Australia weighs loan to Burma amid Colombo talks
At Colombo Commonwealth ministers discussed a possible Burma loan though size remains uncertain with Britain India and Pakistan seen as main contributors. Australia and New Zealand pressed security provisions in any Japan peace treaty while debates on Indo-China and postwar Southeast Asia aimed to curb communism and raise living standards.
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Trials Soon of Britain's Giant Planes
London notes Britain prepares proving flights for the jet airliner Comet with 14 on order by BOAC and trials on Empire routes possibly to Australia. The 130 ton Brabazon is also slated for Atlantic trials.
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Westerling demands state recognition for private army
Captain R P Westerling, claiming to command 20 000 men in West Java, demands official recognition from the Indonesian government. The 89 year old Dutch Malay mixed heritage ex commando warns a midnight reply is needed and rejects civil war, while Indonesia’s army spokesman says private armies will not be allowed and labels Westerling dangerous.
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Indonesian Labour Group Heads to Peking for Talks
A nine member delegation from the central All- Indonesian Labour organization traveled via Singapore to Peking to renew contacts with the World Federation of Trade Unions controlled by Communists. The party, including two women, passed through Singapore aboard the Dutch vessel Tivo dak but did not disembark.
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U S Aid For Yugoslavia Reported By New York Times
The United States approved a strategic plan for Eastern Europe allowing limited military aid to Yugoslavia to deter Russian influence. The plan centers on supporting the Tito program with military supplies under specific conditions, reflecting concerns over Yugoslavia's weaker economic security.
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Canberra bomber ordered for Australian production
The Australian Government approves Canberra bomber manufacture in Melbourne at Fishermen's Bend replacing Lincoln production. Engines by Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation using Rolls Royce Tay. Canberra noted as fast, with two crew and pressurised nose cabin.
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Wall Street Reaches Peak Since 1946
New York stock market yesterday climbed to the highest level since August 1946. Trading volume was heavy with about 2,680,000 shares changing hands. Several issues rose sharply and both speculative and top grade stocks attracted buying interest.
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Yonkers Police Use Television in Missing Girl Hunt
Yonkers New York police broadcast a photograph of 12 year old Josephine Leech to aid in a six day missing person search. A telecast will show the girl’s face and a stand in for her build, claimed a first for police use of television in such a search.
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U S Jets Set New Speed Record
At Kirtland Air Force Base three F 86 Sabre pilots averaged just over 710 mph and 325 miles from Tucson to Albuquerque in a flight that exceeded the speed of the Sanes record of 760.081 mph.
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Communist invasion on Hainan Island reported by guerrilla groups
Reports describe Communist amphibious forces concentrating on the Leu Chow Peninsula and coastal seizure of a thirty mile stretch. Nationalist defenses are being strengthened on the island's north side while a fleet of 100,000 landing craft from the Gulf of Tonkin is said moving toward Hainan.
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British May Break Chinese Blockade in East Asia
Rumour reports Britain preparing an armed convoy from Hong Kong to Shanghai to break the Nationalist blockade, with no immediate confirmation. The report originates from Tokyo and notes potential action but remains unverified.
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Explosion Feared Aboard Flying Arrow Near Tsingtao
Wayne Richardson aboard the Flying Arrow reports Captain Jones fears an explosion at any time due to expanding cotton and jute bales after Nationalist shelling. The ship will be taken to the port of Tsingtao for safety.
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Nationalist Raid on Shanghai Kills Dozens
Soviet Tass reports Chinese Nationalist bombers attacked Communist held Shanghai last Saturday. Sixty two people were killed and forty wounded while two hundred houses were destroyed. Monitor bombers reportedly had fighter protection.
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Churchill flies home to lead election campaign
Winston Churchill cut his Madeira holiday short to fly back to London and join the Conservative campaign. Reports say Labour and Liberal figures deny any coalition with unions while a leftist Labour group promotes a keep left policy as wage talks loom and miners and railway workers push for higher pay. A night-long miners’ strike disrupted Thorne Colliery in South Yorkshire as wage pressures rise.
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Bomb victim returns after nine years missing in wartime
Herbert Henry Harrison, believed killed in London air raids, returns to his parents in County Durham. A former Sapper in the Australian Army, he disappeared in April 1941 at 16 after a torpedoed ship voyage, later surviving in the United States and Australia before sailing home. He says letters were returned marked unknown, and he sought his family after deputized by hope and a long search.
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Italian Actor Killed In Bomb Explosion During Filming
Italian actor Hemonies Orsini was killed and three others injured at Frascati Rome during a battle scene for the film Heroic Cavalcade. A live bomb exploded as he fell, striking him and triggering a fatal blast intended for a later scene.
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U S Declines Bilateral Talks and China Policy Debate
Washington reports say the State Department rules out direct talks with Russia on broader world issues while open to limited direct questions. The House debate on China and Formosa includes Senator Taft urging arms to Formosa without provoking war with Russia.
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State of Crisis Declared on Gold Coast
The Gold Coast Governor Bite Charles Arden Clarke declared a state of emergency at midnight amid unrest. He warned law and order breakdown and alleged coercion attempts by strikes. A four-day general strike call from the leftist Coast Convention of the Peoples Marty aimed to disrupt governance.
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Record steel output in the United Kingdom
British steel production reached a record high as the British Iron and Steel Federation announced the year’s output. Last year’s total exceeded the previous record and topped the 1998 figure, with production around the 14 million ton level and above the prior year by a significant margin.
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