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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1956.
THAT DINNER PARTY ROW HENPECKED HUSHANDS
Raging Flooda
In Italy
Rome, May 1. More ruin today ted Italy's raging rivers which have already flooded thousands of астся of farmland and sent hun- fleeing from their
dreds
homts.
of
The bolling waters the Arno tore off part of a bridge being bullt at Florence and married 16 past the famed shop-lues Ponte
Vecchio Bridge).
oul
Tho Tiber
spreadi over more than 2.470 acres of grain fields at Perugia, and Rome waited unesvily for the big water to his.-- United Pres
WANTON
ABUSE OF
HOSPITALITY
Washington, May 1. Senator James Eastland said today that the United Nations should be asked "to do everything in its further power to prevent wanton abuse" of US hos pitality by the chief Soviet UN delegate, Arkady So- bolov, and his staff.
Senator Eastland, chairman of the Senate Internal
Security Subcommittee. referred to of Soviet on the part
10 tersunde Soviet semen-refugees to return
<forta diolomais
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of
Severe Test For
Gaitskell:
Report Possible
By Fraser Wighton
London, May 1.
Socialist depression over the row at the Labour Party's dinner to Marshal Bulganin and Mr Khrushchev during their recent. London visit has been revived by the Russian leaders' attacks on their return to Moscow.
The Labour quarrel with the Russians at a private dinner has produced a testing ordeal for Mr Hugh Gaitskell almost at the outset of his leadership of the party.
Many politicians feel he who provoked Mr Khrushchev could I bave foreseen + most, reportedly had few de- wide-ranging acrimony which fenders at a subsequent meeting stemuned from a Labour plen of the parlamentury leadership. angrily rejected by Mr Khrust- But many Socialisti bock what chey-on behalf of Social Demo- Be did,
B Attitude has Crals in Comunist gools, been supported by newspapers
of political colour.
Inbou MI's evidently felt
for plain
that Eart-West relations would Reflect Feelings speaking.
the better
staved off
by party
of regret
Mr Gaitskell The success of their eorizer:eetionnl deruar! "o holds barred' talk with Mr rankers tho! Georg B:deplav apparently { should be sent to the RussJAN
encotraged the belief that lenders. sullar approach would fit the Bulganin-Khrushchev casu
'Reactionaries'
What thues to worry same | the Labour Party 2 whether
300 the
a pote
Instead, he went to see them Mad apparently succeeded Improving the atmosphere~~~ }}_ well
reopening, again negative result, the case of the Social Democrats,
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with
The Labour leader yesterday
had
the orcash-in was net bredevilled gunmented on the attacks made by the arrelvant personal inter- the Soviet statesmen since Jeetone which
rebelle trakter return home, suying he was
Bulganit plocr
theory Marshal Of Corp
spoken as he had done.
WALD ceruinly not Qur desire to spoil the visits in any way." be said,
innar, so that disemurtesy spoil- ex first-rate oppertunity.
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Labour MP's it shot Die hear the world 1 1a the
That is believed to reflect the only organisation which "spoiled feeling of the majority of Social- the atmosphere" in their Britishists--though this does not akter visit was that
of the "Labour-their view it was right to raise Hes" or to read Mr Khrushchev the Democrats issue. describing some of their chiefs as Martinariga,
Unitext States week expelled two members of the Soviet UN staff and chided Mr Sowicy for their uprt in the re-detection of Ave Soviet sailors who obtained political asylum in this country.
Senator En: tand, whose sub- committee
early is investigating the Use matter theldent, discursed
In a letter to Mr Henry Cobut Lodge, chief US delegate to the UN
He urged Mr Lodge to "eall formally upon the United Na tions to do everything in ita power to prevent further wan lon abuse of the hospitality of the United States by chief dele- nate Soboley United Pre#S,
and his
stuff."---
Jerusalim, May 1. The Uinted Nations Secretary- General, Mr Dag Hammarskjold will have talks with Israeil Premier David Ben-Gurion to Morrow morning before going
on to Damascus, From there he will fly In Brut on
his way to Rome and the United States. The present talks concern the puting into effect of a formul erasefire with Jordan and Syria, -France-Pressc.
The party still sensitive to postwar Conservative on Socialist claims that move would really be able to get to grips with Soviet
gibes Leic
Mr Alfred Robens, the Labour Party's foreign affairs spokes- mon in the House of Commons, said tonight that he favoured the publication of a full trans- cript roto inken at the dinner, He was being interviewed in 题 British Broadcasting Cor-
thinking.
Soine Earl Alice's "goodwill" mission.
inembers - following poration radio programme.
to Moscow in 1954-had hoped
that
العان
the Bulganin-Khrushchev
Favoured
would provide In op- Mr Robeng portunity Tor Socialists again party leader, to give a lead to the Conservaskell,
tive Government.
They now face a situation in which Sir Antony Eden, agter a tonigh period of office, has up
gained parently
considerable prestige for his handling of the Anglo-Soviet talks.
Brown's Comment
The Labour Party's relations with Rusin on the other hand, have taken a bad tumble.
Mr George Brown, member
of the Labour “Shurdow Cabinet"
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MONSTER
AT LARGE IN PARIS
FISH
IS 'KING' OF
RED SEA WRECK
Suez, May 1.
A German schooner captain, Walter Kunath, engaged in salvaging scrap metal from a British destroyer sunk off Perim Island, at the southern gateway to the Red Sea, is working in the company of a monster fish.
Indo-China
Armistice
Meeting Wanted
Á nic-foot, 300-lbs, speckled rock cod has made its home in the wireless cabin of the wreck and refuses to move, even for a charge of dynamite.
Young Ethiopian
Captain Kanath, a warlime diving nee, has been on Perim. lonely island in the sweltering Stralis of Bab el Mandab, sizeo last November when he passed sald that the
by in his 48-ton schooner Sea Mr Hugh GEIL-
Wolf on his way from Falmouth, had told
the
Hanoi, May 1. Soviet
in England, to the Persian Gulf, lealers after the dinner that North Vietnam Premier where he intended to take up Labour would feel at liberty to Pham Van Dong, at a May pearl fishing. publish the record if it proved Day meeting in Hanoi to- necessary to defend
When he saw the submerged in the proceedings.
his Govern-wreck of the British destroyer day, renewed lle added that he personally ment's call for a new meet-Khartoum, which had lain for favoured publishing the ing of the Geneva Indo 10 years in 50 feet of water oft record in the light of comments made by Marshal. Bulganin auð
China armistice conference. the sind, be changed his mind and undertook to salvage scrap Mr Khrushchev yesterday
of metal instead. Recently, the Sea Speaking before" a crowd their retum to Moscow.-
some 100,000, the Premier sald Wolf sailed into Aden with her Brat cargo-two tons of salvaged the agreements signed in Geneva in the summer of 1054 "symbe scrap copper. le for the Vietnamese people Captain Kunath's diving asala- peace, unity and democratic in-tant is a young Ethiopian whom dependence.
he has trained in the use of a Pham Van Dong declared that frogman's sult and equipment. South Vietnam was bound by His shipboard crew consist of his and wife, two big, strong sons, a 13- the Geneva agreements eritielsed a recent South Viet-year-old daughter and an Irish
First Offleer, nam Government statement con- taining "only vague promise of a provocative nature."
Reuter.
Corrective Surgery' On Hermaphrodite
Washington, May 1.
on
the
the
The Premier said the South Vietnam and French Govern- Physicians reported to-ments were both responsible for
implementation of day they have successfully!
He agreements,
called for performed "correk:tive_nur-freedom of movement for the gery" on
baby born international, and Mixed Armis
Control Commission in about eight months ago as tice
Indo-China-France-Presse.
A
a true hermaphrodite.
A hermaphrodito is a person with both male and female sex organs. Pure hermaphrodites are medical rarities. Only about 60 verified cases have been reported in all medical history. Dr W. Lesler Henry, an endocrinologist, determined from a series of tests that the female sex was predominant
child.
In the
Dr Frank Jones, first Negro
Forced Labour
Condemned
Surologist on the claff of George with
· YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD.—Acrom: 1 Canoe, 4' Uloplo,
8 Arelle, 10 Ovens, 12 Castor, 14 Propore, 17 Loss, 19 Alludes,
20 Persive, 22 Omit, 23 Acended, 27 Plenty, 20 Repel,
New York, May 1. By a vote of 13 against two three abstentions, the Town University hospital bere, Economic and Social Committee then performed a series of of the United Nations today operations, completed about adopted a resolution condemn four months ago, which trans-
15 ing all forms of forced labour, child formed the
from a wherever it might exist. hermaphrodite Into a norma) giri.
The resolution noted that the Dr Henry said the girl is question of forced Inbour would "doing beautifully" and eventu be fully examined at the next ally will be able to beardcasion of the International children.-United Press,
Preliminary Survey
The skipper's first encounter with the sca monster came when he and his diving assistant were making a preliminary survey of the wreck to docide where the most valuable salvage material was to be found.
Groping lis way Into Ho cabin, Captain Kunath stretched his
round the doorway. But instead of the hard iron bulwark of the cabin, his fingers masa. prockied
a soft fleshy Then he received a tremendous blow
the head which across threw him to the deck, split his helmet and cut his sculp, but fortunately did nct sever oxygen feed.
The glant rock cod flayed its way furiously out of the cabin, aside the young tossing
his
Ethiopian who was standing in The boy rushed to its path. help his skipper and together the two divers struggled to the surface.
Must Be Accepted
Labour conference in, June, and expressed interest in the men- sures the International Labour The next day Captain Kunath HARDING CLAMPS Organisation would take in this and his mate lowered a dynn-
DOWN ON CARS
direction.
mito charge: Inba the wireless cabin and fired electronically. The Committee also dis- concerning cursed acclimations
Diving again, they found the Labour camps in Com-ood placidly feeding off the countries, including all fish which had been
killed by the blast
Nicosia, May 1. The milltary government to- torcod -day prohibited the leaving of minist motor carg unattended in the China-Franco-Premo, streets.
The ordor explained: "1i has beer apparent for some time that terrorists have been mtking. use of taxis, self-drive cars and stolen vehteles for conveyance
"It is a stuntion which must Singapore, May 1. be accepted" Captain Kunsth The Butmese Director of said. "The shaobviously Education, U Ba Bwa, arrived king of the wreck and just will here today by air from Tangoon pot move: to study educailon, mothadă“ In in murderous attacks, and for singapore and Malaya
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United Prim.
monts,Reuters Make
Now, on his daily dives, Cap tali-Kunath' keeps his eyes open and we never a goes, pearted, thàn İre yards to; he "Monarch."--- Chica Mili Heroisi
Stan Mr
Hopkinson, left, and Mr William Guppy, membere of the Henpeeked Club of Derbyshire, England, are pictured with showgirls from La Nouvelle Evc, a Parls night spot last week. The 33-strong members of the club-miners, publicans and farmers had been doing of Paris minus nights cir collective misssen, The book of the club con- fessed themselves aghast at Paris prices, were
none too thrilled by the Folies Bergere. BU and Stan said they had seen better shows at home In Chesterfield, Derbyshire, for
and
sixpence two shillings
So Bill and Stan went on to the Nouvelle Eve. They had wonderful evening, went backstage to
sen the girls but the bill came to 8,000 franes aplece (£8). Express Photo.
RESPECTS PAID TO BARKLEY
Washington, May 1. Congress today gave its re- Spects to Senator Alben Bark- ley, former Vice-President who died last night. The Senate did so by remaining in recess until day and the House of Re- Thursday presentatives by adjourning till tomorrow after hearing an hour of eulogies.
The body of the 78-year-old was brought to Senator Washington today from Lexing ton, Virginia, where he col- lapsed and died while address- ing university students.
A funeral service will be held tomorrow, and on Thursday the Senator's body will be taken to Kentucky for burial-Reuter.
Pogo
Nepal Coronation
Starts
With
Mystic Rites
Katmandu, May 1. The coronation of 30-year-old King Mahendra of Nepal got underway today with a mystic ritual known as the "Purvanda” or “Epilogue.”
The ritual was performed in a courtyard of · the palace. Guards stood about wearing 19th century red and blue uniforms.
In the centre of the cour! | Tho American "Cinerama?" word Was temple with a. Company alone sent 30 techel- three-storeyed roof, resembling n Chinese pagoda. Like many Nepalese temples, the beams of this temple were omamented with highly realistic and Sug
clants to cover the coronation of King Mahendra. This is the first time the outside world had had an opportunity to see the coronation of a King of Nepal,
world-France-Presse.
gestive symbols painted intho sole Hindu king in the bright colours.
King Mahendra, dressed in white and wearing dark glasses bonnet decorated with geometric designs, entered the courtyard with the Queen on his left. The Queen was deegf- cct in rez! ari. The royal enuple were greeted by priests and pandits.
Blowing Horns
A small pavilion, covered with a thatched roof, was set up in the courtyard. The King sat
TAIWAN
DAM
PROJECT
Washington, May 1. The United States will contribute $4,000,000 to clown under 1, cross-legged; help start construction of
while the Queen made
(sterileial) offering before 0 fire.
"Puja"
a $40,000,000 multi-purpose dam on Taiwan, the Inter-
an-
Preceded by pandits and national Co-operation Ad-
(ICA) priests chanting and blowing ministration shell horns, sive the walkednounced today. (around the small pavilion and
s down one corner.
also, received' rice.
Sacred Hymns
ail
After pandits had
Thilak" and
The dam will be the largest The King then poured into single cconomic project over the palm of each pandit's hand undertaken on the island, ICA aspoonful of holy water, which sald. had been used to wash the feet
The US funds will be used of the Divinity. The pandits
a few graths of during the first year of work on the project, when the Nationalst will contribute Chinese cur Afterwords the 'King put n rency" equivalent to $3,000,000. Thilak" mark on the brow of cach pundit and handed each a Of the remaining $33,000,000, will provide and a garlandi
of the Goverrunent package clothes of immaculate cloth. $22,000,000 and $11,000,000 will
be obtained from
outside sources, the announcement said.
Scheduled for completion in the priests and 1900, the dam will be located received their at Schlhmen, about 30 miles their packages, northeast of Taipei, It will they sang sacred hymns, calling provide water for irrigation. for divine benediction.
household use, electrio upon and King Mahendra.
power for industrial develop and Queen then ment, and flood control facili- King symbolically touched numerous ties.--United Press, meals wrapped in leaves which will be distributed to the poor, anding the ceremony which hod! been witnessed for the first time tamu
Europeans and by foreigners.
At the last coronation, 45 years ngo, when... King Mahendra's
father,
King Tribhuvana, was crowned, the sole European' present was the British Resident in Nepal, and he was not allowed to witness the "Purvanda" ritual
The
Sole Hindu King
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Hongkong Books Fair Booths
Scattle, May 1. Booth space for the Washing- on State International Trade Fair, opening here on Friday, was a near sellout today with reservations exceeding last yem's total, Fred Imhof, Manager of the Fair, reported.
Mr Imhof wald 176 booths have been reserved, 25 more
Today's ritual was attended by the official representatives of 18 countries
well as numerous Press photographers than last year, and newsreel cameraINEN,
KU
“Miss Munich Of 1956′
mannequins: Ingrid Funkler was elec
of
Booth reservations from foreign countries include 18 from Hongkong, six from India, live from the Philippines and four from
the Repubile Korea Other countries and territories with merchandise or cultural displays in the fair are Pakistan, Thailand, the Republic of China, Guam Hawall, Canada, Peru, Mexico, Ceste mala and Ecuador.
Seventy-one booths will bo secupied by American importers of merchandise from more than a score of Faciae rim countries. -United Press.
Statue For Pope
Vatican City, May 1.
A gilt-covered bronze statuo of Christ arrived here today from Milan aboard a helicopter, which, landed in front at Saint Peter's Basilien,
The statue, gitt of Christian workers: unions to the Pope on his 80th birthday, will be set up in a emirch to be built in the workers quarter of Rome to commemorate, the Pope's « birth- day.
"The Pope appeared of the win. dow of his apartment today to groot a huge crowd which had witnessed the Kivival of the atatuo Franco-Prozo
Indian Envoy
Injured
Maçon, May (13) India's Ambassador to France, Sardar Malik, suffered a slight hood injthy when his chỵ đọện ided with anotčer here today? Mr Malic, who was driving Cannes with
diughter, temporarily interrupted the trip, and stopped at the LASI ***Mr. Malk was
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