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THE DAY

NO HONOURS FOR SOCIALISTS

HE Labour (Opposition)

Party has not come out of the Bank Rato inquiry debate with honours. In fact, it has come out rather badly and without credit to either the Party or parlia- mentary debate.

The Opposition entered the lints full of accusations

against members of tho Government and private Individuals in what hat

been described as a smear campaign.

Unfortunately for the Govern- ment it was slow off the mark with the result that public opinion, bused on revelations, forced Press

the issuo. The Government insisted that it haci made in- vestigations and found that there was nothing to war- rant an inquiry, but in the end it had to make a com- plete volte-face and set up i tribunal.

Stage Set

THE stage was thus set and

the Opposition looked for victory and even certain

went to the extent 01 visualising the downfall of the Government.

Now the position has changed and the Government has enhanced its prestige in that all those who were suspect have been cleared, that the but the best Opposition could do was to Bay that it did not dissent from the findings of the Tribunal.

The graceful course would have been for the Socialists to have withdrawu their imputations following the publication of the Tribunal's report. Instead they insisted on a debate on the pretence that important matters of polley emerged.

Smear

NE was certainly raised, hough they did not men- tion it. It was whether it must always be necessary to hold long and expensive restore investigations reputations gossip.

concerns

to smeared

by

This is something for grave debate and it especially the part-time directors of the Bank of England who have other Such interests, 'business

aald the report, directors, may find themselves in "dificult and embarrassing position." That is true but no more so than so many others who are confronted with twin loyalties.

В

Not Unexpected H expected that the ques-

TOWEVER, it was not un

tlon of part-time director- ships would be raised in the debate by the Socialists as It formed the main subject during for investigation the Tribunal hearings. Mr Butler was justified in declaring that the Govern- ment did not intend to be stampeded into making a snap decision, but he did committee reveal that a was inquiring into monetary and credit system It had been naked to make recommendations on this question.

the

The Socialists were deflated they und out-voted and should pause and reflect on their defcat.

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No. 36969

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1958.

Price 20 Cents

RELAX IN

DAKS

THE INAUDAS COMFONT ́ IN ALTERN TROUSERS ·

Whiteaways

HON.TK (LNG 1, KODA BOON

ELEVEN MANCHESTER U. MEN KILLED

British Airliner Crashes

On

Third Take-Off

ENGLAND'S GREATEST GOALIE-SWIFT-DIES

Munich, Feb. 6. Twenty-one persons were killed when an airliner carrying Britain's star football team-Manchester United-crashed

near here today:

Complete List

Of Dead And

Survivors

Munich, Feb. 7.

The following is a com. plete lat of the dead and Aurvivors of the Munich air crash complied hore early today!

DEAD Players

officinis: and Roger Byrne (captain); Mark Jones (contre-half); Billy Whelan (inside.right)} Eday Colmen (right-half;; Tommy Taylor (centre- forward); Geoff Bont (left- back); David Pegg (outside- left);

Crickmer Walker (team scoretary): W. BA- tinoff (director); Bart Whalley (coach); and P. H. Currie (tralnor),

Journalists-Frank Swift (News Of The World); Tom Jackson (Manchester Even- Led- Ing Nows); Archie brooke (Daily Mirror); H.D. Davica (Manchester Guard lan); Erlo Thomson (Daily Mall); Henty Rosé (Daily Expres); George FollowS (Daily Harald); and Alf Clarks (Manchester Even- ing Chronicle).

Other W. T. Cable (steward); and B. P. Miklas (travel spent).

DETAINED IN HOSPITAL

officials- Playors and

Busby Malt

(manager); Albert Scanlon (outside. loft); Jackle Blanchflower (contre-hair); Duncan Ed- wards (left half); Dennis Viollet (Insido-left); John Berry (outside-right); Ray Wood (goalkeeper); Kon Morgans (outside-right); and Bobby Cheriton (inside right).

Other Captain K. G. (Chief Raymont

Officer,. BEA); Radio Officer Georgo Aadgers Mrw

Mikios (wife of travel agent); Mrs Vera Lukio (wife of Yugo- slav Military Attacho, Lon- don); Infant Lukis,

22

months (daughter of Mrs Lukic); Mrs Nebojsha Tomasevic (Yugoslav citi. Taylor Frank zon); and

(New Chronicle).

RELEASED FROM

HOSPITAL

Grega (goalkooper).

Players: Billy Foulkes (right-back); and Harry

Jamos Other Captain Thain (pilot); Stewardess Margaret Bellia; Stewardess Rosemary Cheverton: Peter Howard (Dally Mall); and Edward Ellyard (Dally Mn().

Hospital doctora sald that four of the Injured were still on the danger Ust, but they would not name them.

Forty surgaon and ten anaesthetists tended the in- Jurod as they were rushed to the Isar hospital. By 10 p.m., six hours after the disaster, all had bcen treated.Router.

In Your Saturday Mail

Eleven United players and officials were dead in the crash as well as eight of a party of leading British sports journalists.

I can't remember Nine of the United men were seconds.

there was a bang or of them whether in hospital, Lome

One of the not. Everything stopped all at seriously Injured.

dazed I just survivors was Matt Busby, the once. I was so

who scrambled about. Than I found toam's famed manager,

wreckage and a hole in the gave the same "Busby's Babes"

crawled out to his youthful side,

knees.

But Frank Swift, once Eng- land's greatest goal-kerper

travelling with who was

the

team as a Journalist died in hospital.

In Hospital

hands on

and

Harry

two

QUEEN SENDS MESSAGE

London, Feb. 6. Queen Elizabeth II today expressed her sympathy for the relatives of those who were killed in the Munich air-crash today

in A message of con-

TORIES WIN ANOTHER VOTE

Of

Warning Wildcat Strikes In England

London, Feb. 6.

dolences sent to Transport The Labour Party warned in the House of Com-

and Civil Aviation Minis- ter Harold Watkinson, and to the Lord Mayor of Manchester.

The

Queen's message said: "I am deeply shocked to hear of the accident to the plane

carrying members of the Man chester United Football Club and newspapermen back from Belgrado.

and saw "I turned Gregg, the goal-keeper, Gregg, Ellyard, the Ted stewardesses, the radio oficer and myself went back into the wreckage. I saw Captain Thain, one of the crow, start putting Of the 44 people in the crash-out small fires with an extin-London, M

a chartered Eliza ed plane,

British bethan Airliner of European Airways, 10 are now hospital. Another seven after Been discharged

in

have treatment.

Today's crash was the first Eliza- fatal accident with Delban planes which have carried more than two million passengers since they went into service with. BEA years ago..

six

The place was carrying the Manchester team back to Eng- land from Boigrade where they

with had drawn 2-3

tho Yugoslav Red. Star team in a European Soccer Cup game.

It lost height spon öfter tak- ing off from Munich's Reim alr- port, grazed a clump of trees, and ploughed, into a cottage,

Broke Off

Its tall broke off and the shat- tered wreckunge burst into James

|

guisher

"It looked as though those who had been sitting in the forward part of the plane were the lacky ones who got out. The luckiest of all wers those in backward facing senta.

of the

"Part of the engines airliner had gone forward for 150 yards and hit a small house, which burst into flames but the

fuselage did not catch fre

The Injuries

in

The injuries of those hospital were of varying serious

ness fractures, burns and ternal injuries Some were on the critical list.

Mrs Vera Lukic, 21-year-old wife of the Yugoslav Military Attache, was "doing well" in Munich's Perlach Hospital to- night after an operation.

Doctors at the hospital also second aved the sight of a survivor taken there a child whose three years, Injured passengers dragged of about themselves painfully out of identiky is not yet known.- the wreckage La polica Cars Realer, and fire engines arrived. Crush investigators tonight cordoned off the

the area as

wreckage was examined to try to find the cause of the disaster. Falling snow threw a white pall over the blackened debris and scattered luggage-which included cupperware coffee cups and beakers, parting presents to the British footballers from the Yugoslays.

Forty Yards

Bobby Charlion a Manchester United player, speaking on the bhone from the hospital, told Reuter:

"The trouble was we did not We taxied ket off the floor. then end

Kert the runWBY, crashed through a fence aud hit a house, The next thing I knew was when I woke up and found

myself

CHIEF TEST

mens tonight that Britain faced a series of wildcat strikes and "guerilla warfare" by workers unless the Government revised its industrial and social policies.

CHARGED WITH STEALING FROM PRINCESS

No Sumatra State Yet

Djakarta, Feb. 6.

A spokesman for the anti- Government forces in Central Sumatra sald to- night that they are "no betraying the Indonesian State" It are seeking a to "prevent its total collapse," Licut-Col Ahmad Hussein heard here os ha spoko over Bukittinggi and the Padang radios, declared:

means

"We do not like the present Cabinet but this does not mean wo are betraying the uniltary state."

t

The warning was delivered by Alfred Robers, the Party's expert on industrial problems.

division of Ha demanded a

Hussein's new move in the the house equivalent to a VOIE of confidence-on F Labour "war of nerves" involving the mollon that the Conservative outer islands versus the Cen- Government's policies werd tral Government gave no int leading to growing economic whether the Central Sumatra dimcultes and threatening in dissidents will go ahead with a dustrial unrest.

MY SYMPATHY

"Please convey my sympathy and that of my husband to the of those who have relatives been killed and to the injured." The Yugoslav Ambassador in

London, Feb. 6. Vejvoda, also Two men were charged here

The Government addressed

of con- messages

today with stealing jewel-

vote by 318 to 251. dolences to the Football Asso-

lery, n prayer book and

He warned that serious un- clation

Manchester and to United.

other property from 21-employment was developing in Northern Ireland, year-old Princesa Alexan- Wales, dra.

Anglesey and the Isle of Wight,

PITIFUL SCENES

Manchester, Feb. 0. There were pitiful #cones at Manchester airport today. Мал- when the familles "chester, United players were Informed of the Munich piahs crash while waiting to welcome home-their con- quering hereal.

Fathers, mothers, wives and chlidren of players were taken home by appola! busan after they had broken down in tears on being in. formed of the Munich dla. astar.

One old man of 78, who' cald he had supported the team for 30 years, had to be dragged away in tears from the airport waiting room— France-Prosse.

and

won

Days Lost

the

The тел. 27-year-old inbourer, Aubrey Robins

tallor Joseph 29-year-old Moloney were arrested last night

Mr Robens said the number by police who were. walching of days lost due to strikes

suitcases at two

London jumped from 1,000,000 in 1930 Bridge Station.

to more than 8,000,000 in 1857. He contended Labour was losing ita condence in arbitration,

TWO SUITCASES

in this country a whole series of wildcat strikes," he said,

new

reported plan to proclaim Kovernment of all Indonesia.

Husein, Chief of the Revolu- tionary Benteng Counell, denied only that there is any move to State," establish a "Sumatra as a separate entity

FINDING WAYS

He told his Beteners that dis- and

a recent meeting of the rident "Young Colonels political

assembly in the town

of Sungei Darch in Sumatra was for the purpose of "finding ways out of the present dif- culties now confronting the Uni- wry Republic for which we have "If national negotiations go fought with great sacrifices.” They were charged..with be-

Hussin attacked the recent of the lack of ing concerned together in out because

arbitration statement by Premier Djuanda confidenco stealing two Tukcases, a wristlet chinery then you could have on Sumatra, saying that the watch, two pairs of earrings

statement did not give "the true He picture" of the situation. three bracelets, two bangles, brooch, clip, necklace, wireless set, manicure set, jewel cass, "There are in many industries aid his Banteng Council was set Bible, photograph Lyme,

numbers of trade unionists who up in December of 1986 and Russian Icon, two evening would be glad to go back to an "ighting for the Unitary

United Press. bags, a prayer book and ladies guerilla warfare because they Republic."

could do better for themselves." clothing the property of Princess

The Minister of Labour, Lan Alexandra.

disputed the state Macleod,

He

arbitration sald ment.

did not

show any statistics change during the part year and several foreigners, The suitcases were taken therefore he doubted strongly to be tried in Indonesia on a from the back of a car about

that there was any lack of con- charge of trying to kill Presi- 'midnight

while Adence in the arbitration ma-dent Soekarno, Moscow Radio on Sunday

sold today.—Reuter. chinery.-United Press. Princess Alexandra was visiting

1 West London home.

The value of the properly Was not mentioned in the charge. The two were remanded

weck in custody.

&

In Belgrade President Tito of at

PILOT DEAD Yugoslavia has sent a message Reuter,

Force

Palmdale, Cal., Feb 0. An "F-104" jet fighter, the fastest American Air planc, crashed shortly after take-off from Palmdale Airfold, today, causing the death of the chief "Lockheed" Company's test pilot,

The pilot, 35-year-old Henry Bosserman, parachuted from the plane but was killed.

e-

to the British Prime Minister,

Macmillan, Mr Harold pressing sympathy over the loss of lives in the plane crash near Munich tonight,

POSTPONED

He described the accident as "a heavy blow to British sport and the English people," and added "allow me to express may deep sympathy."

The First Division League

beween match

and United

Wolverhampton

The cause of the accident was not inmediately known,

It occurred some four miles Wanderery tomorrow has been fram

Airield, postponed. the Palmdale whero major aircraft companies carry out test fights.-France about Presse.

forty yards from the plant, which was blazing violently. "I had a cut on the head but was otherwise alright, I was & bit scared though. I was

uble to walk and was one of the

CRASHES OF

first three to get to hospital H-BOMB PLANES

The others were Harry Gregg and Bill Foulkes and we help ed get the manager, Busby into an ambulance and be camo too.

Peter Howard, 30-year-okt Daily Mail photographer, told of the crash:

this storied Again

"It was showing when we landed at Munich. We want off for refreshments and then back to the aircraft to continue the flight. I was sitting in the front row of scats on the starboard side. When the pilot tried to take off there seemed to be some kind of slight fult with the engines. He stopped. Then be That did not seem satis- factory so he taxled back to the #pron to get things chocked up. It was on the third Lake-off that we craahed. I think we wore about the end of the runway only a bll above the ground. plane suddenly ap-

Features in tomorrow's Weekend China Mail are: tried a second take-off."

One man's plan for Asia WILLIAM SMYLY;

A shadow we should lift in Nassau - ROSS MARK; The Business of War - Major-General Sir JOHN KENNEDY;

Commentary - FRANK OWEN;.

Giants of Sport ERIC NICHOLLS;

And all your regular favourites the boom in London's Tin Pan Alley, Robert Pitman on books, comics, cartoons, strips, puzzles and stars in 20 pages of weekend entertainment.

Tho

Washington, Feb. 0.

A Defence Department

Drug Carrier Caught In HK Trap

San Francisco, Feb. 6, Manchester Jono Dal Sang, 54, China. town barber who fell into Hong- a trap baited in kong, was sentenced to eight years in prison to day as a conspirator in a heroln smuggling ring, He had admitted playing a

A two minutes silence will the start be observed before In all League matches tomorrow and all players will wear block arm-bands, the Football League announced to London,All Agencies.

New Rocket

On Trial

London, Feb 6.

Soventy-five people, including

are shortly

AMERICAN ARRESTED

Dakarta, Feb.

Willem Van Swany, a 33-year- old American citizen, son of Dutch industrialist, H.H Van Swany, was arrested last week by the Indonesian army, a US Embassy source said here today.

in Indonesia was placed un- der Government control Inst month. Swany was arrested = few days after he arrived in

The business of Swany's father

1

Djakarta to survey, the family business.

อก

His arrest followed the in- vestigation of a cable he at→ tempted to send on the In-. donesian internal situation.

days before It was six

American

Consular TOPIC- pentative could sco Swany. U.S. Embary Poftrees Ex- pected that Swany would bu released next week-France- Prease.

role in un international narcoife The remainder of

syndicate which tried to ancak nearly ten pounds of pure herein into San Francisco last Septem-

Federal Narcotics agents said! the heroin would have been US$800,000 and

Deco today that thFor Bombers worth between Using upon

had been "inore than one" crash in the United States during past. years of planes with atomic or hydrogen weapons aboard.

London, Feb. 7. A constant thrust Spectre He re-issued a statement first rocket engine is being made as made on January 13 and repeat-n take-off nostet for Britain's ed on January 22 to the effect H-bomb carrying Victor and that "there has been more than Vulcan bember, the De Havil one crash. There were no ex- und Engine Company announc plosions, no fires and there willed today. be no details."

The Super Sprite

how much it would have been adulterated,

RENDEZVOUS

Jono kept 1 rendezvous with Hubert R. Barry, 35, former British freight agent,

who

carried a shipment from Hong- rocket kong

However, Barry find inform-

A Washington columnist re-engine has already been order- ported today that seven crashesed for the third V-bomber type, od British and American agents of the plot start after he was took place in the United States the Vickers Valiant

The heroin The V-bombers will be able asked to join it. since 1954, and pihors in Europe

and But the to carry heavy loads from was seized in Hongkong. and the Far East. spokesman would say nothing small airfields, after the rockets Barry carried a false shipment more when pressed about this are atted under each wing to Jone at the request of police. report.-United Fress.

Reuter

-United Press.

NO CHANGE IN UK SUICIDE LAW

ponrod to be breaking up.

* chango was dekrable, London, Feb. 0. Beats started to crumble up.

Home Mr Robinson said there WEN A Everything seemed to be falling Mr R. A. ·Buller, the to pieces. It was a rolling Spenetary, today ruled against Donaldórable growing opinion that tho lend view of bulside any change in the law to Art-. sensation and all sorts of stuft

sain which makts suicide and ¦ ¦ was foće and more si elds attempted suiciés a criminal with public opinion. started coming down on top of

Then, had borne to take

There won't time to think. No one cried out. No one: spoke-just a deadly fence

He told Mr Kenosih Bobinson,| | slakte osmpletely outside the Labour, in the Hours of Combategory of criminal winRISON. for "what could, only fiere bem i musta he was - not antioned. & Mr Butler said the preannÍ CEN-

cept of suicide was rooted in religious belief.

There was greater

sympathy

and understanding "with sal- oldes and would-be sulčžios. bus bo had no evidence that a clango in the baslo campopË

-- troskák be 'unfyormally socept- ablo le pubile opinioni..Calza

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