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THE CHINA MAIL FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1933.

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SOMETHING EXCLUSIVE,

Photoscout Plane

Scans Ground

From 10 Miles

Paris, Sept. 1.

conference Since the Geneva "summit" between Russia and the three leading nations of the Atantic Alliance, the defence organisation of the free nations has again been materially strengthened.

This time, the new weapon is not atomic but photographic equipment fitted into new aircraft which can carry pilot and cameras to a height of 16 kilometres (10 miles)-substantially higher than has been possible with equipment in

use until recently.

If, for example, he spots on the

If the Russians finally decide Ing. to accept President Elsenhower's suspicients movements and sky" offer, leaving East round, he can record its direc-

West free to overfly cach tion, #peed, dimension and other's territory and photograph other characteristics as well as all they want, the West at least the exact time of taking ple- will

have plenty of powerful tures and. other observations equipment for the purpose. whileh would be useful in inter-

Even if nothing comes of the [preting the photographs, open-sky proposal, the mliltary eyes of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's

forces

under their Supreme Command-

எ.

now

General Alfred Gruenther,

Has Guns

The

new

reconnaissance can now see several hundreds of Thunderflash

also unmed miles further Into Communist with machineguns, thus provid- | ***

territory than ever before, evening the pilot with means to fight without flying over the Iron his way out of hostile territory curtain.

if attacked.

only Is the designed single-scat A new swept-wing Jet photospecially

aircraft In reconnaissance aeroplane, manuel. reconnaissance factured in the United States, is production in the Western world

being delivered to the at the present time.

5 last, Marshal On August United States Air Forces In Europe and to the European Bulganin, Soviet Prime Minister, members

of the North Atlantic made a declaration in Moscow Treaty Alliance. Li is called the which showed that he regarded Republic RF84F Thunderflash President Eisenhower's open-sky and and is the jet ago's most up-to-offer of July 22 seriously.

would be prepared to examine date intelligence scout.

11,

The time

come, may soon when the aerial sentinels of the Free World may be able to watch such a large

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These new aircraft, now at part of the Communist world Western European depols, are being turn- from air-space cd over to the air forces of the Europe that the traditional Com the United States, France, Hol-munist refusal to allow anyone land and Belgium, and in due to see what is going on there become meaningless. course will also, it was learned will have

-China Mall Special. In well informed Western mill-

quarters, tary

be delivered Italy, Norway, Greece and West Germany, the latest member of Britain the Allanile Alliance, and Canada. two important

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SUNDAY POST-HERALD members of the North Atlantic

Space for oommercial

should

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be than

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Treaty Organisation, are rely- ing on their own production for this particular branch of mili tary preparedness,

uir-

Thunderflash The new craft literally extends the eye- sight of the North Allantle Treaty Organisation's intelli- gence officers almost 700 kito- metres (about 420 miles) in any 'special Announcementa given direction

enables and them

to obtain, within minutes, actual photographs of military movements and Installations made from altitudes of up to 10 kilometres. Flying

at such a height, pilot over Passau, near Munich, in Germany, could see all Czechoslovakia, all of Hungary, and Poland as far as Warsaw as well as western rens Rumanin and the Ukraine, Kronary of the Soviet Union. His cameras, of course, coulti sce far

more

sharply than he

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'THE ENGLISH An Echo Of The Past

Mnative work horses bend to the traces and the gleaming barley falls before the binder to bring an "Old Master" touch to the harvest scené an this Devon farm near Kingsbridge. The farm is the last stronghold in the area of heavy draught

horses.--Reuterphoto.

Chilians Strike Monday

Santingo, Sept. 1. Blest, President Chilean General Trades

Clotario

the

of

Union, said today that an agree. ment exists for a general strike throughout the country, starting on Monday, or even before

necessary.

the

CENTENARY

OF YWCA

London, Sept. 1. More than 300 women from

jn

40 countries-some

their

the

national costumo met here to day for the opening of Council meeting of the World's Young Women's Christian Asso- ciation.

-BY A SPANIARD

Madrid, Sept. 1. A Spaniard who has just a summer

holidny In Britan wrote in the Madrid evening newspaper Pueblo that the most astonishing thing about Britain lg that no there,

Don Jose

one is in a hurry

Rebuilds Courier Service

Bonn, Sept. 1.

has

The West German Foreign Office completed the main phase of building up a new courier service.

"

their

own,"

L

a senior

Senior officials are satisfled that it is efficient. The service uses shipping lines, preferably German, and the new West German Lufthansa airline to send its scores of bags to almost 200 Palau, who took diplomatic missions throughout the world. part in a visit to Eastbourno

Captains and pllais are held | reliability. "Thoy musi place and London organised by the Spanish Labour unioni, wrote: personally responsible for prompt the security of their documents

above delivery. "The way of life in England is

«Melai salch very practical. But it is difficult The main courler routes go to

Although none of the courlers for the Spaniard te adjust him- London, Brussols, Parts, Madrid, self to it. Nobody is in a hurry, Lisbon, Rome, Belgrade, Athens, lins yet been physically attacked, istanbul and the Scandinavian abortive efforts have been mada Everyone behaves well and even

to establish their identity And capitals.

trali, them speaks in a low voice in order not to disturb others. Even the. There are also six permanent

Foreign Office officials en courlers and a number of foreign else-service dogs seem quieter than

officials working on aphosiso that the new West Ger-

courier where, in two weeks in England temporary basis for the courier an

service I never heard a dog bark."

service. The permanent couriers "abolutely clean." No attempt Enro armed with pistols, and to smuggle weapons or ammunl- Sn. Palau continued: "Our erry diplomatie passports.

Three tion or any other legal articles through couriers or jono regret was that no alcoholic of them were taken over from ebroad

drinks were served in our hotel the old Reichs Foreign Ministry, courier mall will be tolerated. and we missed our glass of wine and the other three, younger Under the Third Reich, Hitler's and the Nazi security ut lunch and dinner. However, men, were employed after 1949. Gestapo wo got around this eventually Their identity is a closely kept service did use the courlers for

such purposes. by putting Spanish wine we secret. bought into bottles Jubelled

and no "reconstituent" could object to us taking a glass of "reconstituent" with our meals.

"On

unc

our way back we all commented on how friendly the people of England aro, although we southerners think of them as aloof."China Mail Special.

An Assurance To West Germany

No Entry

The courier service is only one section of the huge Foreign Once co Bonn's Koblenzers- trasse, nicknamed "West Ger- Thoy, pick up their courier

many's Whitehall." mall big white envelopes with red seals bearing the Federal The big white compound with role and a big black stamp its 1,000 windows and 720 offices "GEHEIM" (secret)at closely will soon have its own big con- guarded ground floor rooms of cronce room and an additional the main wing of the Foreign Rhine-side wing with offices for newly-appointed Foreign Office here. The rooms belong the

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suite reserved for the Minister, Dr Heinrich von courier serviço. Mall and Brentano, and his State parcels are stacked on the Jong Secretary, Professor Walter woodon shelves, steret documents Hallstein.

pre looked up in steel cases.

Pneumatic Tubes

The mooting marks the cen- tenary of the Young Women's

The glass of the windows con- The union leader made his

New York, Sept. 1. Christian Association in Britain an extraordinary

Deputy statement as

of tains Under-Secretary

wire which sets off an Murphy State Robert

The doors Cabinet meeting today, decided the first to be founded.

andiarm if broken:

The conference

room, which to accept no negotiation with Miss Lillan Barnes of Chicago, nounced in a speech here today carry signs saying "EINTRITT

strikers unill work is un-President of the World YWCA, that the United States

wil: VERBOTEN" (no entry). The will be ready in September, will

have 300 seats windows conditionally resumed.

who is prasiding, said the greater not enter into any agreement

Sovie Union Meanwhile port workers in part of discussions at the meet- with the

tha: rounded on to a yard sur-

by other wings of the equipped Valparaiso and Talcahuano de Ing which will last until Septem-would leave Germany divided rge Foreign Office compound. translation Into cided to go on strike immediate- ber 16, would concern business and

castern territories Even the yard may be entered guages. It is attached directly, to the malo 8-floor wing, from ly to support the already strik-matters

under Communist domination only with a special permit

the ing port administration workers. The women will also discuss gainet

popular will.- The couriers are chosen for whose cafeteria, on the top fror, there is an unique view of the -France-Presse.

international work.-Rouler,

United Press.

their presence of mind and

winding Rhine valley.

MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN

EB.THIS TOURIST STEPS OUT OF AN INVISIBLE SOMETHING --MAYBE A MACHINE -- AND OFFERS YOU A PILL FOR FIVE DOLLARS--

IL

of

FERDINAND

of

The immense value of this latest increase in allied ***ye- sight"

any sur- in enabling prise movements on the other side of the tron curtain

to be to

that

aerini

spotted is obvious even layman. Experts told me this modern

military photography enables

Intelli- gence officers to determine, for instance, how many trains run over given rall lines, io spot new bulidings and factorica hundreds of miles away, and in spot any unusual troop move- ments-all without having single agent set foot in the ad- versary's territory.

Sister Ship

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NANCY

ARE YOU STILL with

The 84F Thunderflash 19 It sleek swept-wing crafį unusual. "fences" extending across its wings to case ita the turbulent passage through

sound barrier

at more than

1,150 kilometres (about 090

miles)

les) on hour

thig

niom-

A sister ship of the bomb carrying F-8145 Thunder- streak, alap being delivered in quantity to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's forees year, the Thunderflash en- ables Allied intelligence affleers to make dally and night-by- night comparisons of photo- graphs and detect tell-tale signs of the military bulid-up which would inevitably have to pre- codo any considerable act

Thunderflosh

of

different

itg

the

its sister Thunderstreak in that the air Intakes for Sapphire J-05 engine OFO located

at the roota wings

Instead of in the nose. This

leaves the

the entire nose of the aircraft free for the in- stallation of varying combina- tions of some 15 day and might cameras and other devices,

Sight is reinforced by sound with a wire recordøy which enables the pilot to reglater on. metal tape his persona premions of what he is view-

im-

MAD AT ME?

·WHICH'IL MAKE YOU TWENTY YEARS YOUNGER

I TOLD

HIMA

FOR ONE WEEK. IT

HE WANTED REAL STEAK MAYBE HE COMES FROM MEAN-

GOOD

SOMEWHERE ELSE --

WORKS. BUT WHY

STEAK

WHERE THEY

YOU ANOTHER

DINNER

HAD NONE→→

WORLD?

COST THAT.

I FIVE DOLLARSP

YES---YOU'RE IN THE DOGHOUSE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED

JOHNNY HAZARD

HIS FACE AN UGLY LEER, THE [GENERAL RASES THE BOATHOOK

HIGH, POISED OVER THE HELPLESS ( JOHNNY

OKAY---IF THAT'S THE WAY SHE WANTS IT

-ERNIE "BUSINUTE.

her

By Lee Falk and Phil Davis

BUT, LADY, THE PILL REALLY WORKS-FOR ONLY FIVE DOLLARS!

SUPER SERVICE

YOUR AUNT WANTS.

YOU TO COME IN

GO AWAY.

YOU CON MAN, BEFORE CALL & COP!

By Mik

By Erale Bushmiller

SHE SAYS YOU'LL HAVE

TO WHISTLE

FOR HER

By Frank Robbins

AND NOW A WEAK HAND CLOSES OVER THE GENERAL'S CHUN........RAISES ITS AIMS va

TALK

ABOUT

MAGIC!

Have you seen

Admiral

AIR CONDITIONERS

AND REFRIGERATORS

IGADIL

*THE JAM THAT HADE TASMANIA FAMOUS"/

DAIRY BOX

MILK

CHOCOLATE

ゲ

...this situation calls for a

San Miguel

for

and will be simultaneous severni, Jan-

Pneumatic tubes have been bullt into the walls of the Foreign Office for the speedy distribution of mail and other documents.

Blue-uniformed porters guard el entrances and plain clothes dotectives patrol cach Boor. Documents which aro no longer needed are torn into tiny pieces by special machines. Those con- faining gegrei information are burrit "in a lurge oven, which ́is lit once a week, usually, on Wednesdays.

Two underground floors are occupied by a 200,000-volume l'brary and a document centre, while an atom bomb proof gir raid shelter has been built under the main wing.

The Foreign Office has about -1,200 employees. It has its own electric power generator, central heating, water cleaning machines, controlled clocks, and a loud-speaker system.

centrally cor

The building, which cost more than 13,000,000 marks (about £1,100,000 sterling), to construct, was designed by Professor Freese of West Berlin, who died iwo years ago, China Mail Special.

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