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Dr Furth, speaking at the meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, said that a strange 100-fold increase of iodine was
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(The Atomic Energy Com- commence the Personal $5.00 per insertion mission announced evidence of growth typical of cancer.
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He refused to somupent on how mary people may have received cancerous doses of the radio- activity.
Ablo-chemist told the meeting that he may have found an explanation for cancer in a half- Negottin flask of mouldering fungus.
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President Eisenhower, who had spent the weekend in the.
ittle White House at Augusta, in a statement to the Press said:
"No other man contributed sa much to the vast expansion of 20th century knowledge."
Of Professor Einstel, who had been an American: eltizen for 15 of the 20 years of his residence in America, President Eisenhower "said: "Argericans welcomed him here. Americans were proid, too that he sought ard found here a climate freedom in. bis search for knowledge and truth.
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"No other man," the state- ed Brazilian Minister of Justice today, filling the last remaining ment continued, "was more vacancy caused by the recent mod:st in the possession of the power that is knowledge, more series of resignations.
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To all who them Cabinet Ministers; re- wisdom is deadly. signed in the past two weeks live in, the nuclear age, Albert after reports that President Joao Einstein exemplified the mighty Cafe Faha planned politicni | creative ability of the individual bargain in Government posts in 2 free society."--France- Router.
Presse.
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TUESDAY, APRIL 19 By Air Philippines. I p.m. Korea, p.m. Japan. U.S.A. Conada, 4 p.m. Formosa, Okinawa. ↑ p.m.
By Surface Macan, 5 pm.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29
By Air Thailand, 11 am.
N. Borneo, Australia, New Zealand.
2 pm!
Formos, Canada, 6.p.m. Switzerland, Denmark, Norway & Sweden, B pin
By Surface. Macno, 9 a.
Fisheries
Conference
In Rome
Rome. Apr. 18
Night-Interdictor Squadrons In Germany
This year the English Electric Canberra jet bomber goes into service with the Royal Air Force. in Germany, in yet another new role as a night- interdictor.
The duties of the night-interdictor squadrons may include attacks on enemy road and rail transport, bridges, airfields, troop concentrations and other keypoints. Long range and a wide variety of navigational aids are an essential requirement in an aircraft to perform such duties. The Canberra possesses these advantages in full
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The armament of the night- plane Company pre Laying interdictor Canberras, differs down a further five in anticipa- About 150 delegates from 50 from That of
the standard tion of future demand. countries began a United Na- bomber version in that it A new British national recorri tions sponsored. conference here cludes a gun-pack beneath the
by a two- for tonight on how to conservease
In seater glider fuselage as well as bombs,
was established, fishery resources.
addition to the Royal Air Force, subject 知 ecnormation on They will discuss papers on the air forces of the United April in a Silngstry 7-42. A scientific and legal aspects
States, Australia, France and
fight
is one in which the national and international fishery Venezuela operate Canberras, pilot has to declare his destina
which are being built conservation programmes.
under or before licence in America and Austra- Wiliamson, lla.
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The experts, meeting at the Rome headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organisation, not only with are concerned fish, but with all other "iving resources" in the
sea, such as shrimps whales, seals; lobster,
and
Britannia Parts
Because parts of the Bristol Britannia turboprop airliner, which are nearly ten yards
Mr Klaus Sunnande, Norway's long, were found difficult to Director of Fisheries, was un- animously elected Reuter,
Chairman.
FOREIGN AID PROGRAMME
Washington, Apr. 18. President Eisenhower will send a message to Congress probably next Wednesday pro- posing a foreign aid programme for the fiscal year 1955-1956 of US$9,300 million. White House Secretary Mr James Press Hogerty announced today.
Out of this amount US$2,140
China, People's Republic, 9:30 am. million will be assigned to the
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Floor. Hongkong, on Thurs! Saarbruecken, Apr. 18. day, 5th May 1955, at Noon,! A second plaint against for the purpose of receiving the Franco-German the Statement of Accounts agreement will be laid be- and the Report of the Direc-fore
German the West
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tors for the year ended 31st Constitutional Court nt December 1954. sind to trans- Karlsruhe this week claim- net the ordinary business of ing that the agreement, the Company.
the West German
offends constitution.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be closel About 30 Saarlanders, mem- from Thursday, 21st April | bers of bance German partits. 1955 until Thursday. 5th May today authorised Dr Heinrich
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Schneider, legal adviser to the banned Democratic Party of the Saar, to take this action.
that
This plaint will allege the constitutional rights of one million Germans living in the Saar would be infringed it the agreement takes effect.
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theting out. pilot of gilder, was flying during a rally of the Mistard Cidling Club at Church Stretton in Shropshire. He announced Cambridge 39 his goal, and reached it after flight of 132 miles,
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Life-Savers
life-saving missions helicopter
pack for surface transport, they ave been flown to their de- stination, in Northern Ireland. have recently been flown by
consist
Bristol Sycamore of fuselage parts
4
stringers which are needed at operating with the British Army the Belfast works of Short and in Kenya, The Army is
is operat- Harland for production line ing in the Aberdare mountains which is to build the Britannis and or the towering slopes of Mount Kenya itsel Where 250 LR, a mixed passenger-Mo
once again it is encountering an freight aircraft
It was found that the load age-old problem of moutain easily fitted into the hold of a warfare the difficulty of bring- Bristol Freighter aircraft of ing casualties within reach of Silver City Airways, which was medical assistance before they making a proving flight for a NEW all-freight
service between Blackbushe and Belfast.
Three Britannia 250 LR air craft have been ordered by the Ministry of Supply for trooping duties, and the Bristol Agro-
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Less than ten
years ago, British troops were fighting their war forward through the Apennines, wresting the back- bone of Italy from the tenacious of the German Army. gip Thousands
feet up,
bigh above the
of the tracks
which a road ambulance could fought да
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out La mia was
the battle was ded
to
bad to be carried for many hours by stretcher-bearers down where transport wahead If his wounds were severe frequently died on the way. In the plains
to the valleys or in
to rush him to hospital.
where road transport could be used, if he had incurred, the same wounds he would have been in hospital within three hours of being hit, and he might well
have been saved by skilled medical attention.
The problem in Kenya is the same, but the modern solution of using
belicopter for casualty evacuation changes the picture. At an altitude of 8,000 feet the Sycamore can
lift two casualties with enough
them with encuela ful for
fight of 120 miles, more than sufficient to reach hospital. At this height the rate of climb is 800 feet a minute, a
satisfactory figure when it is remembered
that Kenya is on the Equator. These casualty evacuation fights have shown that the Sycamore's... performance considerably ex- ceeds its designed operational. celling.
Three Turboprops
Today three British turboprop exgines have been largely clear- ed of security restrictions.
They are all in the 4,000 p category, which until now has been the exclusive preserve of the Bristol Proteus engine fitted to the Britannia airliner.
the
the
The newcomers gre Bristol BE 25, the Napier Eland 4 and the Rolls-Royce RB 109
The BE 25 has been ordered In quantity by the British Over- seas Airways Corporation to re- engine Its Britannids when new engine becomes available in the 1958/59
period. It is essentially an
an 8,000 bo Chpine so controlled as to driver 4,000 bp, which is its take-off power at
st all heights es up to the cruising
and
of about 23,000 1. Its
ratio is power-weight
ex-
tremely good on a par with
that
Phe
of the Eland,
best ratio of nay
yet The BE 25 will begin
runs late this year.
bas
The Eland 4 has an output of 8,785 hp at sea level. Earlier Elands have been test flown in Vickers Varsity twin-engined aircraft, and they will soon be accumulating Bying
Ambassador
and
airtrmaus. They are in
able
January..
340 avail
be
Flana
Seduction 10
the engine selected to power the Fairey Rotodyne, one of the world's most advanced helicop Les projects, which will fly in 1950. It will carry 40 passengers
higher
speada man. conventional helicopters.
The RB 109 has been des veloped by Rolls-Royce, bearing in mind the worldwide access of the Dort which is the engine for the Vircount. The 2B 109. will deliver 4,020. bp ek '20 level, and is already running on the beach Delivery is expected fn 1958.
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