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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1049.
BRITAIN LASHED BY WINTER'S
WORST GALE
London, March 1. Two, ships 'sank and 13 others sent out distress signals, today in gales and storms which piled up huge seas along the coasts of Britain and Western Europe and destroyed port installa- tions and homos.
Many people were killed or injured in the worst storms of the winter. The Berlin airlift was halted.
1
The 1,955-ton Polish freighter, | up the already heavy ten in Katowice, sank off Terschelling, the estuary,
The police warned people liv Holland, but the Dutch lifebont Brandaris rescued all her crewing in the crowded districts South of the river to be ready to quit their homes, and the water was
of 20.
The
Canadian steamer, so high that tugs could not pass
Rank Studio Closes Down.
London, March 1. Britain's film industry orials reached # new stage today when the big Rank group an. nounced that it intended to alone down its Gainsborough Studios at Shepherd's Bush, London, employing 580 wor. kers. The group.
200 million dim "empiro" con- troiled by Mr. J. Arthur Rank, sald It has decided to concentrate production In
ham and Pinewood, Bucking. hamshira.
MAO TSE-TUNG'S RIVAL TURNS UP IN NORTH CHINA
San Francisco, March 2.
A Moscow-trained Chinoso, often rumoured. to be the foremost rival of the Communist loador, Mao Tse-tung, has arrived in Paiping from Manchuria.
He is Li Son, who broke with Maa in 1928 and fled ·
to Moscow. He was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party, but he reappeared when the Communists took over Manchuria after the war.
för Karachi, grounder and broke his plazmaut II la "Vice-President of TITANIUM
up on the Sorelles Rocks, Turi- The crew are reported to be
sia.
ante.
The Dutch tug Noord Holland took off three men. Injured by huge waves, from the 1,838-ton Swedish steamer, C.A. Banck, and the 4,000-ton Norwegian freighter
distress Hoyanger, both in
the Parliament buildings.
Water percolated through cracks in the pavements of the Tower of London, and at Lam- beth in Central London the river war over the roadway, Cars and trolley buses were stranded by flood waters on parts of the North lank in London,
The worst of the flood danger: was thought to have passed as the afternoon tie fell, but further
Ijmukien. Fourteen men were removed from the C.A. Banck later reported safe leaving alk of the crew on board. The Ho-floodings are expected early to-
yanger continued under her own siram.
The men had been knocked clown by tremendous waves crashing over the ships. The C.A. Banck was driven ashore at
Bloemendani.
The Harwich-Hook of Holland boat, which could not enter the harbour this morning because of the storm, has now dockel,
Ships Drifting
inorrow unless the wind dles down.
British coastal" shipping rough1} shelter off the East Conat hor-) bours as the gate piled up huge sens in the Channel and breached
the Norfolk seawall, trading a constel road up to a seven feet,
depth of
Families Trapped
In Halifax, Yorkshire, A woman was killed when the roof of her home felt in, and In the Midlands, town of Bir. mingham, several people were Injured by blown-down chim. neys, cellings and hoardings.
The Danish steamer Karenløft (2,230 tons) signals that she drifting towards the coast of Vlieland, to the Frisiim Islatics, and another Danish vessel, the
10-foot Chimney crushed Astra Owru thot Itsted, in Lloyds) through the roof of a Glasgow
reported
ted anchored
the
th tenement, sweeping awny Oster Ems buoy, but drifting.
landings and the entire stairway the of tug.
the building, trapping six the families in their rooms. steamer amio.
near
Another Dutch Schelde, went fo
Assist
1,750.ton Finnish
Tankar. adrift In the
The Tankar lator onterad Flushing Harbour under ter
Kokkala.
It is reported that toft, with badly
The resulting diamissata will add to the lengthening roll on the books of the film workers union, the National Association of Theatrical and Kine Employees,
BOCKE whose tary. Mr. Tom O'Brien, re- cently said: "The Industry is
and
A torrible men," Mr. Rank himself time wald he bo loves the crials can be solved within 12 months, Britain has won the battle for a substantial share of the world's Boroon from the American
The топорову. Prime Minister, Mr. Attico, has promlead that the Cabinet will investigate the situation, -Reuter.
Briton's Appeal To Madrid
London, March 1.
under so Marcos
A Communist broadcast from North China,on Tuesday said
the
Federation Labour," whose office is being moved to Felping from Muk- den.
Lf had been identified in pre- vlous despatches as "chief of the Foreign Affairs Department” in Manchuria,
COMBINE PENALISED
Washington, March 1. The broadcast, heard by the Three of America's biggest Associated Press at Sun Fran- commercial combines and three elsce, gave no hint of the sign-of their fleance of the move.
directors have
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LOR
been
Whether it means that 1. Is ned a total of $43,000 for en- actually is moving down, readygaging in a
worldwide cartel
to take control of orders from to eliminate competition in Moscow, or is merely being ac- titanium pigments. cepted again Into the Chinese
Communist movement by MRO, He said the National Lead
the Titan Company.
Company
can not be told.
The Actual resort for the Incorporated, and the E.1. Du break between Li and Mao has Pent Nemours Company had never been clear. The ostensible | taken port in the cartel with a onte was ibut $1 disliked | Mamber of foreign co-conspira- Mou's unorthodox Marxism.
tors.
Oboyed Kremlin
"The cartel divided the world Imarkets into exclusive non-com- |petitive preas, each assigned to a certain member of the conspiracy. Patents were pooled and re- strictions were inposed проп small producers of titanium plg- based on the town and elty ments, he added.
pigments are
Mac made the base of the Communist movement in China the peasant. LI wanted movement on the Rusalan plan,
working classes.
а
Titanium
used
However, there have been to manufacture paints, rubber,
numerous other reasons advanc-glass, paper,
vitreous enumcis
ISRAEL AND UN
M. Clement Davies, leader of hended a faction which tried
ed for the break. One is that and other products,--Reuter. Snow blizzards in Aberdeen the British Liberal Party. today to seize control of the Party from Ishire
haited maturists and the telegraphed to the Spanish Min-Mao on orders from the Kremlin, sowing of oats.
istor for Justice, Senor R.F.
which suspected Mao's purported Germany four were killed and Cuesta, appealing for clemency own ateNET. Bhe comes from six seriously injured when fin
independence. for Enrique
who Nodal, brick wall of
There is no evidence that Muo building fell is រ
Lake Success, March 1 of death
for has strayed further, from the through the first storey roof of an
The Security Council will meet alleged anti-state activities.
Communist line as fold down in on Thursday to consider Israel's antique shop on Friedrich Ebert
Seven others tried with Nadal Moscow. Recently he has given application Strasse, Frankfurt's main shop-by a court martial in February indications
for membership of of solidarity with the United Nations. at Oceana, South of Madrid, were the Kremlin. pinig streets
Delegater A woman was killed in
here, including China's thegiten prison sentences-three of
who collapse of another Frankfurt 30 years euch.
When Marshal Tito of Yugo-recognised the Jowish State today, slavia declared his independence) belleve Israel will obtain the of Russian domination, Mao sided reven votes. needed to support with Moscow.—Associated Press. her application. — Reuter
Karen- damaged bat-
ches, is being taken to Terschell ing by a Dutch tug. Attempis will then to made
taw the
vessel to Malmoe.
Two Danish ships--the 07-ten building. motor vessel Mary Ann and the At least 10 damaged "structures 1058-ton steamer Emanuel-are collapsed other sections
In aground In Danish walers. A Frankfurt, headquarters city of
salvage ship is rushing to The
rescue of the Mury Ann' in heavy snowstorm.
The river. Thames overflowed as banks at many points today as 70 miles per hour winds piled
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the
of
All accused were charged with menbership of a secret anarchist Labour Federation,
American occupation "forces.
The group was said to have Among the injured are several secretly crossed from France into school children.
Spain several times to set up Collapsing ruins killed 10 per-provincial commitlees, sons in Cologne, one in Essen und, Nadal's sentence will be re- one in Kasset-Reuter and Asso-viewed by the Spanish Cabinet cipted Press.
--Reuter.
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