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MIE CHINA MAIL WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 182.

MPs Alarmed At Gun Monk Potter

Black Market In Britain

INCREASE IN PRISON

TERMS DEMANDED

London, Dec. 23.

A group of Labour Members of Parliament are determined to break Britain's black-market in guns.

Alarmed at murder trial disclosures reveal- ing how easy it is to buy a revolver or automatic, they have asked the Home Secretary to increase maximum prison sentences on unlicensed gun-

owners.

Secret Papers

In Former

They have reason to be anxlous. In the past two years over 2,500 people have been sentenced for 'unlawful posses- sion of firearms,

Agent's Office Lugers,

New York, beɑ. 23.

The United States Army authorities antiotince the Arrest in Berija of a former America21 Intelligence agent,. Michael Rothkrug, 44, who is

is alleged to have had enough secret papers to endanger the whole net. work of informauta in the Soviet Zone.

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Rothkrug, who World War II Army Hea- tenant, left the Intelligence Servico this year and joined a German as part Der in cotton firm.

Thousands of top secret

from. miting papers, Military Intelligence nies for two years, were in his textile office, Discovery of the papers, which gave tho names of Germans work- ing for the anti-Communist Underground, would havo destroyed years of work and the lives of agents, KLYS

Army spokesan,

Get Maximum

over

Sentence

And the police know that, despite

post-war amnesty which allowed returning Servicemen to surrender the Muusers and other weapons brought home souvenirs, there are still thou Lands of Illegal guns in the country. At

London the same time detectives are on the track of the black-marketcars who sell weapons to gangster - aping British teen-agers. For these are the guns that are finding their way into the hands of ndolescents who #eck

to of imitate the tough guys" the fums.

One of these was a 10-year- old Londan boy, Christopher Craig, who murdered a police-: man and wounded another in a roof-top gun battle. He boasted in court that he had owned about 40 pistols in his time,

THE NEW BOYS

At Work

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Brother Gilbert, one of the monks tj Prinknash Abbey, Painswick, Gloucestershire; shown hard at work in Abbey's patteries on the production of basis of the Queen which The monks' output will be sold as Coronation Bouvenirs. includes about 30 dozen Coronation mura & week.—Neuterphoto.

CARRIER PILOT

GETS TOP JOB IN NEW SHIP

London, Dec. 23.

Ten years ago a young Naval fighter pilot, flying over a hard-pressed Malta convoy, watched British aircraft carrier Eagle sink.

the

A year ago, another Eagle more than half as large again as the old Eagle and with five times her air-striking power in numbers of planes alone, joined the Fleet.

Young men like Craig are the new boys of the underworld. They are hated and distrusted, though, by professional crooks. Up to now, Britain's crimin- In view of the penalties in volved, have left firearms severe ly alone. Even the notorious "Billy

In the New, Year, the young Boysh

"Cheeky and

the old ship Forty" Glasgow's biggest and pilot who saw most dangerous gangs, limited go down, will take up the top air appointment In the new themselves to razor slashing

Navy's And the result has been that 38,800-ton Eagle, the Britain can boast of having largest aircraft carrier. one of the few unarmed police forces in the world.

OLD HANDS SUFFER'

He is Commander Nigel Hal- lett, DSC and Bar, whose home is ut Pyrford, near Woking. Hə has two daughters,

Eagle, in which his appoint- ment as Commander, Air, has just been announced, is the afth cartier in which he aircraft has served.

Commander Hallett has been flying since he joined the Fleet Air Arm 17 years ago.

In fact, there was almost a Moscow, Dec. 23. gentleman's agreement bc- Two Russian State

"old lags" and the clothing | tween the shop managers have been police about the use of arms. sentenced to 25 years' imprison- But in recent months police have ment for pilfering goods worth officers making arrests

balancing found themselves looking down £13,000 and

barrels of their accounts by putting up the the

guns held by who screamed prices of suits,

young men Kangster-film deflance at them. Reporting the sentence today Some of them were filled. the trade union paper Trud said When this happens, the police

forced to Ignore they had increased the prices of are

any men's suits by as much as £35

35"gentleman's agreement" above the fixed State price to the old hands in crime suffer. hide their activities. But their For their own sake, the old years since the war ended," he customers complained and the lags will probably help thesafd. two were exposed and convicted police to break with the maximum sentence for market in the offence, Trud said.-Reuter.press Service.

BIG OPPORTUNITY "The advance-in-the-atr-has- and changed the whole approach

naval problems in the few

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YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD,Airque: 1 Ehris, A. Grated, 8

"The air offers the young naval officer the most wonder- ful opportunity of command. "In the old days he had wait years for the command of even a small ship.

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Asian Students? Convention In New Delhi

New Delhi, Deo. 23 Delegates from Hook- koti, Pakistan, Malaya and Japan are among represen- 211 tatives from over 20 been countries who have invited to attend an Astan Students Conventions allost-

Dell ly to be held in New

The Convention. IALS been organised by the United Nations Students' Association of India in co- operation with the luter- national Students Move- ment.

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Its aim is to study the work being done by United associa- Nations student ilona of Asia.

The

invitations Have been sent to student the organizations or to Ministries of the Govern- ment concerned.

"Now he can gain the, com- mand of a powerful aircraft he is in his early 20s when ing a squadron in the air at a much earlier age than he would have gained command destroyer." London Expressberg. Service.

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This Bazaar keeps on show a wide collection of and look forward to command- Pig Shoots Butcher Chinese art objects, ranging from antiques, curios, modem Jade and ivory carvings, jewellery, paintings to silks and Berlin Dec. 23. A pig shot a butcher at Lune- embroidery. Our stock is changed constantly to meet the varied demands of our patrons For the Holiday Season As the butcher went to shoot the pig it charged into him, but we offer specially attractive prices. Satisfaction guaranteed. the gun went off and the butcher You are cordially invited to pay us a visit. got a bullet wound in the knee.

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NEW CIVIL

DEFENCE SCHOOL

London, Dec. 23.

A new Civil Defence Tactical School the first of its kind in the world has been opened in Sunningdale, Berkshire, by Sir David Maxwell Fyte, the Home Secretary.

Its purpose will be to study and teach civil defence tactics, with special emphasis on treat ment of casualties and first-ald after an atomic bomb attack.

the The nów school is in grounds of

Defence Staff Civil College established three years ago, which has been visited by Commonwealth representatives. Dormitories and Lecture rooms bave

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town offlers, chief constables, clerks and Service reprezenta tives will begin In mid-January. Sir, David, in his opening speech, said the school wat be 160 greatest importance. He hoped that, in tine, civil de cho would be incorporated in

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To-morrow will be one of our few days off!

So here's wishing you a

Merry Christmas and a Bright New Year