1947-02-13 — Page 4

Wallace Warns

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1947.

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Bomb No Longer Secret

ROYAL FAMILY GOES SWIMMING

London, Feb. 12. While coal-short Britons shivered in the most pro- longed cold wave in: 50 years, the King yesterday went swimming in a special pool rigged 'up in HMS Vanguard, steaming through tropical

towards waters

South Africa.

An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from the Vanguard said King George,

tha Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose and members of the Royal party swam for half an hour in the pool.

The Royal family is due at Capetown on February 17.-Associated Press.

Strike Holds

Up Rice In

Rangoon

Rangoon. Feb. 13, Tons of rice badly needed in solving the world food problem are piling up in Burma, because of the Rangoon dock workers' strike which enters its 18th day without sign of settlement.

A Government official estimated about 20,000 tons of rice are awalling shipment in Rangeon, while an ad- ditional 50,000 tons are tied up a rural districts because of lack

which tion facilities

by lack of coal. Coal ships in harbour are waiting to be unloaded.

of

IFC

The Burma Government expected to ship 750,000 tons of surplus rice to China, India, Netherlands East Indies, Ceylon, Malay, States, Korea and United Kingdom in the frat six months of 1947, Rice shipped in

tons, January totalled 88,000

but

nothing has been shipped February.-Associated Pres

Not Prejudicial

To Alliance

in

London, Feb. 12. The French Government's activities in Indo-Chinn will in no way affect the negotiations for an Anglo-French alilunce, the Foreign Secretary, Mir Ernest Bevin, suid in the House of Commons to-day.

Mr Bevin was replying to the Labour Member, Mr H. Chamberlain, who asked if the treaty negotiations, initiated during a recent visit to Lon. don of the former French Premier, M. Leon Blum, should not be delayed until Britain had ascertained the French Government's intentions re garding Indo-Chinn, whers fighting has been going on for weeks between French troops and forces of the semi- autonomous Viet Nam Republic,

The proposed alilance between Britain and France, Mr Bevin declar- ed, is to prevent any further aggres- alon by Germany, as already sisted in the House two weeks ago by the Prime Minister-Reuter.

AMNESTY FOR POLES PROPOSED

Warnaw, Feb. 13. President Bolesław Bierut to-day announced that the draft of a general amnesty for 40,000 political and criminal prisoners, in Poland and

abroad would be submitted to the Sjem next Tuesday.

New York. Fob. 12.

Henry Wallaco, former Secretary of Commerce, in an editorial in the current issue of the magazine Now Republic, asserts that Franco is building an atomic pilo, that at least ono pilo will be in operation in the Scandinavian countrics bofore the year ends and that the British are building an atomic power plant that will be able to make bomba. Wallace added that Canada is fully 80 per cent on the way towards atomic production.

He asserts the United States "is no longer in a position to say it will relinquish atomic secrcla if other nations will show they can be trusted."!

Wallace Fald the above named countries will be In a position to reveal their atomic information on the basis of a plan different from the United

"We alone States, adding: have succeeded in deluding ourselves Into

believing we have ¡ secret. What we can give is not a secret, which we no longer, possess. Wo should pledge to co-operate to the limit as equals with other nations in a sincere search for enforceable dis- armament.”—United Press.

Warning Against Surprise

London, Feb. 12.

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The Manchester Guardian editor- ially warned to-day that other coun- tries besides America are capable of making atomic bombs, and should not be taken by surprise JL. the necessary period (for their con struction) should prove much shorter

than has been suggested."

At the present rate of scientific progress, the Guardian said, atomic knowledge may become common pro- perty before the Security Counell can get through "Its series of dead- locks.

It sud: "Scientists here are in- clined to question whether anything is to

to be hoped from the atmosphere in which the discussions are carried

021."

The editorial reviewed lengthily the

recent Atomic Scientists' Association

report on the American and Russian control plans,-United Press.

MALAYAN

RUBBER FOR

RUSSIA

Singapore, Feb. 13. The Chinese Chamber of Commerce in, Singapore has re-

Wage Slave-

Magnate- Convict

Derby, Feb. 12. Ernest Teran Hooley, the man who rose from a 30 shillings a week factory hand to multi- millionaire and fell to a convict, died last night at Long Eaton, Derbyshire. He was 88 last Wednesday.

Hooley was one of the most power- fui financiers of the century and at one time, it was sald, owned £10,- 090,000 worth of land in Britain.

He was a member of many of the most exclusive clubs in London and, according to his own statement, was once the guest of King Edward VII at Sandringham.

Hooley saw his wealth and fame totter when he was sentenced in 1922 to three years' penal servitude for alleged frauds,

When still a young man, Hooley floated or was the power behind such great companies an/ Dunlops, Singer, Bovril and Schweppes, but of course

had nothing to do with them from

shortly after they had been floated.

he flonted companies with

It is claimed that In 3500 and 1807

capital of £30,000,000-Reuter,

combined

DRUNKENNESS

'INCREASES

Oxford, Feb. 12.

The annual licensing sessions re- ported lo-day that drunkenness in Britain had increased 100 percent during 1940,

It was stated that Cambridge led all of England In drunkenness and

Ds a

POCKET 'CARTOON

"Funny little feeling as en go down!”

REPATRIATION

Discrimination Alleged By Indonesians

Batavia, Feb. 12.

an angry

Important Antarctic Discovery

Aboard Mount

Olympus, Feb. 12.

The discovery on the frozen South Polar tinent of a

con- .

remarkable

"oasis" of muddy pea-green

Lakes with jutting tall dark brown mounds of apparent- Jy bare earth was announced to-day.

The discovery of a potential "Shangri-la" may be one of the most important made by the Navy expedition under Admiral Richard Byrd. ·

A 40-mile region of inkes

with conical mounds rising 500 feet above the surface, in un arca completely devoid of ice, was located inland in the vicinity Knox Coast by Miers of the expedition's Western Task Group reconnoitring on Monday, ac- cording to Capt Robert S, Quak, chief of the expeditionary staff.

The discovery of the lakes and mounds, which resemble chocolate A statement alleging Dutch drops from the air, raised the ques- racial discrimination in connection whether the brea might be tion with the repatriation of the warm enough to support year-round first group of Indonesians to

human settlements comfortably.

Expeditionary lenders sald they denial consider day evoked

the

discovery. of the from Netherlands Mission greatest importance from the stand- official, who emphasised he was point of geography and geology. not a "tourist officer" and that United Press.

Indonesians the homebound

Engine Trouble merely "got what Was duc them."

D

Little America, Feb. 12. And luck in the form of engine trouble hit a second long-range ex- ploration attempt from Little America when two planes were forced to tura hack with a discovery just over the horizon.

The Indonesian Association, which Mr J. B. D. Pennink, Netherlands Mission member, termed a "ctudents club," carlier to-day issued sharply- worded statement usserting that the

sale! 22 Indonesians who

from Kobe aboard the Tibadak recently were

The planes were heading for un- the victims of racial

known territory beyond the Alexan- discrimination. The alleged discrimination

dra mountain range, south-west of presented in the statement as the Little America. They had reached n Indonesian nationals assignment to point 285 miles from the base when fourth-class accommodation while one plane developed trouble in both

engines. It other nationals, including Europeans

decided that both and Eurasians received better quar-America-United Press.

planes should return 10 Little

ters.

Sirike on Board

was

The statement said the 22 Indone- sians "volunteered to go through the Dutch Mission, but a great majority of the 150 Indonesians in Japan with- drew their decision to repatriate since they felt they would be open to Dutch mistreatment."

Pennink said there was no second class accommodation aboard the re- patriation ship and, naturally, women and children came first.

The Indonesian statement said the

was

FERTILISER SHORTAGE

Washington, Feb. 12. The International Emergency Food Council's committee 011 to-day that

ceived permission to sell up to Oxford was second. It was regarded repatriates managed to get third class fertilisers stated

10,000 pounds of Malayan rub- ber each month to the Soviet Union on condition the ship ments are paid for in sterling or srold dollars, it was learned here yesterday.

The deal was arranged between two trade representatives of the Soviet Union and Mr Lee Kong-chian, pro- sident of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

The Hussian steamer Konulles is scheduled to arrive at Singapore during the third week of February to take the first shipment to Russia via Odessa.

a "bitter"

itter" defeat for the Dark Blues of Oxford University. tore the Public Magistrate for tavem The licensing session was held be and restouront owners applying for new liquor licences-Unlied Press.

Olympic Ski Tests

Chamonix, "France, Feb. 12. Finland to-day Ecored first in unofficial winter Olymple tests here star. August Kiuru, won the 18-kilometre cross-

ki

mce. The Swede Eyeloy was close behind him in second place.

The Russian representatives were also said to be interested in the pur when the Finnish chase of certain oils and copra-Country United Press.

shot

18 DIE IN BURMA DISTURBANCE

Rangoon, Feb, 12. Elghteen Communists were dead and many seriously wounded in a clash with a combined police and military squad at Lewe, in the Irrawaddy Delta area,

was authoritatively reported to-day.

A curfew has been impused' on the town. The police also raided the Communist Party offices and

Switzerland, Nicklaud Stump, of finished third in the long distance race over a figure of eight course which was the opening event of the grand ski week here.

Kiuru inished in the official time of 1 hour, 4 minutes and 52 seconds while Eyetoy was clocked in at 1 hour, minutes and 50

seconds.

Stump's time was I hour. 7 minutes and 57 seconds-United Press,

arrested several Communist leaders BREN GUNS FOR

at Lowe,

Lawlessness on an extensive senta had been reported from the rich rice-growing areas of the Irrawaddy Delta south of Itangoon, where the authorities are carrying on in energetic campaign against disrup tive elements," believed to be Com- munists.

Mr Blerut told a press conference the draft was "very broad, affecting nearly everyone except those de- prived of Polish citizenship for their activities abroad,"

Ife also sald an overwhelming majority of the prisoners officially put at 24,000 common criminals, The Communists, it was alleged, 12,000 underground workers and were organising a "peasant move- 11,000 collaborators--would be ment" to prevent the sales of paddy leased, including nil criminals to governmental and private enter serving less than two years-United prises and to hold up rice boats for Press.

Rangoon. Reuter, .

re-

LOYALTY

Teheran, Feb. 12. Bren guns, diamond rings and medals were to-day presented to each of the 97 chiefs of tribes loyal to the central government during the recent uprisings in the "home rule" province of Azerbaijan.

The chieftains. representing the Kurd, Shahsavan, Tavolesh and Zol- faghar tribes, were honoured at the order of the Shah-Reuter

Fantastic Jap Scheme To Use Underwater Suicide Troops

distance,

was willing to die when he himself mado the charge, he was not so will- Ing to be killed because of another's charge.

maly after staging a strike aboard. It also claimed that SCAP did not respond to efforts by Indonesians to have the repatriation arranged

through SCAP rather than by the Netherlands Mission-United Press.

Chinese To Study

Police Methods

Berkeley, California, Feb. 12. Aged criminologist August Vollmer has been forced to decline an invi- iation to go to China to reorganise the police system but much of his knowledge will be carried to the Orient by one of his pupils.

has

Vollmer, at present 71 years of age, said to-day that Mr William Cheng, political selence student at the University of California. been designated by the

Chinese Government to take special work under Vollmer, who is professor of criminology at the university.

Cheng will take Vollmer's regular classes and get three extra hours of tutoring weekly and spend week- ends in various police stations.

When Vollmer feels his protege has sufficiently advanced, Cheng will go to China and teach police officials there.-United Press.

POWER CUT IN HAMBURG

Hamburg, Feb. 12. Hamburg will have only two hours of electric current daily for the time being, it was announced here this morning. The order is to come into force immediately.

This emergency progress has been necessitated by a further deteriora- tion in the town's coal supplies. Tramway services will be maintained during the day but will stop com- pletely at 7 pm-Reuter.

CANNING FRUIT GOING TO ROT

Melbourne. Feb. 12.' will rot in Victoria because of the Thousands of tons of canning fruit

sugar shortage caused by engineers Joining-to-day the month-old strike of metal trades workers,

£1.

World supplies of fertiliser in 1947 will fall greatly short of demand and will limit produc- tion of needed food.

The report placed the world deficit

of fertilisers, particularly nitrogen, all soluble phosphates and potash at 2,201,000 metric tons.

The defelt of the current year is the greatest since the war started. The committee, to case the shor- tage, recommended increased pro- duction and agreed unanimously on equitable distribution of available fertiliser supply to over 100 claimant countries during the current year.

The committee members' represent Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Belglur, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark,France,-India, Holland, Norway and the United States.- Reuter,

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OUTWARD MAILS

Unless otherwise stated, Registered Articles and Parcel Posts close 30 minutes earlier than the time stated below.

Thursday, February 13 Airmail:

Amoy, Shanghai,

Nanking, Hankow,

Taingião. Petpind. 3.30 pm.

Saigon, Singapore, Colomba, Sydney, Auckland, London, 3.30 p.m.

ramail:

Swatow, I p.m.

* Manila, Honolulu, USA, Central ansch South America, Canada, (via Ban Fan- cisco 3 p.m.

Amay, 2 p.m.

Straits, 2 pm.

Macao, Tairahan, Shakki, 3 pm. Konginoon, 4 pm.

Canton, 4 p.m.

Airmail:

Friday, February 14

Bagra, Colra, Johannesburg. Auglists, Marselites, London, New York, Canada, 3.30 pm.

ogo a terrible explosion on a huik in BUDGE WINS AT Bangkok, Rangoon, Calcutta. Karachi. Hongkong Harbour was also disas- trous. Some of the river steamers which sonic in Hongkong waters dur- ing the 1906 typhoon were also crowded with passengers.

London, Feb., 12. Donald Budge outclassed com" Men's memories are short, and it pletely the professional champion, might be a good idea to make com- Bobby Riggs, to-night winning 6-2, pulsory the publication of a little book 62 in the professional tennis matches containing record of shipping disas at Wembley Stadium, ters so that the lessons to be learned Budge won with smashing serves from such disasters might not be lost and a brillant net game. on those concerned with the moin- tenance

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Seamuil:

Stralis, 3 p.m.

Macao, Tsinalian, Shekki, 1.pm. Train:

Canton, 4 pm.

Alzmall:

Saturday, February 15

Bangkok, Singapore, Colombo, Soura baya. Bydney, Auckland, 3.30 p.m..

Balgan, London, 339 pa Rangoon.

Bexmail:

Balgon, Mauritius, 10 ́a.m.

In the frigid air of Wembley's board Catron Calcutta, Delhi, Johannesburg, of safety in shipping in courts, Riggs appeared in white Hongkong. The lessons learnt after annels. After losing the first game, the holocaust on the Hankow were he stripped them off, an, the crowd(via San Francisco) 10 am. translated into a number of regula- looked on in hushed expectancy, lo iluns.

reveal his famous white shorts un- derneath.-United Press.

OLD TIMER.

UBA, Central, South America, Canade

Swatow, Ponchow, 2 p.m.

Sirnile, Ceylon, East and South Africa, pan.

Amey, Bhanghai, 3 p.m.

Manila, pm.

Macao. Tinstian, Ehekkl. 9 p. ·

Canton, 4 p.m. ' .

Woman Ship's Doctor TODAY'S BROADCAST

In Hongkong

In Hongkong at the present moment is Dr. Marie Killingworth, Sydney University graduate in medicinė and surgery, who claims the unique distinction of being ship's doctor aboard the supply vessel, Fort-Sandusky, which is attached to the British Pacific Fleet.

Washington, Feb. 11. deep, a row of mines that could be i officials responded that while a mán Fantastic details of a Japanese operated by a trip rope from some plan to use underwater suicide troops--some operating from sub- merged. "foxholes"-in a desperate

These mines were to be laid by bid to stem the, expected American the underwater attack units, the so-

Two Oxygen Tanks invasion, have been disclosed by the called Fulturyu, onil operated by them United States Navy.

when the time cume,

The self-containing diving suit was was a

They demand a pay increase of Made public-

Closer to shore were to be three report by Capt. C. G. Grimes. chiet of a

underwater Kuerilla equipped with two tanks, cach con- mowa of the

Clothing, matches, groceries and technical commission which spent fighters armed with suleide mines, taining about 3.7 quarts of compress-.

studying the Japanese Navy The rows were to be staggered so ed oxygen. A quid food also was preserved foods are becoming scarce

developed, to be used, by the divers in Victoria-Reuter. Ministry's den for its own counter there would be a man

every 05 by means of a rubber tube. part to the Komikaze pilots who feet. flew their bonb-laden planes into

It was reported that after a short The attack mine was a charge of targets at sen

about 22 pounds of explosive mounted training period a man easily could "Gritmes said the Navy Ministry on a stick equipped with a contact 30 feet, move along the bottom at 1.2 maintain any desired depth down to hoped to have 8,000 men ready for fuse. Its use was simple. The diver combat with self-contained diving would ram the front

Vienna, Feb. 12. torpedoes and mines, October 15, 1945. The war's end in he destroyed, of course.

the ship. He would

Mr Herbert Hoover, President Tru- By the end of the war the troops man's food envoy, arrived in Vienna August, however, found only about Grimes mald

investigation his

were able to stay down more than to-day. 1,200 men trained, 1,000 Bults showed, the Japanese had spent con- eight hours. Anlähed and none of the mines com-

He will confer with American offe siderable time computing how far Three. fixed underwater torpedoclats on the Austrian food situation pletely assembled.

The Fort Sandusky is fully equip one diver should be from another to positions also' were planned in the and return to London on Friday, ped for surgical operations, but Dr bo safe when the lattor was ram entrance of Tokyo Bay. These were

Dr Killingworth, who is an Aur- The Austrian Cabinet tu-day de Killingworth says she has not yet had tralian, is not the only woman ship's ming his mine. To questions why the to be manned by from 40 to 60 men spacing was so important since the ench, serving in relays of about 10 rent ration period could be met.

clared that the demands of the curto do a major operation.

doctor in the world, but she is the men were to die anyway, Japanese days-Associated Press..

She joined the Fort Sandusky. In only woman in the Pacife at present Sydney, about six months ago, re- performing these duties.

sults and special attack mings by Rido or bottom of the against themlies per hour and readily manage |

Operated by Trip Rope

In defending a sloping beach, the Japanese planned to anchor well out from shore, in water 32 to 50 feet

Herbert Hoover

In Vienna

Reuter.

Dr Killingworth, tall, attractive placing a male doctor who left the blonde, is the only woman aboard. ship. For the last half year she has Sho messes in the officer's wardroom, been travelling the Pacific including and has her own quarters which, with Japan and the islands. a characteristic woman's touch, sho

has made appear very different from the ordinary run of cabins found on naval ships.

Dr Killingworth has signed on for 12 months, says she likes the job, but has a hankering after curing children of their Ills.

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