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Refugees

COMMUNISTS LIFT

PROSECUTION THREAT

Berlin, Sept. 20.

East Germany has announced the removal of refugees from police black lists in a new campaign to persuade some of the 2,000,000 fugitives of the Communist regime to return home.

The NANDUNCEMENT

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ther

wife:le | Lakan a cotners which he had many whose flight to the West | bought 18 months before his Inid them open to political and flight, and for a wom

who VOODOMÍC charge? and would like to avoid the miltus meculars to take with introduced in West Germany. coneription which has just been only common criminals, such as mem and thieves, are to Termoin in the "wanted" category,

FEARED TRANSFER

West German officials bellove that the East Germans are air- ing primarily at the 200,000 or so youths aged between 14 and 25 who have fled since 1851

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At Freiberg, also in Saxony, the womnts included some for propay who had been tried for mike offences and fed before Perving their terma One man Heal

evaded two months' im- prisonnen!

resisting tha days* authorities. mother condinement for abuse, a wonnan dava imprisonment for u petty theft, and andher man six wocks for using bodily harm through negligence.

is not accept-

HTT

JA

This practice

inable in any elrcumstances, it

must be altered at once,“ Boden saki

Very many of these were the bucked police force and feured being transferred into th National People's Army which was formed at the begin- ning of this your

They Farli katy Twin groups: those who did not wish to beny IBSYSLY in any army, und those who did not want above all to serve in the Communist ranks

The East Germany have them eyes naturally on the Brat group. becuase the Brust Berlin Govern- munt has declared that 13. un- 1100 Bonn, will not introduce conscription.

But West German ofeuils re- main confident that

those

born in 1937 und liable to draft- ing next year under the federal law will think twice before turning

REACHED CLIMAX

H

What they fleet from, these! officials maintai Was But 50 much the threat of legal con- scription as other, less scrupulous of being made regular old under conditions less fuderable than military servke In the West.

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crive The

The "Come home"

Mix climux After West German Bundestag (lower houre) passed the conscription Jaw

The Communists Immediately began an all-out campaign $1 atten refugee Eart Germans un well as West Denys wanting

Antle conscription.

hav

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ernnouncement issuert

East Orman Governin4751 und the all-party | National Frat promised then the chance to "work for peace."

"Your fatherland is the Ger- man Democratic Republle," the announcement said.

Fast German POWSTAR pers imentpaged interviews with some Jung West Germans from "the ever growing stream” who were sure to be coming to East Ger- many to start “a new

OBSTACLES

150"

Heir Albert Norden, secretary of the Communist Party Central Commitive.

Buick "We have hesrd that the Adenauer

Government has put up exter- sive obstacles along the borders to prevent young people from retning over to us."

"But

we are convinced that

to the actual date of payment.German youth will not let itself

Subsequent to payment of be stopped

from poting from the Call, the 1949-Issue shares many to Germany, from will rank pari pasau in all respects with the other exist

will rank JA

The result of the revision of the wurrunt lite war to be made kikan immediately that East German families could inform their relatives in West Germany that Thre coulet Come back BUŠKY

FEW WILL RESPOND

Meanwhile "ecepikan centres"

vw-lous have been opened in

local authorities border towns. have beve called upon to pro-

zraci vide housing

and work. cash credits have been allocated.

West Berlin

refugee off

officialis, 性 believe that more than a few hundred Ger- mans will respond to the лени Kestures. Thuy point out that 300 to 500 Et Germans are stil foeing to the West every day of the your. China Mall Special.

howc

Witch Doctor

Exhumed

Spring, Transvaal, Sept 20 inter, relieved to be thak of Africanau who were burlac og befor The South African War have been exhumed by the poller in a newly-proclaimed Cemetery

Sundra, neur Spring

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The police took four days lo

the

10 remalno recover

a child and botin what is believed in have been

The witch-doclot

bodic

foun were

at

depth of betweers severs and nine feet.

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blankets

The photo shows Dr Sukteno the President of Indonesia

with President Tito when he arrived

Zemin (Belgrade)-for his state visit to Yugoslavia, Dr Sukarno has been to Moscow-London Express Photo,

Wrecked Ships

Refloated

River

Hannheim, Sept. 20

authorition controlling

Dr Sukarno LIBYA STILL FIGHTING

Meets Tito

Gospel Band

For Games

Melbourne, Sept. 20 The Open Air Campaigners, outdoor Kupe! group preachi [12

variety langungôp will trazio Melbourne with 15 waggors and more than 100 evangelists during the

of

a 50-mile stretch of the Rhine Olympic Games this year. between hore and Karlsruhe have ruised about 500 ships The Field Secretary, Mr R. which

wrecked

during Werry, World War 11

WITC

Only one war-time wrock re- mains in the stretch of river......... the Crudo, 4 1,750-ton ærge, which was one of the Rhine's It will largest merchant ships woullen

be removed son. were found in some gruwes, and

More than 500 of the ships raised since the war are again in the witch-doctor's grave were found 1 domino, a pig's tooth | uflowut, some of them after ten yours under water. -China Mail tui a square of gruphle-China

Special Mail Special.

MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN

PICK HIM UP, FATHER, TAKE HIM OUT THE

YES, SON.

BACK DOOR SO NO ONE WILL SEE US.

FERDINAND

HAIR-GRO

TONIC

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AFTEA

NANCY

It

Germa

of war by Germany

Hee

added

think

of

ing fully paid shares of thecessary to tell these people Company, except that they loudly and clearly that whoever has left the German Democrat

CEL come back without fear. He will not be punished.

partly paid Republic without having com- shares in regard to dividends mile crime declared in respect of the financial year ending 30th September, 1956.

Call Notice forms will be forwarded to shareholders at an early date.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

P. W. A. WOOD, Secretary & Chief Accountant, Hong Kong, 27th July, 1956, .

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES

"PYRRHUR”

"All refugees have been taken off the lists of wanted people."

The leading Communist news- poper in

In East Germany.

Neues Deutschland. hac

already criticised

the State Prosecutors for their previous attitude, and Neue Justiz, the periodical of the Justice Ministry, published an article by a member of the State Prosecutor's staff, Herr | Hans-Joachim

Boden, giving examples of former practices which had kept away would-be returns.

BLACK-LISTED

that all

Hear Boden denied Namaged corro ex live will es ware put on pollee lista be surveyed by Meme, Paulsen & Bayes-Davy at Holl: W. From tocuthorities

for arist, but admitted that

bad issued

10 am on September 26 and 20, 1958, arrest warrants for them, if they

and consignees are requested to have were guilty, of any punishable

their representativer pregent quene. the survey.

NUTTERFIELD & SWINE,

Tona · Hopak, Baptambar 21;(*1965.

Istance, who

offanice.

Anyone, look an optical instrument of Rest Garnon make with him war. Inkunci:+Ristedi. At Zwick, Baodong, warranty: 1; hedi, 1 boen fasued for a baker who

hack

WHEN SCHOOL

CLOSED I LEFT A BOX OF PEANUTS IN

MY DESK

WHAT

A SHAME

THE BOY-ORDERS THE FATHER--?/CAN SEE AND HEAR--CANT MOVE

OR TALK

I WISH THE SCHOOL WAS OPEN

JOHNNY HAZARD

HOW WE KNOW KITTY'S PLANE WAS SABOTAGEDİ SOON AS WE LAND, JOHNNY, TAKE MY CAR AND HOP

OUT TO HER PLACE

DID YOU HEAR THAT ?

RIGHT, SCOTTY. MAYBE SHE CAN FILL IN SOME DETAILS — GIVE US A CLUE TO WHO MIGHT, KAYE WANTED HER OUT OF THE

WHAT="ARE THEY QOING

TO DO TO ME--WHO ARE THEY?

BARBER

MAIRENTS

staid

that open air theatres would be set up on city sites where gospel nims would be screened nightly.

The ontanisation planes "to advantage of the unique

tho occasion will reaching poople of Mail races,"~~Cina

opportunity

take

adford

many

ot

Special,

By Lee Falk and Phil Davis

7-13

TIGE TOO LIES TRANSFIXER UNABLE TO MOVE OR BARK,

By Mik

By Ernie Bushmiller

WHAT A

CREEP

ISN'T THAT GUY OVER THERE HAZARD, FALCON'S NEW TEST

PROTE

2-17

FORGOTTEN DESERT WAR..

Tripoli, Sept. 20.

Land mines laid by the opposing armies on the North African battlefields of World War II are today holding up development of the Libyan interior.

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Week by week, Libyans which led lo 20 many mines attempt to fertilise maty of the | being laid. An the buttered desert or search for olla and armies were in their turn hurled other minorala, the mines claim back, they withdrew into close- more victima

knil

perimeters to reorganisy, lick their wounds and prepare tako tho offensive again. But it was necessary that they should be able to to this in comparativa security,

Although many of the

roads to were "eltered" of mines by the advancing armies, it La still often dangerous to stray on to the verges, Often, where the tracks of A recently-passed vehicle are still vialble," follow- ing drivers will try to not their

own vehicle wheels in exactly the same path as a precautionary

measure.

Diplomat Killed

One of the most recoti victims of a iamdmine was M. Gilbert Pousee, a young second

st Beuretary

the Fronch Logation here. M. Pousso and

a fellow countryman, M. Marcel

Land mines wore the answer.

Thousands

the of

deadly

the

changes were sown round perimeters, providing a wail of high explosives through which an advancing army could ad- vane only slowly and with Imavy casunities.

Top secret maps held by only secrot which supply vehicles could move in and out with safety.

a few people showed "paths" along

The war ended, Libya, with Hongrois, had boon on visit her minefields and ammunition to the intertor Fezzan province,dumps, was relegated

they

do-

to the turmoil of

On their way back,

[dor | background in the cided to use a track as a "short the Immediate postwar world.

Their truck ran over a

cut,"

innd mina and M. Pousse was killed

High Enough

But tho "bottle" went

bestill here and

going ONL

on

This was an incident which gained some publicity because a foreign diplomat Wus in- volved. But in the years since today. the desert war ended, kundreds In of people have been killed Hipo marzeN",

The untold which mdacs

The British administration, while it held provisional office until 1951

the when

United (housands of Kingdom of Libya was estab- beatrow Libya Ished, did some mins clearing. were laid in the thrust und

the But it was mainly around desert party of the

campaign

Inhabited areas. Any attempt during which the

Western

at a general clean-up was in- allies on the one side and the possible wii

with the limited Germans and Italians on

sources available. The Libyan other surged forward, retreated, police and

havo army imd advanced again until the carried on with the work final victorious Eighth Army trying to cloar these deadly thrust which smashed the Ger- seeds of wat man arrobes and Mussolini'a North African Empire.

the

of

The cost in lives Is high enough. But to this ted to be added the difficulties, some fighting times insuperable, of trying to

develop

It was the changing fortunes of the North African

BVEN

MAGICIANS

Cant Carlsberg

Beat

If we were

any fresher wed still be on the ving!

Libby's

TRY FROZEN STRAWBERRIES

TODAY

ROWNTREES

-GANIZ BUSHMEN & GAME

MILK CHOCOLATE WITH ALMONDS AND RAISINS

By Frank Robbins

THE SAME AUSTERI HI'S FLYING THEIR ENTRY IN THE COMING TROPHY

RACE/

...this situation calls for à

San Miguel

new land, ant especially of reaching into hinterland, The Libyan Gov- ernment is convinced that the land mines are to д great extent responsible for the "slow "opening up" of the country.

-Foreign oil companies are ni the moment interested in the

the possibility that

batzen decert wastes of Libya may be oll-bearing. But exploration is held up by the slow and ex- pensive process, costing comes times

thousands many poundis, at employing mino- detection teams with electronic equipment to probe the

pro. Jected drilling sitev.

Australians Adept

of

The work of mine clearing is rendered more dangaTOUS by: the fact that many of the mines, deadly enough In themselves, were "boobytrapped" to make clearing them

on

samo the minen

extremely hazardous operation. This was sornetimes done

by the which Jald Often is was done by the enemy to trick his opponents when they cleared their own mines.

arm

The Australians were particu- larly adept at this, their favourable "material" being the long box-type Italian enti- vehicle mine.

The mechanism of this mine was simple. Two strong springs hold up the "Id" of the mine casing. The weight of a tenk

or car pushed down the lid, allowing a cutter on the under side of the lid to cut through. a wiro which released o which in

Luz diag

Kho mine. The weight of a man was (not enough to pres down the "Ild" and thereby cut the des tonator wire.

The Inilan troope Upedi to through

move with

confidence their own minefelde---RITERIA The Australiatze started digging up the mines, removing the springs, and replacing the charges.

of Thousankly

thea

sprung" mines still lie only : a few inches under the deport sand, with razor-edged cutties resting on the detonator and needing only 'n wolght touch to coplodh thu

fenther-

UN Mine Squads?

Other mines have bomba Inic nearby and connected

with wires so that any attempt į to clear the mine wands that bonb hurting into the air, where it explodes and sentiers its shrap- nel overhand

Many Libydes or

Ing that the mincs vrere betid armies and the struggling Tabyan nation should hol be expected to cope with the on its own, Thaly wine help so that they can get on with

problem on

tho

fa.ak

davaltning

thelupostion PA

One

to that the

United Nations, of which Libya

| is a member," should & Help

forming, a mine camel 2China Mail Sprolal.