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TRAGIC DEATH OF SIR EDWARD GENT
IN PLANE CRASH
Two Airliners Collide Near Aerodrome
39 BELIEVED KILLED
London, July 4.-Sir Edward Gont, the High Commissioner for the Fedoration of Malaya, was killed today when a York plane of the Royal Air Force Transport Command, on which he was travelling, crashed in flamos near Northolt Aerodrome after mid-air collision The second plane also crashed and both with a Swedish Skymaster,
planos were burnt out.
The Air Ministry said tonight that there were eight passengers and crew on board the York plane, including Sir Edward, and that all were dead. A total of 39 people were tonight believed killed.
Eyewitnesses of the accident told tonight of how they crashed in flames, making it impossible to approach them until fire brigades had been at work.
The colli- The planes crashed within a quarter of a mile of each other in wooded coun- try near Northolt Aerodrome, on the northwestern outskirts of London. sion took place above a hospital and visitors who had lined up outside waiting for buses watched in horror as the two planes wont screaming to the ground in flames.
horror пя the The British European Airways home, watched in
that the plane flaming aircraft fell to earth. told Reuter tonight
Pieces of wreckage were scattered with which the York was in collision was thought to be a DC-6, a larger all over the hospital grounds and
Skymaster. It be- roofs. version of the longed to the Scandinavian Airways
by which is jointly run system, Sweden, Norway and Denmark,
Fifteen bodies have been removed from the Scandinavian plane. The
MEXICO AIR
DISASTER
and crew
A resident in the area sald tonight that there was only about a quarter of a mile between the planes at i which the two planes had crashed.
FIREMEN HAMPERED
Oghting the The fire brigadea Duming wreckage of the York Trans- port ComEINASTEIZTE ng Rom
nearest water wns pered as the two miles away from where it had
Mexico City, July 4-A char- tered airliner, missing two days York plane was originally reported over Southeastern Mexico, ap: to have 33, passengers a crew-on parently has crashied about 70 board.
The York had been circling round miles northwest of Vera Cruz. killing eight Americans and Northolt for about an hour but had six Mexicans aboard, according een unable to land because of bud crashed. visibility. to a report by the United officials, including Mr W. A. Ward, States. Consul in the port city Agent for Malaya, and arrived at Northolt to receive Sir Edward Gent. of Vera Cruz.
CRASH INTO WOODS The Scandinavian plane had flown
Several Government
Embusny search An Americas plane sighted an airplane wreckage in that area, but has not yet identi- fram Stockholm and Copenhagen.
fed it positively
the missing
There are belleved to, have been 25 plane.
The Consul said, "A native of passengers on board and a crew of
side the pisne
bodies. Apparently
'
The
Ambulances and special squads of police were sent from towns near- been Games had by. When the
the bodies were brought vercome.
Police and airline olclals, searched the area for papers which would pas- ive an identification of the
oul.
sengers.
he
THE LATE SIR EDWARD GENT
Election Defeat For Finnish Communists
new
Only Basis 217 Holiday
For Peace Deaths In Palestine
Count Bernadotte's
Proposals
:
Rhodes, July 4.The United Nations Mediation staff here viewed Count Ber- nadotte's proposals today the only possible basis for peaceful solution of the Pales tine problem.
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They also saw In the Mediator's suggestions veiled threat that should the negotiations fail, Count Bernadotte will turn the matter over to the Security Council for action.
Count Bernadotte prefaced his
Lions by saling
that he was
the Holy Land problems with equity to both sides and on practical grounds. He has taken realistic attitude in the proposals, He has not pussed judgment on the rights or wrongs of Arab and Jewish viewpoints, but he seems to go on the premise that possession is nine- lenths of the law.
The Jews JOW ассиру 11 of Callee. Therefore Count Bernadotte miggests Western Galilee or parl thereof should be included in the Jewish territory.
UNION PROPOSALS
The suggestions carefully avoidedrl the word "state" for either Jews or Arabs, who together would form membership of a union.
Chicago, July 4-Holiday
deaths soared past the 200 mark as Americans Rockel to beaches. parks and amusement centres in record numbers bver the Fourth of July weekend.
However, the tall appeared falling behind the 638 recorded. In the three-day Independence
Day holiday last year.
A survey showed that 217 persons had lost their lives in accidents since Friday evening. One hundred and sixteen died In traffic mishaps. 45 were crowned, two killed in plante crashes, 53 lu mix- cellaneous mishaps and one from Breworks.
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Travel was reported to be of unprecedented proportion July 4 history and millions of automobiles were on the move. Warm weather and sunny skies prevalled in a great part of the country and in many areas It was reported that ears were travelling bumper
to bumper on the main roads.- United Press,
3. MORE
MURDERS IN
JOHORE
Singapore, July 4.-Threa
more murders by terrorists in Count Bernadotte suggests that Johore today brought the total Negev in South Palestine should be Arab as would be Jersualem which in two months outrage and
Truns-disorders to 50.-Reuter. is at present besleged by Jordan forces.
-THWARTING SABOTAČE
Despatches from Kuala Lumpur ald the government's anti-cabotage plans include safeguarding rallways, the malls, all installations and similar key points.
The most important point in Count Bernadotte's suggestions include the Helsinki, July 4-The Finnish Communist
Singapore, July 4, union of King Abdullah's Trans Jordan with Palestine and both Jews The Federation of Malaya" govern- party today got bad news of its worst licking that
and Arabs would be members of this ment today announced plans to any Finnish party has ever suffered in 'the elections
union. This would mean the Arab thwart sabotage of vital installations, as the latest results showed they dropped. 13 seats population within this union would be made up of 1,200,000 from Palos- Political observers guessed that tine and 400,000 from Trans-Jordan The Jewish population would be Urho Kekkonen would be Finland's
Premier succeeding Mauno 700,000 now Inside Palestine and
the
deputy Kekkonen,
who estimated 200,000
are in Pekkalu,
and camps persons
The Stralis Times said it under- speaker of Parliament and a mem- | displaced
of the board of the Bank of various parts of Europe und Cyprus stood large quantities of arms and
and ex- who we
would be brought in within ammunition for Malaya had been pr- Finland, is intelligent
dered from Englarid, The news- perienced. He is n close friend. ut two-years-under-a policy-of-free President Paasikivi.
immigration. This would give the paper sald the Royal Air Force is Jews their own state and freedom flying these out to the government. of action within while maintaining an Arab overall majority.
Democris
and
ber.
30.
The
With less than 100,000 votes re- maining to be counted, the Com- munists have only 38 sents-a drop of 13 from 51 they held before the election began. The weather in the London arca
The Social this afternoon was misty, with fre Agrarians picked up seats the Com- quent" showers of rain.
Both nore. A resident of the area sald that munist lost plus two,
from 48 to 36. heard plane flying very low
Other parties: Conservatives over his house. It seemed to be in Swedish Party 14 and the Liberals trouble, and almost immediately
six. was "terrific explosion, just before: the
election, followed by another smaller
Social Democrats plosion.
"Friends of mine. who saw the Agrarlans both had 48, the plane sald it seemed to disintegrate munists, 51, Conservatives, 29, In mid-nir," he added. "A large Swedish People's Party 14, Libernis part of the plane just cleared the nine, and the Swedish Leftists, one. end house in this rond before it fell to the ground."
Vera Cruz State saw a plane fly Scandinavian plane crashed over them and heard an explosion.
went to the place, looked in- in wouds at Northwood, Middlesex, road. The and saw several a few yards from
plane burned, York plane crashed in woods near
Harefield.
planes collided almost there The two
Mount the above
was visiting tho visitors, lined up thern to take walling for buses
leaving no survivors.
The missing plane had been chur- tered
by the Joint United States-imunediately Mexico Commission studying foot Vernon Hospital. It and mouth disease among. Mexican day, and cattle United Press.
EDITORIAL
ON
than a
A Splendid Formula
the basis that a compromise formula
the mast replace extreme demands of the Arabs sud Jown, Count Bernadotte's proposals for a permanent peace in Palestine appear to be eminently, sensible. Whether i be brought about by unnecessary bloodshed, or by level-headed negollations, Jews and Arabs in Palestine sooner or later
have got to live together in peace unt mutual trust. What better frame- work for achieving this condition
Federal Union of
Arab and Jewish Blates? It is
pro to the United posal that gives
partition
The plan necessary touch of reallly. The form, can- Its existing Plan, its not fully satisfy either Jews or Arabs.
Trust offers the Jews their longed-for Slate in 'the Holy Land, but geographically i turris Palcation toto a patchwork of strangely defined federal union be the means of retaining the geographical entity of l'ales- Une
and
at the same time permit both Jows and Arabs to atlain their recognised political
aspirations.
Without the most important concept
ept of the federal union la the promotion of com
common economie interests, willi common services, excise. customs and development projcels and co- ordinated foreign
policy defence measures. It is a pro- gramme which is vitally necessary If Palexine. is to
is to enfor, a a futuro stability D
and a position among the nations of, the
World, although it may be found neces- sary to modify some of Count Bernadolle's suggestions, Tanda- mont
A
mentally he has advanced
and
and
And
The
anly basis for a permanent peapo
In the Holy Labů., Fiest
setions to his proposals, on part
of Aisbs discouraging.
and Jows
the Bre
King Abdullah Is
the
LHC
reported to have rejected them de- und to have peremptorily clared
Lay that
Arabs will continue to rely on their mili
Lo resolve sirength Lary Palestine problem. The Jewish answer, although no! yet oficial- ly revealed, is said to have turned down Count Bernadoile's plan on three grounds: that it wor would mean a reduction in im-
loss of the migration and Dead Sea polash works, while the Jews are opposed to Jerusa
being controlled by Fac Holy the Arabs: they want
under City to be administered United Nations Trusteeship. The probably Jewish objections JEWINH
The
met without
the LAN
eral conception of
a federal general alam but the Arab unlon,
rejection appears to conta dels unreas
qualifica- no lis- tion, and ts tic. Count Bernadotte baa ad- vanced an excellent compromise formula which world opinion is likely to acclaim. It would be tragic for Arabs and Jews alike If I were summarily spurned because it did not wholly con- form with preconceived aspira- lens, or fell short of immediately removing crievances. The Arabs, expecially, must realise that the United Nations cannot withdraw Its intervention in the Palestine dispute af this stage; that in the Interesta of general Deace continue to seek
seek a solution to the problem Miltary action on the part of Arabs and Jews is not the answer. There must be compro- mise, based on justice and equity. and if this is found to be cons tained
In Count Bernadotte's pro- sent proposals, then both Aldes be made to accept those
It must
Matt. Jews and Arabe haVO
.
the opportually of an hortourable settlement of long-standing etleranoca, and failure to make use of this opportunity, will turn' both world opintou against parties.
A
ex-
and
Communists will support
Kekkonen's Election and incanwhile there is no political landslide but a the demonstration of the Finnish will in remain Independent--that is the main theme of Press comments on the the elections-United Press.
the
Com-
28,
VIOLENCE
PANAMA
IN
EARLIER LINEUP This was the change in the line- SHEET OF FLAME
which prevailed in the. 1945 up Another resident in the same areu elections when the standings were: of Northwood, where the Scandina-Suclal Democrats, 50, Agrarians, 40, vian plane crashed, said: "I was Communists, 40, Conservatives,
Panama City, July 4-Madined standing in my garden and heard Swedish People's Party, 14, Liberalsartial law was claimed on Panama thereining and the Swedish Leftists, one, day after three days of post-election planes overhead. Suddenly
two was a deafening crash. I could not That lineup changed thus bs see anything because of the low Socful Democrats joined the Com-violence, in which at least two per- rainclouds.
giving them 51 and one 50s were killed and 44 wounded. munists
The Government proclaimed "A moment later I saw a plane
Agrarian died and Was succeeded
state of siege, suspending all elvil crash to the ground. It disappeared by i Conservative.
liberties, Including the right of free
a
in the woods few yards from my The Intest standing may be the travel and free speech. Hundreds house and then there was a blind- final since mail votes usually
do
of
persons reportedly were arrested
the
lato
Ing sheet of firme. I and several not change the results much. by the secret police. people in the house rushed through Election authorities said that the-woods to where the plane had official figures may be ready. crashed, but it was Impossible to get { tonight.
near.
The new Parliament will meet on "The heat was terrific. The plane July 21 to form a new, Government. was crumpled mass, and there Political observers thought the job was no sign of any of the passen- would take several weeks. gers."
Social Democratic spokesman on debate Another witness snid that when
D guess Skick: "I he first saw the plane, It seemed to the new cabinet will be of more im
A special session of the National Assembly was called for July i to deal with the crisis caused by un- certainty as to the outcome of the Presidential election. May
of the Arnulfo Arias, candidate opposition Authentic Revolutionary Party, was
was unofficially proclaimed President-elect some me ago, but Jury-due more than a be diving in a corkscrew fashion, |portance even than these elections, the offelal verdict of the national
I know there will be na discussions electoral
month ago has not yet been ari- it straightened out and then crashed before the Parliament approves a
Rightist-dominated Cabinet if the nounced-United Press. At 6 pm GMT 20 bodies had been Agrarians plan to use their majority recovered from the Skymaster and with that alm." four from the York transport.
A short distance from the ground,
nose first,
The most interesting and important The crushedi RAF aircraft was an Air Transport Command York No. question raised by the defeat of the Labour Parties is what Russia's at- 24B. It had flown from Malte, It
•
Typhoon Latest
the
an
and numerical
Police staged Dying raids at Kunla Lumpur and Batu Pahant In Johore 20 suspected state, arresting some Communists.
TERRITORIAL SWAP On the other hand the suggestions
The Sunday Times said a British provide the Jews with what is a
police officer had captured a Com- lantamount statehood with freedom munist arms dump on Friday by
two
סם
within and liberty to bring all imposing as a Russian officer who had migrants they want, but would then parachuted into Malaya to help Com- have to concede a complete freedom munist guerillas. The
sald paper to a union with the Arabs.
Chinese detectives posing Territorially. Count Bernadotte Communists approached a Chinese suggests a swap to what was former- who guarded the armas dump. The
prescribed in the partition
delectives told the guard a Russlan scheme. Western Galilee would go officer
Was wailing outside. The to the Jews while the Arabs would Chinese showed him the arms dump,
the paper sald-Associated Press; (Continued on l'age 5)
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SIR EDWARD'S CAREER A Colonial Ofice spokesman told Reuter tonight: "So far as we know,
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on Edward Gent's family the plane." her polley towards Finland and even to 80 knots within-300 miles.
Yesterday, planes flying The Skymaster crashed only a few informed the Finnish Government yards burnt out
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