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FRIDAY, JANUARY 11. 1952.

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MAIL

Publishers Of The Final Dramatic

London Times To Stand Trial

Breach Of Election Law

Alleged By Crown

London, Jan. 10.

The publishers of the Times of London, one of Britain's oldest and most respected newspapers, were committed for trial here today for printing an advertisement shortly before the election which commented on the Labour Government's financial policies.

The Crown alleged this was a breach of British election law governing expenditure on party pro- paganda -- and that parts of the advertisement relating to dividend limitation amounted to an attempt to pro- mote or procure election of the Conservative candidate in the constituency of the cities of London and West- minster.

Also committed for trial at he

said disparaged the then

the Mansion House (Court of Prime Minister, Mr Clement first instance) here today were Attlee, and his views. the Tronoh Mines Limited, and |

their

Secretary, Mr

Edgar Barrenger.

Dot

Mr Bass said those who issued

advertisement could have said "Vote Conservative" in plainer terms,

Harold the All three defendants will be tried at the Central Criminal Court here. the next session of Howard, King's Counsel, sald For The Times, Mr Gerald which begins on February 5.

It was stated in

prosecution evidence that

was

а

the that the advertisement cost challenge to the right of free-

dom of speech.

£800.

Mr J. S. Bars,

The Mansion House Magis-

prosecuting, and that the Act of Parliament trate, Alderman Sir George jaid down that "no

Wilkinson, decided that a prima expenses shall with a view to promote or facie case had been made out procure the election of

against the defendants, candi- date at an election, be incurred By any other

her than the candl

agent and

date, the election persons authorised in writing by the election agent"

CORRUPT PRACTICE Another sub-section of the

All three defendants pleaded not guilty, and reserved their defence,

Mr Barrenger wad allowed bail in his own security of £804-Reuter.

Aft provided that all persons Churchill Changes

who aided, abetted or incured

nich expenses would be guilty

of a corrupt practice.

His Plans

Price 20 Cents

SKANDEN

RECORD. SYSTEMS

AL HAASANART 7

Another. Sea Drama

Moments Abandoned

Ship And

Of The Flying Enterprise Crew Lost

Baby Named LAST

After Brave Capt.

London, Jan. 10.

Wkblo minutes of the Dow of Captain Kurt Curben's dramatic resouc from bis andling walp reaching Britain, a baby had been mamed "Kurt" and a racehorse "Flying

Enterprise."

Messages telling the American Naval Head- quarters in London of the last moments of the dying freighter were intercepted temporary radio station In Plymouth Devon, manned by Roy Erlandson, a ohlef gunner's mate

the American NAVY.

Flashing the bulletin that Carlsen was safe, he aunounced Jubilantly that he was going to name his baby son, born on Sunday, Bruce

Kurt after the gallant skipper.

Later

be

the famous Bri- tlab racehorse owner, Lord

that Rosebery, salá would name a fully-sired, appropriately, by his 1944 winner, Ocean Swell "Flying Enterprise," Reuter.

New Canal Zone

Incidents

DEFIANT

GESTURE

Sea Stove In The Ship's Hatches

Falmouth, Jan. 10.

Only a few bubbles and a mass of debris floating on the Atlantic Ocean marked the spot tonight where the Flying Enterprise went to her grave after a 13-day battle with the sea.

The last moments of the gallant ship were filled with bizarre drama.

Floating on her side with her funnel under water, the ship's stern slowly sunk.

Then, at 4.10 p.m., èyewitnesses on the fleet of small ships around her saw a remarkable sight. The bow of the Enterprise suddenly rose 15 feet into the air, seemed to shake, then slipped under the water.

Rescue Tug Arrive

At Falmouth

Faltreuth, Jan. 10.

The tus Turmoil reached outer Falmenth harbour and anchored tonight.

The United States Navy said Captain Kart Carlsen and Mate Kenneth Dancy were still aboară the Turmoil, but ex- pected to be tratuférred Inter to the United States destroyer Willard Keith.

The Keith dropped anchor in the harbour as 11.05 pm GMT.

The United States Navy amonneed that Captain Carlsen and Mate Dancy would board the 'Keith between eight and nive on Friday morning for a brief meeting with Embossy and Coast Guard officials before they are taken ashore in a small boat. They will be met at the Prince Albert Dock by the Mayor of Falmouth at 9,30 am. and then get a hero's reception on the steps of the City Hall.

Captain Carlsen's first words, when he scrambled ́aboard the Turmoil were: "Thank Heaven' it's all over. I stuck it to the end."

He and Dancy then downed a meal of steak and kidney pie, donned borrowed pyjamas and fell into a deep sleep of exhaustion in their bunks-United Press,

Carlsen's Crew Tell

Their Story At US

It was as if the ship had made a last defiant Coast Guard Inquiry

protest at her defeat by the sea.

New York, Jan. 10,

Captain Henrik Kurt Carlsen's men did not want to leave the skipper alone on board the sink ing freighter Flying Enterprise and they protest, ed the command given to them to abandon ship,

"Get off the ship. That's an order Anil at sea a master's ....

Hardened Cornish seamen looking on shook their heads, then turned their eyes away out to sea to hide their emotions at the death of a brave ship.

Forty-seven minutes before January 27-American

des the Flying Enterprise diag troyer, the Willard Ismail Jan. 10.

Keith, peared, Captain Kurt Carlsen, arrives alongside. He submitted that while the

New York, Jan. 10.

The guest house of the Suez a skipper as tough as his ship. advertisement

Canal Company here was dam-had clambered with Kenneth contained

Mr Winston Churchill, the aged by fire last night. The Dancy along the funnel of the sends food, newspapers and some

January 3-The

destroyer question. 4,000 words and while A

British Prime Minister who has reading room in the front of Enterprise, alapping flat on her cigarettes over to Carlsen, who substantiai part of it was come to the United States for the house was wrecked. There dide against the sea, and had has been living in a cabin with-

no choice. directed to demonstrating the talks with President Truman, were no casualties. impact of a policy of dividend has decided to cut short his visit

jumped into the water.

out light or heat. Hmitation on Malayan tin and to New York and leave for

in some living Intimate way Almost as if the faithful ship rubber Industries, a great part Ottawa tonight by train

had told its master that the end The advance in the time of Javitation to anyone who read his departure was made because A military

near, Captain also seemed It to Volc for 22 candidate of bad weather which might came under fire near here but moment to get off.

to know the sxact opposed to Socialism.

affect air Tights tomorrow.-- there were no casualties.—Reu-

ter

of It amounted

to ü direct

Mr Bass read extracts which, Reuter.

COMMENT OF THE DAY

by a sniper late last night while A British sentry was wounded guarding the southern shore of Lake Timsah.

Truman-Churchill Talks

THAT have the Truman-Churchill

best

dry, rather matter-of-fact official joint communique does not reveal a great deal; nevertheless ал estimate is possible. Undoubtedly one result of the conversations has been a harmonising of views concerning policies, and a closer understanding of strategy applicable to deal with today's global problems. In one or two instances the two statesmen agreed to disagree; for example there can be no agreement at the moment on the standardisation of a rifle and its ammunition, wherefore it has been agreed that both the United States and Britain should continue manufacturing their own designs. Clearly too, the British and American attitudes to recognition of the Peking Government remain unchanged, but here again the disagreement is an amicable one. Mr Truman and Mr Churchill are of the opinion that the overriding need to counter the Com- munist threat in the Far East "transcends auch divergencies as there are in our policies toward China,” and because of this it has been possible to effect "a broad harmony of view" regarding various problems in this part of the work. The tone of the com munique - suggests that no great pressure was brought to bear on Mr Churchill and his colleagues to change "Britain's recognition of Red China "policy, and quite obviously Mr Churchill made no attempt to persuade the President into a revision of American policy. The question was put · into

ective against the her

more important irirent problema “of securing # » mettlement, in Kormu and, of ting, the spread of Commitlin in other parts of

and

went

ambulance

Chiefs of Staff of the United States, Britain and France when they meet later this week in Washington. What does appear to have resulted from the Washington talks vis-a-vis the Far East is A moulding of opinions which will guide long-term policies aimed at maintaining the stability and security of Asia, Side issues have been properly relegated. The communique was more emphatic when referring to the Middle East. Here, quite clearly, there existed unanimity of views. The United States has never disguised the fact that she is in full sympathy with Britain regarding her dispute with Egypt; that she agrees with Britain's refusal to recognise any unilateral abrogation of treaties; that she believes Britain has made a fair offer to Egypt to bring about a settlement. that could not only satisfy both parties, but would make a valuable contribution to the future security of the entire Middle East. The Washington discussions confirmed and placed on record this unanimity of views, and its significance should not be lost on the Egyptian Government. In other directions the talks would appear to have met with only partial success. Mr Churchill was not able to report any definite promises being made by the United States to make available additional supplies of strategic materials such as steel, but - the communique. held out expectations that in due course an agreement will be reached. This is a matter of vital Importance to Britain now, confronted with the double problem of making her roper contribution to the defence of Western Europe and of rescuing herself - from an economic morass by means of and faster production got

was

Turmoll reaches the ship. Her January 4-The British tug mate, Kenneth Dancy, scrambles

Carlsen | aboard.

He and Dancy looked at each other for a moment. Then calm ly they began clambering across the sinking smoke stack and Into the water,

They were there for only four

+

without

So once he said it was an "order" the crew had

Later, in life-boats, they cir- cled the floundering ship waving to the skipper, prizd and alone on the crarily tilted deck,

He did not wave back but straightened himself, every inch of him a ship's master.

Fruitless Search

Seattle, Jan, 10. The Canadian weather ship Storetown radioed to- night that she had reached the last reported position of the 7,608-ion. American freighter Pennsylvania, missing and adrift in the North Pacific, but could find no trace of the ship or her 45-man crew.

Planes scoured the area today, searching for the crew, believed adrift in open boats in a gale since seas rushed through a big gap in the Pennsylvania's hull during the night.

The Pennsylvania sailed from Seattle on Saturday with gen- eral cargo for Japan and stop-

at Vancouver. ped at

According to messages sent out before she was abandoned the No. 2 hoki was flooded, her port site split, and her steering gear crippled.

The Pennsylvania's first SOS was sent out six hours after she first reported the gaping hole in her side-Reuter

RADAR CLUE

Seattle, Jan. 10. A misty dof on a radar screen was the lone reported clue today in the search for the

abandoned freighter Pennsylvania and the 45 crew members in four bob- bing lifeboats they are afloat.

One ship, the Cygnet, radioed near midday that its radar had picked up an unidentified objec 16 miles away in the stormy North Pacific.

Hours passed after the shly said it was going to investigate, without any further report. Northwest of Vancouver Island,

The area was about 485 miles

25, CRIMAR » Mert, const. It wou Trom ther Verat the Ponnayiva- fla' radio sout, that anjal världs of tragics messages late. yester day afternoon, ending with a

cons: Leaving now.

The seas had been battering the ship with waves distribed es more than 45 feet high. Whether the crew was able to get safely

under

AIR LINER into the four 40-man lifeboats

CRASHES

mystery

auch a hazard remgined a

A US Coast Guard plane scouted the area for four hours today without finding & clue. Its dwindling fuel supply forced it to start back on the 100-mile

fight to Seattle, Associated

January 5.-The Turmoil gets Enterprise a line aboard, tows the Flying

This story was told today at England.

steadily towards

a Coast Guard hearing into the Captain Carlsen signals: "I feel like a million"

Flying Enterprise disaster which

"London, Jen, 10% A four-gine Irish airliner opened at the very time when January Flying Enterprise the Captain was being compell-crashed Thursday night in the

Flying Enterprise ed to abandon his own ship at Wales. Rescuers recovered three Stolen Silver port,

Snowdon area, Northwest or five minutes before the tug enly 80 miles

January

from British Turmoil took them on board. coast, the Turmoil towing her

bodles but no survivors were Plate Recovered Carlsen stood to take a last at three knots. look at his ship, then, turn-

January 8. Worsening ing, went below with a philoso-weather caused Turnoil to phle shake of the shoulders. heave to in the evening about

Falmouth is planning an off-50 miles from Falmouth. cial reception at 10.00 am GMT January 8. Tow-line parted tomorrow for Captain Carlsen. Flying Enterprise again drifting Flags were strung out through helplessly in waves 10- feet the town today, Auttering madly high. A lifeboat stands by.

January the gale swept through the

10.-Carlsen and narrow streets of the old port. Dancy jump and are rescued Reuter

as the ship skriks-Reuter.

HATCHES STOVE IN

Falmouth, Jan. 10. The sen stove in the hatches of the Flying Enterprise before she went down today, Captain Dan Parker of the tug Turmoil reported in a conversation at 4.20 p.m. GMT with the Over seas Salvage Company, owner? of the tug

"I am sorry to report she is grupe. She got a heavier list. The sea stove in her hatches," he said. “Witen. I left her just. the top of the starboard side was above water. I am moving"), away at all the speed I have because I had the good fortune to pick up Captain Carlsen and Mate Dancy."

maid,

Captain Parker also "We expect to land between: 8 pm. and 8 pan.. I have asked the tug Dextrous to stand by the Flying Enterprise and bee her go down.":

Dextrous

..the

meindged Turmoil when she picked up the two men, - "Good" show, old boy."Unked Presse

DAY BY DAY. DIARY:

London, Jan, 10. Beuter given the following- day to day diary of the story of the ying-

Enterprise.

December 11, 28, 77Thale Tuing Enterprise, werde an) 306 positiota. En forwýn, azier meeting

3.300 miles, motschwent

WIFE HAPPY Woodbridge, New Jersey,

Jan, 10, Mrs Agnes Carlsen, wife of the

am

fore it sank to the bottom..

The story was told by a crew-man who did not want to leave

their skipper to go it alone.

The Board of Inquiry consist of three officials from the Coast Guard.

found.

Paris, Jam 10. The plane with 20 passengers from London to was enroute

the After digging at night, Dublin. The police said the police today found buried in w crash wRS, at about 7.21 pm. suburban back garden/ 22. boxes Winds, rain, and sleet lashing of verplate, which these. the mountains hampered rescue stolen from the Paris Henry

restaurant, Detailing how the

Drouant, where tragedy operations.

The plane belonged to Aer prize-winning / guthors are began, the first witness, John

selected. Edward Drake, 20, of New Lingus, an Irish airline. York, said that there was at Eight ambulances and four The plate, consistți first a "sharp noise and she fire engines from nearby towns lery and table

This was what in Carnarvonshire, Walesyalied shook a little." had happened at 7 am on De-rushed to the scene-Amsociated three men have cember 26 while the ship was Press, making 13 knots through heavy seas.

skipper of the Flying Enter- Drake sald that this incident prise, remarked today: "I had occurred on a Wednesday very happy my

but the ship did not develop a husband has list until noon on Friday. been rescued" when she was

At first the vessel seemed "to roll over (Contd. on back page, col, 4)

and stand over" at about 25 degrees, Then, "in a matter of minutes she took an other list of about 40 degrees," the witness said-United Press.

TUG'S SKIPPER CRITICISED

Paris, Jan. 10. · The independent French «Hewspaper. Le: Monday 10-- day Forrested that "iyot-- cally British obailiiacy and .. national "pride”? by: the cap- Iain of the Turmoil had led to a mistaken decisiol

fry to tow the Firing Enterpeles... to Falmouth Insiend, of to Brest,

*Monda

"When" the Flying; Emists' } Drine Was" met on January." 3 by the Turmali, Vaingantar

Kyplomaty

ports, and

Gen. de Lattre Given Last Sacrament

in

Paris, Jan. 10. General Jean de Lettre de Tassigny, French High Commis stoner and Commander-in-Chief Indo China, has received Extreme Unction, a source close to the Geiseral mid tonight, bek

The General was given,

two blood translations today Doctors Lattendance

have

riven up

the idea of moving him to his

An

in omorr, close to

doto General de Bly suffering from

Kattro, com an operation last |

a

hope

there was ho

Reuter

FERRANTI Safera Fires

alinio denied

the General had.

bad

CON LTD.