THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MAY 1, 1961.
SON OF TOP PLANE DESIGNER SAID SERIOUSLY INJURED
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INDONESIA ISSUES
Was Gagarin second to Ilyushin? STRONG WARNING
PECULIAR SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES LEND CREDENCE
Paris, Apr. 30.
The report that Soviet pilot Vladimir
Ilyushin, son of aircraft designer Sergoi|
to fly Ilyushin, was the first man through outer space arose from a peculiar group of circumstances, some dating from only a few hours before spaceman Yuri Gagarin made his his toric flight.
Late in the evening of April 17 it was learned that the London "Daily Worker," organ of the British Communist Party, was about to publish an article. declaring that a Soviet citizen-"son of a famous aircraft builder"--had been sent into space on April 7. but had been injured seriously in the pro-
ces.
The Dolly Worker" arrived June 8, 1060, was now convales- on the London news-stands Justing in People's China.
as Major Gagarin was etreling the globe, and in the exelto- ment that the feat awakened the carlier report was momentarily forgotten.
Several days later, however, French Journalist sent to Moscow by the French Radlo and Television Service to cover Gagarin's Iriumphant return fo the Soviet capital came back to Paris with striking coaßrma 4on of the "Daily Worker's" original report.
DANGER OF DEATH
hudl
Journalist Edouard Bobrovsky declared that Ilyushin been brought
back to
carlt half in- covered with wounds, cane, and in danger of death.
Soviet officialdom, for its part, at first denied the story only Indirectly by stressing Gagarin had indeed been the
Arft aight.
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54 houses gutted
Tokyo, Apr. 30.
Filty-four farm houseS wero destroyed today In Aomori in a firo believed tą i have been caused by child- ren playing with matchts in a barn, police reported.
Police sald #0 others were partially destroyed when a 28 miles per hour wind fanned the blaza
There were reported Injuries.-AP.
UNION
GETS
TOUGH
London, Apr. 30.
UK-Common Market dilemma *must not drift much longer"
London, Apr. 30.
Mr Bernard Braine, Commonwealth Relations Undersecretary, said today a compromise solution of the dilemma over Britain's relationship with the European Common Market was not impossible but "clearly we can not allow matters to drift much longer."
Ho told the Conservative +Commonwealth Council Conter- ence today that the whole Commonwealth relationship was based on the notion of preter- enco but "this could be im- perilled and might be destroyed by accepting the treaty of Rome (which sel up the alx-nailon Common Morket) without qualification and reservallon."
He added: "On the other hand If we stay out and as a con~ sequence our irade is injured, not only by the new tariff dis- criminations of the six but for
Mr. William Carron, Pre- more seriously by the stronger competition of this dynamic sident of the Amalgamut-group in bur traditional markets. Engineering Union, then the resuit might well be today announced tough disastrous for us." disciplinary action against
ed Ilyushin, 28, who, Tass said. arrived in Hingehn two weeks the i u test pliot with
stated Soviet Air Force. Tass his convalescence was expected to require considerable time.
Hyushin, whom Tass called a colonel at one point in Sunday'a interview, but whom it later called a lieutenant-colonel, is the former holder of an altitude record for the Soviet delta-wing "T-431". Having
the (lown plane
of " height
26,760
tu
SERIOUSLY REDUCED
union branch committee for failure to send 1,200 atrikers back to work at the Swindon, Wiltshire, conference, sald if Britain factory of the Pressedqueezed out from the world's Steel Company. The firm fastest growing market on her makes car bodies.
The AEU
Mr Braine, who was speaking of the session ut the closing
wan
metres on July 14, 1930-AFT, suspended six members of the
Gagarin honoured
executive
has Swindon branch commitee for disobeying instructions to order an immediate end of the atrlice, now In 11s 18th day,
Mr Carron also issued a personal appeal to the strikers return to work tomorrow te a nine- allow their claim for pence 311 hour wage increase
London, Apr. 30. A new variety of frost resist- ing peach developed by Soviet botanists has been named lie be that
honour of Major Yuri Gagarin's recognised channels, #pace light, Moscow Rodio parted.
space
When a number of French Journalists in Moscow asked to meri sushin. they were told that he had been the
re-
In another broadcast it said a new ineral discovered by Su- viet prologists had been named the Soviet gugarindle after
victim of an automobile 20- Apartman-China Mall Spreial, cident, was convalescing, and i could not be disturbed.
Shortly afterwards (April 26)
and was chal- own doorstep lenged successfully traditional markets capaelty to expand provide
in her her trade and for Com- resources monwealth needs would be seriously reduced.
This might lead to a greater decline in Commonwealth trade.
"It would be Ironic, indeed, If our cancern for Common-
prevented wealth solidarity
us from resolving the dilem-
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so be
ma In Europe and that në negollated through the
consequence we became weakened that he would unable to hold the Common- wealth together," he said.
The strikers themselvas bad been warned that they risked disciplinary action.
FIRST LEADER
Mr Carron is the first trade union leader to take disciplinary action over a "wildent"" strike rince the motor manufacturers and unions signed a pact for belter industriai relations at
"Red Star", organ of the So-400 million cups the Ministry of Labour.
vlet Defence Ministry, published
an article denying Bobrovsky's report and calling him a "llar".
IN CHINA
Washington, Apr. 30. Amcrleans drink about 400 million cups of coffee a day equal to abou! 10 pounds a Finally, on Sunday evening. year for every man, woman Tasu issued Ilyushin's own and child in the country-the dental, and stated that the pilot, Commerce Department re-
on automobile ace injured in
here, China ported eldent in the Moscow area on 'Special.
Mr Braine sold the British government had never thought
a solution Impossible although to get others to accept it was not easy. No decision had yet been jaken and Britain was keeping her Commonwealth and Euro- pean
Trade Association Free pariners in the picture,
POVERTY
French Air Force general placed under arrest
Air
Paris, Apr. 30. Force General Jean Nicot Premier Michel Debre's chief military adviser until last January, and assistant commander of French air defence, has been placed under fortress arrest, an Army Ministry communique an- nounced today.
Only four senators knew of
A-bomb
project
The arrest was made within the framework of "purges" now being taken following weekend's
Algiers.
No further
Insurrection
1001
in
details on
the
arrest were given.
Nicot, who is apud 50, and who carried high decorations un alr mid for valour, is specialist, He was Mr Dobro's military adviser and head of his military Cabinet for 4 yeat when ho was appointed as- Elsiant commander of the on the country's air defence, air force general staff.
In Algiers, today rightwing Europeans walked out of church services when a pastoral letter from the Archbishop of Algiers critlelsing the leaders of Weeic's army revolt was read.
Walked out
In half a dozen
jast
churches,
and
a
Washington, Apr. 30. Son. Styles Bridges told to
day how he and three other senators were called members of the European con- gregation go! up and walked to the White House by the cut when oriests began reading toto President Franklin D. the letter written by Magr Rooqi Roosevelt about 20 years Duval
It criticised the leaders of the ago and lot in on the
insurrection as "foolish secret of the atomic bomb, misguided men."
In one church there WIS From then on, he said, the
to it that scuffle between senators raw
those leaving was appropriated for and church officials, who tried richer development of the burnt with- to shut the door to stop them,
arew cut anybody be
In several other churches the At Congress knowing about it. They hid the reading of the letter was inter- funds nung appropriation or rapted by ostentatious scuffling ethe government projects. and kicking of shoes against the
Erdges volunteered his story pows.
The demonstrations against waen sked on a televisión pre- gramme to give his pression the pastoral letter was believed
presidents he ha known touched off by a laget distri
of abuted in Algiers inst night, during nearly a quarter.
The leaflet copies of which century in the Senate.
were banded out secretly security pre- despite heavy cautions now in force, cailed for # "strikening the churches" to- day--AFP and UPI,
Mr Carron said today: "We are very concerned about the He said in relation to poverly threat of this strike to the In the Commonwealth that the four jobs of tens of thousands of richer nations in the Congnon-money workers in the motor industry wealth were growing all over the country."
while the poorer nations Already the British Motor poorer. Corporation hus lald off 3,500 Mail men and it is feared that more world to many of them in the If the poorer people of the will be affected if the strike
Commonwealth-were not helped continues.
to Improve their material standards by the West "then they will turn to the East." but "it we plan Intelligently there is no need for pesimism."
A British Crossword Puzzle
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14. Apex,
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BATURDAY'S CROSSWORD:-Across: 3 Bwagger, 7 Untair, 8 Lassles, Reap, 11 Tous, 12 Budge, 15 Pint, 184 Itood, 17 Utter, 16 Best, 10 Bude, 21 Resides, 22 Attest, 25 Dangers. Down Bure, 2 Afront, Sitas, 4 Wrap, B Gestured, 0 Ruted, 10 Enter- 10, 11 7, 13 Dusster, 14 Gol, is Parred, 18 lusts, 19 Dear, 20 Dair.
STRIKE
A strike by 400 Ford Motor Company electricians began at Dagenham today, bringing If Commonwealth co-opera- GLAMOROUS PRESIDENT threat of redundancy to 31,000 tion was to mean anything a The New Hampshire Republi- hourly-pald Ford workers. much greater effort would have
can called Roosevelt a "very Last-minute attempts by te be made to assist the under-glamorous president" but sald management and union leaders developed countries.
he had tow.. personal meocla- to avert the strike were seen to
tions with him "except as wel Whether Britain could do
the second have falled when the men failed to clock in tonight.
more depended only partially advanced toward
world war." herocit, It depended
"And then, OTI the develop- strike upon The electricians gave
ment of the atomic bomb, the notice two weeks ago In pretest very much more on the way
i which Britain was able to Manhattan project, I was one of against the management's re-
trade and carth the four senators who had the fusal to grant them a one shill- expand her
surpluses and this raised the
development o! secret of the joining the to question
the bomb," he said, and I European economic community
remember very distinctly or staying out-Reuter.
first time that I was approached on the idea.
in
ing sixpence an hour increase. . Trade union leaders are meet the strikers tomorrow another effort to get them to return to work.
has
warned
The company the 31,000 hourly-paid workers
ct
the
"I wasn't used to being called the White House to see
that the strike would gradually Atomic radiation Franklin Roosevelt, but I was
maire them redundant as work came to standstill-China Mail Special,
1
Mboya
is
Copenhagen, Apr. 30.- Atomic radiation will be used to sterilise surgical supplies and equipment following approval by health authorities, the Danish Atomic Energy Commission an- nounced.China Mall Special.
challenged state bill to a duel
Nairobi, Apr, 30.
called down there one day and he told us the story of what the Germans were attempting to do with atomic energy.
"Later we went to the office of Secretary (of War Henry Llimson, and from then on fair men in the Bénale pru- vided the money $2,500 mililon-secreted it in other appropriations,
'Killer volcano' active in Java
Tokyo, Apr. 30. Merapi volcano, doscribed as a "killor volcɛmo" in con- tral Java and activo for the past few weeks, has boon "continuously crupting black smoko and dust since Saturday," the PIA Indonezian news agency reported today, PIA rald this was reported by various observation posta near the smoking Volcano.
It added population areas die clared as dünger zones AK ready to be evacuated to ro-
lona outside of Jayana,
"And 1 have often wondered In another report, PIA pak, if the atomic bomb had not 11 primary schools in Srum- been a success and it had been
located near Morapi Albany, NY, Apr. 30. found afterward that we all bung Governor Nelson Rockefeller spent $2,500 million, which most volcano, have been closed down in the area has signed a clate ill revoking of our colleagues, or all of our ninee inhabitants
except the driving licences of people colleagues
these four, have been evacuated,
Last week PIA said some
Indicted
Mr John Keen, secretary of | convicted of overthrowing the were unaware of-whather we 10.000 people had been removed
the Kenya African Dovernment by force, I tre- wouldn't have been
comes law on September 1. rather than praised as we were from areas near the volcano,-
mocratic
Union
today - China Mail Special. challenged Mr Tem Mboya, secretory of the Konya African National Union to a duel.
In an open letter released to the press, Mr Keen called on Mr Mbuya to accept the thallenge or "shut up for ever and quit politles,"
Cbnervem
dia here
not expect, Mr. Keen'a gorture fo br taken deriotanly, though rivalry
Laro
·Deswedis the
Durdien has been African, sharpened In this post low days
when it was a success."-UPL
AP.
Feudal queen dies
Poole, Apr. 30.- The widowed quesh of one of England's last feudal strong: holds died today unly 24 hours! after being taken from an teland where alse had lived aland in a pů-room desile for $4 years,
by the decision of K.A.D.U. to hire Mary Bonham Chelatie, 08, parteipate in the government. Mežihoya bas strongly criticised the decision-Meyter.
died ink inkbikha. nuraing home. A narrow sirèich of thi Engish Channel separated her
from tho haunts she banned to: all prying eyes and ruled with severliy
The elderly recluso was femed Li- In local lore as the crowned queen of Brownsou Island Standing in Poole Tarbour, the island whe price #tepanure horine for King:
Intereali, Cemile, In Quech Klizibeth I gave it to
a Royal favourilo and it passed through the eenturies In private ownership or the Royal gift until Mrs Christió bought it in. 1927 for a t- ported '£127,000.
Christle banned Ali Mrs
inland from the rightseers and withdrew to the turreled ckallo. She varnickt she squlró mile of lonely woodland Jato a wild life sakelubry.-AP.
HOLLAND
TO Indonesia threatened Holland with liquidation to
Djakarta,
day and warned that "one incident in the West- Irian-Dutch New Guinea dispute might cause open war."
Defence minister General' Abdul Haris Nasution Issued the warning on returning from 4
mission to clarify Indonesia's MENZIES HAS
West Irian policy for the gov ernments of Australia, New Zen-
land and the Philippines.
Nasution said "I did not go to : make arrangements but was
sent to clarify Indonesia's claim
and views on West Irlan and to Explain the latest political and inilitary developments in In- donesia." "I feel my efforts have been useful,” he said, explaining, he had "proved" with historical data and Dutch statements that West Irion is an Integral part of Indonesia.
FAITH IN INDONESIA'S ASSURANCE
Sydney, Apr. 30. Australian Primo 'Ministor Robert Menzies said to- night he had faith in In- donosia's assurances that it would not uso forco in its
with dispute Notherlands
Now Guinea,
tho
GYOT Wost
The smiling general issued a statement saying "If the Dutch continue to persint in their present policy they will be liquidated and they will risk
enmity corning the
of greater majority of the Afro- on be talks last week with In- donerio's Minister of National Asian peoplea."-UPI.
FOREIGN
He was commenting, in a na- programme,
the Lionwide television
Security, General Nasution.
Abdul Haris
Mr Menzies said he believed General Nasution wan sincera
he said when
that Indonesia would refrain from force in
SECRETARY pressing its claims to the terrl-
IN NAPLES
he
Naples, Apr. 20. The Earl of Home, the Foreign Secretary, arrived here by air today from Ankara where had been attending the Central Treaty Organisation Ministerial Meeting.
He will becompany the Queen during her state visit to Italy,
on Tuesday. beginning here China Malt Special.
tory.
APARTHEID
a
Asked what Australia would de it a conflict did arise there, the Prime Minister replied: "I do not think it is wise in matter of this kind for us to be subre rattling. Enough of it has been going on."
On the subject of Apartheid, Menzies saki
Australia had supported a U.N. motion con- South Africa's TOCO demning
did not policies because It
be misrepresented in want to Asia-AP.
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