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Revolutioncay
blows up
Honolulu, April 5,
The Navy's 82-tan flying| boat, Marshall Mars, crashed in flames at sea today, then] blew up and sank. All the seven members of the crew' escaped in life rafts and boats.
The Navy cold that the world's largest seaplane--which holds a world record' for carrying 308 'person was a total loss.
The Mars was carrying 0,000 gallons of aviation petrol when she was forced down. The fuel apparently blow up, sending a towering plume of flames and smoke into the air.
One of five Mars operated by the Navy between Alameda, and Honolulu, the plane is valued at $5,000,000.
The skipper, Lieutenant-Com- mander Glenn Simmons, suld he had been flying 30 minutes when- he saw smoke in No. 3 engine.
"I started to bring her down fast. All of us got out within five minutes,"
The men escaped in three life rafts and were picked up by erash boats from Oahu within a few minutes,
The Mara sank in more than
“AT THE CHINĂ MAIL, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1950.
STA U.S. CONSIDERING
SENDING OF FOOD TO FAMINE AREAS Knowland plan for wheat supplies for Red China
Mr. George Jue, well-known dan Pranalvo Chinese bidali nessman and Chairman of the Chinese Chamber of Com. merce there, arrived in the Colony by Philippine; Ale Linds. Photo shows Mr. Jưo being welcomed By filents; upón' chìa arrival. From left to right: Max. FC Wi Kandill, Mraz Juaj. Me, G. Jue, Mr. A. 8. Ramondt, PAL Manager here, and' Mhe. 0. Leung. ("China Mall" photo).
Truman, Johnson
deny
saucers
Key West, Florida, April 5: President Truman has no knowledge whatever of the existence of any type of flying saucer, the White House said today.
100 fathoms of water uit en The Press Secretary Mr. Charles Ross, said Pre-
Lagoon, operating, base for lying boats' off the Southern shore of Oahu.
Lieutenant
Cominnuder Sim-
Defence
sident Truman knew nothing about any saucer being developed by this or any other country. [mons landed his plane in the
In Washington, the joper seu at a speed of 125 miles Secretary. Mr. Louls Johnson, per hour As soon as the plane told the press today that he halted the crew jumped inte
like would
few # rubber Me rails moments before the explosion racked the ship and drons of flying saucers
the Air strengthen
Foret. Ilo jand it burst into flames,
said he is satisfied that saucers do tot exist.
The explosion sent a 2,000 Loot smoke column towering into the sky as crash boats, two helicop- ters, patrol craft and a submarine raced to the scene.---United Press.
AMERICA USES MORE RUBBER
Washington, April 5. The U.S. used 6.4 per cent nore new rubber in the first two months of 1950 than in
10 have
to
Mr. Johnson sald also today he has received "no intelligence about Russian submarines operat ing off the Pacific Coast.
He told the press that he will ask for more money to buy war planes if the Joint Chieta o Stoff decide they are needed to maintain 48 modern air groups.
Mr. Johnson made the state- ment in reply to General Dwight
Eisenhower and chairman Carl Vinson of the House Armed Services Committee who contend- $1,350,000,000 car- ed that the marked for aircruft in the Ad- ministration's
budgo military a comparable period of 1949, for the fiscal year 1050 Is incum- the Commerce Department re-elent. ported today.
Mr. Johnson
said the Istration will spend about 030,000 on house, and milliary construction in Alaska during the next 12 months. · Ho
Bald this was the minimum that could be spent within the period and] followed recommendations of the Chiets of Staff to provide for additional troops in Alaska.- United Press..
Consumption in January and February totalled 182,187 tons, an Increase of 14,140 tons over the first two months last year.
Use of natural latex during February reached a new record of 3,092 tons. The previous high was January's 3,857 tons.
Consumption of U. S. Govern- ment general purpose synthetic totalled 21,342 tons in February, and its ratio to total natural rub- ber declined to a new low of 27.4 per cent, compared with January's 27.9 per cent and 35.8 -per-cent-in-February,-1043,-As--
sociated Press.
STERNA MATIĆ
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Labour Party inquest on House defeat
London, April 5. Labour Government chiefs whipped rank and file de- faulters sharply back into line today for challenging rigid Party discipline orders.
The leaders' action cross from the Government, defeat by the Opposition Conserva. tivos in a "snap division on a technical Issue in Parlia- ment last Wednesday.
the
While the Prime Minister, Mr. Clement. Atties and Labour Party manager, Mr. Herbert Morriain, locked on, the chief Government. Whip, Mr. William Whitley, talked
down malcontents at today's private meeting of the Parlia mentary Labour Party.
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Mr. Whitley's call for united front in face of grow» 'ingly cáricđt challenges from the Conservative, Opposition In the evenly divided House of Commons was warmly re- cdived by the meating's ma- Jarity, Reuter.
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Washington, April 5.
The Sammerdry of Staro, Dian Acheson told his Press conference today Hide the Government is considerings propóŝală to sand food to the famino-stricken orcas of Communier China.
Mr. Achsson said he has been in consultation with Republican Senator William Knowland on the latter's proposal that wheat be sent to Com munist Chindi MK. Adhuron said He had also discussed the question on Tuesday with thá
House Foreign Affairs Committão,
Chinese Nationiirt officials intense Russian Imperialist press here describe The current sure on that part of the world,” famine as the 'worst in China's Mr. Acheson sold: history, and say it affects more than 50,000,000 people,
Mr. Acheson sald various ques- tions would have to be settled bafore the. Ameslean, altitude could be determined. The chief dumculty is being sure that the ald would reach the people who are suffering.
However, it was hard to sel how the United States could' do anything that would be effective in the light of the allude of the Chinese Communists toward the United States
It had yet to be determined what the attitude of the United Slates Government would be to ward private organisations wish- ing to sand: ald to Chinese Com- munist arens,
The Secretary of Stato said, the] question is: Should the Gov- ernment oppose aid' by such or ganisations on should it 10. quiesce—or should the Govern- ment help these organisations, or should it consider doing anything itself?
Humanitariani vlow
are
Mr. Acheschuld that the various viewe which had emerged: from the survey of
Far Eartorn. problems Inst autumn would be barefully welphed in the development of the policy which this Govern. ment will purete with the problame of- tho' Par: Enet dur- ing coming month.
"I agree that the problems of Asia are problems of a seated character which cannot be
deep-
solved quickly and for which no easy panseras can be found. They will be with us for many years and can be resolved In the end only by a combination of tience, understanding and ness", Mr. Acheson sald,
po- frm-
Security pact for Arab League
Cairo, April 5
A seven-nation "Collectivo Security Pact", modelled, on the Atlantic Pact, may be the Arab League at the end of initialled by the members of
the week.
Azzam Pasha, Socrotary General of the Arab. League; who made the announcement to re- porters here today, said that the pact would be binding. on the.
He added that the State De-seven. Arab State in the League, partment had not asked the two advisers " submit a report but had aske them to join in the State Dep. Ament in the appral- sal of the situationUnited
Press and Reuter.
WINDFALL FOR CHINESE REDS
The Political Committee of the Arab League, in eorsion hare, has completed a draft for the propos ed 12-article security pact and economic experts aré meciing to- night to draft an economic
an nexo,
Staff officers of the Arab ar mips are to confer tomorrow; to draft a military annexe.
The proposal for a security pact was first made by Egypt to forestall the then Impending merger between Syria and Iraq,
He acknowledged that there are: two powerful considerations in favour of American old to Com-
San Francisco, April 5. munist areas,~~~a humanitarian
Earller reports and that the The Peking radio reported! desire on the part of all Ameri- that vast quantities of invalu
proposed alliance, which would cans to help people who
embrace Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, starving, and the
machinery, including Syria, the Lebanon, Saudi Arabia traditional able warm friendship of America for American plane parts, have and the Yemen, had aroused the the Chinose people.
been discovered in Shanghai Interest of the United States, warehouse and are being un-anxious to safe_uard the region
Soviet ventoried by the Chinese Comġgainst munists.
Router. "'"
ports.
Some
of these reports sold that food is going from Manchuria→→ which lies North of the famine area to Russian Siberla, while other reports, he said, indicate that food is flowing from Man- churia to the famine areas.
Asked if it was trus that the Soviet Union is getting wheat from China during the faminej Mr. Acheson said that the State The supplies, rangé, from cos- Department had conflicting re-metios and frying pans to crates of machinery, abandoned, when the Nationalists fled from Shang- hal in June.
Similor large stockpiles have been discovered at the former United States Navy base, at Tsingtao, as well as in Chungking and other cities.
Mr. Acheson acknowledged
One Shanghai warehouse yield- that there has been no requested 50,000' cases of machinery and for American aid from the Chi- other goods while the inventory nese Communist authorities.
of the Tsingtao, moterials took three months to compile. Largo The Chinese Nationalist loader, supp
supplies of sheet steel and scrup were discovered in Chiang Kai-shok, had broadcast from
four from Taiwan an appeal to said, "Every recovered item will Chungking arsenal, The radio world to old the starving Chi-
noso
Sydney, April 5. Flood danger in the New South Wales-arco appears to have pass-
on the Communist-held add to the speed of China's ed
mainland. Chinese officials here aronómic recovery." United Rivers are slowly receding, re-report that Chiang is smuggling Press. venting heavy damage to pro rice from Taiwan to the main, perty. The death roll of four at land for underground distribu the week-end has not been addtion. cd 10,
The "Eterna-matic" is a 17m Jewel, self-winding watch that winds Itself with the aid of ball bearings instead of a spring. Five miniature steel balls, each the size of half o a pinhead are mount- ed on a bearing and support the swinging weight.
One of the directors of the Eterna Watch Company, Dr. Rudolph Schlid, declared recently Numerous stories are being told that the "Eterna-matic" is pro- of narrow escapes, and privations bably the smallest lady's automa- suffered by families forced to tic and the most advanced and leave their flooded homes, and practical watch his company has will be raany weeks before nor- produced in ita 03 years of mal life is resumed in the flood- watch-making.
ed areas.--Associated ¿Press.
A conipliment is implied
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Patience needed
·
solved only with patience, under
Asia's problems could be re- standing and firmness, Mr. Acbe son said in letters to two Fail Eastern experts who assisted him in appraising the situation there last autumn,
The State Department today released the taxi, of. Mr. Ache+ son's identical Icifers to the ex« perts. -Mr. Raymond 1. Foydick and Mt. Everett N. Case,
· HEALTH WORKERS IN CHINA
Lake Success, April 57 -
The first lay public health workers trained by the UN in Red North China have compléter their courses and are now busy training others - Inf health- work.
This was hinunted today by the De-International: Children's Emurgency Fund (UNICEF) which started such training Inst year as part of a $750,000 pro- gramme to aid North Chine chlidren and mothers.
"We are confronted by
Dr. Leo. Eloesser, an American found changes in the Far East surgeon. on loan from the World arising in large measure from Health Organisation, co-operated the demand of the peoples of thai | with local Chinese ocials- in aren to: govern their own affairs | setting `thợp thứn training centres, and to improve their economid which,, UNICEF, hopes, may set and social conditions, but ing a patteri for other parts of Asia. fluenced also by the renewal of] —Associated Press;
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