1960-07-27 — Page 6

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1960.

TO THE U.S.A.

ΤΟ

THE

COMMON MARKET

MAP

Cummings

on the other hand, if we became the 51st State of America we'd be able to vote for the President

... and I could ask a question in Congress about what happens in England."

RUSSIANS TRY TO

FOG BY SOUND

backing a loser'

'They're backing

COULD winter fogs be cleared by sound waves? Russian scientists think it might be possible. They are pressing ahead with "encouraging" experi- ments to dissipate mist and fog by broadcasting low frequency signals.

The signals vibrate at such a pitch that they break up the droplets.

So far, the Russians say, they have dispersed a heavy mist in two minutes. But it was done inside apparatus called a cloud chamber, 1,750 cubic feet in size.

An expedition

from the

Academy of Sciences, Moscow,

On

The World of Science

by Peter Fairley

now trying the technique out MENTAL HEALTH WEEK

Lundon Express Servi

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There

gally-coloured

IT

In

it,

some

chairs, steps and tubular steel was Mental Health Week ironing boards as sold by recently. To thousands of shops. Britain

remarkable

Mount mists shrouding Elbrus, the highest peak in the TT Caucasus. British scientists believe they are backing a loser, mark

But it was made by men with furniture was put on view at the mental ability, of nine-year- They point out that in a Charing Cross Underground. old children. cloud chamber. the energy from

the signals is confined. In the open, sound disperses rapidly.

When US scientists tried: dur-

ing the war to clear fog from an arield using the same method, they found they needed ax air-raid sirens to powerful raise visibility from 100 to 200 yards.

As one said: "Better to grope round the dark than go mad from the racket in your ears."

SPACESHIP FOOD

DUNA

2 button and

1. piping hot food from

tabe in your spaceship.

eat

3.

This is the latest "home comfort" for astronauts, under

study by the U.S. Air Force. Il

Kremlin declares war

on enemies within'

THE

Kremlin has de- By STEPHEN CONSTANT clared war on three sets of "enemies" within the international Com- munist movement.

Among them are "Left-wing secrétarians," a term which describes a powerful section

the leadership in Com munist China,

of

is testing a tiny oven which The dramatic challenge is con

сап

heat beef and mashed

tained in a document publish, potatoes to scalding tempera-ed after a session of the Cent tures in under an hour. The meal travels to the mouth via plastic squeeze - pipe. The theory is that a hot meal is always good for morale. Every soldier will agree,

tral. Commalttee of the Russian Communist Party-the highest ruling body. The other enemies inside the Communist camp are describy ed as "revisionists" (meaning

MEET MR CLOGGHEAD*

ACLOG; ANYTHING THAT HINDERS MOTION

OR RENDERs difficult.

Communists like Yugoslavia's Marshal Tito) and "dogma- tists" (meaning Communists like the fallen Russian leaders Malenkov and Molotov).

The document reveals clearly

for the first time the deep ideological splits which have recently divided international Reds,

SIGNIFICANT

Most significant la the policy, ritt ⚫between Russia and China.

AL last month's Communist

"Bummit"

meeting in Bucharest It seemed as if the two skles had achieved a compromise.

Now it is clear that the row la

still blazing.

The basic issue splitting the two is China's belief that wan with the West. is thevitable and that therefore Khrush chav's policies of "peaceful co-existence" and disarma ment are a dangerous waste of time.

Russia believer that war with the West is not inevitable and Abat the West can be under-

mined and beaten by Mr. K's hot-and-cold" brand of #pencetal.co-existence.” The new Moscow broadside

wow" Left-wing sectarianism is a hindrance to the mobilisa tion of all the forces of the Socialist camp in the struggle. tow pence and Socialism and against, imperialism." Most significant of all, it con- -talos sapaguppentfor Communists

Bad:

Social

the

The furniture was the first t roll off a new "production line" at the Leavesden Hospital, Watford, In a £15,000 work shop there, mental defectives are being trained for the first ilme to do normal factory work.

his personal contribution to victory was just as great as that of Nelson or Wellington —but ask yourself this question

Is this man a hero a hero

HUGH

to your children?

CASWALL II TREMENHERRE DOWDING what does

that name mean to you? Does it rank in your mind' with the names of Nel- and son, Wellington Marlborough? Is Dowd- ing, like the others, a hero to your children?

Probably outwhich is a strange thing when it is con sidered that only 20 years ago Dowding saved not only Bri- tain, bub the world.

Twenty years ago on July 16, 1940, Hitler signed his historie Operational Directive No. 16.

AUSTERE

By

SCRAMBLE!

The story of the greatest battle of

the War.

Part 2

BY HUGH DUNDAS, D.S.O., D.F.C. best co

to the day before the Battle of Britain was to begin.

4.

From that moment Dowding- tions, flouting and disregarding It is interesting to find that already 54 years old neger his persistent wherever and whenever we this breach stemmed from a remixed from could the more pompous con- letter, written to Trenchard by efforts to prepare his Command ventions of service life.

Dowding during the 1914-18 war for the battle to come, -a letter in which Dowding In 1938 he had 11 squadrons, fearlessly

and conscientiously At the time of Munich he had attempted to right what he be 29, five of them equipped with lieved to be a serious situation, Hurricanes. At the outbreak of gardless of the risk of antago war he had 39 squadros, of nising authority.

which 28 were equipped with Hurricanes and Sphäre.

We believed in having plenty of parties, the more the merrter and the wilder the better.

We considered that the only thing which really mattered about a man was whether he could fly properly, and we generally thought little of those

This order began by pro- claiming the decision to in vade England. It stated that, who were not, or had not been, 越 order that this objective pre-eminent as pilots,

could be achieved:

"THE ENGLISH AIR FORCE MUST BE ELIMI NATED TO SUCH AN EX- TENT THAT IT WILL BE INCAPABLE OF PUTTING

UP

"Stuffy" Dowding did not seem to fit into this pattern at all. It was impossible to im- aging him dressed otherwise then in the strictest accordance with service regulations.

It was typical of Dowding's behaviour in later years, as will be seen. It almost resulted in his exclusion

from the RAF when the new Service W89 separated from the Army.

But his appointment to the Air Council was a break through to the top.

There then began - perhaps the toughest and most bin. portant struggle of Elewding's Esréer.

There was a constant drain- ing away of his strength by the posting of fighter squadrons to France, Six were there already“ when the blitzkrieg broke In May 1940. The equivalent of were sent from England, either 98 complete. units or in dribs and arabe, during the next 10 days.

It would be followed in the ardinary course of events by 10 He was withdrawn and aloof high command, possibly crown to the point of appearing uned by selection for the office of

Parties most of all Chief of the Air Staff. friendly.

wild parties were not at all in, his line,

ANY SUBSTANTIAL 'OPPOSITION TO THE IN- VADING TROOPS." Standing between Hitter and the fulfilment of this directive was the austere, withdrawn and dedicated Bgure of Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding, a pliot, Commander-in-Chief of Fighter Command, Royal Air Force,

They eam up to £7 e week,

The importance of Dowding's turning

materials raw

into personal role in preparing for finished articles ranging from the Battle of Britala and carry-

more

He was distinguished As it happened, the 1920 ap-

At the height of the battle

Continent, 10. "more. rather as a staff offiger than as pointment meant that Dowding's over the

personal preparation for the complete squadrons were called Battle of Britain was to last for. unbroken for exactly 10 years before the storm broke a factor

TRUSTED

of incalculable importance,

rekers, motor mocpories, and conclusions suatuor he exortabad, close end of mutual respect and 1931 Britan, had get ahead of bedlamps. They "clock" un I am convinced that this per- and off, and break for tea and sonal contribution to victory meals when a hooter

sounds. was just as great as that of So successful is the experiment Nelson at Trafalgar or proving that many are now Wellington at Waterloo. being fitted into outside jobr

SOCK 'MENACE'

STRETCHED - NYLON

art

socks

under fire from the

Bays

of

the

THE DEBT

And yet between these two

In the years 1927, 1929 and

Dowding, who had been cannot be bond of the world th the field of high plastering the Air Council with

admiration.

speed flight, winning three times letters and memoranda urging in succession the bi-annual con- the absolute necessity of main To "Stuffy" Dowding

taining a strong fighter force at squadrons were all that matter tests for the Schneider Trophy. ed and nothing was too good for These victories were attained home, now revolted. It was the his pilots, To get them what in scapianes of revolutionary crowning moment of his life, they needed he would, and did, design -- low-wing, all-metal Cabinent personally. go to any lengths, fight any monoplanes bulit by the Super- opposition, gladly risk the dis- marine Company and powered, With fervour and passion he pleasure of the highest and most during the last two contests, by expounded the folly of denud.

Rolls-Royce engines, of unpre- ing the home defence Squadrons powerful in the land..

NO MIXER

Yet Dowding was not Society of British Chiropodists, famillar figure to the plots he They constantly restrict move-commanded. He was seldom ment and do not allow toes to seen in the squadrons. He did develop properly,

the not mix easily or comfortably: society in its journal. It can with his jurtiors. siders them "one of the greatest menaces to foot health."

It is urging sock-makers

children's socks produce "lefts" and "rights."

There was, in fact, an cortID- contrast ordinary

between Dowding and the pilots of Fighter Command, in "At this

to

To us, our little known and cedented power, seldom seen commander pre- 'sented an austere but utterly trusted father-figure. "Stuffy" was not a world of contempt, but rather of affection,

BRILLIANT "

Не confronted

the

Wer

any further, Happily for the future of this resim his argum ments were accepted.

One hundred and ninety-five over were lost Dowding 'recognised that the Hurricanes

extra- France, to no purpose. More. Sir Hugh Dowding's appoint- performance of these ment in 1980 to the post of ordinary sirplanes represented than 100 Hurricanes and Spit

fires and some 80 pilots were In the squadrons, we Member of the Air Council for a break-through which had an

for the RAE and lost over Dunkirk. cultivated a deliberately raffish Research and Development was application ade, say the foot experts and lighthearted approach

to a turning point in a Service particularly for fighter airplanes. socks are as important as

career which had been beset shoes." Best of all children

At a time when all the world

concentrating

life.

should be encouraged to go We affected to despise the with many difficulties.

barefoot as much as

about possible.

So our poor ancestors were right after all.

---(London Expresa Sarvice),

manifestations external service. dicipline, dressing pretty well as we chose and certainly not at all in ac- cordance with King's Regula-

Not least of these had been a further development of super- long-standing breach with Lord manoeuvrable biplane fighters Trenchard, whose power in the his mind took the big step for formative years of the RAF had ward. He called for a low-wing been absolute,

VICUG DISCOVERING. AMERICA—2

Thus, in the course of one. month of blitzkrieg, the fighter the force available for the defence of Britain had lost about 20 per cent of its more experienced pilots and nearly 50 percent of its original aircraft strength. monoplane fighter, with retract If it had not been for the able under-carriage, enclosed utter determination of Dowding cockpit and guns mounted in the the depletion of strength would wings. There were many tradi- have been much greater, The tionalists who were entirely op- squadrons could not posely posed to the whole conception. have been built up again to the extent where they could face And when Dowding later the assault of the Luftwafis in instated that the number of guns July. Hitler's onder would should be screened to eight he have been successfully carried was accused of taking leave of through. Britain would have. his spases.

been invaded: A But what he had produced was. That is the

extent of the In fact the specification for the debt owed by Britain to Hugh Hurricane and Spitfire,

Camwall Tramenheers Dood- ing.

TOP SPEED

At about the time when this

SATURDAY:

specification: went out to be Goering's

brilliantly implemented. bys, two designers of genius-Camm, of Hawkers, and Mitchell, of Super- marines a, Scottish schendlat. named Robert Watson Watt reported to the Air Mininry that be had invented a device for locating distant, aircraft by the transmission of short-wave radio Impulses.

The sum of £10,000. was needed for further experiments, Dowding Immediately grasped the vast significance of Wat- gon Wattle claims, but cm- nily insisted on realistic fleid trials before asking for the money.

These trials were carried out on - February 26, 1985. They" clearly und dramatically justi- Bed, the inventor's clafmia. N

minding got his money and

"forward", në top spoed wh the construction of the world's first radne chain, kynn 7. Having thus cleared, the ́ WAY. for the re-equipment of fighter

„having taken the first bold step to provide system for the de- tection of raiding :- bombers, Dowdlig was transferred to lend. the nerdy, created Fighter Game

POCKET CAR)

by OSBERT LANCASTER