THE CHINA, MAIE, ́ ́ MONDAY, ` DECEMBER / 20, 1958,
JAPAN'S CITIES ARE SINKING INTO SEA
Tokyo, Dec, 29.
Most of Japan's big cities are ending the year wondering
whether 1960 will see them still above water.
Callas Sues
Stormy
In Niigata, Western Japan, the land has been sinke
ing at the rate of 20 inches a year.
In some law lying Tokyo areas the rate of subsidence has Beavy construction been three yards in 10 years.
work and pumping gut of subterranean water supplies are blamed.
Already in heavy rule flan
tafe in Tokyo Buy meží over- burdened rivers and serious flooding.
Unable to get away through Dormal drainage, vuriped watţi from the streets in ple Sturm1 this year flowed over door sills at vily
tuto The buiktlige.
INCIDERLY
Downtown Tokyo is built on 請把 Cainsusi
mud
10
that
method must be used to siuk foundations pended
The deep
for this earthquaka pauntry.
The
Japanese
Construction Ministry and the Tokyo Metro
which Government, politudi have been making an invesikgu- Mariation of land sinking sunce 1918,
recently release their findings.
Rome, Dec. 28.
soprano Callas has decided to sue for Rome
upora
When It Began
be-
Relief
Raced To
Stricken
Town
Tokyo, Dec. 29. Relief goods began reaching the town of Koniya today citizens 4 7,000 of its hegan rebuilding after the
fire disastrous
which lovelled their homes early on Sunday.
2,700,000 lire (about
interest Lat K$27,000) pum
silking in Tokyo o delayed payment and her came serious fan 1837 to 1939
the wo stopped during from but
when the underground pumping said the
hovelling Capenses
York to Rome, her Now
fawcers said today.
The sun arises out of the famose immugural evening pui fortonnce of January 2, 1967. when the Greek- Amran singer failed to Appear for the second act of "Normus.** Among disup- Was printal
spectators President Cavanni Gronchi. Maria Callus replied to a barrage of Press criticism by explaining her voice had "failed" during the first in- terval.
Lathat reports from Konta
Bre destroyed
1.600
was Interrupted, the report said, houses on the island lown 200
Tile sinking started againniles south of Kyushu.
The wind-whipped fire blazed when industrial pints were re
the ut of control for six after the war and buit pumping of underground water infier midnight. This
Arth biggest fire resumed.
Japan.
hours was the
in postwar
According to the ceperi the
The Kagashima Prefectural first signs of land sinking tre- gan to appear in the southern Government on Sunday appro- 60 million yen Part of Tokyo in the early 'priated
for relief of yours of this ecotusy when: (![K$1,000,000 › modern
while in i victims began
prefectural authorities begun procuring Japan,
Tunter to construct temporary
Industry
In order to prevent further homes. shaking it will be necessity
under-
free
I 11.90
tu
terte Kruand water, the report
tons of water will be required | from other sources if under- stopped 0. ground pumping is restricted.
says. But this will be dealt The opera replaced her Tokyo because about 50,000 for the three other scheduled performances by Anila Cerquetti These are the performances for which Miss Callas is suing for pay. ment, alleging brouch of contract.
The opera
has stated it replaced Callas by Cerquetti
In Nilgata. Northern Japan, where the land on which the port city is built is sinking 12 luches a year, the extraction of natural gas blamed for the and level. The port of Nilgai is now protected only by high
To avoid unpleasant inci-embankments but these ir are to be built dents of which the singer staking and have (Callas) might have been higher every year to keep out the vietim."
s' 、,' អ៊,
Lost your a pier sank to sea the opern, Lawyer for
level and a three-foot wall ad "re. Annibale Angelucci,
In be built to preserve wine- serves the right to sue Misshouses and other facilities. Now Callas for damages of over this is no longer enough and a 15 million lire" (about new wall nine feel higher than HK$144,000). Frunce the old one will have to be built if the pier is to be saved from Presse.
the aea-Chinu Mail Special.
A British Crossword Puzzle
AuBoss
15
16
14
15
13
3 Chinese bincults? (8).
There's nothing like it (0).
9 Ita roasting out of
(0).
11 Takes the chair (8).
doors
But no biril's woult hold, all
12
of it! (4).
13
Blank book? (0), '
10 Shudio pland (5).
10 Far from awost (4),
22 Showing steady application
(B).
24 Pugilistic snobbery? (4, 2).
DOWN
Gloomy supply bases (3).
2 Pied player Might be (5).
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Navy Helps
Blankets and clothing
being shipped wero Kagoduma to this island.
I iso from)
Meanwhile, both the U.S. Navy and the Japanese Bed Cross moved swiftly to ald the disaster victims.
A US Navy Spokesman ini Yokosuka reported that the eat- rier Yorktown and seven destroy- ors of the U.S. Seventh Flee which were at
520
had beena ordered to proceed to the scene of the are at full speed to lender "medical und humanitarian assistance."
The ships were expected to reach this island early today.
The Japan Red Cross late on Sunday began shløping under- women's and chlidren's wear. clothes and baby foods.
were
No deaths resulted from the Are, but most of the 7,000 made homeless
left with only what clothing they had in their backa-UP.I.
PASSENGER
PEDDLES
Portsmouth, Dec. 29.
John Boyle, 20, Joins the cab rank here with his machine every night to wait for fares..
Hu comes at night because he la a sparetime cabbie, working as a bus conduetar in the day- |imo.
There is another differenca tog, because his hack is 4 tandem bicycle, and the passen- ger has to work.
"I take anyone" from tramps
to lofts but mostly it is sailors who have missed the last bus to the dockyard and will have enough energy to pedal," wald.
he
On wet nights ho hands out
R waterproof cape with the
| trouser cling-Reuter.
China's Weather
1 Dell, of sorts, of come initial Service Boosted
capacity (7).
4 Peruso (4).
More than one little anim
(4).
6 Again, pleas0, (0),
7 Feeling 18ko going map? (6).
10 Legendary brother (5).
14 Furkiomental (6),
10 Farned (7).
14 Distribujes publications (0).
26 Yourself on the star of a 17 Bung for by Tucker, T. (6),
newspaper? (0).
20 Threw away and had
sot-ta (8).
of discomfort to
20 Curves
21
divers (5). Unyielding back (8),
Bå Let fall (4).
Policemen, But No Heads
Two
eleven Toronto policemen with shop- charged breaking, theft and re- goods ceiving stolen race past photographers as they leave the back door of the court, their with covered heads
Their case was
coats, adjourned.
No Communism |
In North Borneo
th
Present Trouble
Sun Franclaro, Dec. 27. Mrs Churles Husied has decid- cd that handcuffs as a Christmas
present for her five-year-old sun were nut such a good idea after all.
First, her husband nextdentally mascled himself and struggled more than two hours to get loose. Then yesterday. acr sun, Virent, kicked the handcuffs on his right angle. Police had to | be called to free the lad.
"I've hidden the handcufle so thai nettber my boy
ner my husband can play with them." Mr Husted said today---U.P.J.
World Champion
Arrested On Narcotics Charge
Vernon, Calif., Dec. 28,
The World Welterweight Champion, Don Jordan, and four other men were released on $1,000 hall cach today after being booked on suspicion of possession of narcotics.
The men were arrested corly today when police found ย marijuana oigarutte butt in their
Car,
forien's copy hipus WETO Identified a Pete Itamirez Fadila, 19, Richard Aragon Halquin 18, Georg win Chavez, 21, and Javier de Cruz Sanchez, 24, 41 of Lys Angeles.
Arresting officers B. J. Laid- wig and R. R. Roth said they stopped the car, driven by Padilla, during a royline check for possible drunk drivers,
where until
The suspeels were taken Vernon police station they were interrogated
p.m. Jordan, 24, who won the 147-
Akins pound title from Vingl
their release at
ar
The Olympic Auditorium here on December 8, protested To officers that he was being given a ride home frun a party and was only slightly acquaial- ou with all but one of the men in the car.
Wrong Car
Communists Threaten Sarawak
Sarawak, Dec, 28. Police had uncovered evt- dence of Communist activities directed from outside Sarawak, the Governor, Sir Anthony Abell, says in his review of 1968.
In a speech before the Ad- visory Council, he said that the evidenca had been uncovered after investigations.
Sir Anthony Bald: "These activities include fomentlig labour unrest for political wads and the indoctrination young with Communist philoso- phy."
of the
He said he would particularly like to mention the existence of The boxer aid he had driven | Communist Polls in Chinese his brother grid several others high schools.
to the party in his own cor. He added: "Honorable mom- When his brother and the other bern will recall the part played
in disturbances men decides to leave early he by these
k1 tako his suggested they
car, Singapore in 1950 and there la Jurdan sald.
no doubt their purpose
to train youths for violence."
Sir Anthony odded: **I need not remind you that this per- verted creed hus no object other than to disrupt the pollites and economy of the country.
Don
High Decoration thing to do with parcelics and
For Tito
Tito.
Jordan's manager, Nesseth vaka Iha champion "positively wouldn't have any
never did
not be an "He may
angel," Nesselh said, "but this 13 out of the question. He was
unfortunate mough
home
to the
Jesselton, Dec. 28.
Djakaria, Dec. 28. President Sukumo presented just The Acting Chief Secretary of British North Borneo, Mr E. J. the highest indonesian decora- accept a ride J. Berwick, has told the Legia- tion to President
The Wrong car."
Jordan wus arrestixt pü Lotive Council that there was no oficial Yugoslav news agency
a charge evidence of organised Commun-Tanju said Marshal Tito was November 8 on
assault with a deadly weapon Ärm the
foreigner ever lum in the colony.
of the when two women accused him Medal infs receive the said, Nevertheless, he
of shooling arowy at them was no excuse for complacency Guerrilla."
on a after they ushed him to move or for Juck
Marshal Tito is there of unceasing vigil.
his cor-UPI aner-China Mail Special. goodwill visit.-U.P.I.
to
Sir Anthony said the GoVETTI- meni would take all measures to stamp out Communist acti-
villes.
But to do this effectively, the police need the co-operation of the public.
00
A
The failure of people to pass
Information would be great handicap in "eradicating the cancer of Communisile dis ortler from our peaceful land." -China Mail Special.
June Could Not Get Home In Time
St. Louis, Dec. 28.
Mrs June Walter, of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, died here of loukemin today the day before she had been
hoping to fly to England for a last look at her native land.
Special arrangements had been made for the 23-year-old G.I. bride
lo be down to Chellen- ham by the Military Air Trans port Service after she had said she wanted to die at home in England.
Mrs Walter who met her hus- band, 25-year-old Charles Wai-
WT.
11
he
was 12,
would not be able to go with 1054 when
and Dennis Wayne,
his wife on her Inst fight bo- qir months, come after a request stationed at an American
Jaines Dufly. the cause he had to stay at work base near Cheltenham, had been from Mr
local for more than four months British consul here, and o
to pay the medical bills. Mr Walter was still huping with the incurable blood disease, congressman.
not diagnosed for Mr Duffy said he received when she died that she would. but it was some time.
offers of diapucial help be able to leave for Britain to- 2011Y
although her doctor from St Louis citizens after Mramorrow, Walter's plight became known. had said the trip was inadvis-
Her husband had said he able. China Mall Special,
The offer to fly her to England with her children, Robert Glenn,
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