1948-07-30 — Page 7

*

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1948.

CHEMICAL WORKS DISASTER TAFT ATTACK ON

Hundreds Killed In German Explosion

Long-Term View On Producers

London; July 20.

The policy of the British Government. is to give to pri- mary producers, particularly those in the Commonwealth, long term securlly rather thon merely offers of high prices for their products, the Food Minis ter, Mr. John' Strachey, sald today.

the

Mr. Strachey addressing Royal African and Royal Empire Societies, said that it was found in actual practice "that security over is number of years appeals

far more to primary producers than very high prices for a short period with the threat of ruin ot the end of it.

Deadly Gases

Gases Generated:

Town's Centre Blasted

Ludwigshafen, July 29.

A terrific explosion tore the heart out of the giant sprawling I.G. Farben chemical works here yesterday, killing an estimated 600 people and injuring 1,600 others, blasting this Rhine bank town and wreaking havoc in the city of Mannheim across the river.

Rescue workers in gas masks fought their way into

the smashed and burning workshops through a dense chemical cloud, said by some to con- tain deadly phosgene gas. Explosions con- tinued through the night.

Japanese To Build Ships.

New York, July 28. Mr. J. Lewis Luckanback, President of the American Bureau of Shipping, announa-

Some Frenchmen were among the injured, 1,200 of

whom were rushed to

ed hospitals at Ludwig- shafen, Mannheim, Heidelberg, Speyer and Karlsruhe.

"It is within

our Common- wealth that we can most casily carry out the urgent behests of

A1 8.00 p.nt, huge flies were Sir John Boyd Orr and Food and Agricultural Organet still raging and many people, tion of the United Nallons to intrapped in the area, are feared

dead in the spreading fires.

the

erense the world production of tood.

breas und the vast

-over which we have authority."

-Reuter.

inuts, occupying an area of seven square miles, were destroyed.

Still other Germans,, held back by French gendarmes and Ger- The explosion took place in the man police, waited forlornly out- chlorethyl factory me the works. side the works' entrance in the

they might walled shortly hope that

Warttine strea

local

returned home

receive

from

after the blast shook the area, word of a father or brother who Warning the

people that has not deadly phosgene

had been work sel free

told

"Neither the native people for the world as a whole will toler- ate any failure to develop at the maxbhum practical rate the vast

FUS population

An eye-witness, who visited the Ludwigshafen looked as

Reuters: if scene afterwards," hard suffered a heavy air raid, "All along the way I met with with badly injured people stream-green, yellow, blue or white faces ing with blond lying in the workers from the Farten works streets, Extensive fires could be who had been drenched in vari-

Mannheim

by seen In

theus colours

the explosion. Rhine Immediately after the ex- Many streaming with blend."

Like Atom Bomb plosion occurred,

Apart from the police, head- There is not a whole winduw quarters, Ludwigshafen is cut off in Ludwigshafen tonight, and communications many windows from telephone

broken in with the outskie world. The ac-Mannheim. Many roofs had!

Shake-Up In Greece Wanted

American

Athens, July 20.

recommendations

across

nre

today that the Bureau plans to send a technical sur- veyor to Japan because it ex- pected early revival of ship. buliding thers under United States Government auspices.

He reported to the semi- annual meeting of the organ- isation's Board of Managers that the Burnari's burlness in foreign ports "considerably DXcceded"

expectations volume.—United Press.

PRESIDENT

Washington, July 28.

The Chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Com- mittee, Senator Robert Taft, said today that President Truman's 'recoll of Congress was only a "political manoeuvre,“ He said the President did not want to reduce prices before the elections.

Senator Taft snid Mr. Truman's altempis to blame the Republicans for high prices vere "demago- Every." He charged that the Do- ninerats themselver were respons ible because of their spending programmes.

Senator Taft renewed, earlier charges that the President'a anti-inflation programme would mean adoption of "police state" methode. He seld it would have only these results:

of increasing it and increase black 1. "Choke production" instead market activities cimilar to those

of

The House Republican leader, found under the old Office

Price Administration programme. Representative Charles Hofleck,

2. Little men" struggling in- sold that Mr. Truman was guilty

g חסותה

the

of "vicious and completely un-nettely with a job of crono- justified altack on Congress." He

nic control Henough to do."

which "nobody knows Luid the altack was "obviously so political and so petty as to reduce would fall becvise neither policy 3. Price control and rationing further his already rapidly dis- could work in the United States Eppearing support people."

in peace time. *The

Serator Taft said President Prealdent does not lark

"ruman the power to reduce prices," said

was only asking for Senator Tafi. "The fact is, ho

price and wage control powers doesn't want to reduce prices--because he knew that "no ren- certainly not before election. Heonable man would give him such wants votes from the farmers for power. He added that he be

lieved farm prices. He

the President knew wants votes fro

would not be granted and that from the workman for high. Mr. Truman's stand was a "com- wog.co."

plete surrender” to those "so Halleck criticized the President's empted to stray away to support

Henry Wallace."-United Press. fakture to consult Republican leaders before recalling Congress and for announcing his move from the platform of the Demo- cratic National Convention ut Philadelphia.

Both Senator Taft and

Rep.

"Police State" However, they both said Con- gress would do "whatever may be found necesrmy" to handic SOTTOTITTÜsses 'problems of an einergency nature.

DANUBE CONFERENCE EXPECTED TO FLOP

London, July 28,

Diplomatic circles in London today were extremely sceptical of the chances of success of the Danu: bian conference, due to open tomorrow in Bel- grade. which

tual centre of the explosion is been taken off by the blast, doors for Greek Army rearganisations inaccessible because of the and window frames torn out. met stiff opposition in the thick smoke and gases, poltee Factory buldings immediately Greek Supreme Defence Coun- headquarters stated."

around the site of the blast are ell, it was learned today from Fire brigades and police rein- heavily damaged. Over the area authoritative sources.

forcements were rushed from all hangs a caustic smell that the parts of the Palatinate and Ren-caused people to talk of phos-

These sources

said

military

In addition

to

EMBARGO ON TONY BROOKE

London, July 20.

It

The reason for the embargo on Mr. Anthony Brooke, nephew of the former Rajah of Sarawak, visiting Sarawak "still holds. good."

Mr.

David Rees Williams, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, said this in a Parlia- mentary reply today.

11

He was not ablo to say when would be lifted.

Sir Thomas Moore, Conserva- tive:

"Are the Government so distrustful of their policy or so uncertain of its result that they are frightened to let this young man go back to his own people?

It may be

expediency; it is democracy." Mr. Rees Williams said the matter was fully debated on Feb.

not

United States

in the French Zone gene, ano chemists employed by States, Britain and France, the mission nish-Hesse

the United As a result of the recant So- had been asking for the replace- and from

Mannheim

vlet blockada in the the factory think it may be that.

of river traffic ment

of Lieutenant General American Zone.

coming from the American-oo- Rescue squads are working with conference will be attended by Panos Kalogeropatous, who com French security forces here took pa nasks and oxygen apparatus. representatives of six total- cupied zones in Germany

and randed the six divisions which part in the fire fighting and All police and ficemen have beentarian countries-the Ukrainie, Austria, all Central European and the Government's reasons Legan the Mount Grammos apere clearance work. People in Mann-issued with gas masks as a pre-Rumania, Hungary, Yugoslavia,

countries have been deprived Elven Reuter. tion against the Greek Etterillasheim found glass falling in show-caution. more than five weeks ago. The ers about their heads and saw operation is now

now said to be far buildings across the river burst- behind schedule.

ing into flame.

The Amerleans have also re- quested shake-up in the Air Ministry, including the replace ment of a number of non-flying -officers.

While highly praising fying personnel the

Americans consider the Ministry's direction "ineffective."--Associated Press.

Seven Miles Of Destruction

Bmoke from the

burning

buildings billowed over the city, almost obscuring the sun, while bull-dezers and tractors ram-

this ideal river link with Southern tria.

Germany and Aus

་

Well-informed British circles

request by did not see how the Russians Greece to be allowed to parti- would agree to lift the blockade cipate in the conference has caus

PREMIERE OF "HAMLET"

New York. July 28. Arthur Bank's office announced

Czechoslovakia

of Austria, and An American corporal who the latter country being repre- was at a firing range outalde of sented by an observer, Mannheim, nine miles from the

A last zcene, told Reuter's correspon.

minute dent that he looked up when he heard the blast and saw a certain embarrassment in Erion the Danube. In view of the fast ing into the sky, June xetish circles since Greck participa-that Danubian cour.tries had been tonight that "Hamlet" will make tion had not been provided for informed that they were not to its American premiere on Aug. 18 ald the flow of American goods at Boston without a single dele- Danubian conference signed by under the agreement on

on the river, the United States, Britain and France on Dec. 7, 1946.

"Just like a picture of the atom bomb."

the

tiou,

Many miner explosions scatter- med their way through tho Jed burning rubble here and there shambles in an effort to block throughout the ravaged area. A

It was, therefore, forecast that

Runk A spokesman for the the spreading flames,

the whole Danubian affair would organisation sald which German doctor found 症 man

both Boston be transferred to a Foreign Min- City censors and the Massachusetts The object of the conference isters' conference, at which have already swept through pinned hopelessly beneath wreck- three miles of buildings along age, and out off the man's feet will be to make navigation

the State censors approved the pic- with an ordinary corpenter's saw the Danube "as tree as on the tile risk of finding themselves in that there would be exceptions to the Ahine bank.

on Western Powers would not run ture without cuts despite reports A weird, almost ghostly, group A fireman said that four of 80 sea," to quote Mr. Ernest Bevin's the Frankfurt, July 28. of workers, covered by methyl men who worked in the machine own declaration on the subject Presse.

minority.--Agence France-scenes and dialogue, Asociated Otto Skorzeny, who organised violet dve scattered over a vast shop were still alive, trapped in during the Paris conference in

October, 1948.

ESCAPEE LEFT A MESSAGE

GruesomeTM Story

Mussolini's escape during the war aren by the explosion, were the smouldering buildings. and who himself, escaped from wandering helplessly amid the Darmstadt Internment camp yen-runs, dazed and aimless.

A total of 3,500 river craft, American Army 10-ton trail-2,400 of which belonged to ripar- terday, left a message to his forin- They cave no attention at ali er adjutant, interned in the me to the desperate struggle of thers and large lorries were being in countries, were using the ferried across the Rhine tonight, Danube before the war. Naviga- hospital,tion between the western and

camp, stating that he would American and French Zone Are removing wounded to shortly send a letter to the de-fighting units bottling 100-foot while Army lorries and ambul-eastern portions of this vital, nazification court, which was due fiames which threatened to touch ances

from Heidelberg and waterway in Central and Eastern

Were operating plosive methanol.

a Europe has practically been halt- shuttle service across the river. ed since 1945.

to try him, explaining the rea off a 400-cuble metre tank of ex- Mannheim sons for his escape.

Hils former adjutant

was re- A director of the Farben plant,

white-capped Ger- and doctors from

ported to have refused to escape busy co-ordinating the efforts of busionds of

The French authorties Bent with him. Agence France- the fire nighters, estimated that man nurses Presse

125 of the huge plant's 500 build- Kaiserslautern, 20 miles away.

An eye-witness told a grue- esma story of the headlese

A UNIFIED CURRENCY FOR GERMANY

Berlin, July 28.

Berliners, always observant in those trouble- some times, have not failed to notice during the past few days that the now Soviet banknotes are called "Deutscho marke,” just the same as the so-called "Clay marks." And, just as the latter do, they bear the word "bank-

note."

This similarity in wording not been said regarding the has led certain circles to ex- establishment of single cur press the opinion that all has rency, not only for Berlin, but

for the rest of Germany.

CLOTHES

"DOWN POINTED"

bodies of victims hanging from the windows of the plant. Other reporta sald tho blast caused a wall of the factory to collapse, crushing an extimated

200 people.

burns,

སྒྱུ

British Claims In Siam

Bangkok, July 20.

The British Commonwealth

the Claims Committee announced

Although March 31,1849, has

According to plant records, 16 people were working in buildings when,

that claims against the Siamese it is thought, a spark in the gas filled room ignit-government under the terms of ed the explosive mixture. A Far- postwar treaties may now be ben official said he believed the lodged." explosion originated in the small building used for the manufacture been set as the deadline for Aling of ethyl chloride. One Farben

reen claims, claimante workman, whose bonds

are urged to bandaged for

were complete their forms as soon as sald he possible in order to allow ample thought the Are started in an time for examination, reference employees' locker room.

back to

to claimants where neces- Large numbers of people were stry, and for transmission to the reported to have had their arter-

Siamese Government. les cut by glass or damaged by Property claims to be covered the extreme pressure.

Highly inflammable chlorethyl under terms of the formal agree

are "as in respect of property gas is used as a narcotic in zur- ment between the United King- gery and is formed by a com- dom, India und Siam, dated The Economic Commission en-chloric acid.

bination of alcohol. and hydro-January 1, 1940, and, of the final I trusted by the Soviet with the

peace agreement between Aus- exchango of the old

Chomical Octopus stamped

italia and Slam, daed April 3, Sovlet zone marks for the naw, Phosgene, 0

1040." United Prera. Deutsche mark have been over-might have been produced by the whelmed.

explosion through the chlorine In the Leipzigerstrasse, for in- and carbon of the chlorethyl com stance, a crowd of at least 10,- bining with the exygen in the air.

persons walted in front of The

contributed a

a great before each person was part to the Nazi war machine. Even before 1030, It controlled

This opinion is shared among certain German clrcles in clos touch avith the Soviet military administration.

poisonous 煤虚报。

the exchange burem for over ten along Farben "chemic-

able to exchange his notes.

al

Strike Violence In Ohio

Dayton, Ohio, "July 20. Seven were 'Infüred· În

tho

London, July 28. Shoes, bathing suits, leather clothing and children's rain- coats will come off the clothing ration in Britain on Aug. 9. 000

Announcing this in the House of hours Commons today, the President of the Board of Trade, Mr, Harold Wilson, sald the Government was

Shveral hundreds of thousands the total German production of third consecutive day of violence anxiqua to abolish clothes ration of Berliners had to spend days chemical products and about 65 at the gates of the atrike bound fing completely as soon as circum- and nights out of doors has per cent of German synthetic plant of Univis Company.

stancas permitted..

cause they were unaware of the nitrogen.

Five Injured, including two There would be no increase in bureau and in what district they Later, its complex network of officials of

the, striking ©CIO` clothes coupons for the

were supposed to change their companies och

ochloved even a larger

rer Ualted Electrical Workers Union, ration period beginning Sept. 1, notes. This was admitted by the control of production. but a variety of, gunds, much as Socialist-Communist party's presa

Twenty-three of the vast com- between 150 police

suffered head injuries in a baille 200 *mon's suits, curtain

policemen and bino's directors are today await-pickets are being sheets and woollen garments had The period for the exchange Ing verdicts in their trial which beed down-painted" and would of the notes will not be extend-began last September on charges ed in hospital for injured hands. Two policemen are being treat, «requires less coupons:

ed; the offices will close today, of taking part in war crimes and Five injured union members A'man's suit, for example, will according to the Soviet-licensed giving substantial and sustained along with three union require 20 coupons instead of 28 A. D. N. news agericy...--Agênée ald" to the Nazi war machine.pathisers were arrested by

Bym- Cas At present-Router;"

Franco-Presse,

Houter.

police.----United Press.

nax!

materials. service.

Press

TO

MANILA

by Flying Clipper

The comfortable

Sleeperette way

⚫YOU RELAX in Pan American's exclu- sive Sleeperette* (no extra fare). Your roomy chair-lounge is foun-soft... adjusts at button-touch to`a- restful bid length. You arrive fresh for work or fun. YOU GET tradicional Clipper service delicious food, assistance with all travel details, including passports.".

Fast flights

from

HONG KONG

every Sunday Tuesday Wednesday

Gloucester Hotel, Hong Kong • Phones $1166—38199 Peninsula Hotel, Hong Kong • Phone 38081, Eur. 5

PAN AMERICAN

WORLD ALWAYS

the

"Trade Mara Pan Amreican Aberats, 190,

Tathay Pacific

"THE AIRLINE OF THE ORIENT"

SPEED

COMFORT SAFETY

Departures every Monday & Friday BANGKOK-SINGAPORE DIRECT CONNECTION

for

BANGOON & CALCUTTA

overy MONDAY Frequent Flighta for MANILA.

HONG KONG TO SYDNEY Next Flight-14th August Passenger Booking Agents

P. J. LOBO & CO., LTD., Chater Road Tels, 81102 & 31400 Fin. Office. Tel. 60250

S.

A. C.

SIAMESE AIRWAYS COMPANY, LTD. SPECIAL REDUCED RATES

For the benefit of travellers and business- men, S.A.C. have further reduced their air- passage fares from HONGKONG to BANG- KOK, PENANG and: SINGAPORE to the lowest minimum. Kindly ring up 24292 for detailed information.

For Further Particulars Please Apply

General Agents:-----

SOUTH EAST ASIA TRADING CO., (SIAM) Ltd.

69, Connaught Road, West.

Bookings Agenta: Auw Pit Bong Trading Co., Ltd Chiang Huat Hong

Tal. 24292

10, Pedder 8t, Tal. 26789 8, Connaught Rd., W. Tel, 27801

BRAATHENS

·SOUTH AMERICAN & FAR EAST AIRTRANSPORT A-S

SAFE

EN-HAT

LAURIOUR"SKYMASTER POUR ENGED PLANES NORWAY-EUROPE & BONG KONG.

HONGKONG-LONDON

VIA AMSTERDAM

BOOKINGS ACCEPTED FOR ANY EUROPEAN DESTINATION NO PRIORITIES BEQUIRED

EXFECTED DETABTURES FROM HONGKONG:

1st AUGUST

6th AUGUST -

15th AUGUST

Passage & Freight Bookings Apply tosi

WALLEM & CO.

Agenta:20

Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Building - This: #4X77-20 Chinese Freight: Agents:"/ THIN FAT & 40. Tél. 25448