Canberra, Aug. 15.
Senator Philip Al McBride twas sworn in yesterday as Minister for the Army to succeed the late Brigadier G. A. Street, who was killed in an aeroplane crash last Monday.
Dr. Ito to Review New Japan National Policy Mr. Arthur W. Fadden was sworn in as Minister for Air to replace the late Mr. J. V. Fairbairn, who also met his death in the accident.
Tokyo, Aug. 15.
Dr. Nobufumi Ito, former Japanese Ambassador-at-Large, who has been appointed chief of the Cabinet Bureau of Information, will join with the Cabinet Chief Secretary, Mr. Kenji Tomita; President of the Planning Board, Mr. Naoki Hoshino, and Director of the Cabinet Bureau of Legislation, Mr. Naokai Murase, in discussions of national policies pending the revision of official regulations which would admit Dr. Ito to Brigadier Street and Mr. Fairbairn were killed when a Royal Air Force plane in which they were riding crashed eight miles from here. The plane also carried Sir Henry Gullett, Vice-President of the Executive Council, Major General Sir Brudenell White, Chief of the General Staff, and Mr. Fairbairn's secretary, Mr. R. E. Elford. All were killed—United Press.
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