1946-03-27 — Page 8

Pressure-Drive Cars. Round The Corner

Now York; March 26.

Revolutionary changes are looming in the drive and de- sign of motor cars in the next two years. This year will probably be the last in which the automobile Field dominated by conventional front-engine and will. bo rear-wheel drive models, Leading U.S. manufacturers, eager to cash in on the first rich post-war market, have rushed into production with cars only slightly different from those of 1941. By using old dies, tools and blueprints, they were able to reconvert their plants swiftly from war jobs, and get vehicles to the car-hungry public.

from

But hext year and 1945 you can expect to see really radical of cara pouring types American production lines.

Among sensational engineer- ing changes planned and alrendy in the experimental stage are:

Cars with power transmitted to all four wheels.

Cars with the engine placed

at the rear.

Cars driven by air pressure, Electric cars, with individual motors for each wheel.

Cars propelled by fet engines.

Amphibious cars for sport, Cura driven by oil pressure.

No Reason For War

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Washington, Mar. 26.

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt stated

'THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH -27, 1946.

UNITE OR

Bomb DIVIDE?

India At First Crossroad

Not All Shackles "British-Made

INDIA,

BOMBAY, MARCH 26.

STANDING. ON THE THRESHHOLD OF POLI- TICAL INDEPENDENCE, SHOWS LITTLE EVIDENCE OF REALIZING WHAT WEIGHTY,, INTERNAL PRO- BLEMS WILL COME WITH FREEDOM.

HER POLITICIANS NOW, ARE 'OPENLY DIVIDED ONLY. ON. ONE QUESTION THE RELIGIOUS ISSUE OF. WHETHER INDIA SHALL REMAIN UNITED OR PAKISTAN FOR DIVIDED INTO TWO STATES, MOSLEMS, AND HINDUSTAN FOR THE MAJORITY.

HINDU

BALLOT FOR LUNCH

London, March 26. Because of the food short. age in Britain, the American* Chamber of Commerce in 'London has a ballot for mom- bers and guests for its lun ches.

The names of aeveral hun- dred people were placed in a hat yesterday for a luncheon at the Savoy Hotel next wook." The first 260 names drawn will attend.

Indian Note To S. Africa

Controlled By Two "Brains"

Now⋅ York, March 26:----

One of the strangest Buck Rogers, Inventions of World War I was the "Roc," a robot bomb directed by television, which sought out its target through, an electronic eye. First projected in 1941, the "Roc" was fully tested and ready for combat when the atomic bomb put a halt to, the Pacific war. Pilots who tested it say it would have,

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found any target, blown it, to bits and sent back a movie of how it was done.

Pessimistic Scientist

In its final stages, the "Roo" resembled, a 'long cigar with ring-typo shroud about the tall. Carrying 1000 pounds of high explosive, and nick-named the "Dmible Cookie Cutter," it could be directed against fights or any other- target from miles away

By

the time development had reached the production stage in 1946, the "Roc" had two aftor-> nate "brains"-one a radio con- trol operated by the bombardier of the parent plane.

San Francisco, Mar. 26. Dr. Irving Langmuir, director general of the electric research laboratory and Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, declared to-day that he estimated "It will be three or four years before the Russians, have their first atomic Using a trick bomb-sight tele- Capetown, Mar. 20.

bomb-in six or 10 years, both scope, the bombardier observed An official note from the Gov- we and Rusala will" · probably {a flare on the fail of the bomb, crnment of India, formally giving have enough to wipe each other sailed it in to the target with

remote radio control and mont notice terminating the the South African Union Govern-out."

Dr. Langmuir was one of the double gyro system, agreement between two countries,

Television Link nal Affairs Department yesterday, visited Russia last year.

"The May-Johnson Bill for The second and most re- coinelding with Field Marshal Smuts' motion for a second read atomic energy control, now be-markable "brain" of the "Roe" was a complete television. Jihk By ing of the Asiatic Land Tenure

fundamental research. Its between missile and bombardier, and Indian Representation Bill.

provisions, professors would not allowing him to see where the "The terminating agreement is

be able to tell students what la bomb was going and watch its subject to three months' notice and will therefore end three being done in nuclear physics," explosion when it got there. he said.-Associated Press, months from yesterday-Reuter.

Regardless, however, of whe-his followers appear yet to rea- changes ther India splits or remains in-lize what sweeping tact, there must ensue the grasp must be made in Indian life to at a news conference here to for power on the part of con-achieve even the rudiments of day that she saw no reason for flicting elements among the po-real democracy,

They talk and talk endlessly war with Russia, and that Rus-pulation of this "Jewel of the

of politics. That is the course i was primarily interested in Empire" when the British let

Too much of India, politics. the security of her borders, and their reins.

for con- This vast, sprawling subcon-political talk and too little social Increasing her trade

Most young Indians sumer goods.

tinent then will become a politi-action. The Inte President's widow

patriotic as bhy group their mic and social philosophies.

India is a great land with age in the world, but they ap

pear to have unbounded faith many "have nots." of the

major that the blind will acc and the

fore Congress, would be fatal to most literate

Ita lame will walk and deserts will sprout fice Just as soon as the concentrated in wealth is countries on the globe.

huge British yield their authority. class, and small upper masses of people live in life

They long financial bondage. are born into debt und die in

An il-pressure, gearless ear arrived here from air from Local battlefeld of opposing econo-are as ardently and selflessly reached the South African Exter-16 United States scientists who

was demonstrated at Detroit re- Angeles. She said that it seemed rently, and created a

while the to her that

Unitert Seura-

Britain were pri- States and tion in automobile circles.

of in-marily interested in oil in Iran, It is the brain-child

who has Russia's greater concern was for ventor Ray Russell, been retained by the Ford Motor an outlet through the Persian Company to supervise hydraulic Guit drive developments,

Russell's car has a conven- tional petrol engine, located at the rear, but there the regem

to the Alan

*enses.

ordinary

car

and

She added that

she saw no reason why the United Nations Organisation could not function and peace be guaranteed, pro- viding that this country others took a vote of nelive Connected directly to the en-terest.-Associated Press. gine's crankshaft multiple pumps, which fore all through motors fitted to each wheel,

The new vehicle's "plumbing with the system does away drive shaft, transmission. clutch, joints, differential, miversal front and rear axles, brakes, and brake-drurus,

Elimination of these bulky parts reduces the weight of the car by 800 to 1000 h., simplines driving, and provides a smooth flow

of power comparable to steam. reverse speeds can be produced

PHOTO DISPLAY

OF 14TH ARMY

debt.

It is one-

But will they be content to re- If their main feudal peons? in-non-violent" political revolu tlon succeeds, will economic and social revolution be far behind? Blame The British

intellectuals Young Indian don't bother themselves much about what will happen when At their people are "free." present they blame all of In- dia's ills on Britain.

Bombay, Mar. 20. An exhibition of photographs illustrating the strenuous naigns of General Bling's 14th Army is now touring India. Many

cam-

If Indian cows give less than one-fifth as much milk as Eu- of the photographs on view have ropean cows who is to blame? been withhold so far on grounda The British. of security.

Greater, Problom They have sadly to learn of the fight against "the enemy with- greater battles to come

Protest

Now York, Mar. 20. Pollen last night arrested ten persons, including women, toho attempted to prevent a Bding reception which was given in honour of members of the United Nations Semur- Savonl at the ity Council Plaza.

The persons arrested wea said to be members of a grotep opposed to the site which has honte.Associated Preen. been chosen for the U.N.O.

What A Paying-off Pendant Is

long ribbon which waterside residents often see flying from the masts of warships these days—is the only spectacular part of the end of a ship's commission.

The paying-off pendant that thin,

The Navy, although by no means inhibited when it comes to ceremonies, pays off a ship with no more of a fiut- ter than the "wearing" of this pendant: Even this is

a purely unofficial custom. Nothing has been laid down in naval regulations, and wearing of the pendant is optional.

If crops fail and famine fol- The exhibition, which was in- lows, whose fault is it? The in," their own home-grown Fan-

Bombay by the British.

cists who for centuries have From seven to 15 forward and Goved in

Sir John Colville, has a Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru lived in ease and luxury. In ov separate section on the campaign alone among India's

popular dia is a stratified, crushing so- with oil pressure drive, depend in the Middle East, to complete lenders, has counselled need of cial pyramid, at whose bottom

cf oil the picture the number

of India's fighting full account has also lifting India from its présent men. A

Louchables," Three pumps on Russell's car. been given of the part played by agricultural feudalism to indus afty million casteless "un-gether and hoisted them to the used.

trint democracy. But few of four

ing upon pumps. give seven speeds, and pumps provide 15 speeds.

Braking action is obtained by the flow of oil slowing down

A through the wheel motors. single valve that changes the direction of the oil flow takes the place of a reverse gear sys- tem.

Experimental models of Rus- sell'a car, now under construc- tion, have a framework, of weld-

the women's services.--Reuter.

ed steel tubing and a plywood A

body.

A nove feature is the easily removable engine, which can be lifted out by loosening four an hour bolts. It takes only

to remove the engine place it with a new one.

and re-

RULES FOR IDEAL

MARRIED LIFE ·

London, March 26.

70-year-old woman who has just inherited her husband's entire £18,750 estate, to-day laid down three golden rules for women who want in ideally happy married life..

"Wanton

Russell's theory is ek sp Destruction"

Batavia, Mar. 26. A British military spokesman,

is being re-discussing the scheduled Indone

She is Mrs. Cupley Howitt, of Aylesford (Kent).

The rules are:

Think of other people--not about yourself.

Have children.

caste

Before

The amazing, compact tele- the bomb vision apparatus in itself was developed by R.C.A.'B laboratory at Princeton, NJ, and the bomb could be.con- trolled from either ground: or air.

The final model filmed its own progross in tests held in the Mojave Desert at night by pick- ed crews keeping the bomb un- der a "nightgown" at all times" except when in flight.

One test-model "Roe" burled itself so deeply beneath 28 feet of silt and earth that a hugo clam-shell digger took three weeks to retrieve it.

Independence If

The custom. originated in the gas is tied to the end to keep Sixteenth Century, when sailors, it clear of the water. She Wants It joyful at the news of paying-rubber was invented an inflated off, tied their polishing rage, to-sheep's kidney, silvered,

masthead.

was

300 feet,

relatively small paying-off pen- Lord *Pethick Lawrence,

New Delhi, Mar. 26. The Cabinet Mission Usually, even big shipa pen- dants rarely exceed India is already the world's However, bundles of rags so eighth industrial power. The prominently displayed annoyed or wireless and radar aerials which is now here yesterday factory system is slowly help tidy-minded captains, who le- are apt to become fouled. When reaffirmed the British Gov- ing break down the age-old vised the present form of a H.M.A.S. Australia returned to ernment's pledge of indepen- wore a denco for India if it wants it. system, but has helped long white calico pendant with Sydney recently she less to break down economica St. George's Cross at the end barriers or provide an avenue near the mast.

dant for that reason.

Some Royal Naval aircraft- Secretary of State for India, out of poverty for toiling mil-

The length of the pendant is lions. Ignorant factory work usually roughly the length of earriers have recently steamed said in a prepared statement. out of Sydney Harbour, tralling "The discussious, now to begin ers and educated Indian school the ship.

are preliminary to the setting teachers alike learn less than In the Royal Navy, ships pay a full 800 odd feet,

During the war the custom of a policy whereby the form un- native servants in larger cities, off every two years for refit, who get less than $20 a month. and the length of the pendant was not practised, for the Navy der which India can, realise her

The machine has failed to be-is proportionate to the period preferred not to advertise come the major liberating force of the commission-that is, the blatantly that cne of its ships determined by the Indians," in India it has been in Western length of the ship. plus or minus would be out of commission. nations. And most observers.yard for every month more agree that working conditions or less than two years.

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and pay are better in Euro- The pendant is worn on the pean-run factories here than in Sunday before the ship sails for those operated by rich Indians. its home port.

so full independent status can be

He added. "We believe out- selves that India will find great advantage" in remaining a member of the British Common- no desire to press India to stay in it against her considered judgment."-As- sociated Press.

RACING NEWS wealth. "We have It is worn

at

London, March 20, Vielaria Club call-over to-day on the Lincolnshire Handicap 1-10 to 1 Longton 100 to 8 Abbat offered, 11 to 1 taken.

again on the day of sailing, on entering and leaving all ports on passage, and on arrival

Lengths of ships have in-Burtis offered 15 to i taken. 100-to the home port. creased, so much during the last Prawn Curry offered, 100 to 6 Treasury half century that some pendants offered. 100 to Larette offered, 29 to

RADIO

No Middle Class ages will some day stock spare

Share your husband's in-

Those who beat love India - engines as they do batteries.

tercata. You will simply drive la and

Mrs. Hewitt kopt the rules so and it is surprising to find how have a rental engine installed while your own

sfan army evacuation of the well that her husband, a former many foreigners here hold her City of London official, said of in equal affection with their own the of Bandceng,

countries know that paired.

Ancher advantage of pres-southern part

"Her patience, forbearance, shackles of empire are only one sure drive is that the engine can which has been a scene of recent her in his will. be located anywhere in the car, trouble about 100 miles from

to the Batavia, reported most of the and loving kindness have made of many bonds that must be are as long as 800 feet. When Pffervescence offered 22 to 3 taken, 25 to WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27th, 1946 even at right angles

elvilians were evacuating to this beautiful world seem to me broken through bloodshed or one of these mammoths is used balloon file with hydrogen chassis:

Russell has three models of British controlled northern more beautiful."

southward. his pressure drive car on the Bandoeng rather than, fleeing drawing boards.

The spokesman said he was One is a roomy, streamlined sedan, with a rear seat holding shocked at the "wanton destruc- four passengers,, and three adtion" in the southern part of

long compromise before she They are can be truly free. the shackles of caste, prejudice; religious antagonism, bigotry,

Boy Asks Navy ignorance, superstition, exploi-Arab Committee

Justable chairs for the driver the city. Mostly the destruc- For U-Boat

on

not

ant.

these are chains that don't all bear the trademark, "made in tlon was in residential neigh-

Britain." could and additional riders...

London, Mar. 26. So India stands at only the It. is The second is a small two-bourhoods, which.

or. Impede British

Terry Keyes, 8, of Christchurch first of two crossroads. work seater, called "Gadabout," for handicap

forces and would only city driving and short trips.

the

(ilamshire), asked the British the second crossroads that holds the chief interest to the outside populace. framework hardship

Admiralty for a U-bont. A welded steel

The Admiralty sent him a large world, what do its signposts completely encircles the car for Among the destroyed buildings

rallway model of the German battleship say? Industrial feudalism or protection In-case-of collision. were an orphanage, a

industrial democracy? Fas The third design is an am- station and a civillan telephone Tirpitz.

Tdmiralty

this letter to clam? Communism? addressed phibious car, which will traverexchange.

India lacks now the leaven of Tho, occupation plan of the the

"I have been reading in a maga-l It is British Indian army was speed-

at up to 60 m.p.h. on the rohd and '15 m.p.h. on water.

Reconstituted

to

Ro 1 Caderace taken and offered,

53 to 1 1 Poulx Laken and offered. Kengover taken and offered 33 to 1 An- 13 to 1 Rickey offered 49 to 1 taken, Timanors offered, 13 to 1 Frosty Moon offered, 15 to 1 Eric's Folly offered, 40 bennington offered 45 to 1 taken,

to 1, Giraud offered 28 to 1 taken, 25 to

***CLASSICAL REQUEST HOUR

ZBW HONGKONG broadcast- ing on a frequency of 040 Kilo- cycles and from 12.30 to 1.39 p.m.. 6.80 to 7.30 p.m. and 9.00 to

to 40 to 1 Dijon laken, 40 to 1 Bettlement 11.00 p.m. also on 9.62 Megacycles. offered 45 to 1 taken, 45, to Beringh! H.K.T.

offered 50 to i wanted, 50 to 1 Don P12.80 p.m.-Dally Program Bazo. qualex offered se to i taken,

Grand National call-overs-7 to 9 Frice, Hevent offered: 4 10-1 taken and wanted.

20 to 1 Kandi

Poor Flame offered,

mary.

19.89 p.m.-Muals from the Fil

1.00 p.m.-News & Announcements 1.10 p.m.-Debray Eomers Band, 1.00 p.m.-Boston Fromenade Or

chiostro.

2.00 Close Down. 6.80 p.m.-Charlle Barnet & Bis Orchestra with Dinah Stora (Vocal)

1.00 p.m.-London Relay Yow, 7.15 pm. Flano laytime

BNSA

7.30 p.m.--Mustard Songs from tho

Bhāwa.

Jerusalem, Mar. 20. Jamal Hussein Bey, leader the Palestine Arab Party, and 106 to 9 Kinstone Edward offered. 160 to strone man" of Palestine Arab offered, 35 to 1 Bed Dower offered, 25 politics announced to-day the re- 1 Dunshaughlin offered, 18 to 1 Bahu constitution of the Arab Higher best offered. 8 to 1 Bymbole offered. Committee with 20 members in st to 1 Knight's Great offered, 40 to 1 atead of the present twelve, and Tushcoun-offered, MacMoffat offered, Poet Hackle offered 80 to 1∙Lovely. Cottage with an Executivo Committoo of Prince offered. Buterala offered, Domas

of to offered, Chaká offered,

Prince Fearnt, the favourite, was the Increases a six-seater, with a disappeared yesterday to prevent a recur-zine that you're sinking U-boats, a great middle class, the middle. The new constitution

the Palestine Arab only Köies backed when the Grand Nation

8.00 p.m. Ciassical Voquent Hour. al call-over whe bald at the Victoria Club ing top and a propeller enclosed rence of Sunday night's destruc- If you want to get rid of them as class that likes the riddle way years of the Higher Committee

9,00-Londen Walay-Nowis Boven Party representatives to tion and further suffering of easy as that, why not let me havo-Associated Press,

one? I don't mind if it's a blt

1.96 p.m. Borvloes Masle Hall''- in a tunnel at the stern,

damaged."

PLUTONE "DENATURED" and brings in the Arab Trade today and be wie ausported to win The price of Russal's ve- civilians.

Unionist blos, the Arab National £6.000. It opet si 4-to F: and beckerm Three weeks later to

received

0.30pm.Bingers on Farade": hicles is expected to tange from "It was decided to request e

Washington, March 20. - League of Liberation and tie ware save to continue at this price" but

9.50 p.m-Londen Falladium, Or- £200 for the Gadabout to about peaceful withdrawal (of the In an offelal-looking letter, complete

doncsians with ample warning with Admiralty crests and code Under-Secretary of State Dean Farners' Party, who have hither when to 1-came a the best offer there Ten of ne takers. The shrinkage in price represented. £600 for the amphibian. "

we partly due to the fact that- and of Acheson told the senate atomic to not been "because we did not want an-words.

the chief rivals, Chaka, is a doubtfal star 10:10 pm. Terenon Carey al

Organ. other Sourabaya. in which

The lotter, signed by an Ad anorg committee to-day that the Committee's twenty-nine mem-

to bera will be Independents.

p.m--Maslo for Danslog. am scientists have discovered how

Crees' win at Welberby on Baturday everybody suffered," the British miralty official stated: "I

11.00 p.m. Close Down. spokesman, said. British forces, commanded by My Lords Commie "denature" plutone to that its When the net: Committee meets having injured himself.aleht's The butt backed Lincolnshire horse was however, were prepared for any loners of the Admiralty to exatomie eftergy could be used only for the first time to-morrow it la caused his pries to eat serial points

plain that all surplus U-boats for industrial purposes. Plutone expected to distuls the proposal

Abbot who la Programmes marked. ENSA are oventuailty-Ansociated Press:

have boon sunk by agreement with is one of the key to atomic bomb to set up machinery enabling the favourite Langton

Araba to clock own Palestine the United States and Bussian production,

to win 25400, and Don Pasquales Entertainment by the Department of National Services Entertain Governments:

He said a licensing system is representatives to the Committesupported to win 21,000 Dilon back-recorded specially for Services, "As an exceptional monaure, under consideration for control of The Arab League Council Inst $7,000.

Rustie's price shortened to 200 toment, nieht unanimously passed a TON He is the first secured officer of however, and a mark of the tohle rammed the problem lution supporting. Errot's "nation after being apported to win 60,000, wh

Printed and pablished for the my" to be terest with which they read your One senator of the Japancao-sponsored "Indian the Indian Nations.

Entereries, Limbed by WALTER tial. The letter, My Lords have pleasure in of sharing: signie" energy gedreta diskwpirations The resolution: Simud le basked to win 20,000 and Aw National Axy" was to-day sequitted by a Cour

Windsor House). Yound; not guilty by Court Mar- findings of the court ware con- forwarding you the enclosed model with the son of the world may will be sent to all the Arab Staton slay to win g7,560 Also bad sed Proprietors Newspaper

The next ball-over for both raona will | JAMES KEATE: Marthal Sir of the German bettlölbig Firpita: be "very much simplified" if, the for ratification by their Govern-pert

Hoi Fon tial here of five charges of cruelty firmed by fr

"I am; Bir Your pedient werdenaturing process proved prae- ment, acter which it will be com

be March 18,➡enter municated to Britain Beater. alleged to have been committed in Roderick Carr.; Deputy Comman

vante-E. W. Austisch prisoner-of-war camp in Sings- der-in-Chiefkeratur,

I.N.A. Officer Not Guilty

New Delhi, Mar. 26,pore, in October, 1942. "Jemp}" Zaman Khan, a member

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