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The Outlook!
End just ended Can. Tan be said to have con-
tributed much or 'anything towards a stabilised world peace, yet it seems to be the Arm opinion of many political leaders and com. petent observers that the
Now Year brings more promise of peace and order thith any day of 1952. The coll war in the West and the hot war in the East-- in Korea, Indo-Chinn And Malaya may continue for a long time. Nevertheless a mounting Allled strength hna heki and stabilised a world front against
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EXPLOSION DISASTER US Navy Wants 12
40 Killed,
Injured
360 Stolen Car Plunges
In Valparaiso
MANY FIREMEN
ARE VICTIMS
Valparaiso, Chile, Jan. 1.
A terrific explosion and fire in a waterfront powder magazine killed 40 persons and injured 36058 of them seriously before dawn on New Year's Day. The casualty figures were given by the Chilean Government.
the
munism. There can be no more bloodless Communist conquests and the convic- tion bna grown that Stalin will not risk direct armed conflict. The overall picture in Western Europe is rea- Konably encouraging, contributing factor being that employment, remains high and economic condi- tiona are fairly stable. Cer-
Thirty of those killed were firemen fighting tainly there are no signs of an economie slump which blaze that touched off the explosion. might drive the workers to
The blast occurred at 3 a.m. while streets were Communism. In contrast
still crowded with holiday revellers. morale in the Communist
Seven hours later
were still dominated states has recent
emergency crews searching for additional dead or injured. ly been badly shaken, Poland. Hungary and Enst- The explosion hurled flaming debris and the bodies ern Germany, all former of some of the firemen into the air. food-exporting areas, tre One eyewitness said that he, identifention was impossible,
themselves hungry saw the bodies of at least two Early reports said that many or And there in plenty of firemen thrown into the air. They | the dearl were firemen evidenco to indicate that had been on ladders of fire
rapidly spread the bizarre trial and execa- | engines.
through dry wood fanned by a tion in Prague of a
Reports said that "dozens" of brisk wind. An hour after it of Czechoslovakia's one-time persons are believed to be miss- started it reached warehouse Red
the explosion which oc-holding dynamite. fenders on
treason lug In
in the city's bay front charges has shocked opinion cred
arca in starehouse for dynamite even in the satellite states.
and 'powder. the Western
The force of the blast almost allies have strengthened caused two buildings to collapse. Witnesson, said that the fame their defences during the
How
BUT while
group
The fire
At the time of the explosion in the powder magazine, dozens of volunteers and firemen were already fighting the fires and thousands of spectators were in the streets in the bay district.
showered
faming, debris and the crowds
were
must year and consolidated it. High into the air and their spiritual, and political tighted
had suddenly come, alliance, the New Year
The noise of the explosion was opens with momentous probe hard eight miles away in subur lems pressing on all sides,ban Vina del Mår. The most urgent confront- Two fire trucks were destroy-were horribly burned and their Ing Britain and the ed. Several shops were wreck Commonwealth is the filling ed.
task
of the dollar gap, a
An unconfirmed report sald which can only be fulfilled that the fire was started by a with some sort of assistancey who threw à petard Inside
the storehouse. the Blood plasma was made ready and co-operation from
It is this in Santiago for shipment on the United States.
irst available planes and trains, which gives profound M-
Six bodies have been identi- portance to the vialt of Afied thus far. The Radio station Churchill to America. It broadenst the names of the dead daycertain that he will dis- and injured. One Carabinero with Mr Eisenhower was amory, those killed.
The explosion Interrupted the Ways and means of develop-
the New Year celebrations at 3 am and selling King
When windows over & vast Commonwealth's produce to
were broken many at first help bridge the dollar, gap and it is equally certain he earthquake, will urge a higher gold price with the same objective in view. Mr Churchill may not receive all tho assuran- ces he desires, but it may
be taken for granted that his visit will not be fruit Loss.
LUNG
ran in panic. Many trampled as they fell. Women, aged persons and small children were among the injured. Some in tatlers. Walls clothes left of bnguish brose from the victims.-United Press.
HOLIDAY DEATH TÓLL
New York, Jan. 1. Fifty people died in road ac- eldents in the first 18 hours of New Year's America's long weekend, which began last evening.
Fires killed three other people and four more died in other ne- cidents.--Reuter.
FIRES IN TOKYO`
Tokyo, Jan. 1.
|
80ft Over Peak. Rd
There was some excitement on The Peak yesterday evening shortly past 8 o'clock when Police cars converged on the scene following a report that a motor car had plunged several feet down the hillälde..
A Hillman car, No. 7681. was found about 80 feet over the side of the Peak Road, above Magazine Gap. There was no indication that anyone was in the car when it crashed.
It was later discovered that the vehicle had been reported stulen. It belonged to Miss Pat Drummond-Smith, of the Altways Department of Messrs Jardine, Matheson and Co.. Lid. She had parked it outside a friend's house near the Royal Naval Hospital on The Peak yesterday afternoon, and found it missing about. 5.45 p.m.
Police inquiries are continuing,
25 People Escape
Plane Death After
Breaks In Two
Birmingham, Jan. 1.
A twin-engined airliner with 25 persons aboard hit a tree on a crash-landing today and broke in two, leaving the tail section caught high in the branches of a sturdy oak. Fantastically, not one of the 22 passengers and crew of three was seriously injured.
The plane, a DC-3 operated by Aer Lingus Line of the Irish Republic, came down in a thick mist in a field at a village near Birmingham when both engines cut out. As it hit the 60-foot oak tree the tail section of the fuselage, nearly 25 feet long, was cut off and stuck fast
in the branches.
in
The forward part of the plane
plummeted to a belly-landing the field, tearing oft buth propellers, smashing through a hedge, skidding across a high-
telephone pole,
MISSOURI
way and knocking down BOMBARDS
The while faced passengers-
an the planet and section of
out of the wreckage uninjured. The pilot, Capt. P. J. Hanley, and his co-
Peter
Whyte, were taken pilot,
'hospital for treatment of 10 revere cuts and shock.
CHONGJIN
Tokyo, Jan. 1.'
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Navy Headquarters to
the battleship
The place, broke in two just day said aft of the last row of passenger USS Missouri bombarded seats. Capt. Hanley was flying chongjin, 55 miles south of
Super-Size Aircraft - Carriers
Washington, Jan. 1.
The Navy boosted tonight to at least a dozen the number of super-size, 60,000-ton aircraft carriers it wants for an atomic age fleet.
This was disclosed in a semi-annual report of the Defence Depart- ment which also includes the reports of the service secretaries of the Army, Navy and Air Force,
The Navy has two super-carriers under const uction. It won approval for the big flattops from Congres despite opposition from the Air Force to building more than one as an experiment. During recent months Navy officials have talked of the need for building one such carrier each year for a decade. But in the semi-annual report, Navy Secretary Dan Kimball wrote: "The time has come, to con- Į Mr Lovett devoted a portion sider replacements of the capitul❘ of his report to discussing the ships of the Navy and only a beginning has been made with the Forrestal (first of the two) and its sister ship..
31
class
impact
of the steel strike, writing into it a terse, other- wise unexplained comment that:
for
"Based on current world con- "The development of effec- ditions. minimum of 12 tive procedures to insure con- Forrestar
carriers are tinued military production in required the Navy is to ease of a recurrence of such a carry out its primary mission. work stoppage is essential Experience has proven that in national security." order to provide these ships to the feet in an orderly fashion and because of the particularly long lead (thu me between design and delivery) required. treased construction should commence immediately."
Mr Kimball relterated. the contention that bigger ships, with heavier flight decks unobstructed by
conventional Islands, ure
FULL CAPACITY
He said (as of June 30) that
production lines, working at full capacity, for example those
for critical types of ammunition, will, be unable for some months
to recover the losses due to the strike.
The Navy report contained one of the few official references, to
Hospital Attendants
On Strike
Trouble Spreads At- S'pore Naval Baso
Singapore, Jan, 2. 1 Fifty hospital attend. ints will go on strike at 6 1.m. today.
Вадо them
An eleventh hour attempt by the Singapore
Naval dissuade authorities to from joining the ranks of 10,000 strikers failed yesterday.
rizti
needed for the weighty and swift U.S. submarines by the Korean now replacing the war, although the comment was jet aircraft smaller planes of World II. cryptic.
War The reports cover the period "A number of our submarities The Naval Health
dth Officer, and naval the Labour Supervisor of the only to last June 30, although are operating with the the Navy issued a separate sum- forces in the Far East, and Base met Union officials for two Sithlah. mary of 1952 activities to com several have contributed in-hours yesterday. B. plcle its report for the year,
the combat effort Union President, said after the directly to there," the report sold.
meeting that the authorities This left open to speculation wanted at least 300 men to re- the missions of the undersen turn to their work and force in a war in which the essential health services. enemy has no navy. It seemed Sithiah said the Union is not probable that the operations of stopping any strikers to return the American submarines may te their work, but all the be of passive nature--including 10,000 want the strike to carry.
navigation raillo on." providing beacons for-air missions bound Mr Lovett pleaded for a con- tinuntion of the rearmament for strikes effort, saying:
The United States is facing a continuing,
Defence Secretary. Robert A. Lovett's report was the last detailed one ho will mako, ex- cept for a brief and final report expected to come just before he leaves offlee on January 19.
CONTINUING THREAT
the sewerigo and drains in the Lase Korea, weather reconnaissance, were choked, necessitating the radar picket work to
at targets in North Canwhile,
delect
cleats of the fire brigade to
not a temporary, enemy aircraft, perhaps a test its security. Our instances where ralding recon- threat to military
been naissance parties have been put programme hos feet when he reported
aren, Elmdon Airport here his the Manchurian border, on and must remain geared to the onto enemy shores as was done
War II. in World destination-that one of his en- Tuesday.
hard realities of this fact,"
Mr Kimball, in discussing ro
at
7,000
to
Die
gines had failed. He took the The ship's target was a key liner down to 4,000 feet and Communist war factory,
der the
Navy suld. second englae quit. then
Hanley then glided the craft down to the ploughed field for a forced landing.
them.
consider
to
The anti-malarial work also stopped, threatening the health of the people staying in the Three unions gave 'material' Mr Lovett-wrote that-by-last eently developed weapons, men- support to the strikers yestor
day as more unious announced: June
"anti-submarine an weapons and equipment tloned The Missouri kept up a day-were rolling off production lines rocket" This weapon appears that they are holding emergency
in ever greater quantities" and to be a substantial step over meetinge carly next week long bombardment on the fac- tory and completely destroyed that prospects for substantial in- the conventional depth charges ane building, seriously damaged creates were good except for and forward-throwing. expio-
delays resulting from the steet sive devices used up to now. itrike, then in progress. Then,
Secretary of the Army Frank three and partially damaged an- believed that there had been an families. Strong winds blow-
The
The ship's guris scored, a sounding a hopeful note for the Pace, in reviewing Afmy pro
of the rearmament programme, he said: " ing throughout the day made it
direct hit on the roof
that the are gress, reported Eleven fire companies from difficult for firemen to bring the
factory's main building and
partial power of an infantry division of "In two years damaged its three sides. Vina del Mar fought the blaze.fires under control.
mobilisation, the United States 18,212 men (the present size) is BEYOND RECOGNITION
A total of 237 fire engines
has increased its cetual and 75 per cent greater than that of
14,037-man division Ambulances, doctors and have been ordered to stand by
potential military strength to a he irvel which should give pause to World nurses rushed to the scene. The to deal with outbreaks which
Press, even the most reckless aggressor." caused by New Year injured were taken to hospitals may be or to rst aid stations, The celebrants.---Reuter. bodies of
nrea
were
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Police reported 23 cases of fire in Tokyo today and spoiled the New Year holiday for many
Pigeons Carry
Greetings To The Queen
CALM COURAGE The passengers highly praised Miss Philomena McClesky, the stewardess, for her calm cour
Said W. B. Mansfield of Coventry:
"She was marvellous When
It was the second time the ship had struck at. Chongjla the engines began to cut out she told us to pray and then since returning to the Kercan
theatre for second
I kept us calm.
"The next we knew was that
duty there was a few bumps, and the
In mid-November the Mis- plane seemed to crumple up souri took part in an
air-sca about us."
S.
four
of
strike at Chengjin when she seriously damaged a steel mill. Besides damaging the factory, the Missouri destroyed a roll. way bridge and damaged three others.
H. Pritchard, owner of the farm whore the plane crashed, told reporters he ran to the scene and found the passengers "coming quietly out of the air- craft, as calm as though they
Chongjin has been a pig-iron and steel export centre since were getting off a bus"
He invited them all to his 1908 Reuter.
not and served farme they waited drinks
Wake London, Jan. 1. CATS British Ashermen on a trawler Birmingham, off the east coast of England Less than an hour later an today uted carrier pigeons to other Aer Lingus plane of the
to
them
оп
for to
send a message of loyal greet-same type, bound from London
ings 100 miles to Queen Eliza- to Dublin, was forced to return to London because of icing of beth.
The message was delivered to the wings. It landed safely. Sandringham, the Royal home Associated Press,
in
castern England, where the
Queen and her family are now
fn residence, and was received
by the Dulce
of
dinburgh.
Because it is unusual for pigeons to fly long distances at "this time of the year, three birda were used cach carrying. the
same message,
The
fitat pigeon returned to Its loft af Sheringham, 25 miles from Sandringham, after a fight lasting four hours and twenty tainutes,
The owner of the birds drove with the message to Sandring
ham-Reuter..
Royal Mourning
STREET FIGHT
IN TEHERAN
TRAGIC DEATH IN DRY DOCK
Valetta, Jan. i.
A Royal Marine was found dying at the bottom of a dry dock here as crowds danced and ships sirens heralded the
rst minutes of 1953.
Stanley George Waymer, 32- year-old Royal Marine serving In the cruiser Glasgow, was rushed to hospital but died a few minutes after admission.
dock Teheran, Jon; 1.
He was found in the dry
the Three persons were injured where
Commander-in- and six arrested in a double Chief's fingahip, the Glasgow, is street fight outside the Majlis
building on Thurn (Parliamen
on oneillde of Majus Square, Tudeh (Communist) Party crowd demanding the release or political prisoners was ate tacked by extreme Right!st Fan Iranian Party members.
a
of
He even held out hope for eventual reduction of the out- lay for defence, saying that with the present fiscal year budget the major capital In- vestments have been authorised and that "we are now entering a period of lower milliory although military ex-
will ditures
continue high for a number of years." (This referred to the spending of money already appropriated under past. budgets.)
DISADVANTAGE
He mentioned, the disadvant- age at which the West had been placed In relation to Russla because of the post-war cut- backs In defences. Lovett wrote that between 1945 and 1948, the United States and Britain.
ex- reduced defence penditures by ever 85 per cent,. while Soviet expenditures, in- cluding only those admitted in their sublished budget, were reduced from their peace- wartime expenses by only 48 per cent."
Mr Lovett's
discussion
of
refitting for, the coronation - manpower problems contained
'
view at Spithead. Ensigns of the warning that future draft warships in barbour were at
calla, "are expected to continuo hair mast this morning.--Reuter.
at a high level as replacements must be found for the inductees who were drafted back la 1950. (The Army earlier this week Baked for 63,000 draftees February.)
At the same time across the London, Jan. 1, square a group of about 200
pol family mourning for one week children, were
tien for support of women's do from, December 20 for the late Queen Alexandrine of Den-mands for the vote. They were mark, a Buckingham Palace an- so upon by Conservative op
ponents of women's suffrage. nour.cement-paid today.
Simultaneous cltahes con- Unued, for about half an hour until polleér restored order. --- Associated Press.
Queen Elizabeth is observing | women, many to by by the Hongkong-manager of
Queen Alexandrine, the Danish Queen Mother, died at Copenhagen on December 20, aged 78-Associated Press.
RECEIVES NEW AYEAR-HONOURS
Information has been received Babcocle & Wicos, Ltd., that the company's Managing Director.. Mr Kenneth Hague, has been conferred a knighthood in the Now Year's HonoursList. Sir Kenneth Hague visited. Hang- year ago and is well kong a known to the local busingos community.
Frt
Ho relerated his request for universal military training, say ing it is the only alternative
the present in
world situation to a constantly grow ing Army, Navy, Marine Corph and Air Force,
The total milltary Inap power as of last Jung 30 mas 3,030,000 (alightly higher than the current strength).
War
ald United Press, KEW YORK STRIKE
New York, Jan. 1. New Yorkers spending the New Year holiday at home hardly noticed today that the biggest bus strike in the city's history. had started.
Thousands of extra police were of put on strike duty but the day. 11.-Associated passed without fmeldent-Rou-
ter.
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