1952-12-29 — Page 1

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COMMENT OF THE DAY

Stalin's "Offer"

ITALIN'S so-called peaco

dismissed

n piece of

Ox

"psychological Warfare," nor is it sufficiently tan- gible to

រីឯទ. warrant Immediate acceptance being a genuinely sincere overture for the establish- mont of better relations between Russia and the Western, world. It is of some

algnificance to note that

Russia and her, satellites

are propagandising the offer as proof that only they really desire peace and that

Stalin is the only world leader willing to take the initiative in striving for it. While this remains the main

Today's Weather: Moderate" NE or E winds. Clouds, coming fair. Cool.

CHINA MAIL

No. 35395

Established 1845

MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1952.

PILOT CRASHES PLANE TO COMMIT Hongkong's New Year

SUICIDE

Ignores Pleadings Of Friends

Sweetwater, Texas, Dec. 28.

A sobbing young rancher committed suicide today by crashing his aeroplane, after circling for more than four hours while friends and the authorities pleaded with him in dramatic radio messages not to do it.

--

Sheriff Calvin Montgomery said William Cox, 23, whose wife is expecting a child in six weeks, deliberately crashed his light two-seater plane 500 yards from a gravel pit on the edge of Sweetwater. He was killed instantly.

theme of the Communist

From the time Cox took his plane up at about 5.30 propagandists, the motives

a.m. until he crashed at 9.50' a.m., friends used 'avery. behind tho Stalin "proposals" must be heldment at their command in fruitless efforts to | persuade him to go home to his wife and their three-

suspect. Many observers year-old daughter.

have also found cold com- fort in the vague and highly goneransed

by the Soviet Generalissimo:Cabinet

he is "interested" in bring-

ing the thorean war to an

end; he "believes" that kussin und tho United

To Discuss

States can live together in Churchill's

US Visit

London, Dec. 29.

Gift To Britain

The Hongkong Government is to make a New Year GUI of half a million pounds; (HK$8,000,000) to Great Britain as a priclical" expresiion" of the Colony's loyalty to Har Majesty the Queen, and to help to relieve "the heavy expenditure-being, incurred by Her Majesty's Government In the United Kingdom on the defence of the free world and on the reinforcement.of the garrison of this Colony."

The Hon Financial Secretary, Mr A. G. Clarke, will move a resolution giving the formal approval of Legislative Counell to this gift when the Council meets in the afternoon of New Year's Eye. The proposal aiready has the unofficial sanctions of members.

The sum of $8,000,000′ is additional to the $18,000,000 already contributed to the cost of reinforcing the Colony's garrison, making the Colony's total contribution 134 million pounds in the current financial year,

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Presentation Of Insignia

House At Government

This Morning

At a brilliant ceremony in the Ball Room of Govern ment House this morning, His Excellency the Governor, Sir Alexander Grantham, CCMC, presented insignias, to forty-seven recipients of honours awarded by Her Majesty the Queen in June this year. There were 22 medal awards and 25 recipients of various decorations of the Most Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem.

Principal award, this morning was Companion of the Most Dis tinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG) to Mr B. C. K. Hawkins, OBE, Commissioner of Labour.

Ruttonjeo Anti-tuberculosis Sanatorium.

Mr Wan Xu-shing-O.D.E

(Civil)

Among the medal reefplents workt in connection with the were Ave Officers of the Order of the British Empire, seven MBE's, o Distinguished Service. | Medal, a Certificate of Honour, Ave British Empire Medals; a King's Medal for courage in the cause of freedom and on Im- perial Service Medat.

The St John Orders Included two Knights, gine Serving Brothers and twelve Associate Serving Brothers.

A large and · distinguished gathering attended In the front Grantham, Lt-Gen Sir Terence

During his twenty-four years of devoted and exemplary work with the Education Department Mr Wan Iu-shing's services to education have been consider able, particularly among the rural schools of the New Terri tories.

Major R.E. Tarner-M.B.E.

(Military):

Major Tunner has been quar termaster of the 7th Royal Tank

Spring Trap Too Late

Hanoi, Dec. 28. French Union paratroops and other forces, who set a big trap for Vietminh.re- bela southeast of Nasam in northern Indo-China found

lefthand now, were state and Regiment since June 1847. He they had disappeared when | going to crath in the gravel pit Were due to go on strike this morning after more | Airey, Maj-Gen and Mrs R. Chas fulfilled his duties in an ex the gap closed.

"I don't want to land. I am

criest Cox repeatedly,

Ten thousand Singapore Naval base workers than three months of fruitless negotiations over Often his sobs drowned out demands for increased cost of living allowances, what he was trying to say.

"You know.

can't come down, improved medical, facilities, pension rights, be continued. "I am going to

pay and sick leave. dy it until it runs out of gas, then dive it Into the gravel pit” The Joting rancher, who owned and operated the Double

Heart Ranch south of Sweet- water, took off from Sweetwater

Airport and stayed in the air

It will be the biggest single strike Organised in this colony.

All leave has been stopped for 500 Naval police while rein-

more

the second row were the Air

A big ground” fores moved Cruddns, Lady Howe, the Hon emplary manner and has set a the Colonial Secretary and Mrs Ane example to all ranks,

J.L.B. Bowing out of Nasam, French-strong- R. B. Black, and Commodore and

hold recently, besieged by the This officer by his efficient and rebels, Mrs H. G. Dickensen, while in

flowm The paratroope Oficer Commanding and Mrs enthusiastic work rendered out- ever Bach, the Hon, the Attorney Officer during his period of at airfield at Hanot completed R. C. Field, Bishop Hall, Bishop standing service as Engineer dozens of aircraft from: Glatom General and Mrs A, Ridehalgh, | tachment to No. 101 Being Ro- Freno hoped to

forcements from the Singapore STRANGEST

#group

of-

300.

the Hon R. R. Todd and Mrs fresher School. Todd and the Hon A. G. Clarke W.0. II W.T.J. Lane--ME.D.B. and Mrs Cirko.

Excellency, who wore full ceremonial uniform with sword, was accompanied on the

service.

catch about 3,000 rebels reported th the area

a few days ago, and bring them to battle.

(Mitary

Officer Lane has completed the

twenty-one years of

"But "when" the trap closed shut there was: nothing inside. Army Including

"It is lust another case of distinguished record in the

dnding nothing hero to fight," of formation

-French High was -onde up spokesman said today,

XMAS DAY dals by the Chief Justice, Sir second World War. In Septem- going out weedy for bede, but

SERVICE

prace; he "favours" the possiblity of a meeting between himself and Mar

his thiel was gone, ...

elby polico were sent to the Bisunnower being explored.

APPEARED NORMAL

naval base last night. to aid in It must be admitted there

An attendant, Otto Beinhauer, case of disturbances. said that when he serviced. Cooc'a

and Singapore naval base is very little that is con- The British Prime Minis-plane, the rancher appeared to union oficials hurriedly creto in these observations. ter, Mr Winston Churchill, be completely rational and none

Bruised Rasululy, their - principal will have a last minute dismal. He gald, Cox told him he volunteers to picket all three

was going to fly to Fort Stock gate merit is that they are not cussion with his cabinet on ton, Texas, where Cox's

gateways to the dockyard. father As the final negotiations over | negative. They will, howTuesday before sailing to owns a ranch; But after Cox got the Admiralty's offer to take

London, Dec. 28. he circled ever, becorac utterly meet the American Presi- into the air,

over the dispute to arbitration broka

Eighteen years ago the yesterday, a Naval meaningless unless Stalin dent-elect, General Dwight Sweetwater, sending his mes down

sage of. threatened suicide.

Vicar in the village of spokesman said that arrango- Instructs his diplomatic Eisenhower, it was learned

Two friends, L. M. Hubbardments have been made for Warleggan in Cornwall and advisers, either in Moscow, here tonight,

and Earl Crit, enlled the air-police protection for those who his parishioners quarrelled Washington or the United

The cabinet meeting will give port station to talks to Cox, but prepared to come to waric. Ho because he would not let Mr Churchill an opportunity to after they arrived Cox nosed said they would be taken to Nations, to follow them up

specially chartered discuss some of the topics expect his plane cast and flew 10 miles work -with official enquiries as toed to come up during his talls to Abilone.

When -Cox arrived

The spokesman said that Naval whether the United States with General Eisenhower in New

York next week.

Abilene Airport, he asked. the personnel will run essential ure interested in 'direct

authorities services. Acronautics on Civi The Prime Minister sails

there to put on landing lights Maty,

However, negotiations.

European house the Cunard Liner, Queen on Wednesday and he will stop so he could come down. Then wives will have to sweep their in New York for several days on he told them he had decided own floors, do their own laundry

not to land and was going and other work becaLISO General Crash Mr Churchill and Elsenhower are expected to ex- change views on the prospects of amateur pilots, followed Cox to and four other Naval vessels aircraft carrier Unicorn ending the Korean War and on Abilene in another plane. They

problems. defence

They may also discuss some of landed there and talked to him from Korea are at present under- over the CAA shortwave radis going reitting and repairing at

the Naval the Commonwealth economic

dockyard here United Press.. plans, which arose from the or three hours.

*Hubbard' planted: "Come on recent meeting of the Common-down and we'll have a cup of wealth Prime Ministers in Lon-coffee and talk this over, don.-Reuter,

"You know I cannot come down," replied Cor.

STALIN has previously made

newspapers to make what

Over

to

buses,

In

Hubbard and Cilt, both

to

Join the strike.

wes-pitired ber 1950. the

In full-bottomed wig robes, and read the citations.

Alagon the dels were Mr-

.on

Infantry Brigade, ho

to

Gerard Howe, who and red CCT IS pace thei

*Heat

Alltree (Head & Bailift) who standing service in

carrica tho" Mace "and Capt

B. F. Slevin, ADC to the Gover nor

and running. the new. Mr A. Brown-M.BE.

Mr. Brown is well known for his work da Chairman of the THE SPONSORS

Choero Club which is runi for Sponsors acting for the the troops in Hongkong. He has various recipients included the not missed more then a few Hon. John Keswick, CMG, Mr evenings duty there

W. Macintosh, CMG, OBE Cla

Club was Mr T. 8. Pugh, OBE, Mr,

can be sad in 1949, and it

Bald that

he. has devoted himself to the welfare and OBE

the ranks ED, the Hon entertainment of

Dr G. H

in

redthem use the Rectory for a

card tournament. Mwa

Last Christmas morning the Vicar' conducted' the strangest Christmas Day church service The Rev. all England. Frederick W. Denshain, atüred

D

*

500

Lt Col H. ONC

smce

STOP PRESS

S'pore Strike Begins

ible

Singapore, Dec. 29. Ten thousand Singapore Naval

workers struck morning.

Birike

MW. Hilverts B&n plete caso..

is the biggest

no incidents- da

strike started.

Clerical

TOATELS

Mr H Ching, of the garrison, the OBE, Li-Col Mi J. Wollcombe, 3. This year Mr Hinyer

| DSO, OBE, Capt B. R. Johnston, thirty-nine years in the service single in surplice and cassock, mount- Use of foreign and Soviet his way to'a holiday in Jamaica, wash his plane and Ell him- | domestic servants are expect gland service, sang -tha pro strellett, MBE, Lt-Col S. 1 work in. taking charge of sho¤ workers në tha baso reported for

ed the pulpit of his little granite MBE, F1-Lt W.J. Tuft, MBE, of. Hongicong in 1941, as Deputy There were

FL-L W. A. Jeffrey of the Crown, During the battle single striks In Singapore

blatory church, reclled the

Church of Mr Lyle, MBE, Mr D. L. Shipping Master, he did notable the mas lesson and preached scribed hymus, read the Christ-

Carter MBE, MC, SRQMS M. F on

But he was all alone in his, the charity of the season. church, as he has been for the past 18 years, boycotted by the 180 men, women, and children of his hamlet, on the Bodin Moora.

US REACTIONS

to

Britain Gets

Fog, Ice, Snowy Beck ald

London, Dec. 28.

do

I. A.

P. Baptista, MBE, Mr G. D. well-being of the -BeutHoc workers struck.

Binstead,

de

of thirty work as usual. Only Industrial ships that had Since his return to the Marine

Mr H. A. MBE Barros Botelho, MBE, ED, Mr Department in 1940 ho has per- Lo Tek-cheang. MBE, Mr. Tal sonally supervised the engage

of Fover Kam-chrung MBE, Mr Yeung ment and discharges of Fo Kai-hi, MBE, Mr To King 200,000 British seamen, shun, MBE, and Mr Hui Man- nis W. ForwillMBE. (Civil)| kaf, MBE

Throughout his

career Mr Fogwill has cared praise for his (Contd. on back vare, col. 2).

at the time appeared to be top lavel overtures for new international, relations between the East and West, but up to the present no endeavours have been made by Russia to give diplomatic

After the quarrel over the or official substance to his

card game tournament, thore. New York, Dec. 28. Crit begged him to land. pronouncements. It can be

was a Bishop's Inquiry which

THE CITATIONS "TM GOING TO CRASH" believe that Observers here claimed that the free world

exonerated the Vicar.. "I don't want to," replied

I- conducted

The citations read: Mr Churchill's talks next month will lend an attentive ear

with General Eisenhower wllt Cox, crying, "You know what

Communion with black Hon. B.C.K. Hawkins, O.B.E. to concrete proposals that be an informal preliminary to will

gloves

-0.M.G. I happen if i do. I lose my

and all sorts of things,” In addition discussions licence

other fullscale policy

Bld the

Már 83-year-old Vicar,

Hawkins has been as- may, lead to a general casing

Fog patches, Ico and low anting: things,"

the Labour Inter,

always | sociated ⠀⠀ with "They

1940 and of world tension. The pro-

They point out that Mr After a three-hour conversa bound roads today held up asking me to resign but I have Department since

"surprise" mise has already been made Churchill's

visit tion, Cox said suddenly that he Britons' travelling home after no Intention of giving up" - became head of it in 1940. As long as he obeys the During the years that followed, by Mr Foster Dulles that if does not rule out the projected was going back to Sweetwater the Christmas holidays.

mission to the and crash into the gravel pit.

Families crowded London church lawg nad holds his re- while the Department was the Soviet cares to make use United States in the spring to "I am going to crash from railway stations to board extra guiar services he cannot be tendly developing and

normal of

he an-trains. diplomatie discuss issues.

10,000 feat altitude," world

One train leaving for forced to quit, tota

consequence greatly increasing Main reason for the Januarynounced."

Zull Plymouth, Devon, was so

And, he added, "they all como Its responsibilities, Me Hawkins for riving channels

meeting, they consider, is the

has won for it the respect sent messages that Ro

seventeen people

of periodically

were to me in the end. I conduct all- substance to Stalin's news-

British Premier's arm bellet in about his altitude and location allowed to travel in the guards their funcala." Asociated both employers and workers. paper interview, aho will the importance of

‚É‚E. (C{vil) the Abilene control tower. personal re-

Preis. to

Mr. D. Benson-0.

Mr Benson has been Chair- United find the

States lations, between heads of state, "I am a 8,300 feet, cirding

The London Correspondent over the lake north of Abilene,

man of the Forces Civillan receptive. But in any events of the New York Times sug-ho eald in one message.

Entertainment

Welfare and no spectacular developments gested that the Prime Minister's When the plane ran

its inception swung around most pressing resson for sack- ex- can be immediately

fuel, he

Brith ocial

Church

a

Snowfalls i parts of Britain turned the countryside into Christmas card, scene in con- out of trast to Christmas Day when the

and sun

shone brightly, In New-

West Germans'

Gesture

ter.

aro

Britain-Japan Air Pact

Committee since

Committed has In 1949. The ̧ done exceptionally good work and has won the gratitude of the troops and Service authori tles. He is also a member of and other the Anti-Tuberculosis and unometal committees, concerned with welfare work,

und

London, Dec:-20: ed at London Airport for plants

Japanese airlines will have, delayed by fog. A Swiss plane the right to fly scheduled ac trem Zurich was diverted to vices to London under an air Hurn near Bournemouth. -Reu- | agreement with Britain signed

Tal-ches OJE. (Civi Mr U Tat-chee fins dos ex- | in Tokyo, today, D

In extending British alfinos wit also have cellent work the right to operate between Hongkong commercial pros

personal Londori arid Tokyo acred the perity and by his

contributed efforto

in forge Atlantic in addition to their current scheduled services bo measure to the Colony's Tow twoon: London and Tokya ing reputation as a manufac

turing

centre. He has Biso through India

servico to be rendered valuable

the community in other fields, Inbour affairs, motably in housing and social welfare

APPOINTMENT

FOR PHILIP

وا

pected. Mr Eisenhower can na-an carly renewal of close headed toward Sweetwater. The castle en Tyne, Northern Eng- personal contact was Britain's plane began to sputter when he

Zand,

snow was Afteen centi- do no more than hold un- ‡ desire to be more closely in was almost there. Then the metres thick.

with American thinking engine stopped.

Hundreds of passengers walt- official discussions with his

Cox noted the plane toward on Korea, own advisers, and with Mr

The Herald Tribune said the Churchill when they meat formed visit planned by Mr the gravel pit, held it in a dive, the spring was in a few moments was dead, nuxt week, pending his Churchill for inauguration as President. ll conteroplated and major United Press,

prob- Moreover, while it is questions of policy would Interesting to observe that bly be discussed then, the Russian leader approves A preliminary Eisenhower- Would meciing the idea of meeting Elson ellate this, the

newspaper hower, this

could not wald. Reuter. possibly come to pasa with out Britain and France,

Coventry, Dec, 23: being brought into the

A RARE FIND Coventry Cathedral nu Queen Elizabeth II has up able to operate between Binge picture, at Janat to the point:

thorities said today that. Pretoria, Dec. 28. German churchgers,

proved the appointment of her pore; Hongkong and Tokyo. whose of consultation on the view-

husband; the Duke of Edin The agreement signed at the

work. South Africa's Prime Minis, countrymen, destroyed the burgh; as head of the Cadot Japanese Foreign Ministry pro points the American Presi

tor, Dr Daniel Malan has dent would represent in any ordered an Air Force Dakota Cathédral in the air blitz Corps of the thres armed servides fom

officially anraunoed 1. Privileges relating to the bilateral parleys. For the to fly to Madagascar today to 3040, will furnish a stained vices, it was o

window for the new [toctay:

freedoms of the alre time belug it is necessary pick up a five-foot long fish

structure, now, being erected. The Duke, a sailor, recently Most Envoured nations be a Coelacanth, the site, grow. out of a con- look up firing again Croat

treatment to keep an open mind on believed to

in customs and the Stalin periceoffer." reputedly extinct for

boween President He will be Admiral of the Sea versation, between

dutiestablishment of

of faritis, is But It may be added that it yearskajam

The fials, if delivered in would afford-general satia- Faction if the Russians condition, may start a top may and Fastos Adolf Hurts Army Cadets and Commodore Japanese airliners were per connected over many ye

scale scientile Investigation of Berlin, who has conducted in-Chief of the Air Training mitted to fly to the United with the Tung: Walk Group of States under an agreement sign- | Hospitals and in the last – 192 here, Associated EXTrue: Corps are demonstrate the sincerity of polo seurate of the pre-historic workers Mr Stalin's pronouncementa world neuter;

West

Londed Dec. 20:

GERMAN heodor: Eleus of West. Ger- Gadata, Colonel-in-Chier of the

Both countries will also be

Mr Los Ja-cheung-O.B.E.

(Chyll)...

Mr Lea to a long record of valuable service to the com munity in several delde:- In particular „be bam been" petivély,

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