1948-11-16 — Page 5

Coast

East Shipping Strike

Worsens

New York, Nov, 15.-The East Coast shipping strike today tightened despite conciliation efforts by the City, State and Federal authorities. New York tugboat operators announced that they would con- tinue to dock incoming ships, but that they would not move any ships seeking to leave for other ports. Union stevedores in Canada announced that they would neither unload nor load ships diverted from the strikebound ports.

French Couple Married

At St Joseph's

St Joseph's Church was de corate with masses

The Mayor of New York, Mr William O'Dwyer, mat for two and half hours with Joseph Ryan. President of the International Longshoremen's Association, who promised that the strike would not Interfere with the movement of food and fuel into the metropolitan area.

Mr O'Dwyer said at the end of the meeting that the responsibility and for bringing the union shipowners together and seitling the| the Federal dispute restel with Conciliation Service. He said he hud of pink offered the full

resources of the and white flowers this morning | City's labour conciliators to Cyrus when Mile Genevieve Petit be- Ching, head of the Federal Service.

CANADIANS JOIN IN came the bride of M. Henri

Mr Ryan announced Lacuse.

The Rev. Fr. R. C.

Brookes, Vicar of St Joseph's, been notified that the

Union of Stevedores

officiated.

of

that he had Canadian In Halifax, Montreal and St John's would refuse diverted to handle cargo for chips

strikebound United from

ports.

States

The bride is the daughter of Mme Charles Petit, of 17-bas Rue Cam pagne Premiere, Paris, and the late M. Charles Petit, Professor at the

Mr Rvan sold ports on the Gulf of United States University of Paris and formerly Mexico-the only

the Pacifie literary correspondent in Paris For ports operating, with

Morning Post. the London

Her ports tied up by the CIO maritime remain open until during World War 1 workers-would father was. Liaison Officer attached)

It was tried to divert ships in there. Admiral of the British Fice! in Mr Ryan said he and his 125-mau France, for which he was negotiating committee would resume today on strike the Distinguished with Servies Cross.

fortners..

to the

The bridegroom, who is Manager of Denis Freres d'Indochine, Pnom Penh, Cambodia, French Indo-China, in the son of Mr Gaston Lapze, of Arveyres Chatenu Laricau, (Gironde), and the late Mme. .

Lacaze.

BRIDE'S DRESS

conferences inte strategy,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1948.

Tear Gas Drives Back French Strikers

JEWS WILL NEVER

GIVE UP

NEGEV

Paris. Nov. 15.-Canada formally nroposed to the Security Council today the establishment of a full-fledged armistice in Palestine as a prelude to a final Arab-Jewish peace settlement.

Mr Moshe Shertok, the Israeli Foreign Minister, told the United Nations today that the Jews would never give up Palestine's Negev desert and promised "bloody battles" against any one who would attempt to take it,

The strike has idled 05,000 mum- bers, including 45.000 longshoremen and 20,000 helpers and checkers, and

United 'One Jewish soldier was reported threatened to Idle thousands more

Opening the long delayed Nations Political Committee debate wounded in the Mount Zion region of Palestine's future, he bluntly re-south of the Arab-held old city workers whose jobs depend on ship- Baltimore estimated

of the Associated Proes, Omeinis in

Jected the chief provision be laid off

famous Bernadotte proposals for the Holy Land settlement.

that 8,000 men would there this week if the strike con- tinued. Some 90 ships are tied up in Baltimore harbour, approximately 30 of them in repair yards.

Rank and file members showed na inclination over the weekend 10 reduce their demands for a 50 cents an hour wage increase.

The bride, who was given away by her brother. Mr Marc E. Petit,

Messagerie Manager of Cle, des MariUmes and Air France, worej

block

costume woollen * smart

black

velvet trimmed with black bu

buttons; a blouse of white crepe de chine delicately appliqued with white satin: and black felt hat, the off-the-face brim of which was inced with black velvet and trimmed with velling. She also wore black carried their baggage suedo shoes and white suede gloves the shin'

n

iconwhile, the sa Merwarri from Culentta arrived in Boston and tied up beside ten other ships idled by The four passengers strike. the

ashore, but In her

caro was left

and carried a black suede handb-gholds-United Press.

The witnesses

at the ceremony

were Messra M. E. Petit and J. Schatz (for the bride) and Messrs M. Meneur and C. de Lestapis (for the bridegroom).

(Pnom

M. and Mme Lachze will make their home in Indo-China Penh) and will be going to France for a holiday in January 1950,

In the reception was held Tho

Room of the Hongkong Jncobean Hotel, and the honeymoon is being spent at Repulse Bay.

Observatory

Spots Comet

EUROPEAN

FINED $150

On Five Charges

2

D. McDermott, of 37 Li Tung Street, ground-floor, was fined $150 and ordered to pay;

Mr by $30

compensation

at

this Latimer

Kowloon

to

Out

Mr Shertok also appealed for early United Na ions membership for the and urged fledgling Jewish state

of push prompt action

Árab

armies Palestine all the which invaded the land last spring, DEMANDS CONTROL

French miners attempt

to retake the Villiers coal As mine at St Etienne. they throw stones at security troops who have occupied the mine properly to prevent subolage, a tear gas bomb bursts in their midst.-AP Picture.

Clay Sees No Early End To Blockade

Frankfurt. Nov. 15.-General Lucius D. Clay, the American RELIEF SUPPLIES

Military Governor In Germany, Haifa, Nov. 15-Nine thousand indicated today that the Rus

of Berlin would Jewish children and mothers and sinn blockade

1,000 Arab war refugees living in probably run into the new year. the Jewish part of Jerusalem will have no reason to believe receive the first United Nations Children's Emergency Fund ship that access to Berlin by road today. Whole milk, dry and rail will be gained by the ment Skimmed milk, rice and cod liver oil End of this year," he said. will leave Halfa for Jerusalem today

Asked whethar the elections in Mr Sherlok spoke in the 58-nation and will be distributed there under Political Committee as the United the supervision of Dr. Mobilerut, the Western sectors of the city on the INICEF director in Israel and December 5 would mean their anal Nations opened debate Palestine question.

Frankenstein, assisting him on be- severance from the Eastern sector,

"It is He insisted that Israci must have half of the Israel government.As. General Clay decl:red: control of the Jewish or the so-sociated Press.

further Action called City of Jerusalem in contrast

yould be taken by the American to the Bernadotte proposal placing

reconcilu Military Government to all the Holy City under inter-

the differences with the French national rule.

over the plan for German trustees or the Ruhr, General Clay said: As fr as we are concerned, it is negotia- settled matter. Further tons will have to be on a Govern. mental level if they have not al- ready taken place."

on

Mr Shertok rapped the Security Council for failing to stem Arab complaining attacks in Palestine, that the six months old truce in Palestine has actually crystallised and given a sort of respectability 10 the Arabs' war against Jewish state.

the

He also attacked the Bernadotte proposals for making Halfa a free port and Lydda a free airport at the suggestion of the Arabs...

"UTTERLY GROTESQUE"

+

4,000 Telegrams For Princess

London,

prostioned what

at tho German

Mr Shertok said that the Jews i morning, on charges of assault-want an Arab purt of Palestine to Buckingham Palace, congratu-offlelals that unless the Bizonal area

be set up as an independent state. ing F. J. Silva, licensee of the He said it would produce an "uttery Kowloon Hotel, causing mall grotesque" distribution cious damage, using abusive to give the Arabs sections to Trans-

resisting the Police Jordan 'anguage,

The comet was seen from

this carly Royal Observatory morning, being fairly clearly visible from 5am. to 5.30 a.m., tespite and assaulting Keung, brillant full moon. The tall, now faint, is about 8 to 10 degrees long and points up and away from the eastern horizon.

boy.

sort

of

Don't

of territory

the

for

Commission

Ber- Mr Sherlok endorsed a barnadottc

United proposal

Conciliation Nations provided it is empowered only to "We cannot have this

help the Arabs and Jews. negotiate in the Arab and thing happening here-obstructing and not interfere

administration was the Police and what not.

Jewish 150 47 and its elevation 18°23'; that let it happen again, please, because cour

countries. dealt The United Nations here has a is, from the Observatory, it lay the nex. time you will be

seriously."

mary responsibility to discharge," n-imary above Mount Parker at about three with more

Mr Shertok said. times the apparent height of that Magistrate. hill.

At 5.30a.m., its bearing

within half an hour.

sald

of their

one sten the and should

tho

should call upon the aggressors Det-Insp. Summers sald that at The cemet has been following a course slightly south of west across about 8 p.m. on Saturday Me to end the war and negotiate peace. It should use its authoritative help the heavens. Three days ago it Dermott went with two super

tortor Kowloon Hotel bar where he for the achievement of this goal."

He said that there rounds was reported 4°4′ east of the stor

McDermott United Nations could Eeta Corvus in the constellation of ordered four the Crow, while this morning it was

Thus its then went to the lavatory taking take now in the interests of peace 419 west of this star.

with him the four chits which the and Justice, and that is to "admit

He Israel into its old," movement relative to the stars

boy had brought to the table. about 2 degrees in 24 hours.

Although the comet is weakening returned and ant at another table (it is now less than 3rd magnitude), and then made for the door. Keung provided the weather is clear it stopped McDermott and naked him to pay the bill. A struggle ́ensued should be visible to the naked eyc for about three or four more days. In which McDermott lost two teeth After that, the moon will probably set too late for the sky to darken sufficiently before sunrise.

in

YELLED FOR HELP McDermott then went behind thi counter and called for Silva ayini At the same time paying the bill.

HK Light Orchestra that he was not trying to avoid

The Hongkong Light Orchestra McDermott yelled for help. will give a concert at the China Passing by Insp. Fleet Club on Friday, at 9.15 pmontered In aid of Earl Halg Fund. will be $5, $4 and $3.

Scots

the premises and

SOVIET SUPPORT

the

Special extra staff aided the regu

Palace Post lar workers at the Ofice.

Gilliat, the

b

SHOWING

TO-DAY

★ KING'S ★

At 2.30, 5.00, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m.

THE MOST COLOURFUL EPISODES IN THE CHING. DYNASTY NOW BROUGHT TO THE SCREEN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A SPECTACULAR STORY.

SORROWS of the

FORBIDDEN CITY"

D

Starring CHOU HSUAN SHU SHIH

*. T'ANG JO-CHING |

Dialogue in Mandarin with English Sub-Titlos A Yung Hwa Production.

ALHAMBRA THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 &;9.15.P.M.

BY POPULAR DEMAND -

SEE IT AGAIN ENTIRE NEW PRINT

M-G-M'S GREATEST MUSICAL SPLASHI

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BASIL RATHCOME BEL GOODWEN ETREE SMITH

EAN PORTER

CASLES RAMIREZ

Harry JAMES

and by the MRS WAN KELEN FLENOST

Xavier CUGAT

Orchestra

WITH CHEA ROSELY

Theory On Cause Of Wing

On

Godown Fire

HARVESTING DELAY General Clay revealed that today's Nov. 15. The

with German meeting

Bizonal largest number of telegrams oficials was largely occupied with ever received at the Court Post discussions of the delay-in-harvest- ! Omice in a single day-more Ing the German grain crop.

I was understood that than 4,000 of them-poured into

meeting he warned the ating Princess Elizabeth and yielded its expected grain crop the the Duke of Edinburgh on the authorities might seriously consider withholding dollar allocations for imports in the spring. birth of their son.

The American Military Covernor. asked about a report that the United States Mul ary Government planned of German rebirth

In the course of his evidence, Mr upon it on which was produced the category 3 image as in ordinary photography, shipyards, declared that American Terry explained that

under the Dangerous Goods regula-The usual commercial motion picture policy was only to utilise the fou

the agreed tlons was substances which became flm was more complex than that. Existing yards within

by inter-action manufacture | dangerous

with A number of extra conlings were put limitalions restricting

Calcium eynnamide on the film to prolong its life or coastal and non-ocean going water or air. to

came within this category and the redues its fire hazard. Kodown

contained about 50 tons. Category 4 were substances Alving off an Inflammable vapour 20 de

In grees below Fahrenheit.

this category came cellulose lacquer of which there were approximately 80 cases each containing six gallons.

Sir William

gynae-

No fur-

cologist who delivered the Prince saw the Princes; tonight. ther bulletin will be issued until to morrow morning.

to sponsor

a

This is considered a firm indl- cation that the Princess' condition is quite satisfactory and that every-ships-Reuter. thing is going entirely normally.

BIURATECHESIN JA AVTA JON JA KANUNLARLACINKEROFRONTURATURNS |

Double Celebration

London. Nov, 15,--When the King's

forse Troops. Royal Artillery, took their six guns Into Hyde Park this afternoon 8 lute Ser- and fired a Royal

Williams.

of No. 1 celebrated a double wife gave birth to ♫ daughter this morning Reuter.

Pean G.

No.

Fun

event, 1s

on

Govt Ministers Named

(Continued from Page 1)

The Attorney General added: "It Is right to say. with regard to Mr Gibson and Mr Hall that Sherman, on whose evidence this part of the case 1rgely depends, says there was never any suggestion of money or anything for other consideration they might o

ON OFFICIAL PLANE

In the Security Council, the Rus- Mr echoed stan's spokesman Sherlok's demand for on early pesco conference.

Mr Jacob A. Mallk declared: "The

has information Į smussONTIACARIERANDE SANA KARİONATININKLISTONTIK LINKS Security Council

to which both parties according

to an carly.} Queen Mary drove to see her first- "Mr Hall's relations with Stanley

great grandchild for the second serm

to have been wholly on the would be favourable

She was shown up to official plane." peace settlement."

the second Francis He did not elaborate the state- me.

"Cee!!

Price, the first ment, but he pounded away at the the Royal nursery

Прог of the Palace. Another proposal and

*n amusement Canadian armistice

witness, said that

that 11 £10.000 Prince. Instead

was Blx-year-old Security caller

caterer told him Summers said that

"formal peace" William of Gloucester who

.were after Council should order

pald a licence for the importa- brought a small packet of red roses tion of machinery might be pro- to get in the Holy Land. man ged much persuasion

Malik submitted Mr

formal and a letter written in his own hand cured the Water Police MeDermott to

It was to be paid to a go-between McDermott amendments requiring peace instead for his cousin, the Princess. The Orchestra will be supported Station. On the way

An issue Extraordinary of then to Mr Becher and Mr Glanvil it rather by Joan Turville, Victor Orloff (violin), and Harold Woods and I assumed an aggressive altitude and of armistice because, he said, armis-

publication, was published. nvorfred of a confidence trick", and Hibbert (flute and clarinet duct) gain used more abusive language. tice would merely be a continuance Gazette, the afficist Court and Go Hall. Mr. Price sald

In the charge room McDermott, said or the present truce under another -vernment

onight, recording that "Her Royal he thought that it bad nothing, to Summers, kicked Silva in the name Insp.

El Hourl, of Syria, complained to Highness, the Princess Elizabeth, co with Mr Belcher or Me Hall," There will be a dress rehearsal olshin and also attempted to the

rab

was safely Mr Price sak he spoke on the the Security Council that no action Duchess of Edinburgh, Osked if he charge sheet. When wanted to go to hospital, McDermott has been taken on certain docu felivered of a Prince at Bucking telephone to Lord Woolton, who tha ham Palaco" at "fourteen minutes told him It was a matter for the refused. Insp. Summer insisted and ments submitted" "conterning

proved that the examin lion'

Mc-smuggling of navy members of four after nine o'clock last night, Renolice. After. Mr Price sold, he went to Scotland Yard by appoint- destroyers now in the port of Tel Dermott was not drunk.

ment and discussed the matter with Aviv and other strong weapont of

the police. war to laroel-United Press.

and conducted by William Apps

the Cathedral Hall on Wednesday at

8.p

Duchess Arrested

arrested

on

Madrid, Nov. 15.The Duchess of Unable to raise ball at that time. Valencia has been charges of taking a leading part in a the Police had to detain McDermott demonstration at the funeral of but he refused to go into the cell. Carlos Mendez. a young Monarchist He had to be assisted by the Police who died in prison on November 8, and when entering put his foot in such a way as to prevent the grille it was disclosed today.

being closes. Eventually The Duchess who has been tro- from quently in conflict with the Spanish McDermott obtained bail of $230.

ter,

The Inquiry was then adjourned Sandler's Estate until evitar.

MARINE COURT CASES

(Continued from Fare 1)

lbs in godown and phenol crystals}

18.000 lbs.

WASHED FILM:

Arma or

Darling with washed flim, Me Terry mid that the great motion teture companies accumulated im- menso quantities of old fim-overy year which material obviously had

This to be recovered.

material Category 5 dealt with corrosive was normally to

Bold other stances, for example, caustic soda and washed in a bath of soda bite there was about 200,000 comething of that kind which, dis

salved the galatine emulsion and of which there was a quantity of replaced the original celluloid base.

Drecribing some of the steel drums Category 6 Included substances(which contained celluloid) he found which stave off a poisonous gas or in the Wing On Godown, the witness vapour.

In this came aniline all of Enid that they were mostly second- which there was 5,000 gallons hand cooking fat drums. Some wero and some condition Wing stored in the

On godown in very good

heavily rusted. No, 5.

with Category 7 dealt

strong The inquiry is continuing, supporters of combustion, namely. sodium bichromate of which there was 13,000 lbs (approximately) In the godown.

NOT REALLY DANGEROUS

VIOLENCE IN

THE SUDAN

the

The Chairman: Categories B for 6 fire point of view. are not really dangerous from the

Khartoum, Nov. 19-Five, people Witness: "That is co Actuntly were killed at Athora and more than category 4 is dangerous to firemeu. 30 injured when tear gas bombs were Both categories may or may

not used by

to disperse a mob polico cause a tiro. Category 6 wihch on Sunday graing against the contains subs arcos of a corrosive Legislative

'elections which nature are llable possibly, to cause Loren yesterday. fire.

Students from Gordon College Witness also explained that when were dispersed yesterday by the two corrosive substances came in police when they began to demon-

Boda

Smalt demostrations have contact, for example, caustic

Meralc and sulphurle ackl, it would

in other towns and railway caoccurred

employees at Bara and Port Sudan Dealing with tho drums af went on

strike colluloid, Mr Torry said that when SpotHag how prospertina

smoothly and

fire.

ARABS SHELLING Jerusalem; Nov. 18. There was

London. Nov., 15-Mr. Abrahanı

B Jargo majority of the more shelling from Arab two and three-inch morlars towards Jewish

tho "Grand

Hotel The "cline master of a passenres they get heated they evolve large positions in the Dier Abu Tor sector (Albert) Sandler, of Adojnide Close, of Southern Jerusalem on Monday Stanmore,

on August 39, sampan was fined $100 or one month masses of gas and the lids blow off. Sudanese welcome the elections.

Mr Terry said that nitrate motion The setting up of the Assembly is morning, according to an official violinist, who died

aged

42, lett. £20,480.

by Mr Cairns at the Marine Cour authorities over her pro-Monarchist McDermott told the Court that he Israeli source.

He left £100 to his Father, and this morning. for conveying prosti-picture film was a kind of cellidold. opposed by pro-Eaypilan parlier, the Jowish positions In the same

It was a mixture' ́of nitro cellulofi | leader of one of which; the Ashizuk £100 to 3, Anno de Mery. The tutes.. nympathies was released from pri was on the way to the telephone

The master of a Class A passenger or gun cotton and camphor. The Party, Mohammed Nur Edding, want from on June 17 because of ill-health, when the bar boy made a grab at area were fired on from Arab posi

demilitarised residue goes equally between the after she had been him Re: resented this and a Lions south of the

detention in a struggle ensued during which the former Government House sector wife-Dland Napler and daughter sampan was fined $30, or she days substance was then made into him to Asmara to organise resistance

for carrying five excess passengers. | and a geistinė emulsion) was laid Associated Press on Sunday night, the source added. Mona-Ileuter. RodTruter.

boy hit him in the mouth.

his

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