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Today's' weather: Moderate N. winds, freshening tonight. Cloudy with scattered showers, becoming overcast with rato this evening.
Noon Observations: Barometric_pressure. 1004.1 mbe.. 20.63 in. Temperature, 85.4 deg, Y. Dew point, 74 deg. P. Nelativo, humidity. 64 %. Wind direction, NNW. Wind force, Krol.
Low water: 1 ft. 3 in. at 4,47 p.m. High water: 5 ft. 2 in.
at 11.34 p.m.
Hongkong Telegraph.
VOL. IV NO. 211
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1949.
BRITAIN'S WAR VETERAN
NEW JETS
ON DISPLAY
Farnsborough, Hampshire, Sept. 6-Britain's first jet bomber and two latest fet fighter planes shot like arrows today across Farns- -borough Airfield at close to supersonic speed in their first public appearance since they were released from the secret list.
A crowd of 5,000 British mir- craft technicians suw the Can- berra B-1 bomber in a rmmark- able performance,
The new jet fighters were the De Havilland Vampire night fighter and the Venom Ghost turbine interceptor.
The world's fastest transcon- tinental airliner the 500 mph world's first four-turbo propeller
De Havilland Comet-and the
airliners took part in the same display.
RUNS RUNS AMOK,
KILLS TWELVE
Cornered By Police
After Gun Battle
Camden, New Jersey, Sept. 6-A Bible-carrying war voteran ran amok in a residential soction today, shot and killed 12 persons and wounded five others besides himself. The police identified the killer as Howard Unruh, 27.
Within about 20 minutes door
lo the Itiver Road The planes, with the 130-ton Unruh had raced madly into, Pharmacy and entered. Ite ar- Urabazon I, the biggest
land stores and homes, firing conted Maurice Cohen, the pro- with whom he had prietor, been on bad terms for several months over using Colien's back yard as un exit from his apart- ment.
plane in the world, represented wildly, and mowed down six the British aircraft manufac turers' bid to gain world avia. men, seven women and four tian supremacy.
children. Only five of them, a man, two women and two They appeared at Forms. borough in u full-dress reheat-boys, survived.
ral of the Society of British Unruh, who served three years Aircraft Constructors 30th ex- in Europe, was described by hibillon of 66 of Britain's latest neighbours as "very religious," to the point of being fanatie. Jorcraft:
They said he always carried a The exhibition, to which Bible. aviation circles from 58 coun- tries have been invited, officially tomorrow.
wildly, and ran into the tavern. Unruh continued down the saw n parked car street and with a man and two women cowering in it. He shot and tilled all three.
WILD SHOTS
From there he turned to another store, but found it locked. He fired several shots but no one through the door, was hil As he turned away, be fired several wild shola. One went through the window of a home and killed, two-year-old Min-Thomas Hamilton,
Cohen started for the stair- way to his upstairs apartment. but Unruh killed him with_onc shot. The druggis's wife, Rose, who was on the stairs, screamed, ran upstairs and locked their 12-year-old son Charles in a and Unruh followed closet, A detective, Stan Bobink, sald kille
Mrs Cohen and opens he learned from Unruh's brother her mother-in-law, Mrs
that an argument with a neigh-nic Cohen. The boy was later bour might have led to the
fcund unharmed. shooting. The
brother zald Unruh
had been feuding for same time with his next door ⚫druggist, Maurice Cohen, over
backyard using Cohen's walk.
Unprecedented United States interest in the display wan re ported today by exhibition
Melais-Reuter-
TOLARIJUMAKAYA TUSHARIDOLINUAMETSAARISIENNESETZAL A IS
of
STOP PRESS what they
TYPHOON
SIGNAL
The No. 1 typhoon signal was put up at 12.30 p.m. today.
The typhoon,
The police found a number
books on
sex hygiene and described 118 # arsenal" of rißes.
revolvers
"veritable
shot-guna and
Uarul's second floor apartment, where he lived with his mother, They also found ammunition nud a rite range.
CONSIDERED TIMID Unrich was considered on the timid side by neighbours, who wald he was very meek. described by the Royal Observatory "san"'*'*"weak`tropical ‘depran- slon," is now centred north of Pratsa shoals, about 180 miles cast-southeast
IL Hongkong.
moving west-northwest, heading to wards Hongkong, at about five knots, with winds of about 35 knots al the cen tre..
EDITORIAL
of
The police said that before he surrendered-after-tom-gas was pumped into his apartment, Unruh
in the Was wounded buttocks. He was taken im
to detective head- mediately quarters in the City Hall,
The best reconstruction of the shooting, frum various ver-
PASSERBY SHOT Unruh run on to the pave ment and Bred at the passerby, James Hutton,
first who
fell dead. At the intersection,
and
shot
After firing a few more wild shots. Unruh paced up to his gun-filled apartment apparently with
the liope of barricading. himself. After
questioning Unruh for
RUSSIANS TO
Dine
At the
For
P.G.
Reservations
Price 20 Cents
QUADRUPLETS IN PAIRS
WASHINGTON
DOLLAR TALKS:
CONSTRUCTIVE
EXPECTED
RESULTS
BY CANADA
Washington, Sept. 6.—The Canadian Finance Minister, Mr Douglas Abbott, said today that he expected some "really constructive results” from the Anglo-American-Canadian money talks, which open here tomorrow,
S.E. Asia Nations To Meet
without affecting Britain's economy."
He told a press conference could not seriously curtall them Je was optimistic but did not look for "any complete answers" Lo the
British dollar crisis.
He.
Referring to gold, he said; "Canada is one
of the major
gold producers and would benefit by upward revision of the price of gold, but thero is no intention of the Canadian delegation bringing this matter up."
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two
Quadruplets of British families win at- tention at a vacation camp in North Wales. Held by their parents, the children are, left to right: An- nette, Robert, Paul and Kevin Taylor, and Bridget, Francis, Jennifer and Elizabeth Good. (AP Fic- ture).
APPROVAL
OF TUC DECISION
cannot
The Canadian Government, Mr Abbott said, will have no Immediate suggestions to make at the start of the conference,
Bridlington, Sept. 6. The but may be in a position to
British Trades. Union Con- make some constructive, sug-
TRADE SITUATION gestions toward the close of the
gress approved today the talks. He declined to say what Referring to the trade altua-action of its General Coun- a motorist was pulling up for a two hours, the Camden County
those suggestions might be. tion, Mr Abbott said: Bangkok, Sept. 7-An traffic light. Unruh shot him in prosecutor. Mitchell Cohen, said
"Canada cil in withdrawing from the Mr Abbott the head and the car ran onto Unruh admitted he had planned
refused to make Imported from Britain the pavement.
the shootings for some time. He official source said India any comment on the question of more than the United in left wing World Federation
of Trade Unions. barber added that Unruh said he had had agreed informally to devaluation of the Pound Ster- from Britain, and at the present Unruh then ran to a shop where Clark Hoover was been building up resentment participate in the four-
ling. indicated, however, time we are importing double
Delegates, representing 0,248,- I shot against his neighbours
that for a nation Southeast Asia con- Secretary
he agreed with the US from Britain what the cutting a boy's hair.
United 000 Hoover in the head
of State, Mr John States is doing.
members of Britain's largest the long while because they have ference proposed by the Snyder,
Our imports union body supported last year's boy in the neck.
been talking about me.
on the matter. Mr from the United States are equal He next need to a shoe-
The shooting occurred in Thai Premier, Phibun Song- Snyder insists that the question to United States exports to all action of quilting the Commu residential section in East Cam-gram, and scheduled to be of devaluation is one to be settled the South American countries nist led group. Delegates vot- maker's store, where he
within the International Mone- put together
ing for 1,017,000 members and killed the proprietor, John den, a suburb of Philadelphia, held here in November. Filarchik. From there, he went about five miles from the centre
tary Fund.
"In terms of volume we are jopposed the withdrawal. (Continued on Page 5) to the home of Mrs Madeline
PRETTY GRAVE
a major factor in world trade.
.continue in The Philippines and Burma Ho
a slave trade Harrie, a few doors away. не
are the other countries invited Mr Abbott also made it clear Consequently, I thinic the United association with wounded Mrs Harrie and her son
which would to attend but they have not yet that the conference failed to States has a very real interest union mentality Armand, 10; ran out-into-the
replied to Thailand's invitation; find either a short-term or long-in-seeing-satisfactory-solutions harness us to the same tencts. then sped into a street again,
which was submitted through range solution for the British, for economic problems are and the same painful future," tailor shop and shot Mre Hilda
Arthur Deakin, former Presi their Bangkok representatives." the problem would be "pretty found,
dent of the World Federation Zegrino.
grave" for everyone.
"Previously, we always had to
of The deputy Foreign Minister,
Trado He said he did not want to rely on converting the proceeds
Unions, told. Nat Phot Sarasin, said the In-see any further world trade of our sales to Britain and other Congress, dian Minister had informed restrictions as part of any solu- countries to pay for our imports "We believe the path of pro-
that the Indian Primo tion of the problem.
from hte United States. We are creas is in the path that we HELD Minister, Jawaharial
trudlifonially said Canada Interested in secing some of our would like to attend the meet-was deeply concerned with the good importers, not only in through our Democratie institu- Helmstedt, Sept. 6.-Mili. ing.
British situation because the Europe but In the Middle East,
Deakin, Indo-China were United Kingdom for years had halog China and
whose means to earn tary sources in Helmstedt
Workers' not invited to the conference been a said that
big customer of the dollars." a new arrange because of dimculty in deciding Dominion. And, ha added, "17
#pearheaded the drive HIGH TARIFF ment has been made for the the proper government of there our customers can't
further participation in pay us, we
Mr Abbott sald he would not World Federation, W03 two American boys held by countries.
can't pay our
discuss devaluation becausequently interrupled by pro- the Russians to be handed
Nai Phot Sarasin said the pur- "Our dollar shortage is not "that is a matter for the Inter-Communist delegates, ** Asso-
to luck
(Continued on Pare 5) of productive over to the American mis- og of the meeting would be to dug
clated Press. sion at Soviet Army head an information, especially capacity or ability to meet any concerning politics, economica competition anywhere in the quarters nt Potsdam.
and culture.
world, but to the fact that our President Elpidio Quirino has traditional customers, through The two youths Warren, Octaner, 20, of Oyster Bay, Now been trying to get the Asiatic no fault of their own, are stort York, and Peter H. Setters, 18, and Pacife nations to go to the of dollars. Thus, it would be of Philadelphia--had been held Philippines for a similar con- very helpful to in the Russian zone without ference.
He raced across the street and tried to enter a tavern, but the door was locked.
Roxy de Marco, 33-year-old
HAND OVER
sions given to the police, was bread salesman, had just picked BOYS
Unruh left his home carrying up a young child from the
revolver. He walked next street while Unruh was firing
Bridlington
TODAY, as British, American and
at
Canadian economic experta begin their dollar crisis discussions Washington. Mr Attlee is to address the 81st annual Congress of the Trades Union Congress nt Bridlington. He is expected to impress upon the 900 delegates attend- ing the Congress the seriousness of Deltain's economic difficultles, and the need for a greater effort by all engaged will be asking for in Industry. He. support which, if withheld, might pre- judice not only the future of the Labour Government but the whole economic future of Britain The TUC, though
with perhaps little concerned
the In. 18sues volved economic and monetary which will occupy the economic experts at Washington, in very much concerned with the Increase of productivity which is recognised as a prerequisite of what- ever measures may be agreed upon at Washington for the solution of Britain's problems. The link between the TUC and the Labour Party is so strong that Mr Attlee is assured of the support of the TUC lenders, But, whether these lenders can persuade the rank and file of the unions to sink their individual interests
· in favqut-of an all-out effort · la not so- sure. Support of the Government's economic policies demands of most unions a difficult change of altitude, and up to. now there have been lamentably few -signa' that this is realised. “True, the General Council of the TUC was able to get general approval from the unions' for the Government's wage-pegging policy." But despite this, new wage claims have been advanced by a number
Dilemma
of unions at
their annual conferences
this year. These unions claim that though wage stabilisation is an excellent principle, their members are seriously underpall, and thus
come into the category for which the White Paper on personal incomes made an exception. Similarly discouraging' has been the res ponse to the General Council's efforts to arouse interest in increased productivity. Before the end of last year eleven unions or groups of unions had been approached with a view to joint meetings to discuss productivity.. Only three conferenceR had taken place by the end of May, and there are still four unions which have not held such a meeting. This reluctance to participate in measures to increase productivity is caused by union fears that they will lead redundancy, and consequently unemployment. This conflict between the rank and file and the General Council will probably be aired at tomorrow's 'economic debate at 'Bridlington. On wages and profits the General Council is expected to warn the unions that little can be expected from further taxation of profits, and that the only way food subsidies, social services and other workers' beneilta can be main- tained is by more revenue from increased production. The General Council, will contend that any further rise In the general, level of wages would be a serious threat to full employment and the standard of living of the whole country. This is a sound and realistic policy, but it will only, be'offective if the rank and file can be convinced of its logic.
to
proper papers.
him
Nehru,
Observers believed that for this reason the Philip
The Minister
Britain and to to receive
Canada for Britain
she sees fit. anywhere
Britain
The Russians have been hold-pines might not wish to attend Permission to spend ECA dollars
the Bangkok meeting-United ing them as hostages against the Press. roturn of three Soviet Army deserters.
It is not known at Helmstedt the American nuthorities have agreed to return the Soviet soldiers in order to ob- tain the relcose of Ocisner and Sellers. Associated Press.
could
then spend ECA dollars in Canada, which we could use. to pay our bills in the United States. Our dollar problem
Engagement Of caused by the fact that nearly
Thai King
Lausanne,
all the currencies of our cus- tomers are Inconvertible. temer
We have the greatest Interest in seeing convertibility of cur Sept. 0-The en- rencies re-established. gagement of 21-year-old King "WC will
nako probably of Thai constructive suggestions in land and Miss Skirikit Killyn- the field which, In our judg kara, daughter of the Thai Am-ment, will enable dollar-de- bassiklor to Great Britain, was fielent countries 10 oxpand announced here today. No date exports to the United States for the wedding has been set. [and Cantida." This is far more that affects The British Overseas Airways Miss Kitiyakorn is a student in than a problem
Lausanne.
are Britain, for there
many Corporation has announced that
The King has been studying other countries in the sterling all their Argonaut airliners have law. at Lausanne Unveralty area. been withdrawn temporarily
IMPORT CUTS from the Far Eastern service He is still under treatment for dug
think perhaps engine detect a serious cyo injury received which has become apparent in in a car accident last Winter-responsibility for making sug
Associated Press.
ARGONAUTS Phumiphon Aduldet
GROUNDED
n
to minor
service.
The Argonaut was used by BOAC to open their first land- plane Bervice between the United Kingdom and the Far East last, month.
Tha precaution of grounding the planes has been taken for |safety reasons. There has been
no neoident.
the Initial
gestions at the conference falls on the British, and I do not doubt they will do so. I think the consequences of fallure of Chinese Envoy
the conference would be protly. discussions are Duo Today
grave. These
that it arranged in the hope
not be necessary to re Manila, Sept. 7- The Chinese will
strict further exports by Bri- Ambassador, Mr Chen Chih-
tain in or any other country, ping, I leaving for Hongkong The so-called 25 percont The Argonaut plano' that was aboard a Pan American Airways cuts of dollar imports by the xlue to arrive in Hongkong toplane this morning. He is going sterling area are a programine, tay will now be grounded at for conferences with Nationalist and It remains to be seen how Bangkok, and BOAC are making officials, principally Acting Pre-effectively they can be carried alternative Arrangements: to aident Li Teung-jen ‘and Gea-"] out. British Imports from bring its passengers to
Colorly.
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more
have
tions."
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Transport
the
pursued
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Union against tho
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