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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1940.

SERIES OF AIR DISASTERS US. Discourt's Air

SLASHING ATTACK

ON

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CHURCH

Prague, July 12.

Dr. Alexander Horak, asus- pended priest whe is a member of the semi-autonomous Slovak

declared Government,

in a speech reported" on Bratisinva" toxiny that the Catholic Hierar- ely in Czeemuslovakia are spies, -luble to severe penalties, even

depth.

He skenet them to Josef, Car- dinot Mindszenty, the Hungarian Cutbolje Pranate, sentenced 10 1 f imprisonment.

Pr Houk, speaking to the Bratislava Garson, suki: " enn Her Chanel diputary in Minds- zenty, baga ermmud who mykt be punished nerording to the law for the security of the people.

That is the whole esseure of the prewar situation. What does. the defence of the State require of the Bishops and our elergy?" 1.T Hork

that they shade svest loyalty to the Pre- girlint of “he Republic, M. Klément elettwade, a the boul of the Stele,

el sabor People's Demorabe Governant ni,"

He made a series of criticisms of the Arrbbishop of Prague, Dr. Josef Hean, and nekest: "Can a priest ut a truth priest du mirh work wiiwat - punishunen!? Soldiers who Apy for foreign countries are punished even with edarat."

that

To prove the contention the lurchy is commentand with "unfriendly foreign countries," Dr. Horak said that when the Gov- eriment and the Church Were negotiating, the day before a con- ference, an American ratio had Already announced that the Cze choslovak Bishops could not co- operate with "Bokhevist Gov- crnment."

"Moral Pressuro“

Dr. Horak sald: "It was prov- et that this report came into the hands of un American cditer through a certain high priest."

Aviation's Worst Day

Since End

Of War

PASSENGERS FIGHT ON ILL-FATED U.S. PLANE

LONDON, JULY 12.: AT LEAST 114 PEOPLE WERE KILLED OR INJURED IN THE PAST 24 HOURS IN THE WORST SERIES OF AIR CRASHES SINCE THE WAR.

The toll begon yesterday when a Junkers aircraft crashed into the sea off Agadir, Morocco, killing 18 people. The wreckage was washed ashore today.

Then an American C-54 Skymaster on the Berlin airlift crash- ed in the Soviet zone of Germany. The aircraft was found deep in a forest today. The three crew were killed,

passengers,

was clearly fareed to keep circling the airfelt.

"The machine then touched a hill some distance from the air. field resulting in the complete destruction, of the plane."

The highest death-roll of the black-letter day was near Bombay, where a

giant Constellation plunge into a hillside in a raging monsoon, killing, 45 people including 13 of America's leading journalists. From Los Angeles--this after- | she had a presentiment of die. Про £1 Whis reported that nster. Sinudard Airlines, believed to be A Bombay despatch said that carryios: about 4E

rescue workers trudged for two crashed into San Fernando Valles hours through drenching rain and ofter the pilot had radioed that torrential mountain streams to there was a violent fight on board find all the occupants burnt, muti-

Inted or and asking for police to walt at

destroyed beyond res the airport. Late figures, aut De engnifica.

rad at 28.

The plane, the “Franeker", wING chantered drum the Royað Dutel Airlines to kakt Iar party <1 Journalists to Amsterdam from a tour of Indonesia. It put theave down at New Della yesterday where they had a talk with flair Indian Prime Munster. Jawahar. lal Nehru.

The Civil Aeronautics, authority offelal in charge of the Lockhevá Mathew, said there with no indi- airport control tower, Courtney

estion that the fet fight had had anything to do with the cruals.

An injured pustengi, Ar Mary Betts, 25. of Long Beach, who was sitting directly bebind the shut where the fight svengrei), xandri:

in z

alle

Caught By Montoon

Cascade Of Sparks The plane left New Delhi nu 6 mm focal time and was to its

way to Brbay for refuelling, before heading for Cairo when ran into a monroonil belt of rain which had been dronching South. ern India stuck Moulay morning and which is still pouring down tonight.

Four mbes

from the Bombay

airfield the plane began to eirele and it was while doing ra, snil the KLM

communique. that it

Hundreds of pensants working in the rice flelds saw the crate, Another witness was the hydraulis engineer of Bombay's Municipa Waterworks

The party was taken to Indona- sia by the ill-fated KLM Con-struck the hill. The man

stellition Itoremond which crash- соп Ps way swung on his companion without jed at Hart last month warning, He bif the other man back. Thirty-thier people died in en the chin. Then the stewardess ↑ that erash,

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carried "Francker" Pame ani took the

moon on the alsle sent to the rear of the plane passengers-two of them believed to be British-and 10 crew mem- while she went forward to tell the The crash came soon after- pilot.

bers, all Dutch. the fist fight word, but

not Another Frost, said:

One hour before the circled crash, one of the men passengers crush, on fot exrited when we pusset

resasensor Miss Judith him.

The pilot tried to land at Sunts caught and alittic the airport. Then Control Tower Josi touch with him and heard nothing until the

in th

Cruz but the monsoon

He climbed

"The plane roared overhead and crashed In cascade of ht sald. - "Wreckage sparks,"

over was strewn

about. two over miles of country.

About 200 tres were burned and bodies strewed one hillside."

One woman, groaning in agony, was still alive when the first nir search parties reached the hill,

through a terrifle storm. He took engineer at a water Bombay which is about 15 tiles North of

exception to something one of the other passengers asked him and started a fight." It was stopped quickly

Mathews sold there was no Again, # "Church dignitary~ obvious reason for the crush, "The had written a letter to a Mini- weather was not bad and other ter of the Czech Government,

plones made normal approaches "Before this reached the Mints. ¡ before and after the crash." ter, is was already read in an

The plane belonged to Standard American broadcast."

Airlines.

Dr. Horak sald that the Gov- ernment-sponsored Catholic Ac tion is intended to apply "moral pressure on the high priests to persumle thein to go with the workers to build our country."

They do not want to separate themselves from the "Holy Father." No churches will be closed or priests arrested except that "all those who work against the State, even priests, must be arrested," he said.

Dr. Horak was one of a num- ber of priests who were relieved of their Church cities in June, 1948, for taking part in politics. -Iteuler.

Bombay Trogody

Near Tarbes, in the Pyrences, a Fall French plane crashed, kili- Ink a passenger and injuring the pilot,

crash in the Constellation near Bombay, the plans plung. ed into a hillside, turned over and aver

into the rice.fleide below and burned to aches. The victims included Mr. Her- bert R. Knickerbocker, one of America's outstanding journalists. A despatch from Manila said t is learned there tonight that Mrs. Dorothy Brandon, "New York Herald Tribune" reporter, refused to board the Constellation because

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Chatkopar Hills outside telephoned them to say that the great machine had crashed in the hills nearby and that he was organising a rescue party,

It is surmised in Bombay that having cleared the 3,000 feet Western Ghats between Bombay and Puma, the Constellation found reasonably clear weather

and returned over the mountaing to attempt another landing. It is

thought it crashed while proaching the airport.

A KLM communique,

Issured

in The Hague sukt: "The Frane- ker aircraft was approaching Bombay at 10 o'clock local time In heavy monsoon

weather ani

Bombay City Other search teams converged on the bill by road from nearby Santa Cruz and surrounding points.

The 13 American journalista who lost their lives were:i Mr. H. R. Knickerbocker, of Radio Station WOR: Mr. Nat Barrows, of the "Chicago Daily New Syndicate: Mr.

Bertram Hulen, of the "New York Times"; Mr. Charles Gratke, of the "Christian Selence Monilor": ¡Mr. Jahu Workley, of Time Magazine; Mr William Newton, of Scripps Ho- ward Newspaper Alliance; Mr. Tom Falco, of "Business Week": Mr. Fred Colving, of the "Denver

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Sabotage Theory

Washington, July 12.

The Stats Department apokesman said today they hava'no Information auggesting that the ill-fated ale liner which crash- ed near Bombay might have been rabotaped.

He waz. commenting on an American news agency report from Manila which quoted Mr. Willam... · Mithrawn, Arizons publisher, tia saying that. Miss Dorothy Brandon, 'bf The "New York Herald Tribune," refused to travel on the plane ba- cause it would be cabotaged.

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Mr. Matthews was a member of the party of American Journaliste but did not travel on the plange-Rawer

ATLANTIC TREATY ESSENTIAL TO PEACE STRATEGY

Miskinguunday 22

Washington, July 12.

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Approval of the North Atlantic Pact, which be call- ed an essential ingredient of the overall strategy of peace, was urged today, by Mr. John Foster Dulles, Republican foreign affairs spokesman.

Mr. Dulles paid a tribute to the contribution of the

other notions to the Pact.

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tion was never designed to marry, Dissenting Voice

"It is hardly right to treat such people as mendiemts,"

Senator Dulles, making his mud- den speech in the Senate, said geit there had been occasions since 1945 when wor had been perilour- ly close. "But there has at list big evolved a strategy for peace in the West which I and confident

Pust: Mr. James Branyon, of the "Houston Post Texas Miss Elsie Dick, of the Mutual Broadcasthig System; Mr. S. Burton Heath, rif the Newspaper Enterprise Asso- clution; Mr. George Murad, of the "Portland Oregonian":

Mr. Vin cent Maloney, of the "San Fran- elsco Chronicle",

Presentiment Of Disaster

The

Senator Dulles said that IL I important to disabuse other parties to the Treaty of any illuslint" which they might derive from the debate that the Senate interpreted Treaty as giving those countries the right to draw freely on the United States for their own inde» pendent military establishments.

Today's Seaute

Ma- opened by Senator George fone, Republican, who Opposedl the Pact on thể grounds that the financial burden involver woul

debute

wreck the cconany of the United

States.

Senator Malone contended that the Pact would support the Euro- pean economic system and extend the holitical and economic contril of Britain, France and The Netherlands where possibic.-

The party of American Journ- alists originally numbered 15. Reuter. Mrs. Dorothy Brandon of the "New York Herald Tribune" went ta Manila before the Franeker left Batavia.

The other American newampa Who left

left the party of 15 was Me. William R. Matthews of the "Ari zona Star". He told a reporter į in Manila tonight thot he und Mrs.

the plane t He decided to return home by way of Manlia.

Sinuansion left

"Mrs. Brandon would not continue aboard the plane for anything in the world because she felt a prosentiment of dis- aster," Mr. Matthews "said, In addition to the 13 journalists aboard the Constellation, other passengers were as follows:

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