1955-03-01 — Page 2

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TONY CURTIS. JANET LEIGH. DAVID FARRAR BARBARA RUSH HERBERT MARSHALL —ton Trache

In Straits

Taipei, Mar. 1,

An uneasy lull in the Formosa Straits entered its third day with only heavy patrol action report- ed in the tension-filled 100-mile stretch of water. Both the Nationalists and Communist China gave indications of preparing for bigger and bloodier battles over those islands remaining under the Nationalist control off the China mainland.

THORIUM FIND IN

S. AFRICA

Johannesburg, Feb. 28.

South Africa has thorium - the mineral

Nationalist Chinese naval scurces sold the Communist Chinese had started initial efforts to "box " Chiang's northern defence complex Matsu.

MEET THREAT

Naval units were reported to have left Formosa's northern part of Kentang for Matent two days ago to nicel a new Red threat to thai Island,

A Communist

sik

gunboat and

which may give the worldorised junk feet which an cheap atomic power

vant scale.

recently mised south of the isluzu elfrpersed and avoided a

The announcement of thornum's fight, Nationalist sources and.

* Us an new type of nurkar

12 selap

Alcane

by Che

No Unit d States

betivity

WES

reported

On Energy Commission did yesterday Quemoy Island, the Communists had To take South African nuclear witch

* ant grogists by sur-lasted with big ftussian-built antillery exprble of reaching Predesar PN. Nabarrow, every eignai of the Island, hunt of the Nuclear Phytes 50-

purine

the University of

Quemoy is the southern the Witw.lerseund, said that he anchor of Chiang's 150-milie- had known for some time that long island defence line Just off

The being made

Chipa couit,

istan attempts were

to the

The Princess

Princess Margaret receives a recording of a calypso- written in her honour-from the composer, Huruce Abra- hama, leader of the calypso band "Sir Horace and his Merry Knight" at floodlit garden party in the grounds of King's House, Jamaics, during her Caribbean tour. Abrahams and Princess his band played and sang their calypso for the and one for the Queen, which was also on the record. Ono verse of the calypso for the Princess ran;

"You have heard of our rice and peas, Our cakes and swordfish never fail to picase, We hope you'll try out some of these."-Reuterphoto.

Princess Deeply Touched

Princess

Namu. Feb. 28.

told Margaret a thorium as an atomic re-stands only four miles off China's youth rally here today that she

Actor

are

of

[you, we do" in a ditty entitled "Hail Princess Britannia," the wonds and music of which were

by a local schoolmaster,

◊

Princess Margaret who wore blue printed white silk dress and a small bluo scalloped straw She heard 10,000

cheers school hat, got three rousing children shrilly sing we love from the children--Reustr.

port of Amoy.

has been "deeply touched" by THOROUGH SEARCH

the affection shown her during Ciculogists

the

Quemoy. Atomic

Chiong's biggest her West Indies tour. most heavily Energy Board in this country and

defended Istund, conducting

is garrisoned by some thorough

Matsu, in for thorium

40,000 crack troops.

at scorches quantity, Dr R. A. P. Fockena, the extreme northern end of the head or the Department ofisland defence line and an ex- Geology at the Witwatersrandtremely vilaj cog in Chiang'a University, described how the defence setup. is defended by biggest find of therium in this about 15,000 Nationalist regulars. country was made.

A coloured man of Van Hhyns

crop.

Military

observers

here

Dorp, North West Cape, knock-thought the present lull meant: ed a piece off a weathered out- 1. The Nationalists were con- He found it to be surpris-serving their air and naval power truly

heavy and took it to for a showdown struggle for the Locu! farmer-prospector. The islands. Al the same time units stone turned out to be parti- of Chiang's mobile reserves were cularly rich in thorium.

reported to have been dispatched Thorium has been found by tu bolster their defences. prospectors in South West Africs and in Namaqualand, but it is in granite formations and hard to work.----Reuter,

Jane Froman

Leaves Pilot

Husband

TC-

REDEPLOYMENT

2. The Communists were Laicing time to redeploy troops, air units and naval forces southward froth the vicinity of Nationalist evacuated Tachen Nanghi islands,

Ike Preparing

To Slash Trade Red Tape

Washington, Feb. 28.

President Eisenhower is preparing to ask and Congress to slash the tangle of red tape surround- set the Na-ing United States customs procedures and ease the Once they were tionalists expected new

Com- entry of foreign-made goods into the dollar munist boit against Matsu and market. Quemoy, which have already felt Red's exploratory jabs- United Press.

Big Power

Projects

At Salisbury

Treasury officials told Reuter today that their trade experts were now working on a final draft of a customs simplication bill which would be put to Congress "within a week or two."

many

or

the

Such

value a simplication of the expont

(the wholesale present cumbersome procedures price at which a foreign trader is part of the President's overall sells on the world market) foreign economic programme to the foreign value whichever expand world trade for the higher. in

cases, mutual benefit of the United foreign value (the sale price of

the article In its States and its allies.

country of origin) is the higher and customs officials here must then use in assessing dutless

UNCERTAINTY

New York, Feb. 28. Singer Jane Froman announced today that she and her husband, the Pan American Airways pilot who saved her from death in a plane crash 12 years "to have decided ago, separate for the present." The announcement was made by Miss Fromag's Press

Foreign said that the

manufacturers prezentative who singer was in Miami recovering Salisbury, S, Rhodesia,

and United States importers from an attack of bursitis. Her

Feb, 20. have complained for years husband, Mr John Burn, is in Work has begun on Salisbury's that the complicated custome

evaluation By stem one-third power station-although a

Is 4 Acapulco, Mexico, on a month vacation, the spokesman 20,000 kilowatt machine,

bigger trade barrier than final addition to Salisbury's

United States tariffs becausó cald.

creates. The spokesman said that the £4,000,000 scoond paver station,

of the uncertanty Legislation to streamline the This system often results in couple had no plans for divorce was tested only on January 18.

and had separated "true to A Municipal official said that system remove its un-lengthy investigations of coets personal problems they felt they future extensions of the third certainty by establishing a single both in the United States and could better work out alone."power station would depend on antard for valuation in place in oversens trading nations and Miss Froman and Mr Burn the Government's decision on of the present several slankards many a foreign manufacturer or were married in Miami in 1948, hydro-electric power. The Coun- has been submitted to Congress his importing agent has been Ave years after they had met cil would want to know by next on three previous occasions, unexpectedly billed In the ley waters of the Tagus year whether this power would Each time River, off Lisbon Portught. SEVERELY INJURED

bust

Mr Burd, co-pilot of the crashed plane, zupported the severely gured Miss Fromau, then the wife of the singer amt actor Mr Donald Ross, un- rexus took them from the Woter.

for

be available.

the

the

But if various technical reasons make it impossible to use these two methods, the officials can then base their valuations on the generally higher prices of com- parable goods produced in the United States.

for, high tho duty payments long after induence in

imported goods have been Congress of the domestic pro-

sold. tectionist interests, fearful of A machins producing 30,000 increased foreign competition, kdjowatts would operste in the first stage of the third power was strong enough to block ang

change. station next year, followed in. 1957 by another 30,000 kilowatt

machine.

this fourth attempt at simplication follows the previous legislation pattern, the Eisen- Administration would

PROFIT LOST

These additional datles in a number of instances were enough to wipe out the trader's profit,

The Treasury which

is in

Together these would roughlyhower Mies Froman was hospitalized

the seek Congressional approval to charge of custome has a back- r months, under treatment for equal the highest load on

second power station last winter, a foreign export "value" as log of thousand of apponis still wears a years, and

Jeg but it had been estimated

that the

main basis for customs against higher duties assessed brace as a result of injuries more power for the city's grow duties,

on the various standarda suffered in the accident, Sheng needs would have to At present, these duty, ap- some of them pending for more divorced Mr Ross in 1948 and avaliable after 1901, Reuter. pralsain, are made on either the than a year.--Reuter," married Mr Burn a few weeke

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