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COMMENT OF THE DAY
The Next Round
THE United
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Beerotary-General, Hammarskjold, docn appear to have achieved his primary objective the release of the eleven Imprisoned American air.
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FIGHTER SHOOTS UP PALACE Cold Spell
More Strafing Attacks
In Costa Rica
men. This feeling neoma to VENEZUELA CHARGED
be supported by the United Nations apokesman who emphasised that Hammarskjold had made
M.
"progress towards the goal net for him by the General Assembly." The spokesman added further that he was naked to seek by the means
would
most appropriate in his judgment continuing and unremitting efforts for the release of the men. Fow ex- Mr Hammarskjold peeled
have immerla KUCcCBN. But the fact that! Lae Secretary-General hnd established a basis on which to work leum to ruse ou. the immediate solution to Lue proviem. However, the JOTHE
communiques
Issue
by the Chinese Government und
HAMMATAKJOJÚ MA imply that the conversa tions were productive tu an ex.ent and that there was round hope for better ali understanding in the future. ine last communique spoke of con.inuing the contact Bireauy established at the meetings in Peking. Had Mr
buen Hammarskjold
mei with a blank refusal to his main business ho would never have consented to the wording of that message.
Washington, Jan. 18.
A P-47 Thunderbolt fighter has strafed the palace of President Figueres of Costa Rica and has shot up the city's main shopping area with 50 calibre machine gun bullets.
The Costa Rican embassy in Washington said in a communique the aerial bombardment of wide areas of the country was developing in intensity.
Other developments were:-
Loyal forces have recaptured Villa Quesada from the insurgents, the Government Radio Voz de la Victor of Costa Rica asserted tonight in its 1700 GMT bulletin. The radio station said that the "Invaders" had left in an unknown direction. The Ambassador of Venezuela, Cesar Gonzalez, denied today that Venezuelan planes were in- volved in any way in the current situation in Costa Rica.
air
Costa Rica ordered nationwide emergency raid precautions tonight after charging that in- vading aircraft from Nicaragua had strafed 10 towns in preparation for a ground attack on the capital.
5.000 MEN
The Embassy communique were "indignant at a rebel radio also reported that an aircraft broadcasting from the captured had attempted to drop two town of Villa Quesada and la bombs on a milway and road clting them to revolt." bridge at Turrialba, 40 miles to the cast of San Jose, in an un-i successful attempt to cat high- way and rail communications to the Atlantic roost
The broadcast heard here from Costa Rica's loyal "Voice of Vic- tory" radio in San Jose, said the Government was mustering a According to the communique, force of five thousand, mostly It would send the bombs fell wide exploding volunteers, which harmlessly on a cotton planta into the field to check the in- tion.
surgents. The communique said reports The Volco of Victory broadcast I appears highly probable wire coming in of similar bomb- and casualties in fighting and als
ing and strafing attacks on other attacks were not known.
Nor had the
name of the points in Costa Rica.
been yet insurgents
andounced.
Late this morning, another of Costa
Rice's main towns, Liberia, reported that it was under steck from at least one strung
now
to
President Challenged To Craft
Fight Duel
Moks
that China has made cer- la tain conditions and it
for песенкагу
Mr Hammarskjold discuss them with the members of the General Assembly and more particularly with the United Stalex delegation. One can only speculate over the conditions and if, an it China has likely. reems
discussion insisted on
on her aumission to the United Nations as part of the price. of freeing the airmen, hen the United States adminis tration will find itself in a quandary. But it is unlikely
pute between deal. such a to consider
countries, the Throughout
entire negotiations China has been on the box sent with the whip and reins in hand and it is ironical that the highest officer of an inter national body which closed to it is asked to make contacte. The Chinese, having won the preliminary sparring and the frst round, now appear to bo embarking on aalugging match with the introduc- tion of new tactics.
Managua, Nicaragua, Jan. 12. President Ananiaalo Bo- tonight challenged President Jose Figueres of Costa Rica to meet him at the Nicaraguan-Costa BI-
**with frontier can volvers to settle the dia- their two
ACCORDING
lo
to the New China News Agency eight students who have returned to China from America have signed a letter of protest claiming that
large number of students were belag detained in the United States against their will.
a
re-
President Somoza called President Figueres a "damn flar for charging that Nicaragua was behind the the aprising"
agalbat Corta Rican government,
"If he has so much per- sonal bale fer me. let's put it on a man to man basis," sald Велог Somoza "There is Do reason for bloodshed be- tween our two countries. If he hates Inc, 2 was evident when he tried to assassinato me, then why not settle it this way?"
Elomoza President Interviewed in his
for what Costa termed
WLS
office in the Presidential Palace. He said President Figueres' broadcast today, blaml
Venezuela Nicaragus and
Rica has Invasion was An “the worst thing I've over heard."
"Nobody ever called me what that man called me,
Somoza, Prezident "The frant was that I had a family of gangsters." The President said -planned no reply to Senor Figueres. Why should I?” be Raid. "I won't that low."--United Press,
ke
leader
nic-
The
Later a Costa Rican spokesman here suld tha: official reports from San Jose disclosed that Venezuelan
plares, proceeding from Nicaragua this morning, flow
and over
attacked towns of Tarriniba, Cartage, Liberia, Juan Venas, Tres Rios, Cars
as well as San Jose, "All of these are open cities," he added P-51's, Mustangs and AT-65, both fighters, tarried out there
operations,
INVADING FORCE
Riot Victim To See Specialist
1. FEEDBA
Renos Pouyoukau, a 19-year-old student who was shot when Beftish troops opened are during anti-British riots in Cyprus, arrived by air in London and then left_by air for Edinburgh. He is to be seen by Mr. Norman Doft, Professor of Neuro-surgery at Edinburgh University. The boy - was -- paralysed by a bullet which entered his spine during the re- The Cyprus Government is paying for the journey cent riote and the treatment-London Express Photo.
French-Italian
To
Call
Reduce Tension
Rome, Jan. 12.
Italy and France called on their Western allies to- night to take the initiative in bringing about a lessening of international tension.
A joint communique issued
Minister,
made
of
M.
ALLEGED CALL GIRL'
RACKETEER
IS SENT FOR TRIAL
I
London, Jan. 12. Albums Alled with photographs of beautiful women were produced in court today as evidence against Mark Langtry, 27, accused of running a big "call girl" racket in London.
Langtry told film "We have on The prosecution alleged that Langtry, good looking and our books over, 200 girls, come dapper, showed the albums to young. come very young and mcn cilents who came to his same not so young. But they West Eric
office and invited are all very, lovely. them to choose the girl
Some are
he amorous while others are even wanted. He then Axed ap-more amorous, pointments,
LOVELY GIRLS Charged with living in part Producing an album he went "on the carnings
of pro- on: "Here I have photos of came mitution," he was committed for very lovely girls." trial to the Central Criminal Turning the pages
he said: "Take your cholce, This is Court.
*IF YOU ARE, LONELY* Cynthia, who has a beautiful According to tite prosecution private flat and
private Lang.ry paid for printed cards fortune. She is real fireworks. to be displayed in shop win- indeed she is one of my dows in many parts of the performers." city. These gave his telephone number
аго
G
and
you said: "If I London ring
At today's preliminary hearing before magistrates, Police In- spector Charles Jacob of Scot land Yard's Vico Squad testified that he visited Langtry's office in the guise of a client,
Jacobs
chose
star
CHOSE A BLONDE Inspector blonde giri.
Langtry said: "You are not a bad judge. She is a German."
He dialled a telephone num- ber and said: "This is Mark. 1 want you to receive a client at 3 pm. You will be there and Fready for hirn."
Inspector Visits Flat
Inspector Jacobs mid he visit, The other had 40 and 50 names
Has Broken
ILAR
The cold apell definitely broken, scoord- Ing to the Royal Observa- tóry this morning.
At 11 am today the thermometen there register od 59.2 derress F while the lowest temperstfeṛyester, day was 51.3. degrees F as compared with 37.6 the day before.
There
was no relenting of the weather up Taimo- shau, however, Prof. 8. G Davis, of the Hongkong University, and Mr W. M, Keay, Saperintendent of Mines of the Labour De- partment, found Ictales Ave, feet long in
waterfall
about 1,789 feet above, ses lovei yesterday morning.
of
On the south-east slope Tatmoshan, facing Lam
Chuor Valley, the waterfall has a drop of about 90 feet. It can be seen from Route No. 1 through Taipo
side Bek Konk
other on the
of TWINK. The tempers ture there yesterday fas 7 was recorded between 20-27 degrees F.
4.I
Prof, Davis and Mr Heay' were at Talmoshan, for the best part of the day pro- specting, the area,
More Snow
Falls In Britain
London, Jan. 12. Snow fell over most of ed the girl-named Ingrid-at aor initials. flat in the fashionable Knights- Replying to a defence inwyer, northern England and Scot--
agreed
bridge RICA
Stoer
туда
business
She Superintendent of London. took him into a bed-sitting room, that a "substancial" part of land today and was moving. the south after the coldest night discorded her house cont and Langtry's asked for "present" of four legitimate and innocent one of Britain has had for ten supplying escorts and social gulncas.
The inspector refused to pay partners.--Chino Mail Special and left the fint: Later Langtry fixed an appointment for him with a girl named Marilyn.
BAT FLOOR When he went to her fat she put. the gramophone on, sat an the ficor and began to undress. also asked for " "Marilyn" present" but the inspecter prc- tended to have lost his wallet and left her.
Langiry charged his clients a guinea for Introduction,
office
Superintendent Charles Sicor, also of the vice squad, testified he in Langtry's that
letters three found
signed "Sybil" and "Joan," "Hilda,"
of Between
Tahiti To Be
Developed
For Tourists
"
Sydney, Jan. 12. The French Government plans to develop Tahiti on a holiday rival Honolulu, M. Roger Dureau, French Secretary of State for Overseas territories, today revealed.
resort to
months.
Twelve degrees of frost were recorded-in-most parts of the -a has Country during the night and today the temperature was. around freezing point
of
At John Brown's ahlyyard at Scotland, several Clydebank, hundred men walked out engine and boiler workshops because they sold it was too cold to work.
LONDON FOGGY
Fog added to the difficulties of travel, and incoming air- liners circled over London alt port for up to half an hour waiting their tum to land.
Hundreds of passengers. on sold on He
his arrival at their way to the Continent had Sydney airport from New Zea- to wait until airliners had been land that the French Govern-"de-frozch.".
Snow-covered Londonderry, ment was in full support of pro-
out of ject to develop Tahiti by private Northern Ireland, ran
coal and about 9,000 hom's were enterprise.
He said that living standardy without heat. A cargo of coal.
the French Pacific island was due, from England later to- must first be raised, roads built day. China Mail Special. and, a new airfield constructed. "Then we will have a publicity
lio g. height,
all containing banknotes. blotter photographs.
Also found in the office were One gave the names, and of bair colour
the Icaves
ten were
107 NUMBERS
obscene
on
Taipei Report Says:
US Destroyer Fires On Red Fighters
The accords have been passe.l Assembly in after two
of conference by the National duys
French Premler, Paris and the Chamber of De- "Subsequent information re-between the vealed that Venezuelan planes M. Pierre Mendes-France, and puties in Rome, but still lack telephone number of 107 girls, the Italian Premier. Marlo Senate approval in both nations. fcw
the Panama Canal over
Scelba, and Foreign of Repubile
Mendes-France proposed the Zone and
to the direction of
In a speech the
Quetano Martino, enid: ir Panama
recently
Nations that on East- in United Costa Rica, probably in co-
"Progress already
West
Britain parley among the Invading Western organisation should, in with ordination
France,
the United States and mayament.
cur opinion, constitute the starting
before May of "The invading forces are e-point of a movement by the Russia be held
this year. 800 men, Allied timated
capable to number
countries
FOUR HOURS concentrated in the northern avouring a lessening of inter-
East-West refadons were the part of the country. Costa Rican national tension and a peaceful
forces have volunteer
joined co-operation among all peoples." principal topic of this afternoon's which ran for four meeting battle with the invaders at Villa
hours 20 minutes-80 minutes WANTS BIG 4 TALKS Quesedo, Thousands of volun-
with M. Mendes-France wants the boyand schedule, letra are asking for arms
Prior
the communique,
Talpel, Jan. 13. which to defend the country." Wesi to call now for a Big Four
Russia. The Signor Scelba and M. Mendes- with The spokesman sold "nmconference
An American destroyer phibious operations are reported Lallon opinion has been that no France signed a number, of aci at the Pacific coast perta of conference should be summoned cords on trade. One agreement fired on Chinese Communist Murcielago and Puerto Soley, a before ratification of the accords confirmed that France would planes in the early morning January 11 near fow miles from the Nicaraguan rearming Germany and creating permit Italy to share in the
of France's rich on development
Nanchi a Western European Union.
North African territory, The Nationalist - held border," Reuter.
same opportunity will be offered Island, 80 miles south of 10 Germany in talks with Nationalist Tachen Island Chanetler Konrad Adenauer-off the south Cheklang United Press,
said The letter demanda that Amorlen stop its un justifiable tactica and re- turn the students to their homeland. As the protesting studente returned to Chipă somo alx months ago and this is the first word from them following Im-
at claimed that mediately after the depar- ture of Mr Hammarskjold-least two of the aircraft taking in these altacks harl round two, a propaganda part
Costa Rica
campaign to justify Peking's Venezuelon markings and had attitude, seems to have flown, Into Costa Rica from the
at what general direction of Nicaragua.
been linched
could be a key moment. On. the other hand it might bo a counter to the "blockade
ONE SHOT DOWN' Costa Rica yesterday coeded in getting the 21-nation
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In
China" caji of certala council of the Organision of! American politicians who American States to send are under the weird im Investigating commission to pression that such an act border with Nicaragua to would force the release of vestignie ita charges that the airmen. It must be invading forces were crossing regretted that human beings from that area,
are the pawna in this pollči- The Costa Rican spokesman cal game, but despite all this, said that at least one of the and the United States straing Thunderbolls had boon attitude towards China and shot down near San Jose when Item into a curtain of heavý the exclusion of the latter small arms fire.
nelaimed that from the United Nations, a The spokesman way must be found to the people of Costa Rich were break the stalematera.
rallying to the Governm
Jimmy Swaine Returning To Become A Policeman
London, Jan. 12. Nineteen-year-old Jimmy Swaine, who hitch-hiked 12,000 miles to join the Royal Navy and was turned down, sailed out of River Mersey tonight for his home, Hong kong - to become a Policeman."
ARMS POOL
coast, Chinese
correspon
Reuter reported that authorita-dents returning from Tachen tive French cħd Italian scurces said today. Eald tonight that in the French
The report has not been offi- Premier's two-day talks here,
correspondients Italy had accepted in general cially confirmed.
The Chinese for a European satul
Aring be- the America outline his plun arms pool.
curred when Communies planes But the Italian Government were chasing after a Nationalis leaders had made major reserva- LST on which they were travel- Ung and a Nationalist destroyer- tions amounting practically, to refusal on the proposal that escort width was escorting the American military aid should be ST. distributed by the
and not They said the Communist Washing planes made a total of soven allocated directly by w to communique on the result bomb of strafo the Nationalisz passes but made no attempt to Vossels. Pierre Mendes-France's Jimmy was turned down by visit avoided
saying whether the Navy beomise of a colour Italy had accepted the pool the Nationalist, destroyersescort vision defect after being passed plan, stating merely
-He sailed as a deckhand on a cargo ship.
I'm terribly disappointed at not belas allowed into the Navy
efter coming all this way," sold before leaving.
A
of M.
But anti-aireraft guns aboard.
that the openca vaneously, the.../- Corros-
1 by a Medical Board in Hong- Ministers agreed on the advian- kong.
Because of his disappointment bility of considering
further pondonare said,pin American
Mra Bessie Braddock M.P. for Incarner for developing Euro destroyer patrolling at the north-
Liverpool Exchange division sald pean
Union
TALKS WITH -
the ern end of the Formose Strai
of in the vicinity of the Nationellat vesels opened fire on the which later Paris, Jan. 12, turned bac M. Pierro Mortins-France, Chinese ;; Communist On the quayside at Birkenherd and Dr Konrad Adenauer, the bad ro Chancellor, patrolling Jimmy said there's nothing Western seriously wrong with my sight will begin tomorrow a series of to than and I'm going back home in the meetings which will have an
Tii- benocepted as important betting on Europea solidarity
she would ask the Admiralty, to question of the ensure that medical examing-arm/ment tions ai stations abroad are brought into line with those in Britain
German.
campaign when all is ready," he added.
Susalito, California, Jan. 12. Actor. Robat Michum was The French Minister was on fired today from the picture his way to Canberra to meet "Bloody Alley" for dunking a manbers of the Australian 250-lb. co-worker in the icy
waters of San Francisco. Bay. Government.-France-Presse.
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