OF THE CHINA, MAIL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1952...
The Thames
GOOD NEWS FOR BRITAIN Ex-Enemy In Taipei's Trade Relations
Treasury Statement On Dollar Position
Oatis Case August Proves
Still "No. 1 Item"
New York, Sept. 2. Ellis Briggs, retiring as Am- basador to Czechoslovakia to become envoy to Korea, sald today that the case of William Oatis Is "still the number one item on the agenda of our business with Czechoslovakia.**
Ontis, an Associated Prem correspondent in Prague, being held in a Czech prison under a 10-year sentence on spy charges. He was arrested m April, 1951. The State De- partment, which has been negotiating for his release, has termed the spy charges against him false..
Mr Briggs arrived here 10- day aboard the Hindr United States
To Be Best
Month In Over A Year
Glass Lung For Polio?
Klel, Sept. 2. Tho Bchleswig-Holstein health authorities claim to have designed a gīnas lung which may replace the Iron lung in the treatment of infantile paralysis.
They say it is consider- ably lighter,
easier
to handle anil cheaper to build. It can be wheeled away by one man and can be put to work without an electria power supply.
A trial apparatus is now being tested-Reuter,
Mr Briggs said inst June that HARNESSING
new negotiations
were under
Asked
way in the Oalis case, by newsmen how they were progressing, he replied, "I'd rather not speculate on that. don't think it would be helpful to him.",
I
To another question, whelker he was optimistic over the nego- "I'd rather tiations, he said: not comment on that either."
Mr Briggs also said there was still no trace of John Hvasta, of 1911side, New Jersey, a natur- elised American seized by the Czechs in October, 1948. Czech sources recently announced that Hvasta had fled from a Czech prison last January 2-Assoclat- ed-Proso.
Veteran U.S.
Admiral Dies
OF SOLAR ENERGY
London, Sept. 2. The Soviet Union is now the sun to using energy from run electric power plants in Turkmenio, according to a Tass report today.
Tass said the plants were in the area immediately north of the Persian border, where the Turkmenian built.
Canal is being
of
London, Sept. 2.
August was the best month in more than a year for the Sterling Area's gold and dollar trans- actions, the Treasury disclosed today.
Before taking account of United States de- fence aid, the Sterling Area had a surplus of $5,000,000. This compares with a deficit of $106,000,000 in July and is the first surplus since June of last year.
The Sterling Area's deficit with the European Payments Union noso-dived from $99,000,000 in July. to only $5,000,000 în August, the smallest EPU deficit since April of last year.
I
ETU Was
pald
during
With the rest of the world, the the Sterling Area had a surplus | August. of $10,000,000 in August, mak-
Thanks to the surplus of Ing a surplus at $5,000,000 with
$6,000,000 and the world as a whole.
defence ald of
rose $44,- $45,000,000, net reserves Gross reserves fell by
$50,000,000 during the during the month, from by 000,000 $1,717,000,000 on July 31 to month. $1,872,000,000 on August But this was only because the July deficit of $98,000,000 with
Colour TV Planned
In Russia
31.
On July 31 they were $1,617,- 000,000-the official $1,716,000,- 600 minus the $99,000,000 pay- able to the EPU. ́On' August 31 they were
$1,067,000,000.. the official $1,672,000,000 minus only $5,000,000 payable to the EPU.
SPECIAL FACTORS
The stashing of the EPU den- cit is due to import cuts and other continuing factors but also to some special factors.
Continental merchants may be holding on to Sterling in of haticipation
transactions Moscow, Sept. 2. The Soviet will have colour thder the Bank of England's
recent
for sales authorisations television in 1953.
Announcing this, they said that experiments of dollar raw materials for Sterling. This automatically have already been successfully
reduces the EPU deficit. completed and the first will go on sale next year.
The year 1953 is going to see a revolution in television in
The Power Institute of the Soviet Academy Sciences developed оп apparatus for turning the sun's rays into heat energy last year.
that the the
and
USSR.
to
sets
it
It is only when the Cons-
The mine-laying cruiser Raimundo Monteruscoll, which fought-agalost the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean, was the first Italian warship to visit Bein in since the war. On board are 150 cadets from the Leghorn Naval College.-Express Photo,
Truman Makes
Sharp Attack
Republicans
On
"Loose Talk About Liberation"
tinental merchants pay the Ster- ling into their central banks that Tass said today
to counts against Britain in the In addition
SPU. Academy had now succeeded in colour television, the authorities On a short-term view the harnessing solar energy for expect
bring about the
August figures are regarded as ivater heating, distilling sait following: water
working
Elimination of outside aerials Eratifying. But the long-term steam bollers.
which the Russians cay make problem remains.
Looming ahead are capital and India is already using solar the architectural scheme nergy for cooking, while the buildings and houses
look overseas commitments, including ing cherry ༡ San Jose, Calif. Sept.
31 the large
payments National Physical Laboratory in jugly; Vice-Admiral John Daniel
Installation of a combination on the North American toans Britain is working on a scheme McDonald,
Ret DO, US.N.,
which Britain contracted to use it for cooling houses by television screen-loud-speaker
For 1946 and spent in 1047. under whom Admiral, Chester
which plugs into the wall;,, Nimitz served
Junior refrigeration. Reuter.
The
of operation "three these purposes the Sterling Area officer, died today at Oak Knoll
Moscow television stations; requires not merely a balance of
LOSCO Naval Hospital, Oakland.
with payments but a surplus-Reu-
13 a
Sacrificed His
Daughter
Admiral McDonald, known affectionately to his friends as "Big John", was a graduate of the Naval Academy class of 1084,
Karachi, Sept. 2. A Muslim washerman named Atlantic He commanded the Fleet during World War 1, and Ahmed slit the throat of his
ir a
a sacrifice during yesterday's the 1d-Uz-Zuha festivities at Nawabshah near Hyderabad.
it was then that Adm. Nimitz only daughter, aged 18 months,
his staff. Admiral served on Nimitz-frequently visited aging officer at his home here.
On this day. Muslims com- sacrifice From 1918 to 1018, Adm. memorate Abraham's McDonald's flag flew from the on the mountain by slaughtering Abattleship USS Arizona,
The man, when arrested last became commandant of the New York Navy Yard in 1918, and night, told police he had dreamt later was commandant of the that it was God's will that he sacrifice his dearest 14th Naval District, until 1927 should Associated Press,
possession.-Router.
He als
A British Crossword Puzzle
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ACROSS
1 Coloured seaman (0)
6 Preciso (5).
8 Prison room (4)
DOWN
1 Catalogue (4)
2 Percolato (4)
3 Plays a part (4)
4 Motive (0)
11 Move at any easy pace. (5) Resilient (7)
7 Quake
9 Nap (0)
12 Outstrips. (0)
a Umpire (7)
14 Berutinize (4)
10 Perfect (8)''
10 Cheek (8)
18 Applaud (6)
10 Mark of a wound (4)
20 Lay out (0)
20 Obvious (0)"
24 Bundle of. hay (5)
20 Elnin (4
27 Reigos (6)
28 Roposed (0)
13 Disperzo (7)
14 Marino bird (7):
10 Stops (7)
17 Discourage
19 Meal (8)
21 Comfort (4)
(3).
'22 Clover (4)
Collar fastener (4)
sets
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Production of screens ranging from 230 mill-ter. metres to hall-metres, simple in operation and running on fewer tubes than today's models.
The screen-loud-speaker unit is going to be tremendously im-
will # portant for this country because People will start viewing the programmes.
mean
that millions of
First of all, the Russians are installing what they call "tele- vision relay centres" in apart- ment houses in many parts or the country: Eventually will be everywhere in the Soviet Union.
NOT COMPLICATED
they
Free Pardon
For Mother
Fined 7s 6d
In
at
nt
New York, Sept. 2.
President Truman today accused Mr Eisen- hower's election command of increasing the risk of atomic war by "talking loosely about liberating the enslaved peoples of Eastern Europe.”
In a whistle-stop speech at Parkersburg rail- way station, in West Virginia, he said his Ad- ministration was using all means short of war to help save the "brave people behind the Iron Cur- tain,"
But "master minds" of Mr¡ purrection
were peoples?. Eisenhower's campaigå playing "cruck gutter politics with the lives of countless good men and women behind the Iron Curtain."
satellito
1:0 by
"Nothing could be worse than to raise false ..apes of this in Eastern Europe. Nothing could be worse than to incite up- Among the "master minds" risings that can only end by President Truman included a Re- | giving a new crop of victims to publican, "who helped in the the Soviet exceulioners." formation of our foreign policy,"
John Foster Dulles,
a
Robert
With Japan
AGREEMENTS· TAKE SHAPE .
Taipei, Sept. 2.
A solid. Sino-Japanese trade front against Iron Curtain lures is beginning to take shape in Taipei and Tokyo as the result of in- tense spade work by the interchange of goodwill mila- sions.
In Japan a one-mon mission carried out by General Chang Chun as personal representative of Chiang Kai-shek and in Formosa the Osaka economic delegation, are the two agencies laying, the foundation for mutually beneficial commercial exchange on big terms.
Promises and a semi-official guarantee extended by both sides point to future trade, relations which will permit Japan to and papanding markets not only in Forthosa fitalf But In South-East where the
Asla countries
Slang The Road Chinese Nationalists generally
To Ruin!
Vienna, Bept.-2.
· Members of the Han- garian Commaulit Youth Movement (DIBZ) · musl not so slafig
or jargon, their newspaper, Szabad Itjusaz, šald. today, be- cause slang is "the first step to becoming a class enemy."
The paper adda; “Slang followed by dandy, affected mantors, taziness, the West kow-towing to
elang
disciplined.
people
and finally, by kopen atitude of enmity to our people, Peppin who use
dṛə” maldiş
uneducated who work
paper said, that Minister Matyas Rakos speaks. Hungarian "of an exceptional beauty.". -nenter,
The Prime
Two Rescues
Of Couple
In Thames
›
Labdar, debt. 2.
at Lambeth
constituto big business,
Despite the recurrent afforis on the part of some Japanese Irade groups to open up trade with Red China, the belief is becoming
general hero that
aside from illicit deals complet ed through smuggling channels, the Japanese will refuse to Inte large-scale trading
chter
with the Communists,
Nationalist Chinese have in- sisted all plong that Japan would autor in any attempts to deal with the Chinese Commu- niats.
They pointed out that Japan- cse-Communist trading would lave to be on a pure barter basis as the Chinese Reds have no foreign exchange Exceptable to the Japanese.
HOPES EXPRESSED Another argument advanced by Nationalist businessmen here that If Japanese traders gnoro all warnings and begin business on a large scale with the Chinese Reds, overseas Chinese business leaders in South-East
Asla and the Philip- plates will in all probability bo dilerled against Japane
efforts to
that direction bur marktis in Chinese here, however, express optimism over assurances given by Japanese businessin
here and in Japan" that satis.... Metory surements will be conelisted in trade areas as soon the details of establishing full are out of A young man and his trend,
Mr Michisuke Sylgi, leader of an obvious reference to Mr Stopping this morning in returning from a 500-mile camp- the Osaka missir flow in For
series of meetings the ing holiday in b12ft Tirely most. Inak Cincinnati, home town of
Senator,
dinghy, had to be rescued from with the "Talwan Chamber of Republican Mr Truman said:. "He knows Taft, the President praised M The couple. Mr R. V. Many hud Importers Gulid, has given the Thames twice within an hour. Commerce and the Exporters what a precarious situation the Taft as being "intellectually world in in. We knows how honest that is more than you/aged 20, of King's Farm Road,"
personal concurrence with casy it would be to start a war,
can say for other Republicans." Richmond, and Miss Helen Hob his
Saldi told a But he is perfectly
joint meeting house, aged 20, of Oakley Street, Nallonglist views. willing to
hand- Chelsea, were nearly home when yesterday that those Japanese Addressing have the Republican candidate
a small any things that increase the risk pleked audience in rear they overturned
demanding free trade with Red Reach. get platform speech, he expressed of war, simply in order to
A fire-float put out, and after Chipere lower, ochelon traders
Why he's at Senator Taft boing
likely to be able to regret vates."
rassed over for the Republican dismantling the mast and balifig of a conference with Mr Eisen-Eisenllower, asserting that, with
Mr Dulles recently came out nomipation in favour of Mr out they continued their journby
in using cars,
110 trade with the
remarks coincide Opposite the Festival Gardens,
Horto
Similar nor about Soviet peoples and Mr Taft, the Republicans "at 20 passengers
of on the ferry tion of the least know what they are get-Wallaby saw Miss Hobhouse faint
assurances
(Renerat to givea his aspirations were volced
by
ting."
and fall overboard. Her friend Chông Chun by Industrial and Mr Eisenhower in the latter's
dived after her and the couple comercial leaders in Jaibh. American Legion speech,
were hauled aboard the Berry"," bir Buigt pointed to ond rhetor
Jat that After treatment she said: "Millions
1hbt ställs in the way of rapid upon millions of decent human
bare-footed and carrying her
With shoes-for her Cheltea home. beings are going through dreadful agony and it is not for us to play cheap polities with their
and needs
fears and hopes.""
Mr Truman
"WAR TALK"
London, Sept. 2. The Home Secretary has re- commended the grant of a free It relay centre has been Grant-Kinghon, convicted
pardon to Mrs Margarite Moya Installed, all the apartment Weston-super-Mare Magistrates house resident needs to do to Court on April 25 of keeping gel television reception is to buy dog without a licence and fined one of the screen-loud-speaker 7s. Od. unlis and plug it into the wall
Mrs Grant-Kinghorn sald This screen-loud-speaker unit the hearing that a licence had is complicated,
not
has few parts been bought, but misjald. No and costs much less than a record could be found of the regular television set.
purchase and she was convicted. The Russians have decided
Three weeks later Mrs Grant- against "adaptors" 10 regular Kinghorn's solleitor, Mr S. W television sets for colour televi- Collett, informed the court that sion. The announcement said the licence had been traced by colour reception would be over the taxation authorities. It had regular colour sets although been taken out by her stepson, the colour transmissions can be Roderic Martin, but issued in- received in black
and white correctly in the name of Mar- over today's ordinary sets.
Hls Administration was using tin Roderie. The engineers also expect to
all means "short of war" to Instull what they call "street children had previously given help save the brave people television" next year. The evidence that the Bence wab behind the Iron Curtain' screens for this will be about taken out at Sevenn Road Post 10 by 12 feet.
Offcc. "My client was dia Next year
the Russians extressed by the obvious inference pect to build a number of tele-that the and the children were vision stations throughout
the not telling the truth," com- country.
have worked out mented Mr Collett." They a model design which allows Mr W. H. Pratt, the chair- for the simultaneous transmis- man, said that the Bench would slon
pro- bo opplication for of three separate
too willing to assist in grammes. This will be stan- un
royal par dard for most cities and towns. don, and agreed that the par- The Literary Gazette review- don be read in open court, pre- ed the television situation inferably when the children were the country and while giving it present to hear it. high praise said criticisms could be voiced.
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"If all the efforts of everyone concerned with television WETE lategrated," it sold, then very much of what is to be dorie în 1053 could be done today."— Associated Press.
Gold. Miners
Strike May
Mrs Grant-Kinghorn's
Napalm Is Patented
two
Washington, Sept. 2. The Army Chemical Corps, after a delay of nearly 10 years, has obtained a patent on napalm, the jellied petrol used in flame- throwers and fire bombs.
Dr. of
"There is no way to tio`more tan this tow without using force," he continued.
slayed
he added.
at this Lime
"That is why these Republican viatements have caused much concern among our friends in Europe. After all, our allies there have signed up for the combined defence of freedom. They have not signed up to join in a crusado for war.
Mr Truman said Mr Elsen- hower's nomination was a "dis- gulsb" which would not deceive the American people.-Reuter.
Appeal For Asian
Unionism Trade
Margate, Sept. 2.
trado of
Goverment on exports and Imports and foreign exchange. He hoped that the Government hers" #pila“ order immédiate simplification of procedures, United Press.
Tightening
Controls
Washington, Sept. 2.
The United States today Üghtened its controls over the re-expart of strategle "goods from West Europe. Department
The Commerco
that from
October
Mr Oldenbrock said that of criticisms from a delegato not be re-exported without
A "really gloßà) effort" was the starepart usiness and tain, Denmark, France, Italy,
Mr J. H. Oldenbroek, General Secretary of the 70-nation International Confederation of Free To try to liberate these - Trade Unions, today appealed for aid from
people might well mean turning these Western trade unions to help organise labour in lands into atomic battlefields," Africa, Asia and Latin America.
"Unless we bring these people | free trade union movement in The President said: "May to the organisation there is no France and Italy to win workers the Republicans don't realise hope for us either," he told the away from a "movement demi-announc
Importós hiust this, but the people who Trades Union Congress at Isated entirely by a political party 20, & European
certify to his Government that for its own cla." on the spot in Europe know annual meeting here..
American strategic goods will Mr Geddes very well that talk of liberation
was answerlög under present circumstances is
official permission. the Confederation's 53 million the war talk.
Communist-fed Electrical membership, 28 million were in Trades Union that the Interna system has been in effect on a Since early this year this million in the tional Europe, 23
Confederation leaders volmiary: bags in the 10, coun Americas, seven million in Asia, were "worklig as the rebre trica concernod Boghim, Bri and only 200,000 in Africa. sentatives or big
Luxembourg, Holland, Norway, needed to achieve in the under- Mir Arthur Deakin, the Con- Portugal and West Germany developtil countries what had gres Chairman, told the meet-Reuters been doho the progressive ing the General
ปริ
Council was | regións p
"vigilant" about the position of Fund's FALSE HOPES
contributed by Western political-prieppers, in Spain and trade union organisations had Greece. "Now, I am perfectly con-made possible a start in Africa, "We are interested in political Far prisoners in other places, apart vinced and 1 hope our allies Asia and Latin America, will understand, at the Rb more co-operation was needed in from Spain," he told Communist
dalenator
the General Steamship Corpora- Mr Oldenbroele zaid there was bubicans do not intend by the trade unión deld, he said.
Mir Deakin announced, that tion, agents, for the Japanero eduntry to a frightfall atoniic need- for new trade union the British miners and steel Daldo Kaluh Kauha, announced what they say to pledge this War in order to rip back the organisations in France and Italy workery had appointed assessors that a Japanese Une would
bars to récapture members now out-
York this New Six motorships would be in Hero -that the sorviery:kir: Guütt (said. b
The Daido Kalım. Kalsha in Confederation Ford | knowes/um dhe 5,Chibed GOtrai
United States United Frul.**
:
theas dining Wogo chemistry at Bravarel and a Curtain by force, sido "after leaving organitations | 10 pe attached saritaina
JAP SHIPPING SERVICE
San Francisco, Sept. 2. Mr dry-Edott, President of
out
The army announced that the Manila, Sept. 2. patent was issued last month to More than 5,000 gold mine Dr Louis F. Fieser of Belmont, workers in the Bicol regions Mans. He in turn assigned that soulliedstern Luzon are re- patent to the Government for ported to be ready to strike Army use.
Fieser, professor of over the adverse decision YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD Actors: I Miset, Chimer, Board.
group of collooguda bemn the
"Telif they don't want in which they had no con mission to the Schuman Plan Au2: Lugranbour. The Bourd yesterday voted to search for a thickening agent war, why do they tell us they ndence," much as the Communist- 8 Turnip, 10 April, 12 Gratia 14 Repined, 17 Ecct, 19 Can- tes, 20 Theorem, 12 Ronn 23 Dallled, 27 Berene, do Culde; 30 grant the gold mining Industry, shortly after Fourl Harbour. How have some new and palivo dominated Federations, units and the fron
or natiotial security, proposil to help the people be- Earlier, Mr. C... deides, Tavern, 31 Caress, 12 Tasty, Deyng 1 Mater, 2. Berup,: 3 naix-month extension before cause Rejan, Hoat & More 7. Spilte D-Pred 10, 11-15 forcing the provisions of the issuance of the patent was held hind the Iron Furlata? if they member of the British Contrados Fanation on th in tho Adamahf, 1. Echo, 10 ironed, 18 Code, 20 Tragic, 21, Easter, Minimun Wage Law, France up hul last month-Associated don't mesh war, whit la It, theneral Council, told the meet=| Cath Bending
do mean? Do they man ju, log 11 was owentia, to bind a Uver-Beuter. 24 Leak, Ideas 20. Dandy, 20 Rede.
Press.