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UNITED PRESS NEWS v BRIEFS BRIEFSHirohito Hirohito Urges Preservation of Democracy DemocracyTOKYO TOKYO Japan May 3 Emperor Hiro ¬ hito called upon 84000000 Japanese today to preserve Japans new democracy and keep faith with other nations Hirohito spoke from the Imperial Palace plaza at the officials celebration of Japans restored independence and the fifth anniversary of her postwar constitution constitutionOrder Order to Curtail Civilian Aviation AviationWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C May 3 An order curtailing civilian aviation will be issued Monday for the duration of the oil strike informed sources said today The cut in flying operations may amount to 35 per cent the sources said Deputy administrator Brupe K Brown of the Petroleum Adminis ¬ tration Defense PAD said the order was being prepared He would give no details of the curtailment curtailmentDown Down Seven Red Planes Lose Eight EightSEOUL SEOUL Korea May 3 The Par East air forces shot down seven Communist Mig15 fighters during the past week but lost eight of their own planes it was dis ¬ closed today todayTaft Taft Thinks7 Hell Win All Ohio Delegates DelegatesCLEVELAND CLEVELAND Ohio May 3 Senator Robert A Taft said today he thinks he I will win all of the 56 delegates in Tuesdays Ohio primary but conceded he may lose one of them in the Akron district districtPrisoners Prisoners of War Mail Exchanged ExchangedPANMUNJOM PANMUNJOM Korea May 3 The United Nations command and the Com ¬ munists made their 70th exchange of mail for prisoners of war today at the truce camp The U N handed the Reds 2161 letters for allied prisoners and received 203 letters for Communist prisoners prisonersCheck Check Charge Against Trenton Prison PrisonTRENTON TRENTON N J May 3 A committee investigating New Jersey prisons checked today into a state senators assertion that Trenton State Prison records showed a hundred or more cases of sex perversion bootlegging and narcotics during a recent sixmonth period periodThree Three RAF Members Killed in Explosion ExplosionSINGAPORE SINGAPORE China May 3 Three crew members of a Royal Air Force brigade fighterbomber were killed today when an underwing rocket exploded prematurely during an air attack on terrorists hear Taipeng The plane crashed crashedBomb Bomb French Co in Mediterranean Port PortTUNIS TUNIS Tunisia May 3 A bomb ex ¬ ploded in the warehouse of a French com ¬ mercial company in the big Mediterranean port of Sf ax today causing serious property damage but no casualties In Tunis 12 Tunisian Nationalists wcro sentenced by a French military tribunal to prison terms ranging from five months to 10 years yes ¬ terday for antiFrench agitation agitationSays Says US Proposes Big Four Meeting MeetingPARIS PARIS France May 3 Informed sources said today that the U S has proposed a Big Four meeting in Berlin to discuss the possibility of holding free elections to unify Germany
