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No. 37196
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1958.
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RELAX IN
DAKS
THE FAMOUS KOMFORT IN ACTION TROUSERI
Whiteaways
HDHG KONG E KOWLOON
Comment PIRATED AIRLINER CRASHES
Of The Day
Quiet Change
BECAUSE
has B happened い quity, many of us are unaware of the whole change in the economie pattern of Britain. Such affairs which hit the headlines of aur preza are
read by us with more or
Теня,
A personal int rest,
depending upon the state of
our homeside bunk balance.
1L
For instance, to learn that the banks are prepared to make personal loans security of little more than
faith, good
413
shows 1
SEVENTEEN KILLED IN UNLIGHTED NIGHT LANDING
Havana, Nov. 2..
A Cuban Airlines transport seized by Cuban rebels on a flight from Miami to Hayana crashed in the Bay of Nipe last night just short of a darkened airfield in rebel-held territory. Seventeen people were believed killed.
Three of the 20 passengers aboard survived. Airline officials said they learned from the sur-
vivors that the pilot was flying with a pistol at his head before the crash in the bay on the northeast coast of Oriente Province, strong. hold of rebel chieftain Fidel Castro. Cuban army troops took
hoalthy economy. To find custody of the wreckage. that Hire Purchase Firms A search for bodies was have now released all con-started at daybreak. trols is another healthy
sign. Itut what is the
As many as five of the
meaning of it? It is obvious passengers were believed to
that dar
meaning is, the have
been agents of
to
An
four of imm-diate inflation Castro, who has ordered is gone.
step-up in rebel activities throughout Cuba in attempt
disrupt to Cuban morrow's
national elections.
It
Starting Wages
Was
the second
UT the reason we find aʊ
conversely; that is, the age hijacking by the revels in group who are usually re-two weeks. On October 22 garded as the spending three rebels posing as pas.
on
Rebels Deny Responsibility
Washington, Now Z.
for the Cuban A spokesman rebel movement dented tonight that rebel forces were responsible which brought for the accident down a Cuban Airlines plane in rebel territory,
Deadly Sea Microbe Reported
Found In Plymouth Sound
1
London, Nov. 2... British scientists has discovered a
deadly sea microbe in Plymouth Sound, that could turn the sea blood- red, kill every living thing in it, and render sea spray dangerous to humans,
The microbe, D Dinoflagellate.
is
believed responsible for the incident recorded in the Old Testament book of Exodus: "And all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood, and the fish that were in the river died." Mrs. Biddy Happer, a Botany Lecturer at Bangor University in Wales, said the microbe was dangerous only if it
culled so for
"bloomed." Specimens from British waters are in a "bud" State.
"Nobody has yet found out the exact conditions which cause the organism to bloom, but the situation is being carefully watched," she said, Another of the Scientists working on the threat. Dr. Mary Parke of the Plymouth Marine Laboratory, recali- ed that the microbe bloomed in large quantitles along the Florida coast during the 40's.
At that time dead fish piled up in heaps along the Florida shore. Sea spray was so dangerous to human life that hotels and schools along the coast closed.-U.P.I.
.
London Girl Held For Daring
'Furious' Shelling Reported
Nationalists Bank Raid
By
Taipei, Nov. 3.
Speaking in the none of the The Chinese Nationalist, Defence Ministry
Fidel Castro movement, spokesman, Ernesto Bethancourt, said that the rebels had nothing the incident. He to do with added that had been malter
group have not been spend-sengers seized a Cuban air-ef individuals acting on their ing, and are now invited, liner
Д flight from own Initiative without the even tempted, to do BO. which, by deduction, leads Guantanamo and forced the knowledge or agreement of the
rebels-France-Presse.
UN
to our point. The spend crew to land at pistol point ing power of the country near rebel headquarters in has changed hands. With the Sierra Maestra country committed to full taina.
employment.
competition
and
ir.
even the
managerial departments
moun-
Private Field
the services of young wage) The big four-engine British earners, the power of made Viscount airliner ploughed spensing is with the young.into the water during a landing approach to the private airfield
Look at their wages. It is
Monster Turtle
Oporto, Nov. 2. A turtle weighing 170 lb. was sea fishermen caught by deep of Ancora in north Portugal tò- day.
ive-foot long and
[t wng
announced that the Communists began a "furious full-scale" bombardment of the Quemoy islands at 1220 local today.
had threatened to shell Nationalist convoya. Today was an "odd day" on which the Communists But a Nationalist Defence-Ministry spokesman said there were no conyoys for the Quemoy islands scheduled today,
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London, Nov. 2.
Has Britain Less Than
5 H-Bombs?
London, Nov. 3. Britain has
30- only about
atomic weapons, of which fewer than five are H-bombs, "according to calcula- tions which can be made information freely available to the Russians," the Daily Express Science Writer, Chapman Pincher, said today.
Pincher said Britain's 'output will be only 30 bombe a year when her atom plants are "in full blast," This is because of
and
have
a shortage of platoni British plants cannot made more than 1,300 lb of this atomic explosive altogether.
Each bombe calculated needs 25 b. Because of this shortage, British Service chiefs are urging that "the big deler- rent" should
left to tho United
Britain States, and should concentrate on smaller
A housewife, aged 22, was tactical atomic weapons.-Roa-
charged
tonight
with ter..
stealing cash and jewel-
lery worth £20,000 from
a North London bank "Hara Kiri”
last Friday night.
The raid, one of the most daring
af London bank robberies, was carried out by thieves uring equipment of type little known in Bruin. They cut through a bullion room
door, and then through a six- inch thick stcel safe to reach their booty.
Today police recovered about £9,000 the money in a
suburban fiat. swoop on
The renewal of shelling follows a week of sporadic bombardments and a complete lull of more than one day which ended at 0610 local this Later, morning with renewed sporadic shelling. An earlier Reuter report from Taipei said:
FRIDAY'S LIGHTS
at the American-owned Preston rty inches broad.-UPI; Sugur mill. The held 19 large nothing for a young typist enough to handle a plane the the Viscount but is not to walk into a job at eight size of pounds a week, pius free cauispod for night landings,
The survivor Included Osiris Marlinez Cattanooga, Ten- who was travelling to Cuba with his family of ave. The other
his members of family were missing and pre-
luncheon vouchers. A boy can start in a very ordinary jub at five pounds a week.
through A glance
the advertisement columns of a big London newspaper will prove, these points.
For Young Eyes
A ping and
sumed dead.
The plane made take-off from
#7
CAME ON
AN HOUR EARLY
normal Miami at 2148 GMT AL 2215 GMT. minutes after take-off, the plot
By STAFF REPORTER radived all was well. Airline
switched Hongkong
оп its WALK round the shop metals said that at 0100 GMT the rebels struck. Two of them
lights earlier than usual on entertainment
held the passengers at bay in
Friday evening and enabled centres of the larger e compartment. Others burst
a camera team shooting from English towns merely con-
The captain into the cockpit.
Kowloon Pcalc firms' thin view. Shop was ordered to veer off course
scene it wanted. dressed windows are
to And head
10 eastward
the northern coastline of the stand The camera team arrived in capture
Hongkong recently to film young. republic.
"A Ferry to Hongkong".
money
the сурк and of the
Entertainment is designed
to appeal
2
At about 0100 GMT, the big to the juvenile plane began its landing gline Midian.
They
the over the Bay of Nipc, only are
miles west of the U.S. Jordy
al economy, and the few
Nichro sales manager and his staff Government-owned work overtime addressing Nickel Mining properties from themselves to youths' con- Which Americans were evicunt-
ed last week. ceit and pay roll.
It appeared that the rebela selected the Preston H feld 13 not far from the Whether this is good or not, since it
All we rebel forces in the Sierra coastal Wa cannot say.
commanded by Facul
know is, that long ago, the region parents were the providers, Castro, Fidel's brother.
and the dolers out of the five shillings a week pocket
money.
wage
The fotol hijacking coincided with stepped-up rebel ground attacks against the forces of President Fulgencio Ballsta...... UP.I.
"Battle Of The Millionaires"
Now it in the young
earners who hand over their hoard srich ·keep money, and retain a roll of notes to spend how the shopke: per theatre mannger, and hotel 'manager, declile. Is youth i
New York, Nov. 2. value
Nelson A. Rockefeller, Re for hia money? We don't know, but publican, was favoured at 2-1 this we do know, Youth by New York bookmakers to
night to wreat
the New York
holds the purse strings of Governurahip from Averell Britain to a much greater Harriman in Tuesday's "Battle extent today than ever of Millionaires". nt the poll- before.
U.P.I."
Mud Flood In Algiers
Algiers, Nov. 2, heavy rain.
Axix-fool deep sen of mud Many people who did not have, rolley down from the mountains time to escape wero remued overlooking Palat near Tinrot from the roofs of their houses (Oran region) today Burying and automobiles by French homes and automobites in the military forces and police, -- Wako of a sudden downpour of France-Presso.
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switch on water- people to front and Peak Eghts be- tween 6.15 and 6.30 pm. At this time of day there is still sufficient daylight to enable without most pepole to do artificial light. get the
But, Mr George Maynard, pro- ducer of the film, told the
this morning China Mall "In view of the short notice, the effect of your arilcin' was
It is being made by the J. Arthur Rank organisation.
On Friday the China Mail published an appeal by the Am malors to Hongkong
Communist shelling of the islands had been gradually tail- ing off during the past week. American Milliary Authorities
Mrs Ada Margaret Shakeshaft, 22-year-old housewife, was charged by pullce with office breaking and stealing cash and jewel- lery valued at £20,000, pro- perty of the Midland Bank, on Friday night. Beautiful Woman
have predicted they will rein-She was also charged with troduce a de facto ceasefire this week.
The Nationalist Military. In- formation Office revealed that a Into Nationalist convoy went the Quemoys yesterday "Even day."Reuter.
... on
Warning To Italy
Moscow, Nov. 2.
re- the
celying £8,727 part of property mentioned in the first charge, knowing it to be
A
Shock For Husband
Fort Pierce, Florida,
Nov. 2. pretty Japanese, war .bride, ́ ́ formally dressed in white satin with a corsage, was found shot dead here today in a set- ting which suggested a ceremonial hara-kiri type of suicide.
The "local coroner, County Judge Flem Dung, said the woman, Katel 30 year old Mr&
Neuner, had apparently shut
most formal attire.
Love Match In Cyprus
London, Nov. Z
A year ago a British in- fantry Corporal, Frank Wills, on duty in Cyprus, captured
year-old
317: a beautiful
Crpflot stri, Yiannoulis on she flouted a curfew order to go to a wedding reception,
Today Corporal Willis disclosed on returning to Biritain after service in the strife-torn island that he had Borved a "life" sen- fence" on his captive; and made her his bride,
The couple wère:married, a few weeks, niños
Yiannoulla received threatening lettera mediately after her marri-
so her 'ZZ-year-olt- age, husband sent her to Birl- tain ahead of him.
Captor, and capilvo wern
today re-united here France-Fresse,”
New Unesco
Building
Paris, Nov. 3.
herpeil after donning her The new nine-million dollar (about £3,214,000) concrete- and-glass headquarters of the at Her body lay on a couch with | United Nations Educational, the left hand crossed over the Scientific and Cultural OF- breast and a Was
¡ stolen. Mrs Shakeshaft will appear
North London's magistrates
She court · (canorrow.
described tonight by neigh- bours as a beautiful wornan, of a more mature appearance than her 22 years.China Mail Special.
The Soviet Government has Former President
seni Italy a note warning her the rocket
bases in and nuclear
to Italy "aggravates the threat peace in Europe and constitutes
establishinent of American Packs His Bags
Karachi, Nov. 2.
Iskander President of
Major General
amazing and the lights of the danger, in the first place, Mirza, former town went on with few ex-for" Italy herself," the Soviet Pakistan left by air this even- ceptions well ahead of their News Agency Tass reported to-ing for London, accompanied normal, tinte".
day. Reuter
by his wife-Reuter,
LADY BEATTY BACK FROM ZURICH
Lady Beatty, recently, soon in London escorted by singor Frank Sinatra, drives from London Air- port with Mr Ewan Lloyd, Sinatra's personal púb licity man, on hor return from. Zurich, - She would not answer questions, but Mr Lloyd said:""Everyone nis way off boam on this ⠀ matter, Frank Sinatra did not leave London. You
† would need radar to find
film. Everything also that has been published is
| wrong, wrong".
A Boy For Anriette
Montreal, Nov. 2. Annalle. Dionne, 24, now Men Cetinein Allard,
gave birth
ecrjy,touny jo a baby boy,
Bho is the encont of the famous quintuplets to become a
mollier-leuter,
pistol in theranisation (Unesco) right. She lay in the play-opened here today. room of Betty, her five-year-
will be
600
old daughter, whom she took On Tuesday, more than to a neighbour's home yes delegates will assemble in the terday for an overnight stay. haliTM decorated by Pablo Picas- Mrs Neuner's husband, Gerald, so's huge mural, "Victory of a house painter, was in Peace and Life," to begin the state of shock after discover-organisation's "tenth anniversary
conference-Reuter, ing the body-Reuter.
The return of an old favourite
Long
John
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