1947-05-21 — Page 3

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1947.

ATOMIC POWER STATION FOR BRITAIN

On Deserted Coast Of West Cumberland

Britain And U.S. In Same Pot

Denaby, South Yorkshire,

May 10. And the United

Great Britain States are both in the same pot, the United States Ambassador to London, Mr. Lewin Douglas, at. ;

Scheme In The Discussion Stage

London, May 19.

Britain's first atomic energy power plant, to pump much needed electrielty into the country's. power network, will be built on the almost deserted coast of West Cumberland near the hamlet of Drigg, the "Daily Express' sald to- day.

Armed in a aperch today Et "Several chain-reacting unranium "engines" will

Juncheon given in hig hunour

after a visit Denby Mata Col llery, one of the oldest coal-pits

In England.

"if we were able to perform a service for the United Kingdom : during the war" the Ambassador auld, "it was not because of any

be set up, the "Express" said. They will cost an estimated £7,000,000 and top output will be about 75,000 kilowatts-enough to light a city as large as Liverpool with a population of 855,000 persons.

The Supply Minister

imaticel

sentimental attachment but for the following statement: "Pos the deep convletion, which I hold, falbly use of the former ex- that we ore in the same potplosives factory at Drigg for a

together.

"We have to remain in the same pot together, for if either of us fall out we fall into the fre 10. gether."

Mr. Douglas was accompanied on his visit to the colllery by Ford Hyndley, Chairman of the National Coni Board-Reuter.

Czech Pact

purpose

In

connection

with

atomie energy is under technical examination. No decision han been reached.“

With Poland of cooling the pile by pumping

London. May 19.

German Food Chaos

Berlin, May 19. The British and United States The plant would reacmble Military Governments tonight an- other chuig-reaction urantum nouneed that although the offlelal

The ratlon scalen for the respects.

combined piles in most principal innovation is the dis-zones are to remain unchanged, covery of a method for extract-locks of grain in the combined in surplus heat from the pile area and imports, which will

rather than rive in the next few days, will not In gaseous form

permit full distribution of the following the American practice bread ration."

The Germon Executive Com- enormous amounts of water mittee for Food and Agriculture through it.

was warned thint it must take the An impending boundary This will obviate the danger necessary steps to ensure that the contaminated į availability of rationed foods was agreement with Poland and an of dangerously alliance with Bulgaria were water flowing into the Irish Seaj maintained on the same caloric forecast by Mr. Jan Masaryk, and will permit radioactive love) throughout the area.

"This will meas Czechoslovakian

that for the Foreign elements to be dissipated harm- Minister, at a

present, at least, we may have to commemoration lessly into the air.

to order to eliminate service in Bohemala, the Prague

the abandon a common diet and allow radio stated today.

the quantity of bread and other danger

fruin of casualtica

"Ex-Commodities to vary from arca Speaking over the graves of radioactive fumes, the Soviet, Yugoslav and press sald, Drigg was chosen to area," the statement added, Czechoslovak partisans, Mr. the alte because it is in a

More Food The "The Slavs sparsely populated area. Masaryk added:

Washington, May 19. will not declare war on

recota. any- Atomle Energy Councl]

even more budy, but the fruits of victory mendation that a 20-mile-wide Germany will get gained by

Those who fought belt surrounding the plant bethan the 1,200,000 tons of food and are buried here below we cleared of human habitation can promised her in the next three shall guard as carefully as a be fullled easily at the chosen months by Mr. Robert Patterson, mother guards her child."alte, the "Express said.Unit- Secretary for War, it the present fast shipping schedules are Thin- Reuter.

talned, It was stated officially here today, Reuter,

the

eil Press,

Reuter.

Beecham Lives Up Mass Trial

To Reputation

London, May 19.

Just before his scheduled Mozart concert Sir Thomas Beecham gave his young_impresario, Harold Fielding, a bitter pill.

Over the violent protests of diminutive Fielding. he announced he was cancelling the perform- ance of the F Major piano concerto because his wife, Lady Beecham, was indisposed and could not be the soloist.

find a substitute for

to

So last night Fielding attended if he had the concert merely as one of Lady Beecham, 2,000 music lovers and informed As usual, Sir Thomas informed critics in the lobby that he and the audience of exactly what was the colourful conductor were happening, ending their professional fola- Baton in hand, he turned tionship-after one week.

the seat-holders and said: "I am Fielding's side of the story taking no riska with Mozart. was that he had advertised Bruno Walter once told me ther concerto and soloist and thougnt were only twa people who could ho ahould provide just that even play the Mozart concerto, and he

James Grigg Resigns

/

London May 10. Sir James Grigg has relinquish

was one of them,

"The combination of my wife and myself is one that cannot be duplicated In 24 hours and if she

Of Swiss

MAAS

Zug, Switzerland, May 18. A

trial on treason charges of 37 alleged members of "The League of Swin in Grea: Germany", who were known $19 "Adolf Hitler's political soldiers," began in this lakeside town to Only 25 of the accused appear ed in court. Of the remainder, two are in custody of the Ameri- cans in Germany, others Bre resident in Germany, and several

of

Surprise Attack On

Danish Newspaper seus Strike

Copenhagen, May 19.

of