OVERSEAS NEWS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 38, Issue 306, 25 September 1945, Page 7

OVERSEAS NEWS IN BRIEF

Americans Leaving Norway. United States headquarters in Berlin has announced that on October 5 the British will relieve the American task force in Norway. Commercial Airships. Moscow radio has announced that a Russian airship has successfully completed the first trial flight between Moscow and Kharkov. The Government intends to use airships for commercial transport. Windsors in France. The Duke and Duchess qf Windsor have arrived at their residence, in Baris. The Duke is appalled by the damage he saw at Le Havre. The Duchess is determined to take relief work in France. French Train Smash. Fifty persons were killed and GO senously injured in a collision between a railcar and a train on Saturday night near Grenoble. Many of the occupants were wedged under wreckage, reports a Paris message. Bolsen Trial’s Duration. . The trial of the Belsen guards is exnected to lust for another three weeks. Counsel for the defence will be assisted bv Professor 11. A. Smith, an. expert on international law at the University or London. Death Sentences in Bulgaria. A Belgrade message reports that a military court passed the death sentence ou 17 people, including 14 generals,, for treason, collaboration, killing patriots, and burning villages. Sateen others were sentenced to terms of hard labour. R.A.F. Ace’s Commission. Group Captain Johnnie Johnson nas accepted a permanent commission in the R.A.F. He shot down 38 German planes, and is officially declared to be the topscoring Allied pilot in Europe during the war, a message from London states. Charge Against Von Paulus. It is reported from Brussels that the Belgian list of German war criminals, which has been forwarded to the War Crimes Commission, includes FieldMarshal vou Paulus, who is charged with ordering the massacre of 175 men, women and children. Spanish Jails Emptier. . The Director of Spanish Prisons announced that only 20.001) persons, mostly offenders against common law, were imprisoned in Spain, of the 2a0,000, including political prisoners, who were in prison in 1939. The remainder were now "enjoying complete or conditional liberty,” a Madrid message reports. British Naval Construction. The Royal Navy, the peacetime strength of which has not yet been finally determined, is building one battleship,' nt. least 16 aireraft-carriers and about 80 fleet destroyers, says the “Daily Express.” Britain’s shipbuilders expect that most of these ships; which were ordered before the Japanese surrender, and many of which are. in an advanced stage of construction, will be completed.