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CHURCHILL MAY MAKE DIRECT

APPROACH TO MALENKOV

Possibility

Of Flying To Moscow Discussed

London, Oct. 7.

Sir Winston Churchill may fly to Moscow in a bid to ease world tension if he again fails to bring about a personal conceivable that principal meeting of the Big Four leaders, in the opinion of_.com®.

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criticism will be levelled ngainst the severity, of the facade. Straight lines, it is true, are the necepted modern style of architec- ture and many fine buildings have been designed on that basis. The trouble is that it has become almost standardised style, und first glance at the city hall model turns the mind immediately to the appearance of the new CSO building, whieh possesses a decided air of utility, but in certainly not beautiful. Closer inspection, of course, revenis that Professor Gordon Brown's city hall has practically nothing in common with the CSO design, but it is general Impressions which

ure

greated through the eye. and beenuse of this the city hall design appears to be beth, too severe and loo squnt. Sited as it is, the city hall should be a build- Ing which dominates the waterfront, but it is difficult to imagine the suggested design accomplishing this. It is not without dignity.. yet this attribute could be very much more emphasised were the building to be given greater height. We need a city hall which Ja pleasing to the eye as it is useful in its purposes.

GENERALLY speaking the

petent diplomatic observers here.

The Prime Minister "is still trying very hard to arrange a top-level meeting of the Big Four, despite reluctance in some quarters," a high diplomatic source said today.

con:

The source said Sir Winston Churchill was now sidering a direct approach to Mr Georgi Malenkov, the Soviet Prime Minister, if he could not get the United States assur- ance to agree to a conference of the four heads of Govern- ments.

The statement supported a number of similar reports that have come in recent weeks from people in close contact with the Prime Minister. Sir Winston Churchill may refer to his plan when he addresses the delegates to the Conservative Party conference in Margate, Kent, on Saturday.

Indo-China War

:1

NEW

OPERATION

OPENS

Hanoi, Oct. 7. Franco Vietnam forces under the command of General Cogny, famed for his hit-and-run raids on strongly-held Vietminh key polnis, today swept into action in the Bulchi sector. which are em-

about 75 miles southwest of bodied in Professor Gordon Brown's design are satis- Hanoi, to disengage light factory. Objection

Vietnam battalions heavily already been raised against

attacked by regular Viet- Inclusion of Council minh forces during the past Chamber and many will con- sider the objection can be sustained. Whether or not

hus

Mr Anthony Eden, the the United States, they believe in his Arst that a failure of such talks Foreign Secretary. spicca sicre shea "six-menth would cause despair in Europe illness, is expected, to tell the and might undermine Wetern Conservative (Govern unity-China Mall Special. ment) Party's annual conference

tomorrow

that world - power.]:- talks at the highest level pos- sible remain Sir Winston Churchill's main objective.

Neither the United States nor France would object to a lone attempt by the 78-year-old world statesman, it is believed In diplomatic quarters here.

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FRENCH: ATTITUDE ----

Paris, Oct. 7. Efforts being made by British Premier Sir Winston Churchill to promote top-level meetings Soviet Russia are warmly with welcomed in France, a French Foreign Office spokesman said today.

Though the United States has cxpressed her strong dislike of Winston Churchill's plan for Big Four talks at the highest feel level, Washington would

talics that direct Anglo-Soviet could prvih Kremlin Bussia

in

serve a useful purpose

titude to the present situation.

The French Government has always favoured eny proposal, including that of a meeting at the highest level proposed by Sir Winston Churchill last May, likely to promote peace and the lessening

of tension between and the West, the spokesman said.

The same generól · objective would guide the French repre- sentatives at the present meeting

They would, moreover, not sign the United States with a move

in London of officials of the with which she is not basically in sympathy.

three powers in drawing up the One of the main objects of reply to the latest Soviet note. the Prime Minister's approach This reply, it was said here, would however be to seck the would be short and would prob- views of the Kremlin leatlers on ably suggest a new date. It will be be recalled that last month, the Vietminh attacks had been achieved by a subsequent Four-Western Allies invited Hussin to heavy and had been concentrated Power meeting. the -Colony eventually on preventing the build-up of

attend Wine Testing at possesses a municipal coun- | the' Vietnam units. Heavy

October 16.

A

month.

major

the

results

that could

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Invention To Aid Blind

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This blind man carries, a new device for the blinds, (in- vented by French soloutlet M. Paul Saudemont (left). Called "Artificial Vision", it comists of a tiny television which records the objects in front of the blind person. electric current la transmitted from the camera on to a dimbaulive screen (adhering to the skin) and its vibrations warn the blind person of the obstacles in front of him

London Express.

Cruiser & Frigates Arrive

At British Guiana

Georgetown, British Gulana, Oct. 7. The British cruiser Superb, and the frigates Bigbury Bay and Burghead Bay arrived here to night, and arrangements already made to land them were put into effect.

Racehorse Swindle

Sensational Court Allegations

London, Oct. 7. Lord Eliot, 39-year-old bookmaker, Was offered £500 to take action to hamper Scotland Yard's in- vestigation of an allogod race track swindle, a police court was told in London today.

Gomer Charles, 46, a book- Įmaker, one of five men secused of a fraud conspiracy in which It was planned to net £35,000, made the

the offer, Mr Maxwell Turner in prosecuting said.

Lord Eliot, on of the Earl of St Germans, was asked to pose to the Chief Constable of Bath as a leading, member, of the Jockey Club, which controls British flat racing.

7 BANDITS CONFESS TO MURDER

Mexico City, Oct. 7. Seven bandlu have cón- fessed taking' pari - in the 'shotgun slaying of United States diplomat Ralph B Swain on the Pan Ameri- can Highway, the Mexican Defenso Afinistry an- nounced last night.

A-Minksley spokesman salt alt soven were charg- ed with assault, murder, robbery and discharge of firearms They carr be executed if convicted.

Dr Swain was murdered

· late Saturday sa blù wiệc and oblidren looked on. helplessly-United Press,

Body Of Kidnapped

Child Found

Washington, Oct. 7.

The decomposed body, of six-year-old Bobby Green-

The idea was to get the Chief lease, who was kidnapped Constable to take immediato from his private school nine proceedings against man days ago, has been found

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called Phillips, then in custody,

on a charge of cutting the race burled at St Joseph, Mis- course telephone cable at Bath souri, it was announced in the west country.

here today by Edgar Mr Turner ·- said: "Gomer

Charles said he thought that ir Hoover, the Director of

this was done against Phillips 'disposed of at

садо and the

Federal Security.

-Hoover said that 37-year-old

once, it would hamper the in- Carl Austin Hall had confessed quiries of Scotland Yard and that he had killed Bobby, the therefore prevent the prosecu-child of. wealthy parents, by tion, of anyone.. other than revolver shots. Phillips.

Hall was one of two persons arreated by the St Louis pulled

DECLINED

•

The disappearance.

"Lond Ellot very properly de- in connection with the boy's clined to have anything to do

other per with the matter."

son in custody is 41-year-old starxlard Mrs Bonnie Brown Hendy

In Who's Who British textbook of notabilities, The body of the child was Lord klipn. Hets his recreations found behind the House occupied "car" "hundin" "the slipper, shootid by Mrs Heady B St Joseph, und and Ashin' for com- according to Hoover who added plimenta

most of the $600,000 'ran- In the dock with Charles were som money given by the parenta Maurice Williams, 47, recohorse had been recovered?" owner, George, Rately Jr., 47, So far, the police have been bookmaker, Witham Rocke, 57, unable to ascertain the exact racecourse owner, and Robert date of the child's death, | Victor, Colquhoun DIH, 50, blood- The Federal Security Offico

stock breeder.

Hall

and, Mre

The care was adjourned until Friday, October 1.

sald today that Hendy had mentioned the name of a former convlet, 37-year-old the Thomas John Marsh, during their the five men statements to

Mr Turner, cutlining Crown case, enld switched the racehorse Santa was revealed, had been released Amaro for a horse called Fran-

casal in the first race at Bath on

16. The horse won.

The men had placed bots.

win £35,000. Just before

police

Marah. It

Missouri State Prison on October 2, 1851, after serving

from the

a sentence for assaulting a child. to Mrs Heady had been previously the

Federal

race the telephone line linking arrested on several occasions, it bookmakers on the course with was revealed by the their bets clearing house in outhorities-France-Presse. London had been cut,

Thus the heavy weight of money put on Francasal was not

tho and the 'house's communicated to starting price was as high as 16

bookmakers

Course

Naguib Unwell

tomorrow after a three-day rest

Cairo, Oct. ?. The Egyptian Premier: General to 1. No off-the-course win- Naguib, will leave Alexandria

cause clerk of the course taken on his doctor's orders?

It was understood that General About 80 witnesses will be Nagub was suffering

From 'de- called to give evidence during pression caused by overwork----

France-Presse.

Extra precautions taken last night included angs have been paid out be the floodlighting of police and military head-lodged an objection,

ell, it does not appear vitally casualties on the Vietnam forces.to-would also doubtless dis-eply we question of quarters here in case of any possible uprising or

The would probably not necessary that any part of were inflicted in four

city hall should

today's operation Cuss with Mr Malenkov the pro- Western guarantee be attacks and

to Russia violent action as feared by the British Govern- the prosecution case-Reuter. the entrenched pool he alred last May for a

against alienated for its meetings was to destroy

renow'd aggression by system of international guaran-Germany. A French Foreiga meht. tees by which Russia and the

Omoo

**The spokesman sald would pledge French Government The Buichi acetor was recent Western powers

4

or administrative depart- Vietminh regulars. ments. It is presumed that

when

a

feels that

the new CSO and ly handed over to the Vietnam themselves jointly to resist the question of arranging a four- other government buildings National Army, The position German attack on either party, power meeting has priority, ove: morning at which it is believed when the Colonial Office is try

in Lower Albert Road are of the garrison completed they will include sarlous

when

A

the

VIEWS UNFORMULATED

"There Council held

19 по disturbances, The Executive

emergency meeting this unrest or violence. In this hour

the Governor, Sir

Alfred ing to create hysteria and rob became pre- ' This idea is now being dis- the question ofà guarantee

the Vietminh cussed in

Three Western against German aggression. The Savage, made an announcement us of our rights, we ask the Gulana to remain Its regulars catals-with view to offering guaranico might be a suitable about the impending arrival of people of

calm, quiet and firm," a new and adequate council steadily infiltrated

the Soviet Union a new and matter to diasusa once such a warships and troops, in the area.

The House formal csurance of the peaceful meeting has been arranged. But

of Assembly chamber which surely can be

Europeans here, in general this afternoon made available to the Urban :

and the have welcomed the announce. With nearly

in-intentions of the Atlantic Pact the two questions should not be met million

projected six-nation linked. We understand Britain gallery : was already filled ment that warships and troops Council or its successor for habitants, the Bulchi sector is end the

in Indo-China European Army. Despite the set-tools as we do."

three hours before the time are on the way to the colony routine meetings. The city the richest aren

Axed for the session.

but regret the need and hope the .and forms a stronghold of backs to hopes of a fundamental hall should be wholly for the Catholic resistance against Com change In Soviet policy that

Guards were placed at the troops will be kept here only and benefit of the niunism.

long as 18 absolutely The spokesman said France houses of the Chief Justice and as Winton still belleves that an in- general public and quite

not yet formulated any other prominent citizens of the necessary.

There are no apparent signs of also obviously the space which

There were The ferocity of Vietminh at- formal meeting without teams of had

feeling between it is proposed to allocate tacks in the sector had become experis and a ret agenda would official views on the possibilities colony.

with bad the suggested guarantee, patrols by police armed for a council chamber could a scurce of worry to the French do much to clear the al

Command and Unday's High

In this he has strong support The French Government had bayonets,

the

the views of received be better utilised. The plea.

Special constables, were called Europoons and local population several Franco- from the House

of Commons, Americans on the subject, but cure Bast night to patrol the European women and children for an "Intimate" theatre operation by

was aimed though his biggest backers are had not yet expressed its own commercial centre of the capital are expected to leave outlying Vletnom battalions merits the most sympathetic at preserving the light Vietnam the Socialist Opposition.

Brkiah Gulane sugar estates for tomorrow, consideration, and

by would battalions and

preventing, the

many Conservative

Security offers described the undoubtedly servo a more Vietminh «from securing an cosy members and some Socialists here about the American 'views Pituation as tense but quiet wit? | nocording to a report clawulating

no incidente reported. useful purpose than a coun-victory-France-Presse.

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Woman Wins Coveted Licence

London, Oct. 7,

Is intended to be, a posses- sion of the people of Hong- kong. Inclusion of Govern- ment departments in any shape or form would be "n donial of this. There are An Australian air expert, Miss Loris Halliwell, sets Boveral features of the out tonight for her home at Sydney carrying in her brief Brown design which case-an authority possessed, by only one other woman in admirable, but wo bellevo the world! that there is room for modifications which would

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of

to

viowa.

No details were available

protest business premists.corgetown

the

capital. Arrangements are being z

made for the women and children to stay in a safe place in the city, It was learned here--Reuter FOLLITTS STATEMENT

London; Oct. 7. Harry, Pailltt, General

on the form of guarantee to be

No signals from the British given to Russia. It is known, however, the Amercian sugges warhips had been reczived up tion makes no mention of how to midday today to notify the to deal with any Soviet claim me of mazivali

The 3,000-ton Supert will stay that a guarantee against aggres-about 12 mitce offshore as the sion should involve abandon is too large to enter the harbour, ment of American air bases in She is carrying 400 Royal Welch Secretary of the British Commu

Fusillers.

nist Party, in a statement today. Europe. **

The Hague conference of the The troops will be brought sald "the despatch of warships pix Little Buroget nations, dus shore by the frigates Bigbury and troops is directed against a

y and Burghaad. Day, Bay

Democratic government elected to be held in', The - Hogue on

by the

people only six months wark October 22 to discuss setting tip is tho This

Before that, she was a coveted des

JAGAN'S "ACCUSATION ngo based on a consliiulion put patcher's Hcence, which, Miss time Wirelesst

| political ** coramurity, will 'operator' ̧ ̈· în ga] bo generally advantageous, Halliwell

Dr Choddl Jagan, the Prime Into force by the British Gov probably be It. Jus Bydney, with the WRAFS.

postponed, it passed.

learned here today. Quite properly Government examinations

Minister accused the Colonial ernment itself, 4 In radio,"naviga=

Because the Democratie Gov- brier holiday in

one of thellë has invited criticisms and tion, meteorology, civil aeronau-

The Deputy Foreign Ministers Office of being suggestions from the public, Lic regulations and on the Aukitella, she will go to San are will discussing the maller leaders behlid a Communist erament of British Gulana car

without having arrived Home

in a statement rod out ille election pledges to plot declared”....”

All Make people, the Brush Tories are Arid it. ls in the interests of | practical sie in night despatch. Francisco to plan tircraft widespread agreement, † issueds today: Hefend the Intereste, of the the community that this in Hall well line just spoof three how it much fuel, streraft and it is felt in overal western cannot see any reason rushing teravats and 18 military

Twenty-sever-year-old Missing, plot weathe and decide vitation be accepted. The yours world at London air should carry at elicular job foot will not be ripe for die Gulat now that conditions the bigger borseland the Kutopoka capitals that the sub-for much-Intimidation when all armed forces in the interests of present elty hal model on port for Pan American Airways, In Britain," that display does not have to be in whose plane she leaves is the rampons Billy, af afroraft cumion by the Foreign Minister in our country are normal and gold and diamond millionaires.

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