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HONG KONG, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1948.

PAN-AMERICAN DISASTER

Thirty Killed In Crash At Irish Airfield

Hong Kong Rubber Shoes Banned

Manila, Apr. 16.

The importation of rubber ahoes from Hong Kong has bean forbidden as from today by order the Philippine Becretary of Finance.

The

of

order allages that

shoes from Hong Kong are being dumped and mold below the boat at the locally manu- factured - juoduct.—Reuter.

Jerusalem Oil Dumps On Fire

Jerusalem, Apr. 15.

Oll dumps of the Jerusalem Electric Corporation caught fire today endangering the city's power for light and other uses. Great tongues of flane shot 300 feet to the sky from the dumps which caught fire without explo alon or warning. Black anoke billowed to the blue sky.

The

British-financed.

power is situated near the

company main railroad station,

Prominent Indians Among Victims'

Shannon, Apr. 15. Thirty persons were killed today in the wreck of a Pan-American World Airways "Constella- tion" en route from Karachi to New York. Mark Worst, manager of the Lockhood Avia- tion Corporation base at Shannon, was tho only survivor. He saved himself by climbing through a hole in the fuselage before the plane crashed a burned while trying to land at Shannon Art from London.

The list of dead, according | to F. Tupper, Pan-American Public Relations Officer, in- cluding 14 crew, all Americans; nino American passengers, one British (a woman), five Ita- lians, one Frenchman, two In- dians, one Pakistan women and one stateless man.

Mr. Tupper sald the names of the dead would be withheld until relatives could be notified.

sald the Mr. Worst

plane came in for a landing ence, pulled out and crashed on ita second approach.

The last serious - crash at Shannon was in December, 1946 when a Trans-World plane crash- ed, killing 12,---Associated Press.

Hit Hayloft

"Thore scamed to be nothing wrong with the plane," he add- ed. "The plane began burning as It wild along the ground." Three members of one Amerl- can family, Goorgt. Aghes and Bruce Henderson, whose address was care of American' Legation, Damascus, were killed,

The passengera boarded the plane at Karachi, Damascus and London-United Press.

Millionairo Killed

Sir Homi Mebla, 77-year-old Bombay millionaire and one-time Indian representative on the Lea gue of Nations, was one of the 30 people killed.

Miss Mumta. Shahnawaz, jour- nalist and posters, of Lahure, was also among those killed.

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PICTURE OF THE DAY

Check- Point

The insistence of, the Russians on controlling traffic to and from the Western zones of Germany, from Berlin, has led to the extablishment of extra precautions by the other occupying powers.

Hera U.8. military police, with cocked carbines are seen at the U.8, check-point, Wannsee, in the U.8. Bector, of Berlin. This check-point, set up on April 3, controle traffio on the Ausslana' main motor route between Potsdam and Berlin.

RED THREAT IN ITALY OF CIVIL WAR

One of the wealthiest Parsees. The plane hit a hayloft and British army, police and fire burned so intensely that rescuers Sir Homi's vast industrial under- brigades fought the flames and were unable to remove the badles takings included textile hills and insurance companies, Last Feb. thousands of Arab residents of until some time after the crash, the urea locked on at the fire Worst sald: "The weather was ruary, his oldest son died after a

in India. which was almost certainly set bad, the celling was low and there cur accident

Five hours after the disaster, going deliberately.

WAS a ground mist. The pilot

occurred when Hagana neid

the air. The reported made one pass at the field and which pect radio from Mishmar Haemek last night then had to go around again be craft was coming in to make an

Instrument landing had cour er attacked cause another plane was taking bility the last that they

By the 30 bodies winwand had driven. Ihkarabs back..cEATION

with at least 40 deaths.

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Rome, Apr. 15.

Italian election campaign reached its climax today with a clash between Fascist remnants`

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DICTATORIAL POWERS FOR CHIANG KAI-SHEK Temporary Provision' Philippine

Urged In Nanking

Nanking, Apr. 15. While Chiang Kai-shek still firmly maintains that the new constitution must not be amended before being put into operation, Independant and Liberal delegates to the National Assembly submitted a resolution to the House this morning calling for a ravision of the constitu- tion, "during the present state of national emergency', granting supreme power to the President of the Republic.

This "temporary: provision” was signed by more than 700 delegates and is strongly supported by Mo Teh-hui, Independent Manchurion delegate, and by the Foreign Minister, Wang Shih-chieh.

blacked their

Mo, who is also one of the Vice- National Assembly yesterday Presidential candidates, said today afternoon to present an impeach- that during the period of Comment of the Anhwei Governor, munist suppression and in order General Li Ping-hel, when police to avert greater disasters the and gendarmes President should be granted dia-way about 30 yards cretionary powers provided under Assembly hall. Articles 29 and 43 of the con- Parading down the main street leading to the hall, shouting

the from

President III

New York, Apr. 16. Oxygen was tonight being administered to' Presidens, Roxas

of the Philippines stricken with a heart attack- after making

anti-...

radio

Communiat speech, a broadcast from Manila, plok- ad up here sald today,

baen The President had speaking at Clark Field, the American air base—Reuter,

Death Penalty Experiment

London, Apr. 143. Crossing Party lines, the Commons today

- and

the country

faced bills, the students were stopped overrode Government 'opposi

Shih-chleh utd the slogans and distributing hand House of

two

main tasks. They were the at the western archway, specially tion and voted 245-222 Sto Implementation of the constitu-bulit to celebrate the Assembly, abolish the death penalty for trucks murder for a trial period. of tion and the suppression of the where four huge army Communists.

were backed against their entry five years. These two tasks must be taken in a row.

ond must not conslet together with each other," he added.

tion,

In their

to the

and

*»Hm: sald · ina' plane seemed to was taken by raiçue worklist and a_fight between.Communists and polica, ut some carites, the unanimous.in their denunciation wild, jubilanco vračaly ob

When the bill becomes law, potition Assembly, the students, who said only high treason, piracy with "If the Government is bound that they represented all those violence and sabotage of Royal by the constitution It will not Nanking and Shanghal colleges dockyards will be punishable. be free to carry on Its up and middle schools coming from by death in the United King- pression..., campaign. On the Ankwei Province, demanded the dom, which had 200 capital

and

of crimes at the beginning of the other hand, if the amendment removal

prorocution Is accepted, the Government Governor LJ Ping-hat on the 19th Century.** while observing the constitu. following charges; misappropria- For an experimental Ave,year totion of Provincial funds; Harbour-period, British murderers may be will have powers to execute military campaigne" ing corrupt oficials, resping sentenced to life imprisonment, Wang pointed

out that the personal profit while accepting but not hanged. Yuna Legulative

would be in the Japanese surrender

the Cheera rang through recess most of the time and this intelligence with the enemy dur-

sustore, chamber after the un- would prove a great handicap toing the war.

expected vote. Members jumpe the President should everything Minorities' Protest -

to their fast, ed exaltedly ho. undertales

shaking hands and ratification Chipa's, laurity groups were

"papota: "in" the alrea from the burned out wreckage,

Government. must act and act of the Government at yesterday's Pan-American officials at Shan: The

served in the House. quickly without waiting for the session of the National Assembly, non told Reuter that the plane

Legislative Yuan's approval." for

Proposed by Labour members its flagrant neglect appeared to be making a normal

and seconded by Conservatives, Resolution

their welfare and interests. landing and had not radioed that

the motion The delegates

was opposed by the The amendment, calling for;

represented she was in any difficulty.

The incidents and pro- Police in jeeps conducted the "She crashed within the area

gave its rank and Ale members of the landing field, but about 1,paganda symbolised the fierce-Fascists out of the quarter after temporary provisions to be in- Mongolian, Sinkiang and Taiwan Government. The Labour Party choice, but 000 yards off the runway." ness of the closing days of the a short clash in which five per-corporated into the constitution groups, whose resentment toward of the Common trea

which would remain effective the Government

was heightened all these

Ministers of the instructed 70 Two members of the night-shift campaign

during the at the Shannon Lockhead plant

"present period of by the omission for

administra- the grounds that abolition of national crisis, was contained in border regions in the administra Crown to vote against the bill ga were the first on the scone of the

resolution placed before the Uve reports rendered yesterday death

by Mr. Chang Li-sheng,

penalty would increio, disaster.

traublesome post-war

Arab leaders sak their forces fly directly into the ground as it would enter the village at any came in on the record hour-United Press.

attempt

landing

Demarcation Of The Border

ney were Mr. Desmond Mc- Keown and Mr. George Bennell Driving home from the airport they saw the Constellation com

land, fing in to

"It hit the; ground" they told reporters, "im-

Chinese and Hong Kong representatives met at 'Shataukok early yesterday afternoon to carry out a joint survey and to restore to their ori- ginal position five boundary stones marking mediately the petrol tanks explod the boundary between Chinese territory and the Colony, displaced during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong.

The five boundary stones were, where they had originally stood. | all found not far from the places Maps were produced by the Hong

Doctors To Vote

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London, Apr. 14.

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Keng authorities showing closely possible the exact positions where the stones stood. Replacement of the displaced boundary stones will be useful in connection with the

prevention of will avoid the smuggling and

of misunderstandings possibilty arising owing to uncertainly as to the exact boundary,

ed and a sheet of flame shot up to a height of 300 feet,Reuter.

TOLD PRINCESS ABOUT IT

London, Apr. 14." Thirteen children went to Back- ingham Palace today to tell Prin-- ceas Elizabeth about their "wed- ding present holiday" in Belgium. They were children selected by the "Save The Children" Fund The Hong Kong authorities to enjoy three weeks in Belgium were represented by Mr. J. Bar- as the guests of a Belgian com- row, O.B.E., District Officer, New mittee which offered this tribute

Britain's medical profession is Territories, who was accompanied as a wedding present to the Prin-

by Mr. C.BE. Heathcote-Smith, ceas.Associated Press.

to hold a second plebiscite on Political Adviser, Mr. E, D, Stans the Government's Health Ser-feld, Superintendent of Crown advice, due to start on July 8. Lands, and Mr. L.M. Gordon- Futy-six thousand doctors will Williams, District Oficer, Tai Po

The Chinese party was headed be asked to reconsider whether

Ching-Tang, they should cooperate in the Ser-by General Hau

that the Minister of Director of Civil Affairs, Kwang- Health, Mr. Aneurin Bevan, has tung Provincial Government ut agreed that they will not be com-companied by Mr. Pan pelled to accept a basic State-Chung, Department paid salary unless they are

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relected service, under the Arabs Cut Off

diw Yorden. But on the ground that

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to

in Mantua.

Communist boss, Palmiro Togliatti, said in a newspaper article that a "relapse into civil war" might be ahead.

sons were injured.

Police Fire

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EX-MINISTER DEAD

Togliatti, writing in the Com- munist, newspaper Unito, charged In Mantun Province, in the

Minister,

de Communist - dominated north, the Print this to bring a police red twice on a Leftist Assembly providing thaberiod of Minister of the Interior, Mr. Britain's builted Pro return of "Fascist reactionary crowd trying to free arrested national crisis the President may,

Chin-hua, tyranny."

persons from the jail. Elfieen without previous authority from Education, and Mr. Ku Cheng- "This means

Again were wounded.-United Press. ortca

the

take kang. Minister of Social Affairs. Yuan, Legislative, deep laceration of the national

delegates at- Two Mongolian and protect measures to avert

the texture and a rolapsa into civil

for and tacked

Government the security of the State war. There are those who want

allow 10

them

Hove, Apr. 14nny self- people and copa with any serious failure lay their hands on our coun- |

The death of Sir Arthur Cúng. by financial

promised economic problem, government

President try and to make it a base for

provided auch mansures should

Chiang Kai-abek, They inghame Gront Duft, 87, former atomie warfare againat the

have been

the said that though the Mongolian British Minister to Sweden, was approved by Boviet Uinon,” he said.

He died on Executive Yuan;

and Tibetan Affairs Commission announced today.'| the Legislative Yuan did formulate

a political pro- Sunday following a heart attack. abrogate such stramme for Mongolia, its implyAssociated Press. may

mentation was "delayed" ngala measures; and

Thirdly, the President may, on and again."Reuter-AAF, - In Rome, for the first

his own initiative, or shall, at the since the war, Fascist fists awung

request of the Legislative Yuan, against Jews last night when 200

declare the termination of the) members of the outright Fascist

The British Government has, period of national crisis. Italian Social Movement invaded been aware for some time that Rome's ghetto quarter.

Nowhere were there Bigns of anything so serious as to threaten the whole country with an out- break.

handy.

time

Flying Arms Into Palestine

London, Apr. 15,

Secondly

The

ar

Safeguards

amendment

FALSE REPORTS

Geneva, Apr. 14.

the

TROUBLE IN. SUDAN

Khartoum, Apr. 1479- The main committee of

More than 50 Sudanese' and' United Nations Conference on police were hurt here today when contains Freedom of Information today police used tear gas bombs and

The column marched in sing. quantities of arms, loaded on aircraft In Czechoslovakia Ing the. Fascist hymn and shouting "death to Jews" From under police supervision, were adequate safeguards against any unanimously accepted an Austruncheons to break up a large cafes and bars Jews came out being secretly flown to the possible misuse of the President's tralian resolution, seeking to bind crowd of demonstrators outside

emergency powers the sponsors countries to aid against war the Governor's building: swinging chairs and anything Jews in Palestine, a Foreign polated out. The emergency propaganda and false and dis

They were protesting against: Office spokesman said today.

sentence of 18 days gool and a He was commenting on a press powers conferred on the President torted reports-Reuter.):

under the first paragraph ure

28 Ano on the Chairman of the report that five tors of, am Hmited to certain

specião objects FEDOREY RECALLED.

"Workers Affairs Association were secretly delivered to men of

and may be exercised

only in

Tripoli, Apr. 15.

Soliman Moussa,..for disturbing M, Federey, chief of the Soviet the peace "by instigating a raf last night by a pione force, last

Furthermore, the?” Czechoslovakia.

Yuan under Paragraphs two and misjon reporting on former Ita- Pointing out that this was not thres may modify or abrogate lian colonies, has been recalled to the first time that such incidents the emergency measures ordered Moscow, it was learned here to had occurred, the spokesman said by the President and may even day.

Colony's Largest Squatter Camp

the hillside to the cast of the English Methodist Church in Wanchai, on what is believed to be Admiralty land, one of the largest · Squatter Settlements in the Colony is becoming firmly established.? There are already about 150;

the Hagans, the Jewish defence cases of extreme Legislative delegates to the four-power com-waymen's' strike.”—Router.

from

that on March 81, a Skymaster terminate the period for which No reason aircraft,

with

Into

- the | |--Itouter,

was given by the United States the powers have been grantell. Russian delegates, but it was ax- markings, had landed in Prague More than 200 students at-pected that he would return soon. and had loaded

soven tous of tempted to march cargo, described as "surgical struments and small tools" under the supervision of the Czech police.

The

The Interior of all huts, except | over, states of the plane, how-l

Head in Civil † Aftales Department, Kwangtung Provincial Government,

Mr. Li On Sun-Man of the Office of the Mr. Bevan has also promised Special Commissioner for Foreign an amending Blil, which will Affairs in Kwangtung, Mr. TERDE njora?make it impossible for the Gov-Chung-chau of the Kwangtang Provincial Land Office, Mr. Wong ernment to

Kal-hau, Po On District Magis- im salaried Slate medical entrate, and Mr. Wu Hain-halung of

that they thought rice by a departmental regulation. lupe instead of by an Act of Parline the office of the Special Commramshackle huts on this hillside, those which had only been re- the cargo consisted in fact of analment

stoner for Foreign Affairs

housing approximately 700 odd cently completed and occupied, arms and ammunition, and added | men, women and children..

night they The decision on another ple- Hong Kong:

had previous Some of the huts are built of were in a filthy state. Many of Bim" and am

of the occupants were lying in bed flown to Lake Beitdorras airBeld wood, others of wood and mot- and looked, pala and wan, giving in Palestine, guided by Bares ting, while cardboard,

similar to the impression i that they were from a

from a nearby. Jewish settlement that used for partitions in offices, suffering from tuberculosis Out-

unloaded similar cargo. has been utilized in the construc- side, half felad children, with

Reports from Palestino sub-1. tion of a third type. All huts in dirty faces and hands, were play-soquently, confirmed that such aj Cairo, Apr. 15.

occupation have been- Dumbered. ing about In puddles of mud. - plane had In fact landed at the General Ismail Safura Pasha,

Of the, A number of the huts are per- the, grown ups not in bed, airfield on the night specified Inspector General of the "Arabchod precariously on the edge of some were whiting away, their Router.. Liberation Army" left here today the steep incline of the Stubbs time gambling, while others were by special plane on the order of Road end of the hillside and dur- busily engaged, cooking their the Arab League Politics Coming ophoon weather, these huts morning meal in chattles outside

to relleve Fawad El Kauk would in 11:

To the rear of the

or of the hill, amid Stubbs Rondi by. Haganah ;) forong`izi a, village The sanitary conditions are do the ruins, of what was formerly near Jerusalemen

The Committer met to consider plorable and even as one turne portion of the Naval Hospital,

the earner of the pathway from work is

watch, was described by a spoke of the hill,

an appalling stench man Perilical”.

alls the nostrifiko [[Mekrashy Pakia," Egyptian Pra, por GEISTARA mitar aliended for the first time Filthy State

-Hlidis: State service was taken tonight Sanatky, the Council of the British -002-Medical: Alsaciations--Reuter...

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Opening Of ©lg\Néw Ööitan: brand:~2000-Arab troops cut⋅ of fall:infobability collapse and the huts,

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Four-Year Plan For H.K. University

London, Apr. 15.

| University": facilities for Hong Kong are to be restored" as "rapidly as possible to what they

DAYLIGHT SAVING= FOR JAPANE

Tokyo,, Apt.-15.* „Daylight saving: Aime" will: 66 Instituted in Japan for the fireE time beginning on May 18 and lasting until Sept. 11, the Japana ese Government announced for day. The object. is to promoja working efficiency as well as to make full use of daylight, it was stated.

Experts believe that the Y month, daylight saving campaign. will résult in, a saving of thự months power supply for country,Reuter;"

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s were before the Japanese attack,. Announcing this in the House ture of £88,000. As this involyan kotak tyde attends of Commons the Secretary, afged much-anenclal nauistance from of Japan sớc tha: Bị China, đượ:224) State for. the Colonies, Mr. Arthur Britain. the, achama wun, deterred: trough between theer antlerslop, extende CreechTonne said that honours But since 1940 progress, has from, iniand along the Chiam conette Course in arts and science will boen made in restoring buildings weakening deprices over. W. Moseb sgain be offered as from Septem and equipment. Students are now with morning.net Durban, Apr. 10, Mr. Gandhi, son of the murder ber this year. More medical ahulted to Arst and Mahatans, will lead about ton students will be admitted and clamesson

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