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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1052.

Survivors Of Mediterranean Crash

Combined Operations

By Atlantic

Half The Population

Of World

Illiterate

More

London, Sept. 10.

of

than 1,200,000,000 people, half the population the globe, cannot read and write, according to the 1951-52 report

of the United Nations Edu-

tional Scientifle and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).

The

the

by report made Director-General, M. Jaime Torres Bodget, describes how UNESCO is seeking to overcome "the vicious clrcle" by which norance aggravates unfavour- abic conditions and accentuates poverty," which in turn "hinders the growth of knowledge."

UNESCO offers the Tunda- mental" education designed to arouse the inhabitants of back- co-operato in war: areas to Improving their own living con-

Pact Nations

London, Sept. 9.

Warships of eight North Atlantic Alliance nations began assembling in North British waters today for a record-size peace-time exercise to test the West's defences against an Invasion of North Europe.

The exercise, the first combined operation of the two North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Supreme Commanders, General Matthew Ridgway and Admiral Lynde D. McCormick, employing armed forces of the United States, Britain, Canada, Norway, Denmark, France, Belgium and the Netherlands, takes place in North European waters from September 13 to 25.

Code-named "Mainbrace". If¡ blous force, including American is the first post-war European Marines, will sail from Britain exercise in which the United to ald land forces in Jutland States Navy has played a lead- and convoys will run to and ing part and brings together from Scandinavia. formidable array of the West's naval, and air potential, direct-

ditions. For this, it has sented by the West's top corn- special missions to sludy local places, problems in different including Bolivia, Burma and

Pakistan.

It also plans training centres for the staff who will carry the campaigns against illiteracy to the villages. One is already functioning in Mexico, another is proposed for Egypt, and a "world network" is intended.

nanders.

to

from naval forcea Light Britain, Denmark and Norway will excrelse In this Kattegat and the Baltic approaches Over 100 warships will be Denmark. co-operating with

mock operating in the

war subinarines and coastal defences with hundreds of alrecaft and to protect the shores of Den-

men. many thousands of

Eight large aircraft carriers, 38.800- new Including Britain's ton Eagle and America's 45,000- Klants, Midway

Atlantic The and ton Franklin D. Roosevelt, will be involved in the exercises comes part of the NATO Task Force under two area commanders vf Atlantic Com- Supreme 42,500-ton British the

mark.

RAF'S ROLE

section of the

Since UNESCO "cannot teuch with the people to read and leave them battleship Vanguard, the 45,000-mmander, Admiral McCormick. without iterature." It is actively ton American battleship Wis, These are British Admiral Sir stimulating the need for public cousin, cruisers, destroyers, George Creasy, Naval Com- libraries, and helping to estab-transports, and many smaller mander of the Eastern Atlantic,

Jsh them.

It has also organised technical Assistance between countries at more advanced levels, and since its inauguration in 1949 "n for- mai declaration of principle has been replaced by a systematic campaign against want, ignor ance and disease."Reuter..

Unity Of The

vessels.

The main assembly points for the NATO ships are the Clyde in West Scotland Firth of Forth on Scotland's East coast.

thu

and British Air Marshal

Sir

Alick Stevens, Air Commender of the Eastern Atlantic.

main

Admiral Sir George Creasy, who commands the British Home Fleet, will in general control the

ses going

Air forces. Marshal Sir Alick Stevens will will see the largest assembly be in overall command of shore- of warships in Britain since the based maritime aircraft.

Between now and Saturday. when the 13-day starts, these two Scottish bases

war.

Commonwealth Norway

Ottawa, Sept. 9. The Australian Minister of Immigration and Labour, Mr Harold Holt, sald here today there never had been a time when there was stronger unity in the Commonwealth as there

was now.

OFF NORWAY

The Royal Air Force, operating

American, with

French and Dutch aircraft, will be making the its largest contribution to such "Main- off an Allied exercise as the brace."

The main

for zrots excreises are the waters

and Denmark operational brea of the mander-in-Chief Allie Northern Europe, the British Admiral, Sir Patrick Brind. He will be in inmediate command of the exercise from his Oslo, Norway, headquarters.

British flying boats will be operating with American flying bonts from Trondheim, Norway, as well as from several British bases. They will help protect convoys Against submarines.

Survivors of the Hermes airliner which plonged into the sea oft Blolly on a fight. from England to the Sudan, photographed in Trapani, Sicily, after their resouc. Fifty of the 57 on board were saved but had it not been for an Italian fishing boat in the death roll would have been much heavier. Passengers swam round or wreckage for 24 hours until the fishlar boat arrived-Express Photo,

Clergyman Asks "Total & Joyful Abstinence"

Paris, Sept. 9.

A Belgian clergyman today prescribed "total and joyful abstinence" as the best medicine for the salvation of France,

The Reverend P. Maas was joining in the fight against alcoholism being waged this week by an Inter- national Congress from a packed hall of the Sorbonne, equipped, probably for the first time, with a fruit-juice stand.

ARAB-ASIAN

BLOC'S REQUEST

coun-

Five-hundred-and-fifty dele- gates from the 27 countries representated came to the plat- form in their turn to denounce drink. The French Press began to take stock of the drinking habits of a nation whose wine bibbing has become part of the way of life.

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More Tests At Eniwetok

Washington, Sept. 9. The Defence Department and the Atomic Energy Commission annoimoed, to- day that a new series of atomic treapon tesis will be held at the Enlivetak prov- grounds in the rld. Paofia this Autumn,

The amouncement said that the new testa will be "Lowards the development of atomic treapon.**

However, shers havo been reports that at least

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me preliminary form of hydrogen "Hell Bʊmb", re- puted to be 1,000 times more powerful than the Huclér fillon weapon, might be tried out.—diso. elated Press.

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