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PHOTOCOPIED October 1, 2002; NASM PRESERVATION COPY
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FOREIGN NEWS
[[bold]] Protest Killing of 2,822 Africans in Kenya [[/bold]]
British policy in Kenya was attacked by Socialist members of the House of Commons after Colonial Secretary Oliver Lyttelton announced that 2,822 Africans had been slain in military operations against the Mau Mau cult since last January. Socialist Maurice Edelman said that never in the history of warfare had the proportion of wounded (263) and captured (980). Another Socialist, Sidney Silverman, challenged the government's policy of bombing Mau Maus in prohibited areas.

[[bold]] Three Regents Named For Deposed African King [[/bold]]
The British governor of Uganda appointed three ministers of the province of Buganda to govern in place of King Mutesa II who was deposed for demanding independence for his homeland. The regents are Prime Minister Paulo Kavuma, Treasurer Latima Moagi and Chief Justice Matayo Mugwanya. Meanwhile, the native legislature of Buganda demanded reinstatement of its king, who was flown to London.

[[bold]] Tribesmen Walk 20 Miles To Vote In Sudan [[/bold]]
In Africa, hundreds of naked tribesmen of Southern Sudan participated in their first modern election. Most of the tribesmen walked up to 20 miles, at a rate of five miles an hour, to reach the voting center where candidates where designated by objects familiar to the tribesmen like trees, a pipe, a cock. The tribesmen voted for members of Sudan's first Parliament which will decide by 1955 the country's final status - independence or unity with Egypt.

[[boxed]] [[bold]] Losers Win Soap In African Beauty Contest [[/bold]]
A panel of six white women crowned Maina Mjlanga as "Miss Southern Rhodesia," then awarded the eight other finalists in the beauty contest consolation prizes of $1.40 each and a cake of soap. Miss Mhlanga received $56 and an electric iron. [[/boxed]]

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