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WORLD'S COSTLIEST PRISON SPANDAU Mail
Only Four Major German War
Criminals Will Be There For Its Tenth Anniversary
By ALFRED KLUEHS
Berlin, Apr. 4.
The grim, red brick war crimes prison at Spandau, in the British sector of Berlin will, on July 18, celebrate its tenth anniversary as probably the best-guarded, costliest gaol ever to house so few prisoners.
It is also one of the few remaining institutions of the Four-Power control of Germany, which lasted from 1945 to 1948.
A considerable saving of money could be effecled, they adid 12 these prisoners were
become
dim-
von
Baron Konstantin Neurath,
the former Foreign Minister, who was the first leave the prison in 1954, on told reporters then that son for the rest of their sen-prisoners were allowed to have tences. The party most Interest-four newspapers, three Western
and
Communist,
Youth leader, and Albert Speer, transferred to an ordinary pri- rounds of health and old age,
edi
this,
apart
from the
DOD
the
Three of tho
conditions nevon major | ing German political life by, that
have German war criminals taken to
attempting to revive Nazis. much easier since the time Spandau on July 18, 1947, after
The German public has shown when flashlights were shone in luc being sentenced at the Nurem-
Interest In them since their faces frequently at night, berg trials in 1940, have already 1940, and many people baise
argue making sleep extremely been released. Of the four that Nazism has no longer any cult, others, Waiter Furs, Hiller's
(Mura | chances of revival in Germany. Minister for Economics, and แกน
elther East or West. Hitler's deputy. Rudolf Hess, are serving life sentences, while Baldur von Schiroch, the Nari
the Nazi Armaments Minister. are serving 20-year terms of imprisonment.
while The silence
about Spandau prisoners themselves, appears to visits from relatives were prison has been broken only on be the West Berlin City governmore frequeni than rare occasions during the past men!, which has to pay an
arst and treatment by ten years for a brief announce-
estimated 500,000 West Marks the guards WALE better. Von ment that one or other of the (about 10,000) a year for the Neurath died last year,
£ prisoners
had been taken
maintenance
buildings age of 83. hospital for a urgent
орето
and German staff,
including tion, or released, or that prison eleven cooks. 14 kitchen maids, Former Grand Admiral Erich
been altered. regulations had
four
to be Wailers, Bx waitresses. Racder, the second man But in
housekeepers spite of the silence of three
und two released, on grounds of health the British, French, Soviet and
washerwomen.
and old age, left Spandau in United States authorities, who
September 18955. He is now 71. are jointly responsible for the
Doenitz was third. prion, rumours go round every few months about conditione in- side the prison or the post-bal blity of fis early dissolution
Notice to Bhareholders
Notice la hereby given that the Twenty-Ninth Ordinary Annual Meeting of the Com- pany will be held at the Jordan Company's Ofice, Road Ferry Pier, Kowloon, on Saturday, the 6th April, 1967 at 12.00 noon fur the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and Statement of Accounts for the year ended 81st December, 1958, to elect declare Dividends, to Directors and to appoint Auditors,
Notice is also given that the Share Register of the Company will be closed from Monday, the 26th March, 1957 to Saturday, the 6th April, 1967, both days Inclusive.
By Order of the Board, LAU CHAN KWOK,
Managing Director. Hongkong, 8th March, 1967,
Rumours
to
Last year, rumour had it that a major change was to be ex- But nothing happened pected. except that former Grand Ad- miral Karl Doenitz was released on October 1, 1956, the day on ten- which he completed his year senterice.
the
In January 1957.
West German mas-circulation news-
of the
In addition to the sum there are the costs for the Allied stuff of the prison including Gover- bors. guards. doctors barbers, which are paid out of the German budget, or by the Four Powars themselves.
Pay
and
Usually well informed KOLICCA
that
West Berlin the buthorities would like to have the 600 largely unused cells of the Spandau prison the acute housing shortage" for ordinary convicts. This, how ever, has never bren officially.
to relieve
admitted
Conditions Inside
paper, "Bilt", reported rumours What little is known about the West German the daily Uves of the four last from Bonn, capital, that the Soviete were war criminals at Spandau shows about
to propose closing the According 10 these prison. rumours, "Bild" said. the Soviet Ambersdor in Bonn. Mr Andrel Smirnov, had suggested should that the Soviet leaders
ence the release
10
of Funk,
and Schirach and the lumatic confinement of Hess in
asylum.
Observers in West Berlin re- called that a similar rumour was current exactly a year previous- ly. Only at that time it wsa enld that the Western Allies might make the proposal to the Soviet Union.
that
is
05
Nothing can be altered in Spandau unless full agreement la reached by all Four Powers concerned. Experience in the past few years has shown such unanimous agreement difficult to reach, especially there is no high-level organisa- on left in Germany in which all four of them meet regularly. While the Four-Power Allied Control Counell sat in Germany. directing
that until the Russlang walk- PERSUASION, the
contacts ed out in 1948, such were frequent, now
a six-year pause,
HARRY ODELL ways every once in a white ! meet a truly exciding person. William Wyler, with whom I am pictured, li one of them.
toga in the studios of Allied Artists when
Wyler
M
FRIENDLY
Gary
was
Cooper Riarrer showing at the HOOVER- LIBERTY. All of us in the studio were thrilled with this Allied Artiste production, par- Hicularly because this was in- of the company's new and heralded, for this Colony, pictures of the highest entertainment quality Ai Allied Artists' representative here for the past ten years I proudly recommend FRIEND- LY PERSUASION.
tion
Gra
LA STRADA (THE ROAD).] Every once in a while I have a truly exciting picture. I first saw this picture in London. I bought it in Rome. It is an Italian picture with English and
Then there was
In 1954, after the Conference of Foreign Ministers of the four in Berlin, the legal ad- Powers in visers of the four High Com- 10 missioners met four times discuse Spandau and agreed on certain changes to case prison regulations. Then
once more.
silence fell
Dissolution
thene-
Observers conclude, fore, that the first sign of an impending dissolution would be a meeting of representatives of the Four Powers, presumably of their Ambassadors in Bonn, to discuss this lasure. These obser- vers do not rule out the possi- It
big Inter- bility of such a meeting in the national prizes and now it has near future. just been awarded Hollywood's One argument la favour of
dissolution of OSCAR for the best the foreign language fim of 1958. erimes prison might be that the could are Dino de few remaining prisoners
Chinese upor-imposed subtitler.
Loga
The producers
the war
Laurensis and Carlo Pons of be set free without endanger-
WAR AND PEACE fame. Is
any wonder that i am really
proud to Announce that thia pidhire
will have lis
EMPIRE
premlere *** the
THEATRE on Thursday, 11th
April, 1957, at 9.30 pm. Book
now at International
Jehova's Witnesses
Protest To Russia
Lid, 197, Holland House, Tele-
phones 21832 & 31488.
the
New York, Apr. 4. The Executive Committee of
"Jehova's Watrame
And now from the screen to religious sect has sent a letter
the legitimate stage.
at 9.30 pm3.*****
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a
to the Soviet Premier, Nikolai Bulgarin, proti sting strongdy RICHARD TUCKER, one of against the "percution of the the world's leading tenors will sect's members in the USSR." plow two recitals, with different The letter, which followed programmer of the EMPIRE petition signed by $62,036 THEATRE, one on headby, members all over
the world, ZIM" Mat, and, the other, on protested against the m Thursday, 23rd May, 2957, both ́orzesta and deportitions to
Siberia of Jebovals Winamace. The letter urged that the 7,000 MARIAN ANDERSON (Con-| ***
present. In Sovjet tralto), salit give two recitala ot
forced labour campe
be sot free. the Pubfrirvienten kering The Executive Comelites has October 1981.FAN - PEERCE DAbilashed 10 million copies of (Tenor) will give stoliple at the
pamphlet In Ampire Theaterði în 1958. languages on religious persecti».
lawù have no cul
Bon in Soviet-dominated coun tries, which is to be distributed in all countries.
Who Da
40
at the
Of the men left behind, the is the health of Funk, at 86, worst. He was twice operated on in the British military hos- In pital near the prison, once 1054 for the removal of His and the second prostate gland, lime last September.
Hess, who is 83,
was
The
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French helloopter "Djinn", which set up a new altitude record during, a flight rectly. Height reached was $.482 metresa--Express' Photo.
CARDINAL AILING
Madrid, Apr. 4. Doctors attending Spain's Cardinal Pedro Segura, ailing
that announced at noon today his condition was unchanged.
"Cardinal Seguro," bulletin said, "is in the grove condition as yesterday, with the same symptoms, but das-
cribed by von Neurath as being apparently completely schizo phreale."
Von Schirach, who is nearly 40, and Speer, who is 61, are the youngest and most likely
to return to active life one day, Both are in good health--Ching | Mail Special.
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
WE ALL CAME HERE THE SAME WAY-- THROUGH THE LITTLE FOB-/
AND ALL SAY BOY LAUGHING-
FERDINAND
NANCY
DENTIST
QUESTION IS --WHERE PIP WE GET? IS
THIS EARTHIA
WILL YOU
MAIL THIS FOR ME. NANCY ?
SURE, DOC
JOHNNY HAZARD
MOUNTED ON RAILWAY FLATCARS, THIS GIANT BOMBER IS ROLLED INTO THE HILLSIDE CHAMBER, ITS HOSS GUIDED THROUGH A SECOND SHIBLONG WALL ***
"HWJW-THE SOIL.
AIR AND SUN LOOK THE SAME. NOTHING ELSE POES-NO TREES →NO BUSHES-
I'LL DO YOU
A FAVOR SOME TIME
"CUTE LAYOUT, - THIS ABRO-NUCLEAR BASE.COMPLETE WITH PRIATE SWIMMING
POOLER
a noon same
Disarmament Talks
In Its Third Week
London, Apr. 4. Valerain Zorin, Soviet dels gate to the United Nations Dis-
Subcommittee, armament
now that meeting here, said today the Soviet Union, was prepared "to move towards дл agree ment" should the West agree to do the same,
Zorin, speaking at the con-
asid with decreasing armed forces and defence budgets.
This was the second "Indivi- dual subject" the Subcommittee had decided to deal with after a "general discussion" in the hope that agreement could more casily be reached on specifie issues.
and
The Arst question concerned nuclear tests,
revealed the third week of deep-seated disagreement on the without any new complications," clusion of
disarmament negotiations, wus issue between East and West.
Segura, brought here from his replying to . statement by Sevilla archdiocese a week ago Jules Moch (France) urging This issue is to be examined for treatment of a ddney all that the Soviet Union should again and Western circles .ex- ment, was reported gravely ill
try and move closer to the Pressed the hope that the Soviet
delegation would He was, doctors yesterday.
viewpoint. Today's limitation of tests and to prac said, suffering from, heart and Western
droulatory
measures with disarina-tical
to complications.discussion dealt
Implement United Prest.
ment of conventional weapons, much limitation.-France-Presso. 1
HOW CAN WE GET HOME!
By, Lee Falk and Phil Davis
WHO WANTS TO 60' HOME-UNTIL WE
FIND OUT WHERE WE ARES
THATG AN IMMERSION' \POOL,FELLAS THE ATOMIC
REACTOR'S AT THE BOTTOM
THE WATER BLOCKS THE] KADIATION UNTIL WE'RE KHADY TO LOAD HER INTO
YOUR PLANBR
THOSE SPHERES OVER THERE--19
THAT A CITY LET'S GO THERE-///
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LET METELL "YOU WHAT HAPPENED?
CONTINUED
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Thalland, India, Pakistan, Middle East, Africa, Great Britain, Europe, up.m.
Canada, 3
Macao. 6 p.
Surface
SATURDAY, APRIL, $
By Ale
Peking, Shanghai Hankow, Kun- strang, flüchow, 7 a.m.
Japan, 8 a.in
Thailand, Malaya, N. Borneo, Ja-
donuais, Australia, New Zosland B Ceylon, 11 am.
Philippines, 2 p.m.
Thailand India Middle Dart,
Africa, Great Ikitain
oy.m.
Kares, Op.m.
Malaya
& Durope,
Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, # p..
Hawall, U.S.A.. Canada 0 p.m. Indo-China, France, p.m. Formosa, Japan, Okinawa, 0 p.m.
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Maisya.
Great
1 m
Britain,
Europe
(Netherland & Germany Parosla
Direct), p.m.
China, People's Republie, e p.m. Macno. 6 p.m.
SUNDAY, APRIL 7 By Air
Philippines p..
Purola Burma
p.m.
India Pakistan, Middle Esat, Adrica, Great Britain & Europe, 6 p.in.
Korea, dp.m.
Macao,
~By Surface
p.in.
MONDAY, APRIL 1
By Burface China, People's Iepublic, 7 9.m. Mauritius, 2. East Africa, B. Afries, Brazil (Argentine, Parcela direct), 11 R.M.
Macao, 1. p.m. Burma, 1 p.m. Korea, p.m.
Japan, Hawail, U.S.A., C. & 3. America, p.m. Масло, 6 р.ш.
TUESDAY, APRIL 5
By Sostac VA
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Macso, I p.m.
Japan, Canada, 2 p.m.
Malaya Caylon, Qreat Britam
Estrupe 4 p.m.
Macao, p.1.
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Macao, 1 D.EL.
Italy, France 3 p.m.
N. BOTERO 3 pm.
Thailand, 14 p.m.
Misso, 6 p.the
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Pakistan, Trng (P. India, Parcels
vin Karachil), # p.m.
Indonesia. 3 p.in.
Korea, 4 p.EL
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Radio Hongkong
H.K.T.
5.30, Time for Teenagers presented by Elizabeth; 0, Time Bignal. PTO- Folle Jumar 0.02 Popularity presented by Ted ThouAM; 0.36, Asian Club; 7. Emery Deutsch, his Violin and Orchestra: 7,15, A, Life.
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ENVOY LEAVING
Borne, Apr. 4.. Mr Toru Hagiwara, Japanese Ambassattor to 8wlizerland, will leave this post early next month to become Japanese Am bussdor to Canada, it was icarned here todayyah.
Mr Hagiwara, who has boon his country's representative in Switzerland for the past fin years, played one of the leading roles in obtaining the accession
of Japan: to the denew
ment on-Terills
rado
(GATT) in September, 1935. 17
On April 18, Mr Hagiwar will be host at farewell dinner party to be given in the
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