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MORE PAY FOR BRITISH Westerling off for Holland SERVICEMEN ANNOUNCED: CONSCRIPTION EXTENDED

́London August 30.

British. Servicemen are to got more pay, and compulsory national servica (conscription) in the armed forces is to be extended from 18 months

to two years.

Indonesia

to press her claim

Ma'and, Java, August 30.. Despite Australian opposition, Indonesia is to press her claim

These measures to build up Britain's defences were announced by the Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, in a nation-wide broadcast tonight.

From September 1 a Private soldier and his oqui- valent ranks in the Navy and Air Force will bo paid 49 shillings a week instead of his present 28 shillings. Ho will be able to earn as much as 56 shillings to 80s. 6d. wookly after gaining proficiency awards. Increases for NCO's will range from 21 shillings a week for Cor

to Le Dutch half of New pornls to twice that amount for Guinea, Dr. Soekarno, Indo-senior NCO's. nesian President,,said today.

Soekarno told a mass meeting of 10,000 people here that when Indonesia meets the Dutch on September 30 to decide the future of the colony, she will lay abso- lule claim to the Dutch half.

Increases for oneers from the most Junior rank up to Brigader or his equivalent will range from 82 to £148 a year. For a Se- comi Lieutenant this, will mean pay at 178, 0d, a day instead of the present 135. a day.

would add about 77,000 trained men to the British forces over the next six months.

The Army would get an extral 55,000, the Air Force 18,000 and the Navy 4,000.

hero Authoritative quarters estimated that the new pay in- £30,- creases would cost about 000,000 annually but a substantial amount would come brick to the The women's Services will get Government as Income tax which increases amounting to about muny of the lower ranks

will three-quarters of those for men.now pay for the first time.

Soekarno sald: "Australian Foreign Minister Percy Spender A fully proficient Private The additions to the three Ser- says thut West New Guinea under soldier will, with the new in- vices, it was pointed out, would Indonesia will be a threat to crenses, have about £4, 0s, 6d. a be of particular help in strong- Australian defence. I do not un-week for himself after he has thening garrisons overseas derstand that.

Leen fed, clothed and housed. in the creation of reserve forma- This will make him better off tions behind thern in Britain. than the average civilian worker for the figure is exclusive of marringe or children's allow.

"Spendier says the people of East New Guinea and West New Guinen are the same, agree. Spender says, therefore, that West New Guines must not be incorpo- rated in Indonesia.

ances

Volunteers for Royal Air Forces air-crews are to be at- "The Portuguese could say the

tracted to short-service engage same about their part of Timor.ments with offers of gratuities at The British could say the sun the end of their service of £200 about North Bornea. We could to £1,500 for officers and £320 say Portuguese Timer. British to £800 for Other-Rock pilots North Bornea, and Australian and navigators and £136 to £400 New Guinea should be part of the for air-crew signallers, engineers Indonesian Repubile because the people are the same in the ad- and gunners,

the An extra six months in joining area.

18-year-old Forces for Britain's couscripts has been foreshadowed since the Government announced Ita £3,400,000.000 defence plan last month.

"I stress that this is not what we want. We want only the ter- ritory of the former Netherlands East Indies."-Associated Press.

MRS DE HAVILLAND COMMITS SUICIDE

Lodon, August 30. 35-year-old widow of Geoffrey de Havilland, famed British test pilot, took her life in a hotel where she and her husband once stayed,

The

own

Log in recruiting

As Mr. Attico said in Ha for broadcast tonight recruits Britain's regular Faro-E have not been coming forward, In

Melent numbers.

He appealed to British youth to come forward for service "to your country and to the cause of world peace."

and

The period of extended service, the official paper stated, will apply to those still serving an October 1, 1050, or vere, called up thereafter.

No indication was given on the The

duration of the new scheme, but the official paper observed, "It is the Government's hope that as The

the regular component. of the Services increases, it will be possible to review again the length of full-time national sez- vice."

But it arided that the results the review must depend in main upon developments in International situation.

The Government paper for that recruiting figures first half of this year showed continued downward drop,

Effect considered

the the

Captain Turco Westerling (right), and his friend John Theleson are pictured here in the plane at Kallang airport, Sngapore, as they await the takeoff. Westerling was leader of the rebel "Heavenly Host" in Indonésia,Associated Press Photo..

Fantastic speculations

on H-Bomb

effects

New York, August 30.

radio-activity of H-bombs has been the subject of fantastic specula-

tions.

many

the face

Soviet delegation

greater H-bomb will not extend 10 of the earth dangerous to Assembly

can

goal. H-

only authoritative predictions are that radio- activity is a matter of much uncertainty, but that probably it will not have a greatly wider range than the A-bomb. In

One speculation is how other words, the radio-|

from 11 activity

thousand-fold H-bombs would cover

with lines further than the blast, and amounts of radio-active said 30 times farther than the feat The only measuring rod is "The

Moscow, August 30. theash.

Effects of Atomic Weapons," pub The new bomb will have all Itshed this month. That n

The American Embassy in report the radio-activity of the A-bomb, says it would take 1,000,000 A-] Moscow said today the Soviet plus its own. The gamma rays of bombs to cover the earth. And Union has requested visas for the A-bomb flash are fatal in the they must be exploded within a the first group of members of open at half a mile. They will comparatively brief time.

the Russian delegation to the "In reaching their declalon sa extend the period

Colour cause deaths of persons fully ex- of

For the purpose of dusting the United Nations General Assem- service, the Government, have posed to theth at about one mile.

and whole earth with radio-activity, bly meeting at New York next cause sickness considered the affect upon In They will

loss of hair the H-bomb is much more efficient month. dustry of keeping some 77,000 maybe temporary

than an A-bomb, if an aggressor the at a mile-and-a-quarter. National Service man in

the chooses this fantastic Beyond those distances

Western observers here sald it Forces, the paper sald.

be inade of is likely that either the Foreign. More recruits were needed for

"Serious though their 1935 is at gamma rays fade quickly. The bomb covers

sus Minister, Mr. A. Vyshinsky or his the regular and territorial (parl-

a time when additional Lurders unknown question is how much made of metals specially time) service and he announced

H-bomb. This ceptible to becoming radio-active first deputy, Mr. Andrel Groms ko, will head the delegation, but there that the Royal Air Force would are being placed on industry, the farther for the

imhey

4 nothing definite on this yet. follow the decision of the Army men thus withheld from Industry new bomb will produce immense in the explosion,

be spared quantities of gamma rays. and Navy in postponing the re- are young and can

with less diMculty than those of cess. The first step is release of the fusion pro- are created during

(Mr. Vyshinsky has been out lease of some regular Servicemen.

of the Soviel foreign affairs longer Industrial experience," it cess.

second "Our immediate need is for a

The metal specifically mention- neutrons by fusion, the

melight for some time, with Mr. greater number of fully trained added.

neutrons

this purpose is cobalt Gromyko taking over. There has into atoms ed for The Government said that the entry of these

made radio-active In men in the armed forces,"

he de-

number did not, in any case, re- of various kinds

been speculation that he has been car at hand, Cobalt

Is already

under treatment for Illness. Lon- elared.

placing radium for cancer. of all the aloms. There were too few of them in present a major additional ver- and third, gamma rays instantly atomic reactors

don reported last week that the sion of manpower to the Forces | shooting out he a vastly greater | gamma rays are more

There will be a

powerful Russians had made reservationa the Army and Air Force.

By Increasing the period of na-

for a delegation of from 60 to 70 of neutrons from the IT than radium. tional service "we can achieve a

These are The official paper cold that the bomb.

particles In our numbers of rapid increase

There is no question that a few to all from Cherbourg in time almost thousand H-bombs an increase in the length of full-time which make radioactive

formed in for the assembly opening.) tramed men and, therefore,

The Anal group for whom vixast increased number effective service would be accompained by everything that they hit. From the this manner could cause radio

were requested includes members corresponding reduction in the A-bomb the neutrons travci only nghting formations," he stated,

Another speculation is to make of the Soviet delegation, at pre- INTO ensure peaco need period of reserved service, which about 3,000-feet. Again, how activity troubles everywhere.

Wo

decreased by six much farther they will travel

wn the bomb case of materials that vicus assembly meetings. It in- from the stronger armed forces as a de- would be

months to three and a half years from the H-bomb 19

six persons unknown. aggression and terrent against

radio-active and cludes will become One effect, of the extended But they and the only way we can increase our

die gamma rays drop out of the atmosphere in Ministry of Foreign Affairs, two

of the the first few thousand miles after elated Press.

fter of them career diplomats-Asso- strength quickly is to raise the compulsory service would be to will go farther because

slow down temporarily the build-larger volume of both kinds of the London, August 31.

length of national service."

particles rays. admitted ing up of Britain's auxiliary ser- Britain took its super-jet en-

The Prime Minister

vice Territorial Army) by do-i gine off the secret list today and that there must inevitably be an announced that it would drive adverse effect on Britain's stan oying the transfer of men to the sull secret British warplanes far-dard of life by devoting a larger Territorials on the completion of ther and faster than any in the proportion of the country's re-conscription duty.

The Government official paper

A verdlet of suicide while the balance of her mind was disturbed was recorded at an in- quest held yesterday. Witnesses satt she took an overdose of sleeping tablets;

de. Havilland's maiden Mrs. nume was Pipette Marion Abbott. Her first husband, Lieutenant Leslie Bauford, was killed in the war in 1942. Her second husband, son of the English aeroplane designer, dled when, an expert mental jet plane exploded during faster-than-sound Alght 1946,

Mrs. de Havilland died on Sa- turday night.

SUPER-JET OFF -SECRET LIST

world.

in

Authorities said the Hawker sources to defence.

alone as powerful as All

in relation to the working popu- lation as a whole.

a

the increases

men

In order to encourage highly trained men now on 12-year re gular engagements to rign on for

on pay said that "In safeguarding democracy Siddeley Sapphire engine W and the British way of life we would be given to all ranks of

the regular armed Forces, four have to hold a balance between petrol engines in America's the needs of defence and the de- and women, up to the rank of

Brigadier and its equivalent. Superfortresses or Stratocruisers mands of economic stability. and developed a thrust several I am certain that we can take thousands of pounds greater than care et both if we all do my known engine.

best," he added. They added: "The Sapphire has! gone a long way towards coun- tering the high fuel consumption problem which currently greatly; limits the range and endurance of oil jet aircraft."--United Press.

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of either Russia or the HUNGARIAN · PACT given to the neutrons not United States can be sown with WITH CATHOLICS ? nearly as great for an H-bomb radio-active dragon's teeth. ·{

Budapest, August 30, To attack the United States a as for an A-bomb. The latter

The Hungarian Foreign Minis- splita ita atoms with a driving string of suitably made

made H-bombs

Cor- energy of 200,000,000 electron would be get off from craft in the try said today that the Roman

Catholic Church and the The H-bomb fusion Pacide Ocean. The prevailing

under energles range from four to upper air winds would carry them munist government had signed an which the under 30,000,000,

s the United States in a few agreement However, the energy is not the days. For attacking it has been clergy promised to acknowledge and support the constitution and only thing that keeps these dan- proposed to set off a chuin of the "People's Republic" a further period, substanilul re- gerous rays driving ahead, A almilat bombs

Min latry Bald Catholic engagement and extension tax-neutron does not even need to be line in mi

Bishops and government officials free bounties would be offered. travelling fast to keep going. It All this is theory. The theorists Ind spent eight weeks negotiating

Bounties would also be offered will travel until come atem ab- de no even know what weather the document.

· It added conditions, If any, would make a the Bishops would support in certain conditions to men with sorbs it.

The net result is that the scorched earth attack possible.

condemn "movement for peace, recent previous experiance who enlist on regular engagements. thickness of concrete' that will H-bomb radio-active risks seem warmongering and use of atomic But the bounty schemes would protect against A-bombs will pro- largely confined to those areas in weapons and consider any govern end on December 31 next year.

bably not have to be greatly in which the majority of persons ment which would use the atom (The official paper did noi

war criminal." mention the cost to the country creased for the H-bomb radio- exposed to the rays already will b

three or have died or ba dying from blast On its side, the government pro- of the new rates of pay whieh activity. This thickness

and burns.

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