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Talent Spotter
HERE are some men Ho
McCarthy, Army
Hearings Halted
Washington, May 17, Senator Joseph Mc-
Trupertined that Carthy's publie tussle with
if
sud-
they were to walk around the Army way halted with the complete works of denly today because of a ruling from President Eisen- Shakespeare in one pochet
hower banning the dis- and pressure-cooker in
closure of conversations another, their outline would
the Defence Department. hardly be altered.
J
Other, leaner, en appear baler If they a much p ball-point pen into their sockel. Such a one, is Frank
A policeman
Leicester Square
evening. Dust
STA PLK
r
duty 1
other Junk
In
Sentor Kari Mundi, Acting Chairman, sald the
Senate in- had vestigations Subcommittee agyeed to recess Its hearings while it sought an Interpreta- tion of the White House order
sitem-
He told reporters the bers were not agreed whether
should the hearings
be sus-
the cinema queues, Immediately, he braced himself for netion Fo Frank's pocketseaded for two days be a week
bulges as though he tract in them a set of croquet balls jackpot of a coconut shy
521
or "some other pertod **
Senator McCarthy called it an "almost unbelievable situation“ "For some funtas- end said: overeally strange reason the Iron
· Maid | Curtain is pulled down."
The pollerbal strode "Excuse me. he said. showing me what this Is your ve got in your pockets?"
ORANGES AND
FRANK ki mind
20
but wisely. and knowing he
WAS On brought good ground, from the tailging pockets first one orange, then another, then
Another
"OB.
Naket the very well." offeer Fin the polteman. the matter ended there But not for Prank, who began to denver be the interested
comment
:
the poller.
loud JL
the
frees
alate, and the dwindling
dom of its citizens.
"Move nn, now,“
sand
the
policeman.
Frank du
At
He did not think the President would have issued the order "f he knew what it was all about."
The questions raised by th
cludes whether future occupants of the White House "can, by an executive order, keep the facts from the American people," the Senator sild,
Th ruling confirming 4171 earlier Adoloistrations order is That utafT of
Defence the Department must not disclose
by conversuliens held there on
CHINA MAIL
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TUESDAY,
MAY 18, 1954.
Dramatic Dien Bien Phu Picture
Wounded soldiers are evacuated at Dien Bien Phu during the tense battle for the famous fortress in the Indo-China war. This picture was taken a few days before Dien Bien Phu was overrun and captured by the Vietminhese.
Express.
Petrovs To Give Evidence
Canberra, May 18.
The senior Commonwealth counsel to the
London
Woman Weeps After Being Sentenced
WILB
A weeping woman sent to prison for six months
by Judge A. D. Scholes åt
the McCarthy dispute with the Royal Commission on Espionage here indicated
today that both Vladimir Petrov and his wifehe Victoria District Court would give evidence before the Commission,
Army
Reuter.
THE ORDER
Washington, May 17 President Emenhower arthered Admnistration high
me
to disclose tol
my private conversations they might electonents or secret erlated to the McCarthy-Army them teul before
the Senate mittee now investigating into the controversy between the Senator Jand He Department
the A:my
The ran off the double, shoubing Impreva- flons, and accidentally brushing have h prople le hts Fight 4 ft. ulinos bowling Set of Over
SECOND ENCOUNTER
FEW moments Inter other poleeritu
him for using
J141-
arrested Installing words and behaviour likely to cause at breach of the peace
اني
It was understund that Prest-
Everhow r cent
direk W.5 with Mr Jolin Army Departinent who la scheduled to Friday before the Com-
ly concerned Acan
Al Bow Street, Frank pleaded Sunset not guly to the charge, and testify when the police stury had been'
d to Mr Bertram Reeve, the! magistrate, Frank was invited! to give his version.
He stormed round to the wit ness-box and took the onth.
MY JOBS
mittee
Meanwhile Attorney-General Herbert Brownell Torbade the publication of an F1 document which Senator Joseph McCarthy had used to prove that the US Army had not taken adequate steps to eliminate suspects I th US Army eletronics
WX/HAT are you by occupa- laboratories of Fort Monmouth.
the learned clerk-France-Presse,
asket hiun "I'm a businessinan,
W tion"
a circus-man and a showman," Frank said
"Are you in work now?"
"Yes," said Frank.
stamps."
"What's that gol in de
Foreign
with
elreuses** Mr lecce Inquired
the state.
on y frock of one wanting to
get everything quite straight.
"Well, It's like this,"
Frank the said, leaning over towards magistrale. "Say I saw you on and I thought you'd got some talent, and your price was reasonable, then I might ask some small circus man if ho WON Interested, If you wos Trally good.
*
Secret Geneva
Meeting
(Continued from Pare 11
sume attacks on Highway 41 in
indo-China.
The Vietminh Minister tolif Mr Edlen he had na objection to his letter being read at tɔ- day's secret session..
The Wexlern Ministers wero bilieved to have sough: clari-
"No, no, no leave me out of fention of Russia's proposal that it," the magistrate said.
1
I'M IMPORTANT
ATHER
neutral commission be act up ቆር supervise an Indo-China tomistice.
reluctantly Frank This proposa| was made by
alent spotting. Mr Molotov,
The inquiry was touched off when Petrov, Third Secretary at the Soviet Embassy, sought political asylum in Australia, bringing documents with him. His wife Evodkia followed. Mr W. J. V. counsel, Windeyer, resuming his opening address on the second day of the inquiry, sald that letters grant- ing the Petrovs political asylum would not be produced until the Petrovs gave evidence before the Commission.
יזיזי
He sai only one ropy of these letters, signed by Mr R. G. Menzies, the Prime Minister, The letters the possession of the
was in existence. were in Petrovs.
Mr Windeyer revealed there were six MVD (secret police)
Meials in Australia.
They were Petrov,
who wus
a colonel; Mrs Petrov, who was a captain: F.V. Kislitsin, second secretary at the Soviet bassy in Canberra, who was Hieutenant-colonel;
V. Antonov, Tass correspondent, who was a major: Y. E. Platkals, an a tuche at the Embassy, and n who named Kovalenov, was sent to relieve Petrov.
mark
Mr Windeyer said the MVD listed two others--E. Kovaliev,
Woman Charged With
Murder
of
this morning for possession 22 taels of prepared opium and a quantity of substances, opium other worth over $8,000.
The accused. Tang Lai-chun, 343.
of 482 married
woman, Queen's Road West, first on. hud
originally pleaded not guilty to the charge of possession of dangerous drugs.
Sheaffer's “SNORKEL"
School Property: Appeal
Against Judgment
Further legal arguments were presented by leading Counsel for appellants when hearing of an appeal against the judgment of the Chief Justice, Sir Gerard Howe, who gave judgment with costs to plaintiff (respondent) for possession of the property housing the Sih Nam School, No. 1 Oaklands Path, Upper Levels, continued before the Full Court this morning.
The original action involved the alleged sale of the property during the Japanese occupation.
that the learned Trial Judge did not find us a fact that the con- was paźd 10 the sideration defendants at all.
Appellants are Chu Yam-on, j With regard to the payment of schoolmaster, and Cheung Lam the purchase price, Counsel said chau, headmaster, both of the Sih Nam School. They are re- presented by Mr John McNell, QC, und Mr S.V. Gittins, both instructed by Mr F. H. Luseby. Nained as second defendant 10 the original netion was Leung Sal-foon, schoolmaster,
was stated during the hearing to have died prior to the issue of the writ (n) 1048.
who
in he wus
The evidence,
CASH CHEQUE Counsel next referred to the evidence of Mr Y. K. Kan, who had acted for both parties the transaction. in evidenen
in which said that a sum of money paid
by cheque and he (wit ness) did not
did not remember whom Respondent is L Tum Tol-it was given to hing of No. 8 Kennedy Terrace, sald Counsel,
went
on that it cash cheque and it was ground floor, the wife of Mr Li was a cas Koon-chun,
paid inte prominent
Hong-paid
opened ant account kong merchant, Appearing on apparently by the second defen- her behalf are the Hon. Lev
dant of which account Mrs Ho 'Almada, QC, and Mr Brook Ping-fal who was holding an A. Bernacchi, both on the in- alleged power of attorney knew structions of Mr Y. K. Kan. absolutely nothing. Counsel ald
Continuing his
satisfactory submissions that there was no from yesterday, Mr McNeill said evidence
pecuniary that the this morning
that from the consideration had been paid to judgment the Chief Justice had the defendants, stated that he was not satisfied i 1 that was so, then the state- thut even tipun the documentment in the Japanese assign- which set out trustees' powers ment which Was registered there had been mutual trust, under the statement about the and the learned Triol Judge. payment of MY02,000 would ant statement, accurate Counsel said, appeared to found be his
It decision
W69 upon
In-Counsel contended. some fluence which
another one of the numerous was wholly un-
points which Counsel would ask their Lordships to take
when consideration
Hearing is continuing.
The Chief Justice had sug-
that there gesled
supported by the evidence.
was an ac-
42
an
aulescence by members of the their discretion.
Board of Directors, and Coun-
sel suggested that that was not
supported by whatsoever.
any evidence
BOARD NEVER MET Counsel next read from the record the evidence of Mr Lau
A member of Tak-po. Board of Directors managed the School,
inio exercising
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gromme Summary:
and
0.03, Motody with the Stars; 6.30, BBC Band- aland. Scottish C.WS. Band cond by George Hawkins (BBCTS); 7, "First Hearing" presented Bernard Hicks – (Studio): 7.30, Demi-Heure Francaiso (Studio): 7.88. Weather Report; 8, Time World Nawa (London
signal and
by
Pulice Constable 2323, Yeung the Choi-cli. 27, attached to Kow- who loon City Police Station With and said found shot early this morning that the evidence of a gentiu-and was rushed from the station This morning, however, Mr
man of standing in the Colony to Kowloon Hospital. F. X. d'Almada appeared on her
on the was considered ample
condition this morning The was said to be critical, behalf and told the Court that point of breach of trust.
Counsel he had gone over
The Police pre point of the whole
Importance,
investigating. matter with his client, and he 9tressed, was that the Board of had been instructed
the Japanese to reverse Directors during The plea.
never met and Mr occupation Inspector T. Kavanagh told Lau had stated he knew nothing the Court that shortly before 3 of the sale. Three Accused Of
Mr McNell said that the point p.m. on March 12, a Police party
he had been dealing with now executed a search warrant al Being Accessories
402 Queen's Rond West, Arsi was that the registration of tho C. Cairns at the Marine Court Relay); 0.10, News Talk (London floor, where Chang Mei-kum,
the accused oc- Japanese assignment was not this morning for falling to re-Relay) or Special Announcements: 33, cupied a cubicle. In her cubicle, good, and before leaving that new his junk licence which ex- Bright housewife of 70 Junction was found the prepared opium, point he would refer the Courpired on March 31. Road. ground floor, was and a quantity of opium drošs,
The to respondent's exhibit, a certi-
defendant, who was Mr Toplum residue, raw opium, two fied copy of a registration in the arrested near Buoy A14 yester arraigned before
this oplum plue heads and 11 small Land Office, which was referred day afternoon, pleaded that he Creedon
at Kowloon
did not have enough money to to yesterday. morning On a charge of empty pots, all inside a basket
At the Police Station, the ac- On the second page appeared, renew the licence as business cused, in answer to the charge, curiously enough, a registration had been very bad. It is alleged that on May 13, said the things were put inside
in June, 1950, of a ils pendens with Lo Koh and others not her cubicle by her brother-in- custody, she murdered Ng Stu-law, and that she had warned
him it was against the law, pinx alios Ng Ngar-yce.
EIGHT Charged with
CHILDREN the woman were Lee Ki-yuen, 35, teacher
mitigation, Mr d'Almada hus-
murder.
In
BOMB DUG UP
6.10, Shirley. Abisair with Sidney Weedon Planol Bert (Guitar); Bob Roberts (Bar) (BBCTS): 8.30, Forces Favourites (London Relay); 0, Time Signal. Musical Notebook presented by the
Father T.F.
Ryan,
BJ. Studio); 8.30, Windsor Castio. Valt to the State Apartments under
Rev.
the Guidance of Richard Dimbleby, Andrey Russell and Henry Riddell (BBCTS); 10, London Studio Melodies. Jack Coles and 1 (a pending suit, action, petition
Orchestre Moderne with Gwen matter,
particularly öne
Cattey (Saprung) (33CTB); 1030, At the Ballet: Polovialan Dances relating to land) in this action.
Coolles digging outside the from "Prince Igar (Borodin).... Under the Registration Ordinance New Police
Eduard Van Deinum conducting the Headquarters, London Philharmonic that took priority of
Orch. and. any Arsenal Street, yesterday after. The Landon Philharmonia subsequent
Choir registration, sald
noon unearthed 500-pound (Chorus Master: Trederie Jackson). Counsel.
bomb.
"Lave. The Magielan" (De Falls)..
Collins The action was started in 1949
Anthony
conducting the Was rusty and London Philharmonic Orch.: 10.50. and therefore the ils pendens
Weather Report; 11, Time Signal. being registered in June, 1950,
Radio News Reel (London Relay It was later dumped into the 11.15. Goodnight Music: God Bave did not come within section 5 ot
The Queen; 11.30, Clous down. Ordinance and therefore
of 130 Tal Po Rond, third floor, stated that the woman's Tse Lok-lin, 35, cook of 17 band was mason by trado, the Commercial Attache, and Junction Road, ground floor She was looking after eight Kharikovetz, the Press Attache and YOLING
(Juvenile) children in all, the first threa Junction Road, of which were of her husband's
previous marriage, charged with Counsel said her brother-in-the
without the knowledge ut also of 17 the Ambassador and other Em-ground floor. bassy members,
stan military intelligence cers were in Australio between December 1951 and February 1953.
They
were
not in
He revealed that two Bus-being accessories after the fuct. law told her the basket con- this priority dated from the date
of- It is alleged that they together tained something other than of registration, Counsel argued,
with Lo Koh alios Law Horupium, but she overheard a con-
The object of croating others and
custody versation between her brother-pricrity for iis pendens was to assisted In the murder of Ngin-law
Bomeone else, in allow Litigation to proceed to its Slu-ping.
the course of which the word end without being affected by
authortly
MALICIOUS FOULNESS
Kislitsin was one of the three men escorting Mra Petrov boek to Russia by plane when she decided to seek political asylum
Australia.
En
Ban Placed
On Meetings
Karachi, May 18.
and
"plum" was mentioned. Sho subsequent
sequent transactions, he said. became very annoyed with him, and quoted
场
and they had frequent violent support his argument. quarrels.
Whatever right plaintiff (res- pondent) might have. by regis toring that Japanese assignment could only arise at the date of registration, Counsel submitted. She could not come to the Court and say, "We have no notice of our own action which
we regis- tered as la pendens in which prior equitable right had already been alleged in the defence."
The accused told him, Mr d'Almada slated, that the matter R stopped
would have come to a head if Soviet Foreign Mr Windeyer said the Rustion
the Police had not ralded the Just at the point where i Minister, at the fourth plenary
dossiers were full of "malicious
premises. He asked His Honour seemed he might be Oui to session of the Indo-China talks foulness."
to take into account what he make the magistrate a firm and on Friday, It anodified the One document claimed ont
called the honesty of her state- handsome offer. He decided to eight-point Vietminh plan for a
person's remote ancester was a Public meetings throughout ment, and the fact that she had blow his own trumpet for amultaneous military and poll sexual pervert and in another Karachi have been banned for a four-month old child to bol change
leal settlement without inter-place a man was alleged to be one month because of Cum- after. "As every men and woman in national supervision.
an embezzler.
munist activilles pre likely to He asked for a fine in lieu of England knows" he said, "I am
One document — known as disturb the public peace, It was imprisonment. France, important man,"
with the support of
"Document United States,
In A-was said by officially announced lost night
passing sentenco, Hin no," said Mr Recce, Britain and the
Petrov to have been prepared More than 200 people died in Honour pointed out the serious- "there are so many
Important bus called for an internationally
by an Australian and typed in week-end riots, which began at ness of the offence, saying that people in this
mill Dacca juté
in east the drug could cause great harm about
this incide. Tell me controlled armistice in Vietnam
general the Embassy about members of 2 as the first step to a
the Canberra press gallery.
Pakistan due to local resent to people and a lot of people Frank did, and when he had settlement.
"Document H" claimed chement at the employment of non-used it to make money. He the magistrate wald: It argues that Laos and Canti- man lured a named woman into Bengali_refugees.
said he would take into con- "Well, you behaved in a very boda present no political prob- degenerate conduct and
Mr Mohammed Ali, the Prime alderation that this was her and stupid fashion. No lems and the only requirement couraged har to be a dipro. Minister, in a statement issued fret offence. doubt you were incensed when is the withdrawal from the maniac, It suggested another after a Cabinet meeting, blamed
The opium, pipe-heads and the police stopped you, but if two smaller states of invading man had a women acquaintance the Communists and "other pots were ordered to be con- you'd gone away, nothing would Vietminh forces.
Tho suffered from a social elements inimical to Pakletat fiscated. have happened. I shall discharge,
disease,
ond said: This foul conspiracy you absolutely."
Before today's session, Mr
Mr Windeyer said one rathes must be crushed." Pah," said Frank, ungrate Dong called on Mr Molotov, who
well-known parson was alleged Khan Abdul Qayyum Khan fully, picking up his coat, shares the chairmanship of the
to have sought adulterous Inter- Industries and Food Miniator hat and brief case from the Indo-China talks with Mr Eden.
course with a woman on the wald last night that Communist dock seat
he stormed out, back Meanwhile, experts of the six
promise, she would be safe if agents from headquarters. In do the calm, Bone world of non-Communist nations met to the Ja
Japanese came to Australia Calcutta were responsible for The steamer Rajah Brooke Ordinance, Mr McNeill said that clrcus folk, show people or discuss their tactles, and Mr He described the document as the fute mill rict and described arrived in Singapore yesterday the Japanese assignment stated stamp collectors, whichever
ta from Kuching with 31 Chinesa a pecuniary concretion of he wes Inhabiting that Bidault, French Foreign Minin→ morning.
tar-Router,
Commitdist China,'
*Printed and published by WILLIAM ALICK CRIKWAM: for and on behalf of South China Morning Post Bimited at 1-3 "Wyndham Street, City of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong.
silly
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and.
Students On Way To Red China
Singapore, May 18.
ISSUE RAISED The object of registering a lis pentens was to say that it was à la which ralaed certain rights. A defence was filed raising this issue in 1949, six months before registration of the at the su
Counsel, So that lasud was raised of this trust beforo registration of the Japanese an signment.
The defence was filed on November 30, 1949, and from the very beginning the issue of a trust of some kind was raised.
Turning to the question of the purchase price or pecumiary consideration which was refer- red to in sectiers__8(1) · of the
it Exteri called on M. Georges a "form of beastly cowardica" | it;nd the Communists' “repKqves | students who are in transit to MY02,000,- and on the face of
"Yarago of facts, falsities mir openly associating. and a
and Alth
with the West.".
that document that consideration
| had - been paki. Counsel WAS
"Ho said the person who gave Karachi district magistrate hai The studente, among whom the Ruslans this information also prohibited tamis being were six girls, will leave on the caldering the accuracy of the was not a public agure or con- carried and tho amornbly, of Arst available boat for China attentional worn in the rode
tration of the document, nected with public life,Reuter, more than five-people-Reuter. Reuter.
The bomb badly corroded.
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