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CocaCola

Capain Found Dead

Cabin

Suez, Sept. 7-Cap- tain Capuro of the Italian ship, Empire Rani, of 7,575 tons, was found dead in his cabin, hanging by the neck

from

A lifebelt rope, the police stated after the ship docked here inst night.

He left an unsigned letter saying that he had "enough of lllc,"

The police, who boarded the Empire Runi after MCHADRO from the ship saying the captain was killed Al. Hea in a mutiny, announced that he com- mitted suicido งด September 3 before the ship left

for Aden Suez.--Reuter,

MADAME

CHIANG

RETURNING

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Por and on behalf of

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Publish of

Hongkong Telegraph.

VOL. IV NO. 212

3-Power Experts Open Talks On

Dollar Shortage

Washington, Sept. 7.-Top administrative and financial Ministers of the United States, Britain and Canada conferred in closed session for one hour and four minutes at the State Department here today, opening their economic talks on the dollar shortage within the Sterling Area,

the United Kingdom Afier the session. Mr; which John Snyder,, the United visualises as her own develop

ment of "Fourth Point" ideas, States Secretary of the The Economic Co-Operation announced its Treasury, told a press con- Administration ference that the Ministers Paris yesterday that Britain had led the way In submitting would meeet again at 3 p.m.specific projects for develop (local time).

ments in overseas territories to with Marshall The meeting, he said, defined be carried out the primary purpose of the

American experts, under this three-power conference as bp. phase of the Marshall Pro- ing to exchange views concern-gramme, are now combing all jaty Britain's dollar earning problem in the light of adjust Africa, the ECA added, for agricultural and mineral wealth

Improve iment to declining United States to

world living assistance.

He said that the discussions would be kept fluid; the session today had not adopted any formul agenda.

added that no limitation or closing date had been in- on the talks. They would posed probably continue through next New York, Sept. 8.-The week-end.

this

"It is recognised that

Aid.

standards.

Mining, agricultural, health and transportation surveys are already under way. Reuter,

CHAKSANG SETTLES

IN WATER

New York Journal, Ameri- problem involves great diff- can, said today that Madame culties not susceptible of quick Chiang Kai-shek is returning and cas solution," he said.

The United States expects to Chinn next month to stand

the problem to be considered by her husband.

within the

The steamer Chaksang, which existing framework Interview with a ro- In an

harbour Inst of the United States'

foreign caught fro forter, Madame Chiang was

after an explosion, has quoted as saying: "I am flying economie policy, as expressed night back next month. I believe the

the her funnel is visible. elprocal trade programme, the -Generalissimo needs me."

in

in such measures as the resettled in the water, and only

Of the ship's crew of 60, only

Asked if she would go to the international Trade Organisa-30 survivors had been account-

goca

The news story also quoted "I shall also her as saying: carry home the message that China has many friends in America who would like to help

tion, the European Recovery front with him, she Programine and the institutions cd for carly this morning. Two les. "I will go wherever he!

of these were slightly injured. established at Bretton Woods" and were sent to the Kowloon Reuter,

Hospital for treatment.

The owners of the ship, the LONG-TERM PLANS

Indo-China Steam Navigation London, Sept. 7.-The dollar Co., Ltd., are still ungble t talks, starting in Washington give any information as to the hour of need." today, will disclose that Bri- cause of the explosion.

inin's recovery plans Include long-term coloniai develop- ment schemes involving ultimate cost of over £250,000,- 000,--Informedquarters hero

her in her Associated Press,

THE WINDSORS GO ON-TOUR

Nice, Sept. 7-The Duke and Duchess of Windsor today left their Cap D'Antibes residence, Chateau. Do La Grot, by road for Italy.

After spending two months

Riviera, on. the French

the Duke and Duchess plan to three days at Monte spenc Catini, Italian health resort, and a three-week then to have cruise in the Mediterranean.

Later they

to will return

Switzerland.

Paris

through

Realer.

EDITORIAL

said today.

overseas

(57)

Development of the undeve- loped areas of the world is the basis of the famous Polat" of President inaugural address.

American ment, as a incans of raising the standard of life in undeveloped territories and nsalting general economic recovery, is a main theme to be considered by the Washington conference,

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1949.

Secrets On Cafe Wall

George Bomze, proprietor of the "400" restaurant in Washington, inspects a high-altitude aerial photo of Washington on the walls of his cafe. The Navy has labelled the photo, made from a twin-jet Banshee plane at 48,846 feet, as "confidential." Bomze said he found a print of the picture in the restaurant three weeks ago enlargement made for his display. and had

(AP Wirephoto).

Bitter Exchanges

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In U.S. Senate

Over Aid To China

has not

called MacArthur.

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Typhoon Threat Passes South Of Hongkong

SHIP DRIVEN AGROUND; LITTLE SERIOUS DAMAGE

The centre of the typhoon passed south of Hongkong at 4 o'clock this morning, moving westwards at a speed of 15 knots. No. 9 signal was lowered early this morning, being re- placed by No, 8, which was taken down at 9 a.m. There is no further danger to the Colony, but the Observatory states rain will continue during the day.

Grim Tale Of Mass Murder

In

Crimea

Both told how all

The One ship is reported to

Hongkong Tramways' have been driven Bground started their services at 8.45 n.m. with cars ruhning to Ken- during the gale. This is the

nedy Town and Shaukiwan. Inchimull, aground off Stone. cutter's Island.

In the same area, a lighter has been cast adrift and was this morning lying across the

Stanvac bows of the

vense), Mayhew, at Laichikok

ASSISTED TO BUOY All HM ships in harbour had

at

cd.

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Hoardings and signboards in

As a result of the limited transportation, public cars and taxis were in great demand, while rickshaws also shared in the temporary boom

Huge crowds including a num ber of office workers could be seen waiting at bus stops but all vehleles flashed

past without displaying

stopping, prominenty

Most streets in Hongkong and Kowloon were deserted during the earlier part of the morning as the rain carried by a fairly and wind whipped strong drenched the Colony.

No serious traffic accident had been reported but two cars, one a privato and the other a public vehicle, Iny abandoned outside In the Ruttonico Sanatorium Queen's Road Elast this morning. Tho

publie

car apparently wall of the Sanatorium, with the other vehicle a few feet behind it Traffic had to swerve to one alde to avoid hitting the abandoned vehicles.

crashed into the

OBSERVATORY STATEMENT.

Hamburg, Sept. 7.-Two orders last night to put to Ren, officers of Hitler's exter- only HMS Amethyst remaining mination squad, Task Force in harbour. She was tied up the Royal Naval Dockyard, D, now. under sentence of

and a farewell party was given denth, told a story of mass on board. murder.in written deposi- Later during the night, how tions today before the Bri- ever, Amethyst was assisted out tish War Crimes court here to a buoy in harbour by two tugs. She appeared to be rid- trying Field Marshal Fritz ing out the gale without Von Manstein.

effects.

The Happy Valley district

partially flooded Jews at was

this Washington, Sept. 7.-Chairman Tom Connally, of Simferopol, in the Crimes, were morning, while in Kowloon, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, charged today shot before Christmas 1841 by water rushing down from the Kowloon Tong that Gonoralissimo Chiang Kai-shok had "absconded" with order of Field Marshal Munhills behind

length stein's 11 Army. The de- covered a considerable $138,000,000 of his nation's treasury funds to Formosa..

positions, which were made by of Waterloo Road. Karl Braune and inz CARS ABANDONED

Heinz Committee Schubert, row awaiting execu- BOAC TO USE Senator Connally mado Foreign Relations

A big tree at the corner of Up to 11.30 am. no calls had the charge during a furious Connally replica testily that her members of Tacle-Forco rooted-and-was-lying-hall-way Brigade of any accident or land- tion at Landsberg with the the Muslim Cemetery was up-been received by the Fire Senate debate-with-Repub-MacArthur was in Japan doing SKYMASTERS ¡Hean Senators Kenneth job assigned to him, and D. told how their commander, ncross the road.

slides in the Colony, Erich Ohlendroff, said that he Wherry and William Know- wouldn't want to send the ser "Fourth Alternative arrangements have land, who arc seeking geant-at-arms to collar him and could not carry out the order, many parts of the Colony were Truman's been made to carry on BOAC $175,000,000 of U.S. military bring him back when he doesn't which they thought came from blown down, and several Neon Manstein, because of lack of signs in the city were smash- want to come." scheduled flights, starting next

Nationalist

materials. the invest-Tuesday, unl grounded aid for the

Wherry then sald he was in-

A contractor's hut at the junc-j A statement from the Royal The Army offered formed Argonauts are put back into ser- Government of China.

that Gen. MacArthuri

petrol tion of Island Road and Repulse Observatory says; Knowland proposed at De- vice

made regular military reports on lorries and drivers but said that Bay Hond was blown across the The typhoon first developed DOAC's local office announced fase Secretary Louis Johnson

could not do the road. Ching, but Connally said he did soldiers

an obstruction.as a weak tropical Sky- order the Joint that DC-4 this morning

not know about them and had shooting.

Connally sar- Christmas, all the Jews being Several motor cars were aban-near the Dalintang Channel, in

the Straits of Luzon, master aircraft are being char- to extend their current Alaskan

seen them.

doned at this spot. tered from Qantas Airways, and trip to the Far East and China, castically accused Wherry

of shot in an-tank ditches

A number of bathing sheds in morning of September 6. At first all published schedules will be while Wherry demanded top having "wrapped up the secrets rounding the town, and about South Day and Middle Bay were moved slowly WNW and on

as from next Tues- WHO

120 watches belonging to them also damaged by the typhoon. resuined

the evening of September 0 an secret reports on the Far Eastem of MacArthur in his bosom," day.

situation by General MacArthur | refua'ng to Ict the Senate were handed over to the

peared to be curving to the right TRANSPORT HOLD-UPS before the Senate voles on the

on Manstein's orders.

lowards Swalow. have them

Transportation services were Very little information $1,450,000,000

akl 713

pro-

When Wherry accused the ALL MALES SHOT grainme.

largely interrupted by the big available, and it was unfor- blow. Connally

Knowland Administration of telling Gen.

lunate that no reports were re- asked

Braune's deposition said that when he was in China lust, and MacArthur what to say when

ferry services caived from the Pratas weather the latter replied 1940. Con the General turned down an Manstein ordered that when the were stopped this morning. Al station, with the result that it announced that was extremely diMcult to gauge nally asked if he had ever talk-invitation to testify before the Germans recaptured the lown noon, it was ed with General Marshall about Senato

Connalty of Eupatoria, in the Crimea, all there was likelihood of a the position und movement of committees, China, and Knowland said he snapped: "That's unworthy of the male inhabitants should be restricted service being resumed the depression.

On the morning of September. and not.

the Senator from Nebraska to shot as reprisals. for the earlier about 1 p.m.

effort there was an

The China Motor Bus put an 7, however, ships' reports indi- to killing by Franc Tireurs of 40

curtailed "x" the General's answer. to 50 badly wounded Germans.a

service оп the cated that the depression was Queen's Road and Happy Val-centred about 200 miles ESE of During his verbal fight with In all 1,184 were shot in anti-ley routes at 7.30 a.m., and by Hongkong, still moving slowly Knowland, Connally said the tunk ditches.

0.30 a.m. the

Talkoo WNW. University

As soon as it was evi- dent Chinese Communists Jind been

and Queen Mary services were

that the storm, was up- Schubet's deposition said that resumed. Buses for Aberdeen pronching Hongkong, the No. 1 helped

through to victory Knowland said since the De-American arms sent to the Na-80 to 100 decorations were and Stanley were suspended. Signal was holsted at 12.30 p.m. fence Secretary thought iterionalist Government, but awarded to members of Task Kowloon buses started ser-Up to this time reported wind sential for the Chiefs of Staff Knowland argued they could Force D by the Army. He vice at 0.45 a.m. on all regular velocitas had not exceeded 30 to visit the Atlantic Pact na- have been a part of lend-lease was Adjutant to the command routes in the city area. Services to 40 knots near the centre. flons they should visit the Furnid given to Russia during the

British experts have prepared voluminous dossier of all the short and long-term projec.

L

Britain's Economic Efforts

THE subject of Britain's Industria THE

productivity looms large on the agenda of both the annual congress of the TUC at Bridlington and the three- economic and financial talks at power

a widespread Washington. There is Impression that British industries have not been working loo well, and that British workers have not been putting in enough effort. But this is not true. When the Chancellor of the Exchequer recently stated of Britain's economic recovery effort that "we have surpassed our 1938 production by something like one-quarter and our productivity is up by about ten percent," there were sceptics both at home and abroad who declared that these figures did not.square with facts. And even when an Independent body like the United Nations, in its Economic Bulletin for Europe, rates Britain's industrial pro- duction at 31 percent abovo 1938 and out- put per man eight percent higher than prewar which come pretty close to Sir Stafford Cripps Agures-some sceptic remained unconvinced. Scepticism of this nature can be carried to a dangerous stage. It is exactly such scepticism that. has led to the erroneous conception that "Hellish, Industrial production was lan- guishing. The real facts—and there are plenty of them readily availablo-reveal a state of affairs which is entirely the reverse, one of healthy and consistent. progress. The general picture is admirably wammed up in the official Index of Industrial Production, and an examination

the latest figures given for, a number"

not only supports the claim

of a general increase in production but. shows that progress has been rapid in many directions. Heavy wartime with drawals of inbour which have not been fully replaced have restricted the recovery of certain industrles-textiles, for in- stance but, in general, industrial pro- duction in Britain is shown to be about 30 percent above the prewar average. Additional evidence of the high rate of British Industrial activity is found in the volume of exports, which in the first half of this year averaged 50 percent more by quantity than In 1938. All this could not have been possible without special effort by British workers, who are working sometimes up to 49 hours per week in Bomo industries, excluding meals and other breaks. Convincing figures show that, with the help of Marshall Ald,- Western European industrial production- of which Britain's sharo represents almost, one-half the total value-made tremendous strides in the past twelve months. Against this, however, production in the United States and Canada, the two principal Importers who pay for what they buy with dollars, has been going ahead even faster. Their demand for non-dollar goods has therefore been much loss, so that the dollar has become universally -- scarce." Britain's present difficulties are. not the result of lack of effort or slowness of production, but are due to the lack of dollar markets, and - the stili enormons ¿ demand--within the sterling ` area for dollar goods.” That is the problem which the experts now assembled at Washington hava to solve.

Chiefs of Staff

WAITS AND WAITS "Here," said Connally, "is u Senator whose heart is on fire for Ching and he has not even talked

to the nation's authority on the subject."

East olo

top

not

sny

wor.

"Even the State Department waits and waits, at least until AMPLE DISCUSSION the Defence Department can be prepared and the whole arca Knowland promised "ample won't go byl board," Knowland discussion" of United States rald. He said that in spite of Far Eastern polley when his ample warning, the State Des China, ald bi amendment to partment has only in the last the proposed arms bill reaches few weeks, and after much the Senato floor, and Connally prodding, agreed to the appoint-accused him of planning a ment of a three-man com-libuster. mission to work out a Far East

policy.

Knowland replied: "I have

It was done before

sur-

Army

causing

Cross-harbour

a

er, and Mansicin obtained the to the New Territories. were award of an Iron Crosa, Becond suspended. Class, for him after he had The Peak Trams resumed earlier been turned down, sixtheir funicuter, sérvico to the times.Router.

upper levels at 10.16 .a.m,

Brabazon Makes Second Flight

The

giant 180-ton air Aeronautical Show this after.

depression

on

tha

WAS

80-KNOT WINDS For the remainder of the day the storm continued to approach the Colony. When during the afternoon an RAF Sunderland 25 miles north of Prataq re- ported 80-knot winds near the centre of the 'storin, it becnie clear that. It was not only in- tenallying rapidly but also ac celeraung

The

No. 7 Signal (galo, ex- pected from the NE) was hoist- ed. at 7.40 pm. Later evidence demonstrated that from here the storm assumed a moro westerly: track, and therefore would in all probability pass south of the Colony

"But they have no polley to neither planned nor partielpated this day, and the situation is in n filibuster." and "am) not Bristol, Sept. 7.—Britain's Brabazon, the world's ho do-doing so now, but the debate fargest civil land plano, made a two and one-half hour dally getting worse," clared.

will not be cut off abruptly on flight this morning. BITTER SCENE

important a question. Be

A 50 MILES SOUTH ··

The wind force rose, steadily, The clash was one of the most for this situation goes entirely bitter the Senate has seen in behind the fron curtain the recent weeks. When Knowland American people should be liner, which made its maiden noon

The Brabzon may fly over and by 2 a.m. a gule was blow- night last Sunday, mado London in the afternoon, off to 50 knots.

ing from the NE with gusts up anished, Wherry carried on the fully Informed. argument to demand why tho

He sald

United States perfect 600-yard landing on clals of the Bristol Aeroplane The No. 0 algust (gate ex- was in an

"unusual position" the mile and a half runway Company said, we

"the regarding China because

Omelals of the Bristol Anruspected to increase) was bolsted Administration has had ample specially built for it.

The slivery Brabazon Dew plane Company which built the of the storm's position was des warning of the desperate situa steadily at about 2,300 foot, cir Brabazon for the British Over termined by a ship at 4 sum. to tion, but it is only within the cling over northwest Bristol and as Airway Corbroation, des be 50 miles duo: south-of-the. part three weeks that a com- south Gloucestershire villages, deribed today's Light asper

per Colony,BEZEYLE Tarmisch, Germany, Sept. 7-mission has been formed Thousands of people were fectly satisfactory." Richard Strauss's doctor, lonight presumably to come up with a awakened by the Four of its A spokesman anld the crew was "maintained, for about- four reported. a- fiserious worsening" Far Eastern policy. They have eight 2,000 horsepower engines, amused themselves by balancing | hours from 2.30 am. -to-030 of the condition of the: German not yet come up with one, and := Test "pllot A. J. Peggy who three-penny" bliz (octagonal) a.m., whereafter pressure was composer, Strauss, :: 857-10 11 with each day the situation be controlled the Brabazon, and he coins) on edge at various points rising rapidly and the zile fil from a heart disiare.—Associated conses is more desperate."- wanted to give itin rial, before inside, the plane during ‚ the | abating,MDASA

Prem

United Press,

'fying over-vibe" (Farnborough", fightersdasdsiated. Precept verkar i Sin (Ontillessed,an.Préal 3 B

Richard Strauss Getting Worse

|at, 11:45. p.m.-lan @neeurata Ex

A mean velocity. of 80 knots