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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1957.

CLIMBER CHEATS

ITALIAN Spent Eight Days Clinging To Mountain Wall

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Claudia Corti, the 29-year-old Italian climber, selo for eight days cheated death on the Eiger Mountain in Switzerland fold his story on Monday to Donald Scaman and finest Ashtkick, both of Daily Express, at Interlaken, Switzerland. Here is the story in his own sebris.

Interlaken, Aug. 12.

HAVE to climb mountains like other men have to eat and drink. Mountain climbing runs in my blood. That is why poor Longhi and I tried to climb the north wall of the Eiger. We knew it was almost vertical. We knew it had cost dozens of

lives.

The Eiger was like a tyrant] Why Challenged as all the time)

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On Saturday m

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inc the Iwo young Germis who were so seem to all on the north will with 1 nghi.

The North Face

We met them in Turalay and decided to attack the rih lace together

Then he wrather turned bad and our luck theseltd us

to snowrd and rained furiously and it turned very coll. I force 011 ir

rocks pe our Augers reached cut for a hold, Our bands were cut and sumbed, Longhi fell somewhere

be Aween 6.30 621 6 oglank on weine day morning. He hands were forthitten nu he hurted down the ice. He ich 120 feet and there be rinngled car the end of the rope.

It was Chowing hard and the wont wat blowing with terrifie 1. Tam a time again the wind mucher Laughi cartu Lock face. All day we strained

to get him up but may strength We wonde ning

The Spider

Just before it got dark Longhi ituted: "Clauwid, you go en un get hely for me. Don't worry. I'll follow you. Give me some food and leave me,"

We managed to Jenve hin most of our food and we izfl him ted to a rock.

On Thursday In the after.

noon the Germans gave up The Krugele. They. were utterly spent. They lay down together and made a bivouac with their

snow.

bodies in the

They insisted that 1 no on and never saw them again.

I had no food to give them.

Now I was on my own.

When the planes came over

I managed to strip off my red pullover eral

jpilots

waved to the

Now I found I hard to move. For three chys 1, had nothing!

to erl. So great was my thirst

I had to cat snow although

I know I should no

1 moved inch by inch unil

was only 450 feet from the summil

Knocked Senseless

Then as I waved to a plane a stone disloder some

show

which 11 on Jay head and knocked me unconscious,

When I kame to wau numb with cold. I clung on and I could not give in, prayed to God lo sive ma strength to go on.

As prayed I knew I would braved.

Then on Sunday morning I was rescued by Alfred Helejart Mansh. the Gurman elimber from

How wonderful it was to greel him, shaft never forget him ve the brave nien who risked

their lives to save me.

1 shall never climb the Eiger again that is sure. Maybe I will

| never cilmbs a mountain ngalt-

Express Service.

Bandit Strikes

Teheran, Aug. 13.

Dadshah, who This bandlik Bils week killet 10 villagers mar

bere, has uttacked the village of Nikujihan, killing lee formation 11,000 feet up on 14, injuring 20 and kidnapping

The Germans

and I pushed on. We were on the spider (an

the wall; and forced our bodies ||† 20, the Iranian press reported | to climb on.

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today-United Priss.

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Mum and Dad (7).

8 Some paper (4),

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10 can be shot (7).

11 Do they fly to work? (4).

12 Sound as a belt (4),

14 How Dick was desorbed (7).

14 China flower, maybe (5).

19 Quarrel on the stage? (5),

22 Boy-meets-girl (7),"

20 Not productive (4).

27 Untamed author (4),

28 Coward's stuff? (7),

20 He's not very bright (4).

30 State-provided room (4).

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20 Is its light powerful? (8).

31 Young crab? (0),

23 Undeveloped, seed (8).

DEATH

Wilson's Economy

COLONY SCOUTS AT THE Western Concept Likely

“JAMBOREE-

Two of Hongkongb scouts altending the Boy Scouts

closed yester- Jamboree at Sulton Park, England, which

anio-

day. In the top picture, Lee Kwai-lam signs the graph album In English anil Chinese of a lady culmis. tress, who visited their camp. Showing the true spirit of Scouthood, 13-year-old Sa Nam, (the youngest of the Ilongkong contingent) tesohes fellow scout Lesile Mitchell af Cheshire how to use a diabolo In bottom picture. Army News Service Photos

TWO PARTIES OF

LOST MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS SAFE

To Be

Undermined By Zorin

By PAMELA MATTHEWS

London, Aug. 13.

Wilson's

Axe Strikes Defence Again

Washington, Aug. 13.

Defence Secretary Charles E. Wilson swung his economy axe at the defence industry again today.

ments"

Flights Costlier

He ordered a Ave per cent measures to cut military spend reduciled in the "progress paying down to the budget celling made by the Goven- of 38 million dollars in the mint to big defence contractors] Begal year which began on July 1. cci alterafi, missiles and other military items which require i Yesterday he ordered the Air Force and civilian contractors MR Valerian Zorin, Soviet delegate at the five- ing sime tu manufacture.

The order, effective from working on Air Force equlp nation disarmament talks here, may today Sept. 1, reduces, these stallment and projects, excepti have undermined the whole Western concept of ment payments to 70 per cent missiles, to cut their personnel of total costs, or 85 per coil, and overhead costs five per cent. initial disarmament progress divorced from poli-fastend of

the present 90 per-United Press, of direct tabour ind tical problems, according to Western conferencent,

material costs. sourees here.

GREATER INCENTIVE

Wilson said the move will give contractors "greater incen-

Paris, Aust. 13. tives for economy" when mo1 2 Airline offices in France today of their own money is involved increased the fares of all inter-

i in producing defence equipment. atual

payable per cent, de t The new order will not affect francs by small business suppliers who result of the adjustment in the will continue to be eligible for ouris. value of the franc. progress payments of up to 75 The icerense appiled to per cent of totaj cosly or 90 per French no well ng foreign com~ cent of labour and material costs, panies with offices in France

Wilson's decision: Was the Find the French Union.-France-

sartes latert in a

of drastic Preyze.

Mr Zorin, in his Arst toujor peech since the fabling 01 August 2 of Western proposala For aerial and ground fuspection agninet ground attack, chal- lenged Current Amclean op- mism about the possibility of {SIKTHEHL at the five-month- old dicamusment conference,

ONLY IF

He told the Western delstates Governintat thot the Soviet could accept the proposed three- tier reduction of ground three The Western levels only if

powers dropped the, settlement of political problems as a con Uion for moving to the second and third stage reductions.

Talks To Cover Up Armaments Race

Says Russia

London, Aug. 13. Russia - admitted today that "international tension" hud ensed in the past few

dis-

This announcement, in the view of Western sources here, re-months, but again lasted nes the German problem with the West for "avoiding any the disarmament negotiations concrete decisions" on at every stage of the distuasion. armament.

There was succulation here tonight whether Mr Zorin's move to drop the German question entirely from the discussion of Best stage partial disarmament was timed to coincide with the conclusien of the visit of Mr Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet Con-- munist Party First Secretary, to East Berlin.

INDEPENDENTLY

The aim of Western policy in recent months has been to make possible the conclusion of a first slep disarmament covering some measures DI force level und conventional. arms reduction. aerial and ground Inspection against surprise attack and tom- porary cessation of nuclear test ing independently of the solution of the German and preblems in Europe.

security

These levels are not made dependent on the solution of the German problem or the problem of Europta security, or other political question.

A Joint statement on the talks between Vie Russian ender, Nikita Khrushchev, and East German ofclals during the Soviet leader's tour of East Germany, broadcast-tonight by Moscow Radio, sută:

"Representatives of the USSR and the

Democratie Germen Republle.. noted with calls- fretion that during the last fevr a certain cusing of months.. international tension had been achieved."

CONDEMN POSITION

But it added: "Both sides con- demn the position taken by the Western powers, which tre avoiding any concrete deelstons about practical steps on dis- armament and stopping atomic

of

As part of the Intended first and hydrogen bomb production."*

the Western repetition

The lengthy statement was a stage agreement,

frequent Soviet pewers have proposed the re-anti-West disarmament remarks. duction of the forets of the

voiced by Soviet leaders in United States and Soviet Russia Ritesh and on tour.

"Actions to 2,500,000 men each and those

show

the that of France and Britain to 750,000 Western powers are only mis men each.

Jeading the people by fruit ces talks about disarmament," said In effect, the the statement.

claimed, "the die- statement armsinent tafts are being used to cover up an armisments ruce and to support the West Ger- man circles which are carrying Further reductions to 2,109,-out a militarist policy."-United

Press, 000 and to 1,700,000 each for the USSR and the United States and to 700,000 and 055,000 each for Britain and France however stated to be dependent the solution of political issues.

POLITICAL ISSUES

any

were

By stating tonight that the only Soviet Government could accept the reduction to rat stage levels It second stage reductions were independent of the solution of political prob lems, the Soviet Government rein.. appears in fact to have freduced the political factor every stage, Western sources

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said-China Mail Special. Chamonix. Aug. 13.

Two parties of lost mountain climbers

managed to reach safety today, suffering only Work On Nepal

Road Begins

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high

Katmandu, Aal Work on the 5,400 foot road that is to luk Kanundu to the Communist Chinese border

from exhaustion and cold, in the Mont Blanc region of the Alps. A third party, made up of a Pole and two Yugoslav Alpinists, was still missing. Near Grenoble, an unidenti- The only party of climbers fea young man fell on a glacier, fetill mishing is composed of the and was cared dead. A rescue Polish climber, Girerskl, and his party has gone out to search for twn Yugoslav companions, lost began yesterday, it was learned him.

zomewhere on the flanks of today. Workers will be furnish-

Ment

lanc.

Descending ed by Nepal, while Indin wi One cf the lost-and-four climbers and reague teams have supply the equipment group of climbers which returned ca no trace of the men ep fur, engineers. The road will be built and is to be jeufely today was made up of and there was no indication that in two sections.

any of the completes within the next five tluce Peles

cut lost they had rechtd who spi Sunday to elimb the Green lichters

The road will end Et Necal". They were only a short

the Tibetan distance from the summit when A starch parly has started up. Rozuagadi, they were caught in a blinding the mountain and will continue frontler, where the Chinese have the search tomorrow after already began the construction snowstorm and sought refuge in

read from Rastagadi to ending the night at one of the of a a erevusse all nigh

Lhs-France-Presse. tefugts--Francs-Presse,

BAD VISIBILITY

to

The next day, visibility was still bad. and they lost ther way, being furoed to camp out one moit night. Late the eftemgon, they managed zeuch a lodge in the Alps, and platined to go on to Chamonix. On their fromoward trip, the thure Poles stopped

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TUESDAY'S CROSSWORD,—éds: 1 Sacri, & Splil, Q

two other climbers listed

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missing. Swiss climbers: Michel Roy and Alexander Cretion, Alio had disappeared Tact Sunday while trying to climb

Drcul, 9 Damage,, 13 Lairs, 11 Essay, 13 Male, 13° Cedés, 10 the "Dru Neodic." They had Sovore, 18 Spards, 20 Therm, 22 Alzu, 28 A-part, 21, Trail, 20 troned, 27 Seine 28, Sales, 20 Gender. Down; i Sediment,

Comatose, 3 Bilge, 4 Dræser, 6 Solaces, 0 Player, 2 Large 14 Desigmeg, 19 Squander, 10 Bampits, 17 Vecring. is Praise, 21 Harh, 24 Treč,

also been caught in the storm whd forced to comp out while Flo weather cleared. They, too, teached surety and shelter 1nta this afternoon,

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