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GREATEST AIR DISASTER IN CHINA'S FOURTH REPUBLIC OF AVIATION HISTORY ON XMAS NIGHT

SIXTY-TWO KILLED IN SHANGHAI TRAGEDY

THREE PLANES CRASH IN BAD WEATHER

Shanghai, Dec. 26.

Christmas night in Shanghai was marred by the greatest air disaster in Chinese aviation history when three air liners-two belonging to the Sino-American concern China National Aviation Corporation and the other to the State-owned Central Air Transport Corporation-crashed, with a death roll of at least 62 passengers and air crews, in attempting to land in the fog enshrouded airfield.. Among the 12 injured, a few are now expected to survive.

All three planes were coming from Chungking and carrying a reported total of 68 passengers and nine crew- men. The two CNAC planes, a C-17 and a C-46, numbered 140 and 115 respectively, crashed outside Lunghwn airfield in the southern suburb of Shanghai after their gasoline supply had run out.

The CATC plane, number 48,

with still one hour's fuel re-

servo, plunged into a farmhouse London Plane

north of Klangwan airfleld, in a north-east suburb, after shoot-

57 KILLED IN

United States

Two Up In

BATTLE ON GREEK BORDER

Athens, Dec. 25.

Davis Cup

Melbourne, Dec. 26.

The United States won the

American Statement On Dairen Incident

Washington, Dec. 24. Fifty members of an armed A State Department spokes- first singles match in the Chal-band were killed in a battle man to-day confirmed the re- fenge Round, of the Davis Cup with Greek gendarmes which began to-day when Ted troops near Sufli, on the river thorities

and port that Russian military au- Schroeder beat Australia's John Maritan, which

hind ordered a U.S. forms the Naval vessel out of Dairen, a Bromwich, 3-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, border between Greek and Manchurian port, but said the 0-6, 6-3.

Turkish Thrace, according to action was within Soviet legal The crowd was the biggest ever seen at a Davis Cup tie in Australia. reports received hero to-day rights. Bromwich went away to a two-love by the Greek Ministry of Public

Order.

bel to

errors.

ba

La

Bromwich relled too much on drop shots, which proved ineffective in the final

set and never recovered from his early reverses in this sei.

In the second singles, Jack Kramer (United States) defeated Australia's Dinny Fails, B-6, 6-2, and 0-7.

Both hit freely and deeply in the

flrot

set, ploying most interesting tennis. When the set stood at 44,. Pails was twice aced by Kramer. It was a battle of services and good length hard hitting.

ing under a 100-foot weather Crashes Outsidefaultlessly in the second set placing

ceiling in a rooftop approach.

The pilots of both CNAC plane Rio de Janeiro

were American, Captain J. M. Greenwood, of 140 and Captain R.

B. Preus of 110, while a Chinese, Tommy Wing, was in charge of the CATC machine.

Kramer continued to play almost magnificently, Although Pails played: wall he was not in the hunt

of

W. C. FIELDS DEAD

Passadena, Dce, 25.

W. C. Fields, one of America's most widely-known comedians both on the screen and stare, died at a sanitarium to-day.

Fields, who was 67 years old, had been III for over a year. The well-known comedian

WES famous for his own personal ap preciation of cood liquor and for his characterisattan' of dranks- Central News.

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FRANCE

FRANCE OFFICIALLY BORN ON XMAS EVE

ELECTION OF PRESIDENT

Paris, Dec. 24. The fourth Republic of France was officially born to-day when the Upper Chamber of the new Two-Chamber Parliament met this afternoon.

Henceforth all legislation in France passed by the National Assembly must be submitted to the Council of the Republic which can oblige the Lower House to recon- sider its hills but which cannot actually prevent any legis lation from being finally adopted.

On Friday the Upper Chinm-1 ber will proceed to elect its pre Bident.

French Budget

Approved By Assembly

This will provide an occasion for an inter-party political struggle be- tween the two strongest parlles leading party in the Upper Chamber, the Popular Republicans who are the

and the Communists who are the leading party in the Lower House. ceed for the presidency of the Up- The most likely candidate to suc-

per House is 01-years old pre-war Parliamentarian and Minister

Parks, Dec. 24. Auguste Champetier, de Ribes whose this morning unanimously adopted The French National Assembly first ministerial post dates back to the military part of the French bud- the Government of the late Andre gut, totalling 40,126,907,000 Tardieu in 1920 and who also played for the next three months.

francs unctive part in resistance to Vichy and the Germans.

Ribes seems assured of the sup- port not only of his own party bui also of the Socialist..

The Assembly also adopied the armaments budget of 13,641,013,000 iguring in the extraordinary Meanwhile all parties are actively Minister for National Defence, Andre During the debate the Socialist preparing for the election of Presi-Lo Troquer, referring to the French dent of the Republic, This is the forces in Indo-China sald: "There key position in the French political is no question of reducing French machine. Despite the limited func-effectiveness in Indo-China. On the tions accorded him by the constitu- contrary, France is sending reinforce- tion the president of the Republle meniscuter.

is bound to have a good deal of in- Quence on political life-

There are as yet no official can- didates, but unomcial candidates are Edouard Herriot, the ex-Premier und

Areembly. Radical leader and Vincent Auriol. the Socialist Speaker of the National

Ferriol has the support of

U

Girl Killed In Christmas Day Motor Accident

The spokesman lead in the SL

Gald there

was "substantial necuracy" to the passing Schroeder as be rushed fo the net, and after Schroeder had level-

Seven Greek gendarmes and sol-

patch saying that the Russians had led Uie scores, he kept him back with diers were killed and three members Given the ship a twenty-minute "get

ultimatum. The baseline play.

the armed forces securate

and three said the Department had received a #pokesman Schroeder, however, took an early peasants, were wounded. according preliminary but garbled report on lead in the second set and forced to reports.

the incident. Bromwich Into errors in the third;

to take that also.

The band, 800 strong, it was stated, Meanwhile, Senator Tom Stewart Bromwich kept the match open by attacked the village of Dadla, near Fald the State, War and Navy talking the fourth net without losing Sutli, on Friday evening. Thirty Departments should "look Into" the single point, setting a cracking puce man

(circumstances NERENDONOHUBALANSASDairen Incident. and forcing Schroeder Inte velleying

surrounding the He added that the Senate should fully explore it before ratifying peace treaties.

The State

tate Department spokesman pointed out that, under the Sino- Soviet Treaty of August 1945, Dairen Cually should be a free com- port under the Chinese administration, but the Soviet and Chinese governments had not yet made necessary arrangements. The Department would await a full re- port before any action would be considered. But he sold that the Soviet Union was within its legal rights in ordering the vessel to leave und in refusing to allow two Ameri- can

newspaper correspondents and American businessman to In the third set, however, Patls gendarmes stationed

ashore. played as well as he has ever played held them off until army and gendar-authorities

The spokesman said: "The Soviet in the village in his career. He held Kramer to merie reinforcements arrived and revessel was granted usual permission notified in accordance 7-74 accing him on

established, routine and with points several pulsed the attackers.

the times, but Kramer carried too many

to The Ministry's reports sald that the

in part for 48 hours. uns

Courier Arris H. Ball was allowed to love, needs almost a miracle if she to have arrived recently from Bulkes, hindrance,

Australia, now down two matches attackers were led by two mon stated to transact official business without to hold the Davis Cup, especially in Yuga-Slavin. Several members of clearance for authority to land. But having received prior with Kromer playing up to his re- the band were said to speak clearance was not putation as the world's best-Reuter., Bulgarian.

requested for the Parker's Protest

two newspaper correspondents and The attackers were armed with six the American bustnessman. Authori- German machine-guns, three heavy ties at Dairen stated that they were Brands Mend war of surfers, Cup player, Brunde Paskar, to-dns my

prople tennis star Davis mortars and hand grenades, besides unable to nuthorise entrance of these

System Of Voling without protested that his exclusion from the Slavia origin, the reports added. Moscow. Having falled in an attempt the point whether young for the Pre- p.m. In Solkung Road. The girls

clearance

from team was due to the whim of Cap- Reuter.

The constitution is now cinar on) to tain Walter Fate and had nothing to

obtain clearance the ship left sident of the Republic who is elected were walking along the pavement. do with his own ability as a player.

after its legal 48 hour

"It has been the hope of

stay expired. Pate immediately countered with a

this by members of the Lower and Upper when a military type three-ton statement that no personalities were

government that the Chinese

House meeting at Versailles, in by and

the Russians would be able

mounted involved in selections.

work, out

pubile ballot or secret ballot, these

hit Dense fog, however, enveloped

them. Osh Fot arrangements (10 form the entire areas

If the pre-war system of secret girls, Nami Lai-lce, 26, Ilving B na for back as squadron-leader in the Royal Air With the matches scheduled to

Chinese administration in Dairen as ballot is resorted to, the election may Portland Street, second floor, wAS TUR Nanking. Eight planes managed to Force, was on his way to take up a start on Thursday Parker apparently

free, commercial port). But we produce a surprise as the party dia-over by the wheels, and had her head land safely.

civil aviation post in Argentina, was dropped completely from the

recognise this is matter to be handled cipline will be difficult to enforce. The first plane to crash was the His wife, formerly Dorothy Spicer, Cup play. Pate was reported to be

by these two governments."

smashed. The other girl, Lau Pul- CATC C-47. It skipped Nanking, was the well-known flyer and the standing firm on eliminuling Parker

Quite a number The garbled report was received

of Parliamen-yuert, 17, of 731 Nathan. Rond, second torians favour. the because of bad weather conditions, frst woman to hold the British Air from all competition. The decision

by the

State

of floor, suffered abrasions in the and tried to land at Kiangwan. In Ministry's A, B, and C and D flying to drop Farker was made at

Departinent this

General Charles de Gaulle, and it and was later removed, to the Kow- morning in a telegram from Mr zero visibility it overshot the land-licences, allowing her to pilet any ference among six United States

Monnet

Is possible he might find B. Davis,

himself loon Hospital in a serious condition. U.S. Consul ing strip and crashed into a farm-type of plane.

General at Shanghal. It had been

elected without being previously players on the squad who agreed that

According to the police, the vehicle house.

relayed to him by Mr Clarence J.

consulted. Early to-day rescue parties were Parker could not rise to

drova The impact crushed

playing

on without stopping to investi Whether he would accept the office gate. Spiker, farm hacking their way through dense heights like Ted Schroeder,

U.S. house, killing the mother and

Consul General In-sinin torrential rain to reach ate, however, continue to deny the building of the Anglo-Dyptian was based on one by Courler Bull, opinion about this hypothetical situa- suffered a fractured skull when the in such circumstances is a matter of About 10.30 p.m. on Christmas Eve. A bomb was thrown to-night at Fleet was based. Mr Spiker's report his intimates have expressed any heung, living at 117 Matauwel Road,

Tsingtao, where the U.S. Seventh juring three of her children.

guesswork as neither he himself nor an eight-year-old girl named, Li Shui- doubles The second, mishap took place two

The plane, which was on its frst mude and said Ujot no decision world union at Zamalek, a Cairo suburb. who brought back from Dairen hours later when plane 140 cashed trip, was nt Lunghwa airfield, after futile Plota Acra Mercante Argentina).

owned by Fama (thebe made before Thursday's

Windows were amashed, but there memorandum that had been prepared singles

tlas. If he accepted it is generally was knocked down by a three-ton matches. efforts to blind-land by Instruments

He predicted

were no casualties. Its roule

London, Paris, United States would win by a score A car was seen outside the build-by Mr H. Merrell Beininghoff, U.S.

agreed in political circles that this Klangwan

Lisbon, Dacco, Natal, Rio de Janeiro of three matches to two or even four ing during the explosion and rushed Consul General In Dairen-United and Buenos Aires-Reuter,

to, one. Pate was optimistic despitu

off immediately afterwards.

Press, The Anglo-Egyptian union friendship.

Rio de Janeiro, Dec. 24. Nineteen people were killed The fate of the Americans is still when the London-Buenos Aires uncertain, although unconsimed re-airliner crashed in a storm into ports say that Captain Greenwood the mountain-side 14 miles from was killed and Preus seriously in Rio de Janeiro yesterday. jured. Tommy Wing perished with all eleven occupants of his plane, including nine passengers.

The two CNAC planes carried a total

with six of 60 passengers, crewmen.

They are believed to include six Britona. There were two survivors

An

and Henrique Lecrois of Argentine,

Among those on board was Argentine diplomat who has not yet Altogether 13 planes converged been named-he joined the plane at on Shanghal.Inst night, carrying Lisbon and Richard and Dorothy more than a hundred passengers Pearse. eager to spend Christmas here.

at

the

The second CNAC altliner teacher

Shanghai at 5.30 p.m. local time and circled for about three and a hall hours over Klangwan, recking land by instruments.

For

reasons unknown it left Klangwan field for Lunghwa, nt tempting to land there. Falling come out of a circle it crashed about a mile south-west of the field.

All Shanghai commercial air de- parturca were cancelled temporarily

a result of the crashes

Richard

the wreck.

Pearse, formerly

a

Among the victims was Dr Arturo Razio, Argentine Minister at Lisbon, and Mrs Dorothy Norman Pearse, 38 year old British ploneer woman alr ace.

The United

Melbourne, Dec. 24.

con-

had

thut the

1

Bomb Thrown

In Building

In Cairo

Cairo, Dec, 24.

錢

powerful

was

explosive

Tragic Death

Rio de Janeiro, Dec. 24, the dissension over Parker's accus-founded to promote Anglo-Egyptain Crash squads to-night were still|tions." whacking at the wreckage-buried in It was obvious that others on the

tangled undergrowth.

statement that Pate did not have thought to be gellgnite. squad were annoyed by Parker's contained

It wun later learned that the bomb Police Officer's nerve enough to make the selections and left it to his team

A police affetal said: "Had the It appeared

bomb exploded inside it would have to-day that Henrique Lecrois, one of the only Kooyong Club stadium which has an ever, a hole was made in a wall and this wrecked the whole building." How- necomodation of 14,500 seats will all the windows were smashed. passengers brought from the be sold out for the matches, despile wreckage alive, died in hospital to the fact that weather reports indicate well dressed young men outside the

A police officer cald he saw CNAC, in a statement to-day, ax./day and the condition of the only that the games will played in a lem building acting suspiciously and after | plained that their ill-fated plane survivor, Claudio Mendoza of Lima perature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit the explosion they drove off in a j were from Chungking. When theyPeru, wan, stated here to-night to be or over-United Press.

"extremely critical."

weather conditions.

and

took off from Wuchiang, opposite

The

crash. which took place in a

Hankow, the weather In Shanghai heavy mist, is the worst foreign and Nanking was suitable for land- ing, but they ran into dense fog plane disaster ever recorded in

Brazil.

last

was

near Nanking.

However, they could not turn back

It was revealed to-day that the because of the absence of nighland-heard yesterday morning when

from the plano signal ing facilities at Wuchang-Reuter,

was approaching Galicao airport, normal port for international traffic. Owing to bad conditions, it is be COMPLETION OF PLANS loved that the captain, British-born

FOR CHINA'S AIRLINES

Frigate From Hongkong Lost

Off Hainan

two

In Kowloon

Communists whose cause he has dis political life and who is consequent creetly supported during most of his

ly unfavourably viewed by this Po. pular Republicans and the Righlists A Chinese girl was killed and as well as a good number of Socie-another seriously injured in a lists.

traffic accident near Kal Tak airfield on Christmas Day.

The accident occurred about 4.30

lorry

and

At

pavement 300

-the

would mean that he views the situa- lorry in Chatham Road. tion in France as grave. The situa-tədqiqa tlon in Indo-China and the economic and financial prospects continue to

Kive

preoccupation by the

cause for French Government.

While there

and

machine

STOP PRESS

PEANUT HAWKER CASE

.. DISMISSED

no reports of out- standing developments in indo-China lo-day the long-term prospects of the French position in the Far East are causing deep anxiety, Viet Namsh

On the application of the Crown д considerable rebels appear to have stocks of arms and according to re-slaughter against Constable fam

Provenutor. the charge of mba¬ hable sources in Paris these urmo zan Syed was dismissed by the Chief include American automatic rifles Justles this morning.

of Buns

models so up- to-date that they were not even

Mr J. Reynolds, Crown c Counsel, Haid this morning that he had been Inspector Alexander Seddon An-n.

a the Second World War. walling taxi. The police are carrying derson. Omeer-in-Charge of the

They are assumed to have been to pater a nolle prosegul.

been instructed by the Attorney General out investigations-Reuter,

Mongkok Police Station, Kowloon,eral Lectere

In from China.

It was not the view of the Crown, how- = Students Arrested

'met n tragic death on Christmas chian is not satu* route to Indo-ever, that the conduct of the accused Day, while performing his duties 23

universally welcomed f

In the matter was entirely free from a police officer in Nathan Road near Cairo, Dec. 25.

hero as his troops made themselves blame and summary ...Five Egyptain students were

Street.

Droceedings Ho received

and natives alike when they went assault. soon after admission. Three to Indo-China after liberation of the

brèn de- colony from the Japanese. in. connection with the In-

ar-

that

rested by the police to-day in con- Injuries and died at the Kowloon popular with the French colopruls would be instituted, agalost Klm for nection with three bomb outrages.in seamen have

the city lost, night.

One of the students, who belong to the Moslem Brotherhood, was stated

The economic situation at the

-end

His Lordship discharged accused. SHANGHAI CRASH- FIGURES

cident. Derek Norman Janes, tried to make

of the year remains unsatisfactory for the military airport of Campos

to have confessed to throwing a Anderson was

About 40 years of age, Inspector despite the short-term three months bomb at a building housing the Ango He joined the Shanghal Police Force Assembly voted on the eve of Christ-

New do-Alfonsos: In doing so he had to

Zealander.

balanced ordinary budget which the cross the mint-shrouded Tuca

Singapore, Dec, 20, promoto friendship between, British pol

Egyptian Union Society, founded to In

serving in the minted mas.

·Shanghal, Dec 27i rungo.

The British Navy frigate Airo,

detachment and was awarded

It is Melally announced that the Shinnghal, Dec. 25.

Altogether six Britons were killed on the way to Singapore from and Egyptian peoples.

Well Informed mancial" *circles

ircles caxuniti in the triple plane crash The Central Air Transport Cor- in the crash, including Mrs Pearse

the Hongkong grounded on

Police Medal in 1937 point out that there is no guarantoro 70 led and10 The other two bombs thrown last fe poration, one of China's largest and her husband, Richard Fear December

Injured work during the first that, tire budget expenditure is esti- United Press. Bombay night exploded within ten minutes of Reof, off Hainan Jaland aviation concern, has completed formerly a Squadron-leader in the

early.on

attack on Japanese

on that 23

two night clubs where

port, and is

each other plans

now

ncar to Inaugurafo. two

considered inter RAF. Mrs Pearse was

The Into Inspector was interned bed at the lower rate than will the first a total loss.

nan Eve celebrations wore in The Naval

Christmas

the be necessary for the rest of sational airlines following the woman to receive a technical ap-

Auxiliary Cutting. One of the bombs explode at the outbreak of the Pacific War year, while revenue is calculated at nigning of the Sino-American

Bonaventure, also nir pointment in civil aviation when she from Hongkong to Singapore, stood ed near the Sudan Agency.

was drafted to the Hongkong a maximum rate for the whole year. razport agreement, and the un-Joined the Air Registration Board in by the frigate for some Ume, but file damage was caused by the his short stay in Hangkong, he was

Police

lice In October 1945, Inspite of -Reuter. alment conclusion at elmlles pacts London in 1938. She was also the after the decision that the afse was attacks, although a night watchman popular among

Truculent Press . the foreign

Thenectar AI Smith, 'orth) Hong- with France and Britain, founder of a company giving "joy unsalvageable, she was abandoned and a member of the secret polico munity and was well liked by his

One of these lines will ink Shang-riden to

Paris, Dec. 24...

kond Pollen, wengi perinde inlured thousands of holiany after all members of the crow-ilus were injured, hot with Iniwan, Midway, Guam makers

The French press was truculent in Catiseway Bay on. Christ colleagues.

In an altercation with a party.bf arki has held office officers and 80 men-had been trans- and San Francisco and the other engineer in charge of a fleet of air-ferred to the Donaventure, which security measures to prevent a re- the cortage arriving at the Stubbs when the Right and Left Wings saw

The Cairo polite, to-day, increased

The funeral will take place to-day, to-day in one of the rare instances mas. Eve and was removed to Hop- with Hongkong and Haiphong. Neuter.

craft for British Emplea air displays, is expected to reach Smpore to currenca

of Beuter

possible incidents Road entrance to the Colonial Came-eye to eye, Newspapers unanimous vital in an unconscious

ous condition, morrow-Router,

Reuter.

tory at 4.30 p.m.

(Continued an Pago, 4)

and

com-

CAUSEWAY RAY INCIDENT