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CASEBOOK

Treadmill Trail

N summer mornings, in the crowds that stream

over

London Bridge to the City, there must be many, elerks and others, who, seeing the sparkling river, to be elsewhere, yearn almost anywhere else in the world, and curse the tread- mill trail that leads: From home to office desk, frum office desk to home again.

Mus most perhaps, get no further than yearning, bul young clerk named Antliony did. Anthony craved a fuller life wife could Ire and then

his enjoy on the pay his Long Jou at a desk brought in.

LUCKY

to steal from his E began

employers, hoping to get to- gether money enough to one day and run from the rathe cul life he found so oppressive. Hv was caught, and ined £15.

He found himself another jub, almost at once, us within WIS arrested #month

again. this time for attempting to steal £100. Anthony was sent to prison for six months.

When

he came out of gol, Anthony was luckier than some are, for he found work quickly again. But now, he lived in fear that his

would catch up THIS! with him, and that he would be thin fired. His nerves wore with worrying, and when he caine homes from work each his wife night, his

made wretched,

venting on her the temper that the fear he lived with engendered.

TOO LATE

ONE day Anthony's wife, who had put up with a good deal, yet stuck by her man decided she could stand his behaviour na konger. She packed up her belongings and so much of their as belonged to her, and

home

left.

As well as his whipping-boy. Anthony's wife had been his sheet-anchor. This

he now understood, too late, when

he

came home and found her gone, He quit his £450-a-year job, and headed off into the wilds of the West End.

AT KING'S CROSS

CHINA MAIL

South Korean Mob Attacks

Wolmi Island

Inchon, Aug. 9.

A mob of South Koreans slugged their way through the main gate to besieged Wolmi Island in an effort to capture Communist, members of the Neutral Nations Inspection team today, but were fought off by American Military Police.

Seven American MPs, including a captain, were injured in the melee.

Shot Between

Eyes

| And Survives

Johannesburg, Aug. 8. Doctors sald today that Plet Mabeni, 21 young African, was a man in a will million--a man who survive being shot between the eyes.

As Mabena walked along the alrert last night, an sasallant fired revolver at lilm. The bullet entered the back of the neck and the passed out between eyes. Mabena walked two blocks, collapsed, Was taken to the hospital, and was able to tell police who shot him and to identify

normal

of

the man.

Doctors sald chances for survival

wound were ofte in Rucli. a million, but Mabena ap- parently is the lucky one. It was belleved the bullet was deflected by the cur vature of the skull or pos- the sibly passed between brain lobes as the brain "breathed"--United Press.

Korean War

Veteran On Trial

The

Eighth Army said that while the mob of about 200 burst through the gate on the cause- way, an "undetermined number" of other Koreans swarmed across the mudbanks of Inclion and alteeked the causeway from

Bank.

the

Military police fought off the attack with tear gas and heavs streams of

fre water from They also fired over engines. the hears of the mob.

The Americans were injured by stones and rocks hurled by the invading Koreans, who kep! up the attack for two hours before they anally gave up.

Before the attack came, short- ly after midnight, the water around the island swarmed with brats blted with angry Koreans.

SLEEPLESS NIGHT

Nearly 2,000 tense American troops spent a sleepless Monday South Korean night as angry

demonstrators threatened to in-

vade the

three- Com

Welmi Island and capture

munist members of the Neutral Nations Truce Inspection team. More than

dozen small Korean motor junks circled off- ebore, manned by tough former anti-Communist prisonera of

war.

At least 200 unionists were blocking

the steel fence en trance to the 800-yard, truck- wide causeway that connects besieged Wolmi with the Inchon

inainland,

Betablished/1845

TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1955. SIDE GLANCES

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By Galbraith

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"I'll buy it if the artist will put green leaves on the trees

to match my new wallpaper!"

Quiz Expert Cobbler

Hits Jackpot

Jackpot Again

New York, Aug. 8.

Gino Prato, the little Bronx cobbler who ran his string to $32,000 on a television quiz show, hit the jackpot again today.

He announced that he had been given a job paying "more than $10,000 a year," that a travel agent promised him two round-trip tickets to Italy, and that the Metropolitan Opera" Association, had presented him with a season pass for two seats in the eighth row centre.

silent.

Or a

STARTS INSTANTLY NEVER MISSES

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CLICKER!

(KEDIUM & FINE BALLPOINTS AVAILABLE

BATHING PICNIC TRAGEDY. Young Portuguese AB WHO Feared Drowned FORGED In Junk Bay CHEQUE

An 18-year-old Portuguese, Ricardo Ribeiro, is still missing after a launch swimming party in Junk Bay last night.

Given 3 Months

A young Able Scaman from the HMS Alert, who Room

The young man, employed in the current accounts forged a Ward department of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank's Mong-mess account cheque, was kok Agency, is the son of Mr E. A. Ribeiro, Assistant sentenced to three months' Controller of Posts.

The picnic was organised_by the staff of the Mongkok office for themselves and their families. Two launches were hired, and the part Bay after the day's numbering about 40, left for

work.

The launches anchored off a beach in water not regarded as being very deep. When it was time for the parly to return, it was noticed that Ribeiro was missing.

A frame search was made, to no avail

Ono the launches then

of returned at 0.30 p.m. the Police,

rad

Fernside Sails Without

Kiehn

The The

Norwegian

hard labour by Mr J.E. Durling at Central this morning.

3.

Roy Alfred Hedges, 31, of Dagenham, Essex, was charged with obtaining money on forged document, simple larceny, forging cheque and endeavour-

property on ing to obtain forged cheque.

ground

HMS

floor,

A

Det. Sub Insp. D. A. Chapman told the Court that at 7 pm, on August 3, defondant went into a shop at 25 Hennessy Road

and purchased from Lee Pal-yuen a lea-set valued at $55. He instructed Lee 10 send the set to the United cargo-Kingdom by post and defendant reported to

D. Moll of other launch stayed until mid-passenger vessel Fernside, gave his name as D. St Bride's Bay. right to continue the search, which was to have taken CHEQUE FOR $520 with the aid of sampan folk.

Defendant gave a cheque to The Marine Police are stia Arnold Milton Kiehn back to

$520 payable to Moli a Lee for the United States on searching the vicinity.

Hongkong deportation order, and he received $400 in change. When Lee went to cash the sailed this morning without cheque next day at the Charter- Americaned Bank he was told that the the 46-year-old

who has been signature on the cheque differed from the specimen on file and fighting the order by going he was not paid. on a hunger strike at the Upper Levels Police Station since last Thursday.

Magistrate businessman & Delayed Hearing

will sit at nine o'clock

she

As a result of enquiries It was revealed that the cheque had been stolen from the back of the Ward Room mess account cheque.

It was

officially stated this look kept by an officer aboard

the why

Alert. the reason morning that

Able Seaman Moll of the same Kichn did not sail on the Fern-

the

side was because he was per-ship identified the cheque as the every morning to hear this case sisting. in his hunger strike and one he had been shown in the untli it is finished," said Mr Government,

afternoon of August 3 by on humanitarlan Five US Military Policemen

Hin-shing Lo at Central this were at the Inchon entrance but

moming, when Chan Yuk-ching, grounds, had decided to deport defendant, but he had thought

Idm aboard

defendant was joking when ho a passenger ship they were armed only with The Army apparently

The good news was disclosca, He sat back and beamed through a 28-year-old mother, charged where proper medical facililies found out that it was made out with larceny from the person pistols.

to himself. on the eve of Prato's final and most of the proceedings and let

would be available. wanted to prevent any charges most crucial appearance on the others do

the talking, for him. appeared before him.

When questioned by was arrested úsked for

Defendant, who of bayonetting such us Korean

It is learned that Kiehn ac-Police, defendant admitted steal- a clue as to Question" television When "$64,000 demonstrators claimed occurred

restricted ing the cheque and forging it. But occurred show. When he appears at the whether he would answer the in the middle of last March and cepled a six-month in Pusan.

до question, he remained

since then

In Court this morning, Hedges been refused passport issued to him by the CBS studio at 10 p.m. tomor- $04.000 end of the

boil as

is a returned American were

Consulate General superior officer told the Court causeway trucks ready to turn water on

row, he must say whether he

banishee, protested when her here this morning, Kichn had that defendant had been in the contestant's appearance anyone getting so far.

will keep the $32,000 or go for the $04,000 question.

to answer the record inciepot case was to be further adjourned earlier refused a passport offer Royal Navy since February 1949 New York, Aug. 8. US Army troops under the

ed to him by the Consulate. and his character was "very THERE

he lived by his wits

Prato has made good so far, question, he is allowed to take last Saturday. Colonel

She cried and beg Mr J, E. James Gallagher, 24-year-island until the other day his wits

expected and become a national celebrity any expert in his field with the Durling, before whom Butscher,

she ap-

Kiehn falled in a court action Defendant guld that he was appeared to desert him. Anthony old Korean war veteran, and Winston

In a last effort to endeavouring to pay back all get the right peared, to hear her case so that last Friday the process, by answering to help small boats. found himsair with no money former prisoner-of-war, now Two of the vessels and loud brain-twisting questions about

she could return home to look prevent his deportation to the the money, and he had already AT and no means of

by any. coming

United States. "I go alone," was all Prato after her six young children.

$385 saved up and had signed an on trial on charges of colla- speakers and broadcast demandis opera. lle made

would shy on this score, boration with

allotment to make up the bal- the Com-in English

The case was transfered to Mr 'polleeman saw station. There a King's Cross

Lo's court

ance from his pay. Anthony loitering suspiciously munists and of three mur- Nations Truce Inspection get out about other people's luggage, and ders of fellow American pri- decided to watch him."

soners, today heard two of When he saw Anthony pull a

his former co-prisoners from a hand-wagon, the

acted.

testify against him.

the

s arrested and, at

Billy Evans, an ex-soldier of j A31. stilled that he had found The cold bodies of two American corporals in the same PoW camp Korea, Pyuklang, North where he and Gallagher were interned.

police-slation seached. cvqle book wes found on him. "This yours!" he was asked.

"No, chap 1 met in prison gave il me one day in Plendilly," Anthony answered.

TO PIECES

car

Gallagher was accused of un- premeditated murder of these

it

commander.

the

trouble froin

that the

of Kuren,United Press.

Neutral

"Angel" Leaving

Services The

:

Paris, Aug. 8. The herole French mirse, Genevieve de Galard-Terraube, the "Angel of Dien Bien Phu",

has informed her superiors that she plans to leave the Air Force this autumn to take care of her alling The

nurso won

T Clerkenwell curt, Anthony ΑΞ

pleaded guilty to stealing

men. the hold-all; receiving the cheque Another withers, Lloyd Pate, tock, knowing it to have been 23, told the prosecution that in stolen, and obtaining or aftempl~ March 1951, while in the same

fame throughout the Western ing to obtain sums of momcy camp, he had heard whings and from shops and drinking clubs dull ihuds as if from asticuffs world after spenting 50 days and pubs with seven, of the and then luid seen

wounded and sick in Gallagher

with the the besieged Indo-China fortress cheques.

pick up the dead body of a tel- "It's dimcult to

Dion and prop

of

Bien

Phu before it was understand low American

75. overrun, 15 months ago, by the your mentality, the magistrate, against the wall, Mr T. F. Davis, said to reminded Pate that he atte

The counsel for the defence Communist Vietminh,

three-year he

contract with When

had

sild Anthony's story.

Service runs

the Geen Gallagher actually hit the the

out in Anthony,

fair-haired, vielim.

nutumn, She plans to live with pleasant-looking

their The trial is now in its second mother man of. 29.

on

small estate bowed his head: "It was rather week before a military court at near Paris. A week ago she was medical mission to Biter I came out of the Fort Jay in New York Har seni on a He said. "I never knew bour. If the defendant is con- Madagascar after accompanying when I might get thrown out of victed he is liable to a sentence a group of crippled war veterans my job. That out a strain on

of forced labour for life. - to the recent Games for para- the marriage: then

plegice in Britain. United when my France-Presse. wife took all the home away, 1

Press. just went to pleces....'

arkaca

been

You must go to prison for

Ho

Ther

in

He suld his new job was only part-time one so he would be able to continuo mending shoes in his little shop.

GOODWILL AMBASSADOR The American Bilt-Rite Com- pany, makers of the soles and heels Prato uses, signed him to a year's contract to serve as lis to the "goodwill ambassador"

and country's shoe cobblers,

Industry

In that post, Prato will travel around the country two weeks each month, speaking at shor conventions and having talks with cob- heart-to-heart blere about their problems.

Prato's new good fortune was disclosed at a news conference.

Radio Hongkong

H.K.T.

Summary:

(BBCTS):

6.03, BBC Bandstand.

Weather

answer.

him

wis

A-WAR MEANS OBLITERATION.

But win or lose, Prato going to Italy the end of this

Mr Lo said that he was pre- month to visit his 92-year-old pared to hear the case tomor father nea: Genoa. He said: row morning. but it "I promised Daddy I'd be there intimated that Mr S. V. Gittins, one way or the other."-United

defence

be would counsel, Press.

engaged in

and another court hearing was set for August 16. Defendant was remanded fo one week in custody.

Asks For

4

Book To Be DECISION TO BE Censored

REVIEWED

Washington, Aug. §. The Secretary of the Navy, Manila, Aug. 9. Mr Charles Thomas, today set Immigration Com-up a special board of officers to review the case of a merchant missioner, Mr Emillo Galang, marine honour graduate, Eugene

The

on 'security

SUMMONS IS DISMISSED.

would be without food, water On Home Leave

From Peking

this

A summons against a Warrant Memphis, Tenn., Aug 8. Officer, E. J. Settle of Ist North Mr Gordon Dean, former Staffordshire Regt, for allegedly Atomic Energy Commission driving along a highway during chairman, said today a Russo a prohibited period, was dis- American atomic war would missed by Mr. I. T. Morris at leave "no Russia and no United Kowloon this morning when the States"

Prosecution offered no evidence, Defendant was represented by Mr Dean told the Tennessee Mr A. S. C. Comber, of Hastings American leglon convention, the MA world cannot take a "full-scale and Co. He was alleged to have driven a military vehicle on atomle war."

Hiram's Highway, New Terri- "All that would be lett" it torleg, at 3.57 a.m. on May 17 in Russia and the United States contravention of a sign prohibit used their stockpiles of atomieing traffic at that time of the 6 p.m. Time Signal and Programmene urged the Private Schools Landy, who was denied a Re- and hydrogen weapons, he said, day,

"would be a few survivors who, The Naugnal Youth Brass Band of Bureau yesterday to impose serve commission

for a period of time at least, on a grounds. Great Bajtain. Conducted by Eric Balla tight censorship

6.30. "First Hearing"

who learned of and communications, living in a

It the case only when he read presented by Alex Borrie Hudio); Chinese book which a local, Mr. Thomas, 7. Sundown Serenade tation Chinese author would like to in the newspapers, cald Landy state of martial law." Demi-Heure Francaise. Presentation de M. Laversenno Souvenir de import from Hongkong for would be given a "fair hearing" Mr Dean said during the Coluite" (Studio): 7.09.

he personally would past year "an additional des Two British women attached and he distribution to local Chinese und that Eignal Report: 8, Time

review the Board's findings. tructive force has been found to the non-diplomatic staff of News (London Relay); 9.09, Com schools.

Landy graduated last Friday We have found that the radia the British Embassy in Peking, mentary London Relay) or Special

Mr Galang said that the book from the US Merchant Marine tion which falls Folk Musi Announcements: B.10.

out from arrived from Tientsin from the Canary Islands: 6.30, Forces is titled "Philippines and Sino-

Academy, but was denied a Navy hydrogen bomb

can kill ar morning in the Pakhol en Favourites (London Relay): 0, Timo

Govertiment and

Reserve commision because his cripple all the people in a 5,000 route to England on leave, Signal. Record Review presented by Philippine

Existing (Studio) 9.30, Projudice Erio O'Nell Shaw

against mother was co Communist aquare mile aren downwind

passengera. Miss C.. J. Tho Loule Botha, A Radio Tribuse Chinese-Filipino Goodwill'

Party member.

explosion Point, Rowlands, of. Maidstone, Kent, author of Written and narrated by Rayna The

the book is

and Miss A. R. Denholm, of He called en Sunday aboard a Mr Dean sald.-United Press, (BBCTS);. 10. this in Kruger rayon ang Grace Chen Lieur-pu, alias Tan Liat-tanker to earn $400 needed for

Glasgow, have been with the Moore Favourites from the in: hu, a local Chinese teacher who schoolingUnited Press.

Embassy, for the past two years. 10.15. At the Ballet, "Raymonds"

Declining to make any com- meat, they said they will spend Their holidays in the United Kingdom after which they ex- Washington, Aug. B

pect to receive new appoint- Mr Golang said that the book, PLANE CAUGHT The Japanese government hos A

REDIFFUSION Republican Party official

translated by the Immigra—' to laue passports to declared today

The Board of Directors of meats from the Foreign Office. decided

that the

Arriving from Tientsin also 8pm. Children's Corner conducted tion Bureau Interpreter, con Peking for Mr Yoshio Shigu, apointment of a

Ferry Company, oroute and IN HURRICANE The Star Negro to Pre-by Auntle Val: 8.30, Progressive tains misleading

Limited

was Miss M. Macsek, of Austrik. that announce member of the Japanese Com-aldent Eisenhower's administra-

Rus Morgan and hxplanations of this country's

Interim dividend of $3,50 per munist Party's central executive Live staff completes the full-ruest Artists: 625, Birthday Mallba nationalisation and immigration

Nassau, Aug. 9. share, "free of Tax, in respect of committee, and Mrs Talsu ment of the Party's "campaign 6.30. Record Parade latest released w Tokuda

One engine of an Air Force the current financial year will widow of Kyuichi promises to Negroes."

received by aditusion: 7. Pa The interprotez, Irving Tou Tokuda, top leader of the Com-

sonality Parade Kato Emith: 736, munist Party

crowmen .failed who 'died

The report, made pubile by Necchi Sewing Machine Programme-nam, said that the book referred B-39 Hricane Hunter plane be paid on August 31, 1956.

Azhort-circuit in some Mr Val 3. Washington, Director luring the minio ofitaly to the retail trade Filipinisation carrying 12

Music by Mantovani and his coue law as an excuse for the Philip "Connib" today and the plane

inaldo the centre of They

hurricane A warehouse full of mechanical Peking two years ago.

electrical wiring in the base- Orchestra: 8. Time suDAL, ROCE – The spare parts burst into flames in remains of the late Mr. Tokuda.

to Peking to receive the of Minorities for the Republican

was ment of 81 Wyndham St caused National Committee, said that

fuel A 10-year-old lad Casablanca yesterday evening.

Mr

tuge. Eisenhower, would Sabotage is suspected.

They will leave here by air

XIB. Melecuring Musicalo,” Featuring | 162 the Georno Melochinos aight position here.

to strike at the Chinese Guanciales streaming gasoline and

"We were fucky we made it at Kowloon this morning, with day

fire, wher 2: exUngulated Considerable material damage shortly.

right and freedoms for us all.""

·8.30, Twenty Questions: = 9.|| was done to the warehouse. The government has decided

sald Capt. George Newkirk, having incited, 9-your-old boy Tipunam Opera Time--the Pirates of pens

addad The President, in a letter to

that Dart

to commit larceny. He was re-, after the arrival of an: ap- Israelite also to give passports to: Com Mr Washington said the Re

zanoe. Art 21. (Gilbert_antul belonging

days in Police pliance. from, Central Fire manded thres f) 10. Dosador on Durpatri the book, which refer to the commander of the plane, er

Station. munist China Yor Japanese

A Moroccan citizen. -

He said the crew hadi to has always in- 10.10. Carroll Gibbons, and is his masa, arrest of more than 300 P

custody Another fire was reported last party of seven for inspection publican Party,

Orchestrar: 1630.30 Car Caravany Chinos Communist, suspects in ballo its way through the ba only one

* PODATSELING of Gypay music, 11. night on the Casablanca-Burkura tour. The porty is headed by Mrated there could road, where 20 sacks of grain Fusanouko Kuhar Chairman class or citizenship" and the Darcy in Dreamlande fesursi, die December 1932 should be per-storm-highest wind with, the

Prelude Fored because Jt caste urmavoury."], wanying fuel line, threatening Printed and pübilishba by Wittkase Affer /'ORINHAM, for were burned before firemen of the National Council of the Party has been effective in its mile Cole Harvey

Wyndham Hireet, City of Victoria, in the Colony, of could put out, the flames in a Restoration of Russo-Japan and practice of this conviction Melodies mid, Thainuations at the oven to envelope; the plane in name and on behalf of South China Morning Post Limited: 153 storage depot Franco-Prosse.. China-Japan Relations-Router. I United Press.

Ile

12 months." said the magistrate.

Anthony crept away. looked suddenly ared. He know what lay aberd, what prison

was Jike. He knew that coin- pared to it. the treadmill trail the City, the home-office- home Joutine

freedom War sweater thorf a sovereign could enjoy.

SUSPECTED

SABOTAGE

Casablanca, Aug. 9.

to An

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will

Will Issue

}

Ike Fulfils Election

Passports Promise To Negroes

Tokyo, Aug. 8.

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