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1.THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30 1,1951.
The Man Who Looks Pure R.A.F. Wins
£2,000 Award For New
Coventry Cathedral
The drawings Basil Spence made while his wife and two children were asleep have been accepted as the design for Coventry's new cathedral. It will rise out of the rubble of the old one, devastated by German bombs in 1940.
Spence's original sketch gives some impression of his startlingly unorthodox design: Part of the ruins of the old cathedral (left, above) are connected by ant arched porch to the new zig-zag structure which he described as "a contemporary
Flying Saucer For Troops
Washington, Aug, 29. The United States Abiny "Bying is trying out a saucer container to supply five gallons cit water, petrol or other gulds to troops in the field.
two feet The "aucer acron sind five pounds in weight, is dise-shaped and made of synthello rubber.
They have been dropped without a parachute from nititudes of 400 to 2,000 feri without barsting.
When
they hit the ground they stretched to almost double their dormat aize, bounced back into the air and then settled down.
-Reater,
FIGHT LOOMS
IN U.N.
building."
"Dick Barton" To
Lead Adventurers
To The Antarctic
London, Aug. 29.
38-year-old One of radio's Dick Bartolis, Duncan Carse, is making final plans to sall With
a team of adventurers for the Antaretle in October: But Snowey and Jock will not be with hiin.
Ever since he made his first trip to the Antaretle when he was 10, Case has wanted to lead his own expedition.
"He has been planning this trip for years," said his mother, Mrs Carse, who lives at Wellswood, Torquay
It is not the sort of Me I
would choose but Duncan leves
**"Last winter he took his team. Into the Lake District to learn mountaineering. He himself went United Nations, Aug, 29. to Finland several times for
Security sitting lessons." for three A fight Council seats looms at the Already Carse has made six forthcoming Paris session of the expeditions into the uncharted United Nations General As-wastes of the Antartic, He holds
the rare Polar Medal,
sembly.
The
bv
THE COST—£2,500.
occupied seats
His own exploration will cost six take nearly and Yugosidvis £2,500 and Ecuador, India
montas, become vacant.
Netherlands Reports On
For Spence, it means £2,- 000 award; the prestige of being chosen the architect out of 310 who cent in design; and the excitement of turning a life- time's amblilon Into what was. described yesterday as "a prayer in stone."
Take a closer look first at-
THE MAN
With his brown handlebar moustache, 44-year-old Basil Spence looks like something the RAF, dreamed up. But, when he speaks of his enthedral design he strikes the apocalyptic note.
Well, nearly always. He did say yesterday that when Coven- try phoned to say he had won the campeition he "almost passed out."
His wife, Joan, and children, Cillam, 10, and John,, 13, khew before he did. There was evine revered telephoning because Coventry thought he was in Edinburgh, his home city.
When things simmered down, Mr Spenct; wilbab London office is on the fourth floor-no lift in Buckingham-street, above the Watergate Theatre, stroked his moustache, and said:
“I feel I hává brèn pola al- rearly; I gist, so much out of After all, this thrilling thing. this is a modern cathedral."
AS RELAXATION
EDINBURGH'S BASIL SPENCE—44 YEARS OLD. Eight months ago he went to Coventry for the first time.
Spence says his design is "a } contemporary building." Just
that.
Spance was "overcome by the. beauty of the old spire"! So that will be incorporated in the new cathedral.
He
LIKES CHEROOTS Spence is an architect who
was "overcome by the likes puffing cherecks; who spent simple faith shown by the Altor six years in the Army; who has of Rubble and the Charred designed English council houses Cross." They are the altar which and Indian palaces. "I specia- now stands in the ruins and the lise in fat specialising," he says, 11ft. grows of oak found in the
He is on Aplicari, and now he | blitzed building. is designing Roman Catholic church for Whithörn, in Scot- lond.
temilices. "Used to helldiys measuring
my
marches.
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He made his design, he said, in cathedrals as a relaxation from his work for the South Bank Exhibition He designed the "Sen in Ships" Exction there.
"That was a terrible strain, I may
sny. I eased the struin with the bathedral,
"I worked in the Hoitis at Inspiration-between, ten
goes back to, the time when I worked, for Sir Edwin Lutyens When he signed Liverpool's Roman Ciliale Cathedral.!!
LOOKED BEAUTIFUL.
So they, too, aro kept. The cathedral walls will be zig-zagged with stained glass windows, set at, un migle sti that light is thrown directly on, to the altar.
GLASS SCREEN
Doors will be electrically operated. A glans sereen, 30ft. high
80ft. wide, and
will separate the new building from He did abi kabr Coventry lowered into the floor at the the old. The screen will be until he stood among the runs touch of a switch
New Guinea night and three in the morning eight montha dgb; ***
"I
Wanted
ww
It
has already earried the new mainly in my flat in Edin-thought they were most building the time of the "pushi-
to touch button cathedral."" burgh."
them
as possible, for It all started
as little with small
The cost? Well,, £825,000 is The Hague, Aug. 20. The first detailed report
"I know this sounds high his building will cost around Western eight months, and finished with the administration of
falutin
I could But
see the New Guines, since is sepiira-six drawings for his entry.
While working, Mr Spence
blitzed area as the Old Testa- £101,000. Work will start "as ob- soan no licahces can be tion from the former Nether-
ment and the new building as tained." Building will take any "After Lunds East Indles, was handed said little to anybody.
New Testament, starting to the United Nations by thefall, you'd feel such a fool If from a star-the shape of the thing from five to ten years.
someone said 'Let me look, and Dutch Government today.
Unity-and new Chapel of 'What then sald:
lausy
finishing with great tapestry design.
of the Crucifixion."
on sketches. The work went on for they are a wonderful memorial.available, and Spence considers
riesla,
a
the
Now for more about--
THE CATHEDRAL
The tapestry Spence spoke of will be the world's biggest. It is yet to be wovch; will cost £30,- 000.
The ebfldry, the diily part
Nor dlo he consult anyone in of the former Netherlands East Church circles, or even look at
His Chapel of Unity will bo ile hopes to complete, a map İndles still retained by the the earlier designs of Sir Giles
wed by all Free ad Anglican her covering Flussio wants on: of
square miles, 1,600
abandoned
churches. Says Spence: This Eastern bloc to get the Yugo-which will include a mile-high Dutch, is also claimed by Indo- Scott, which were
following much controvery,
It will be a pink-and grey chapel will remind people of a over the Allardyce.range............ slavia seat, but-New-Zealand,elimb.
Touryens ago the original stone-building-in-a-simple Crusader'a-tent;" too, may be in the running for Among his carlier voyages was
According to the report, des idea, to have a building in, the rectangle, at right-angles to the "After all, this is a crusade, a trip with the research ship.
pite difficulties of communica- English Gothic tradition, was old ruins. It will seat 1,500 | Isn't it?" — Lotidon Express Discovery 11.
tions, man power, recruitment, dropped. food supply and housing. Jelopment programmes for agri- culture, forestry, fisheries, már- keting and education had been started.
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Chile is considered a good bet for: Ecuador's South American seat, Associated Press.
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He also spent two years with the British Graham Land expedi- flen-London Express Service.
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Washington, Aug. 20:
Service.
REFUGEES
STILL ON
THE MOVE
1
Presenting the third annual of the IRO to the mic and
Social Council,
Goettingen, Aug. 20,
* Genova, Aug. 29. Kuri Mueller, a former De- There was little to report on
The refugee problem was administrative progress because puty Chairman of the West
A State Department Stial continuing one due to Inter- new machinery had to be set up German Communist Party, has said today, the US. and Canada national tension and in Európt when the area was detached become a tired and frighten" are preparing a proposed Ash- new refugees were moving west from the Netherlands East In-man in an East Berlin prison, a
J. Donald Polish architect today told he cries agreement with Japan every day, Mr ont-Communist, Urilon Against to be négollated
Kingsley, the Director General after the of the United Nations Inter- The report was presented Inhumanity here.
peace treaty la signed.
national Refugee Organisation, under Article TSA of the United
stated here today. which
This Nations, Charter
news of Mr William B. Herrington, |that each country which looks Mueller glide ho was kidnapped | In charge of the U.S. discus-
Territories whose inhabit from his Hanover fiat in May ants have not attained self-last year and vanished behind blons with Canada, told a rt-
their the Iron Curtain after being porter the two nations are Mr Kingsley said: "Refugees expelled from the Communist Working on an Initial proposal will contime to come Party
"constant contact to "establish basic principles Trieste, Greece, Germany, with the secret service of for handling Paciile fisheries Austria and other countries of foreign power."
broblems in which the three Western Europe." The Pole, whose hathe washällóns' il cöfcerned,"
Me Kingsley said that since not given for security reasons, said that he met Mublier in Mr Herrington continued that July, 1947, moce than a million June, 1950, in East Berlini's the proposed agreement would and a half refugees had been actively assisted by the IRO Pankow Prison. Mueller had attempt to establish an organ and very nearly one million of physically broken down... tion among the three countries
"for handling Ashing matters and these were established in new
homes in new countries, The Pole was later transferred to prevent any crisis arising in to a prison at Frankfurt on the them.as was the core during the Oder, but he escaped to West | 10309." Germany this month..
Of
Defence W Africa
Nairobi, Aug. 29. The African Defence Facilities Conference, which completed its detalled work today, may be followed by another at Dakar to conskier defence facilities for West Africa.
The propdeal was made by the leader of the French delega- ton, M. Joan Mons.
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My Kingsley said that when JUDY GARLAND VAN JOHNSON
the IRO closes at the end of this
· Rome : your there would be 400,000 refugees Stateless Internationale.
After Mueller disappeared cuss details of the proposed persons. the East Gen Ministry of dgreement. State Security admitted order-
ing his arrest.
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from the The ecming perce treaty pro- United Nations High Commle The Ministry said, that hờ hdd | vids that Japan will enter into
stuner for Refugees, icparata, agreements with signs. But there were other groups becti visiting De Walter
shipping and general commercial throughout the world - which noed legal protection puty Premier-Reuter,
11 they were to survive. These #fow werd concentrated in areas such as Shanghai tho Middle East Card In Isolated
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Britons To Get Lais Büttärise
London, AS
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for adoptichi, tomorrow.
four to thréE OLIEODE!!
A statementiz embodying tim i supputand.
inatiers Astiated Pris....**
U.S. Army Officers groups heuter.
In Madrid
Madrid, Auct. 20.
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