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THE "CHINA" MAIL, THURSDAY," NOVEMBER 24,-1940.-1/

MIRACULOUS Villagers Lay

ESCAPE IN

IN PLANE

ACTRESS SNUBBED BY STAR

London, November 22, The Austrian-born British actor, Anton Walbrook, con- firmed today that he had re- fused to appear in a new film, "Dice Of Fate", with the Czech-born actress Lida Baarova, "one-time favourite of the Nazi Pro- actress paganda Minister who was so closely concerned with the Nazis."

"Oslo, November 22,

It was confirmed late this afternoon that there was only one survivor among the passengers of the ill-fated Dutch Dakota plane which crashed into a hillside in Southern Norway. The Dakoto was found today after being miss- ing since Sunday.

The survivor is a 12-year-old boy, Isaac Allal, who

was found injured and wedged between two seats in the tall of the plane. Near him were the bodies of numerous other Jewish children and six adults.

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On the way to hospital in an forest trees. It ploughed through ambulance, Allal told doctors the trees and finally toppled into and nurses who accompanied explodeit, Fire then

astone quarry where the engine |

swept The him that he believed everyone fuselage, trapping those on board, cise in the plane had died im- mediately it crashed.

He constantly referred to the plane having gone "round in circles".

"A Miracle"

Walbrook satel that when ho

The lost message from the plane i was introduced to Jada Baarova

was received at 6.02 p.m. on he responded, "I do not know this

Sunday, when the pilot radioed Jady," and lett the pity

Fornebu airfield that he Was He retuner bastily from Gor- Taken to Drammen Hospital, only a few miles off and was. many last Saturday after break-Allah was given a detalled medical preparing to land. ing off negotiations for the film. examination. Hia Injuries ap- Latest reports tonight maid that! Walbrook sad it was absolute-peared to be superficial-a deep Allai is lying in a private ward ly true that this was the renauticut over his right eyo and scrot-in Drammen Hospital (near Oslo), for his return to Botain. Therefches on his face. had been no dismite about finan- cial arrangements

"It whe nothing to the money," he said.

The

shy in his stran

strange surroundings The bodies of 25 children and and not speaking much, with six adults from the crushed plane were brought down the hillside to Elgton farm tonight.

The 48-year-old star, born Anton Wilhelmu Wohlburek, son ní

Work had to be stopped be- of a Viennese eleven, sute that it

VAUSC of darknera and dificult ix

Par les 115" territory. to vurly

Tuture ploris,

miule alternative but he hopes

Gun were set to watch the to make mothernachlue and the remaining bodies

filtr semel. Reuter

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Landorg Nevcumber 22. Israel shopstig presentatives

will be brought down tomorrow.

Asked For Food

taken

doctor

Bald In charge that he has only superficial in- juride and that ho does not to be depressed or suffers .COM ing from shook. He is only ex- pected to stay in the for two or three days.

hospital

Then, he will go to the Grefsrud Children's Colony ut Holmestrand to join other Jewish children who arrived carlier

U migration scheme.

"Ghost"

Brasparts, Brittany,

November 22.

Two hundred Villegers, armed with shot-guns and pitchforks, helped the police fast night to lay the "ghosts" haunting the farm-house of m tarmor, Henri Jatro.

Tha anti-ghost" patrol caught the farmer's wife and daughter who confessed that they haunted him so as to

care him off drinking.

Jaffee had complained to the polios that he bad haard mysterious knockings, inviat- ble hands had tugged at klu daughter's hair and that stones came frem nowhere and hit him.

The mother and daughter are to be summoned

creating ■ mischief.

for

A local genderme said, "Jaffre does not acom to be curad. He will believes the hould haunted."-Router.

"PRAVDA" JOINS IN THE FUN

The

Moscow, November 22.

Communist

Party newspaper "Pravda" today attacked the American Legion for urging a U.S. blockade of Red China.

"They are not frightening any- The Colony is equipped with "ne." It said of the Legion, on urganisation of American Ex- All the bodies

down sick rooms and medical staff and Servicemen. trus the hill were Inid out in Allai will

be well

looked after. "ws in the farmer's big barn.

One of the two woodmen who (The American Legion and only a few were completely char-round him sald late tonight. "It other U.S. groups have urged the take forceful was a perfect miracle to see the United States to most-boy alive in the wreck."

action to free Mr. Angus Ward their It is believed that Alini

Chinese Communist gaol was from t bodies unconscious for a time after the in Mukden).

more crash and then

probably slept "Pravda" also rum A story of Wero B he sat in the plane,

red.

are negotiatine tanation for the

The children's faces were purchase of five passenger-enrgy;

"Although uninjured. shups of l

Totul ptice of att ly £2.000.000. #corching Ko the bodies were twisted. The 1 b[ ther of the adults were much shipping corespondent "News Chronicle roday.

bruslly

adly damaged, and some R expected that the vessel unrecognisable.

His shorts and shirt were soak-China's economic future. wald uly between Britain writ All the children hud closely ing wet when he was found.

In the development of Chinese Northern Barogan

and cropped heads and wore shorts porta

He told nurses at the hospital economy, it declared, attention istaet

and short socks.

that all he wanted was to go to should be given to heavy Indus- the Childreg's colony and asked try us the base of the nations several times, "Is the school for industrialisation. Boone from here?".-Reuter.

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it took the stretcher bearers 90 minutes to oross the diff cult territory from

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of the crash to the farm where the bodies were assembled. The body of a little girl was found just beside

Allal when he was rescued.

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Alial pleaded for food. They gave him chocolates, oranges and. fruit juice.-

the Hildine Martineen,

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Hollywood, November 22.

A Japanese screen netress, Kinuyo Tanaka, toured the film studios today and pre- sented Esther Williams with kimono from Miss Williams' movie fans in Japan. She also lunched and chatted with

Alla, kept alive through the number of other stars,

nights bitter winter

heat by from the ashes of the burned wreck, was brought round by slaps on the face from his res- cuera. Quickly reviving he danced jig and throw his arms round the nearest person. Babbling citedly in French he guiped down chocolate and fruit juice.

The actress prominent In Japanese time for the part 30 years, is on à goodwill tour of the US. with General Dougins MacArthur's permission.

Miss Tanaka arrived on Mon-

day night by plane from Hono- ex-lulu. She plans to remain in Hollywood for one week, then fly to Washington to meet Pre- sident Harry Truman. She is to return to Japan on December 14mAssociated Press,

The two rescuers, wading knee deep through boggy land to reach the Daiteta, themselves had a narrow escape fust before, rdach- ing the scene of tragedy, A huge rock broke loose from the hillside and hurtled down, just missing them.

was

Martineen Raid that the tall was the only part of the plane not burnt-out.

The Dakota had hit the Hill side none first and the whole front smastod up," he said. were bodies "Several charred around the plane, apparently thrown out by the

the explosibti, was also surrounded by a glow ing heap of ashes," :

Experts,

reconstructing the erash, think that the Dakota, which was trying to land at Fornebu airfield in mist and rain. cought a wing-tip in the tall

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London, November” 22. The retiring Portugueso. Am- bassador in London, the Duke of Palmella, called on Mr. Ernest Bevin, the Foreign Secretary, at the Foreign

Office

today. The Duke, who has represent- ed his country In London for the past six years, has resigned his appointment for private reasons and is expected to return to Lis bon within the next fortnight- Reuter..

METEOR CRASHES IN MANOEUVRES

Stamford, November_22. An RAF Meteor jat Bghter making a 'mock attack crashed into a column of army tanks and mobile vans here today.

The Moteor,, taking part in a 3,000 man: Army-Air Force exer- cise, came in too low and Its Wingtip brushed the last tank in the column. The pilot was killed-Associated Press,

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