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).

|

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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