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Sai Wan Memorial
N
( emptions wind and
A flood of bright sun-
shine yesterday, We of the long and late past of Hongkong paused for a retrospective glance at the Thunder of enanon and shol of 1941. It
a brief Was moment of remembrance and thanks at a haven of peace in memory of those valian. comrades who died in the defence of freedom and liberty. Ideals shared { alike by friends and strangers of many creeds and colours but all with a self-appointed tank. instinctive desire to
pre serve a way of life, itself the struggle and Accor plishment of 21 thousand long yours.
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1955.
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NANGKONGE KOWLOON
REDS MASSING FOR ASSAULT Man Goes
SAYS TAIPEI
Disastrous Troops, Planes
Concentrated
Fire In N.T.
4,000 PEOPLE LOSE HOMES
About 270 shops and "We will remember them", squatter huts were destroy; simple avowal of hunested and 4,000 people rendered intention, but
the homeless in a fire in Shek ordered rows of headstoner Wu Hui Village, Sheung | Shui, New Territories, early this morning.
and the sanctuary of the
No
serious casualties been reported.
have
The densely-populated village comprised many shops in two- storey
stone buildings
and wooden squatter huis situated on both sides of the Sheung Shu. The fire started about 3.50 Canned by strong
crossroad.
War Memorial unveiled by the Governor at Sai Wan yesterday, the Colony com. memorate not only past gallan ry and true devotion to duty, not only the ideals for which they nobly gave their lives. but a fervent passion
among *K the living, the heirs of their greatness and glory, to road and, chaure that they have northerly
gusts of wind, J not died in vain. It is wept rapidly stuth.
due and it shouldi our
Six fire engines under Mr W. epitomise the spirit in which | Gorman, Chief Omeer, and Mr we recall their efforts, V. C. Seymour, were promp ly iespatched. By 7 0.1. the
"WE
a.m.
on the east
side of the
Off Matsu
Taipei, Feb. 21.
The Defence Ministry said today that massed vasion assault against Matsu after three days of Communist forces appear ready to launch an in-
air-sea combat on its northern flank,
had shifted troops and planes to the nearby main- Official dispatches from Matsu said the Reds
land, moved up amphibious craft, and were ready- ing shore batteries in range of the Nationalist island outpost.
Nationalist bombers hit for the third straight day yesterday at Red naval concentrations between Matsu and Taî, 63 miles to the north. They sank a 1,000-ton gunboat, knocked out a big landing craft, and 'blow up or set fire to eight or nine motorised junks, a com- munique said.
The loll
count.
HELD ON A STABBING CHARGE
Rome, Feb. 20. Donald Alfen. 33, an American, tonight was held by police on charge of stabbing Adalberto Spinosa, 20an allan televialon
Mr Spincea is la hos- Dial, seriously wounded.
Police
said be WILE stabbed outside Mr Allen's home carly today while returning from
dance wish Mr Alleza.
*
Me Allen is a correspon- deni in Xialy for the American magazine News- week.-Beuter.
Historic Meeting In Cairo
EDEN & NASSER
Cairo, Feb. 20. The two chief architects
Gangster Slain After 90-Min
Battle With Police
New York, Feb. 20.
A slippery gangland assassin who vowed never to be taken alive. was shot to death in a spectacular 90-minute Harlem gun battle with more than 125 policemen today as thousands of spectators watched from rooftops, windows and street corners.
Augusto Robles, 41, set off the biggest gun battle. In New York City history, according to police officials, when he fired at policemen closing in on him and shouted: "I'll take as many as I can with me.
You'll
never take me alive, and I'll take a few of you with
me."
Robles woundoj two police- men, neither seriously, before a bullet Anally got him In the chest. He fell between two cribs in his third-floor tenement
apartment and was dead when the police renched him.
the
scene and began in earnest,
Robles red from first one window and then another in the four-room flat in the back of the building. Poller frod back from a vacant lot in the rear of the building and sealed up all
escape routes.
Berserk, Kills Four
THEN COMMITS SUICIDE
New York, Feb. 20. Five bodies were found today at the home of an unemployed millworker who went berserk with a gun and hatchet and killed his wife, her daughter and two young men, in Uniontown, Penn-, sylvania,
said the mill-
Authorities
worker. Robert L. Miller, 42, ended a three-day killing spree by committing suicido seriously wounding another man.
after
Frank
Miller and Stephen Demko, 20, were found dead on a bed in a downstairs room of Miller's eight-room home at the nearby coal mining community of Hoover this morning. body of Albert French, 22, Wes on a
a bed in a second floor bed- room.
The
About 12 hours later, the bodies of Miller's wife Helen,
the shooting 41, and her daughter, Doris, 17, were uncovered in a cost bịri af the rear of the house.
ANOTHER WOUNDED The discoveries we
were made after another
Anthony Rivak, 34, staggered into nearby tavern shortly before THMEN SET on Saturday ShÁ TO- that he had been shot Chief of Joha
of Detectives Thomas by Miller. Wounded in the Nielsen and # Deputy Chief abdomen, bo
takin to Inspector breke off their in Uniontown Hospital, where his vestigations
the
Serar condition was reported critical. Rubinstein murder and other
Ralston McGee Coroner stayings to rush to the 112th of Fayette County, said Miller Street tenemerit and direct theiled himself by sloshing his battle against Robles.
wrists and then shooking himself
Police wearing gag masks and bullet-proof vests Anally got their man in a manner reminis
of the days cent Dilinger and Pretty Boy Floyd, after
flat with blasting his machinegun and
rific. Are and from 3.30 to
5 p.m.
of
Wiks
ran the Nationalist A late night communique sold of the Suez Canal agreement tear gas bombi bug in the fighting around Tai, all planes returned safely to 120 miles nor h of Formosa, to base.
-Sir Anthony Eden, the The fugitive, who stood only some 50 Red warships and at It sadd a 1,000-ton Communist British Foreign Secretary, five feet four inches tall, spray- least 3.900 troops, by offelai ac-gunboat "was hit direc.ty end and Colonel Gamal Abdeled the polico with bullets from
set on fire. It sank Immediate-Nasser, the Egyptian Prime a machinegun and four
Another landing craft of The Chinese war boiled
La-15"
was Minister, met for the first/volvers, including three he took kill, if necessary, and to spara fot. the bodies indicated that more than 1,000 tons ward a new climax, with the heart or nine armed motor
damigos" ficial singling out of Matsu na he next Red invasion target
biru, a bleak but heavily fortid junks were also hit and Brg" the communique od Leland three miles long and a "Many Communist gun diver Estuary shading to the ultions were bombed and Ares
VE will remember them": fire was put under control, but it but as Christians fully was still mouldering at 11 am. A large squad of Policemen, consclous of the love, for-
under Mr T. Cashman, Sendos giveness, understanding and Superintendent of Police, was great humility of
our ago at the scene maintaining teacher, Jesus; not as barrer and drocung the home barians. It was the Goyer is to miety. nor's plea yesterday that we Region of The home wide. les just off the Minde should not perpetuate their work have bem put
by
harbouring in hand.
memory
fierce and undying hatred. The cause of the Are is under
"For we want to perpetuate
good, not evil, in the world," he told the nasembled
nvestigation.
dinner here tonight.
#way from policemen in two time at a British Embassy escapos Inst. Friday.
His aim was bad..
It was also the first time that the Egyptian Premier or any member ofAN Colatli hed estfoot in
nort of Foochow witre_sperhaps BED, Embassy very
the
gathering. "We Should Had 2 Brides bombardment of Red shippin days of the Nationailst air and
strive fur peace NO that
their sacrifice will not have be u in vain."
It was an exhortation which
was great at the moment of
utterance but one which 16 transi.oly and elusive in
At Wedding
A youn eacher was
Singapore, Feb, 20.
Singapore school married here latt
the changing condilons of week-and two bri les turned world which puts such up at the wedding ceremony.
A
441
ut
low prematum on calumny, The groom explained it this vituperation, castigation way: "One is my parents' choice
abuse, But the pieu and the other ta mine." was, a. the name time, one! The young man fell in love witch insists on the samej with a gas severa; mon.hs ago, Rond durability which 18
h.s paren.s
oposed the associated .with
had the marriage, They
already Memurini, which will be osen a bride for him—a
cant relative. They went out the aaseiated with it forever. Au that
will bevinnicas. Meanwhile, the boy shrine
married secretly than other girl, without purpose unless we
Lake duni Sun, og
-It gave no...-estimate of These were the main develop camfalties inflicted ments pointing toward en all-Communists. out claih in the Formosa Stralt:
ecmf-omelat 1. The Nationalist Air Force had citimated that 8,000 Red
Icuni - the clock were killed in the Arst tw apparently moving strong forces navel atiacics on Red forcés Into the Invasion springboard north of Formosa. northwest of Formosa. Red gun One report said 1,000 Reds positions on Tal also
Find
on Saturday when low-flying blasted.
Nationalist bombers #ank damaged 20 ships
near Tal Two thousand were believed td on Frlony in the sinking ar damaging of 21
craft And
motorised landing junks.
wer:
EVADES ANSWER
Minister George
2. Foreign Yeh, returning from the United Stales, said "we will defend all our territories, including the Cover side." Asked if the islands would be defende
-nded with without US
be support, evnded o direct answer,
or
a. US aircraft carriere «trol
Islands.
***
Om
AL
one
Red gunboris, after the British Foreign Secre. they ken ar gae bombs, bu
REINFORCEMENTS
COMMON CONCERN
The dinner was held shortly ary's arrival here by air. Sh Anthony Eden told reporters at the airport that he and Colonel Nasser would discuss "matters
Whe
mon
common.cancera to cur ceumn-o
Dr
pald the condition Mrs Miller had been bludgeoned
They gave orders to shoot to the
no effort to get their man.
The 'search for Robles had to death with a hatchet Inte ranged from Harlem tenements Wednesday our curly Thursday to Greenwich Village, dates, until and her daughter "kliked in: the the police closed, in on bind to teachion as much as 13, day in the crowded Hom poiss later, melting pot of Puerto Rican, and. The house showed no Negro Posidonta,
A fight United
Robles had been sought by the ment.
watch
༣
Froze
Herself To Death
on
In
Sko was found by the Town Hail stokser ca this way to wózke, The police said there were no footpena in the snow but he.s, and the recubtedly had; c m. mited suicide.
her
CROWD CHERES The Harlem crowds gathered on rooftops of tenemente, and a housing project und, in windows and où street corners, appeared The two statesmen in a "inado, favour apbits in the batte. LONG POLICE RECORD... Lo-man talk" were expected to Trey • cheered lustily. "For Him reports
Robles, who id n pollee review the international altua and their shouts died out only cord stretching back to tion with particular regard to after he had Bred his last shot was sought for the ganglind the Middle East, according to
at the me of policemen cion-ride of Joseph Aronowitz, diplomatic "observers here, Ing in on him.
Polish-bern ex-convict who was Flans for the forthcoming Robles was alene in the six-shot twice in the head and loft
were abstorey Southeast Defence
tenement Curing the in a parked car in front of the
Stockholm, expected to figure preliminarily battle. The other occupants had collin company last Tuesday.
Feb, 20.. in their discussions.
The police announced today been evacuatod by police
point in the batt ́e.
During the battle, ho police that a woman committed suicide police sol are to Robles apart-ordered Robles to walk out with by stripping naked in subzero ment
his hands up. He asked for weather. They found her nude on dring while are time to write a le ter. The body this morning a pork han sprayed the building with police,"
fearing another ruse, near the City Hall. 1-reɛms of water.
fired tear gas into the apași-
The Assistent Police Inspecter, Gosa Aronson, said investigation revealed the woman went to the police since his two escapes on
After Robles ceased firing, park carly this morning, to k Friday. Once he disarmed hrer Officials
raid the Reds
trying to arrest him the, palice went in and found of all her clothes, folded them policemen apparently were determined to tmes."
and slipped through à 100-mar Els, body alone among a cluticneacy in a ple, and lay down einforce the tiny land for an
toys and spent, bullets Or. of Also at tonight's dinner were police machinegun cordon.
Her stomach in the anew and The apparen! off the China coast and Sabre invasion arsault."
two families who lived in lin Sir the other occaak n he broke The for
o teath. that Jets patroled cut of Formosan target
British Ambassador, assault
fa were gone... Robles air felds. But US officials kennamed
only today
The Ralph Stevenson, the Egyptian away from four burly policemen, the by the Reda guessing what they velence Ministry
Foreign Minister, Dr Hahmoud shooting it out with them as hell had his glasses on, As Matsu
fed.
Crowds gathered to and the Chie of the would do about the offshore which with Quemey to the cout Imperat
Fawzy,
-General
Sir Staff,
He was wanted as the assassin the battle and there were Ich Harding,
for bize whɔ kilid an under- many clinging to the fire accept in Hongkong recull per-up a. his "cid" welding anu 4. Red Jet Aghters in some up the main Nationalist outpost
cbservers Diplomalle
hert world associate' who had turned cope building that the meta Through the ceremoay. force moved into Fukien Pra-
hought Sir Anthany would find Sate's evidence in a Bal'imorestaleway buckled and had to bu Despite their heavy losses, the Colonel Naser generally recep- robbery care and left the body evacuated.United Press. Communists were believed in
ive to the overall Western in front of a Brooklyn coffin Nationalist military quarters to policy in the Middle East,
factory. have succeeded in reinforcing.
But the Egyptian Premier. Tal with several thousand men
expected was also
to outlin Two weeks ago only 600 or 80 some of his difcuttics to an
Detective, Daniel, Regan and the mmediate Hning-up with the six other detec.ives not off the island.
West in the military feld,
skirmish.
grow spectacular gun battle, Rogan The
SITUATION REVIEWED
and the others wont' to 'thè ip he was Major General Abdel Haki apartment "on a Amtr, Bryption Minister of War hiding out there to pick Robles and Commander-in-Chief, anup "dead or alive". Sir Harold Caccia, Assistant Rogan said he and two others 100,000 men, boosting Chiang's Forco ground technicians bad Under-Secretary for Foreign went to the third floor, and the force to more than 500,000, been identified there by Nation Affairs, were also present at the our cam og man stood guard, Both Chin:s mainlanders and alist agents.
talks after dinner, a British "We know he was in there," The Dgency Bak
aid Rogue There was no way | rative Formosunu were
included, he Russians were helping the Embassy statement said.
the
of Communists build up their al
In conversations which went to get at him frem The Air Force reported that bries,****
until midnight "they ro the apartment" viewed the world situation and. Ho said ho and a Bombers yesterday- plunged
Military
estimated the talks of promoting peace,
and Vincent Charles Deuner through heavy anti-aircraft fire. to round Red shipping and in-that as many as 220,000 Com-it went on
Heffern knocked down the door They also noted with satis and walked in with their ro and around Tal. munist troops might be shifting
southward into Fukien Province faction the progress in Anglo-volvers in thele hands. for-action against the Nation-gyp.ion relations inco the
*We Weren't
even half way in. alist islands.
signaturo of the (Suez Canal the room when we were met a fleet of more than Zs) agreement They said a
in Gotober, with flying bullets" has mide #32 100 funks and fishing boats had 1904 the Embassy added. was Robles, hiding behind *been commandeered in South Reuter Chim and were heading, for Fukien waterUnited Fress,
petually the spirit in which i went
aucte, Wite and come to us wed-
of
ond Nanchi to the north make
line,
on
1
It Why dedicated, with He led his or.de talo the nix.vince fields directly across from gratitude for the valiant | room. When he came back he Formosa, Al cast one full wing hearts commemorated there.ad a girl on each arm.
was reported already at Chant- These are my wives," he tolding, In easy reach of Matsu, Six
being Aleits were
im- other HK-China Trade the started wedding guests. His
Thousands proved. Tot
troops OSTENSIBLY the atateng. He lost the house with his and hundreds of armed junks | troops were reported
ww bruts, (CAVIAR his flavour- were repor ed moving in.
Käl- g.az) family beaked to mouth
Chiang thek
called
additional anagers over,-France-P, 1888,
up
Tatno Nows Agency, volunteers and drated troops. organ of the Interior Ministry,
being Toscave divisions were
said.
reporting Д mins Military movement zalled to the colours.
ct Hed troops callimated, the latesta Fakten Province that a group ources
Alf craft would affect, more than Russian advises and
Collision Disaster:
ment by the Director of the China Export-import Corporation reinting to Hongkong-China trade is a piege
anti-American of propaganda, carrying wata it the broad Inforence that'
16 Killed the Colony has allowed it- Relf to be mused into appli-
Santiago, Chis Feb. 20. cation
of tho United A bus collided with a train Nations embargo by the near here tonight and was then blandishments of the set on fire by a parrin lamp United States.
carried by a railway guard who came to investigate.
مورد
5.
President
BOMBING * CLAIMS'
s allations on
PLANE WRECKAGE FOUND
The jibe, being without Sixteen people were killed foundation, can be ignored, and seventeen injured-Reuter, Of more interest is Mr Tano's reference to futura) Hongkong-China ! trading relations. He is reported tôj have declared that tho Chinese Communists have no intention of by-passing Hongkong, realising that the Colony has facilities and knowledge that "could prove to be of
immonse commercial bencft."
If Mr Tsao. is giving expres- sion to offelali Péking policy, als statémónt la welcome, Communist China has it within her power to Batisfy the United Nations that the necessity for u trade embargo no longer oxists." If and when that occurs, Hongkong »will be happy to restore normal - trading with the mainland ⠀⠀
New York, Feb. 20. The still-smoking wreckage of an airliner thất vanished In a mowstorm on a 20- minute fight yesterday was found strown over: the side of a jagged Southern Rocky Mountain peak on 'New Meries today. All 18' persona aboard were dead,
There is just nothing left," said State Police Offices.But Lucas" after a helicopter Right over the scene
There is not a chance any one survived. The plane was [so badly-torn apart fou can't even tell fi's'd plant, except For the tall ARMENT
according to town, acceptail plus. Athelicopter pliot who glaso
traditional” methods, Britis
"to the scene reported that the.
twin-engined. Trans - World Airlines Martin Skyliner had.
· smashed ̈ ̈ head-on into Jagged-
sources
Needie's Peak and exploded Back To Normal
minutes after taking of, from
Albuquerque for a da
60-mile
to Santa. Fe Jarmiles from
flight to
the plang (pok, og. Ek
Albuquerque airport.
› the
After 'Quake
Queita, Feb. 20, Life in Quetta was returning] to mortal foodght, 36 hours after an' cäringuake, killed 13 poopla.. failured 30 others, and darkoyed over: 100 homes,
|framore,today," and
on
POLICE TIPPED OFF
that
into Д
TORT
officer
living room partition door, blazing away at us and shouting
· and take me “alive,
all sinted Bring back
at
Ferry Missing him, but his position was at an
In Storm
advantage. We had to rétron!
(where we kept.
to the hum=”|
iring of
Tokyo,: Feb, 21.
(CALLY FOR HELP 250-ton Japanese ferty The detectives outside called boat with 147 passengers and 30
palko
*headquarters for hel crewmats was missing į today in
were rusli violent worm that flanked and 185 policemen
od to the Tugantis congrat, wie bena dink ingy whloss; two veskis, und eripe Hofferen ↑ WAN pling 17 others
Alone and Di At least four pemons were re the wrist and
wounded in the
Both were
this policemen
potles
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