularly Italy, to trade with Belgrade. The program would advance a fundamental ncept of the Mar- shall Plan, the increased trade be-

: bag eacl . his to doth ark-creaky wltll miserable. don't It sa ‘eams

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this to. “very truly yours." tween Western and Eastern Europo A smell seer. perhaps. but it's Ia vital to Western European re- in the right direction. oewsry. It would increase the spilt ‘ Tito and the eastern bloc

wk‘ It would give the other eaetorn oolmtries a closer look at the

enormity of the robbery Russia

committed when she vetoed their

desires to join in the hippos! lo-

“ w eovsry Program. Natural trade forum have

IN!!! tended to break through political dams. I know a lot of people who think that they are bound to be at work in Russia herself. and that they may offer eventually the one possibility of’ a bridge to peaoe be- tween east and west. -

IIDW DOWN!

MELBOURNE - (C?) -An old battered baby cat was towed Into the "graveyard" at police head- quarters after skidding and over- turning. Attached to its dashboard was a brass plate bearing this legend: “Aerobatics and speeds in

excess of 200 miles an hour pro-

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PHILADEILPHIA, Dec. 9—(A.P) -'I'ho homicide squad today said they doubted a former gravedig- ger's story that ho committed a Philadelphia murder for which another man faces possible exec- utiori.

Herbert Leroy Gulembo. 20, told Saginaw, Mich., police he killed

ers. The other Governments of the Commonwealth will. we undrztand, take an early opportunity of stat- ing their policy in the matter.

The position o! Eire citizens in the United Kingdom will be gover- ned by the British Nationality Act 1948. The Eire Government have stated that it is their intention to bring their legislation into line with that in Commonwealth countries so as to establish by statue that in Eire citizens of Commonwealth countries receive comparable treatment.

43-year-old Mrs. Kathryn Mellq artist and writer, when she r09 sisted his advances. ‘linen, Gulls embo said, he fled Phlliulol upon learning his job requis- him to dig the victim's grave.

Bayard J. Jenkins, a 19-year-old Negro icernan, was convicted d the slaying. Sentenco was with: lieid pending outcome of his ap- peal. The ﬁrst degree murdel verdict-without a recommcndate ion of mercy-carries the death penalty.

Detective Captain Jami loll) of the homicide squad said Gul- embos answers to speciﬁc ouch lions asked by Philadelphia. police indicated he had no first-hand knowledge of the crime,

“We're convinced that Giulembo istryingtomisleaduainsoml way and that the man we nave convicted is the one who minder- ed Mirs. Melier," Kelly statcdy

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