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EX-SERGEANT MAJOR IS SMARTEST TIX-SERGEANT-MAJOI! John (Chick) Grant is known as the He murtest nian on Stanmore council estate, Winchester never leaves his home without hi spotless bowler, morning coal and wing collar. Mr Grant, 09, has a 14 inch curly moustache, grown when he was a 28-year-old roldier in the Hine Brigade, " Rrow It to please my Ilose, the girl who had promised me her hond," he said. Mr Grant, with bowler, morning cont, wing collar, black trousers and umbrella, arrives each morning at 11.30 for two pints at his "loen," after a brisk half-mile walk. The old sergeant major tells his friends that it is these 2 pints that keeps hils industache curled. Sale Jandlord John Prier, of the While Torse Inn, St Cross, Winchester: "It John arrived n'minute after the city clock struck half-pust eleven I'd say it was the clock that was wrang. John always pays for his two pints of bilter the moment "He always he arriven-to save the wear un his pocket, he says. leaves at precisely 12.20. Sometimes during those 30 minutes he gives us a couple of the good old song:."

"WAIF" SETTLED WITH POLICE

HE dog which refused to become the mascot of the Royal Army Medical Curus in which he anaster twice won the Victoria Cross, has died at the I.A.M.C. Depot, Crookham. "Warf," a tux turier, was adopted by the depot in 1953 when his naster, Leu- tenant-Colond Arthur Martin-Leake, V.C. and bar, al a doctor Lieutenant-Colone) Martin-Lenke Ware, Hertfordshire, died. served in the R.A.M.C. in the Boer War and the First World War and won the V.C. in each campaign. Walf was attached to the band when he first went to the depot and it was hoped that he would become the mascot. But he soon showed rat he would

wear no regimental coat nor be subservient to a sergeant-major. He used his teeth with vigour. So Wair was transferred to the des DO-IT-YOURSELF BOAT BUILDERS

pot pullee where he settled down happily.

WITH more than of boats being built at four evening schools in London, Me Fortune Fowler, chief instructor in buat building to the L.C.C.. is planning to start mir evening class yacht club. Proposed headquarters will be on the Thames st Putney, where the L.C.C. are now building a boathouse and slipway as part 1 their programie to encourage rowing among secondary modern school pupils. Three 18-feet cabin sailing boats are helug bullt at Peckham Evening Institute. Other boals of various types are being mode al Puiney, Stepney and Kenils: Town Institutes.

NEW COURSE FOR SEA CAPTAINS

OURSES on modern methods of business, labour relations, leadership, public speaking and law may soon be Introduced for British res captains. The scheme is contemplated by the Honourable Company of Master Mariners, which is inding out the Vews of the ruptains before planning the series. The company feels fit with British shippling facing intense competition the courses, already being run in ather industries, may increase efficiency. Writ ing in the Company's magazine, Captain W. D. Smith, a member ut its technical committee, says that labour relations have alteral ratically at sea in the last 30 years. Captain Smith believes that both captains-and-managemerit would-benent"from""course"ON" trade. Discussions on trade tinson argumisation, national insurance and maritime legislation would also help captains. MOBILE NAAFI ̄SELF-SERVICE-SHOP-

THE st. self-service travelling shop to be brought into use by NAAFI in Urhain, it now operating in the Catterick Comp a. The new travelling shop, which serves some 688 Servicemen's fanies, will announce its arrival by a distinctive klaxon eutl. I catries about £500-worth of stock und has a deep-freeze container.

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US SPUTNIK ONENEINAS AT

2 500 MILES OUT

The

To

Distance to Moon 240,000 miles

2% DAYS

2 DAYS

Rocket Race The Moon

By ANTHONY SMITH

MOON day, when the

Naturally the big ques third, salld-propellent stage to first shot at the tions are: when and by overcome the earth's gravity.

Nothing is known about the indica. earth's natural satellite im? Dales predicted by Russian configuration.

American sources will be made, is getting August 25 for the United from the same sputnik launching are tons are it will be launched appreciably nearer. All States Air Force and "soon" spat 85 miles from Stalingrad,

FOUR-DAY TRIP the auguries, are that for the Russians. something will happen

The latest omen comes from A Miss Likely Jodrell Bank, Cheshire, where a I la possible that a television soon, even if it is only an toom of American scientists has camera will be carried in the explosion on a launching arrived as part of "the close co- first moon probe. If it takes a operation between Britain and picture of the back of the moon, pad,

The United States in the Inter- which is successfully transmitted national Geophysical Year pre- to earth, It will be the first time granime."

anyone will see what the moon's other face is like.

ARTIE..

ROC

Mao

SCHEDULE

PAFOR

AUGUST:

Antic!

"...and remember to check |that there'll be a full moon

for the launching...

Prof. A. C. B. Loveli sadd yesterday it was planned to use The trip to the moon will the radio telescope in conjune- take about 21⁄4 days. The tion with American equipment initiat escape velocity of 25,000 "o assist various satellite pro- m.p.h., necessary to overcome Jee.s. At present no informa- the carl's gravity will drop off tion can be given about these until, nboul 200,000 miles from projects until thele planning, in- earth, it is only a matter of a clucing the lunar probe, is more fow hundred miles an hour. white,"

Thu moon will then exert pull and the missile will speed up once more.

US. ATTEMPTS Five Planned

a

It is extremely improbable

The United States Defence that the first shot will hit the

-meon:----Chances are the missile Department Space Agency has will either miss or circle round authorised five attempts at the it to come back in the direction 1000, two by the Army and of the earth-Daily Telegraph, three by the Air Force. The AT RIGHT; A Cape Cune- Army will probably-bo-using-veral recently discussing the three-stage rockél. First stage launching of the U.S. Army's will be Juno II (or modified earth satelite, Explorer 111 Jupiter), the second will be (poised atop the Jupiter C rocket Ctree Sergeants (the solid fuelled in the background) are Major- and larger versions of the Cor- General John Medoris, Chief of potal), and the third stage will the US. Army Ballistic Missile be one Sergeant.

Agency; Secretary of the Army The Air Force's rocket will Wilber Brucker, and Wernher also be three-staged. Tuo fit von Braun, German-born scien- two stages will be, the same as tist who has played a big port the Thor-Ablo rocket with b in US. rocket-development.

The

New York.

Penhower goes

RESIDENT Dwight

to

what is described here 444 "one of the most portentous international conferences in history" with dragging feet, reluctant and unwilling.

The President knows he Inny have to go to the United Nations quarters in New

to

head-

York

confer with Messrs Krushchev, Macmillan, Nehru, Hammarskjold, and possibly de Gaulle and Nasser, because there is now no other way out.

But if he read his news- papers ia the White House (and Press secretary James Hagerty said he did), then the gloom which ins enveloped the President the week must have deepened, and the fog over the Summit must have thickened.

all

0.3

Nightmares

do

what

POSITION OF

MOON AT LAUNCHING

1 DAY

Reluctant ZANIES President

"Obviously

the

Macmillan an ambitioun plan for peace Guvernment and the Tory Party and stability in the Middle East could not have gone along with which could entail an accom- this American decision without modation with the new Powers committing suleide as a Govern- of the Middle East, Russia, and

Colonel Nassir'e confederation. ment and as party,

Has the United States such a "The plight of their British polley? What 15 American allies swayed Dulles and Lie foreign policy now? The public President where the logic of the are asking these questions, and International situation had been hope. the answers will be pro- unable to away them."

vided al the pinnacle con- What the President thinks ference in the Peace Tower on about the Press today, and what New York's East River. the Press thinks about him, will

The men at the Summit will,

not be brought out at a nows it is hoped, meet within the

onc

conference,

Since the President cancelled next two weeks and, after

public appearance before the his last two Press conferences television cameras, will probably (and Mr Dulles cancelled his retire Mr Hammarskjold's

the public's only 34th door office to confer glimpse of Mr Eisen private. hower was, when he

Don Iddon's

Diary

of

The

Lo

In

New York's big problem is made his telecast to security. Mr Krushchev is bound

the nation explain to be

ing the landing of

target for violent de- New monstrations, and some

American troops in York police officials are fearful

Lebanon. He was of worse,

serious, moving and

utterly sincere.

I sometimes

Elschower's

wonder if Mr reluctance to at-

tend a Summit conference has

been due to

the

worry about his

olher

In rags

In a frenzy

ure

เทพ

Here was Mr Walter Lippman, the elder statesonn among

by the pressure of the British political commentators und ä man who knows certainly as Labour Party on Prime Minister much about international affairs Macmillan and by worldwide

Mr Elsenhower

Walter Arm, Deputy Polico and his public opinion.

We Secretary of State, John Foster

"The Government

the health and a desperate gnawing Cumnlestoner, said:

a plan that will Dulles, writing:

United States at the moment is doubt whether he is up to the working on uff balance, where. Krushchev rigours and strains of a

security precau- face- make all

past will keep it if he can."

to-face meeting with Mr Krush lions obsolete," The Wall Street Journal says, chev and the

I live near the Russian United world the under

heading, "Re- leaders. "The Summit meeting in the

Nations headquarters just oppo- "A

slie the Hunter College for heart of New York City has the fuctantly to the Summit":

Girls. As I went to work it was characteristics of one of these Washington report suggests that almost de-

ringed with mounted police and nightmares in widch one feels Mr Selwyn Lloyd compelled to

patrolmen, and the barricades. one manded such a meeting. desperately does not want to do. United States, for all its past

He leans heavily on Mr Dulles, Were up.

70-year-old architect of Just the other night I "At this time a public con- and for all it will talk of our sultation between Eisenhower. leadership in the world, cannot

the American Middle East policy, tens of thousands of Hun- end. Krushchev

now in rnga and tatters. will be afford to deny the desires of the

garians, some of them refugees, demonstrating outside the big hastly spectacle almost certain ether nations of the West,

"The lact is that, whatever

And Mr Dulles himself only, mansion. Demonstrating in 1 to poison the air still further with

else we may be, we are at this 20 months ago had a major mild word-they were about to charges and counter-

moment no longer master of operation and despite his extra charge the house if the cops had charges."

our own foreign policy."

ordinary vigour is showing signs not blocked them. And little later: "They Mr Eisenhower does not roud of wear and tear. [Mr Eisenhower and Mr Dulle] the Left-Wing New York Post And themselves in this dilemma the brightest of America's that at the forthcoming meeting with Godless Russia. Down with I have the strong, impression a red flag, screamed: "Down because they have no. Middle evening papers. So be must the President will also lean atheist Russia. We will grind East policy and have therefore have

missed Professor Max heavily. on ht friend Mr the Communista in the dust lost the diplomatie initialvo... Lornor's comment:

Harold Macmillan.

with God's good help!"

Then in a frenzy of rage the Throughout the crisis on the And Mr Arthur Krock, of the decision at the eleventh hour by Western skle Mr Macmillan and priest tore the rod fag to New York Times, almost as dis- the plight and urgency of the Mr. Selwyn Lloyd have shown tatters, flung the pieces on the

Mr Lippman, Macmillan Govemment. tinguished as

moro imagination, drive and ground and stamped on them.

If President Nruser allenda writes: "This Government has "Left to their own cholce, ability to grasp the necessities of

than the conference An elaborate been pushed and pulled Into President Eisenhower and Dulles the changing situation

or Mr guard will also be necessary for taking the reluctant step to would have made a catastrophic either Mr Eshower

him. There are 3,000,000 Jews wards the Summit

blunder by rejecting the Russian Dulles, "The pulling was centrifugal, Summit proposals on the Middle

There is a great hunger her in New York City, and nono of baving been applied axtarmally Baek, ...

sad elsewhere for a new policy them likes Nassor,

We find ourselves in a Dead- The Eisenhower-Dulles teem and Street"

was saved from a fatally wrong

A Hungarian priest, waving

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