LATE MESSAGES

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 November 1945, Page 6

LATE MESSAGES

BRIGADIER KILLED. LONDON? November 22. Brigadier R. G. Loder Symonds was killed when a Mosquito in which he was a passenger crashed after taking I off from Sourabaya airfield.’ The pilot | was also killed. ( HITLER AND BRAUN. LONDON, Nov. 22. “Hitler and Eva Braun were very much in love, but' not to the extent that they had children,” said Hitler’s butler and confidant, Arthur KanI neberg, giving evidence before a Brijtish Court at Bonn. He added that they were married two days before the capitulation. CZECHS AND RUTHENIA PRAGUE, Nov. 22. The Czech Parliament unanimously approved the cession of Ruthenia to Russia. The vote approved a decree issued last June. GREEK POLITICS LONDON, November 22. The Greek Populist (Monarchist) Party to-night addressed a message to the people containing a violent attack on the new Sofoulis Cabinet reports the Associated Press correspondent. It said that the new Cabinet was alleged to have dragged the British Government into action contrary to the actual interest, dignity and feelings of the Greeks. The Cabinet forced the Regent to resign and to swear them in while under resignation. The Government was anti-constitutional and dictatorial—a Government of oligarchy. WITNESS FOR GOERING. LONDON, November 22. Thomas Kantzow, a 20-year-old son of Goering’s first wife, has applied to the American. Legation for permission to go to Nuremberg to testify for Goering says Reuter’s Stockholm correspondent. He adds that Kantzow, who lives in a Stockholm suburb, declared Goering secretly helped Jews to escape to Sweden. “Goering was always good to me. I hope my application will be granted.” Goering’s first wife was a Swede named Carin. She died in 193 L Goering brought the body to Germany and called the estate “Carin Hall,” in her memory. The Associated Press Nuremberg correspondent, says that Sauter, defence counsel for Ribbentrop, formally requested the International Tribunal to sub poena Lords Londonderry, Beaverbrook, Derby, Vansittart and Keasley. He added that at present it was not intended that. Mr. Churchill should be summoned. FRENCH MINISTRY LONDON, Nov. 22. Genera] de Gaulle has asked each of his four Ministers without portfolio to take special charge of specific questions, says Reuter’s Paris correspondent. The Socialist,' M. Autiol, will be leader of the Assembly, the Communist M. Thorez, will co-ordi-nate and reform the civil service. M. Gay (M.R.P.) will, co-ordinate German and Austrian affairs and the Republican, M. Jacqumot, will preside over Alsace, Lorraine and North African affairs.

General de Gaulle again insisted on the need for following a strict timetable in observing the order of importance in the new legislation. He placed the new constitution first, but pointed out that' this was in the hands of-the Assembly. He laid great stress on the need for effective civil' service, magisteri'al and' Army re- j forms. School administration Was already being created, where future diplomats, generals and Treasury officials will spend part of their training period. General de Gaulle, in the economic field, has given highest priority to the nationalisation of banks and electric power, when he asked the Finance Minister M. Pleven, and the Industrial Production’ Minister, M. Paul, to produce. joint laws on these subjects by Tuesday.

TRAWLER’S ARRIVAL

CHRISTCHURCH, November 23. After experiencing unfavourable weather since last Saturday, when she left Port Chalmers, the trawler Pawera reached Lyttelton just before noon to-day. Concern had been felt for her safety, but she was located by an air search off the mouth of the Rakaia River yesterday. The owner-skipper. G. Brassell, said that while he appreciated the efforts of the Air Force, there had been no real need for the search. He said he told people of Port Chalmers before leaving that the voyage might take a week or a fortnight, depending on the winds.