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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1946. WHAT BRITAIN'S ALASKA HAS BECOME THE TRADE UNIONISTS

ARE ASKING

The annual Trades. Union Congress in Britain is being

·held this year in the third week of October. Its preliminary agenda contains eighty-three resolutions from affiliated Unions, covering a wide range of questions.

of

UNITED STATES' FIRST

LINE OF DEFENCE

-VAST PLANS FOR BIG-SCALE MANOEUVRES HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED

THIS is the first of a series of stories by A. M. Goul, UP correspondent, on the strategic part Alaska will play in defence of the North American continent, in the event of another war:

The late Admirál

C. C. Jones,

ACHILLES BACK

IN BRITAIN

The Sheffield

AFTER TEN YEARS Cutlery Marks

The name of the northern HMS Achilles, Leander Class English city of Sheffield in con- 6-inch gun cruiser, which has nection with cutlery is a guaran- been in almost continuous ser- tee of quality known all over the vice with the Royal New Zealand | world.

How the makers of Navy for ten years, has returned Sheffield cutlery safeguard this to England. Her New Zealand and other universally recognised crew is being paid off and trans marks is a fascinating story. ferred to the Dido Clnas Cruiser, HMS Bellona, which is commis- sioning for service with the New Zealand Navy in October,

The return of IIMS Achilles recalls the first major naval netion of the war,when, under the command

out target practice. After the action,

Generally speaking the legally sible for the area and standards of constituted Cutlers Company respon- Sheffield has regulated the trade of the clly authorising and registering the makers marks ained the

17th Century.

Most significant perhaps is a series of resolutions dealing with the attitude of Trade Unions towards modern developments of Industry. Several deal with the question of Alaska has become America's; der of the vast territory was increasing productivity, The Am-

defended, first line of defence. algamated Society of Woodworkers

The Japanese just as they failed urges that the Trade Union Move-

The late General Billy Mitchell to follow up their advantage at Pearl of Rear Admlial W.E. Parry, CD, Tlie Aet transferring power 10 ment should "giye careful attention who

he

theso years after

marka WIK court Harbour, also failed to make the best RN, (then Captain Parry) and in an

from the to the whole problem of applying the martialled for daring to defend his of their gains when they occupied company with HMS Exelor

Manorial Courte, which controlled and most modern, scientific and technical beliefs

be Kiska and Attu in the Aleutians. that air power could

IIMS Ajax, sise engaged and drove them until that time, to the Cutlers development throughout industry."

supreme was finally given past. They could have had Kodiak for the the German pocket battleship, Urat Company described the latter as an

Anchorage, Fairbanks The Scientific Workers' Assocfa-humous recognition by Congress taking.

and Spec, into the River Plate, blockading incorporated body of "all persons in tion suggests that an approach should foresaw that fact about Alasin after Nome were like sitting ducks waiting the

German ship until she

blew make knives, blades, scissors, shears, World War I. He predicted that the to be picked off with one blast from a herself up off Montevideo,

sickles, cutlery,

and other war be made to Britain's Government

weres and manufactures made or wrought of with a proposal to set up machinery nations which holds Alaska can rule scattergun.

But the Japanese rested on their

The day before the Battle of the iron and steel, dwelling or inhabiting to carry on a continuous examination the world if it chooses.

within the Lordship and Liberty of brief

thus enabling the Pinte, Achilles was ordered to carry Jnurels, Industrial productivity.

Hallamshire or within six milos. The Locomotive Engineers and Canada's Chief of Naval Staff, fore- United States to retain its position it the cost of the shells hurled at Graf compart of same, "Hallamshire being Firemen's Society suggests that the

saw it at the end of the last war, the top of the world,

a district of Yorkshire, including Government should be pressed to Jones declared that any enemy blow The Army and Navy realise to-day Spee was minutely calculated, and

Commander gamble on that Winchester, England, concocted the

(E) HW. Head, of the city of Shefflold. make provision for workers' repre- nimed at against the United States in they cannot again sentation on the management at alla future war would come across the kind of a break, World War II in memorable signal: "target practice been described as a Cutlers College The mark books of Sheffield have levels in nationalised industry. The top of the world.

proved the old milltary thesis thinl Amalgamated Engineering Union

war cannot be fought in north. carried out on Wednesday, 13th Inst. of Arms, Union functions in

Modern military technique is die-cut un sin the purcust Micky Savage sum of £19,284. rather than names have distinguished Mr. Savage was the famous makers of Shemeld industry should be directive as well tating the re-discovery of Alaska, the removed that well be the front New Zealand Minister for the Navy, cutlery, Initials and Greak and

Maltese

crowns. Crosses, stars and Achilles suffered a bomb hit from Amang some of the earliest collee- Japanese dive bomber while serving tians are found names and

of and signs

mythological and. in sentimental significance

used UN marks-words ka "love" "hope" must "joy" and names such as Jupiter, Venus.

This and Pan Apollo practice was possibly a legney from

original Elizabethan custom of.

knife- ulting lovers' mottos on blades.

says Trade

打算

ax consultative.

concept. The rim of the 3.1. that's all." 580,000 square miles of territory the Are

Arctic Circle On the question of wages, there is United States bought from Russia forine of the next conflict, regardless of number of the $7,200,000 in 1807. To-duy Canada who is the attacker or who is the a feeling among a unions that the present method of and Russia both figure they have a defender. arriving at wage rates is out of date, state in Aloskn, and 57 miles across and that a minimum wage scale cen- sistent with the cost of living should he Inki down,

BRITISH SCIENTIST THROWS NEW LIGHT ON EARLY MAN

"the most

Behring Strait Russin watched in tently.

said

United States to

over

ask the fu

Army and Navy officials here realise that Aluskan defences must be second to none, and the wheels toward that end are slowly beginning to roll.

Thousands of troops are being sent

into

with n U.S. Task Force in 1943. She was last in home waters

OFFICIALS OF CNRRA

President

the

On the whole

words

ns

exhibit of

August 194-1; nerved for a short time with the Mediterranean and Eastern And the United States is watching

Fleets, then returned to the Pacife Russin just as closely.

where she took part in operations The Soviet govemment has never into the territory for whter training off Japan with the British Pacific conceded the Czar's right to have manoeuvres and the testing of food, Fleet. sold

Alaska. Russia airmen and i

and clothing,

equipment. Army Alaska during planes are dying into the polar mists. seamen, stationed in the fast war openly referred to A Submarines are manoeuvring under

The marka were struck with n aska Russian territory,

15

the

Vast ice in the Behring Sen.

punch on the blades while they were Along the Siberian coast

Russia plans for big-suale manoeuvres in the

red-hot, during the process of forging bas hastened completion of at least Canadian north-west and in the Wis-

on the anvil, and this is still the one major air and naval base. For cousin in winter's toughest weeke

the; have been announced.

Shanghal, Oct. 5-Dr T. V. Soong, praeller with ordinary table knives. London, Oct. 4 (LPS).—The Daily Patrol planes y daily

of the Executive Yuan, In the case of fine pocket knives Aleutian Islands. Herald reports tha! Dr L. S. D.

One of the biggest handicaps as requested Dr T. M. Li, Deputy nad selssors the mark is struck cold Leakey, curator of the Coryndon

Not Ignoring Possibility

ogainst a speedy conversion of Alaska | Director of CNRRA, and

on the shoulder of the blade after several Musetini, Nairobi, Kenya, sails from

A full-fledged, well-defenced other sectional chiefs of CNRRA, it is ground, but before hardening Southampton

Sheffield saws and on and polishing. to-day to make! That the United States is not ignor-outpost of the United States is the who tendered their resignations on arrangements for a congress of over ing any possibiles where the ex-almost universal ignorance by the re

masse following the resignation of auch Large tools sometimes 70 scientists who will meet at Nairobi treme north-western frontier of the mainder of the country about Alasko.

the Director-General, Dr T,

the mark in a handsome design next January to discuss important north American continent la concern-

Territory Uncharted

Triang, to remain on their posta considerable size." finds throwing light, on the history led was demonstrated when Scnator Most of the territory is uncharted. | Meanwhile It is reported, that 12

In the jungle and on the plantation of early man.

Warren Magnuson, a member of the its cousts are mysteries to all except; Directors ol CNRIA's Regional the Sheffiel mark is found, Tho Outstanding among Dr. Leakey's Senate Naval Anirs Committee the native fishermen--and the Jap- offices in various parts of the count pioneer binzes the trial with a discoveries has been a0,000,000- Issued a statement of Pacffle baseS.

anese spent long months prior to Pearly, have sent in their resignation. Shemeld hatchet, the tea planter uses. year-old fossilised jaw, to which he Magnuson

the deci-Harbour making soundings. Only The newly appointed Director- Sheffield pruning knife, the rubber has given the name "Proconsul." Dr.) ston bas been made by one pass is known through the Aleu General, Mr Huo Pag-shu will take grower a Sheffield bud-grafting tool,

clerk while Islands Into Behring from Dr T.

the Chiengo bank Leakey says that this is anthropod United Nations assembly at its next un chain of lal kus n Russian over its duties formaty fencentral warpens his pencil with a Sheffield complete Jaw upe yet discovered. This almost meeting to place a large number of explorers in the 18th century. human ape is one of the most im- Pacific islands under United States The United States poured more portant missing links between apes that something must be done with the during the first war, but only

trusteeship. Then the senator added than a billion dollars Into Aluska and man to come to light."

Field work and research went on Kuriles-that string of former Jup

Most of them temporary measures. In Africh during

Dr. unese Islands stretching down from were never used and never will be the war. Leakey's wife discovered in 1942 Behring Strafts and which are now in Already they are deteriorating and

have become almost

The Useless.

The bones and implements on a site of Russian hands.

The State Department, of course, permanent programme is yet

Nairobi, Oct. 0.-The future Bri- human culture 450,000 years old in

deuled the Unlled States was going conflict comes to Alaska, it will ish garrison of East Africa is likely. a great rift valley probably the to make such a request at the forthcome in the dead of winter, for only to be about 8,000 African Infantry carus civismen and more y coming meeting of the United Na- then can her plains of ice support the under War on comice as hither. says: "It is more and more evident tions, but did not deny such a request then and machines for war. Military under the Colonial Office as hither. that this was the African culture would be

eventually. which spread to Europe and the

planners envision strike against Lt-Gen Sir Kenneth Anderson, Com- When war came

me to the

sald United Fairbanks,

Nome

and mander-in-Chief, East Africa, Eost.

States

an December 7, 1941, Alaska Kodlak. A successful defence would to-day.

Anchorage, virtually defenseless. Belatedly, necessitate patrol of the Arctic from They would be umeer by British man originated and evolved in India, in 1836- and 1939-the Army had Alaska to Greenland over the North regulars-seconded-for-several years, but the evidence to be considered at selected sites for busest had estab-Pole and deep into our own territory. he sald-Reuter. the Nairobi congress will probably lished a small airfield at Anchorage nlter this verdict-and

To command the Alaskan territory perhaps and had begun construction of an- the Army has assigned enable the scientists to predict same other at Fairbanks. The Navy had Howard Craig, former assistant chief John E. Bodle at Nome. In a recent thing of man's future development-la small base at Kodiak. The remain-of the war plans division of the conference General Craig told

general, staff.

General Craig has staff to discard their preconceived placed airmen In command of his notions and begin afresh in. Alaska. major stations-Colonel Leslie Mul- The Navy's top man 15 Rear- zer at Anchorage, Colonci Louis Admiral F. A. Daubin, veteran sub

at Fairbanks and Colonel Įmarine officer.

Til recently, it was believed that

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MILITARY TRAINING FOR U.S. YOUTHS AN INSURANCE FOR PEACE

for

New York, Oct. 5 (UP)-Mr Joseph Grew, former United States Ambassador to Tokyo, told the con- ference of citizens' committee universal military training to-day that compulsory military training of UNO provide the best insurance for American youth and full support of

fulure peace.

Grew

completely backed

the

State, Mr James Byrnes. foreign policy of the Secretary of

"A shortsighted, hastily improvised. foreign policy on the basis of ex- pediency could

In

noi result American leadership in building lasting peace. I believe Mr Byrnes hos drawn blueprint for peace and carrying it out with wisdom. courage and determination"

Grew

is

stressed that American peace leadership involves responsibility of

preparedness and therefore it was: essential that America should have a "reserve of young men expertly.

The declarer in to-day's deal over-terrific strength of South's hand-trained for war. In the light of my came a very bad trump break by as a matter of fact, South "huddled" experience of 41 years in the foreign service I earnestly plead for the "getting the count" of an opponent's about going on to seven hearts,

the West led hand.

diamond three, adoption of compulsory military dummy played low, and South won.

for our young men, Cushing the trump ace revealed the

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great

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his mere mail-alam contract was in "time was on our side this time. In Jeopardy. East was marked with any future war we won't have that Lour hearts, und obviously had

advantage. If war comes again it length in diamonds, for his pre-

will come with America wide open emplive bid. Tils made it all too in a single moment likely that if South tried to discard

"But don't be deceived by "tho diamond on dummy's spades. East prophets who say it will be a push- ́ might be able to ruff in

button war. It will be started by a push-button but will end as all wars end....when the infantryman with his two feet on the ground thrusts his bayonet into the heart of our final remaining foc."

After deep thought, South dis- covered the way out of his dilemma. He overtook the spude king with the ace and returned a heart, finessing with the nine. against East's eight. He then cashed one club trick, hoping that East bad started out with exacly one card in each block

then

Avalding. War With Hussla Washington, Oct. 5 (UP)-Senator

exited with his last Joseph Ball (Republican Minnesota)

East, thrown in, could do na

said day

be

In a Mutual Radio broadcast to- that

thought there is "ttle than return a diamond. South care- chance of avolding war with Russia fully ruffed with the heart five and unless the Russians change their uver-ruited with dummy's heart six. Government's Ideologies East's jump to four diamonds was, He then ran the epedes, merely wait-

he said he does not of course, a desperate effort to fore-Ing for East to ruff. South was thus belleve war is imminent unless "some stall an adverse slam. The effort assured of the rest of the tricks, and nation miscalculates how far it can could scarcely succeed because of the hip sinm contract.

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Senator Ball said he believes the United States should pursue a "frm but not tough" policy with Russia. Meanwhile, he said, he will oppose in the Senate any American Ioan Russia until it is clear "where the Soylets are headed.".

JAPANESE SOVEREIGNTY

Tokyo, Oct 5-Premier Shigeru Yoshida fold the House of Peora Plenary Session to-day that' Japan: was still-oxercialng her own soVER- eignty within the limits of the Posdam Declaration. Yoshida made the remark in response to a query In the Upper House by Baron Takehiko Sonoda, -Castral News.