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VOL. III NO. 172

Plane Attacks UN

In Dire

Straits

London, July 22-Mr. Harold Witson, President of the Board of Trade, disclosed to- day that the Britisht flim in- dustry was in such dire straits that the Government has de- cided to set up a £5,000,000 Joan skenoy Le Sunce Alm production.

He told the House of Com- mons: "Preity well the whole

of the industry, outalde of the Rank organisation, Es now facing a stoppage unters ww

something

do.

fie said that the new film finance corporation would be empowered to lend

to up £5,000,000 "on reasonable

terms** commerciat

for alm

production largely

pendents,

by

Inde-

Mr. Wilson said that Inde-

pendent film producilon

bad

already

come to a stop

in

"some areas" because of the

producers' inability to borrow.

-United Pres.

Soviets Hold

3 Americans In Custody

Berlin, July 22.-The Soviet authorities tonight informed American officials that thoy were holding two American military policemen in custody in Berlin and were also holding an American civilian engineer; Mr R. F. Goff, on the charge that he sought to ovade Soviet high- way regulations:

The military policemen were ar- rested when they strayed by mis- take into the Russian sector. Ger- man witnesses said they wore trying to

when Soviet border get out guards detained them.

HQ With

Small Bomb

NO DAMAGE DONE

Lake Success, July 22.—A small plane dived on the United Nations headquarters and dropped an object which the Nassau County police said they thought was a home made bomb.

The

The object exploded in an open area. explosion was heard as far as a mile away but did no damage. The object fell in a clump of trees

across the road from the U.N. Building,

Nearby Mitchell Airfield immediately ́ sent six "Black Widow" fighting planes in search of the small

red and yellow plane.

The plane banked after diving A United Nations guard Raymond

Headquarters over the U.N,

and Galloway said that the planç, a small hended in the direction OL New | aircraft, came from the north in a York,

low dive and dropped the object Army planes flew over the U.N. which was about eight feet long. building for a few minutes after the mystery plane disappeared.

Mr John Consgrove, Chief of the United Nations security guard, said he did not know whether the object

bomb.

was a

of the

lu Now York, the Civil Aero- nautics. Administration, the Coist Guard and other air concerns sald they had no information matter. The missile was described by wlinesses д isloove

龍 long white

"Detective Edward Homing of Nassau County police said he thought the object was a home made bomb and that the white streamer was the

Kuse.

Galloway, a former U.S. Marine, said the object was dropped from a height of 150 feet. He added that the explosion sounded like a mortar thell

He said the only numbers he could sce on the plane were "No. 80 some thing." It barely grazed the roof and aerials of the United Nations radio station, he added and contained only the pilot.

Mr Cosgrova

said Д

thorough

search for fragments was made but with little result.

He recently returned from Pales tine guard duty. "I thought I was

back in Haifa” he commented.—As- sociated Press S

SPITFIRES MACHINEGUN

FLEEING INSURGENTS

Singapore, July 22-Royal Air Force Spitfires, making their fourth attack în 24 hours on the Com- munist guerillas in Malaya today, swept down... on 50-strong band attacking troops south of Bertam, Kelan- tan State.

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FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1948.

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ENGLAND 268 FOR 2 AT CLOSE OF PLAY Make Brilliant Start In Fourth Test

WASHBROOK

SCORES 143

Leeds, July 22.--England's cricket revival, started at Old Trafford, was continued here today when they lost two wickets in scoring 268 runs at the close of play in the fourth Test against Australia. Hutton and Washbrook, with an opening partnership of 168, silenced their critics and gave England a very satisfactory start.

For more than three hours the Australian bowlers toiled in vain to prevent the fifth century partnership by Hutton and Washbrook becoming their best in any Test. It was also the highest first wicket stand for England. against Australia since Barnett and Hutton started with 219 in the first Test at Nottingham in 1938.

The much-vaunted Australian at-1 Edrich just could not pierce the tack was made to look almost second | doop,set fald for some time. rote and it wilted towards the end Bradman continued to switch his of the day. The feldsmen, tooj | bowlers and while they gave Iiitis appeared to feel the strain and only away, they never looked dangerous, the agility of young Neil Harvey on and towards the end of the day the boundary raised the folding they wilted and the fielders: tired. above the ordinary level.

Then Edrich opened out and took Hutton completely justified his refours off Toshack with perfectly call and, as last year against South timed shots through the packed leg Africa, he returned to form on his held and past cover, home ground after having fared

Ho

Free Trade Scheme

Washbrook continued to dominato Envisaged For Colonies

The danger of the Colony badly in previous Tests.

its first

NO BETTER OPENER the play, however, until the last being struck by

Successfully eliminating - his over of the day, when the second typhoon of the year has dangerous hook stroke, Washbrook wicket stand had produced a hun- virtually passed.

niso proved that there is no better dred runs.

balaman. opening A Royal Observatory state-Engush

Deceived by Bill Johnston's slower.... batted nearly all day against the ball, he played too soon and was ment issued this morning stated often changed attack and had the caught at allp. For Ave hours that a recurvature becoming a satisfaction of beating his previous mhutes Washbrook gave a great new threat today was most highast Test score of 112 against display of sure defence and brillant unlikely, though not impossible,

Australia. At 6 o'clock this morning the de pression was centred 250 miles south by west of Hongkong.

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vived the last four balls and Bedser, seat lu as slop sap, sur- England fatshed a good day's work.

Probably because of the

Peals of thunder were heard in [stroko “execullan. the distance during the lunch in- Ho hit 22 foun feryal and clouds began to form The Royal Observatory Indicated overhead, but the resumption was

nut delayed." that there was a distinct possibility

Hutton,

taking a single off Lind- of the Colony receiving a severe blow wall and four off Toshack in the

during when the typhoon curved Thursday afternoon and, because of next over reached 51 out of 93 in two hours five minutes. He then this the No. signal was hoisted at cut the next ball for another bout 10.40 last night.

But during the night the storm dary. Washbre x made the partner swerved away again from Hongkong ship 103 by Cutting Lindwall for and today's weather forecast is four in the next over. "squally conditions, occasionally rea- ching gale force-in-gusts.”-

rain | threat fewer than expected watched today's play.

The total oftendance was 28,088 and the receipts £0,248,

THE SCOREBOARD England: First Innings

Bedser, not out

Extras

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And Dominions··

· London, July 22. - A con- ception of the Dominions and the colonies forming a great, --free trade ares in the near future was put forward today, by Me Arthur Dodds 'Parker, Conservative, whom ho opened the House of Commons debate, on the economia develop- ment of the colonies.

"Meanwhic," he said, "we must work towards, that end · by → such means as are at our disposal." further "fragmentation of the Em- pire" must be ruled out, he mid, and the future; must be "faced" on the basis of self-government within ' the Empire for strategic ps well as economic reasons.

WD-

Replying, Mr. David Rees Hams, the Colonial Under-Secretary, sald one of the great problems was of the colonial 143 that the resources

41 empire were not known

B

Up till tonight, the Russian au- thorities had refused

In- to give formation

American on the two soldiers, saying they know nothing about them, but German witnesses

This was the first century, opening. saw motorcycle troops taking them

partnership for England against

The close of play scoreboard read: to Red headquarters"and" a border

Australia since the same two bats Hution, b Lindwall officer said they were being held for

STORM TAKES A CURVE

men scored 138, 137 and 100 in Washbrook, Lindwall, b questioning.

Johnston The engineer,

consecutive innings of the third and Mr Gott, dis-

Tracing the course of the typhoon, fourth Tests appeared on Tuesday when he tried Spitares, engaged in another · at- j The cargo vessel, Glenroy (0,809)

of the 1940-47 tour. Edrich, not out Last hundred stand for to drive to the American occupation

guerillas tons) has brought 69 mobile guns to an Observatory official said that at Their zone from Berlin. The Russians dis-tack, shot up hata which

were suspected to be using in a Singapore from Port Said for use in midday on Thursday the tropical de-England occurred exactly a year closed today that they were holding Jungle clearing at Bukit Bolu Besar, the anti-guerilla campaign, accord-pression had crossed the Philippines ago against South Africa, him in gaol at Marienborn, near the

end was well into the China Sea the fourth Test at Leeds. British zonal border, because he in Perak.

CRASHING SQUARE CUT The Spitfire attack on the guerillas and was increasing in intensity. tried to get through the

the de Later in the afternoon

A beautiful

for on-drive

hla reported south of Bertam was made imme-

a curvature pression mode

which |dlately after a Dakota, dying in the

eighth four carried Washbrook to would bring the gale Into tho area, had flashed a message to task force headquarters reporting signals vicinity of Hongkong and at 3.4500 in Lindwall's next over and he

crashing followed with a signat

square Lindwall I typhoon from a military force asking for the No.

holsted.

cut, which brought spontaneous

Biller help.

from the Increasingly At 10.40

B. Johnston p.m. the No. 7 signal choerS The Spitfires "saturated" with

Toshack the was hoisted as a result of the ENE excited crowd. machine-gun and cannon are tho

Loxton winds recorded at the Royal · Ob-

Russian

Zone "by a roundabout way" without

Sporadic fighting was

a special Soviet visa-United Press. from many other States.

EDITORIAL

New Deal For Industry

ONE criticism which opponents

the Labour Government have from time to time levelfed against its economalo polley has been its fallure to realise' Buffl- clenily the Intensity of effort required to increase the produc- tive power of the nation. And 18 months aro this complaint held some validity inasmuch that the generally accepted conception of Increased productivity rested In the ability and willingness of the workers to work harder, wallo scant attention was pald then to the necessity of

dinating bratus

and brawn. there is accumulating evidence that a greater intensity of effort from all departments is bring

in planlar made

and promoting large-scale projects of industrial development, and that this

understanding more realisile und of Britain's economic nerds will

the

safercard the position of the country In the coming. month. One striking example In which the

Is the

manner

problem arising from the tem- porary shortage of generating plant

been tackled

on

bipartisan Ines by Ganduster

The

Council

of

and representatives of National Advisory appointed by.. the Biinister Labour

on which both sides of Industry are represented, set up. an Electricity Sub-Committee to examine the contribution that Industry will be called upon to

make 1 spreading electricity

Bus

load, during peak hours, mako effective this load spread- Ing and thus avoid repetition of the considerable dislocation ; qud loos of production suffered last winter, calls for the fullest. co- Clovernment, (operation; between

employers and workers, parti-

ta

by

consumers

and

be

he

ing to press reports here.

was

also in

To remedy that, the Government was undertaking a large topogra–. 208 phical survey by aircraft in addition for two to geological and other surveys.

BOWLING TO DATE: /

NE R

10 E 40

...

I the next quarter, the colonles would get 100 per cent more steel from Britain. The Government was Walso experimenting. There were rice 1 schemes for Bornco and other schemes for West Africa, Sarawak Iand elsewhere. -

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After 20 runs had been added in drove the

30

0

Ian Johnson

41

0

Even L. Leg-byes 2-Reuter.

area ahead of the advancing troops.rervatory, but by 5.30 this morning 25 minutes a shower Bertam is about 15 miles north of the storm had recurved and with players to shelter, Play was re- Gua Musang, where the guerillas

in sunshine five minuics last Saturday were said to have

ve this movement the danger of the sumed captured 10 police and ambushed Colony suffering destructive gates later, but this time play lasted eight minutes before rain caused another troops coming to their rescue, kill passed.

interruption. ing Scottish Major Raymond Hen- derson and five Malay soldiers.

Recurvature now

could

and

best

GALE GUSTS The No. 1 signal replaced the No. minutes, after which Hutton

The second delay lasted 20 Other Spitüre attacks la the past 7 at 6 am. at which time the centre Washbrook resumed their confident 24 hours included one on the gueril- of the storm was 250 miles south by way to pass their previous la headquarters near Telok Anson, west of the Colony. Peruk, where scattering insurgents

machine-gunned for were minutes. They were believed have suffered heavy casualties.

Squally conditions occasionally INNISKILLINGS ARRIVE Other rocket-firing planes attack-reaching gale force in gusts are likely

of Perak.

An advance party, consisting

bring a 20 new threat to Hongkong today, but to this was most unlikely, though not

Impossible.

today.

together

in a Test-the 141 at Leeds last year against South Africa.

When Miller bowled some bun- pers at Washbrook he received mild barracking.

Ion Johnson slowed the scoring, but Washbrook was adept in square eutling and turning to leg fast short Play was halted by rain for the third time at 162.

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SPLENDID BALL Play was resumed after minutes and, with two runs added, the now Lindwall went on with

ed huts suspected of being used by Several custs of over 40 mph were the terrorists in the Lenggong arcamcorded here during the night and balls from Loxton.

of carly this morning, but the hourly two officers and 14 other ranks of mean wind force never reached gals the Inniskilling Fusiliers, a battalion force

As the winds veer to the southeast of which is expected here by sen

teraporary freshening through shortly, has arrived in Singapore. need

Teoh Lyemun Pass is likely today, with Loo

.24, and Meng, Chin-seong, aged 25, were sentenced the winds moderating this evening. of

death to

nt Ipoh today for legal possession of arms and ammunition the first death sentences to be im- posed under the

now emergeary lowered regulations. Reuter.

cularly in voluntary reduction of loads. Government has Invested regional boards with statutory powers to enforce obligations on the part of firms to reduce their electricity loads, but these will not be enforced until it is clear an individual concern is acting unreasonably, Commercial domestic consumers of electricity have bee

been

the brought within scope of this load-reducing plan and while commercial consumers including shops,

olives, ware- houses, hotels, cinemas and simliar establishmentu will under obligation to arrange for a reduction of their loads during

hours

20 percent, Will expected, in the first instance, voluntarily to effect reductions. One Lignificant aspect of these preparations to meet wintertime difficulties in

the supply electele power and Hight h that although Government-sponsored, the plans have been worked out by a fully representative com- mittee,

including two

nominees of the British Employers Con- federation,

representally. twro of the British Trade Union gress, and representatives of the British electrical-

authorliy, the Ministry of Fuel and Power, the Ministry of Labour and

the Treasury's Omoo for Economie Affairs. This in the new tech« alque which marks planning de- signed to bring about the econo

salvation of inte

of Britain. best and most representallve brains

called together are

to work in harmony, and a' spirii of. enterprise for good of the nation, and by such methods tha;

deal for ›› Industry ** In- now augurated by the Government's logisisilan l being made etfeativo,

Japan Ready To

Build Ships

SIGNAL LOWERED The No, typhoon signal was at 12.15 p.m.with all threat of the -storm, removed from tho Colony.

ball. Hutton drove the first ball to the boundary, but the next whipped back from the off and took his off up as he shaped to play forward.

was 'n splendid ball,

Apart from his chance when 25, Halton made no mistakes in his; grand innings of 81, made out of 108 in just under three and a quar- ter hours. He hit a Ave and nina fours

With Washbrook intent on reach- French Troops - Cross

ing bis contury and Edrich playing Siamese Bordør.

himself

in, the scoring Blackened Belfast, July 22-Sir Frederick

Singapore, July 22-The Strails considerably after Hutton's de- Rebbeck, the managing dirt today Times reported today, in a despatch parture, only 15 being added in the

shipbuilding sald

minutes before that Japan would start building from Bangkok that 100 French

Washbrook completed his century ahipa for any country as soon as per-soldiers, crossed, from French Indo- mission was given by General China into the village of Nahl in

CALLY after tea, having then batted hours 50 minutes and hit 10 Dougies MacArthur, the Supreme Slam, looted 200 homes and depart fours in a chanceless display, ste

Involving the It WAS

century Japan had orders for first border inclden ang this

French colony and

police reached, 119 he beat his previous worth and was going to build ships/years,; sold a mail Sama swo:/ against and when he | for the United States, the Philip force was unable to offer resistance. Akure of 112, in the third Test at pines and Denmark.

The last border Incidents, reported Melbourne during the 1946-47 four,

BOWLERS-WILTUME Y He sold it might be a "sorry day" prior to 1947, Involved French de for the British shipbuilding industry tachments pursuing Vietnamese up England did not produce the an when Japan started to build shipsporters across the border; Into Blam. |ficipated faster scoring, Washbrook Rotter

Associated Press:

was always searching for runs, but

Commander of the Allied Forces in Japan. hundeds of thousands of sterling

The despatch,

tha

All over the Empire, the Govern- ment had pilot schemes-trying out things on a small scale.-Reuter.

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