Portraits
.of
Distinction
FRANCIS WU'S STUDIO'
GLOUCESTER ARCADE
ADVANCE PARTIES IN LAGOON
(By William Hardcastle)
New York, July 1. Advance parties, 'wari- inner ly probing the
Bikini lagoon, reported that the water in the "bullseye" area and the majority of the blasted ships is "dangerously radio-active," as radios flashed back the concrete news of the atom test today.
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ATOM BOMB FLOP Mountain Produces A Mouse
THIS BRITAIN
Curlinte, July 1.
Three hours before the atom bomb sửas due to 'dea- cend, animal lovers tonight, held at a church here a spacial service of intercession for animals being used for research purposes in ships in the target area.
The service was organised by the Carlisle branch of the National Equine Defengs Lague-Reuter.
Jews Accuse
Tommies Of
Looting
Only Three Guinea
Pig Ships Sunk
Aboard U.S.S. Appalachian Off Bikini July 1. An official but incomplete toll of the world's fourth atomic bomb explosion showed three-ships sunk and 16 others damaged, Fires still raged aboard of some the craft, and experts estlinated that the number mortally wounded may reach eight.
a result.
R.A.F. VERDICT ANNULLED
London, July 1.
It was announced in the House of Commons during qucation-time that the Air Officer Commander-in-Chief, India, has not confirmed the proceedings of the court- martial 07 LAC Att1000d. which means that the trial has been annulled,
Alligood was charged with inciting to mutiny other mem hers of his camp at the R.A.F. Station at Drinkwroad, Kara- chi, in January.
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AMAZING HITLER WORDS REVEALED
Nuremberg, July 1. Shortly before his death. Hitler, in one of the most amazing statements ever made by him, declared that "the future belongs solely to the stronger Eastern nation" (the Soviet), It was revealed at the war crimes trial here.
30.
"Within Your
พ
Victim Loses
Her Trousers
The revelation was made by Albert Speer, Hitler's Minister of Munitioris and War Production, in testimony on the witness stand. Speer was in close touch with Hitler until the last.
As Rundstedt's Christmas offensive in the Ardennes col- lapsed early in 1945, and the The destroyer Lamson, which was earlier reported
vital industries and conl pits of to have capsized, is now listed among the ves-
the Ruhr came under the guns sels sunk..
and bombs of the Allled artil- lery
ir and
forers; AS A new fire suddenly flared compared with the estimated Equipped with Geiger coun-
Zhukovs and "Konicv's armies aboard the transport Cortland,, 10,000 to 60,000 feet for the ters - radio-netivity ganges -~|
hit deep into the industrial in mid-afternoon and other Nagasaki burst, and special protective clothing.
blazes may have been kindled The bomb burst as seen from
Warsaw, July 1. heart of Upper Silesia, Speer
A new line in hold-ups, men abcard two waves of non-
aboard additional ships of the the Appalachian was somewhat i Foreign Ministry made no effort to hide his fears target ships entered the lagoon
a fairly untual sunset, spokesman said that out- from Hitler, target leot by the unearthly like
strip introducing the just three hours after the dend
hent of the nuclear fission and There was little noise, a slight lawed armed gangs rov-the enemy can no longer be com-
The material superiority of tease act, worked suc- ly missile and exploded, to pave
has not yet eaten its way into heat wave and no heavy seas as led the Polish countryside pensated even by the bravery of Cessfully yesterday when the way for hordes of scientists,
view, The flames endangered technical and military experts,
Jerusalem, July 1.
our soldiers," he wrote on Jan. a Chinese woman, after the scientific Instruments in After the binst was over, last
"beating, night who will swarm to the scene of Jewish labour lenders in Pales- the hulls of the vessels and ma- newsmen looked at each other wounding and killing the historic fourth atom bomb tine simultaneously cabled vari- terial placed aboard for study with
being robbed in broad On March 15 he wrote to bewildered expressions, explosion as soon as the deadly ous labour organisations. and
The mountain had laboured and hundreds, probably Hitler with accurate prediction: daylight, was forced by Gamma
rays are sufficiently parties throughout the world, of the explosion's effects.
to eight weeks the robber to discard her diffused.
Despite pre-blast fear in brought forth a moderate sized thousands" of voting offi- protesting against the attitude
The mouse might grow cials appointed to direct on the final collapse of Ger-
one must count with certainty trousers. · They radioed back to Admir-of the British government to-
some quarters, the atomic holo-mouse, catat failed to cause a tidal into a monster when every-, al Blandy: "The water around wards Palestine.
The brain-wave of tho not wave or earthquake. In fact, thing is tabulated, but at this yesterday's referendum, man economy. After this col- the centre target battleship Other Jewish leaders enbled
observers reported that palm ¦ juncture it remained very
The spokesman said that tor-lapse the war can no longer be very gallant bad man worked perfectly, and the victim, over- Nevada is dangredusly con Jewish Agency officials abroad trees on Bikini atoll appeared, much a mouse.
roristic activity was "increas-carried on in the military seńzc taminated, and marked several to come to Palestine immediate- to be intact.
ing greatly," with bands pur- either."
come by womanly modesty, Admiral Blandy said in a
didn't let out even a squawk. ships "not to he boarded.”
ly. (ň New York, Dr. Stephen
suing gangster tactica by strik- his from Nonetheless, Vice Admiral! broadcast
Diabolical Plan: flagship The first ship they did board Wise said he and other Jewish Blandy described the
ing off lists of names of elec
the hold-up man making a clean It was this letter which final getaway. was a small infantry landing leaders would leave for Pales-ment as successful and congra- earthquakes or any other untraying voting and registration was inevitable, and in his mind was Chuk Kui Terrace,
experi- "There were no tidal wayen. tion officials as slain and dealy convinced Hitler that disaster craft-which was itself inside tine as soon as possible to lend tulated all involved,
Scene of this novel robbery natural phenomena. The radio-
near the lagoon but away from the support to the Jewish Agency.)
books.
there Forrestal active drifting clouds as we had Secretary radio-nctive aren
madman's Kennedy Road. The time was Jewish officials in Tel Aviv termed the test "a well plan-estimated will not endanger ship
Unofficial results of the re-diabolical plan to destroy the 12 noon. The Columbia Broadcasting charged that more than 40
ferendum will probably be whole German nation with him. correspondent aboard buildings System
ned and well executed opera-personnel and other islands."
First pushing his victim were entered and
known by July 8 with the final Earlier. after aceing tion"
On March 19 he ordered the against an iron grille and then Kear-Admiral Blandy's comooted" by British soldiers dur- mand ship.
bomb burst in a brilliant flash,
Wehrmacht to adopt a scorched-hitting her on the head with his Meat Mckinley, ing the week-end. Dr. Mitchel
Incredible Heat
Blandy had declared "the drop
the same remorselessness it had ring and her purse and then earth policy in Germany with flat, the robber removed a gold, announced that even as Admiral Landau, manager of the Jewish Strangely, the bullseye ship was successful." Blandy Issuing reports of War Needs Funds, sald that Novadu appeared not badly
employed in Russia. the latest developments, a fresh $5,200 in cash and cheques were hurt. although
Blandy reported there were
"If the war is to be lost," he trousers.
commanded her to discard her series of devastating explosions taken from his sale containing aimed to burst directly above it. any of the
the bomb was no known deaths or injuries to
wrote to Speer at that time, shattered the urea, severaly money for relief work. A Jewish Its bright orange
and white force. crippling the United States cur- Agency official said that $4,000 paint was blackened and burned, any." rier independence and two trans-was taken by looters from a however, apparently by the in- ports shuddered with the blast safe in the Agency bullding at credible heat. The north side from the stores of petrol aboard Tel Aviv, and $3,600 was mise ing from the women's interna Off Target
tional building there.
them
Admiral Blandy confirmed that the bomb failed to score a per- fect bullseye, falling astern of the centre target battleship Nevada.
Navy
of the ship, showed the greatest loss of paint, indicating that the bomb exploded just north of it. toward Bikini atoll,
men
"Nor do we
the
voters
formed
#
results available within 12 days. first in 11 years for war The balloting, which is the ravaged Poland, promises the first sign as to which way the
registered of the task 11,000,000
No sooner had she done no expect lean in the bitter struggle for the nation must also perish than the robber seized the gar power between the Communist This fate is inevitable. There ment and made off with his backed party bloc headed by So-is no necessity to take
into loot. cialist Premier Edward Ostbka-consideration the fundamental Morski and the opposition needs of the people for continu-occurred yesterday, both vie
Two other daylight robberies PollshPeasant Party led by finca pr even the most primi time being Chinese girls. Both Vice-Premier Stanislaw Kiko-tive existence in the future.
(Continued on Page 5) lajczyk, Associated Press.
Nagasaki Bomb get out be methar planer flow Radio-controlled Drame planca
I through the deadly atomic
cloud, the Admiral their data on the mushroora All returned safely, carrying
vision screen aboard U.S.S. smoke cloud. Panamint, said that the bomb appeared to burst about 1,000 feet in the air slightly to the starboard of the Nevada.
It is reported that the heart
reported.
Blandy confirmed that the Nagasaki type bomb, far more destructive than the first one had been used in this stern test used in battle over Hiroshima, of the bomb's resulting cloud of the wrath of atomic ex- was pink turning to gold as it! shot up at about a quarter mile a minute.
The British announced they had uncovered-a-large-cache-of-Observers watching--the tele- arms, including two Lewis guns, 27 rifles, 48 automatic pistols and 10,000 rounds of small arms The latest damage is colon: ammunition in the small village Sunk, the transport Gilliam and of El Menhel.-Associated Press. Carilale; heavily damaged, In- dependence (burning and list- ing), the destroyer Lampson (capsized) the Japanese battle- ship Nagato, the Japanese crui- ser Sakawa, the cruiser Pensa- coln and the submarino Skate. Set on fire and slightly dam aged were the carrier Saratoga, the battleships Nevada and New York, the destroyer Wilson and the transports Briscoe, Mia- gara, Bladen, Banner, Butte and Certland-Reuter.
RELEASE OF
God Saved Me Says Gandhi
Poona, July 1.
"God did not wish me to die,”
Huge Mushroom The report said: "The cloud Mahatma Gandh! said last night began to lose its ball shape and after a narrow escape earlier in mushroomed. As it pierced one the day when his special train cloud layer above another, there bringing him home from negotia seemed to be several halia ono
British tions with the
cabinet mission at
at New
Delhi duched above another. After one hour against boulders on the rails 08 the top of the cloud was well miles from Poona
above 30,000 feet.
"This top mushroom had shot out and up from the original
"We came very near to death.
I have never done any, barm to
KIDNAPPED PREMIER anyone. I do not understand why mushroom, but after one hour
Batavia, July 1.
Anybody should wish me harm,' Gandhi said at his prayer meet
Не
now that God had
this top was a huge hazy cloud distinguished from other na- tural clouds around it only by a slightly brown colour. It was probably 20 miles wide."
WOA estimated officially. that the meshrooming cloud did not rise above 85,000 feet. Thin
Dr. Sutan Sjahrir, Primee said Minister of the Indonesian Reaved him he hoped to live to publican Government, and mem-bo 125 to "serve my people." bers of his party who were kid-
It There was a severe folt as the napped a few days ago by Indo-train struck the boulders but none nesian terrorists, have been re- : was injured.—Associated Press. leased, according to a message from the Indonesian · Govern- ment út Jogjakarta, which adds that Dr. Sjahrir "is in good health."
Back with Dr. Sjahrir wore
the Indonesian Minister
of
Public Welfare, Dr. Darmarja,
the Director of Evacuation of
Prisoners-of-War, General Soe-
Anti-Slav Riots Break Out In Trieste
plosion;
Russians Want To Be Friends
Glasgow, July 1.
"No one wvill be allowed inNo matter how queerly the Kremlin may behave, the lagoon until it is known
Cer- that it is positively, safe.
tain parts will be accessible be- fore others. Some will be mark ed dangerous, not to be entered for several hours.”
I believe the Russian people wish to be friends," said Mrs. Churchill when the honor- ary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon her at Glasgow University today. Marshal of the R.A.F. Lord ·
There were widening rifts Tedder was
A
cess
lost" their watches-but not. their trousers-one at the cor- ner of Leighton Hill' and Mor- rison Hill Road and the other In Hennessy Road near Lugard Road, d
Police patrola were last night Instituted for the first time in the Happy Valley aren in an ondeavour to check the numner- ous armed robbers who have been having a field-day in the district.
TRAGEDIES TAKE
among 16 others and dark suspicions. At such a FIVE LIVES
(London, July 1.
Flame And Smoke Smoke and fog billowed thou-who received honorary degrees. time they must try to imaging
a matter of sands of feet in
Prof. J. D. Mackie, present- what a Russian would feel- seconds.
jag Mrs. Churchill for the de- isolated after the 1017 · revolu- (Continued on Page 5) gree, said: “By her adventurous tion, then drawn by terrible Heavy sons round the coast of journey to Russla she has necessity Into partnership, and Britain during the weekend striven with conspicuous suc- then, with the Nazi torror laid exacted a toll of five lives in
to promote good under low, reverting to his loneliness. bathing and boating accidents. standing between two allies.
Mrs. Churchill concluded: Three Londoners, holidaying By her broadcasts, by her "We do not want to be cut off at Herne Bay, the dockland. writings and her example, ale from one-sixth of the human settlement? holiday has given to the women of all race. The Cross threw to the Ernest Black, 42, of Lawrence countries a high call to action. Soviet Red Cross still holds Street, Canning Town, Mary Gwendoline There are times when the fate fast."
Coaster, 62, of Avenue, West Ham, and Jane. of the world seems to: depend
Elizabeth Glasscock, 20, of Mor- ley Road, Leyton--were drown- ed in Herne Bay,
Poor Show The Verdict
to
London, July 1. Disappointing was the verdict passed by correspondents aboard iha observation ships of the Bikini upon the life of one man, Such atoll on the fourth atomic bomba time we have known."
"We cah but remember with explode on earth carly toda Besording to
Appalachian Churchill that there stood be- William Laurence, science editor side him in the evil-day one-who- who dded to womanly grace and of the "New York Times witnessed the earlier atom bomb wisdom: a power to achieve, explosions at both New Mexico faith to porsevere and a full
Nagasaki-said that tho Bikini explosion was bigger than measure of courage."..
aboard the ter correspondent gratitude what it meant to Mr,
and Trieste, July 13
dibjo, and a member of the A group identified by the Italian police as "Slav
Netherlanda Delegation to the U.N.O., Soomitric, who arrived
from Holland some months ago.
It is reported that Dr. Sjah-
rir and his party were freed by
a amali forco of the Indonesian, Republican Army-Beltor.
HINDU-MOSLEM CLASHES
Communists" set upon the riders. in the around-Italy bicycle race as they approached Trieste today. Anti-Slav rioting flared in this disputed city when news of attack arrived. One rider was said to have Thoro was firing from one been gravely hurt and several building. others slightly Injured in the nễ-
One Killed
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www.
Different Views
Explosion At Cracked Factory
home-
A big wave tipped the boat over about a mile from shore. The motor pleasure-boat Bri- tannin raced out and rescued two girls and Black's 12-year- Macao, Jaly 1.old son, but the other three Three were killed and three had disappeared. severely injured in an explosion at The whole party had been the Yick Loong Firecrackers Lac- staying at the dockland settle- tory at Tum Chal; a small island ment: holiday camp. near Macao, shortly after, méon.
that at New Mexico but did not appear to reach the proportions of the Nagasaki detonation..
In her acknowledgment Mrs.
Two bathera were drowned. After 20 minutes, Jio trace of
Churchill said that, in her cross-
Cause of the explosion is not yet Norman Perry of Stavoloy the atom cloud remained over the lagoon and observers were able to into Russia. she had learned known but it started in one of Road, Wolverhampton, was
how different an event seemed threo: powder dumps, reportedly washed out to sei-át Douglas, ⠀ of orange among the cumulus of cow instead of from London or the workmen. There were res aged 11 did not return from a Jetect the column only by traces when it was viewed from Mea- through the carelessnoes of one of Isle of Man, and John Field,
cloud far to tho south
Washington,ja Mouth of the
explosionals in the city pre star
dip at Thorpeness, Suffolk, "Star" saying that the She was in Moscow for VE-that pico pija. more with characteristic showman- the armisties was signed in was een from Tum Chal Americans staged the experi- Day and was astonished that died, and white pall of smoka Reuter,
ph: Two motor launcher": ship, wrate: "Nobody really cares Rhelms, and then, only it seem- ·~~
from the
the
The first was so loud
with medical ind
THE WEATHER
Chins-end this
tick with sticka and stones; which An unconfirmed report said n 50 contestanta, riding well bunch-aust, bathizere Wa: took place as the group, of about last ano man in the besiegin Ahmedabad, July 1. ed. started to cross the bridge killed. One was killed and 34 injured over the Isonzo Pioris.
Trieste restaurants and ninemas very much about the exact num-od as an afterthought, in Berlia, in Hindu-Moslem clashes today Italian police escorting the were closed and frame aloned ber at old warship sunk For That was incomprehensible to the early and ite
first-akd The stoning of a Hindu re-riders said they red more than operating.
the ordinary citizen of Hull or through an area of mixed popu 100 ahotë into the air, before the An annual event suspended Hoboken is political rather the Bussiane, and, as she was that the pics Wa ligious procession passing assallants draw.aff.
Incomprehensible, to her. lation led to disturbances, which
Some of the wounded elders-1980 attracted the cream of the when scientific opmoquences that cut off from home news, It was The hod at one of [ware brought back to soon aprend to other parts.
The police opened fire, wound the rest went on to Triente. Deld this Tost was all Italian, power must past way suspicion nuŽNÁ iing three people. Troops were arriving two hours behind scheThe riders sat out from Milan and cómélie to control, take: Swanl
called out. Mootings and pro- dule
( 80 days ago, and, having : com- force
In the handa
formed and unread plated Che tour of Bosshern Ita
during the war, the race before, than
‚wero' sant, back to Udine, while continent's cyclists, However," the "FERYANINDA A SURPREEK13
Word of
cessions in the city have been rapidly and quickly
the attack banned and the ban on the rowd attacked nevery carrying of weapons, withdrawn: where: Slaw veganis only, yesterday, ham" bigg, reifi- budouatters, break posed.--Router.,
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