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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1945.
MURDERS OF CHILDREN Grim Find At Potter's Bar Golf Course Fingerprint Test At Blackburn ·
London, May 24. Scotland Yard, fingerprint-experts-want-to-work-to---
day on a human arm believed to be from a young boy-found in a water hazard on a London golf course, while other, detectives searched fruitlessly for clues in the recent slayings of three other childrón.
The arm, hacked off crudely near the shoulder, was found by two boys hunting golf balls yesterday in a pond at Potter's Bar golf course,
Office
A little later, the police found a human pelvis and sent the grisly remains 10 Dr. Donald Teare, Home pathologist, who said were part of the body of, a young boy.
they
had
Dr. Teare said the youth been dend for probably three weeks.
course in search of further re-the mins and clues.
Talks May Drag On
London, May 24." The six-power talks here on Germany, originalty.acho-- duled to finish at the end of last weak, may, under, now arrangements, continue necessary Into
The
next week.
delegations met unex- pectedly this afternoon, It was authoritatively learned.
They may moet again fo. morrow, but no fresh plenary session seems in sight-Reu- ter.
Earthquake Expert Dead
at an arca
BOAC PLANE FORCED TO LAND
Rangoon, May 24.
An American jet fighter fired warning shots across the bow of a British Overseas Airways flying boat near Okinawa, south of Japan, on Saturday, passengers arriving here re- ported today.
They said the alteroft, bound for Hong Kong from Japan, waa forced to swerve 90. degrees off her course.
A young playmate who was with John at the time also was alabbed and was wounded ser- lously, but was unable to furn-
a satisfying their ale description of
male assailant.
Lock- Last Christmas, Eileen
West Bromwhich, May 24. hart, Ave, was attacked and mur- dered
Mr. J. J. Shaw, leading sels- in London's East End. Her
The captain of the flying boat has never been found,mologist, whose comments on reported the affair to the Ameri- Asanilant has Squads of detectives and police to link the four cases insofar as
Some police circles are inclined recordings of earthquakes mode can ground staff at Okinawa and
his name known throughout was told he must land-for-identi drained the two ponds at the golf and were
children and the world, died here following fieation. He accepted the order apparently hat beca
the amputation of a leg.
and after a delay of one hour was committed by a sexual pervert. He was 74 years old.
permitted to resume his normal At Blackburn, Lancashire, the
The discovery of a bloodstained Mr. Shaw, who was originally course. entire mala population volun- raincoat in wooded
engineer,
neer, did not start his A British Overseas Airways of- teered to submit to fingerprint Stoneleigh, Worwickshire, sent study of earthquakes until he clut suid in London today that ing in an attempt to solve the Roynt Engineers carrying nine. was 34. Beat upon dealgning a "we have received a report from murder of four-year-old June detectors and police with blood-hetter recording Instrument than Hong Kong that one of our Ply-- Anne Dovanay, who was munt-hounds in search of body to those then in use, he built his mouth flying boats was Intercept- first seismograph with a treacle ed, apparently through some mis- n drum, a straw for understanding, by American fight- to the ground with pegs and con-pointer and an alarm clock as crs 60 miles northwest of Okina- inting a note which said, had driving nechanism.
wa while on its way from Japan His work at the West Brom-to Hong Kong and Britain," which Observatory will be carried Heuter. 'on by his son, Mr. H. V. Show.--
Off Course? Reuter.
Manile, May 25. A 13th Air Force spokesman said here today that the BOAC plane apparently was of course.
"From looking at the map it is obvious the BOAC pllot was off course, he
said. "What he was doing there we don't know. It probable he had no clearance. In a case like that any unidenti- fied plane would be investigated and then proceed."
ched from her bed in Queen's raincoat was found nailed itin for
Park Hospital and brutally kill. ed nine days ago.
Mayor's Appeal
The
to kill her. I don't know what made me do R. I burled the The Mayor of Blackburn, Mr.body."-United Press. R. Sugden, appealed to the town's 30,000 men to forgo their legal rights and allow the police to take impressions of their left hand thumbs and forefingers.
Detectives will milch the prints with those found on the window of the children's ward where Juno was staying and on a bottle which the murderer reportedly had picked
Bp.
Still unrolved in the same area
Foreign Property In Germany
Berlin, May 24,
Is the murder of 11-year-old John Some 12,000 foreign-owned properties in Germany Quentin Smith, who was stubbed
to death in broad daylight last (meath 200 yards from his home.
CHINA'S POSSIBILITIES
London, May 25.
still are under American Military Government control chiefly because of the reluctance of the owners to resume duties of ownership, the Deputy Director of the Military Government Property Division announced today.
Approximately half of these, an econorny, and fourthly, the properties have US owners and the rest belong to other coun- tries, principally Britain, Hol- land, Switzerland, France and
A special correspondent of "The Times" describes, in an arucle, the China scene witnessed Sweden.
from Nanking.
nchieved.
pro-
owners have felt that when their property is decontrolled" they would be gratuitously releasing Vous dgents or personnel, legitimate claims against
Now Forms
Only some 300 properties were The correspondent writes dis-released from their control dur- passionately on the problems anding the past eight months and the difculties but points out that Property Division soon will be The Military · Government is even in the welter of disturbance compelled 10
set a deadline for making every effort to meet own arising from the civil war there the completion of de-control in er objections in order to speed are not wanting signs of the un- spite of the owners' objections up release of the properties, only puiltical stability "limited" possivilities of China if The principle
for reasons
The The Military Government has could be reluctance of owners to resume now put into effect a new form control are firstly, under Military of release permitting the property The writer illustrate the theme Government control the owners owners to specify certain claims by recounting the achievements are able to get competent agents which would not be released but of the past two years by thent low
secondly, dif- would be available for future Cost, Ministry of Communications. The calles of reaching an agreeable litigation if they so desire.
The other principal drawback Shanghai-Nanking railway-is-be-evaluation-of-li
-the properties Ing run extremely efficiently. In many of them in 1931 were de- is lack of facilities in Germany
for tox pur-for the 18 months since the Civil fclared worthless
on estimated 2,500 Acronnutic Administration was poses, thirdly on resuming con-who would be sent in as resident set up there has been only one trol, the owner is to send in real-managers. Such freilities will be accident, and that not serious, on dent managers to Germany and matte avaliable as soon as pos- Internal airlines. Efforts, are now they are unwilling to live on Ger- sible-United Press. being made to establish an over-
air mail service.
In the progress China has made the correspondent sees an Indica- tion of what could be done if political handicaps could be over-
come.
FAVOUR WFTU
Tokyo, May 25.
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BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
By Shepard Barclay
"The Authority on Authoritlem"
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read that West had probably two lower diamonds, so was offering
From unofficial sources.It was learned that Okinawa was fully alerted some
with months ago fighters conducting regular patrols. Associated Press,
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The Japanese National Con- gress of Industrial Unions-the ALL PLAYERS, even the best, that as a suit-preference signal. nation's largest labour union with have difficulty sometimes in de- That would mean a heart rather a total membership of
1,600,000 elding whether a rather high or than a club. So he sent back the &t an eleventh heur meeting, re- rather low card from their part heart 2, on which South tried the versed its earlier decision to sup-ner is intended as a sult-prefer-Q, the Kwinning, port a Government-sponsored re-fence signal. It is not always ut-
was West's turn to 11.00 pm-Radio News Now it quest for Japan's admission into terly clear that his high card re- wonder about his partner's lead.
| the International Labour Organi-
You to switch to questa
the Why the 2 and not some higher | 11.15 pm-Weather Report sation.
[higher-ranking of In a statement issued yester-sults, such as hearts in prefering clubs were desired, so West card? Probably the lowest-rank- certain ideas day, union leaders declared that ence to diamonds, or that his low returned the club 8. The Q won there existed the danger of the enrd indicates a preference for that.
the A was laid down and ILO being utilised to break up the lower-ranking of the side then East pondered about West's the world labour front.
of 3 on the trick. That, he could The Japanese National Congress the low card, it is up to you to tell, was no sult-preference but
suits. Especially in the case of Industrial Unions would pre-decide the issue on the basis of the completion of a down-and- fer to join the World Federation what you think he is probably out. He' of Labour Unions, the statement trying to tell added.--Reuter,
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