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Staggered Hours

THE Superlatendent

of

Traffic, Mr Morrison, has suggested staggered bust-; ness hours in the Central District to reduce the trafic congestion. And in a letter to big business houses and the Chambers of Commerce he seeks the reaction of employers to try to nasca the practi&ability of the proposal. Immediate obstacles suggest themselves such as park- ing. The Carly starters would get the pick of the

parking

unless арасен special areas were set aside for inte comers. The Police probably realise many nine o'clock businessmen come to town at eight just to be sure of good and easily accessible parking space

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MONDAY, MAY 20, 1957.

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SCRAMBLED TELEVISION SWEATING IT OUT

'CLEAN YOUR TEETH WITH SAUSAGES'

London, May 20, COMMERCIAL television ex- ecutives today are to in- vestigate a "technical hitch" which led to rlish viewers being advised to clean their teeth with a sausage. One million viewers in the

on Batur county of Yorkshire

advertisements in which the sound and vidon were wrong- ly synchronised, Viewers wore shown a sparkl- champas no and WETO exhorted: "Give this to your cat, ki will love it." White the delighted viewers were all rocking with laugh- fer a toothpaste tube come on the Koneen and a speaker" declared: "This will make your hair gleam," lasted during Two | A bolile of beer appeared and a ↑ and 25 seconds of} man advised everybody: “You

they

day night saw the results of a mix-up which many vated the best entertainment- had seen on television, The fun

minutes

should lubricate your car with | The bitch, was, confined to the

this,”

A cat was shown next to illus- trate a detergent adverlian. ment and

a woman's voice procisinaca proudly: "That's my husband.” The fun ended with a morta-

tion that

Yorkshire network of Axenel» ated British Cinemas (televi- sion) Limited, one of the pro- grazume contructing Arms in British gommercial television, Mr Howard Thomas, managing director of ABC, told reporters "1

suppose b technical fault was inerliable some time,

Last night: housewives should do their Monday wash with tar oil

on

The advertisers, who had spent

£3,000

the films, were Elven on authentic showing Ester.

"We have to show 600 advertise- buenta in a weekend over three

PRISONERS LOCK WARDERS IN

STEAM-ROOM

Kansas City, May 19.

different transmitters, Chins from the 11th floor of the Jackson County Gaol in Five "mighty bad” negro prisoners escaped

Mali Special,

'NONSENSE' SAYS GOVT

so the idea of staggered Land

hours la in practice already.

MANY-probably the

vast

HK Military

Sale Agreement Denied

majority of Chinese shops In the Central District open Inte many after 10a.m. and close well after rush hours. And one or two big business concerns have an- nounced summer hours for man this morning described. employees starting at 8.30 as "nonsense" a report that

A Government spokes-

PACIFIC RAFT

RADIOS

FOR HELP

Paris, May 19. The storm-battered bam.

at negotiations for the sale of boo raft Tahiti Nui, with Murray Barracks and Mur-five men aboard, radioed ray Parade

had for help today and gave been completed.

its position as 800 miles off the coast of Chile, tho

ground

CHINESE VOLUNTEERS'

REPORTED WORKING

IN SIBERIA

Tokyo, May 19. Youths from China are working for the Rus- siana in Siberia under rather mysterious cir- cumstances.

"In fact, negotiations have Rescue Co-ordination Cen ICE 10,000

just been reopened," he said,

He was commenting on re- tre said here. ports over the weekend that an

FEET DEEP

4.M. and finishing 4.80 p.m. Another obstacle: would it be

possible to get wide agrer ment on this idea? Certain big organisationa might agree but the problem is how to get the same volun-

The SOS intercepted by tary agreement from the

official announcement outlining Swiss and French radio amateurs thousands of small offices all the terms of the sale of the said co-knot winds had buffeted over the Central District, military lands. by the Army

the frali craft for eight days ond many of whom

are not Council to the Hongkong Gov-ights and the s.tuation was affiliated with the Chambers crnment was expected to be

perilous. Commerce. And the made shortly. of Police obviously realise that

The reports sold a gure what they are after is a $28 million was reported to have

bten agreed upon, majority response.

The Government spolresnan They also realise the traffic

a told the China Mall: "It is im- problem is not only

to remember that but portant cara question buses, trams, taxis and, of collations have been going on anonth drift across the South Appropriation

a long time. There has Pacific to Chile. course, pedestrians, So that for

been a lot of talking at the

of

of

Aboard were navigator Eric de Bisschop, 66, Francis Kowen, Michel and Alain Brun, and a Tahlian cabin boy. They left Tahlil on November 17, 1958, on what they expected to be a four-

the decision of a few big London end and now talks have Reports received in Santiago firms to atart earlier or just begun in Hongkong but indicated that the auft was later affecting a hundred or there are no grounds for sayingtung in the general area of so cars and about 5,000 that a stage of finality has be Juan Ferancez users of public transport reached," will not give the desired relief.

IT seems logical that if any

organisations should begin

work later than others it is

Progress Report

The sale of the military lands has been a subject of consider-

300 miles west

Island, located of Valparaiso, Chile's main port, but European

said explicitly messuges

that the raft was 800 miles off the cost.

LACKING DETAILS

Paz Palacios, Co-ordinator of the the Tahiti Nuis

*Cutlos Carelu Un fen

the shops and they should apie speculation. On February 19, stay open later in the even- 1056, the War Oflee called for Inga to permit after-business progress report on the negotia- hours shopping. Also all tions, A Wur Office spokesmen's trip, and he was lacking

et the details about children should be in school in London was quoted by the start of the 8.30 rush time as saying "there should be position, but he estimated that period and the majority on developments to report very the raft should be located about 300 miles from Juan Fernandez their way home before shortly." the 4.30-6 p.m. peak-traile

The last specifie Ogure men- Island, dored in connection with the period.

military innds in the Central arca was $17 million. That was

By a gradual approach of this kind the Police muy get rid of some of the congestion 3 years ago.

The proposal was seriously in Hongkong streets in the considered by Government and busy hours, but it is very the deal would

have

American ofcials here are not sure just how or why the Chinese are working for the Russians, but they know they are there.

There is speculation that the Russians have a secret agrop= meat with the Peking Govern

nent to furnish labour in arca where the Russians have trouble

their Own Kung people to go.

an

a lift today after locking nearly 20 warders in a sweltering hot steam-pipe room so they could not sound an alarm.

CHINESE PROTEST AGAINST H-BOMB

The "trustles," guards and a matron were left to awost in 104-degree heat in a deam-pipe room after they had pleaded not to be shut in a refrigerator.

The break occurred at 9.16 am. But it was not discovered until police went to the gaol to ind out why the telephone was not being answered.

Sherli Arvid Owsley of Jack- son County blamed the escape on the careless.com of the warders. He said one of them

opened a call by himself, in violation of gaol regulations.

Tokyo, May 20. China's

cultural top leader on Sunday issued a

Two of the escapocs were ar bitter protest "on behalf of | rested a few hours later while the Chinese people" against trying to flee in a taxicab. the British hydrogen bomb tests in the Christmas Island area.

tcsts

and

to

'Long-Termers'

Sheriff Owsley described the desperados as "all mighty bad and long-formers,”

The

SINCER

weapon

and

the

KAWALA 49, 14

NEHRU

DENIES

CEYLON DESIGNS

Colombo, May 19.

Indian Premier, Jawa- harlal Nehru, described as "fantastic nonsense" the notion that India had des signs of territorial expan- sion on Ceylon.

Speaking at

. big bublic

meeting in connection with the Buddha Jayanti celebrations, some people, Nehru said that including mon of intelligence, held tho vlow that because Indila was a big country, sho would march an army into Cey lon

Nehru said “Such a thing would be possible only if India became one big lunatic asylum, and I do not think that would happen. By and large, tho people of India are very, sen... sible,"

The Indian Premier said that. Arritorial conquest, with all the hatred and violence it would entall, was inconceivablo today. He said the people of India were

grachially going shead, shedding their poverty and trying to live a productivo and creative life.

He said: "Do you think our people will be mad erlough, to add to their problema?"

AGRANCE

NOT AFRAID

Nehru

suld be

"pot

In a statement reported to day by the New China News Agency, Kuo Mo-10, one or

overpowered China's leading authors chaluman of the China Peace trusties, three deputies, and a afraid of any country, even if

an too-pick-like Committee, olso called for an matron with

they prosocas the hydrogen to hydrogen

fashioned from wire bomb or any other bomb." immediate cod bomb tests and "he nuclear ripped from a mop handle.

He said he was sure no other armaments race."

They seized riot guns, and rushed to a hallway, where they country would attacks india, but if that happened, they would Washington, May 19.

"The intersification of the pressed an lift button. When the ght and defend themselves. Hò- The ice is so thick at some *De Chinese youths may be nuclear armaments race and the lift arrived, they forced the sale he would rather have open hy he continuation of the hydrogen operator to take them to the war with weapons than the places in the Antarctic it "volunteers"that

present д in-ground floor and left, has depressed the land rounded up and ordered into the bomb

grave, menADO Andrew Walker, who was black heart of a man, with “a beneath the sea.

kares just as the Peking Qove creasingly

ordered "volunteer troops world peace and human security," being held for burglary, larceny cold war," He said a cold war treat

poisoned the world and and it Kuo declared,

robbery, dind Herman Scientists

House into the Korean war,

According to the information Their far-reaching.

Beasley, who was being held for was something horrible. cons Fedoral omborities on a bank that the Antarctic Expedition available here, the Chinese are quences will bring injury even burglary charge, were caught as discovered fee 10,000 feet deep working on Russian construc- to our prosperity." He added, In some spots. Since the area ilon and agricultural projects in

they fled in a tazlead. is only 5,000 feet above BCA the wastelands

USSR. level, they said, it appears the They have been working in the weight of the ice has depressed the land beneath

of Lake Baikal i 5,000 foot least since June 1955. uciow sea level.

The measurements were taken in only a small

Harry Wexler, chief selenust. for a US Internticosal Geophy sical Year project R the Amarelle, said ice in other spota may run as thick as 14,000 feet

Ur more.

told

a

Subcommittee

In contrast to the thick fee near the South Pole, the ice in Une Arcife is about seven to 50 feet thick. the scientists guld. Their reports were made public by the Subcommittee today.-

Garela said the message heard | Jhited Press. by a Chilean radio "ham" meant: that the raft was in a diicult situation but not in immediate : danger of sinking.

Garcia sald he asked the bect Navy to be

ready to help the doubtful whether thin idea arranged but for the general raft, but so far nothing was de-

can

on its own make a strike of 1925 which so depleted clued pending determination of significant difference to the Government resources that the the raft's problem.

plan was indeäntely shelved,

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exact position. -

RECORD FLIGHT

New York, May 19.

A United States Air Force F-100-F jet fighter plane today set an official speed record when it now the 2,420 miles between Palmdale, California, and Mac- quire air base in three hours and 38 minutes.

The former record for the flight had been three hours and 44 minutes.

Test Ship Plans

Halfa, May 10.

arca south

of the

at

What Is Known

Here are some of the things that are known to American oficials here:

Chinese workers The for the mosi pari are very young.

Kuo, one of the few non-Com-

munists to hold high rank in the present, mainland

governmen1, also levelled strong criticism against the United States in his protest statement.

US ACCUSED He accused the United States as well as Britain of "stubborn ly rejecting all Soviet proposals

for the discontinuance of the

2. They zło nat skilled nuclear weapons tesis 'workers and are working under Übe direction of Russians.

3. They are being trained

by the Russians,

4 They apparently kopt in separate

emps,

He charged that the United States, "all for the purpose of aggravating

international situation and endangering peace

the

of

in Asia and the world” was fol- lowing "the persistent and dan. work rerous policy

expanding from nuclear

armaments, building Georgian atomic buses in both East and also being used West, and stationing a guided- br the Russians

Chinese

Ukrainian

workers

same arca,

AWAY and

the

missile unit in

the

There have been no signs that territory of Taiwan."-

Alleged Ringlender

Nehru said that, speaking as man responsible for his coun- try's defence, he could not in that position take up his master Gandhi's couman]: Do Away" with arms but use your faith. in your own goodness and in the

The others were identified as goodness of your opponent, Manuel Andrews, 28-year-old France-Presse,

and armed robbery suspect alleged ringleader of the break, Robert Lavin Brewer, 30, who and Isaac Sanders, 23, under was serving a biglary sentence, sentence for robbery and being held for Federal enquiries.

Police said Andrews caused a riot at the gaol three weeks ago when he complained of a tooth- ache-United Press,

Gangrene Cure

Malaya Should Stay In Sterling Area

London, May 19. There are positive reasons why Malaya should remain in the sterling area, states a Colonial Once publication, released tom day.

New York, May 18.. This study, complied by Mr The American Heart Associa-Frank King, economies lecturer. tion today, disclosed a revolu- in Hongkong, mys that by its tionary new weapon against membership of the sterilng area, gangrene-walking.

Malaya has been able to parti the workers stay with the Rus- Kuo declared that the Chinese The Association reported that cipate in the multilateral trade sions for only a fixed period people "fully supported the 21 out of 22 cases of gangrene within the area liself, and then return to their homes, people of the world, and in par- of the feet and legs were cured This membership also ha The assignment seems indefinite ticular the Japanese people, first by putting the patients on their assisted the development

It was recalled here that in victims of the atomic bombs, in feet 1955, the Chinese Communists their fight against nuclear and The procedure accepted in the giving the Malayan currency if and when the Israel Govern put on a drive to go: Chinese thermonuclear weapons."

past has been to copfino the area a relationship with sterling, patient to bed. This treatment which is the second International often has falled, resulting in currency-France-Presse amputations.

Israel shipowans have com- pleted plans for sending a test ship" to the Suez Canal

ment gives its permission, an informed source said today.

The soured said an Israelf crew is ready to man any ship

young people to work on outly-

ing land reclamation, water con- Kuo's statement made ΠΟ rvation and construction pro- mention of Soviet nuclear tests

However, there was no being carried out in the remote Dr William T.'Foley of the dispatched to the Suez or any

jects.

that evidence

the

York, of Siberia United New Chinese regions

Hospital-Corneli olber destination. He said no oficials indicated to the workers Press

Medical Centre sold amputations Israeli scamar would disobey then that they would be seat to

were avoided and the gangren- these salling orders-France-Russi

Russia, Presse,

Sailors Shipwrecked

Dacca, May th Nine sailors, including seven South Indians and two Burmese

On Tuesday, the same plane were found lying exhausted on is to fly from the east coast of the shore at

the United States to Paris on Pakistan

Coxbazar in East Loday after their

the 30th anniversary of Charles boat had capsized in the Bay of Lindbergh's pioneering flight. Bengal,

and were sent to

for treatment.

Two of them were The plane will afterwards be exhibited at the International, consciotta Aviation Exposition in Paris, cephal Franco-PressC.

France-PressO.

Bomb Threat Hoax

New York, May 19. POLICE were ordared to the

New York's Biltmore Hotel today after a telephoned, bomb front on the life of Me Abba Eban, Iraeli Ambassador to the United States.

The envoy was to speak in the hotel at a lunch meeting of 0. Zionist orgasimation

Hotel officlata toki polico thas

an

unidentified man

péirsch and said: “..

American officials here specu-

late that the Felding Government may be furnishing labour to the

Russians under terms of a secret clause In the Sino-Soviet Peking economie agreement. may be furnishing labour in re- turn for badly needed factured producta supplied by

Moscow.

manu-

5 AIRMEN KILLED

Roswell, N. Mex., May 19. Five airmen from Walker Air

Force Base were killed today in a three-way craih inwolving two cars and a heavy truck-trailer looded with lumber eight miles pouth of here on US, 285,

Badly Squeezed Somo Americans here belleve the Communists are being badly AB five of the Roswell-based squeezed because of the econondo | airmen were riding in one of the blockade thrown up against cars involved in the smash. them after the United Nation slumped them as "nggressors" The driver of the other car for their role in the Korean war. was reparted in critical condition They speculate that the Rus- at Roswell Hospital. The truck alana are taking advantage of driver escapod with cuts and the Chinese and making thèm | bruisps-United Press. The Ambassador was to deliver pay heavily in manpower as the principal address to the well as coin for their things American Jewish League for whiche China must have end Israel, an organisation formed) which she must get from Russia. this weekend which describer Unked Froes. itself DUB 011 independent Zionist group whose purpose State of mupport the Jarac but no particular poll tical party in Israel..

is to

FLAMING CAR

Martinsville, May 19.

Golden Fish

D

tele-Polioo said a search of the dela|mobile Jeft

and the suite of three room track

Cagliari, May 10. Silyla de Montis, a house- wito in Cagliari, cut open a fish Twelve persons were injured, to clomex it today and found in- Avo seriously, when an auto-aldo a gold Ingot weighing more

■ Martipeville- rsco,; than 300 grama. today and burst into She had bargilood' over the the first

among floor of the flames

the sprataions. Bih dor a long time, seguing with hotel reserved for the lunch Some 23,000 were watching, the the fishmonger last, the price disclosed no bonb.--lieuteEF, meeting. FranOR, PROPE

"I don't like Abba Eban spek-

ing

here ----I am going to plast; a bomb,"

on

Malayan entrepot trado

Beirut, 10.

by

King Saud of Saudi Araba ous condition healed in 31 out will visit Jordan carly next of 22 cases in which patients month, usually reliable sources were encouraged to walk-told the Arab News Agency in United Press,

We lead

Amman today-Reuter,

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