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Muroc Dry Lake, California, Feb. 2.-Riding a rocket plane four miles almost straight up in less than two minutes feels just about like riding in a fast force air car, according to Captain Charles E. Yeager,
The air force announced to- day that Captain Yenger was the first man to take the rocket- powered XS-1 off the ground. On that first, experimental take. off, he climbed 23,000 feet- approximately four and one- third miles-in a minute and 10 seconds from the start.
Yugoslavia's Broad Hint To Kremlin
Terms For Economic
Co-operation
Belgrade, Feb. 2.-Yugo- slavia has transmitted its views on the new Eastern Economic
the five other East European countries which are members of the Council, it was officially dis- closed here today.
In A previous fight, Captain | Council to the Soviet Union and Yeager also was the Arst toy faster than sound.
Previously, the XS-1 always was a B-29 Down from the belly of bomber after being carried to 25,000 feet and dropped.
1,000-foot dive for "takeoff."
That is became the plour will stall at a speed slower thin 240 mph." Captain Yeager explained. "We wanted to be sure that we
The five countries are Bulgaria, Rumanin ariel hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia.
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could get the XS-1 up that fact Foren the freund before We Reluntly tried it.
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interview Disclosing this in with Tanjug. the official Yugoslav agency, published today. the
Minister,
Favara M. Kordel), Indicated than though ex- rleded from the Cenned Yugoslavia would be paired to co-operate, with it on terms of equally. 26-year-old veteran of 63
Arst Yugoslav ^
the official reaction to the creation of wartime missions. Caplain Yenger
Economic treats his work in the sound-buster the Coumell for Mutunl as roule, and got
excited Assistance mingunced in Mosrow about three-foot snow drifts piled | week ago.
M. Kardell told Tanjug that the on the
than Funway
telling about his record-breaking achievements in Yugoslav Government was particu- the world's fastest plane.
larly pleased by the Moscow state- "The XS-1 tlone a tot more ment almut the equality of the States than people expected of it." he de-taking part since this coincided with
m the Yugoslav point of view, have user the clared. "We
people de model the Bell Aircraft signed in, 1944, the same year the Germans bullin rocket plone, and have not changed a bit.
more
same
MUST STOP CAMPAIGN
In keeping with the Minister of Works, Mr Key's promie to Mr Wilson Harris and other MPs, workmen here start re- pairs on the Admiralty Arch end of the Mall.
Mir Harris complained two months ago In the Commons that after driving along the Mall-along which Royal processions set out for the Talace...he had suffered from "aggravated asɛlifation."
It was on there pat-holes that- Mir Harris caught the slekness he complained of.
BURNING OF
LINTANG
Questions In The Commons
Potholes In The Mall
Gammans' Formula For The Malaya Problem
MUST RESTORE CONFIDENCE OF THE PEOPLE
London, Feb. 2.-Mr Leonard Gammans, Con- servative Member of Parliament, who has just returned from a tour of the Far East, said here to- night that the Government of Malaya "must work faster" if it was to win the duel with the Chinese Communist bandits now costing S$40,000,000 a day.
Mr Gammans, who worked in Malaya as a Colonial civil servant from 1920 to 1934, told Reuter: "It is not just a question of pouring British troops
into the... country.
tho The bandits aro out-numbered by
Se. curity Forces by ten to one.
"Success depends upon restoring the confidence of the people of Malaya that the British are going to remain there and maintain law and order.
"An overwhelming percentage of the people is against the Communist guerillas.
"Yet, at the moment, in a purely military sense, the Ailministration is not doing much more than holding its own with the guerillas,
"Further battles with the lawless bands in Malaya with have to be won much more quickly than they have been won in the past.
The
He noded that reonomic LO-
"The cost is staggering. operation in the spirit of that prin triple would be achieved only if the
London, Feb. 2.-The Com.strain on the rubber planters and tin Union
the people's and
miners, walking about armed, some- Soviet
Member, Mr Philip times with Sten guns, cannot be deniocracles stopped their campaign munist
modified Piratin, asked in the House of imagined. against Yugoslavia and their present attitude,
not only to Yugoslavia's Commons today if the Colonial harmful
Secretary had any information economie needs operation among
There is only one other XS-1
tests by the national 15 undergoing tests by advisory committee for aviation,
government agency. federal
Captain Yeager, who has been fying jet planes for about three and JL half years and rockets about a year and a half, sok the XS-1 requires a three miles runway. The average jet plane needs a field about
mile long.
which Is
but also to co-
the countries
of about the burning of Lintang, Socialism and the people's demo-Malayn, by British forces, cracies.
He asked how many homes were
MUST SOLIDLY UNITE
of
"The success
Communism In China and the menace coming to Malaya from outside means that the
It was all the more surprising, M. burnt. how many people were ren-Federation must be solidly united. Kardelj said, that Yugoslavia huddered homeless, what accommodation not been invited to Moscow-for the takte leading to the new Council-
she had since
"more than ouce
He snid he is likely to keep on with bis supersonic rocket fits for another four or five years.
I will deive an old truck, taken the initiative in trying to or Tien like the C-17," he said.
ganise closer co-operation" innong Captain Yeager's wife gave birth Eastern
bloc countries and those to a girt recently-ile-has-two boys, countries were adrent bound by three years, the other 20 various treaties to "the closest co- months-United Press,
operation."
German POW
To Be Deported,
M. Kardel said the attitude of the Soviet Union and the Comin form countries could not be excused hy the present abnormal relations" between them and Yugoslavia.
To have invited Yugoslavia "right have facilitatedi a solution of the prevent misunderstanding," he add-
Chelmsford,
Feb. 2-Magistrates-Reuter. here today
that recommended former German prisoner of war who bein: gained wide publicity by allowed to marry an English girl Ge deported to Germany.
Werner Vellner, aged 23. WA3 bound over to come up for sentence on March U on charges of house- breaking and thefts of property
L210 worth
at three suburbs.
No Middle East Defence Pact
was provided for them and why this measure was carried out.
Mr Arthur Creech Jones (Colonial Secretary replied: "The Bandits in this area, with the connivance and assistance of squatters from Lintang and other villages had been responsible for the murder of three British planters. the killing wounding of 19 Ghurkas and other outrages.
"Somehow, confidence mus! be restored among the people, many of whom are undoubtedly paying pro- tection money to the bandits, lat: cause they lack that confidence in the authorities,
During the past three-years, the situation in Malaya has undoubtedly welf- been aggravated by and
meaning but foolish acts on the) part of the Administration.
"In the course of operations by the police and military against this October 20, place, beginning over 400 squatl re were removed to more settled areas, together, with their livestock, property and hats.
The only bula destroyed
were those of people known to love as- sisted the bandits, or those which could not be removed and, if left intact, would have been used sub- sequently by the bandits. No one was transferred from the area who could show legal title to his land." Washington, Feb. 2-The State the London | Department denied today that
NOTHING TO HIDE United States has an agreement with Asked further by Mr Piratin why Vettner pleaded guilty to the Britain, formal or informal, to he did not answer this question two charges. The prosecution said Vett-strengthen Middle East defences, weeks ago when Mr Gailacher her gained notoriety in 1947 when
A spokesman gave this reply when he caused on amendment in the questioned about a Cairo dispatch, British law by gaining permission to quoting the newspaper Al Missi, as mars English girl named saying that such a pact exists. Reynolds when he was in custody no The former Under-Secretary of a prisoner of war,
State. Mr Robert Lovett, vigorously For the defence it was said today (denler! at a press conference several that Veltner, after his marriage, had weeks ago that the United States been plagued with hundreds of had agreed to join a British plan to poisonous letters and wherever he guarantee peace in the Middle East went for employment he had suffered in return for Britain's recognition of nccordingly,--Reuter.
Israelitouter.
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"You have something you wish to pawn?"
(Communist) put it specifically, and what he had to hide, Mr Creech Jones repiled:
So ne
"They tried to Impose. in n hurry, a new Constitution, Then they rushed the development of trade unions, which only resulted in the trade unions becoming Cura- munist-dominated.
"Finally, they did away with their
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Virginia Water. England, Feb. 2.-- Former Queru Rambhai Barn of Siam, widow of King Prajadhipok, says she will return to Siam April after almost 14 years of exile. "My family and my good friends "I have nothing to hide, and have asked me to return and I could was not aware that the question had not resist longer & deep yearning to go back to my own people," she said been asked before."
"In Minister added:
at her country hunne here. She case, not only has the Chinese said there was no political signi- Council expressed appreciation offlcance in her decision. the way in which this was carried through, but also a fair number of squatters themselves requested that they should be removed."
The
any
The former Queen, now 43 yearg old. left Bangkok after the King abdleated in 1935 in a foud politicians' who *wanted democralic rights.
with more
Mr Piratin then asked whether In repatriating the 800 Chinese during
In Bangkok now
she will be 1043 from Malaya to China, the known as Mer Royal Highness repatriates were consulted about the
Princess Rambhal Barni. The pre- political part of China to which sent King. Phumiphon, is a relative, they preferred to return.. Were Associated Press. these wishes taken into considera- tion on their. repatriation?
Mr Creech Jones replied that Chinese repatriales were consulted about the port in which they wish to be sent and their wishes were taken into consideration-Reuter.
Sailing Ship Damaged, But Safe
Tarpon Springs, Florida, Feb. 2.
A crippled 38-foot cabin cruiser was towed in early today with all per- sons aboard reported in good con- dition, climaxing a nightlong search spurred by steady distress signals picked up by installations
from Minmi to New Orleans,
The cabin cruiser was located by an amphibious plane from the Fifth Air Rescue Squadron nt MacDil
Field, The plane was sent out in response to distress signals heard at regular Intervals throughout the night-United Press.
POCKET CARTOON
by OSBERT LANCASTER
Well, maybe it's a genuine Arab; maybe it's a"Jewish agent provocateur in die rulset maybe it's just Rita Hayworth avoiding bublicity."
power to banish undesirable, aliens and control secret societies.
"But all these acts of folly have now been largely remedied. The Authorities now have the necessary powers for dealing with the situa- tion, But
they must
Reuler.
go faster.
Offer To Indonesian Republicans
Recognition, By The
Foderal Statos Batavin, Feb. 2.-The heads of the Indonesian Federal States telegraphed to the detained Re- publican leaders tonight their reply to the Republican condi- tions for taking part in the dis- cussions on an Interim Federal Government for the whole of Indonesia.
No disclosure was made of the nature of the reply-sent to Pre- sident Soekarno and the Premier, Dr Mohammed Hatin--but well inforined Fources said the Federalists offered to recognise the Republican leaders as "oficial personalities," of a re- public. the status of which was in- Tonale.
Local Republicans were doubtful tonight whether this formula would Induce the Republicans Join in the discussions.
The United Nations Commission for Indonesia today drew the alien- tion of the Dutch delegation ac- credited to it to the Commission's responsibility to make recommenda-
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