THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1958.
Chinese Seamen File Million-Dollar Suit Against Shipping Co
New York, Aug. 21.
Eleven Chinese seamen from Singapore today sued a Nor- wegian shipping line, claiming that they were "cowed into terror" and that they suffered "brutal physical and cruel mental treatment" aboard the vessel Hoegh Sil- verwave.
Non-Flying
Officer
Lands Jet Plane
Washington, Aug. 21. The US Air Force today non-flying
honoured
it
officer who safely landed a jet plane in darkness after the plane's pilot suf- fered a heart attack.
29.
Robert M. Kerr, brought the T-33 two-stat jet plane safely to its base at Yako- 1n, Juggin, last October, He was given The Charity Award for 1854 for "el of Valeur, self- extreme rude and sacrific in ritarian forests."
iti
NIGHT MISSION The incident in Japan occur. red when Kerr was lying a alght mission as radar observer for Major mard 1. Conkle, Conkly lapsed into unconscious- attack und a heart mes with
In a writ filed in Federal District Court in New York, they sought $1,650,000 from Hoegh Leif and Company, Inc. The seamen, all British nationals, seek $150,000 each.
They alleged that after New York on February 10. they left Singapore as sen they were "without provo- men aboard the Norwegian)cation punched and beaten vessel on November 20 last and suffered brutal physical your until they arrived in and cruel mental treatment
from the officers and of the vessel."
De Gaulle
Gets
Rousing Welcome
Tananarive, Aug. 21.— Cheering crowds welcomed General Charles de Gaulle here tonight when arrived by plane on first stage of his six-day
be
the
Complained
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While in New York, the writ said, they complained to the Buthorities, and is a roult of Lalks between the consul- generals of Britain and Norway and the im's representative the dipping company agreed to re- tart the men by phone to | Singapore.
com-
Leil Instead Hoegh plained to the United States Tomigration Department and caused the
be camen to seized and placed aboard the whip before it sabled on
Another Royal Romance?
yeard Crown Prince Constantine of Greece, and Princess Desiree of ROYAL friendship has been growing on the island of Corfu, between 18-
Sweden. With her sister, Princess Brigitte. Desiree has been spending a holiday at King Paul's summer residence in Cortu as guests of the Greek Royal Family. Crown Prince Constantine, who has been cruising aboard the Greek Navy train- ing ship lerax, left the ship at Stockholm and flew back to Corfu with the two Swedish princesses in a Greek Air Force plane. Since then Constantine and Desiree have been inseparable.-Keystone Photo.
ALMOST 200 DEAD IN
PERSIAN QUAKE
Toheran, Aug. 21.
February 13, the writ alleged. A total of 191 people were killed and 984 injured in the earthquake which took place on Monday in the Nehavand area of northeast Iran, it was officially announced today,
The Hinon Association in New York, in organisation for the trip to rally African supprotection of the rights of port for his new French Cinese semen, which had ar- constitution.
ranged the carlier talks with the the company, learned of seizure and brought Hough Let! A Massachusetts Federal Court to account for the delen- wel-n of the men.
Az immense throng pushed Keir elected to try to land the and shoved behind the wooden save the pilot's alrers thrown up on the edge jet plane
A Dunde life. He kept the plate going of the airfleld. for 40 minutes, #ying it from coming roar went up from Gelieral's the rar seat, and then glided crowd
to a landing when
ut of fuel.
the
is the
tall,
the jet ronangular pure appeared 27
[deor of his plane.
the
AERIAL TREK
Lt Kern was eliminated from pilot training in 1992 because of
"ying deiricey."U.P.1.
Safe Landing
London, Aug. 21. A British European Airways Viscount uirliner carrying 40 passengers made a successful emergenes London Altport.
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De Gat:lle was making a first |two-and-a-half-day
stop
Madagascar before continuing his 12,000-mile aerial trek Rerors French equatorial Hnd West Atrica.
Prime aim of his tour of these territories was to win the back- ating of landing today
for the Afelena volers [sweeping changes he has pro-
The airlines turned back to posed to the French contulion. Jan with #jamned under- In a vast referendum on Sep- carriage shortly after leaving tember 28, voters in France and Geneva-China Mall her Lerritories will accept or re-
Jeet these changes.-U.P.1,
fter Special.
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25 Unco,
Prisoners
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In that court the firm agreed 11 to treat the
Chinese passengers and not require them to work, the writ said.
men
The ship sailed from Dos- ton bound for Singapore and "despite the agreement, the were compelled to work in the engine room and were subjected to insults, Indigna- tions and abuse and told that they
face severe would punishment for complaining”, the papers alleged.
Hoegh Lelf was also accused of placing the eleven in a single room where they hed og virtual prisonas and euwed into terzór."
were
When they did arrive at Singapore, the company or ranged to have their work per- mits taken away and they have since been unemployed, the Writ said.-Reuter.
Mike Todd's Wife Claims $5 Million
Film
New York, Aug. 21.
actress Elizabeth Taylor is claiming a total of $5 mlion in damages from three companies, following the death of her husband, film direc- tor, Mike Todd, In an aircraft
crash, I
WAS learned here today. Todd's son, Mike Todd Jr., Joined Max Taylor in the Metion.
The companies concerned include the aircraft hire company which provided the plane in which Todd „died, and the Michael Todd Co. Inc. which hired the aircraft and
was responsible for
maintfuaner. -- France- Presse & Neuter.
ADVOCATES
MOVING
MALAYAN
CAPITAL
The quake, between the towns of Hamadan and Kerwandhini,
destroyed about 40 villages. MAN ACCUSED
The Iranian Red Cross has possible been trying by every menns To help the people, rendured homeless, who were reported today to be in urgent need of lood, modelal supplies. fents and erinking water.
Foreign Aid
The first foreign aseistrace arrived In Težuran Today con- Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 21. sisting of live Turkish aircraft, The Cuna- The Malayan capital should carrying 300 tents.
be moved from Kuala dian and Pakistani governments Lumpur, the retiring muni- have told Iran that they are cipal town planner, Mready to help its Red Cross, J. E. Jackson, said today.
Tranian
Premier, Manucher Erbal, will go to Mchavatid to- Mr Jackson told a meeting of morrow, and will later report to the Junior Chamber of Com-the Shah on conditions in the The earth- merce be would make this re-region affected by commendation before
leaving quake. -France-Presse.
Malaya.
He said the Federal rapital should be in one of several satellite towns built to cope with the expected increase i Kumla Lumpur's population,
Commerce and industry were vital to Kuala Lumpur.
A KISS FOR
A SHILLING!
London, Aug. 21. Girls who wonder what it is "It would be wrong to use
like to be kissed by the men Jand in Kuala Lumpur for gov- ernment departments to
the with some of the biggest mous- taches in the world will have o detriment of commerce and, m- dustry, he said.-China Ma chance to find out on Sunday. Special
ROYAL PONY
IN TRAINING
Landon, Aug. 21. skle, ce of the British Royal children's favourite horses, is being trained to draw a trap, the Daily Mail reports today.
The Queen wants a pony sent up tu Balmoral, so she can drive the Prince of Wates and Princess Annu about the Royal estate, the newspaper diarist Says,
of
OF MURDER WORRIED
OVER RUSSIANS
Sheffleld, Aug, 21. Alfred Phillips 56-year-old hospital porter, accused of murdering his wife and son here today. Way stated by a witness to have been "very worried the international about situation".
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MEDICAL RESEARCH REVEALS:
A Few Cocktails
May Do
Do Heart
Some Good!
Philadelphia, Aug. 21. Alcohol does not harm the heart as much as anger, fear or excitement and in some cases a few cocktails may do a little good, according to a study released by a research team at Lankenau Hospital.
The study, to be presented by Dr Joseph E. Hafkenschiet, Director of the Cardiopulmonary Unit of the hospital, at the autumn meeting of the Americon Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutica пі Ann Atour, Michigan, August 20, compared the effiset of alcohol on the heart with that ut adrenalin.
The
study revenled that Indrovatin, (a soerelion of the glands at the top of the kidneys) put inore than four times the work-load on the hear! ns three cocktails (or the equivalent in alcohol) within half an hour.
The researchers found that both epinephrine
ta chemien! name for adremmlin) and no- repinephrine # substance nutomatic nervous system under certain
liberated kaya the
'NOAH'S ARK'
ON ITS WAY
TO SYDNEY
A
Sydney, Aug. 21. NIMALS for Sydney's Tarunga Park Zoo are aboard a "festing zoo" ship now on its way from British Borneo.
conditions; output was increas- The animals were presented
ed by stimuli such as anger.
fem and excitement.
Stimulants
The rockinits increased
heart's work
the
only 20 per cent| Increased
while adrenalin
by 90 per cent.
[2
None of the stimulants
The creased
blood coronary flow so I could not be said!
the lot of the heart, the re-
that quor will greatly improve port pointed out.
But, the sludy revealed that lechol opened up the perip heral arterles-causing the red
taces of the drinking companions and mado more "blood flow from arteries to the veins,
With more blood returned to the
right side of the heart, (venuus side) the heart con. tracts more efficiently and mora blood is pumped out. This beno- fit is only achieved by the cock- tall, according to the study. — U.P.I.
to Taronga Park because their owner was no longer allowed to keep them.
To Get Rid Of
are
Monkeys, bear cubs, and several baby orang-utangs in the freighter) Braeside, which is due in Sydney on September 3.
The chairman of Taronga
Park Trust, Sir Edward Hallstrom, said this week the owner had been forced by the British Borneo Government to get rid of the animals.
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The animals were from the
privately owned known as Kuchin Zoo, in Sarawak, China Mall Special.
GYPSY QUEEN ELECTION
Bolzano, Aug. 21. YPBY tribos from all over
mourning for the dead queen,
on behalf of Breaking
Rosa Campos, the "temporary" quate of the gypales, the spokesman, Dindo Loauto, said he thought
bad w Ron
good chance of the chosan queen . of being gypsins for her lifetime. Loseto is expected to be chosen o head of the Spanish gypalos months of France-Provat,
A friend, Mrs Mabel How-Europe will gather at Gon. zags, near Mantua, on Baptam- croft, told the magistrates that
bor to choose a new Queen Phillips had told her that if
to take the place of the late over the Russians came he could be not let his wife and ser
Mimi Rosseta, a spokesman for faced with them and that he the gypsies sald today. would do himself Harm.
he could not ve September 8 marks the end of "He said
10 with the Ruelans", the witness the required Added.
ALLEGATION
Phillips was alleged by the prosecution to have killed his eight-year-old son John with a hammer while he was asleep in bed and then to have attacked his wife,
The prosecution said that after beating to death his wife Mabei. used 40, he tried to kill blm- The Handlebar Club, whose self with an overdose of drugs all the b members have mustaches ring and by turning un Ing from Bve-and-half to 22 tops, inches ryan, are playing cricket
Philip
who pleaded 210
In London against the Stars Or-guilty and reserved his defence wus sent for trial at the next ganisation. a stuge society.
Shefteld newsizes, - China Mall
The Handlebur players will Special be ready to kiss any girl who contributes one shilling.-China Mall Special.
New Tourist Hotel
For Thailand
Bangkok, Aug. 21.
Chesterfeld, Aug. 21. The Duke of Devonshire, wealthy hunting. *shooting
The Thal Government intends nobleman, kas Ashing and resigned as President of the calling in experts of the Pacifle brauch DI the Air Travel Association to help Chesterfield
of Cruelly to fit plan a new tourist hotel. Prevention
because the society Animals opposes stag-hunting.
Officials
Economic uf, the Relations Department cald the new. hotel would be built les -Blackie spent a couple
The R.S.P.C.A. has backed a conjunction with Pen-American days the riding school with harness on and tas since been hill prohibiting deer-hunting World Airways
One offelul sold: "It is very trolling up and down in Waid with hounds which is due is sor Park on the reins, the news | be debated in Parliament metal at present to promole Thailand China session. China. Mail tourism in paper reports, China Mail nexi Speetal,
'Mail Special.
Special.
“LONDON FLAT INVADED BY-
Snakes, Lizards And White Rats!
A
London, Aug. 21. LONDON couple woke up this morning to find their flat invaded by snakes, lizards and white mnts.
Mr Arthur Champlon creep- ing out of bed at dawn suddenly saw a white rat staring at him.
He staggered to the kitchen --and there were thres lizards in the sink.
A anake was colled up inside
his shower.
tory and one on the back- ataira.
A daughter-in-law staying with them ran to the local police station for help. Thon Mr and Mrs Cham-Police with nets and boxes
helped the family plon found three more white rata In the flat, another anake in the kitchen, one in the lava-
round
up the mysterious visit- ors and began an inquiry Into how they got there.
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No one seemed to know. The owner of a nearby pot shop assured them that he did not stock such animals.
The family wondered if they had been planted on them by someone with a grudge or as a joke-China Mall Special
Crack Officer Sent Home
Galonal, Maroof: Bignard, Franca's most-famous Para
roop Officer, has been "cont back to France, for unopaci. fted duty, General de Gauti hsa summoned his Defonica Minister and~Chief-of-8\uff for an explanation.
Col. Bigard 'lost én-sys In Indo-China and was twlo
wounded in Algeria. Ho bit- terly and publicly criticinad the High Command and the way operations were carried · out In Algeria.
Photo shows Col. Bigard, his wife and daughter, arrive at Orly from Algiers Can- tra) Přass Photo.
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