THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1939.
Sleepless Record Broken Famous
Girls Pelt Duke With
DISC JOCKEY STAYS
AWAKE 9 DAYS: "IT WAS HORRIBLE”
Jacksonville, Florida, Jan. 29.
Disc jockey Dave Hunter claimed a world's record in the new stay-awake craze tonight, ending 225 continuous hours without sleep.
Roses Hunter's slepless hours total nine days, nine
rose
Bombay, Jan. 29.
schoolgirls Indian
pelted the Duke of Edinburgh with
petals and jasmine buds today as he drove 40 miles through the streets of the city to visit two of India's great modern showpieces.
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hours.
Heavy-eyed and exhausted, Hunter ended his "wake-a- thon" at 6.09 p.m. (5.09 a.m. Friday HK Time) and went home to his wife, 20-month-old son, a "dish of cookies and a glass of milk” — and sleep.
Loving his makeshift studio a in a car sales building. Hunter was ushered to a waiting am- and whisked to his butane home at nearby Jacksonville Reach
He had been splening records, conducting interviews and doing
duties shouting: aundry
Kince 9 D.m. January 20, apparently setting a record for sleeplessness.
Crowds estimated at more than milon prople lined the sireets, many "What about the queen?” The Duke's first visit was to the Indian Atomic Energy Trombay. Establishment near Bombay, where he saw
the Indian-built reactor which has been in operation for two
and a half years.
New Reactor
He also saw a new reactor be- Ing ball with Canadian help under the Colombo Flan.
the Later the Duke drove
world's biggest dairy farm at Aarry where he had lunch.
Broadcaster Peter Tripp al New Yorit, who began a simlar
marathon the same day, quit after 200 hours without steep on Wednesday.
"I'm glad to get this thing over with," Hunter Kild in al vulce husky with falgue
"It has really beata from ble experience
rome-day
"it wan it-1 period of winning desperately tr get some steep.""
In the afternoon Prince Philip piloted his own Heron aircraft to Aurangabad, 200 miles rast
bere, of
where he 52W carvings
the in
Budillaist
Voices
The anhy. 1-43-pour.1 (13) ployee of Radio Station WZRO
caves ni Alanta and Ellora-lat Jacksonville Beach said he Neuier.
Telt just about as he had the past few days sleepy.
Missionary Leader Dies
Richmoni, Va., Jan. 29. De f. H. MeMilan, Southern Baptist Missionary Emeritus Bahama Islands and to the China, died in hospital today. He was 73.
Dr
his wife McMillan und served in China from 1913
1961 as representatives of the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.
They went to the Bahome following the Communist neet:- pation of China in 1951.
Dr MeMilan ment Two years in a concentration camp fatlow- ing the recupation of China by the Japanese in 1541 but was freed in 1943.-U.P.1..
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"No, I haven't suffered au
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about 400 lo keith the same question, I
feel?
and do you volers atc Traly there." Buntry said,
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In New York. Tripp sold to- | day at a news conference that ! little things) "could he moving that didn't exist"
ended last fore his malathon might
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slept for mote then 13 hour after the ordeal, but was stil drowy today.
"Yesterday," he said, "the doctors all had cobwebs on their faces as if they had put iliem on with theatrical makeup. I also saw mlee and tiny Elliens at times."
Tripp will remain for several days under the observation of scientists who participated the test.-U.P.I.
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BUT BRIGITTE DIDN'T
Toulon, Jan. 20. For a while li secmed as If everyone, except the netress herself, expected Brigitté Bardot lo get married today,
She didn't, but the fatse expectation of matrimony, based on previous predic- tions In Paris newspapers, was alrong enough to draw 200 spectators to the town hall of the tiny village of Londe near Toulon,
The town hall, it was "SCK Fald, was where the kilten" of French movies was to marry guitar player Sachs Distel.
The Count of Leussec, a nobleman who doubles as Mayor of Londe, had to make a speech to disperse the throng, which included dozens of TWEET and photographers.
Marriage Soon
210 assured Them the wedding would not take place today,
the
However, he sat Mos tardot would marry Distel
on in Londe. He refused to alve exact date.
Today's excitement was caused by reports in Paris newspapers
thl early month that Brigitte had finally decided to set a date with Distel, to whom she became engaged after aiviera Idyll last summer. They met when he w23 hired to give her guitar Lessons for a movie role, U.L
Hitch-Hike
Killers
Gaoled
U.S. Seeks
Solution
Of P.I.
Troubles
Washington, Jan. 29.
today Bohlen,
The State Department said that Mr Charles United States Ambassador to The Philippines, had returned to Washington in BM attempt to find construc- tive solutions to differences between two countries.
current
the
The statement was Issued when the Department's spokes- man was asked at a Press con- ference to comment on remarks made
Millan, by Mr Luclano vice-elairman of the Philippines Affairs Com- House Foreign milter.
Mr Millan was reported to have said that Mr Bohlen was circulating stories In Washing- ton that The Philippines had been making demands on the United States so as to divert attention
domestin from almculties.
Differences
"This is a completely errone- ous expression of Mr Bohlen's views," the Department's spokesman said. "On the con- trary, he has come all the way back to Washington order to consult oficials of the U.S. Government with, a
view to
differ-
Figures
Each renowned for their figures, Sabrina and Herb Elliott recently got together to train for their appearance at an international cricket festival held In aid of the Red Cross In Victoria, Australia. Their figures are: Sabrina 41%-18-35; Herb 3.54.5 (for the mile!)-Central Press Photo,
OF ALL IN
QUARTER
RUSSIANS EDUCATION
PLAN
Moscow, Jan. 29.
Anding constructive solutions to More than one out of every four people in the Soviet Union are actively enrolled in some aspect of the current U.S.-Phlippine
government's education programme, the 21st Com- ences,
munist Party Congress was told today.
an
(Mr John Foster Dulles, the Secretary of State, told a Press conterener
Tuesday that there were "surface frictions" In relations but that there did the basically close and friendly ties between the 1wo countries)--Reuter,
not affect
Bottled Notes
Mrs
New York, Jan. 20. Anna Hermann, 85, of Chicago called on the liner America today for Germany and marriage
railroader.
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Mrs Ekaterina Furtsova, the only wuran ever to be elevated;
Party of the the ranks
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presidium, said more than 54 Actor Cited
million people are participating in the progrшrime.
She made the statement in a discussion of the party's ideolo- gical and educational work with the masses,
More than one billion booka
were published in the Soviet Union during 1958, the plump, 10-year-old Mrs Furtseva told the attentive delegates.
That Aguro compares with to retired only 20 million books published in 1913, before the revolution, she said.
She carried with her wo bottles, Containing notes, which she will drop overboard during the wip
Hanover, Jan. 29.
Gerhard Hitchhiker
Last summer she made 11 "Pistol-Eddy" Popp to-unitar trip on the America, and day received a life sen-dropped a bottle overboard on July 18. 011 August 10 the tence for killing two ball. was found in the Danish
aglesmen
Brigitte in islands of Fano by
Rubanach of Flensburg, an 18- your-old German typist on holiday.
travellingiene order to robi them."
His necomplies in crime. Inge The Brown-Haired" March- Jowitz, 10, was sentenced to a seven-year reforma school term for helping him in the murders. Third party in the hitch-hike crime, Ewald Metzer, was given four-and-a-half-year gaol term for having ins gated Topp and his young companion to commit the crime.
luge had been used as a decoy tr lure the salesmen,
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a hitch-hiker, She posed as hopped into their car, and short while later was joined by another hitch-hiker," "Pistol- Eddy" stressed up as a girl.
The two proceeded to kill, then rob the unsuspecting vic- tims.--France-Presse.
Man's
Eye View
Yuba City, Calif., Jan. 20.
McGee Mra Ruby
told a Sutter County divorce court the that her husband, Robert," ra
fused to work and told her "A woman is Jucky to get a
support me,”-U.P.J.
Miss Rubenach wrote to Mrs
corres turunann, and is now
Hermann's panding with Mrs granddaughter."
"I hope the new bottles will make more friends for us," Mrs Herman ald.-U.P.I.
Speed Limit
Films
For
Kidnap
San Rafael, Calif., Jan. 29. Film actor Sterling Hayden, who is believed to be almost halfway to Tahiti, was charged in a criminal
with complaint
today
n conspiracy to commit number of offences, in- cluding child theft.
COLONIALISM
IS DEAD:
SEATO CHIEF
Washington, Jan. 29.
Pole Sarasin, Secretary-General of the South-East Asia Treaty Organisation (Sento) declared that the ago of colonialist is past and Asian nations should stop worrying about its return.
Mr Barosin spoke to the National Frez Club as he near- ed the end of conferences here on plans for co-operation among the three anti-Communist alliances-Senato, Nato and the Bagdad Pact.
"Personally," he said, "I con-. sider that the age of colonialism, la definitely closed and that there are no reasons, therefore, for Asian countries to waste their time and enerity brood. ing over it.
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"The problem they facing at this momeal is not to protect themselves against
offensive an improbable turn of Western colonialism.
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It is to build up their econg- mle structure, to improve Bie welfare of their peoples, und to preserve and develop their ways of life....
Two Things
"They need two things: one is peace and security; the other is mutual sympathy, understand. Ing
And
co-operation," the Asian diplomat said,
the
Apart from Sento's defensivu rok, Mr Sarasin sak fla most far-reaching accomplishment is "remarkable progress" it has made in producing real community among the assorted congregation" of South- Fast Aslan nations.
Socks Again
London, Jan.. 29.
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A man escaped over the walls of London's Worm-
Prison Wood Scrubs uleht by using a rope of socks.
It was the second lime In recent months that a prisoner has creaped this WAY.
Thick for hampered the Brarch for the prisoner- Derek Burgess, 27, who is strving a 10-year sentence for shooting with intent to marder.Reuter.
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Its membership, he pointed out, includes Muslims, Chris- ilans and Buddhists, former colonies, and colonial powers and traditionally independent states..
Their
Kreal opportunity through this co-operation is to turn their energles and thoughts to the future instead of the past, he said.
to
appealed to the accept
Mr Sarasin Americans necessity of interdependence in today's shrinking world in deal- ing with the threat of Com- munist advances and the press- needs of billions ing economic of people,
This interdependence, be said, "cannot be ODE-WAY matter. Trus enough Asia
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United Kpon States, but the Ualled States also depends upon our free- dom, our strength and friendship.-U.F.L
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Brantford, Ont., Jun, 29, Starlings
the are slowing clock on the post office here by riding the hands down from five to 25 minutes past the hour and then hopping on again for the ride up from 25 to five minutes to the hour. Their rides last from 20 minutes to the minute hand to four hours on the hour Also charged were 10 members hand, of the crew of Hayden's schooner, Wanderer.
The children are Hayden's own four and the complaint was She added: "The number of signed by their mother, Mrs books published per person in Betty Ann du Noun Hayden, bis
former wife, the U.S.S.R. three times us great as in the most advanced capitalist countries."
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She said 400,000 libraries,
They face charges of conspir with a total inventory of one ing to commit contempt of court, and a half billion books are endanger the lives of the child- available to the Russian people. ren, contribute to their delin-
to quency, and child theft.
Bho also paid tribute The Soviet film industry,
A court order had prohibited
which he said has produced Hayden from taking the children more than 350 films in less awarded their custody.-U.P.1. than three years following the 20th Party Congres3.
on the trip although he had been
"Bourycola ideologists in other countries have nothing to coun- ter the bright and noble ideals qt- of Communism, nothing to imet the large massCS,” st said.
"A that is left for them to de la to clander Communism Bd to moke it out as a kind of civilisation and 10 culture."--U.P.I.
New York, Jati, 29. Commercial transcontinental threat airlines probably will never fly at fast as designers could malte them go because they would no sooner hil top speed than they would have to slow down to land, an nero-dynamics engineer and today.-U.P.I.
White House Conference
Death Denied hour's conference John
to
Plane Crash
קריקון
Santiago, Jan, 29. Seven people were belloved been killed in the crush of Chilean milliary plane last Wednesday, it was announced today.
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The announcement cald that search parties had found the wreckage of the plane near the Osom volcano, and that they hid pean no traces of life.-- France-Presse,
Courtesy
Washington, Jan. 29. President Eisenhower held an at the White
Chicago, Jun. 29, House today with Mr
at the Lewin Dukes, porter Foster Dulles, the Secretary of
Neil McElroy, Avis Hotel, was forced to drive State, Dominican Rep., Jan. 20.
and Mr
for a gunna a getaway car Reports of the death of Vies- the Secretary of Defence.
Jonquin President
A White House spokesman who robbed the hotel. Balaguer
that National Security was tipped $5 from the loot.-- denied here tonight.mid
affairs were discussed.-Iteuler, U.P.I
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Anastasia Burned, Says
Dukes
Cossack
Copenhagen, Jan. 20.
A former Russian Cossack Colonel, Vladimir Ivanovitch,Karpoff, sald today that the Czar's daughter, Anastasis,
was killed with other members of the family on July 17, 1918, at Ekaterinburg.
Korpoff, 60, sald that he had been on duty at the clinicau near Ekateriftzurg at the time the Czar and his family were chat.
There is no douby ns, to tho nanssination of the Princess Anaziaria, le saith.
After the massacre all that all of which had belonged to bodies were thrown into Princess Anastasia. cost pit, coreyed with petrol and burned.
"helped to clear the place after the fire and we found R ting broochies and necklaces
named Anna Anderson, cialis abe is. Anastasia and that sho VIRS SAVEÄ Šram the aœnqtizzA- tion of the rest of her farasty. Other women have claimed ta 10 Anastasio,- wema | France-Prome.
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