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THE CHINA - MAIL, MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1955,

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Floods Devastate Indian Province Dak Salling Nations Converge

Dominici

Investigation Today

Paris, Aug. 7.

TWO in Paris detectives to

morrow begin interrogating key witnesses who testified at the trial of Gaston Dominiet,

78-year-old Kont farmer,

sentenced to death for mur- decing the British Drummond family three years ago. Inspector Charles

Chenevier

nhid Inspector Pierre Gillard of the Surete

Nationale,

13 DROWNED AS

VILLAGES SWEPT AWAY

New Delhi, Aug. 7.

A total of 19 persons have been drowned and 200,000 made höttiëless in flood waters ravaging the United Provinces (Uttar Pradesh) State of India, the latest reports revealed today.

About 200 villages have been swept away. The disaster report was issued by the United Press of India.

Prime Minister Me Jawaharlal | shortages again becoming criti- Nehru left here today for cal." Lucknow, the United Provinces capital, to make an aerial in spection four of the flooded

aren.

Some cob head of cattle have bren

drowned, 20,000 houses have been destroyed and 5,000 others damaged.

Harvests were believed to be completely lost over an area of

350,000 abres.-France-Prèngė.

A

US Drought

In New York, where pastures also were falling under the heat wave, Governor Averell Harri- the

Agriculture man asked, in six counties. The study was Department to survey conditions

to determine the area's eligiblity for federal drought emergency loans.

feed sub-

Duke

At Cowes

Duke of Edinburgh aboard Me Uns Fox's 20-ton yacht Fresh Breese in the 38-mile Britanitia Challenge Cup race at the annual Cowes Regatta Also aboard was Prince Michael of Kent, who was participating for the first time.

for comfort on a riding

Ficture shows: Duke of Edinburgh steers the yacht seated

saddle. Express photo.

UN Should Invoke Unused Power

The Government's stdy programme for drought- stricken farmers and ranchers was dropped on July 31, But emergency Joaris Washington, Aug. 7.

to qualified Farmers hit by drought remain searing. Abgtist Burt

Gvailable in affected areas of burned partures through the

states New Mexled,

Texas, US Midwest and East Jant

South

Dakota, week, but. Gověrrúment

South

Carolina drouglit officials reported

Kansas only one ples för federal ald from New York.

North Weather Bureau

Louistar reports Arkansas,

Tennessee and Illinois. through August 1 saki Missour! pastures needed rain to save Most of the southwestern and hardest hit by the shrivelling

Great pleins roas grass. High on their list for questioning plains pastures

were suffering drought and dust bowl, condi- Dominici's af-year-old under heat and dryness. In tions last spring and early sum- farmer son, Gustave, who was Kansas pastures were "fading mer had "come back" with later

rains, en Agriculture Department | water

official aid,

France's Scolland Yord-are trylag 10 Ind

Dominicl had ani

whether accom-

ee in the ling of food setenfist, Sir Jack Druntmond, his wife and their 11-year-old

daughter, Elizabeth.

first to repor! the Drummondst family's bodies in a field near the Dominiel Alpine fant He was sentenced to a short prison term for leaving the dying chilk unattended, Another witness is

Gastor's grandson. Roger Perrin, a butcher's boy who was 18 at

1 the time of the crane. He often slept at the Dominici farm.

Pipe-smoking Inspector Chene-

vler, who expects to "get to the heart of the matter" this weck, has a theory that there was a second person blocking the child's escape.--China Mull Special.

Moving Restaurant

rapidly"

ankl "stock

UNESCO To Study Asian

Problems

Ca

Colorado,

Alabama

Virginia Georgin

TOP-LEVEL MEETING

United Nations, Aug. 7. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld said today the United Nations should invoke a non-used power to call a top-level Mr Harvey A. Dahl, a drought Security Council meeting on major world rellef

specialist, said only Gections of

New issues. Mexico and Texas remained on

Arizona,

the feed subsidy Ilst when that programme was dropped on July

31. At the peak of the drought

In his annual report to the September session of the General Assembly, Mr last spring. feed subsidies, were Hammarskjold also criticised by inference the world's major powers for leaving the UN behind in trying to solve global prob- lems by such conferences as the summit talks in Geneva.

going to farmers and ranchers

of nation's

In

19 more than 1,000, countles in

one

ingricultural counties.

Despite of the hottest Julys on record, hity crops Hove Dr Luther Evans, Director- been goud in most parts of the

Bombay, Aug. 7.

Gunéral of the United Nations Economic,

Selendide and Cul-

country and a big feed gran crop is forecast..

119 Degrees

tural Organisation (UNESCO), said today that next year's UNESCO conférence In New Delhi

Fulb would

Asian

This summer's heat wave, problems.

the records say, Dr Evans told a press com. whatever ference

the UNESCO doesn't recin as bad as last

Mr Dahl, who Quebec, Aug. 7. meeting would study ways in year to Customer's alc and drank which UNESCO could aid the made dozens of drought area

inspections.

He recalled a trip while trucks with winches and cultural development of Asian

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that

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Germany Has Boom Trouble

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On South Pole.

Washington, Aug. 7.

The South Pole will be the rendezvous for more Huntinis during international geophysical, year ¦ (IGY) 1957-58 than in the entire History of the world.

In all history, only 10 men of Norwegian and British expeditions have ever been on land at the South Pole, and only five ever returned to civilisa- tion to tell their story. Four years from now 100 or more persons may know the vicinity.

In IGY probably about one construction of the South Pole dozen seientlats plus numerous scientific station This will auxillaries will be comfortably include constructed pre- housed, well clad and in easy fabricated housing.

communication. from the pole

with the outside world if logis-100-Knot Winds

The pre-fabricated building materials will be strong enoug's

tical plans are successfully ac complished,

They would be sorvleed in the Antarctic summer months from to withstand temperature of 100 air or by land, and might also degrees below zero and to resist have international visitors from 100-laxit winds which occur in the British Australian - Newthe BYCH, Zealand party which plans a

lund traversal of the Antarctic Present Indications continent.

are that the South Pole "air ft" will do

"Operation Deep Freeze" of made by Air Force planes of Navy Task Force 43 will get the C-124 type; four-engined underway about November with radios of 4,000 miles and and ships will be on ringes of carrying a payload of 10 tons. the Antarctic by Christmas As the maximum loads would. 1955. The first phase of work probably not be carried under in the first

Antarctle summer the extreme conditions of the

will be to land materiald and

start construction of the main Antarctie, à minimum 35 Mightë base at Little America, and to the South Pole would be the "air facility" on McMurdo necessary. New type transport Sound.

planes may be ready by 1957-58.

Recce Flights

The operation will be helped by Navy reconnaissance planes, one of which is said to have the

If conditions are favourable, finest flying photographic labórn there may bb reconnaissance tory over made. fights over the South Pole early

in 1956. But the big air f for the South Pole station will, occur

n landing

strip cannot bb selenunc constructed in the South Pole Murdo Sound and possibly also ice-land transportation to the Little America sometime

from Mc-vicinity same marvellous tents of

tween December

be area are to be, expected. Now and

types of snowmobiles and trac February 1057. Ar auslitary tors are being made. An over-

1986

will

to land trail might, for example, Be near established from the Byrd base

re-in the Marie Byrd lond.

The big American transport One British party of Captain "c" in the long hauls over

Bonn, Aug. 7. West Germany is in trou- ball on account of a boom.

Problem: The boom willing ship about midway burn up 1714 million more Beardsnore Glacier,

the Polit probably toris of coal this year than duce the hazards. the country burned last year. But coal production has only risen by 2 million

And the 15 million ton gap is by no means, easy to plug. Germany exports ព flalt 27 million tons a year. But the igure can't be slashed, West Germany has fixed commit- ments to the European Coal and Steel pool;

tons.

.

Mr Hammarskjold said

slight adjust- world might find itself betterments," Mr Hammarskjold said, Coal is available from the off by giving the UN "a chance "discussions on major issues of United States. But it costs £2 to develop its full potentialities" 5 kind that have occurred out-❘ a ton more than cool dug on in Anding ways toward piace.

side the UN could often, be the Ruhr. Russia and Poland atted into its frameworks, thus have coal, for export-but with at the same time acting to the strings attached, which mako it strength of the world organisa-difficult to get immediately. [It."

SINO-AMERICAN on and drawing strength from

to Missouril list summer when GENEVA TALKS pulleys moved the Rivera nations. Restaurant 100 feet back from It would also work out plans degrees and we found them the Quebec waterfront. ·

for distributing documents and putting tee on the incubators to Gas, electricity and telephone periodicals

connected

hatch baby chicks." services continued to function agricultural, health and educa- and business went on as usustion, and would try to get from during the four-hour job.

ali member countries pledges Mr Ernest Roy, the proprietor, that they will france at least maid high tides in the spring and primary school education. autumn threatened the resturani Dr Evans, who was on a brief and it was decided to move to visit to India, left for Ceylon- safer place.China Mull Special. France-Presse.

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Some corn had been damaged beyond recovery in Kansas and Nebraska by heat up to August But the most other areas, de- spite a growing need for water, the crop was reported in gen- erally good "condition up to last week.-United Press,

Subtle Blackmail Says Knowland

Washington, Aug. 7.

US Senate minority leader

HURRICANE (Republican, of California)

MAY NICK BAHAMAS

In this connection, he poliited out that the UN has never used Charter provision for periodic

.of the meetings

powerful Security Council. Under the Charter provision, the govern ments could be represented at these meetings by their Foreign Ministers

even heads of states,

Or

Continuity

Get Worse

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R. F. Scott and four others Antarctic sitow. And leo quay reached, the South Pole January 16, 1912, but the entire be the new D-8 caterpillar party perished in a blizzard on tractor, which can pull, medè the way out.

carrying 100 tons. The tready are reported to have a width of Admiral Richard Byrd, with 54 inches compared with 23 Balchen June and McKinley in inches

ότι the conventional the crew, flow over the South tractor. Pressure Pole in the aeroplane

on snow or Ford Ice is only four pounds per Bennett" and returned to Little square Inch

Americo,

compared with a journey of 1,700 eight

under miles, on November 28-29, 1829, older types.

They did not land et thé Pole.

Except for these visits, éno South Pole area is still an une

known land.

or alne pounds

Icebreaker

Helicopters are to be used in various stages of "Operation Det Freeze." Their earliest Kathirty is expected to be to The United States airlift to search out the best route through the South Pole is confronted by the pack fee for the sea' vessels, unknown contingencies, It is still

uncertain whether landing-strip can be established in the rockbound blizzard-swept mountainous area, It thule ta impossible, unprecedented para- Glacier, launched on August 27, chute operations will be néces- † 1954, the largest ever built in

Dog teams dropped by parachute to facilment la 8,300 tons, length a10 will be the United States. Its displace-

tate the land work.

feet, beam 74 feet, cruising speed 12 knots, power plant The plan is to air-drop 350 | 21,000 homopower. United tons of building materials for Press,

And it looks as though things will get worse before they get better: Gerhan ebal have just won a seven-and-a-sary.

miners half hour day. Now they want a five-day week.

In all, the 16 million ton gap is just a fraction of the 130 million tons that will go up in smoke this year. But it is a traction that could end with a bla

drag on Germany's ́ fight capture an ever-bigger slice the world markets før manufactured goods.

"Migu hot this provision be Mr William F. Knowland invoked and procedures develop

ed in the Council which would said today that the aim of tensified contact in the treat.

give increased continuity and in

One solution; the develop the Chinese Communists in ment, at cerinin questions of ment at atomle: power. But: their present Geneva talks world concem?" Mr Hamimark-Germany is ten years behind with the United States was fold asked,

the rest of the world-London

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But he

no

Dr Blunt To Retire

to obtain a complete list of "Let us hope that possiblities Express Service. Chinese living, in the United of this and similar kinds will be

in. States in order to "black-explored

imaginative mail" them into returning to the need to give to the UN a spirit and in full recognition of Miami, Adg. 7. China.

chance to develop tation

its full poter Gale force winds from the outer fringes of a hurricane The Chinese Communists are mention the

Mr Knowland told fournalists, My Hammarskjold did not nicktimed "Connie by the working at this in a subtle man-meeting by the Big Four of the recent Geneva weather bureau are expected net at Geneva. Instead of United States, Brain, to brush the Bahamas to-demanding there the forelbin and Russia.

Bradford, Aug. 7. Dr Alfred Blunt, Bishop of once morrow and residents of thepatriation of their countrymen, doubt that he meant meetings Bradford, who broke the silence British holiday, islands have the trying to get a list of of this kind in his erfiléns äitti; in Britain abbut King Edward

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Chinese non-citizens in this tude toward failure to use the Vill's intention to marry Mrs been warned to remain alert.couthtry so they man uso cruel UN fidly as the

The Bahamas had earlier to bring pressure for their laxation of tensions."

the harsh theans on their fami- sentative Instrumost repre Simpson, has decided to retire

for the re- Because of 111 health. been expected to bear the full brunt of the hurricane, which

The organisation," he sold Dr Blunt, 70 next month, sot has winds estimated at 136

He said the number of Chinese should be more than an Instruin motion the train of events miles per hour extending 76 Nationalarts. In the United States ment of what may be described which led to the abdletion of miles from the centre, but was about 2,000.

as conference diplomacy. This King Edward, now the Duke of Connie has now changed direc

new diplomacy Recalling tirt they entered the sumcient for the efforts

Hot Winter. States with

It Happened on the night of pass about 150 miles away. Nationalist

um which usa id People along the

drmieter the national toportance how. The UN chi tion.

́are 68. such

maboko of the expected coronale United these people from Free China to States Atlantic coast from North the Chutes Communists would at

It depended, he salck br should support

tho "faith, Carolina to central Florida have be

prayer and self- morally indefensible." afforia in other ways." Bled | dpdication of the King."--China,

Mail Special

tion slightly and her centre' will ƑUnited viss, he said, “For understandiri, and a low cember 1, 1880. Dr Blurit

been warned that the winds France-Presse. will gradually increase and reach hurrleans força 150 to 200 miles affaire tomorrow,. They have been advised not to go to sen in small boats.

Yesterday anit

· last night"

Pres

COVENTRY GOES BACK TO CIVIL DEFENCE

Connie, moving at a speed of 16 Co OVENTRY, war pilluns. "Mid-

miles per hour, touched the

Virgin Islands and Puerto Ricoat take control of its off!.

But it bypassed the eastbetsinout

| Ha,mid hundreds of lotiers back. beur · received. frons 'alL COVER) tha! Mibeldi applauding the covencé l'an decision, They did what no one also had - 3 thin; obtrude to do by stating

Coventry, Aug. T [Sinto the row began, a Goverti† Womuni atter the disk H-bomb

ment-appointed committee of was explodet. three dormitor käs been land town

rumsing alvil: defence:häre.. defence

artor Tomorrow, they will, formalis refusing to navy shyung, to |• Hana över lleir jobs, to the is expected to: Touch a position

do win it for more than a council's policy, adyliovy com“ east of Nhamuli the capital of the

year. islands tomorrow KOSTENE,

in the

Communications Viralh tankistare

of the Babards chání today" and

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Icebreakers will include the

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