1950-11-23 — Page 1

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SWISS MADE

Soquel To Attempt On

Mr Truman's Lifo

Two Men Arrested For Conspiracy

New York, Nov. 22. The President and the former President of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party in New York were arrested today on charge of conspiracy to assassinate the President of the United States.

US Attorney Irving H, Saypot, who announced the arrests, identified the men as Julio Pinto Gandla arkt Juan Bernardo Lebron.

More arrests may follow, it

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Korea

NEW BRITISH TANK

ΤΑΝΚ ΤΟ GO INTO OPERATION

Planes Soften Up Targets.

Tokyo, Nov. 22.

British reinforcements moved up the line in Korea Gandia, New York President today as two great armies stood poised for a decisive battle

was cold.

of the Nationalist Party, had in the North-West.

been a member of the Bar in

Puerto Rico but was disbarred after his conviction In 1937 in

connection with the attempted

assassination of a Federal Judge there, Mr Saypol cald. Derved six years in the Federal

Penitentiary at Leavenworth,

Mancai.

Lebron la past president of

the New York branch of the party, Mr Saypol said.

derick H. Block said Jury

Grand

The 29th Commonwealth Brigade, completed by latest arrivals from the Southern port of Pusan, fixed its head- quarters at Kadiong, just north of Seoul.

The Brigade has a giant new 52-ton tank not] yet tried in actual fighting-Britain's new. Cen-

turion tank.

About 120,000 Communist troops-Chinese Assistant US Attorney Fre- and North Koreans-were now believed to be deployed ready for a final showdown along a curving 60-mile front defending their North- Western corner and stretching from Taechon through Unsan to Huichon.

President of the United States

investigation disclosed "the possible existence of an organised plot to assassinate the on November 1, with Grisello Torrespla and Oscar Collazo, gunmen, having been gulded in Some 30,000 Chinese and

North Koreans heir mission by Gandia and about 10,000 Lebron,

and the gunmen's were reported in the immediate Wives."

frontline, where minor

skir- The two arrests followed a mishes took place today.

in Federal government move

Nations warplanes in enida continued to soften

:

area, the Northern headquarters in the North-West corner.

They flew through steady anti-aircraft are to drop their bombs. Others went for train, roads and supply centres.

On the East Coast the South reported

Court for a two week adjoua targets inside this Koreans were

даж

ment in a hearing for the wives of the two gunmen who futtlely defence box of hills and valleys within 15 miles of the vital port tried to storm Blair House to running up to the Yalu River, of Chongin. kill President Truman..

$50,000 BAIL

about 40

the north, miles to and the Manchurian border.

Fighters and light bombers, The women are Mr Rosa Collazo, 42, wife of the wound-following yesterday's 000 sor- ed

andles, again plastered the Simulju Oscar Collazo. Carmen Torresola,

widow

of the main Torresold. They

are charged

RADAR BOMBING Superfort bombers from Japan and Okinawa used radar tett nique to bomb through cloud the port's docks and industrial tar geta

with conspiracy Giant Bombers

Collaro was charged with uniride in Washington in inection with the death of a

'r Housh guard.

A

Crashes

Block, asking that the Fa's Ball

for $50,000 each ntined, said he wanted

Fort Worth, Nov. 22. Boyment because pro-

giant B30 bomber the being made by a Grand World's biggest military plane- crashed in a field near here to- investigating the plot raham Unger, counsel for day after most of its crow bad

baled out.

Bandit Suspect

W

Detained

Manlia, Nov. 23. The authorities have arrested one suspect believed to be a member of the gang of bandits who held up and killed an American

businessman. John Herber

in Cavite, 30 miles north of here, a few days ago. At the same time they ordered the condecation of all unauthor- Ised Brearms in the area, estim- ated to number 10,000,

The Cavite Constabulary forces are chasing the rest the bandit

gang, believed

· number: 10 men. The constabu- lary are uxler the direction

personal of the Secretary.of National Defence, Me Ramon Angsaysay, who went to Cavite last night.

of

to

to

Some 50 miles inland, to the

In issuing the the American Seventh

order for Division had established a peri-seizure of firearms, Mr Magsay- meter around the Yalu Hiver say said it was part of the gov border city of Hyesaniin, which ernment's intensified efforts

restore peace and order in the they entered yesterday.

american Marines, seeking to Cavite arch and bring the killers link up with them on the left, United Press. sent

miles along patrols seven the Chaisin Reservoir to Sing- hurg

of

Mr. Herber to justice.-

The flercest fighting today was reported from Chorwon, STOP PRESS

150 miles behind

the lines, where South Koreans battled nil six-day to repulve guerillos.

Chorwon, a railway centre, 100 miles south-east of Pyong- yang, the former North Korean capital.

women protested the post- ment request saying the At least two men were killed. sorament falled to show good

Tho wrodlenge of the son for it.

engined

plane caught fre, de US Commissioner Edward W. tonating ammunition in it. MeDarmk granted the two An Air Force Information woeks

adjournment request officer said that four men were after telling Mr Unger that he injured and 10 had been seen would consider reducing bail to parachute from the stricken

"The United States. Secretary of the Navy, Mr Francis P. for the women to $25,000 each plane,

Matthews, arrived. tonight on 'But' you tell me they have no This, with the two dead, ac-what he described as a routine means to raise that."--As-counted for all the 10 men tour of installations in Japan sociated Press,

aboard-Reuter.

and Korea-Reuter.

COMMENT OF THE DAY

Controls On Local Hotels

THE

Chinese - organised Hongkong and Kowloon Hotels and Boarding Houses Association is requesting Go- vernment to remove existing controla whereunder all, or a proportion of their accommodation must be made avail- able at rates laid down by the Authorl- ties. Some sympathy can be felt for members of this Association for want- ing to see restrictions withdrawn, yet their request could hardly come at a wore time. The fact is that in the economic Interests of hundreds of Hongkong workers, Government can- hot afford to lift present controls. The housing problem has not strikingly be come eased during the past 12 months, especially for the medium- salaried white collar, workers. Key money in slightly new and variant form la still demanded for ordinary two and three 'room 'flats,... and in the case of newly constructed buildings, rentals required uro far too high for any but the well- to do. This means, that a considerable "number of residents must continue to on having accommodation.... made nto flism at rviços which ther

ence, the controlá of cer-

and

controls are able to demonstrate that the housing problem has been satisfac- torily solved for "hundreds of perman-

there ent residente"

can be no justification for making any change at this time. The Ordinance was never designed to apply restrictive practices." to hotels and boarding houses merely to satisfy a whim. Its existence is governed solely by the accommodation situation, and all our information points to the conclusion that this

Sudden Death Of Mr

The Leader

Was 93% This Morning

Here he la: the man who is leading the Peking Government's delegation to the UN Security Council. His name is Wu Hsle-chuen,, and he heads a party of nine-AP Picture.

4

New York Railway Disaster: Twelve People Killed

New York, Nov, 22.

AND MORE

TO COME

The Tensor What, so sticky as since,

when you

morning

humidity at 9 gistered 93 ber

felt

AusO

if you were on a late night shift you would have felt even more disted at three o'clock this morning, for humidity was, then 98 per cent.

Mr GUS. 1 Heywoda, muya. Observatory Director, explained to the Chign Mall this morning the rodsoneft) Hongkong's un- seasonabid Hifle heat wave,

“The warm and misty weather this morning," he cald,"is đúc to a weakening of the continon- tal anti-cyclone and to tho presence of a tropical storm near the Paracels,

*"Ág a result,, warm damp SE winds are reaching · Hongkong from the region' of 'the' Phillp- {pines."

Nevertheless, he pointed out, yesterday's maximudy-tempăra tura of 82.4 was by no means a

record for November."

SOMEWHAT UNUSUAL

That

was esta bilshod on November 7, 1930 when 87 de-

Troop Train Collision Toll

Edmonton, Canada,

Nov. 22. The toll of a head-on collision of a troop train atilia passenger train high In the Bockles 'rozó today 20 dead or misstag and

least 81 Injured, 23 Berionaly A · flaw in the delivery of train orders was blamed for the crash.

-Associated · Freas,

Plan For Korea Settlement

British Proposals

London, Nov, 22. Britain was reported to

three night preparing a point programme which she hopes will lead to a with- drawal of Chinese Com- munist, troops from Korea and eventually end the fighting there.

the

grees farenhelt were registered. Informed sources said

All the same, the Director British move-belloved bere to admitted that the weather of be subject to US approval-

week the last two days is somewhat would

to assure the out of the ordinary

Calnese Communist government that UN forces in Korea::

09-

Moreover Wer can, expect it to remain to for at least other 24 houras

Mr Heywood declared:

The

1. Regard the Manchurian frontier as inviolate.

2. Want, above all, to localing.

weather is expected to remain fighting A

cloudy and wish (witha ob-

3. Are ready to set up à de... → castotial alight diftile for at militarisation buffer zone along. |least 24 hours.

North Korean frontiers.

And the principal reason for

cursion of warms) dæmplast ovor

A Long Island railway express crammed with standing passengers crashed into the rear of the high quale or another train tonight, killing at least 12 persons, the cooler coastal waters. This The first train had made an emergency stop produces mist. minutes before the crash

"In fact," added

mika conditions

Mr Heywood, today are which often

The New York police announced that at feast similar to these 12 persons were dead and 40 critically injured occur ir March/ | || Scores more were shaken up and bruised.

been stated publicly, by Westen statesines. As far as is known, however, they have never been. conveyed formally to the Peking goverdagent. This is what Bri- tain wants to do now.

BEING STUDIED

The proposed. British move ta Being studied by the United States, France and the Com-

Both trains were eastbound at and most of the wreck victing Chinese Resent-monwealth nations.

Visa Ruling

oot

The information cime soon after two rank and file Labour Members of Parliament

the height of the rush hour would, probably be taken to when the crash occurred at Queen's General Hospital about 6.30 pm EST on on em- bankment six miles from Now United Press correspondent York's

Pennsylvania station, John Morka arrived at the

Singapore, Nov. 22. ret their names to motions im- which the trains had left only a'l some and found hundreds of Chinesq in Singapore are plying criticism of the govern few minutes befores

commuters milling around in bitterly attacking, new, government's foreign policies confusion.

mental regulations which 16- Dr Jack Ruthberg, head of the emergency unit at queeZ Ench train carried more than General Hospital, also sald: 1,000 persons. The push hour "There are at least 12 dead and trains were so jammed that the 40 injured and the police in- aisles were crowded with per Mr Charles Black, well formed me more- are coming.2 sons forced to stand, United known in shipping circles. He said the hospital had call Press. along the China Coast, emergency.

od out 100 persons to handle the dropped dead in the Hong». kong Club at lunch' time.

Charles Black

MILLING CROWDS

Communist

Party Accused

V

the Company's Japan office in 32

trains collided on

Aged 48, he was a direc- The railway carries passengers tor of Mackinnon, Mac-between New York City and kenale (China),Lid. Ho their suburban

scone of the

crash's The arrived in the Colony from west of Rockville, where

miles on Yokohama, where he runs February 17 two Lang Jaland

"Washington, Nov: 23, on a single track, injuring

„Tho' US Justice Department more than 100 others. The Long today formally charged the Island railway winds over Communist Party of the United States with bibg rìm "by the towering trestles in this area.

wreck blocked railway government of, Soviet Russia, and thousands of people milled around,

For The Department mado the ac-

for a short business trip amo few days ago.

situation has scarcely improved for Train Disaster: nsylvania Station cusion in ding-n potition with

certain classes of permanent residents. We would be among the first to wel- come the removal of restrictions on hotels and boarding houses once it has been shown they are no longer neces- anry; but they have served an Im- portant purpose for nearly two years, and they appear to be just as essential today as they were in 1943. "The

crux of the matter is to be found in one. sentence in the Quartering Authority's report: "The Regulations are working smoothly and have undoubtedly made It easier for the man in petunishelit em" playment in Hongkong...to obtain a 'room at a prica which he can afford to".

And because of this it remains" veramerit's duty ito same peonia continue to enjoy,

what time hodges) ad

Latest Toll

Thu Kew

Gardens

General

the now Subversive Activities

Hospital said that about a dozen Control Board, taking that the New York, Nov, 22. ́

22 casualles were brought in by party be ordered to register Department, ¡ disciono' Latest death toll in the Long private automobile, at once and with the Igland train, disaster is 16. Somo

that was the rot the

members in this country,

passengers were still trapped dard of the crashjir prita dnanétisk siKE KUJIA) OR Sta

in the wreckage hours after the crash and there were indica tions the final death cous might ra ba hai cô gái

casualties at 7.15 pm but at under Une pow habversiva por

were all bringifig, "ist). This is the dret such action that time, the spokesmanaakt trol law, which coqutrum reglat hospital facilities were not ration of all Commute and overtaxod. Täp, superintendent Commandst dront organisation sold this was email hospital - Assbulated Eresa) Paga

Unusual People And Odd Happenings

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young couple frettest din gate piayor's office in a villLANG høre," whither for him to tuarry them.

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Inilad

SORBIRTY":

quire that travelers leaving 1+ crogated, the programanly Singapore must btain a visa if will be priced become Care Chil they wish to return.

nose in bas

d'Affaires, Mr J. C. Hutchinson. In the past, Mir this vish rules are "diet-imina Hutchinson bas peeti only com- tory, and andemocratic. They lively minor coicials in the deckarea' that the ruling

Inggrin Chinese Foreign Ministry, He dipally affects Chiogge sig may, for the projected abroad, since 200,000 eople in made to see the Foreign Mini this elty of 1,000,500 population Mr Chou EnlaiAssociated

8.gapore Chineed leaders may n dat Britain

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