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Industrial Use Of

Uranium Successful

VOL. IV NO.. 290

Paterson, New Jersey, Dec. 8.-Uranium was used in a new textile dying pro- cess here today in what-is believed to be the first suc- cessful industrial application of atomic energy,

method a

Under tho new vraslum compound is used as catalyst and the cloth in dyed "photo chemically-much in the same way

that n photo-

graphie im is developed,

Dr

Leonard Ravich, who perfected the process, explain- ed that 2,000 yards of cloth, which would require four wight hour to dye in the nor mal operations, could be dy ort under thu more thoroughly

new process in 20 minuter.

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The uranium compound-UAL in added to the dye solution aki renders the fabric more sensitive to the "photo" part of the process when it passes 19-foot aluminum chamber containing the largest known man-mado concentration of light in the world-112,500 watta.

through

The new process, which has been developed by the Vatcraft Corporation during the phat two and a half years, Wi demonstrated at the Shamrock Textile Processing Paterson, New Jersey. the only Vatcraft machine is located.

For the Proprietor of

KONGKONG TELEXFRAPIL For and on behalf of

BOUTH CHINA MORNING FOST, LITA

The

Today'%'",weather, Biederste sazi or northeast winds. Freshoulag at tinsen.. Cloudy, w

Noon Observations: Harametrŝo pressure, 1018.4 mbe, 2007 in, Temperature, 63.9 deg. F. kéw point, 50 deg. F. Relative humidity, 27 9%. Wind direction' E by B. Wind force, 18 knots. Low water: 4 EL. 1. In at 3.51 pm. High water: 8, ft, 4 in at 10.58 p.m.

Hongkong Telegraph.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1949.

FLIGHT OF THE FUTURE

N FRANCISCO

This drawing

10 aeroplane sketch by Dr II the

.

of a rocket baard on A 6 Talen of California Institute Technology

yet-to-be- built rocket plane which Dr described to the Talen bas Company.

American Society of Mecha- where

nical Engineers. It would fly from Now York to Bat

Jess Francisco in

than an hour, attaining a speed almost 10,000 miles per hour. AP artist John Curtian drew

Soveral more machines BIT expected to be completed early next year.

The uranium compound used in the process is manufactured radioactive zajrce Irom materials under a licence from the United States Atumie Energy

Commission. United Press

New York's Water Shortage

of

this conception of the plane In Might-with Co plang purposely enlarged to retain details of Dr Taten's

of the 80-foot-long sketch pencil shaped creation—AÏ Ficture.

RESCUE FAILS

Oslo, Dec BA

British steamer--the 3,417-ton 13lack Ranger, of London-fought

New York, Dec. 8-The civic authorities today ordered New North Sea battle today to

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try

to rescue a drifting Greek ship

NEW YOR

Bulgarian's Story

Of Alleged Intelligence

Work For British

Sofia, Dec. 8-One of the accused in the Sofia treason trial testified this afternoon that the former Press Secretary of the British Legation, Mr Steven Patrick House, had given b'm in 1948 an order to sabo tage trade negotiations with Hungary.

The accused, A. Ivan Tutev, former director of at great Bulgarian foreign trade, pleaded guilty and length told the Court that he had been first recruited Later, into British Intelligence in Germany in 1945. he worked in Bulgaria und r the directive of a one-time mistress of the inte King Ferdinand and, finally, was ordered into the underground Communist Party by British Intelligence.

York's eight million residents to

Two other deferlants, Nikola discontinue all non-essential use but had to give up when u Paylov Kolev, former Adminis

of the Bul- of water to conserve the city's towing rope broke,

trative Secretary 5.170-garian Polliburcom, and Tronio Tencev, former Governor of the Bulgarian National Bank, also pleaded guilty.

washing,

The Greek ship, the dwindling supplies. All motor-Cor

theton Rikos, signalled for u}} flooding of tennis courts or pools early today The Black Ran- and the rer succeeded in getting a tow for winter ice skating cleaning of tiled walls in under-rope across to the Greep ship ground stations must stop. but the rope snapped and the A long dry spell and unusually British vessel then reported heavy consumption have reduced over Farsund the supplies in the reservoirs to about 35 percent of their enpa- -city-Reuter.

EDITORIAL

Radio that it would be unable to make fur- ther attempts to tow the likes. -Reuter

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U.S. Not To Interfere If

Communists Capture Formosa

ISLAND SAID TO

Reds Take Touching

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Paris, Dec. 8. French despatch from Hanol on Thursday night said that the Chinese city of Tonching on the Indo-China frontier has reportedly fallen to the Chinese Communists,

The city is TO HAVE

BEEN WRITTEN OFF

Washington, Doc. 8.-High official sources today said American policy-makers had decided that there was nothing the United States could do, outside of actual military intervention,

to prevent Formosa falling into Communist hands if the Chinese Nationalists were unable to defond it.

Military intervention definitoly has been ruled out by high-level policy decision with which President Truman is said to agree.

Authoritative quarters here consider that, if the Chinese Reds suc- ceed in taking Formosa, it will be a grave blow to anti-Communist forces in the Orient and will crack the American Joint Chiefs of Staff's concept of the American defence line. However, they have decided American action to save the island from the Reds would have consequences which would outweigh the strategical advantage.

At the same time, they warn the Japanese against expecting any American action to return Formosa nominally to Japan and place it under United Nations or other trusteeship pending conclusion of a peace treaty.

Recently, Taiwan shipped STOP PRESS

The Secretary of State, Mr|mained stable and this, in turn, Dean Acheson.

has publicly produced general economic and stated that Formosa is a very political sfablity Important queeflon which is still under

by the consideration American government, However, sources close to him report thai bc and other policy officials have "written off" the island to The unless Communists Nationalists are

the

the

Sayini

ANGUS WARD IN TIENTSIN

bom

ot Tientsin

the гот

across

from the Indo-Chinese coastal city Moncay. In southeast Tonkin, the déspatch said. No fur- ther details are avall. able.-United Press.

3-Pronged

Drive

On Chengtu

Hoihow, China, Decem bar 8.-Communist forces

toward raced

Chengtu from three directions to- " day.

From Suning, one force sped toward Lochi and Kanyang.

the latter is only 05 kilometers south of Chengtu. Another from Yunchang was moving to- ward Lungchang and Nelkiang to join forces with the Com- munist 16th Army moving in from Suyung and Läheten In

outh Stachuan

The Defence Ministry

mitted

that

nd-

the Nationallet

forces engaged the 12th Com- munist Army in the Yungchang. and Lungchang districts whllo telegraphic communications were practically cut last week- end.

MAJOR ENCOUNTERS News dispatches from Kwang- chowwan reported that major batties were in progress in south Kwangtung and Kwangs and

to

on

2,000 tons of rice to Hainan without cost to the latter Ad- ministration,

"Every effort is being bent on making Taiwan stable milliarily and food and daily necessiíles:

Cienern Chen told

Washington, Dac. able to defend plentiful,"

3.The United States Consul General, t, and they emphasise that no Reuters. American assistance to 1hr

"These objectives have been Mr Angus Ward, and his entire achieved during the past six party have arrived safely at Nationalists in such efforts ch be expectedl

months and present indications Tientsin, China, the State De- their are Uit this positioni can bepartment · reported tonight. American officials, in

a long period,” though he was given the oppor-discussions on what to do about maintained to.

A dispatch to the Department the neighbouring districts. The tunity to do so by questioning Formosa, went through two he added. the co-defendants following their mator phases. They considered:

that the Island's from the acting United States Communist 13th and 24th armles

from

Limklang were reported

plus.

(11 The question whether the economy as well as its defences consul-general, Alfred T. Well-

sa'd Mr to be pushing toward Hoppe. However, he did

question Nationalist government could be had been strengthened, General Ward's party of 20 persons ar-7/13 the extreme' south

Formosa Chen added that the authorities

graphic to hold Pavtoy Kolev briefly after the xpected

communications here had in hand a large stock of rived at 10.30 p.m. on Thursday. Pakhol were broken days ago. Inter had given a statement against a Red onslaught.

went They

directly to any emergency-- | MET

Meanwhile, tense Chengtu hours for several

implicating (2) The assumption that the rice to meet

They and this despite heavy miliary United States Consulate afternoon Vie chilef Kostov. But Kostov only asked Nationalists could not.

pound and will stay there until This

Kolev about a date

connected then proceeded to discusa what requirements.

Sunday, when they will board accused, Kustov, who yesterday

Kolev's being with

the American freighter as Loko United States should or

DONE HIS BEST denied the main charges against

land Victory.-United Press. cos'd do in such an eventuality attempt to luring the war. made no himself,

Jant Reviewing his 10 months of The chairman of the

General Chen challenge any of the evidence ol-

Chiefs of Staff, General Omar administration, Bradley, has opined the Nation-raid that there were, of course, out blemishes in the overall picture allsts could not long hold

the Busts on Formosa. but he had done his best in the "gainst

face of numerous difficulties not tle was opposed in this view by Admiral Louls Denfeld, who had to say opposition from come the Was

Brst step

faith that Nationalist troops, people against his reform mea- downfall Kustov's

Automatic

Chinese Airsures. from his position as Bulgaria's imported by the

block Force

and Navy, could Vice-Premier to his present role

of that island defendant this Bed penetrafta

En chlef

Indefinitelynited Penca, eason trial

ECONOMY STABILISED Taipeh. Taiwan, Dec. 8.-Tni-

leind

fortress ot the Tutev, who was in charge of Nationalis's, is approaching the alf of Bulgaria's trade relations, end of 1940 with much on the told the Court that he was re-redit side of its administrative ruited into the British Intelli- sheet and when 150 comes its gence Service 14 years ago ople wil be rble to look back hrough the German Industrialist won a year of sound progress despite the many difficulties of Alexander Muclier,

Reform Club's Programme

LOQUENCE held court at the pubile

Encues of the Hongkong Reform

some

n

on in-

Club on Wednesday, but it is also to the

the speakers credit of all

that their sincerity was unquestionable. Indeed, the community OWCN these gentlemen measure of gratitude for their intensely to and serious

pructieal approach constitutional and social reforms subjects which no easily lend themselves to flights of imagination, poor perspective and rhetoric. The speakers' passionate belief in the fundamental rights and needs of their cause was obviously the governing factor in their treatment of the subject. We have previously commented on the Hongkong Iteform Club's platform, making it, unnecessary now to review it in any detall. But the speeches delivered Wednesday night provided teresting and informative amplification of the programme already made public. One point made clear was that the Reforma Club is not intending to bring about the millenium overnight; the programme is long-term, with a willingness to obtain constitutional and social improvements in the initial stages which will not requiro Loo honry a demand on the financial resources of Hongkong. The platform, of course, han still to be endorsed, and while It is unlikely there will be any nelive opposition to it as a general statement of ideals and objects, It may well be that the committee will be asked to present a more specific programme which can bo practicably fulfilled within a reasonable period. As It has been previously observed, the difficulty associated with such a comprehensive and ambitious programme, is to decide on which things. should be dealt with first. It would seem that the committee has not yet tackled this task; certainly all the speakers on Wednesday left the impression that they

considered their own favourite reforms to be deserving of priority. Mr Ma Mou-fai wants housing, education, and agriculture to be tackled; Mr da Sitva considers the creation of a Civil Rights Commission an Immediate necessity; Mr T. A. Martin Inid emphasis on the demands for more and better charitable institutions and social welfare organisations; Dr Lee declared himself strongly for improved hospital facilities and adequate Institutions for dealing with Tuberculosis. The advocates of these praiseworthy reforms were not at variance, but it is transparently clear that not all of these projects can be undertaken, or even urged to be under- taken, simultaneously. The Reform Club committee might, therefore, profitably consider between now and the next public restricted pro- meeting, what sort of gramime could be advanced for implemen- tation as soon as the constitutional reform measures have been approved by White- half and can become operative in Hong. kong. The committee could do this on the 'reasonable assumption that the general

recelve platform will

approval. In

the meantime, the public, which has so much to gain through the efforts of the Reform Club, might begin to show some real interest in the Club's activities. wretchedly Wednesday's meeting was attended a cynical display of public apathy which, if persisted in, must gravely relard any movement to obtain much needed reforms and improvements for the Colony. In the last resort only the public. of Hongkong can secure for itself the better deal which it believes it deserves; if it is not sufficiently interested to give at least moral support to an Independent: organisation created for the express pur pose of trying to right public wrongs, it will be able to blame only itself if nothing is nchloved..

Kaley, during his testimony, sald that it had been Stalin nimself who had informed the Bulgarians of Kostov and of his atitude to the Soviets as "na- tionalism."

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At that time Tutev was Com-the times. mercial Attache in Duesseldorf. The central gure behind the In 1040 he was asked to return good things which have been j

to Bulgorio for work for the Bri-done for the island 'his year is tish there.

General Chen Cheng, the Gov

that his "In Bulgaria I was contacted ernor. It is true

10

by an old woman, Sultana Raca months of administration have by criticism" Petrova, who was at one time been punctuated

"But I try to do everything or the people." he said. "I do not want anything for myself. Those who oppose ma do at (Confluued on Page 6)

U.K. Not To

Send Trade

Mission To

Red China

London, Dec. 8. Mr the mistress of King Ferdinand from some quarters, but even of Bulgaria," he said.

these concede that on the whole Harold Wilson, President of (Madame Petrova died short-he has carried out his job well the Board of Trade, sald to.

An Notable things he has

done

ly after the war following illness).

for the Island include the aboliday that Britain would not Tulev

for tion of salt taxation, the intro- consider sending an econo- ta'd ho worked Madame Petrova as a British duction of reasonable distribu-

teainst the Germans but, Lion quotas plus a workable ex-mic and trade mission to

in 1943 he was ordered by her port programme, and rellel to China until the question of to enter the legal Communist bad-holders by decreasing the recognition of the Chineso movemont for long term work. quantity of produce which land- Communist regime

Tutey said, "She told me that lords demand from their ten-

the British leaders were aware ants.

Currency reform has proved a

Rettled...

was

Labourite Lewis Austin' asked

that the war would soon end in

#consider sending the defeat of Germany and also fair success and this has been Mr Wilson in Parliament i he realised that the Russians

would win

the

largely because of the would now even if there vigorous mesures which have an economie and trade mission front. In been taken against profiteeringn. Chinn forthwith to investi- hat Becond were no

banks, goto trade prospects with said, and "underground the circumstances, she

e-country" the Soviet's and Communist In Taiwan's 100-1 banknote

gold "No," replied Mr Wilson. fluence would dominate in the rency is backed by solid

"The question of recognition of Balkons and as Bulgaria waserves.

The Importance to Taiwna of the Communist regime. would important strategically British Government could not self-sumeleney, in food has been have to be settled first and there of the Communis merely reconelle itself to that hehehted by intense activity has been no evidence that the

fleld of cultivation, partlattitude the Therefore, trusted people had to

Here the co-authorities toward foreign trade be infiltrated into the Com-cularly of rice.

neration of the Economic Co-would give opportunities for a munist Party.!!

Oneration Administration. In ob-successful trade

"When Mr Austin persisted, nining chemical fertilisers has

recognition is granted, will you horn highly valued.

ALLEGED VISIT

in

ED

In February, 1047, he said, The farmers got down to consider appointing commercial he was visited by Mr. House their jobs with a will and the and trade attaches as soon who "referred urgently to my result was that rice girlds were porelblo?" carlier connections with-

Mr Wilson said, "That Is a The very heartening. There being British service and told me it more than enough for every-hypothetical question.

(Continued on: Page: 5)

body, the price of ricore-Press,

United

of

sped up. Its evacuation work.

at Hainan Many arrivals Wednesday from there included iu Kien-chen, Acting President the Legislative Yuen and some 40 legislators; Liu Chich, Vice-President of the Control Yuan and a few of its members: and a pary of the chiefs of the Kuomintang, Young Chine and Democratic

Socialists parties. The latest arrivals reported that General Hu Tsung-nan's troops were reinforcing Chengtu while the natives were fleeing to the country with their belongings.- United Press,

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