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THE CHINA THAIL MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1959.
"MagicTM Carpet Travel In Sight
Queen And Family
BRITAIN CLAIMS LEAD Arrive Back Home
"Accursed IN FLYING
Farm".
Claims
Latest Victim
Paris, Jan. 25. The body of 31-year-old Therese Perrot has been pulled out of un ley pond at Gresignt, latest victim of a 200-year-old curse on her farm, according to local, legend.
Police said Therese left a note
saying: "Forgive
Mu-
ther, Take good eare of my children. I have strog- two
SAUCER RACE
London, Jan. 25.
Britain hopes soon to win the international race to
Mr
test the world's first flying saucer, pointing the way to smooth "magic carpet" travel low over sea and land.
I. Hennessey,, a member of the National Research Development Corporation bag announced that Bri- tain's flying saucer has reached such an advanced stage of construction that a piloted version might be tested within a few months.
The saucer, or Hovercraft, is i desimed to ride on a cushion
gled this far. I can't go on."
of compressed air above water, Two years ago, her father kill-propelled by jets,
ed lmvelf in the pond, foì- lowed, a year later, by her broiler.
Curse Villagers say the last owner of the "Accursed Farm" drown- es in a cistern 40 years ago,
centuries They say that wo
arm an aged monk cursed ajt future residents before he was thrown into the pend to die hy highwaymen who used tlin farm as a hideout--China Mail Speelni.
ROYALTY
IN LONDON
CRASH
London, Jan. 25. Count Bernadotte, second the King of cpusin of Sweden, was injured in a collision today in Bond Street, London, when his car and another wore in collision.
With him Was
By
wards under a flat body be could produce an air cushion capable of supporting the body just above the surface of either water or land. The first dine-shaped Hover-
Mr ke off and
Cockerell, Cambridge cral whit over the relatively calm water University graduate, trained as of The
an electronics engineer, con- between the
small models and Isle of Wight and the Hempstructed the coast of southern England. demonstrated the feasibility of
But experts believe there his theory.
fahdamental
Solent
reason In no why the same method should not be used over any re- latively unobstructed murface such an a road or canal and 11 may in time be adapted to fly over the Atlantic the United States.
Wheelless Cars
The Hovercraft was taken off the secret list fast autumn,
in Amerien the Ford Com- pany has successfully demon- strated a ear that runs on Д cushion of air and has no wheels.
It is believed that by using thin principle it could be run on a monorail at speeds up to 500 miles an hour,
He filmed a model station. ary above the surface.
efforts Mr
Cockerell sold had been made to keep details of his invention secret.
"Although patent rights have been applied for there is a
other Manger that
countries may be stimulated to adopt the idea hot only for commercial but also for inilitary purposes," he rald.
Now Company
Ile said the Ministry of Sup- ply had now given the go-ahead for commercial exploitation of the Hovercroft,
The Hovercraft Develop- webt Company Ltd, had been formed with tho backing of the National Research Deve- lopment Corporation which in furn had British Treasury backing.
The Hovercraft may prove to be the answer to the dream of transport designers for half a century.
On the theary IL employs,
Mr Hemestry was Chaimman British Government scientists
of the new company, and he have predicted the possibility was a director, of constructing flying
The actual development was passengers or being carried out by Saunder
saucers
The Queen, followed by Princess Anne, the Prince of Wales and Princess Margaret, at Liverpool Street Station, London, when the Royal party arrived back in London from Sandringham. The Prince of Wales returned to Cheam School the same night-Reuterphoto.
Rockets Do Not Disprove God,
Say Churchmen
London, Jan. 26.
City Hunt
Disc Jockeys In Sixth Sleepless Day
New York, Jan. 25.
Young disc jockey Dave Hunter of Jacksonville Beach, Florida passed the 124-hour mark today in his "Wake-n-Thon" duel with a New York disc joclicy, Hunter, who clating the world recard at 187 hours, clanled his round-the-clock broadensi ing at 0a.m. last Tuesday. two hours and 14 minutes before Peter Tripp of New York.
Hunter says he "feels great," better than he did at the unme time last August when he set bis sleepless record
The 23-year-old diss fockey 19 broadcasilur from the dis- play roomS of a Jacksonville
car dealer.
Disc jockey Tripp passed the 110-hour mark today..
Research
to
The 32-year-old record spin- ner is conducting his experi- ment at slaying awake for 200 hours in a bly, glossed-in booth at Time's Squiate,
Ho
alant began the attract attention to an ap- peal for funds for the March of Dimes, and also in the interest of selentifip research. Since e started his stay-
awako campaign, a special team of doctors has been checking Els renetians nine times a day see how he is holding up under the strain.
to
The doctors say he should Euffer no ill effects from his long streich without sleep. When contacted by phone this morning, he said: "I'm afrald I've got a slight touch of laryngils, but otherwise I'm holding up fine."
No Drugs
Batista A Traitor,
Says Condemned
Major
Havana, Jan. 25,
Fermer Cuban Army Major Jesus Sosa Blanco said here today that ex-Prest- dent Batista was "a tral- tor and a coward who fled, abandoning everyone.”
Sosa was centenced to death: by a revolutionary court here fast Friday for alleged murder, robbery and arson,
Sosh sak he had no faith in the success of his appeal against the death sentence, duo to bo heard on Tuesday.
"I WAS sentenced by BAD Then who were
the
my
enemies up to the moment when wo tamely currendered our arma," ho told reporters. The balding, 61-year-old ex- major, who Insists he is innocent, was visited yesterday
Nelther man allowed to usc drugs, stimulants or coffee. And doctors, who examine both men regularly, say they should suffer no l effects from lack of steep, Hunter says he spends much of his time painting modern art. So far, he's made more than 20 paintlags during his wake-a-by his three sisters. {HD}}.
He told them they had nothing The longer he goes without to cry about, for he was still sleep, the sloppler he's getting alive, and they should not cry in his artistic efforts, he says. later either. But modern
Ofells treat weights of cargo between Ron Lid, the seaplane builders. Have mankind's 20th century receta satellites Fox Stolen feveral mothy any his
Mendoza, aged 38, who had to
be freed from the car with the aid of heavy ting gear.
Count Berandotte, who lives
in Chelsea, was taken to the Middlesex
Irespital suffering
from concussion
His passenger had her right arm broken.
Count Bertil Benadette, nged 23. la o son of the late Count Folke Bernadotte,
the United Nations metiator, who was murdered in Palestine In
September, 1940.
countries At high speed ond at the Isle of Wight.
low cost,
The Hovercraft, speeding over the water without frle- tion on its air cushion, might bridge the gap between the aeroplane and the cenn Илег.
the
Mir Cockerell Bald essence of his idea was to re- duce friction, and it came to him in experimenting with speed boats,
"At the time," he added, "I was thinking about boats, not about alrcraft.
"The essence of making conce boat go fast is to reduce frie
by tion with the water,
Accident This revolutionary we stumbled on accident building yard on the Suffolk
browds.
In
alnost small boat-
Many months of experiments
weakened his religious idea of God?
No, declared some of England's just silly, editorialized foremost religious leaders today newspaper.
because they did not expect to find "angels in night shirts" in outer space.
Radio Moscow last week told aite steners that the launching of arificiul earth satellites "casts doubt on the existence of God."
If
"ab all there were highest, angels and so on," the, rockets would have detected them, the Soviet programme CAIU.
"So the tea came to me of keeping the craft off the pur- face of the water by supplying
Rir."-Reuter
Mrs Ofelia Mendoza is the with light boats led 18-year- with a supporting cushion of
wife
of Dr Roberto Mendoza, old boat-builder Mr C. S. Coc- for nine years Cuban Ambas-kerell of Lowestoft, to a com- ondor to Britain. He was re-pletely new klen for suspending : lieved 10 days ago by the Castro body. Government. Reuter
U.P.I.
10
and
Ic discovered that blowing compressed air down-
by
Churchill
A British Crossword Puzzle To Maugham:
A
20
ACROSS
14
2
1 Amounts wagered (0).
13
4
#1
12
4 Dragged to the altar? (5).
Affuble countryman about
7
50 (8).
B
Fabric (5),
Replacement (8).
11 Watch your step! (4, 5).
ecome? (7).
13 What post-boya
10
16
16
"Happy Birthday"
Paris, Jan. 25.
A telegram from Sir Wins.
But Dr Donald Soper, former President of the Methodist conference, replied the Russiana are as stupla theologists £3 they are clever scientists if they trinke religious people go looking for angels in a tele- scope."
Naive
"The Russlon atheists haven't the slightest idea of what goes inside the church, just
on
39
they think the social conditions in England are the same as th Dielens," the time of Charles he sald.
They are naive to assume whlic they
aro
making Chris- advances Indence. tianity la standing still."
ton Churchill "Many Jn daat centuries many happy returns W.S.C advances in science were con
was among the hundemned by religion,
The views of the 10th cen dreds of birthday greet: urry astronomer Copernicus, ings which have arrived who gave man a different den universe, were not ac- for Mr Somerset Mauge of hi
cepted by theologians. ham, who is 85 today.
Gallico's 17th Century dia- The renowed novelist, drama- ecveries with his telescope tist, and ensayist Invited three brought him before an inquil- neighbours to join him for n fic in Rome.
quiet anniversary lunch on the
Vatican
terrace at his Mediterranean villu, the French Riviera. The Vatican in Rome has not Then he stepped out briskly, commented on the meaning to with his dog for a three-mile religion of rockets.
walk along the coast road.
HA #cretary, Mr Searle, said." He is tireless and cheerful today
usual
Alan |
and pretends to be a litle
I
Extra good actor? (5).
DOWN
2 Uniform colour (8).
3 Pinch a bit (7).
4 Might be beaten by roldiere
eventually
10
15 Vegetables on golf-courses
(0).
18 Twley stuff, thin (5).
19 A particular one mightbe-
and to give you the blues (4, 4).
20 Familiar name (5),
21 Holds up (0).
(I).
À boring job flaiched, and a
good job, tool (4, 4).
6 Lenye the forces
wliderness (0),
in the
Chastisements, and lots of
tein (8),
12 Not likely to be caught-
napping, as n sentry is (2, .5).
13 Soft cwain of the bird world
(0)
14 Alley? Might be (0),
10 Put your name down (5).
17 They often contain tools
(8).
SATURDAY'S CROSSWORD-Aerom: 1 Str, 4 Crucify, 0 Elre, Front, 10 Edibles, 11 Alce, 12 Maul, 14 Pancale, 17 An- ne-x, 19 Spent, 22 Another, 20 Eros 27 Cent, 20 Mounts, 20 A-VI-, 30 Ivor, 31 Lettuce, 32 Deed. Down: 3 Turban, 3 Xegale, 4 Corep, Ited-cop, & Culile, 7 Freek. 12 MA-MA, 13 Undo, 16 Aver, in Ente, 18 Heelle, 20 Petard, 21 No-vier, 23 No-one, Zi Twin, 23 Hedve,
astonished at reaching 30.
"Wo read hilo horoscope in
But the leading newspaper for
the Chutch of England bald Hussia's moon rocket fa
" astonishing feat that has olmply no beating
truths of religion."
the
Baby Boy
"However far man may to into space, he will take him- self, with him, the self from
New York, Jan. 25. which he needs to be saved.” Canan Fenton Morley, a pro-Forty teams of detectives
Church of England minent theologian, said: "Anybody who expects to explore outer space and locate God of Heaven thero is neither realistic nor selenti- fie."
Tho "Why"
fanned out through New York City in unmarked cars today in a widened search for a sick infant kidnapped on Thursday by a woman posing as a baby sitter.
"Scientista ate bringing us new knowledge about the what
Johnny Tavarez was 23 days and how of creation, but they old when a woman who identi do not try to tell us the who:ded herself as Mrs Gindys Gar- That is the job of the Church," cia abducted him while his
he said.
mother looked for 고 larger Ho admitted that church-apartment for her family.
↓
He men "realise new discoveries
was suffering from require us to reassess some of heavy chest cold. our past interpretations"
The baby is the third child "But if anyone feels inter- born to Jose Taverez, 30-year-
dlmproves old Dominican-born stellar exploration
labourer,
the existence of God, then the and 111:1 21-year-old wite, real trouble is that the idea of } Doraliza.
God is too small," he said.
Tho Canon concluded that the Soviets should read in the fourth verse of the Book of Obadiah in the Bible: "Though
the thou set thy nest aner stars, thence will I bring thes down," saith the Lord.-U...
Peron
Faces
Charges
to
Washington, Jan. 25. Senor Arturo Frondizl, Pro- sident of Argentino, sald dry he had no power to prevent ex-President Juan Feron from returning to Argentina but that would face criminal Peron. charges if he did return.
Peron has been ving in
The kidnapping came less than two weeks after the salo baby return of a newborn who
Fiolen from T735 Brooklyn hospital nursery.
G
Tavarez made a new public appeal today for the return his only con.
of
the
what
Neither the police nor Us FBI would disclose where cars went or exactly their missions were.
Hundreds of telephone calls poured into police headquartere from tipsters who thought they might have seen the baby.
Police checked but every call, the without finding a clue to baby's fate--UP.I.
Curfew
exile in the Dominican Republle Matadi, Lower Congo, Jan. 25.
The African
tarter of
the since la overthrow in 1853.
It was announced last year Matad the Belgian Congo's тупа under curfew "Superficial comment on the that he was accused of treason only port,
of space in and also faced possible morals tonight after ricin in which
the newspapers and i fore- new penciration
cants a period of great pro-quide to artune it casts doubt charges arising out of his rela- several Africans were injured.-- duellvity,”......Reuler,
on did beliefs in God. Tale to tlonskip with a minor-Reuter. Reuter.
Champagne Stops
For G.I.'s
London, Jan. 25.
The US Army tonight confirmed that the overscas allowances for GL's will be reduced from February 1.
British newspapern gleefully halled the reductions
madera
J Britain, Franes, "It will be beer and skittles f man said that, white--mery for American 3.1. In ritain facint ollowers would be Morocco, Italy, Spain, ant-
BONIC CHELS they Arabla hd other countries, (zoon-champagne and baceprat | reluerd, In
The Sunday Diapsteh rald I will be on the Bunday Din would be increased.
Living Allowances patch onl
for servicemen had been aded to servicemen oveteran now are fill in questionnaires on how hared on the cost of tying in they and their extra allow the. United Stairs.
The newspaper. The People enid the free-pending ways of Ameeleon rervicemen" werd 10 hotched "ut last."
im spokesión, enld tho ma
However, an Army spokes- were "stine".
end
fected
wire Identifed, a moying: "Our boys are spending ton) much on parites, girl friends' und servante."
According to The Prople,, the reduction was gaused by a travelling U.S. Seater 1209 Fredingmatek The
An report shocked Whabiraton efft- American officer, not otķied« | ctúla,-UPL
ne
inck of sleep is doing wonders for his art and that his impres- tlonistic work is getting better all the time.-U.P.L
Ex-Witch Doctor
Salesman Of Church Books
Salisbury, Jan. 25.
An ox-witch doctor from the Congo is now a leading "saferman" of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Heis Johanna Kitandanimba who recently attended the 11th Quadrennial Council of the Church.
Although Johanna is unable to read or write, he sells more Church literature than anyong else and is a polished speaker able to quote Bible passage: from memory.
Johanna's transformation started nine years ago when he a specialist in making barren women ferille.
woo
Toars
But Soca himselt broke into tenta when hla wito and threo daughters visited him in prison. He kissed and embraced And them through the baro asked them not to cry 'but only to pray for m Few Cubans expect the cen- tenge pored on Sead to be upset.
If ya goen before a fiting squad a number of newamen here at the expense of tho revolutionary government may be invited to watch the ex- ceution.
Sora hns asked to be allowed to direct the fire.
He urged that the ridemen "shoot for the chest and head 50 a coup de grace is unnecc5- sary."
The series of Havana trials are expected to be resumed tomorrow
their following nusènsion en Friday when to
an infuriated crowd trica mob two accused omicero, Lieutenant
Ricardo Colonel Lula Grao and Capiain Pedro Korejon.
The official reason for the the "in- hut, postponement was
defence
one
Windmill Girl
One day he became fil and lay for h month paralysed in his Suddenly, when he believe he disposition of the was dying, the hut led with counsel-Reuter.. light and be heard a voice say- ing that there was only God and tal he, Johanna, should give up witheraft.
Johanna crawled from his bed atid buried
his all paraphernalia. The instant this was done he got back the use showgirl, was elected "Windmill of his legs and set out for the Girl of the Year" at the Wind- nearest misslun 70 miles away.mill Theatre here last night- -France-Presse,
and burst into tears.—Reuter,
Pat
London. Jan. 20. Patterson, 1-year-old
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