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Turks & Syrians Astride CHORAL GROUP'S COMMON
VANGUARD MISSILE READY FOR TEST
Copo Cavanoral, Oct. 20. The alandar Vanguard mis- sile, which America hopes will be able to throw a US satellito into an outor space orbit in March, may be triggered off in a test run some time on Monday. Newsmen and photographers swarmed along the benches near Che offshore Air Force misile test centre on Sunday test word of the important
the spread through
misstic- towns in the conscious coastal
the top-secret base, The newsmen have been Stathered at Cape Cavalera! since
The unofficial Friday date for the first test firitip of the complex rocket. But twice on Friday the jocket was fuelled and its unching held up for either technical
weather reasons. It was reported that scientists were checking the interni mechtim
the 11
ст
72- to
rocket ever the weekend so would be ready for the thrust spice-wnyde on Monday,
The Vanguard, a slim foot rocket, will be used
throw the US version of the Russian Sputnik Inte round- the-world orbii. But the firing expected lomorrow will be merely a lest of the powerful mechanism, without a "moon" in its nose.
PROTOTYPE
The purpose of the firing is, to test only the first of the three stages of the Vanguard, The second two stages will be dummies but will contain
be
CONTRIBUTION
The Frontier Queen To Visit TO THE FESTIVAL
NEWSPAPERMAN VISITS
BOTH COUNTRIES' TROOPS
By GEOFFREY THURSBY
London, Oct. 20.
I have just seen Turkish and Syrian troops in position on either side of the frontier 40 miles to the northeast of Latakia-the Syrian port the Russians used to supply Syrians with arms.
As far
as I know, I am the There Is a full division in Arst dewspaperauak. to have this ፓ ... ነገሮ 10,000 men, reached either side of this ex- but some of them have been plosive Frontier 1 have been there for nearly a year, Heavy on both sides-in Syria and in relifocements
been have Turkey.
brought in and are still arriv- To do so, I drove
torder 250 miles ing-since the
crisis Beirut, capital of began when pro-Russlin Syrlu north from
through Syrin und accused
bordet Turkey of Lebanon, over the frontier weri of Aleppo thrents and incidents. « hear the Syrian village of Dana,
American militery nlvisers Syrian troops in dusly they
to the are attached
Turkish wand ste helings division and they live it badly
their
under were vars Ur
- hotels in Alexan- ruh. canvas within our miles of the dretta and Gaziantep. frontier. Their Russian lorries were drawn up bende the road
one of them broken down. Nearer
frontier Syrion the Infantrymen were
sitting around among the Iron coloured rocks, their sub-machine slag over their shoulders.
A platoon or two were doing toughening-up exercises in ful baile kit. Across the frontier the Turks in American uni- fonas are drawn up in strength 15 miles away. Forward scout parties are in spotting positions
along the border.
Turkish Force
Kuns
.
The main Turkish force is on a plateau by
railway
lino
On the Turkish-Syrian fron-
To see the Turkish oring, ant the Americans, I had to make two trips.
From Gaziantp I drove back nearly 100 miles to the Turkish lown of
of Adno. north Alexandretta.. On the way I twos met military lorries in and threes bringing up equip→ ment towards the border and ack-ock
in were dug guns ing the rallway line.
What are my mala impres- alons from the trip through Syria and Turkey?
Impressions
First, lot of people in Syria-parilcularily in Aleppo are beginning to resent the
Russians.
The first, after crwsing the frontier west of Aleppe on Fri- day afternoon, took me north- A businessman told me, "The west of the trualler, Within Syrians don't want to be under few minutes crossing The the domination of myone border, I began to see Turkish-West or Cast. We are begin- troops Lex Turkish forming lg to realise want the Russians villages.
11 Is not safe to talk are up to. 100 nuch in Syria these days but I can tell you that lots of peuple even in the Government -are wanting to slide back from the Russians.
On Plateau
At dawn next day, I left on my second frontler trip-a 90 miles drive over the ranges to Gaziantep. On this trip, I dis-
Empire State Building
New York, Oct. 20. The Empire State Building, scrubbed, scoured and polished by an army of workers, will put its best foot forward tomorrow for
By R. A. BONES
NORDIC MARKET
Copenhagen, Oct. 20. Betulled plans for a'common Nordic market, including the establishment of a customs union covering 40 per cent of trade between Denmark, Finland, Nor- way and Sweden, wore published hero today. Under the plan the abolition
In Scandinavla would be com- bloed with the fixing of, a common Scandinavian tariff on imported from other gopis countries.
The Choral Group under the direction of Maestro Elisio Gualdi presented their contribution to the Festival of the Arts in the form of a concert af Rossini's works given in the Loko Yew Hall of the University on Saturday of tariffs and restrictions with- night.
This group is really outstand the visit of Queen Eliza-ing inasmuch as it produced no lers than aipe soloists ali of such both and Prince Philip. an exceptionally high standard For the first time since the that it is very difcult to choos world's tallest skyscraper between them. was opened in 1931, ́ a visitor will be given the red carpet troutment 265 yards of it.
| The programme says "Lee Chiu Ping, but the printed sheet encload with the programme saya "Lee Chau Yuan,"
The setting of "Jenny Kissed Me" by Theodore Wong con-
on
The joint inriff, described as "moderate", would be based on value assessment, instead of quantity asiongmont, most raw But let me start with a critle-Fisios an interesting canon in materials would not be subject
to tariffs, whereas those ism. In the printed programme the middle but I fear that the Maestro Gualdi's name is spelt ta setting still does not convey to | seml - manufactured
goods threo different ways.
three Miss me the feeling of the original would range from
to Blulletta Tam's, in two different poem.
nine per cent and on fujshed The Queen, who asked to visit. ways, even the poor Hammond Both these items were sul goods" from night to 12 per
from the cent, the Bulding during her whirl-gen has lost ita "d" but worst by a double quartet
of all the name of the principal Sacred Muste School quite well wind tour of New York, wilt walle upon, tho thick velvet car-
composer of the evening is com-
although not as well as at the pet from the moment she steps pletely missing from every page previous performance.
of the programme! to the curb at the 34th Street
until she
Part enter the Observatory on the 86th floor. Building" offelals have beza ut work for days planning the visit down to the smallest de talls. Even the Observatory telescopes have been fixed so the Queen won't have to pay a dime for the view.
entrance
The first lift in which the Royal couple will ride can make the trip to the 80th floor in one minute. And there little chance of a slipup. The cables and machinery have been given a rigid examination. Two Cily detectives will be stationed in the basement to keep an eye on the machinery,
The lift will be run by Edward | Quinn, a former London bobby who was stationed at Bucking Aleppo
isham Palace in the 1920's and Turks now knew the Queen's grandparents, covered the Turkish troops They think the Turks might King George V and Queen Mary.
were drawn up in positions on the plateau between Islahiya and Feyzipasa.
I came Upon them after climbing over the mountain from Alexandretta.
On the Turkish-Syrian tron-
all the way from the railway Junction at Fevzipasa into the Turkish headquarters in Gazian tep.
scientific instruments through which it was hoped enough in- in position formation could be gathered to Aleppo-Ankara munite the spring "moon" between the Turkish farming Jaunching a success.
village of Isinhlye and the President Eisenhower already railway junction of Fevzipasa bus announced that the first where a line branches cast to test satellite, prototype of the Malatyn. fully-equipped mkin to be lunched in. March, Will tier, the Turks are near a patter there was military traffic Bred in December. Tomorrow's in the 3,500-foot Halle Mountain test would be the preliminary where the railway from Aleppo runs through on its way to to launching the "Test" moons.
Newsmen and photographers Ankara. This is the area with slood
the.
beach breaka
mountains- along throughout Sunday, just in case through which a Syrian attack the warning was given that north or Turkish attack south
could be launched. a launching was to fake place. But the red ball hoisted to the top of a 90-foot pole in signal "clunger" for boats in the area never
went
ball up.
launching usually signifles a will take place. United Press,
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Reds At Church
Vienna, Oct, 20. Soviet atom scientists attended a Roman Catholic Mass here to- day for delegates to the founda- tion conference of the Interna- tional Atomic Energy Agency.
The Archbishop, of Vienna,
in the
I counted 15 Turkish tanks--- American Patons-brought up Bell- ne facing Aleppo, Uke tanta
dotted all were through the dark
under-
growth. Army Steep, count
ed more than 50—were scatter-
among the undergrowth
ed
trees.
To the north side of the road I drove down six dark green single engine spotter aircraft, were drawn up in line abreast
Headquarters
I learned that Gaziantep is
Dr Franz Koenig read the the headquarters of the Turkish four offelal languages of the troops drawn along a 100 miles conference English, French, of frontier nimming from Spanish and Russian-and also Mediterranean coast
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Even, 10 Smote, 20 Desert 21 Erie, 23 Nonet, 24 Medium, 20 Paxly, 20 Spread, Down: 1 Codified, 2 Of-Concos, 3 Ugly, 5 Delicato, Pascade, P. Carzon 11 Tenement, 12 Caste, 13 Best- else,, 14 Ingleemes, 18 Varons, 22 Leap.
Turkish officers were thick in the town and traffic was con- trolled by the army.
Half an hour after I went in to the town, I saw an Ameri- con major in the street and I asked him what he was doing there.
"Military mission," he told me. "I have been adviser to
months.
There
orc
"Everyone in frightened of the
try to take the town and in a quinn, an Irishman from County Russians are being Waterford, came to the US in way, the blained. The people reason that 1920 and has worked at the it the Russians hadn't given Empire State Building for the Syria guns and arma, the Turks last 10 years. wouldn't be bringing troops MAIN OBSERVATORY
down to the border."
I heard similar views even in the Foreign Office in Damascus.
There was even
the
resentment
io Damascus that the Egyptians nad
Turkish gcae to frontier.
Putting it bluntly, the artų- ment against the Egyptians 1s that they are. the
most likely people to enuse Turkish frontler
trouble on the
and Syrians do not want war with Turkey over the Egyptians
Not In Mood
|
From the 30th foor, another lift will take the Royal couplo Observatory, up to the main The Queen will be mot there by about 100 newsmen for in- terviews and photographs.
Then the ˇ eruple--actOM- panied
only by Col. Henry Crown, owner of the Building tift a third
glass- that will take them to enclosed observatory on the top of the Build- kg and 1,250 feși hööve street Jevel.
enter
102nd floor,
From the top, a visitor can see 40 miles on a clear day.
My second impression is that | Six window washers will be
the troops in this area for sixhe Russians are definitely at work on the observatory to-
hind the whipping up into amorrow morning. always
border The Observatory, which come troops here, say, what the major world crisis of
Incidents and troop massings. usually has 10,000 visitors 1 hell going on now? We
Though the Turks want Aleppo (day, Will be closed all day be- Americans don't understand
because of its value as trading cause of ourselves.
the Royal visit-
дре
it
"It looks as If, the Russians whipping the whole thing
up to cause trouble."
Manoeuvres
of
elty, they don't seem to be fa | United Press.
mood on government level to attack Syria.
The mood in the villages along the Turkish border is different. I was told at a village where I stopped there was a lot of 10-feeling at the moment between the Syrians and the Turks. This could lead to stupid incidents that Russla in her
present mood could quickly tura Into late trouble.
serious
I asked him if he knew any way in which the Turkish troops might have appeared to threaten the Syrians, know is that manoeuvres the border were
"All
деаг
this year. The reason was they couldn't be held while there were crops still in the ground, This is forming arts and no one wants to ruin the crops." are enough troops on either side
I asked him if it were true that reinforcements had been brought into the area. Ho sald it was true, but he did not know the reason,
Were there any tanks in the "But orca? "Yes," hō suid. there's nothing strunga la that. The Turkish Army is organised on lines of the American Army where divisions have a bit of everything in them."
That, to me, seems to be the immediate danger-that someone could be stupid. And now there
for that to result in a big flare up-If not a world war,
CURRENCY CHANGE
Tuboradi, Ghana, Oct. 20. Ghana is to replace the exist int notes and coins with a new currency backed by sterling, Mr
Balkan
Talks
Today
Athens, Oct. 21.
Top-level Greek - Yugoslav talks, dominated by the Middle East crisis and Balkan problems, begin here this evening, The discussions start Rfter the arrival today of Mr Edvard Kardelj, a Yuguslay vice- president, for a four-day visit at the invitation of the Greek Prime Minister, Mr Constantine Karamanlis,
No agenda has been fixed for the talles, which will continue tomorrow and will be attended by Mr Karampalis BULE hla
I asked him if he knew if it were true that there were 200 along the border as Syrians claimed when I was in Eggleston, Governor of the Foreign Minister, Mr Evangelos
tanks
Damascus
Bank of Chana, announced nero on my way to the frontier. "If there are 200 tanks yesterday.
in this area, then I don't know where they are," ald
We
mejor. "It's plain nousense."
Mr Eaglesion, who was at
Averoft.
Problems
tending the ceremony marking A Greek Foreign Ministry
the opening of the bank's new spokesman said the talks would
I asked the major i opremites, said; "We choll issue deal with events in the Middle thought there would be any a new currency in exchange for East recent serious trouble on the border the existing notes and coins of poris for a conference of Prime Rumanian pro- and he replied, "A war of the West African Currency worda-Rico the one going Board,
Ministers of the six Balkan bolween Syria add Turkey-it
countries--Yugoslavia, Rumania, always has some effect on the "The old currency will be Bulgaria, Albaoli, Turkey and troops of each country. The presented. to the, Board, who Grocer and other mutual prob. danger as I soe is that someone have an obligation to give us lema, could fire off a few rounds sterling for so at first, the
Yugoslavia, accidentally and send the whole new currency will be automat-together with Turkey, form Place up. But I don't think it cally backed by sterling" the new almost defunct Balkun will happen."
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Badin, Oct. 20. SISKOLER Commumist
Leader Walter Ulbricht in
a speech, reimsent today Gên manded, messsaros, to halk
deprived
labour is andİ.
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ment of all parts
speech
Cracman border
West mark currency dialinga. Last week 5,714 Fait 'Gervason fed to the West. "Tha weck before the figure was 4096,
Charmane, qzbrielit spoke at the Bed "magting of " the Communist Party Contral Committee held East Berlin ÷from October
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First
And
portunity for the soloists they made the most of it. The standard of tinging was unl- formly high yet each had, his or her individual characteristics and style of singing.
The second part of the pro- gramme consisted
chiefly of various arlas from some of Roo The first part of the pro-sini's operos. This was the op game commenced with "cx- tracts from Rossini's
"Mess Solennelle" with the choir and soloists accompanied by Betsy Chiu on the plans and Donald, Fraser on the Hammond organ This choir is quite well balanced and produces a full tone but thero were one or two slight signs of raggedness which very close attention to the conductor might cure.
a
The organ is on ideal instru- ment for the accompaniment of choir especially in a work ilke this it has a tone which blends and cohances the volces, Mr Fraser produced a modest and sympathetic accompaniment well in keeping with the music, On the other hand the plano was rather obtrusive and at times overpowering. It seemed to me as it Miss Chiu had been trying to pull out" the singers during rehearsals and to this end had been emphasizing eer- Lain parts and had not retired 10 ፡፡ discreet accompaniment for the performance.
Festival
The first half of the pro-
include the also grammc prize-winning SOTIES for the wrote festival competition. I about theso a few days ago and ave little to add to whal 1 said then. To my Western cars, the setting by Mr Les of "Fare Thee Well" was quite pleasing and interesting. In- cidentally who did write this?
was
Young People
RELATIVELY LOW
Though relatively low, the proposed tariffs would be higher than those at present in force in Denmarit.
tito which has lowest tariffs in Scandinavia,
The customs union would cover almost all industrial w
and
แ
materiala
semi- manufactured
Fich goods, large number of Anished nett- cies. It would exclude agricul- tural products. Other excep tions would be textllez, shoes, glass; porcelain and Ashery pro ducts.
The programmt was cleverly that the sololis arranged s0
The report, to be discussed sang the type of aria most
of the Nordic uited to their voice yet there a raceting
from one Ministers for Scandinaviar. co- a progression item to the next and good operation in Stockholm next balance between them It Monday, states that Scandina would be most unfair and mis vla's future economic develop- iceding of me to single out any ment can no longer be breed to individual for particular men-
the same degree na now on the tion and space prohibita me production of raw materials and from mentioning everyone, sz 1
semi-monufgetured goods, wili just say that I was delight- ed and enchanted by them "ali.
The
· SATISFACTORY
solo acccompaniments It stresses that "a salisfactory were played by Maestro Gualdi | growth in the economy of the but I am afraid that I again Nordle countries will necessitate | found these rather obtrusive on the one hand, an increased and even overpowering It degree of refinement in produc- sounded to me as if o similar tion on the basis of their own might be advanced to raw materials and on the other reason that which I have given for
an extension of production in Miss Chlu
flelda where Industrial experi- was sorry to see so low of ence. professional ability and
regular concert-goers in technical standard have particu the audience, they missed a lar Importance for competitive picunt and exciting evening. I suocess, was, however delighted to see "At the same time," the 60 many young people present, report adds, "the possibilities of their appreciative applause participating in more extensive that they enjoyed international co-operation must themselves as much as I did. bo prcourvad."--Reiter.
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