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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1946.

Price World Rubber

Governed By U.S.

Washington, Jan. 8. For the first time America is a position to govern the price and

production of the world's natural rubber.

Before the war, in 1940, the United States and 650,000 tons of rubber, all imported. That reat more than the rest of the pound The U.S. was paying about 18 centi world week. jar it. Most of it came from the Far produce goes to the Government well it to commercini Bhat. War shut off these im- which

America needed ubber, firms. perts. The

Government spent .3. $750,000,000 on 52 systhetic rubber plants which now con turn out 1,000,000 tons a year.

The plants, Government- owned bai operated for the Government by chemlent pete loum and rubber companies, are The rubber they all working.

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In the fra five months of 1945 the

the rubber cont

■ynthetic government 27% cent, a pound produce. The government sold t to commercial firms at 18 cente This was a loan of nine cents pound

the Lo

taxpayers but, through production improvements. the cost is going down. Synthellc U.S. rubber is nsw coating Government about 18% cents pound, which is also the nelling price. The cost may drop further. NOT GOOD ENOUGH But avnthette rubber is not you good enough for mi purses. Amerien can make synthetically about H6 per cent of all the rubber

it needs, but must impart the re- maining 15 per cent.

The Little Graveyard By The Sea

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made

BRITAIN'S AIR CHALLENGE

Twenty now types of wir liners. The Handley Paas Horms in a | of craft from wartime doaign to some of them bearing characteriz-four-engined plane designed for 84 peace-time needs. Lies of famous British bombers, are | passengers, although alternative |-- None of the new typeɑ suffers by now in the course of construction versions are in the making to ac- comparison with its probablo cóm- for futuro uso over Britain's commodato 50 and 20 passengers. potitors, or falla short, in any os- world-wide network of civil ait la maximum speed is 840 miles an rential quality. of the standard" lines.

hour with an economical cruising deumed necessary on the pence- speed of 191. The plane is driven time airways which these planes by four Bristol Hercules air-cooled will sorve. radial ongines, each developing 1,735 hp.

Unnoticed by those who along St. Andrew's road, between Each has been selected, and ita Singapore Cathedral and the sea, production authorised because it les a little "War Memorial." It fulfils a definito duty and meste a a simple row of tall white known need eflkiently and auto

HUGE AIR LINER wooden crosses, trimly in line-quately.

Four of the types are closoly 50- aa though the sailora who

Biggest of the new 20 denign is thom had carefully recalled the lated to British bombers which did the Bristol Brabazos, which is service during | night-orgined, intended primarily drill of their training days, and much distinguished

Hermes, for In- dressed them by the right, like a the war. The

stance is related to the Halifax; guard of honour.

Under

the Tudor to the Lincoln; the Dove to the Mosquito, and the Viking has similar lines to the Wellington.

tie these crusses

the bodies of 20 British and Austro- lian soldier, 20 Indians and 37 Chinese women and children.

of a

MATTER FOR INQUIRY How, or why they died there is still a matter for official inquiry. A Chinese said they were victims

a Japanese shooting in the des perple inst moments of the full of Singapore.

with erested through the action of a Comman der RN stationed at Singapore, who examining a patch of broken ground between the Cathedral ari Anderson-rund, noticed a row of

den begs with labels on which

The

anies were written.

The

contacted Commander Padre Harris, of Penmaenmawr, South Wags, and ot permission ar Graves Commission from the

graveyard tidy the ide bit." Volunteers to do the work came from the crew of the LS (EDI

The U.S. I still getting natural rubber from Brazil, about 22,000 to

vrar The government is paying 43

Bound for cents A

tu selling it to commercial firms at 22/2

cente a pound, a loss of 40% cents a poumi.

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Before the war almost all rub bur was forted from British, Dutch and French possessions in Borneo, Enal, Java, Far Maiava, Cevion and Indo China.

Those countries have wen inken But how back from the Japanese

Thu much will they produce!

Jarge in 21 amount will depend measure on how much natural rub That will de her the U.S. wants.

on what America does with its 62 synthetic plants.

There is a special State Depart mont mission in London new talk. ing with the British, Dutch and French on the rubber problem. It will report back here to the State special Doparlant. Meanwhile, inter-agency policy committee of the U. Government, the State, War, Navy, Justice and Commerce Departments are on it, is studying the problem here.

BARGAINING POSITION Sometime ༢)1D

that committee in w US. exueled to recommend Reconversion Director Snyder arathetic what to do with our plants and what to do about rub. her importa.

Snyder in turn probably will re. President Truman who port then is expected to make recom- mendations to Congress. Congres

Young Japan Wants Purge

Tokyo, Jan. 1. Officials and employees of the ismied their first demand from gov Agriculture and Forestry Ministry ernment ranks for n thorough "demoralisation" of public ser vice. Kyudo News Agency reported to tip

formed assOCÍA - Their recenliy Bion, somewhat similar to a Uniun. a statement calling upon jured all government departments to as- aist in the vlimination of "bureau. cracy in his country which con- stituted a stronghold for feudalis. tie Jendera in their Aggrenuive WAT."

The statement said bureaucracy was still intact despite that over- throw of military cliques and the

Zaibatau.

One of the now designs which will be largely used in the Far Fael during the next few years is the Avro Tudor. This beautiful airliner is designed to cover lonk distances at high speed and at a height which will keep it above bad weather. By day 60

passenger

can be accomodated and at alght 40 people can sleep while contiges ing their journey a4 295 m.p.h.

12 Months For

Ship's Master

Wilfred Perrin,

maxter, of

BY AN AERONAUTICAL CORRESPONDENT

for the direct North Atlaptle route between London and New York.

Completo detaija"of this husen air

linet arc not get Tailable, but tilese facts can be d'aclosed: it

What is more, all the kypen mont urgently needed will be flow- ing from the assembly lines in within the satisfying numbers next six months.

First deliveries of several types will be made shortly,

In spite of its may handicaps, the British aircraft industry re- enters the civil market with at least one representative in overy transport class of air liners and which will be needed in the imine- diate future.

The industry also feels nfident that, released from the restrictions

which the war Imposed. It will be

able to equip the British merchant air service with aeroplanes na die-

tinguished as those which..during the war, it armed the Royal Air Commonwealth Air an all-metal plane, and has for Force, the

Forces and the US. Arway Air ita landing gear one pale +f-and-

Porcen ing wheels under each wing, a third beneath the centre section. and nose leg-all retractable.

The eight engines tof, as yet. unspecified typ and power) four pairs, are installed in the Contra-

wines and have driving. rotating airscrews.

The Brabazon will carry 50 pas- sengers and two tons of mail.

It has wing span of 30 la 170 ft, in length, le, at its high- the thest point. 47 ft. 4 in. From

around, and has a tall plane span of 75 ft.

When fully loaded the weight of the machine is 110 tom,

S.S. Sam Freedom, was sentenced in the Singapore Superior Court to twelve months' rigorous impri- sonment for selling cigarettes,

20 DESIGNS quor and other N.A.A.F.. stores from his ship's cargo ta bumboot Another important design is the

Honda. men in Singapore

Clydesan, multi-engined flying Of his received sentences | boat with six engines. offers, five

between

ranging months. with an

ona

and mix It maximum speed at sea level while another together is over 300 m.p.h. and it can ily apprentice, was bound for more than 4,000 miles without aver for 12 months in the sum of refuelling. $500.

Sentencing

the men, the Pre- ident of Chr Court W/Cdr. Briggs, said he had Laken inte of the uccount the responsibility accused to their families and the tragic

upon

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BRIDGE NOTES

If you occasionally criticise your partner for his mistakes, remem- ber that even renklag experts oc- casionally strike "blind spots" To- day's band was muffed by a very well-known player, much ẩn hìn cm- barrassment;

South, Dealer Neither nide vulsamble

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Of the 20 type listed, four are designed to accord with the recom- manuntions of the officially pointed body of experts known as the Brabazon Committee. These H. Q 10 ■ 5 are the Bristol Brabazon, the Air [p. x 962

Havilland

result the proceedingspeed A.S.67, the De would have

them. Their Dove, and the Miles Marathon.

Fire (the landler Page Halifax most seriou punishment would be their loss of their qualifications transport, Avro lancastrian, Avro XIX landplanes and the Short afd so their livelihood.

Shetland and Sundringhars flying

of boats) are direct conversions military types.

80,000 CIGARETTES Prosecuting, P/IA. Buttrose said that the goods concerned in the charges included 80,000 sign- rottes, 161 bottles of liquor, 10,760 razor blades and 40 containers of

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A further Ave (the Miles M28 and Fam received between urged the formation of similar

the De Havilland and £120 his share of the Mesenger, Vroups in other Kozerhmen:

Dragon-Auster lend them- -Rapide, Percival IV and proceeda.

A conservative estimate of the deficiencies in the cargo was two or three thousand pounds. Offera of part restitution by the eight men totalled £570.

sional notion thus may not start branches for renovation of public

United

next Spring.

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the States will want to keep some of the 62 gynthetic plants in opera tion to build up supplies and as a hedge against any emergency.

Will the cost of producing rub ber synthetically by that time b so low as to make it worthwhile for commercial firms to want to Lake over the plant? They'd want to know what to expect in the way of protection from the competition of cheat natural rubber impurts.

If the S. keeps the synthetic

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It is to the credit of Brklak air- Individual acutenes were: An- ! thony Fisher, First Mate, and Ro- craft manufacturer that they

Engineer, six hare worked swiftly and bert Baille, Chief months

rigorous Imprisonment: petently to overcome the problem: Second Mate, of change-over in the exstruction the WAAF has Kenneth Abbey, officer in

Second En- been appointed Scotland Yard's Alexander State.

gineer and Cyril Chamberlain. first woman Chief Inspector.

C. Third Mate, one months' rigorous Officer E. is Group

imprisonment; John Mander, See- Bather, aged 41, until recently a sonur staff officer at R.A.F. Bom-and Wireless Operator and Roy ber Command headquarters.

Goodwin, apprentice, bound over. FRANCO-ITALIAN TRADE

Paris, Jan. 9.

She

India House Functioning

West opened the fivə # hearts, and South saw a good chance to limit the loss to one heart trick by Anessing dummy's heart nine. So ho finessed the ulna of hearts and gained a heart trick-bxh lesa his contract!

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For East returned « wamp, and there was no more balm in Gllend. If South cross-ruffed, he would make fivo trumps bia www hand and three trumpa in the dummy: but then he would be unable to draw East'a trump and could therefore bring in only so heart trick. If South drew trumpa -to safeguard dummy's second heart dribble of natural rubber from the "My_main_job will be to assist

trick, he could get only two ruffs Far East, that will mena wide un-Miss Peto, the Superintendent of

London, Jan. 3. in the dummy: so the heart trick employment for the people in the Women's Police," she told the

The Indian High Commissioner would come at the axonse of a countries there. That involves Daily Mirror. "and I shall be

A French economic dolegation here, Sir Samuel largely concerned with the welfare U.S. foreign relations.

Ranganadhan, trump trick.

sonforence of policewomen in the London area will leave for Rome on Jan. 10 to promised at a press

If South hadn't hit a blind spot Franco-Italian trade yesterday that there would be no discuss but I shall undoubtedly have to do normal police duties as well." trenty, the French foreign office withholding of press Information he would have noticed that tak- ing the heart Ace at axes would A Winchester woman, daughter said. France, in particularly de- at India House. He outlined * of a former house-master at Win- sirous of wetting fruits and other publicity campaign and said that have made his contract ironclad. A erose-raft from there on would chester College, she has been in foodstuffs from Italy.Associated all officials would be accessible and the WAAF since 1939.

would provide such information as have brought in all wise tramps

~~~~~~~~~18-Gevarate tricks.- the press desired.

Tho various departments at In-

So sad a story should probably dia House, he said. "have been strengthened by the inclusion of have a moral: Not even an expert new blood from Indian Govern-cap afford to play to the firus trick ment departments. The new all-without thinking. cials will take care of Indian trade requirements and student problem."

But at least with its synthetle alants America is in a position to bargain on natural rubber prices.

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Elaborate Precautions In Atom Project

ROCHESTER, NY. JAN. 9. ELABORATE PRECAUTIONS, INCLUDING MEDICAL RESEARCH AS A SCIENTIFIC GUIDE TO THE MOST EFFECTIVE USE OF SAFETY DEVICES, RE- SULTED IN PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION FOR WORKERS ON THE ATOMIC BOMB PROJECT, THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHES- TER SAID TO-DAY.

A report on medical research conducted at the University under contract with the Manhattan En- gineer Distria in charge of atomic bomb development, declared that not a single person was in jured by radiation while working on the projec

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Batavia, Jan. 9.

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A British communique. aaid at a diamond contract but will win electronics instruments to measure the amount of radiation exposure, yesterday there was scattered ne- about five tricks at apados. Your areas. It partner's high-card strearth will raise that total especially if ho was in daily contact with atomic tion in the troubled bomb assembly and research plants said a raid at Bultensor onhan anything in the black saite.

Indonesian azurią factory netted throughout the United States.

WAR.

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QUESTION

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Bammics of bomb workers' many cases of explosives, large

Score 100 per cent. fer two. breath, were taken and analyzed quantities of detonators and hand wpadea; 20 for pass. for evidences of radiation. In addi- grenades. It and Indoricolan The report was approved by the tion, workers were pieces of inox guns heavily shelled Semarang air ofice of Maj. Gen. Leslie R.

posed Gim protected against light. feld. Groves, who directed the district. If the im clouded upon do- A spokesman for the medical revelopment it indicated some radia search project organised in tion had reached the workers. March, 1949, said the work- "may This information helped plant to be fifth-columplets-Associated well have far-reaching effects in managers in determining when and Press. several branches of medicine, not where employees: peeded to wear ably in the field of metabolism, rubber gloves and other protec both normal and pathological and tive devices against radiation," the specially in cancer research."

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Shanghai, Jan. D. General Albert. Wedemeyer, Commander-in-Chief of the Ameri can forces in Chine, to-day said

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