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No. 35254

Second Record For American

Liner

Aboard SS

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have been wounded by the United States, July 14. decision to make private Aircraft. dipped Achools liable to the salute, a band played the Busines Registration Star Spangled Banner and Ordinance. Opinion has passengers aboard cheered been expressed by some wildly as the * United Chinese educationists that; States passed Ambrose to class schools in the same! Light today after a record from Europe category

commercial return trip #s undertakings lowers their to become the now Queen dignity and status. It is of of the Atlantic.

with The liner cune home both the cariward and west-

It is ward crossing records, formerly

subtle line of thought not] easy to appreciate.

the British well established

a held by number of private schools Mary.

When she passed Ambrose

that

Queen

exist in the Colony which Light at 0.20 p.m., GMT to do in fact make profis, day, she broke the Queen although they are not in Mary's 14-year-old record of

three days, 21 hours and

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existence solely or primarily mímites by nine hours and 36 for that purpose. The same minutes,

line being may be said for other pro- three days, 12 hours and 12 fessions. But fair financial minutes.

covered The United States reward for services rendered the 2,902 miles of the west. average generally accepted ward passage dictum in these days when speed of 34.61 knols, compared the Queen Mary's average the individual is more and speed of 30.09 knots. more affected by economic On her maiden voyage from factors. We feel that the New York to Europe, the new Her took three days, 10 hours Director of Education put and 40 minutes to break the the issue Into proper Queen Mary's record in thal perspective recently when, direction at three daya, 20 speaking as a member of hours and 42 minutes.

CAPT JUBILANT

the teaching profession, As the liner sliced through the he said he associated him- sult with the proposal to water past the finishing point, Commodore Harry Manning, bring schools within the captain of the vessel, flung his of the Business arms Jubilantly about the neck Registration Ordinance of a

a passenger standing with him because he was satisfied on the bridge.

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that по Indignity was Below on the decks wild cheer- implied, nor would any loss; ing broke from the passengers, of status result from such who released gaily

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necessary to be practical as well us idealistic in question of this nature. Beauty Or Utility? THE disclosure that the

arouse

streamers and confetti.

coloured

United States destroyer, No, osi, was the first craft to meet the speeding liner, waiting ten mites to reward from Ambrose Light.

The destroyer quickly picked up way when the United States drew abreast. But although the liner's great engines were already triangular area of land in slowing, the destroyer was left front of the new Alexandrai far astern by the time they Building is to bo used as a crested the finishing inc.

the The destroyer blinked flower bed is likely tal

mixed reactions, orange "Good Luck and the lner replied "Thanks" as she The presence of a colours moved up New York harbour to ful corner in the heart of dock for what was promised by the city is aesthetically city omeials to be one of the pleasant, and.os.n.general_most memorable receptions in principle it is desirable that the par's history,

Overhead flew alreratt and main thoroughfares be beautified where possible. helicopters, dipping In salute do The hard practical-minded the new Queen of the Atlantic. As the liner lost speed and her person, however, may con- bow-wave subsided, hundreds of sider that the site could tiny pleasure craft clustered have been put to much around her and escorted her to needed utilitarian use for her anchorage,

turned into example,

The ship's band played the pedestrian island. The pre- American anthem, Star Span sent crossings Des gled Banner. Then it struck up Voeux Road Central and the une "I Am Just Wild About Harry" in honour of Chater Road are to remaini

Curomodore Manning. The because it is impossible to re-aite the traffic lights, The passengers sang loudly. On the bridge women wept with joy two lanes carry a heavy as the ship ended her record- pedestrian traffic dally, and breaking run-Reuter,

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The Dean's "Proof"

Dr Hewlett Johnson, the "Red Dean," with his wife holds up the anti- gorm-war manifesto - 34 feet long-drawn up and signed, he claims, by Chinese Christian lead. ers. The Dean produced it before an audience of 61 journalists. It is in Chinese characters and its 46 folds were straight- ened out until it reached 46 Teet around the room. The_manifesto, says the Dean, "proves" that the United Nations have used germ..warfare for Korea.

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COURT OF INQUIRY INTO SHIP'S

Assailant

Slays Girl

Secretary

University Drama

New York, July 14. A pretty secretary

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shot to death today in her quiet Columbia University office as she sat reading a letter from her

soldier sweetheart in Koren.

SINKING Evidence By

Capt. Of The Whiteson

When the Marine Court of Inquiry into the sinking of the British motorship, Whiteson, in the South China Sea on July 6, opened this morning, the master of the vessel, Captain John McIntosh Blaikie gave evidence, during which he said the bottom of the ship was leaking from the time of leaving the Colony until the order was given to abandon her.

The Court comprises Mr T. Low (President) Marine Magistrate; Lieut-Cmdr. D. S. Cox, Assistant Queen's Har bour Master: Mr A. W. Black, Consulting engineer and Naval archkeet; and Capt. B. E. Bid- | well, Marine Superintendent.

Appearing for Capt Blaide is Mr R. F. G. Dennis, of Mesars Brutton and Company. Mr A. S. K. Lau is holding a watching brief on behalf of the Tung Lim Leong, Co., Ltd., of Singapore, the new owners of the White

Mr W. D. Leighton, Marine Omeer, of the Marine Depart ment, is assisting the Court in

Ining the course of the ill-

vessel

ness, called, "said." that he first

2.

Capt. Blakkie raid that at 3 am. on July 5, the ship was (Contd. on back' page, col, 6)

Dublin

Without Newspapers

Dublin, July 14. Long queries, besieged “ newspaper vendors for) Airmail editions of London papers today and news-starved Dubliners went home to listen to special bulletins brond- cast by Radio Eireann 48 the

atrĺlic newspaper entered its fourth day.

Three Dublin morning papers and two evening papers have ceased publi- cation following a strike for more pay by 4,000 compositors, électro- typers and stereotypers.

The Irish Labour

Court has summoned

both sides to a mediation conference on Wednes day--Reuter.

US Department

Of Justice To Probe "China Lobby"

Washington, July 14.

The State Department has asked the Justice

Disastrous Hotel Fire:

Four Known To Be Dead

Fairbanks, Alasks,

July 14.

Four or more people are believed to have died, and several are reported miss- ing in an early morning hotel fire today.

It was impossible to get an accurate check immediately, but escoping hotel guests estimated that is many as 50 might have death.

been

parsons burned to

were people

taken to

two in critical condi-

tion.

The Are was at the Pioneer Hotel where about 250 guests were staying.

Within minutes after the fire started shortly after midnight, the old wooden structure was a blazing inferno. Night clerk, David Littlefield, who raced through the building to warh the sleeping guests, sald he be lieved the estimate of 50 dead was far too high, and, added:

WINDOW LEAPS

"I saw one body in the second floor, 1 am certain at least four people died, but I cannot say how many more."--Associated Press.

Scores of guesta jumped from windows, and others leaped to

Nothing

re

first

there. Wo

the

Two hours after the Department to investigate documents which al- the building next door. Cupt: Walkie the first willegedly reveal high-powered operations among alarm, the hotel was in ruino, remained but ashes and went to sea la September 1921. top Government officials by the so-called "Chinawarped sheet metal

commanded

mis fist ship lobby."

Woodcox Chief dea bears after he obtained his

said: "The building was in

when G It was learned today that the Underpuma out, some people. There certificate of competency in 1930.

hat since then o

held a

various appointments

us master of ships Secretary of State, Mr David Bruce, asked the are probably more in there," and became master of me Whiteson on

on July 2

Justice Department to look into the case and "take: All hotels have are crowded

to capacity because of The victim was Miss Elleen Capt Bialkia mid ho was appropriate action."

big boom In military pro- Fahey, 20, whose unidentified aware the Whiteson was lately

jects, Assocated Press, assailant fled before her stunned purchased by the Tung

Lim

Senater Wayne Morse (Oregon, revealing that Nationalist fellow workers could move..

Leona

Co., Ltd, of Singapore, Republican) in April made. General C. J. Chou sent what

Morse from the Tak Kee Shipping and public & series of dispatches from M--

called "elaborate Trading Company, of Hongkong, Nationalist Chinese officials in instructions for espionage to adding that it was the

United new the

States to his men here to get United owners' intention to sail the ship Generalissima Chiang Kai-shek. States atomic secrets in 1948, to Singapore on July 1. The The messages purportedly reveal ship of 213 registered tons how

was

the Chinese sought and 430,12 gross tons. It had a "secret" pipeline to Democratie wooden hull, equipped, with two officials in 1950, diesel engines and had twin

Police said that three letters, one from her dance, sprawled on her desic

Her brother, Francis, was killed a few blocks away five! years ago when he was shot during a teen-age gang wor.

screws,

Hoelled on July

out a nor-

Most of the dispatches were

NEW YORK

The mearages piso allegedly HEAT WAVE

a disclosed that Chou requested

Chen denied the authority of the controversial messages,

Mr Morse naked the State Department last month to find out whether the documents were false or whether Chinese Embassy officials were lying.

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agents to learn about milliary targets in the United States. United Fresa

Special Treatment For Reds Refused

New York, July 14. The week-end heat wave in which 47 people were. drowned while trying to keep cool, continued over much of the nation today.

The afternoon temperature of New York,'broke the pre- vious record for July 14-91, recorded in 1942.

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city.

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Washington, July 14. The Acting Mobilisation chief, Mr John R. Steelman,

Miss Fahey was reading a said today the steel indus sweetheart in Korea when the

letter from her Marine Corps Witness continued that he re-signed-by Chen Chi-mal, now ceived instructions to sail to Minister-Counsellor ot the try and the striking Steel assallant fired point blank send Singapore on the day of his op- Chinese, Embassy here, Workers Union would reing a bullet through her heart.

"I just

just killed the girl. Get the Pointment. sume negotiations in Pitts police and ambulance," the tall, because he was waiting for a burgh on Tuesday to seek a ican slayer shouted to

loadline certificate, startled

Madras, July 14. On the forenoon of July 3, a settlement of the 43-day-old physics professor, then ran

Madras Slate's Minister of strike.

down the stairway from the surveyor, a Mr. Cox and a Mr

Justice Kuttikrishna Menon, to ninth floor of the University's Duncan boarded the vessel.

INSPECTION

to grant day refused

special

Many businesses closed early, the 200 Com- and

added treatment to

milways

extra Mr Steelman, said two repre- physics laboratory building, four sentatives of

He said Mr W.R.K. Collings, the Bethlehem blocks from the residence Ge Marine Surveyor, went down the

munists imprisoned in the state coaches to early trains

tho rush out of Steel Corporation, as spokesmen Dwight Eisenhower occupied No. 2 hold and

for criminal offences.

accommodate Communist members of the tho for the industry, would meat when he was at the University.

mal inspection. So far as he

He said, "I am convinced that Assembly have repeatedly de- with Mr Philip Murray, head of

could remember, Mr. Collings the Steel Workers Union, in`an

AKS | the cablegrams which I intro-manded that they be treated as never expressed any dissatisfac duced into the Congressional political prisoners. Associated Police were checking the tion or adverse comment. He and effort to reach an agreement,

If they Preus, possibility that Miss Fahey his chief officer were present record are authentic, Mr Steelman said: "It is was killed by a jealous suitor, when Mr Cellings examined the

are then these Chinese officialą absolutely necessary to come to but relatives said

Hed to me. If they lied to a she was steering gear on deckt,

The an agreement at the earliest engaged to Honald Leo, child-

United States Senator, whether Whiteson cleared 5 possible moment in the interest hood companion, now in clear and fine weather at it is I or any other Senator, around the proposed flower}

of the national welfare."

on July 9. She they should be recalled by their bed will be sufficient tof

A high Government oficial from a 22 calibre pistol,

The slayer fired six shots carried no cargo except 25 tons Government."

Two of fresh water and 37 tons of absorb the constant flow of

Mr Bruce, replying to Morse, Port Moresby, July 14.

said the mobilisation authorities shots missed, two pierced the diesel and pedestrians seeking their

lubricating oli as said that the State Department Revival of the murderous were ready to

ballast which were also used for lacked facilities for determiping chest and two hit her arms, way between King's Build-

whether the documents were ing and Gloucester Build-angguma cult is reported in industry a price raise amount apparently when she tried to consumption.

the Wewak area of New Guinea ing to an average of $8.05 per fend of the assallant,

false. Mr Bruce said that he was asking the Justice Depart ment to take action on Mr Morse's request.

It remains to be seon

whether the footpaths.

Murderous Cult Revived

ing. It ไส presumed by missionary Father John Government gavo considera- Gehberger, tion to this point before The victims waylaid and deciding how to utilise the locked unconscious by

Sult aite, because while flower members.. drive needle-

They like bones or thorns deep into beda fu, city areas are certain parts of the body. The

offer the steel

delight to the eye, the safety victim is left to recover and Mr Steelman's statement made;

of the public, pedestrian walk home but he soon sickens Reuter. and vehicular, still remains and dies from the perforations, of paramount importance. Father Gehberger said.--Reuter.

Suicide Leap From 460-

Foot-High Pyramid

Kozca.

G SHOTS FIRED

1:30 p.m.

Taking Cap Rock pa a bearing, ton to offset a wage increase, Her brother, Francis, then 10, course of 270 degrees at a It was understood the offer was killed by another youth distance of 10% miles was set. was made despite the objection 1947. The slayer was convict This course was altered to 189.2

murder degrees.

Mr Morse wrote back to Mr of the Office of Price Stabilisa-ed of second degree

The pumping out tion.

and paroled in 1950, the police

of bilges Bruce, charging that the State sald.

began

at 4.35 p.m., and at 6 Department was "ducking" the The girl's aunt, Mrs Margaret p.m. there was one inch of China lobby issue. no mention of any price offer. McCluskey, said, "There was water in the No. 1 hold and six

He said,

"You people in the only one man in her life, She inches in the No. 2, hold. was going to get married to In his opinton, Bald Capt Department of State ducked and him when he got out of the

water always beeped result that you left the impros- Marines, She was such a good wooden hull ships slon with many people that you loving and loyal to and that was the reason why are afraid of the issue because

In the Marines. after continuous pumping for thorough investigation Leo's mother wept bitterly and said he has fought 100 days In Korean front lines and was due to come home in six months and marry Elleen. — United Press,

New Atlantic

Flight

Ottawa, July 14. Two Canadian Air Force pilota are flying the Atlantic in small five-passenger Awine. engined Beechcraft Expeditor inch plane, with every spare of space loaded with petrol.

Flight Lieutenants W. J. Wat- pon and Arthur Titus are on the first Air Force Atlantic flight

an aircraft, and by such

the first pinnybody

successive we

of plane..

home

Soviet Journalist Arròsted

Frankfurt, July 14.

ovided

matter with the

1⁄2 hours there was still six in- might prove embarrassing to the ches of water in the No. 2 hold. Department of State as well as Wind force at midnight was to others in the Administration, Force 3 blowing from the south-

past and present."

Mr Morse loat month in- SEA SMOOTH

troduood into the Congressional He went on to the bridge at record more messages allegedly 6.30 the next morning.

The

west.

:

weather was still fine, and the sea smooth, Wind force was one 40 two, Tho

poaltion at Somerset Maugham

neon on July 4 was 10 5714 North

2nd M13 degree," "SA |

Atlantic The West German pollee here East. The weather continued to

be fale and the swell confused,

in that today arrested a Soviet Zone be At

fournalist, Hans Bilachowski.

of the 8th and midnight 6th of July there was

over in

Changes Plans

Cairo, July 14. The Pyramid of Cheops, or the An Egyptian today made Great Pyramid, is the largest of the three bla Pyramids at Giza. the first known suicide, leap was built by Khufu (Kheops from the 460-foot high in Greek), second King of the Pyramid of Cheops at Giza, fourth dynasty 3733 B.

It covers more than 12 acres near Cairo..

and was originally 250 yards at

Nice, July 18, Leon Cabill, aged 34, climbed the base of each of its four faces.

W. Somerset Maugham, who with a guide, telling him at stages. Each stage was

was built int

suffering from a hernia condi- terval to look back at the viewpleted, and the next built above

By piling cons of petrol Into Bitachowski is suspected of being cart and scattered showers. At tion, on Monday changed his Near the top the guido tumed it in decreasing, size.

an intermediary between the overy corner, they doubled the Socialist Communist Party in the 4 p.m. on July there were one plans for an operation in a pri- back Just in time, to see Cabi

(000 Soviet Zone and the West inch of water in the No. 1 hold vato

clinic here. fall to the ground, crashing todus, described the building of

The Greek geographer, Hera normal 1,000 kile metres

milea) radius of the Beech German Communist Party and is and eight in the No. 2 hold, and He will undergo the operation against the two-ton stone blocks the Pyramid of Cheops. It took craft for the three hops they alleged to have introduced pro- pumping resumed.

in Swiss hospital the

The why...

den years to construct the road must make over the Atlantie saganda matter into West Ger

Captam said that ho The noted author's secretary along which stones were brought

itself.

many which contains attempts got up at 3.10 am on July 8 eald Maugham is feeling much A letter to his family saying from the quarry, and the Pyramid

They left Goose Bay, La- against the security of the and drainained on the bridgs better, and · would leave for he was "tired of llie" was found itsdir book 20 years to build, bruder, early today for Green Federal Republic, France until the order to abandon Lausanne, Switzerland, in about on, the mangled body.

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In Boston It was 93 degrees,

Cooler air brought relief to some mid-West states.—Asso-

.ciated Press.

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