THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1961.
POLICE ARREST SUSPECTS IN SWOOP
ON HOMES
Mass raids in South Africa
Bomber shot down through moisture leak'
Washington, May 3. The Air Force today blamed
a "ona in million" mois- turo leak for the accident in which a runaway Side- winder missile shot down a 852 bomber over New Moxica on April 7.
The moisture serped into the electrical cirealt
f
fighter plear making practice
passes at the bomber and enused
Verwoerd's move
to smash
strike threat
Johannesburg, May 3.
Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd's white supremacy government today swung an iron fist to smash'in advance threaten od strikes by this country's non-white majority to enforce their demand for voting rights.
Thousands of plain clothes and uniformed police
staged before dawn the largest mass raids and searches seen in South Africa in peace- time.
Au Betal news blackout veil-
a Phort cireuil which released led the member arrested as police the missile, the Air Force enit. swooped
4+71
were staged to obtain informa- </11 "inclters" planning tion demonstrations against republic,
UNDERGROUND
the homes of As a resalt of the finding. The whites and non-whites suspect- modi-led of masterminding plans fuer Air Force has adored t
un protest fleation of the electrical palen nationwide strikes
Police demonstrations.
also i in the fighters.
Many of the non-white leaders popsation
at home when the Townships were not
ralders made their visits. Some! hava gone underground ur ep at a different place every night to avoid arrest.
"No further
alfadats (orausbed with GAR-8 Sidewinder) wise la prawling
tire A frien
installed with he make une pratade sech major cities 34
Jontane: bunk, Capetown, the new modification is fed-
Dar-
and austured by the Airban and Purtenisaritzburg. Force," a vent and The apparent aim was to seek
and I JW. Van Seyce, 28, suurte,
arrest peopl for planning the Baghoben. was, responsible pil ral
three-day work blame. threatened. Nonerated
any
the) The bomber vres members stoppage by non-whites at
talety
tt་་
اد
w killed. Pivo paruohutavi tog prvi of this month to cripple Verwoerd's procination of his raw Reprzblic of South Africa on May 31.
Youth admits
slaying
two girls
Kadoka, S.D., May 3.
Meanwhile, at Pretoria, the South African Reserve Bank reported another drop in South Africa's gold and foreign ex- change asseis.
of almost The derline
$3 million for the last week of April brought the total for the past three weeks to more than 528 illen. The reserves have been declining since the racial discuss | violence of lani spring that shock drafting "democratie KOVAsta-
foreign investors' confidence in tutiona to grant the political South Africa's economic future. rights before they Co-operate Politicians and
newspapers
Non-whiten have be mandag at Verweerd
multi-racial
to calling
tit
convention
with the republic.
moored the disini,
CHALLENGE
ngive
Vw.oditical er the government the wisdom of the
Questional
į mulds.
t
This
Verwoent has arcepted - Police here said a Michigan challenge and day's pre-dawn
youth hunted since Sun-Talds were his first big
two
day, admitted tonight the rifle slaying of young neighbour girls. Jurs Scott Stephens, 16, of Hello, Mohigan, was arrested Jast night while hitch hakka through Kashka, a town of 840 in west-central Seath Dakota South Dakota Crime Bure Agent 17. 13:ht meid th ad-
mission cane at the end of a day of questioning during which Stephens had first denied being the youth any question.
June
REAL NAME
down.
crack
Nobody doubted there is more en Veraopyf's Minister of Delener algo anuncul that all military forces placed on a battle footing"
bring
WISDOM QUESTIONED
Doctor Jan Steyler, leader of the Progressive Party said "we know well some of the people involved and know thai they are not associated with any subversive nelivity.
"There is a state of mounting tension in this country and it Most of the homes of whites. ( is absolutely sential to the raided were thuse of officials maintenance of peace that the of the multi-racial Liberal Parly, which advocates end- ing strict segregailon policies and granting voting rights to non-whites.
The
government should not with tmost circumspection at this time. furthermore, we re- peat the urgent appeal that the
hold goveromfet
immediate consultations with tepresenta- 11" policemen visited home of Walter Hals, Chairman lives of non-white leaders with a view to eliminating the causes the of the Pretoria Bratch the ++}}}}} Stephens gave
searched of interracial tension." Jimny Sinclair when Labtral Party. They
the All In
The raids are no answer to arrested, but aduitted his real for documents of
grievances of the which had legitimate
said Africa people," nute after questioning by Lich! Adrien Conference,
M. nud Jackson County Sheriff announced the strike plans.
Wentzel. Transvaal divisional Warren Pearson.
English-language after" | chairman of the Liberal Party, -The youth
Star, in a statement. newspaper,
He expressed since the disappearance of devoted its entire front page to
"deep anger" at the ralds and Alargoret Chamber, 13. and the raids.
added: Carol Gee, 11, who bullet
Premier Verwoerd's afternoon riked bodies were later found paper, the Johannesburg Vader
kartel. buried under leaves near their
front-page homes--AP
banner, headline saying the ranis
hark ben
7 BRON
Kit<
it
+
the
A British Crossword Puzzle
2
8
19
10
111
12
13
14
[15
116
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
28 129
31
32
ACROSS
11th behind you
4 Leave some!
A Frult tree,
Dally,
11 Deliks,
13 Was very high,
14 Pop the question!
10 Refuse,
18 Presses,
21 Coult,
32 Kinds.
24 For literary sheep?
25 Entertained,
28 Old Irelani,
De Chatterley?
ai Recess,
12 Pink and hopefull
03 Prophet.
26
30
33
DOWN
2 Playwright,
i Treaty,
3 Tendon,
4 Go, ninn, go!
5 Photographed.
Golden sovereignl
lucky.
10 Allude,
12 Satisfy,
15 Closed.
17 Sneak quletly away?
10 Departed,
20 Undress,
23 Feel.
24 Looit noble?
5
E.
Police remove squatter
Hundreds of nuclear disarmament campaigners last week carried out the strangest də- monstration that London has ever seen which, after listening to speeches in Trafalgar
and sat down. Photo shows
a woman demon- Square, they marched Into Whitehall strator being carried off to a walling police van. It was all done in good humour.-Express Photo.
THE EICHMANN TRIAL
Handful of desperate
Jews fought Nazis for a
2,000 month
Jerusalem, May 3.
A witness at the Eichmann trial today held up a tiny pair of crumpled brown shoes, one in each hand, and said: "It is precious, for it represents a million children.”
·
"It is a new deal and not a show of force which is needed.
and The
reonomic
politioni pressure is building relentlessly. Soon It will defeat Verwoerd's government and not all the
Women in the public galle.y police and the arty can save wept. St."
Atiolt a leading
Newspapers advertisements
гал
The
witness,
Bermann,
Dr
Mr
After this bloodbath "Our strength was our belief, still live.
Jewish slate, In Justice, in the dignity of an Independent
where the foolured Jewish na- man."
be able tion wi
to develop display
how freely, will be set up."-Reuter. for guns For Abraham
Mrs Zuckermann told white citizens "for your member of Israel's Communist she left the Ghetto with a few protection revolvers and party and brother of a former survivors of the Jewish fighters automatic pistols."
premier, Some gun- Pulish
Jakob after a 48-hour journey through court of #
a maze of sewers. canillis said their stocks were Bermann, tuld the
death the Treblinka exhausted or depleted by the visit to
The wife camp, in Poland. a few weeks new shopping rush.
WAS he
liberated of the Mayor of Johannesburg after
the Soviet Army, and other leading women were
reported in the press to be taking shooting lessons also.- AP.
Gales delay shipping
by
"I saw a tremendous area of over which many lometres were scattered skulls and bones and heaps of shoes--among them the shoes of thousands of
little children.
Helped by the Polish under- ground, they fought alongside the Poles in the uprising of August, 1942 then hid again till the Soviet army liberated War- saw in January, 1945.
ESCAPE
Peruvian
President
coming
Lina, May 3.
and
Earlier Mrs Zuckermann told how 400,000 Jews were crowded "I have brought one pal into a district barely sufficient from the fields of Treblinka, It
Dr Manuel Prado, President fur 150,000 in 1940, and how dis is precious for it represents a
ease. starvation, massacres ant of Peru, and his wife will leave million children."
deporintirns thinned their en Thursday on a goodwill trip
to Japan, South Korea Jewish resistance fighters numbers to 60,000 by late 1942.
Talwan. п Mira earlier told the court that they
sald Zuckermun
her were overjoyed when they saw Zionist organisation sent
They planned to remain two German blood nowing in the to Warsaw from
Soviet days in San Francisco, leaving streets of Warsaw during
the occupied eastern Poland to there on Sunday for Honolulu. Ghetto uprising of April and organise the escape of Jews to They will depart from Honolulu liner May 1043.
"From there, there for Tokyo on May 9, arriving Lithuania. Ivernia, already delayed a day Mrs Trivia Lubetkin-Zucker- were still possibilities of at 10 am on May 10, by running pground out of mann told how a handful of des- emigrating to Palestine." Southampton last week, had hết arrival here postponed mother perate Jews, armed with rifles, day due to the storm. She is pitols and home-made bombs, month fought for more than against 2,000 Nazi soldiers using machineguns, tanks and flame-
Montreal, May 3. Heavy westerly gates are con- tinuing to delay Atlantic ship- ping, officials said today.
The 22,900-ton Cunard
hn: scheduled to arrive in Montreal tomorrow.
The Greek Line's Arkadia, also due there today, is not ex- pected before tomorrow.-AP,
Political meeting
broken up
Salisbury, South Rhodesia,
May 3.
tho
throwers.
ww
They will spend six days in Mrs Zuckermann's husband. Tokyo and will go to Scout on Mr Yaliakiak Zuckermann, May 13. They will go to Hong- known as "Antek" in the un- kong on May 18 and to Talwan derground, attempted to seek on May 22. ways of escape for Jews after his release from a labour camp "When the Germana came up
where he was tortured untit to our posts and we threw our
he begged the guards to sembs and raw German blood
shoot him. nowing in the streets of War-
outaide the On a mission 3003 we had SEW, After
rlaing much Jowish blood, there was Ghetto when the April rejelent
Mrs started, Mr Zuckermann read a among u5,"
the letter he received from Zuckermano told the court,
50
Anilewicz, saying:
happened dreams...
The Presidential party will return to Tokyo on May 28 for a four-hour stop en route to Honolulu.-UPI.
SNATCHERS CAUGHT
纛
London. May 9. Two youths who snatched woman's bag containing £150 tried to make their getaway In a taxi hero yesterday,
They did not realise that the
"It was strango to see these leader of the uprising, Modechai Jewich men and women stand-
"Something kas ing up against great enemy,
because they beyond our wildest A shouting group of African glad and happy
one day their ende Germana twice fed from nationalists broke up tonight's knew thai
the Ghetto."
The lefter added: "Pistula multi-racial would come. meeting of
We need "We kalew they would con- "Central Africa Party" in the
are no good to us. riffes and gronades,"" highfield African township out-quer us, but for our lives they side Salisbury.
world pay a high price,
Mr Zuckermann also quoted Hacklers, mostly members "We know that we did not from a leaflet put out by the taxi driver had seen the anatéh the outside a West End banic anal bad YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD:~Aerona i Locked, 4 Almy, 7
sense, but In Wormw
after been following them. He drova Robe, #Single, D Lant, 10 Step, 12 Also, 14 Eins, 18 Byc, 17 of the National Democratia have any prospect of winning Polish underground from
an African nationalist in the nilitary
Eewers a year
then to the nearest policeman Bear, 20 Over, 23 tipe, 44 Ambled, 25 Less, 20 Deer, 27 Simper. Party."
them.China his who arrested "Illier has not obtained Dowi: 1 Lunty, 2 Cane, 3 Dron 4 Able, 6 Izsped, 0 Siten, 11 organisation, burned copies of spite of their strength we knew the Ghetto uprising. It said: Tugo, 13 Lose, 15 People, 16 lured, 10 Crasa, ID Elder, 21 Veer, the CAP oftelat magazine and that we would be the ultimate
get off fireWOŻKE.-AFP.
people Mall Special. Fobjective, The Jewish winners. 22 Clap.
24 Water,
27 He changes colour!
20 Light comediant
Kennedy's view on Democracy versus Communism
Washington, May 3.
President Kennedy said today he rejected the view that Democracy could not compete with Communism because it was a slow, divided system.
arc
"If bay people feel that De- mocracy is a divided system. that the Communists are certain in purpose and execution, and we debate and talk and unable to meet their consistency and perseverance, I don't hold That view," he said at a cure- mony at which he was awarded an honorary degree at George Washington University here.
RESPONSIBILITY
He said that a free spelety faced many disadvantages in a cold war struggle "but over the long run people want to be free."
It Wag the duty of the cnducated man and woman to Join with political leaders to un- sure the maintenance of our society at a critical time "this is our opportunity as well as our responsibility."-Reuter.
Indian expedition fails in bid to climb Annapurna
Katmandu, May 3. An Indian expedition to conquer the hitherto unclimbed Annapurna II falled to reach the 24,688-foot summit at the Arst attempt on April 26, report received yescrday said.
The report said the led by Lieutenant M. S. Kohli of the Indian Navy, will make
second try on May 6,
team,
Storm in a
tent
London, May 3. Labour MPs objected in the House of Commons today be cause a marquee tent was flown to Rome from London for garden party to be held on Fri- day at Britain's Vatlean City Jegation during The Queen's
visit.
Labour Member William Hamilton, leading the objection, said that it had cost £50 to bire the tent and send it to
Rome.
Conservatives shouted "non- pense" when Mr Homillen suld "although this sum A ro latively small one it has offend- ed a good many people in this country."
Parliamentary
Under-Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr J. D. Godber, sald that the been flown to marquee had Nome because "inquiries established that any alternative we were able to oblatn in Rome would have cost at least £1,200
The Indian team was beaten and perahps more."-UPI. back by bad weather
when
within 500 feet of the summit.
the report added.
It also said that a Japanese attempt on the Langtang ond Jugal Himel peaks is to made this week-AP.
be
10 hurled to death
Karachi, May 3. Ten people were hurled to their deaths in a mountainous ravine when a rope bridge gave; way beneath them in Dir, Pakis- tan, on Tuesday, it was learned today.
All the victims were mem-
27 killed
in illegal factory
Caracas, May 3.
An explosion at an illegal fireworks factory In # heavily populated district of Caracas killed at least 27 people today.
The bodies of five children among the 27 recovered
bers of & Pakistani geological were
team who were carrying out a from the debris of an old house survey in the State, which bor- turned into a factory. ders Soviet Russia. They in-
Police said at least three per- cluded a Government official, sons are missing ondt 50 injured. Akhtar Imam.
Poller evacuated the area Reports reaching Karachi said around the building la fear there were a total of 12 people falling timbers would cause fur- on the bridge when it suddenly ther casualties. broke away, plunging the bodies into the fast-flowing river beneath. Two junior members of ported, was
butas.
the expedition survived
were seriously injured.-AP,
The explosion,
it was re- due ไอ cscaping
The factory was in one of the oldest and most populated
La Pastora.. RA RECORD SALE Caracus districts,
The explosion shook the entire London, May 3. district, raising a black column During the first five days of of smoke. Firemen prevented the Royal Academy's summer the blaze from
hore 205 pletures other structures.
exhibition
for
spreading
10
were sold
ū total of
The factory hud no licence to £021,35a.
The number of sales is the manufacture rockets, DS TU- highest un record for the period, quired under Venezuelan law-
AP. China Mall Special,
The number of active tuberculosis cases in Hong Kong at present is estimated to be 60,000, of which 2,000 are known cases of bone and joint disease in children up to the age of ten years.
Most of the deaths occur in men and women in their most fruitful and active years and many victims of this fall disease are young children.
WON'T YOU HELP TO STOP THIS WASTAGE OF VALUABLE HUMAN LIVES by donating generously to the Hong Kong The As- Anti-Tuberculosis Association? sociation is dedicated to the task of combatting tuberculosis and has as one of its primary objectives the provision of more hospital accommodation so that the sick carriers can be cured and the gorm Isolated.
With, your help, so much more can be done.
Cheques Should be crossed and addressed:
"The Hong Kong Anti-Tuberguibals Association" c/o Mars Lowe, Dingham & Matthews, Alokendra Houst.
or aunt
/ Bouth China Morning Post, Lid.