Huge Plane Pulls
Out of Power Dive
SEATTLE, (>P)—'The new Boe
ing stratocruiser airliner, in tests,
has pulled out of a full-power dive
at a speed of 498 miles per hour.
The Boeing airplane company
said this was faster than any other
airplane of its size has ever flown.
N. D. Showalter, Boeing assist
ant chief engineer, said the test
was carried out last week, the big
ship diving from 21,000 feet to
12.000. #
The plane’s normal cruising
speed is from 300 to 350 miles per
hour.
Sentence 13 Jap
Atrocity Sailors
YOKOHAMA, (>P) — Thirteen
sailors of Japan’s wartime navy
were sentenced yesterday to prison
terms at hard labor for killing six
captured American fliers.
Twelve were given terms rang
ing from three to eight years for
their participation in the bayonet
ing and beheading of five uniden
tified Americans. The other was
sentenced to 15 years for causing
a flier’s death by refusing him
medical aid.
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Propose Countess
As Red Cross Head
STOCKHOLM, (tf*)—1The Amer
ican-born widow of Count Folke
Bernadotte was suggested yester
day as his successor as president
of the Swedish Red Cross.
The newspaper Svenska Dagbla
det said the job should go to
Covin'ess Estelle Bernadotte, the
former Estelle Manville.
Asserting that about 90 per cent
| of the Swedish Red Cross mem
! bers are women, the newspaper
said: “She (the countess) knows
better than anybody else what the
late president hoped, wanted and
believed in.”
No New Television !
Stations
WASHINGTON, (/P) — The fed
eral communications commission
yesterday announced that it is
temporarily suspending approval
of any new television stations in
order to “polish” the service al
ready authorized.
The action, effective immediate
ly, freezes 302 pending applica
tions for new video stations.
The pause in the further expan
sion of television broadcasting at
this time finds a total of 123 sta
tions authorized, of which 37 are
actually on the air. The remainder
hold construction permits and are
in various stages of development.
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HONG KONG, (£>)—'The Andre
Lebon, 13,000-ton French owned
Essageries maritime line vessel,
went aground today on a sand
bank off Saigon.
The ship, carrying cargo and
passengers for Hong Kong, was •
awaiting high tide to attempt re
floating.
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