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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1939, !|
K's Disarmament Plan Encourages SPITFIRE
Adlai Stevenson
Insult
Stevenson CERTAIN SOVIET PREMIER
IS SINCERE
Coon Rapids, Iowa, Sept. 23.
Mr Adlai Stevenson, the U.S. Democratic Party:
leader, said here today that as a result of a lunch talk with Mr Khrushchev "this is the first time I have felt encouraged about dis- armament.
Mr Stevenson and Mr. Soviet leader's attitude had Khrushchev had it 40-minute come about, but he was certain Mr Khrushchev was "intere" discussion.
in la disarmament proposis,
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tim much more hopeful London, Sept. 23. about thingmi zo a result of this Talk about weiding hult to talic than I was after talking with Injury! After being locked him in the Soviet Union a year velidentally in 飲 bank vault agn," Mr Stevenson told re- for 20 mbukes, Stanley 11alerters later. emerged to Bank that a police-
man bud ticketed his car for Replying lo questions, Mir tverpuking at a 30-minute Stevenson said he did not know Beter-UT'I.
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He thought I night be as # result of what he had seen on this tour.
Answering further questions, Mr Stevenson said he thought the total surmament proposal by the Soviet leader might be accomplished "phase by phase." The titular Democratic Party leader said: "I am sure he meant what he said"
Mr Stevenson uld that he thought Mr Khruslichey was now eonvinced that the Ameri- can evoRGIy could withstand a changeover from defence pro- duction 起 $1 full pencetul cronumy.
"He has changed somewha! in hils attitude on this question since he has been in this coun- said. He Stevenson try." r well-
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Stevenson pointed out that the level of armaments "pro- duction was less than 10 per cent of the cruire U.S. pro duction.
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Siamese Twins Again In Nigeria
Lagos, Sept. 23, For the third time Siamese twins have been born in Kano, in Northern Nigeria,
it was revealed here to day.
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It was in Kano six years ago. That Nigeria's first Stumeso were born. They were own to Laudun for the major operation which parled them.
One of the twins died after the operation but the sur- viver, Wariboko, known throughout Britain us Baby Butu is today
thriving
soon
healthy child, living with its parents in Kaduna, capital of North Nigeria.
The sucond set of Siamese
typlus were born In a village
weeks ago, i the Air Ministry decided that this muxt definitely be the last year in which the tradi tional pair of World War II fighters, Spitfire and 4 Hurricane, winters of the Battle of Britain, should lead be annual flypast of aircraft Over London on Baltio of Britain Day.
Regretfully, a fow
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But they didn't expect such
LORD WOOLTON
Operation On
Lord Woolton
London, Sept. 23.
sports
spectacular confirmat on of Vice-Marshal Harold Maguire the rightness of their declalon, was heading back to base. un safety grounds, as they Koi wants the last Spitfire in RAF He
spotted several servico crashlanded on
grounds, all of them in use, | cricket pitch, minutes after 15 was just preparing to crash- has proudly headed the serial land in a cops when two of parado over the clly.
the oricket teams in sight de- sided to go in for tea.
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Ils engine started 10 pluster
over Crystal Palace, South | Maguire put his saps down, his London, The pilot. Atr wheels up, skimmed over. the
Bombs Thrown
During Argentine General Strike
RUN OUT
Khrushchev Watches A Free-For-All
And Discusses
Corn Farming
lown, Sept. 23. Mr Nikita Khrushchay came
here today to see how American corn grows and found himself watching a. fight between a yelling crowd of reporters and photographers and Ameri- ean and Soviet security
men.
The
reporters and photo- graphers had hemmed in the Soviet Prime Minister and his host, Mr Roswell Gorst, in con field. Bot the Soviet leader and Mr Garst were shoved between rows of head- high stalks.
The security agents then started clearing a way and one reporter was picked up by two American guards and thrown bodily several feet to land with in crash D three struggling
DAINÉTRINEn.
POWERLESS
Security agents and police. were powerless to keep back the crowd and eventually four ranchers on horseback, wearing white ten gallon stetsons, rode in to clear a path for a machine be demonstrated for Mr Khrushchev,
to
sightscreens on to the pitch, akidded 60 yards into the out field, finally climbed out with nothing but a strained back. And as he phoned for transpart
to take him to Biggin Hill RAF This was the Arst me that station, the plane was pushed the security agents
actually outside the boundary, the closhod with reporters and scams camo back from ica, photographers during Mr and play restarted. Bat the Khrushchev's American tour.
At one point in Last Spire had finally had
the melee, its day-Express Photo.
Mr Henry Cabot Lodge, who is accompanying Khrushchev, American security officers, state police and National Guardsmen locked arms and formed n ring around Mr Khrushchev to pro- tect him from possible injury by the mob of reporters and | photographers.
Bing Awarded £5,000 In Slander Suit
Buenos Aires, Sept. 23... SCATTERED violence marked a 48-hour "general strike" called by Argentine Communists and Peronistas today but most business and transAn portation operated normally under heavy police
guard.
The strike started only a few hours after the Government,
charging the Argentine Com-
munist Party with subversion. began legal action to dissolve it. Foderai District attorneys Lord Woolton, former Chair-were ordered to go before each man of the Conservative Party, of the provincial electoral courts demand withdrawal of underwent a minor stomach to operation of St Thomas' Hospital recognition of the Communists. here this afternoon.
Without this recognition, Communists would no longer be able to function as a political party or to Lake place elections.
He was luter stated to be making satisfactory progress,
Lord Woolton, who, is 70, was Food Minister during World War II and Lord President of the Council.
He
Was very
il after
the
Conservative Farly conference in the autumn of 1952 and un- derwent Bye operations.-China Mall Special.
Elections Electrical Trouble
Wounded
the
A passenger on a bus was -wounded when teriurist gun- men fred on the vehicle as it crossed an intersection on this city's south side.
A by station la suburban Villa Real was wrecked by a inrge bomb but no injuries were reported. Bomb-throwing ter rorists also wrecked a short stretch of ralirond track, di rupting rull trade on the south side.
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Despito these incidents, the work stoppage, which began at 1201 am, appeared to be failure, due largely to a last- minulo settlement with the big railroad workers union,
Most trains were running nor- mally, and about 70 per cent of the downtown stores were open.. ed for business, although many
were supervizory staffs.
London, Sept. 23.
Heavy Guards
hospital on the creeks of Eastern The leaders of both Britain's of them were being run only by Nigeria and were, separited by major political parties #European and Nigerian doc- troubled today by mysterious. tor. on this occasion, both sur- electrical breakdowns in the vived
halls where they were speaking, First Mr Harold Macmillan, the Prime Minister, had to ad- dress 4 meeting in Stockport. Cheshire, without a microphone when the wires were cut just before he began to speak this
Today' • decision will be taken whether to operate on the newest twins In Kano or whether they should be flown to Britain for the separation. China Mail Special.
afternoon.
Greensboro, NC., Sept. 23.
Hugh Then Mr
Gaitskcell, Sales counsellor Howard leader of the Labour Party, had Wischaupt said that clocking to make half his speech in dark- stores ness when the lights twice fused devices in department have proved what everybody as he was opeaking In Wand- has suspected all along: It takes sworth, South London tonight.
Heavy police and milliary guards were pooled at tele phone ex ago. Tiso subwofa also were operating under police grand.
Public service tragortation appeared to have taken the brunt of the strike, with no trolley buses and only a few motor buses in service.-UPI.
Beirut, Sept. 23. Police held promoter Hous secin Sebeet for investigation when 7,000 lickel-holders show-
a woman seven minutes to buy! "This is like a sound broad- what a man buys in one minute. cast," Mr Gaitskelt commented, ed up of a 1,500-seat theatre to -UPI.
Reuter.
see a belly dancing show----UT'I,
CANDIDATE RIDES TO
ELECTORATE
London, Sept. 23. Mounted op Д horso named Ready Money 11, Mr Harold Montefiore a London batslator, today rode through Londoni for file nomination as North Paddington's Conservative candidates.
Although his' route took him through heavy traffle is borse behaved wall. Shoppers shout- od good wishes to him as he rode past.
He quipped, "My opponent and I are about neck and neck, but I hope to win by a short
head"
harge He explained he chose a
because he felt an enclosed car gave the electorate vir- tually no chance of seeing bim or even knowing if he had vidiod their sirgets China Mall Special. -
FRENCH A-TESTS CONDEMNED
Accra, Sept. 23,
Accra, Sept. 23.
When the ranchers on horse- back appeared on the scene, one reporter erled: "The Cos- sacks are coming!"
ROUGH TIME
Mr Khrushchev gave Mr Garst In other
a rough time today
ways too,
He said his corn had too much stalk and not enough com,
Mr Garst disagreed. Mr.hrushchev examined the the eye of an
Accra court today award-corn ears with
ed Ghana's Attorney expert but the only sight to Coneral, Mr Geoffroy apparently the hulking 240 lb. Bing. QC. £5,000 dam-build of farmer Donald Wat.. agos against Mr S. 1. kinga. Iddrissu, former
"There that's American," he Parfin
exclaimed, exploding mentary Secretary to the nearly lough. Reuter and AFP. into a Minister of Information, for slander,
arouse his admiration Was
Mr Bing brought the action Years To Go
The court lost month
London, Sept. 23. Druidoss Justine Glass, wear-
against Mr Iddrissu in a private cupuelty inst June in connection with allegations of bribery made earller at an Acera Press con- ference by the former Parlining bardle robes and with fruit mentory Secretary,
and flowers in her hair, turned out to salute the first day of Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Prime
this found autumn
morning by Minister of Ghana, today in Mr Bing's favour and met tonga comucopia of wind
France for day to condemned
on a hill in Regents Park, fa the amount of Central London, choosing to "play with damages.
Mrs Ginas, who is 45 years m.lions of lives" by pro:
book Mr Bing told Reuter after the old, has just written a ceeding with plans for an caring that the entire amount entitled: atomic bomb test in the would Sahara desert.
BISESS
A
go to an educational "How to Live 180 Years.” Sho rust for Ghanalan children told journaliste that fver which he created recently. publishers had promised to give In a prepared statement given
her £2,000 the day the herself to a restricted group
Actions for of
alleged libelcelcbrates her 180th birthday. journalists at his residence brought by Mr Bing-also in a The Druids, formerly here, Dr Nkrumah called on private capacity—against three priests, of ancient Delinin, have France to "esist from such opposition party leaders arising Piven their name to the officers
an Bellon, which could not from the same case are still of the Welsh Gorodd but have the gravest con-pending-Reuter.
sequences to her relations with the peoples of Africa as well as to the peace of the world."..
· SURPRISED
The Prime Minister referred to the recent visit to Britain by Fiber Nigerian counterpart,
Abubakoar Alhaji
Tafawa Balewa, who made personal reprenen in tions to the British Governmen cgainst the French testa,
Dr Nkrumah said he was sur- prised that British, selenlista were encouraging the bollef that atomic testa in the Sahar world rove no harmful
effects.
*The tact that they
are pro- posing, in emociation with Nigeria, to not up Anglo- Nigerian fall-out monitoriaeg stations is an indication of the doubt that
surrounds this whole question," ha declared, -Reuter.
National Assembly.........AFP.
Divorcee Not
Murdered
New York, Sept. 23,
the
or
POSTON police Capt. Joseph B. Fallon said to- Bos
day he has "ruled out homicide" as the cause of death of a pretty Chicago divorcee who dis- appeared from a ship in Boston harbour and was found dead on the rocks of a harbour island.
"It was either an accident or, no clothing above her wHEST, suleide," Fallon said of the the condition in which her body. death of pretty Lynn Kauffman, was found. who had been returning from the Far East aboard the Dutch liner 'Utrecht,
Fallon said he was inclined to
Diving experts suid, how- ever, that li is possible for clothing to bo xloped from a person on impact with water after a long or improperly woman had follen accidentally exconted dive or a fall. into the harbour.
Fallon sold bruise marks on "She had complained of feel- | Mrs Kauffman's body, which lock ing til all day," he said. "Mrs the Boston medical examiner to Kauffman may have gone to the rule she had died by violence, rail of the stulp and fallen over could have been Inficted by her board while she was II."
striking up singolonka, lashed to Fallon offered no explanation the freighter's side, as shy fell. He questioned four member
Singer Recovers believe the five foot, two Inch
Paris, Sept. 23. Frosch singer Edith Piaf, who un lerwent an emergency inter na operation in hospital here enterday, was fully recovered today, hospital oficials said.
{Mis Plai expected to re- as to what might have prompted main a fortnight in hospital and, tho divorces, doverbod doctor said she would then "very modest" by friends, to before boarding o plang to re- hood one month's rest,--Reiser, | have gone to the rolling with turn to BoatUP
as of the Utrochta erwar here today
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