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A Discouraging Preface

RUSSIA'S Pre-Goneve

ference pronouncement, released by the Tass news agency this week creates misgivings, not 80 much because of the repeated insistence that the Soviet Union

und the Western powers should conclude a European security puct, but because of the implies- tion that so far as Russia is

there is concerned, acceptable alternative. Highly discouraging is the Russian attitude tu the question of reunifying Ger-

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CHINA

No. 36177

Established 1845

FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1955.

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DANGEROUS Sispera

GOVT BANS

INSECTICIDES

Kidnapper Menace To All Forms

Arrested

Harriman, Tenn,

July 14.

Deputy Sheriff W. H. Norman halted Moss for speeding and passing a red light in Harriman, While talking to Moss, Nor- man said he heard a noise in the trunk of the car, investi- gatest,

found and

the cur'a owner, W. B. Ringo.

Luther James Moss, negro accused of kidnapping, three small boys in Annis- ion, Alabama, was arrested here on Thursday in a stolen many. Even before the car, with the owner locked "summit" talks can begin in the car's trunk. they have virtually decided there eun no ready agroe- ment, and certainly nothing of a decisive nature. They Indleate they are still un- willing to accept the West's conception of free elections in East and West Germany; and they continue to harp on the theme that West Ger- many's membership NATO is a prime stumbling block to any reunification agreement. Thus, unless there is any substantial change in the Russian attitude when the Geneva conference begins, the prospects of useful pro- gress being made towards resolving the reunitention problem are slight indeed, NIGNIFICANTLY the Soviet declaration referred to the probable necessity of deal- ing with the German prob- lem "step by step." And the first step in the Russian way of thinking is a collective security organisation, open

Ringo, also t negro, told police he had been held up by Moss, stripped of clothing and forced Into the trunk of the car at

Ho pistol point, was nude when removed from the trunk.

6 HOURS' CAPTIVITY

Police Chief J. L. Gek said Moss was identifled by the Loys from police pietures as the

who lured them to an abandoned housing project in Anniston on Wednesday

and held them cuptive for hours,

A search for the boys began when they failed to return from a hike. Later, the mother of one of the boys received a tele- call demanding $8,000 phone

ransom.

to every European nation. On Wednesday afternoon, and not even precluding however, the boys were found members of NATO outside by two passers-by in an aban

Europe. Russia endeavours to make this proposition alluring by emphasising that both Eust and West Germany would qualify for inclusion in the organisation. This, in

doned house, bound with leatherbells. They were not hurt, but badly shaken by their ex- perlence.--Associated Press.

1

Point All Europe

Swelters

of fact, is the most distur bing aspect of the

pro- position, for, if accepted, it would defer indefinitely any positive aetion being taken to bring about Ger. many's reunification.

to

abont

rc-

London, July 14, Forest fires in Sweden and water rationing" in Denmark on

The

$0

run on the shops. The tempera- All of the leading delegates tures soared into the 90's,

hottest since 1933.

have expressed hopes that

the

Of Animal Life

ACCIDENTAL DEATHS

REPORTED

By Emergency Regulations published in today's Gazette, Government has completely prohibited the sale, purchase and use of a group of highly dangerous organic phosphorus in- secticides.

This prohibition takes effect immediately. Possession of the insecticides after August 15 is also prohibited under the Regulations.

Persons contravening the Regulations are liable to a fine of $5,000 and imprisonment for twelve months.

Authority is also given to the Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry to appoint inspectors for the purpose of enforcing the Regulations and to Magistrates to order forfeiture of insecticides if the

law is broken.

Children

Two Tragedies Take Heavy Toll Of Life And Mother

Fifty Fight Crocodiles After Being Capsized

Reunited

Prague, July 15, Mrs Phyllis Sispera, tears of joy streaming down her face, was re- united yesterday with her three children. Today she will fly homs to Britain' with them, British sources hero said.

The chlidren-Jaroslav Mar-

for her at a Czech children's

Nairobi, July 14. tin 12. Clarence David 11 and Fifty persons fought for their lives among the Jennifer Pearl 10-were walling snapping jaws of crocodiles on Thursday as their home at Protivin, about 60 miles launch capsized on Lake Victoria in East Africa. from Prague. Twenty-two of them died.

Those not killed by crocodiles were drowned within sight of shore.

in

now

All three looked sturdy and

AL.

In

Mrs Sispera drove from here to fetch them.

n British Embassy car

home.

The launch was headed for Mageta Island

LAUGH AND WEEP Mother Kenya's "Devil's Island" prison for fanatical Mau Mau

und children braced, laughing and weeping terrorists when it capsized. Among the dead were at the same time when she told hard-core Mau Mau convicts and their African guards. them she had come to take them Survivors said they saW the was across a five-mile stretch Until then they did not know prison commandant, Steve separating the island from the that Mrs Sispera had been the Caryle Martin, 57-year-old Aus- mainland--and that was guarded granted permission by

lost tralian, start swimming for shore by the denizens of the swampy Czechoslovak authorities

the crocodillo-infested waters. consts, crocodiles and hippos. Saturday to take them with her. He failed to make it.

Martin was 90 successful

They had not seen each other Victoria, Lake

biggest in

since Mra Sispera was taken to building the camp which

sco them last week by Czecho- Africa and main source of the heids 1,000 of the toughest and Nile. Is remarkable for the sud-moit fanatical Mau Mau terror-slovak oficials. den vicious storms that brew up, that the Kenya governnicht Mrs Sispera has already had there. Its deeply infested 2,000-planned for him to build other her luggage checked by Customs mile coastline is alive with big similar camps to house thousands officials and has been issued with In an explanatory note to the game--herds of nippos capable of more of the African terrorists. travel documents. Regulations, it is stated that overturning launches, crecodiles The bush telegraph curried these insecticides were developed ch.ch churn up the water in the news that Martin had been

"sentenced to to frein certain organic phosphorus search of food.

Cath" muny Immediately after compounds originally produced

by the zealous toughs fer war purposes. They have cloent, unches and Kenya under his charge, who set up 弱 recently been imported into the polize aircraft set of from clandestine weekly court on the Colony for sale to farmers. The Kisumu, on the northeast shore island. One such sentence was commonest brands on sale in of the lake, to search the mouth passed on him during his recent Hongkong are

ieland. Bagutia 00-E and survivors.

"It's always a death Duphar.

The prison launch capsized, intence," he said, "It's gelting in Even when diluted, these in shallow water, only 30 yards off bil monotonous. It would be n secticides are

change to hear they'd only sen- highly dangerous shore.

The island gaol was considered" tenced to all forms of animal life and

me to a few years in several accidental deaths, both escape-proof. The only way out gool."-Associated Press. of human beings and cattle, have re-occurred as a result of lack of appreciation of the extreme care necessary when using them for agricultural purposea,

Geneva Parley Will Be Absolutely Top-Level

Moscow, July 14. Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin told porters on Thursday night at a French Embassy Bastille Day party that the makeup of the Soviet delegation for Geneva-which includes Communist Party boss Nikita Krushchev and Defence Minister Georgi Zhukov as well as himself-means "that this will be a parley at the very summit."

Answering questions from Associated Press reporter Richard Kasischke and US Charge d'Affaires Walter Walmsley, the Soviet Premier said:

summit."

the

ac-times

Folidol E-005 of the Kavirando Gulf for absence fro

from, the prison

It is therefore considered essential in the public interest to take drastic measures to pre- clude the possibility of further accidental deaths resulting from their use.

Farmers Warned Warnings are being issued to ell farmers, the Public Relations Ofce stated this morning.

Commissioner, The District

la Territories,

Issuing

Now

Storm

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Sinks Ship: Feared Dead

Veracruz, Mexico, July 14.-

Her three children were ali in Britain but speak only few words of English.

They came to Czechoslovakia with their parents shortly after the end of World War Two- China Mall Special.

Second Newsman Sacked

Now York, July 14 The Daily News on Thursday discharged

reporter David Gordon, who refused to tell a Senato sub-committee whether he had ever been a Communist. Gordon was the second New York newspaperman to be dis- mizsed in two days for evoking the before the Security sub-

Scree in Washington

York

Times dropped Melvin

a sub-editor.

Barnel, a

Panic broke out among the passengers on the On Wednesday, tho New small coastal freighter La Flecha as the vessel sank in the storm-tossed, shark-infested Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday night with an estimated 65 persons aboard, a crew member said today.

"The composition of our delegation is the very The goateed Soviet Premier added: "For instance, posters througelling farmers of which took place in 15 minutes of stark horror.

the agricul

A total of 33 persons were feared lost in the tragedy, how could we discuss disarmament at Geneva unless De-tural areas fence Minister Zhukov came along."

rails

Both newspapermen told the. aub-committee they are not now. members of the Communist Party but they refused to say whether been. back in the had 1930s-Associated Press.

they

and old wartime to Geneva for lots of negotio- their possession to the nearest Men, women and children ran was completely on her starboard Dalcony Collapses?

relations

BULGANIN DISAGREES

in

to one

15 Killed

Algiers, July 15. Fifteen people were killed and three Injured here when two balconies collapsed in a block

early today.--Router.

concern the Soviet government the Geneva disarmament talks, date no compensation is payable been recovered, incl. podle had seeded in getting on the life of flats, first polico, reports salch

The leaders of the Western Thursday brought new hard- powers have severally ships to Europeans in the grip reiterated their desire of a week-long heat wave.

muke German

foll seven-duy death

to at least 70 115 unißention the

first and cilmbed most important subject for temperatures stayed well up in- Geneva. to the 80's over most of Western discussion at

Europe.

the danger and of the total pro-

Hernandez Russia's reply, expressed so

Jestis Shirt-sleeved Londoners spent

hibition on purchase, sale and A sudden storm tossed the "Captain typically through the mouth-

to hand 145-ton Vessel about like a ordered the cork life them the night cooling

Asked of in parks

whether he thought the Big Four leaders are going, and asking piece of the oflleint news

to sweller only

another that Zhukov

over all stocks they may have cork, terrifying the passengers launched

By then, the ship agency, is ju effect "niet." scorcher dawned.

colleague, President Eisenhower, fiona but few banquets," The Kremlin leaders ap- For the first time in Sweden's | would take up their personal Krushchek

station, replied: "That's police

government screaming back and forth across end persons on deck fell over- parently do nut sce ally history, ice cream was rationed relations at Geneva, Bulganin all right with me and I'll shake agricultural station, vegetable the deck in the darkens unte, board, in total darkness. real urgency

thens perspiring eliizona made

markoting organisation depot or the boat lurched cald:

hands on that.",

District Offices.

Then they jumped hystorically

"Cries for help were heard reunification question.

"The relations between Pre-

The poster states that the overboard, still crying for help. on all, sides, especially from The Maritime Burvivors had authorities re- farmers will be paid compensa-, 'aideni. Eisenhower and Marshal

women passengers," Many cue When Premier Bulganin sald Hon for supplies handed in on parted that 32 Zhukov are personal and, they will not particularly Marshal Zhukov would help in or before August 15, after which been rescued. Three

(Contd. on back page, Col. 2) those delegation."

the Amerloon Charge d'Affaires and the penalties for possession of two infants and an unidenti-

fted man. told the Premier that army men | apply.

An estimated probably

maro would be

Dealers in Insecticides are re- other persons were missing and interested in armaments than quired to export stocks from feared dead, The Colony. disarmament,

Bulganin replied: "I do not before think so. I have sald and I say again that nobody understands the Lecrans and hardships of war better than we soidlers.

(Meaning

Zhukov and himself). "We know what war is," Bulganin added,

Kaalschke

asked Bulganin whether he would talk to West

A stunt driver flipped his car over three times in a speeding German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer or

loop-the-loop attraction other West and died after bringing the car here German government representato a halt. tives who might show up at Geneva.

In Denmark, people dropped the Geneva conference will with heatstroke and water was yield something better than rationed. failure. Such caution typi- In Rome, two men affected by flea existing relations the heat hurled themselves into

Zhukov and Eisenhower hava between Russia and the the Tiber from the city's

that they have bridges. West and must be accepted

were rescued, publicly statext with good grace. The wait but 10 others have drowned been in personal correspondence among the 21 Itallen heat wave within the past year to help im- ing world, having been deaths. Associated Press.

prove Soviet-American relationis, thoroughly warned that

Both

Premier Bulganin headed group of top Soviet government Tokyo, July 14, and Communist Party leaders the talks, will watch Osaka, in Western Japan, had who came to the French Em- intently for any signs of the hottest day in memory,

to help celebrate the bassy willing compromise from breaking an 11-year-old record French national day. Bulganin, both sides. Without any with the temperature rising to spirit of give and take the 03.9 degrees Fahrenheit. conference can, and almost certainly * will

Meanwhile the hat weather atorilised, and the high

continued in Tokyo with the expectations of n new era temperature rising to 00.1 de of international relations gres today, the central meteoro obliterated.

logical office reported.-Reuter/

little if anything specta. RECORD TEMPERATUKE · cular can be expected from

The previous récord in Osaka become was 93.2 11 years ago.

P.G. Wodehouse Revisited

Mrs

Krushchev and others smilingly posed for photographem with the · French | Ambassador, Charles E. Bohlen: wife of the American Ambassador, and other diplomatic Agures.

ance,

any

Bulganin replied:

He Did Stunt, Then Died

Roseburg, Ord, July 14,

Coroner L. L, Powers Bald "cannot apparently the jar of landing say anything about West Gerruptured a blood vessel in the brain of Horace Earle Ivie, 30, man. government officials or

of Oklahoma City, on Wednes whether they will appear nt Geneva."

day night.

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HELMSMAN'S -STORY.

helmsman, Raimundo Rivera,

when who was watch officer disaster, struck, told the mory of the sinking. He said he was pitched Into

water when the boat overturned. He clung with to a floating refrigerator one hand while fighting off sharks with the other.

the

The vessel sank less than an hour after leaving Veracruz in cicar weather. No word of the mishap was received until last Wednesday, when two rufis loaded with survivors drifted to shore near here. The lost vessel had no radio.

SUCCESS TOASTED Bulganin, Krushchev and other Soviet leaders raised their cham-

There were no signs of bad

pagne glasses

weather (when we sailed from in toasts to [Franco-Soviet friendship and

It was the second death in Veracmas," said Rivera. "But success of the Geneva confer-month Invited Adenauer to come

The Soviet government last Oregon this month in a thrill suddenly, a strong wind arcae,

atträction Valthough the first, followed by high waves. to Moscow to discuss establishing that of a July 4-cyclist speeding

SHIP. LISTS relations between Buan, and the down a ramp, stemmed, from definite arrangementAssociat- Ivie, who performed under the awning atretched over the dock Kremlin, but so far there is no failure to complete the stunt."The wind caught the canva

caused; the ship to list name Dario La Costa, collapsed which at the end of what appeared to and take several waves breaking bo a successful performance: on its side Boor, the ship war liling dangerously, to starboard Associated Press.):

aruf:ali enorts

forts to right her were

In tomorrow's China Mall, Rene MacColl pays n`visit Party boss Krushchov sold the to "the performing flea" of British literature, that Soviet delegation would leave famous and prolific novelist, P. G. Wodehouse, creator of for Genova on Saturday, Bertie Wooster, Lord Blandings, Psmith and the inimit- ablo Jeeves.

MacColl tells you in the beat Bertle Wooster style why Wode house has chosen self-exile in America, why he will not return home although the controversy aroused by his wartime broadcasts from Germany has almost been forgotten.

This is only one of tomorrow's top-line features. And herp are some vihorni

Sefton Detmer, shows you a photograph and reports on the Malenkou comeback.

Apked by Associated · Press Kosischke: "Mr Krushchev, wien was decided that you would

part of the Soviel delega difference does that make?" |lon?" Krushchev replied: "What

cd Press.

Old Comrade: Of Lenin Dies

An Italian correspondent, Ing.

London, July · 14.7 Joeied: "Mr Krushchev, would Professor Vladimir Banch make Bomo difference to Bruyevich, one of the oldest history."

membor of the Soviet Con [munist Parly jendja clone, and #The party leader replied: clate of Lenin, died yeste "Murder' Was Their. Businesr's one of the world's | "What" matury to history in speci: 1). Moscow Radiotrope afrangant stories recalling the Edinburgh horrors of 1828 whether, wo do some good work today.

hote appeals to. King George VI to clear klu personat

this-wowale, in "Gideon Goes To War"

you will find: Jano Robert, nim, reviews, Week-end: In, Chenevalta K

ende, three : Party of looki, and overseas : pictures, sporta

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