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VOL. IV NO. 7

Sudden Death Of

Tommy Handley

London, Jan. 9.-The famous British radio comedian, Tom. my Handley, died at his Lon- don home today after J seizure.

Handley ranked among the test tree or four of Britain's favourite radio comedians. IIis regular Thursday evening radio shows "it's that man agelp" was estimated to have drawn a listenlag ruilence of well over ten million.

This afternoon, the British Brond- casting Corporation was still broad- of Just -casting a recorded veraton

Thursday's show before they had learned of Hundley's dealųy,

- Mr Handley's age was not listed

in any reference book, but

Wils

Important will dispute hoaring opens at the Supreme Court, Canadian Faw involved. Full story Appeare on Risce/Five.

BBC

HONGKONG TELUGULADHA For and on behalf of

SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, LTD,

The

TODAY'S WEATHER: Moderats East and Southeast "winds; fine today, becoming cloudy tonight; rather, milder.

Noon Observations: Barometrie pressure 1033.7 mbs., 29.23 in. Temperature 60.1 deg. F. Dew point. 45 deg, F. Relative humidity 57. Wind direction ESE. Wind force 6 knots.

High waleri- G ft. 3. fui ai 5.31 p.m. Low water: 2 ft 6 in: at 1.25 am. (Tuesday).

hongkong Telegraph.

The Late Tommy Handley

Seaman Saves

Lives Of His

Five Mates

Belfast, Jan. 9.-When the Storm-battered Canadian freigh- belleved to be 52. He collapsed ter, Cumberland County, reach- shortly before noon and died a few led harbour at Belfast tonight tours Inter.

the crew told how an able- Human saved five of his com- panions by letting them cling

ITMA BROUGHT FAME Born in Liverpool, he started work as an apprentice on the Comte his body in the wash of ginnt Exchange, later becoming a toy!

anufacturer's salesman, and waves across the deck. truched the stape before the firs!!

World War.

since his

He had been broadcasting the early days of radio but with nationwide fome came

the "ITMA"-ahbreviation for "It's that an again" show, started in 1930 and continued with few Interrup - Bens until last Thursday.

It

wns inent

described as "on experi- dls. In noise" and รวง tinguished for its high spirits, great

speed and nonsensical cavity.

At Savoy Hill the first home of British radio, he met Jean Ollistone, the soprano and married her in

after

first 1920,

what was the "microphone romance."-Neuter.

H.K. CONDOLENCES This morning Mir Keith Hardy, Radio Hongkong: Secretary, sent the following cable to the BBC:

All staff Radio Hongkong send profoundest regrets leath of Tommy Hundley to family and many REC friends.

The ship's hole was full of water and some of. her plates were sprung. 01 AI the height of a storm

Norway, huge wave Narvik, swept Bill Brace, of Toronto, and five others to the rails. He gripped un tron rod with one haud and hung on while the five clung to his body. "If his strength had failed, all of us would have been lost," one) of the men said,

The

7.176 tons

MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1949.

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Tientsin Expected To Fall To Reds In Two Days Frost And Thin Ice In

PEACE

APPEALS IGNORED

BY COMMUNISTS

Nanking, Jan. 9.-Ignoring official appeals for a separate peace, the Chinese Communist armies today moved to the outskirts of Tientsin and fought hand to hand with the Nationalist defenders of the great North China indus- trial city.

A radio telephone report from Tientsin to the United Press office here said there was little hope that the government forces could hold the city more than two days, The Red artillery pounded Tientsin despite broadcast appeals by the City Council for an immediate ceasefire and negotiations toward settling Tientsin's fate peacefully.

An official source, meanwhile, confirmed reports that the Foreign Minister, Wu Te-chen, had ap- proached the Ambassadors of the United States, Britain, Russia and France on the possibility of Big Four aid in settling the civil war.

were

sup-

General Fu Tso-yi's Headquarters at Peiping, 87 miles northwest, announced that the government forces would fight to the finish in North China. But the report from Tientsin indicated that the troops had little port from the city's more than 2,000,000 population.

Whis Tientsin weathered all An authoritative source, who asked

conditions that his name be withheld in view previous civil wars, the of the Imminent fall of Tientsin, are now drastically changed, with said that the Communists had a the Communists almost flush against inside the dykė skirting the city, as against strong enough Afli column the city to deliver a coup de grace previous fighting which nover suc

ecoded in getting close to the city. paytime they are ready."

ARTILLERY NEARER freighter was

Communists More than 200,000 to Baltimore

Following the Nationalist with- bound from Narvik

reported

to be assaulting drawal from the former French with 5.000 tons of iron. She survived merciless battering for four days Trentin from the north, west anri

the erew's outh. An 18-hour curfew which dust arsenal, the Communist artillery stormi

has moved in much closer to the off the had kept the inhabitants

elty and yesterday morning poured for- days was streets

virtually

shes inside the beleaguered; elty. The Communists also fired about ignored, as thousands of persons moved their personal belongings from 01

20 mortar shells al the emergency the vicinily.

airport in the Race Course, when a small Nationalist Air Force plane attempted to take off. The plane promptly stopped on the runway and Tientsin's isolation, except by wireless, was thus maintained.

In the meantime, attention is con- tred on the peace mission of the Saturday to see General Lin Pino, four City Councillore who went on the Communist commander, outside the city limalts to effect a truce and settlement of hostilities.

Lic

worst

memory,

int

... Members of the crew said that at times they thought the ship could not possibly keep afloat-Reuter,

In the meantime, sounds of heavy SHIP DETAINED firing were heard in central Pening as the Communist and Nationalist of the city, west battled Ostend, Jan. 9.-The Belgian forces marithne police have detained the Meat, flour and other food prices and salling doubled in the past 24 hours Flying Doctors' Appeal 352 ton Finnish auxiliary

Brisbane Jan, 0-The Australian vessel Koivisto at Zeebrugge, after were rising hourly, Michael Keon, Doctor Service Committee the alleged discovery aboard her of United Press correspondent at Pel- has asked New South Wales wool: a quantity of arms, including riflesping, reported. growers to aid its funds.

Flying

Service--which

and revolvers.

The

The vessel, whose home port is provides medical aid by air in remote areas Rauma, arrived ut---Zeebrugge.on. hopes to raise A £10,000.--Steuler. New Year's Eve-Reuter.

EDITORIAL

Misconceptions Eliminated

YOLONEL Iide's address to

COLON

newspapermen fast

elastic to permit of this.

To

brought cbrification

week to Han"

forre a man or woman

Into

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obscure points connected

now

REPLIES AWAITED

The Fanling Area

The Fanling area early this morning was covered with a ground frost-the first of the winter-and in one or two places where there were pools of water, a thin film of ice had formed. But both the frost and the ice quickly vanished under the` Influence of the sun as the temperature rose steadily after dawn. The Royal Observatory registered 52 degrees at 7 o'clock this morning and reported that the thermometer was rising every hour.

The lowest reading of the winter was between 6 a.m, and 7 a.m. on Sunday when 42.6 degrees were registered, and then the mercury rose nine degrees in 24 hours..

Mr M. L. Tom, reported that when he inspected his garden at 32 The Peak carly Sunday morning he found a thin layer of ice in one corner of the fish pond.

BRITISH CITIZENS IN ISRAEL BEING EVACUATED, REPORT

Dramatic Middle East

Developments

London, Jan. 9.-British citizens in Israel are being evacuated from Israel at the request of the British Consul General in Haifa, Mr Cyril Marriot, usual-

ly reliable sources in Haifa said. The first party was reported to have left Haifa airfield for Cyprus at noon today. According to a usually well-informed source in Haifa, Mr Marriot paid six successive visits today to an Israeli Government representative.

·

Haifa loft Eight British employees of the Consolidated Oil Refineries at today for Cyprus on orders from the company in view of the "deterioration" in the Palestine situation.

A report swept Israel that Mr Mariot has ordered Britons to be prepared to leave but British residents in Haifa discounted this report, saying they knew of such warning.

Palestine.

to

R

¿

no

Government would react in con- formity with its aims and with the circumstances.'

In London, n Foreign Office understool to have been prompted spokesman said that so far no n by the alarm caused by the recent structions

have been sent from Jewish penetration into Egypt.

Egypt had not notified the Trans- announced io officially the British

It was Consul- London"

1srac! had Jordan Government of its intention General In Haifa requiring the Tel-Aviv today that

protest" to the to enter, such talks, the spokesman United Nations representative In added. He said the Egyptians were But it would be within the dis-Palestine against the landing of affected by the Security Council's evacuation of British personnet in made a "strang

for a truce and a rease fire in the cretion of Mr Marriot to order an Brilish troops at the TransJordan, order of November 4 and 20 calling

considered the port of Aqaba. evacuation if he

An official Israeli spokesman suid Negev, stiuation had deteriorated gravely.

contained in

Transjordan, on the other hand, Foreign the protest was Nanking, Jan. -The Chinese-It-is-understood the delegates The spokesman sald the

a Office had no confirmation-so-far letter-from-the-Israeli Foreign had to consider the Council's resolu- * Yishingfti, awalting replies stayed overnight Government. Is Four-the United northern suburb town, and proceed of reports that an evacuation had in Office's Director General, Dr Wil- tion of November 16, calling on the from the

Ham Eylan, to M. Henri Viler, the parties in the Palestino fighting to Dig

to fact been decided upon, en route States, Britain, Russia and France-ed in the morning

This development in the rapidly personal representative in Halifa af negotiate either directly or through. on is request for mediation in the Yangliuching, 20 kilometres south-

Mr Aubrey Eban, the Jewish re- before making another west of Tientsin, where the inter-changing Palestine picture came as Dr Ralph Bunche, the acting Media- the acting Mediator. civil war

view is scheduled to take place. Britain announced that troops bave tor. move in pushing its proposal.

Reuter.

been sent to Aqaba, the Transjordan The letter sald the Isrnell Covers-presentative of the United Nations, port on the Red sea, and Israel ment took "a grave view of the left Landon by air today for New protested, strongly to the United results which may flow from this York to attend the Security Council Nations representative In Palestine unilateral intervention by Britain meeting tomorrow, when the shooling down of British planes by the Jews aver such a move,

in the Palestine confllet."

the Egyptian-Palestine border The letter demanded that United would be discussed, TROOPS DESPATCHED

Nations observers should be sent A Foreign Office spokesman In

said tonight that British Immediately to the Aqaba area to London

ensure there was no crossing of the troops have been sent to Aquba, the

Israeli frontfer by British troops. Transjordan port on the Red Sea for Die specific purpose of preventing any developinent which might cause Britain to become involved in the Palestine conflict.

It was confirmed that the govern-

REFUGEES IN FLIGHT- ment has submitted requests for

Hankow, Jan. 10-Thousands of mediation to all members of the company against his personal

Big Four, including Russia. It was refugees from the war-threatened with preference

of runs the danger reliably learned that the reason the Nanking-Shanghai area are seeking deuring the meaning of voluntary Soviet Ambassador, Mr Ruschin. safety in flight down, the Hankow- the reorganisation of the Hong-

recraliment. and

was not received by the Foreign Cunton railway, the only Central It for that

mado kong Volunteers,

clear that the

Minister, Hongkong

Wu Te-chen, yesterday China escape route to the south. reuson alone will be appreciated

in- Roschln was was that noon Volunteer Defence Force is to be

The food of evacuees is not by those who may previously

disposed. A memorandum was sent moulded from ml:-

on sound, constructive

mediation. #reat as six weeks ago during the and

to him asking Sovict preciae

llnes, and the

this. senalble

and

earlier scare in the capital, but it together with the natural desire Identical memos were also given to is expected to increase again with role which the force is intended

the Ambassadors of the other three to to all that la possible

a reported new Communist advance to play. Aside from the argu-

nations. prolect the place in which we

on the Yangtse. ment whether the new HKVIF

five and share

our frien

have been suffering conceptions about

tham

Char

*

Ex-

new

an

to

should be wholly a local security

should eliminate any body

of highly trained Fort

On the part of the men force-railer auxiliary police

wament millary

of the Colony to Join full-blown

the HKVDF when it comes into organization, little room is now

official existencɛ next month. left, since Colonel Ride's position, to complain about the blue-print for the new defence largely Although

very it is essentially

forces regular

coming component the operational direction the GOC, C-In-C or

force,

with

moder

of

cach

the

in

of either AOC. This means that state of emergency the Volunteers will be an integral fighting arm of the regular forcer, commanded

the fleid by their

officers, but

In

properly trained Apecifioilty directed

The

the

The

acrvice

by

one

own

In

con-

of by one of Service chlefs This, itself, gives the new Volunteer defined Defence Force a more status and

that is the fact that the solidated

batei an Volunteers'

Bay will be of the

regular Day code

with no discrimination between races; and that de- be. guaranteed pendants Bnancial protection in the event

bel

called of the Volunteers

Joss of life or aut, or through Incapacitation in the line of duty. Colonel Ride argues powerfally for the retention of grouping within the Defenco Force, and with the promise of zon-discrimination inch of thes previous

Lem

will

racial

sabtection to this sys-

It is still con-

ceivable, however that some Chinese, for example, might pre- fer:40 Joli pon-Chinese Lection of the Force and it is presumed that it is intended the system of be sufficiently recruitment shall

Money For Nowt?

1

the public can' the higher fees.

erly

(OVERNMENT has announced an increase in radio licence Ices

from

to $20 $12

a year, How like our ofclaldom to add new burdens to

community already groaning under the high the cost of living, without at same time what, if an additional expect expect

from Memory tells us that A sub- stantial percentage of listeners Jutimated through a Telegraph Radio Hongkong questionnaire that they would be willing to stand higher Ilcence fees provided

them the station1

Lave morning transmission and general- ly improved programmes by the employment of qualified script and continuly writers and un- nouncers. Government, appar- ently, sees it to take this an a mandate for increasing the fees, but without giving any assurance about fulfilling listener'

condl. tlons. There can be only Jusifleation for obtaining dollars a year

more for every/ radio receiving sel is Hongkong: that is the provision of

more and better entertainment from Radio Hongkong, and listenera will expect an early announce. ment that this is to be done. Otherwise, they will have every right to feel they have been chicated by a mercenary Govern- ment,

PEOPLE'S PEACE PLAN

CO

ΟΙ

He was commenting on the Israeli against the despatch of protest Brillsh forces to Aqaba, on the

that Britain

ain was intervening In the Palestine hostilities.

TRUCE DISCUSSIONS

Dr Ralph Bunche, the acting The Israeli spokesman ald the Unlied Nations Mediator for Pales- letter was in reply to a previous tine left New York today for Rhodes communication from M. Vigier as to assist in the Istacii-Egyptian dis- no cussions on an armistico to follow suring Israel that there were British troops in the Aqaba area. the present truce in southern Pales-.

tine.

TREATY INVOKED

Most of the refugees belong to the

Dr Bunche and his Chief of Star. poorer classes as the wealthy ones

In Amman today, the Transjordan Brigadier General William Riley, Meanwhile, a group of legislators have already beaten a hasty retreat d

spokesman said his Government had who was travelling with him, said: methods in Nanking is organising a mave-by more comfortable

The despatch of British forces to invoked last year's Anglo-Traustor-"We hope our mission will be ment to draw up what they call travel.

trealy BLA a precautionary crowned with success."

Dr Bunche said: "Our most up- "the people's peace plan" for sub- Some of the present refugees are Aqaba, at the request of the Trans- dan

get these two mission to the Kuomintang and the evacuating up the Yangtse to Han-Jordan Government, which invoked measure.

the the 1948 Anglo-Transjordon Alliance, "Our ally, Britain," had respond-timistle hope is to

unced officially yesterday. Communists us a basis for negotia-kow, thence south by rail, but

announced

ed by despatching British forces in parties together and get conditions (ions.

majority are coming across from the was

what

considered adequate for an armistice fully agreed under. The spokesman Raic

the Security Council recolution of Chang Chien-hua, spokesman of east by the Cheklang-Kiangsi rail- the legislators, said that after the way and joining the Canton line at British troops. had been despatched numbers" to Aqaba, he added.

to protect the territorial integrity of Asked if Transjordan would act November 18, which calls for a re- of armed similarly to Egypt and initiate direct 'duction people's peace plan is drawn up they Pingslang.

and thdrawal

establishing of peace Men, women and children crowd-Transjordan and not to intervene in would try to charter a plane to fy.

thes appeal from

armistice talks with the Jews, the forces Government Tyns to Yenan and submit the plan to blao ed every inch of the carriages and Palestine. The

Transjordan spokesman said his time conditions. Tze-tung, chairman of the Chinese open trucks. Late comers plted on Transjordan

cowentchers and clung precariously Communist Party,

POULTRY AND PIGS

Chang sald hip colleagues plan to on the plates between the trucks and call a meeting of all neutral poll-huddled on swaying carriage roofs, tical parties pther than the Kuomin- tang and the Communists and also sponsor public discussion meetings for the purpose of formulating the people's peaco plan.-United Press.

COMPARATIVELY QUIET

Gold

today that

were

Israel Rejects Protest

Tel-Aviv, Jan. 9.--Israel today bluntly refused to ne- cept the British Government protest against the shooting down of five Royal Air Force planes over the Palestine- Egypt frontier.

was

of

"Our biggest host is to achlova. an armistice thus paving the way for the Conciliation Commission to work out political problems such usa boundary settlement and other things, We

couple, of to Anich within n

there is not supposed to be

Q

With them were: their meagre

Dr Bunche revealed that he had household goods. Some even brought their poultry and their pigs. Not

ordered United Nations observers, new that this represents anything

In Palestine to make the **fullest In rallway travel by the Chinese

on boliz sides of poor, but the distorices involved, and

A Jewish spokesman said the act of belligereney" by Britain in possible check"

the en route are demanding British protest sent to Tel sending armed British fighter planes the frontier, with Egypt fato

shooting down of Royal Air Force Tientsin, Jan. 10.-The National-the days

Avly this afternoon by Mr Cyril-over Jewish-held territory.

planes Ists and Communists around Tientsin enormous. patienco and endurance.

These people on carriage tops and Marriott, British Consul General at

Informants said the presence rested yesterday afternoon when nu

OBSERVERS TO CHECK However, he added, it was cowcatchers are travelling through a Hallu. and

the Palestine-Egypt

Asked exploding shells were heard

whether the incident street trame resumed after a stop-Continental winter, often through addressed to the Jewish authori-planes over

the area, taken together with the dis

might impale the prospects snowstorms, beating rain and ley tien at Tel-Aviv and not to

of page of, 36 hours.

provisional Government at Israel patch of British troops to the Tran settlement, he replied: "I hope not. fast depreciating But the regrouping, reinforcing winds,

With A all replenishing of forces continued Yuan, they are buying frugal meals and therefore was returned as un-Jordanian port of Aqaba, constituted Now we have in effect a cease fire,

n 'very serious" matter. acceptable. t an accelerated speed and re-

Mr Walter Eytan, political direc-military activity on either The spokesman said also that

tor at the Jewish Foreign Office, told and that includes the British." faldents busily dug protection shelters from grimy food stalls at wayside while those living close to the stallons-rice cakes, pleces of pork: Israel had definitely turned down o

Headquarters that

Discussing the shooting down British suggestion, made two weeks United Nations perimeler sought refuge in the heart edible roots, roasted peanuts

movement to the British troop mandarin oranges. of the city.

They are able to carry on becauso ago, that a British political agent Aqaba was "designed to threaten the Royal Air Force planes and the re The Takungpao estimated that at

rather than implement the presentations made by the

British have 000 lenst

familles arc homoless they believe they are escaping from be sent to Tel-Aviv: The Jewish ener

to defend Tronsjordan ho commented: "The

Med a formal complaint but am following

in the hostiles

at Wang-war which few understand and all position, he added, was that

in not in a position to discuss it is my United Nations Headquarters chuangchang, in the eastern district, hate. Some are returning to villages Marriott could do any work neces-territory."

from which they originally migrated, sary. where their houses were completely others undoubtedly will and new Meanwhile, the Jews maintained Hatta, announced that Egypt had copy is marked confidential.

I have not received an oficial destroyed.

employment and a now life in firmly that their forces were just complained Jewish troops were still More than 20 shells fell Indido southern contres, but many will fled in shooting down the five British on Egyptian soil. An observers team statement from the Israel Govern

Omcial sources said the Pelyang University compound probably join the growing hordes planes.

the has been sent from Gaza, the big ment on the incident as yet. I have shattering glass and causing con at beggars leading a subsistence on Jewish Cloverument would protest Eygption base in Southern Palestine, asked observers to make the fullnet

United Nations in a

radio-equipped leep to in possible check on both sides of the eliterable damage to the bulldinge, the streets of such cities as Canton. I sharply to the

"dagront. against the

(Continued on Taro 5) -Reuter-AAP.

undeniable vesilgate.-United Press. It was revealed.

and

any

sido

of

British,