The Bermuda Recorder

              for m bermuda jfcv recorder ipi w lmm j.t-r^i-^^r r purvis ltd _ __ agents purvis ltd published bi-weekly price 6d wednesdays 1 saturdays m wt volume xxxiii hamilton bermuda wednesday february 20 195 no 58 bermuda made 8 gain in january tourist travel five youths draw heavy punishment for robbery and violence egypt - in soviet plot africa charged sentences passed on 20 convicts at closing of criminal assizes bermuda started the new right — with an eight per cent increase in the number of tourists arriving in january from all sources this information was released by mr territt mowbray executive secretary of the trade development board who said the grand total for the month was 3,740 compared with 3,469 for the same period last year five young men whose ages range from 19 to 24 were given stiff sentences at the closing of the supreme court's criminal session on monday the youths had either been found guilty or convicted on their own confession to crimes involving theft and violence report nasser foments revolts by moslem british ask u n elements in 8 areas to curb aid by heaviest punishment was meted out to john maxwell richards and herman landy who were given two seven year terms in prison for hav been concerned together in tbe theft of a motor car which they used to hold up a woman whose purse they snatched also driving the car through a road block manned by police for which they were charged with attempting to do grevious bodily harm by trying to run the constables down grevious bodily harm to stan ley leon bean historically january is the month of jitters for those engaged in the tourist trade here this becomes more evi dent when one compares the month's grand total of 3,740 with the more than 6,165 who arrived during the pre passenger ship 707 by cruise ship making a grand total of 4,994 during the preceding month the grand total tof all arrivals from all sources was 7.218 greece to cypriots not insane but leroy alexander harvey 29 by frank kelley two years for bashing earl watts over the head with a shovel a doctor's report stated that although he could paris feb 11 with finan cial and political backing from the soviet union egypt has begun on a large scale an economic religious cultural and ideological penetration of at least eight areas of africa it was learned today the pur pose is to forment eventual revolution by moslem elements in these areas lem rebel units of these coun tries libya somalia kenya uganda and the island of zan zibar in all of which there is a sizable population of moslem malcontents united nations feb 19 great britain yesterday appealed to the united nations to halt greece's support of terrorism on cyprus and warned the situation had dangerously weakened the defenses of the free world in southeast europe ceding month bma unit to parade in somerset sunday did present certain mental symptoms which would lead him to exaggerated or precipi _. _ _ . ■ i 11 not be certified insane harvey i • i _____ _ i _ _ as usual the largest number of tourists came from th united states 3,194 there was a drop in european travel lers — only 34 came against 74 in january 1956 figures for the united kingdom which are listed separately showed 15-9 arrivals against 182 in th same period last year the egyptian operations sources said are based o n col nasser's book egypt's libera tion the philosophy of the revolution in which he stated in part not in vain is our country located in northeast africa a position from which we can look over the black continent which is today the scene of a hard fight between the white settlers and the black children . . . the duty of egypt is the creation of an immense power which will be able to drive these countries into revo lutions tate action when provoked earnest hilton simons 43 and david alexander harvey 26 were given 1 year each for engaging in unnatural offences against the order of nature to which they pleaded guilty the chief justice sir j trounsell gilbert who was ac companied on the bench by the assistant sir allan smith told the two convicts they had shocking records he added after pronouncing sentence that crimes of violence were far too prevalent in the last session there was case after case he recalled the complaint of terrorism was introduced before the general assembly's political committee by cmdr allan noble of the british delega tion it was introduced to counter a greek demand that cypriots be allowed to exercise their right to self-determina tion members of the bermuda militia artillery accompanied by their baud will parade to allen temple a.m.e church somerset on sunday morning to participate in the annual men's day services which the church is sponsoring the oc casion will be the first on which the militiamen will make an appearance in the avest end since the end of the war the task of developing this scheme is entrusted sources here said to ali sabry one of president gamal abdel nas ser's closest associates samuel cleveland spencer paul 49 who had no previous record was given nine months for driving an icepick in the back of one of his fellow work ers in the wake of the french national assembly's decision to set up thirteen semi-autono mous republics in french west africa and equatorial africa and the island of mada gascar authoritative inform ants here disclosed the vast ex tent of egyptian operations at several critical spots on the black continent cruise busiuess from the united states was mainly re sponsible for increased travel here last month when there were 207 tourists on cruise ships against 294 in 1956 joe benjamin gets hammer roderick brownlow cann also got nine months for un lawfully wounding his sweet heart stella sihionds of devonshire whom he threat ened to shoot the committee has three resolutions before it one presented by great britain would urge the greek govern ment to take effective meas ures to prevent support or en couragement from greece for terrorism in cyprus there was also a drop in travel to bermuda from the west indies and other coun tries listings under this category show 27 arrivals against 41 in january 1956 joseph thomas benjamin the 19-year-old warwick lad whose singing earned him the nickname of bermuda's roy hamilton got the second heaviest blow of the judicial hammer he was sentenced to 3 years in prison for attempt ing to rob a paget gas station attendant of a saturday eve ning's takings benjamin faced the charge jointly with gerald livingstone darrell 22 who was found not guilty by the jury t'he victim of the assault said his attackers were armed with a length of pipe and wore paper bags over their heads in libya site of american and british military bases and the first country to gain inde pendence under united nations auspices there is a moslem ma jority of 93 per cent in the population of 1,340,000 thc pastor of allen temple the rev dr f ii alleyne said that three services will be held at the church begin ning at 11 a.m 4 p.m and 7.30 p.m a special programme has been arranged and the public is invited to all three ivan wakefield gibbons 30 got two years for stealing a pair of trousers from a city shop aimed at ethiopia a break-down of all arrivals — bona fide tourist sand other persons arriving in bermuda during january shows 3,449 arrived by air 838 by regular the immediate goal it ap peared from diplomatic reports is to strike southward down the nile valley and southeast along the red sea in a move ment aimed at destruction of the christian country of ethiopia the other two submitted by greece would express the wish that the people of cyprus be given the opportunity to determine their own future by the application of their right to self - determination and establish a seven-nation faci finding committee to investi gate the british complaint and report back to the assembly in the fall egyptprops given second chance there sources said egypt has set up a corps of agit props — sometimes humorous ly known as egyptprops — in an organization known as the front for the fight of the libyan people sentences of corrective train ing at the senior training school at st george's were meted out to reuben goodwin fox 17 michael homer hill 18 and alaide leroy smith 19 for breaking entering and stealing from a ship after they had broken out of the senior training school where they were serving sentences the judge said he would not send them to prison but would give them another chance at the school labor eden sought nasser ouster a longer-range objective on the west coast of africa poses problems for the british colony and protectorate of nigeria and for the independent negro republic of liberia this outfit is known to be engaged in a double effort : first to push subversive propa ganda against the libyan gov ernment and second to make certain that - 30,000 light british tories grilled on suez robert thomas sinclair taylor 24 and richard thomas smith 22 were each given two concurrent terms of 2 years in gaol for their confessed violent robbery of two american air men on november 0 oh a lonely road in devonshire cmdr noble said the ambi tion of greece to attain enosis — union of cyprus with greece — had caused havoc in the relations between greece and england and kad weakened the west's position in that area soviet-egyptian plans also include sources here said the undetermining through mos by peter lyne continued on page 4 london — the original suez plan of the eden govern ment according to laborite opposition in the house of commons called for occupa tion of cairo and the toppling of egypt's president nasser mr amery dealt with the vexed question of alleged col lusion with israel he said the british commander sir charles keightley could not tell when long island couple vacationing in colony face of stiff competition we had to build a solid reputation by developing blocks that proved to be harder and more durable than the next fel low's in addition he said they constantly plowed back the profits into the business continued on page 5 others sent to prison by the judges included errol ralph smith 18 who was concerned with william llewellyn farncr 19 and rudolph wilberforce eugene harvey 24 given 2 years for his intervention would be nec essary the initiative was not in his hands he already had waited through september and october • continued on page 6 he said arms and ammuni tion for cypriot terrorists had been smuggled into cyprus since 1953 and that a num ber of cypriot students studying in greece had been trained as saboteurs and ter rorists by greek army officers this charge was not denied by conservative government spokesmen in a seven-hour de bate in the commons on the cost of the ultimate suez in tervention lecturer tells of healing by true prayer only rounding out a well-earned bermuda vacation as guests at sunset lodge hotel are mr and mrs ignatius s davidson of wyandanch l.i mr david son is a prominent builder and contractor was featured in last month's ebony maga zine which did a story on his cdment block manufacturing business in long island mr amery continued he was there in case the crisis which had been seen develop ing from july should come to a head of course if the initia tive had lain with us if we had been taking the initiative or if there had been collusion with israel the assault convoy could easily have sailed fronl malta to cyprus and waited there befon going in that is petty thievery keeps police busy john strachey war minister in the former labour govern ment detailed the charge that colonel nasser had been the first intended target he said operation musketeer which was carried out eventually against port said in november was planned originally in august as an attack with a landing at alexandria de signed to reach cairo and over throw the nasser government greek foreign minister evanghelos averoff - tossizza told the committee greece was interested only in the libera tion of the cyprian people from the colonial yoke he denied his government had supplied arms to the cypriot pat riots and in fact had taken all measures possible to prevent greeks from send ing arms to their brothers iu cyprus true religion holds the key to peace abundance and free dom for the individual and for all nations mrs claire rauthe of london england said in a christian science lecture in hamilton on sunday last never concerned himself with hereditary or physical laws how a case of cancer which was about to be operated on for the second time was in stantaneously healed by chris tian science was described by mrs rauthe she explained the effectiveness of the exalted spiritual prayer of regenera tion that knows only the all ness and nearness of god and man's perfection as his beloved reports of breaking enter ing and stealing from various places have kept the police extra busy during the past three days oil monday night they were called out to in vestigate the theft of 0 from the dunes on suoth shore paget the thief or thieves en tered the home sometime be tween 7.15 and 9.15 p.m a native of british guiana where he learnt his trade as a mason mr davidson migrated to the states about 46 years ago about 31 years ago he and a friend mr e mortimer cumberbateh put together their life's savings of 1,900 and started the c & d cement block company today the incorporated company does some 300,000 worth of busi ness annually not the course which matters took the healing and restoring power of spiritual prayer was proved by old testament prophets as well as by christ jesus she said and it is being demonstrated as immediately available in christian science today it was disclosed by mr amery hat the number of british forces taking part in the suez operation was about 77,000 british losses were 12 fatalities and 65 casualties war minister john halre said the ships which actually landed the invasion force in egypt had been loaded in august the night before mrs etheline francis of parson's road pembroke reported her home broken and entered and a phillips radio stolen -__- s-v __• i l son why had such a large force been used .' mr amery ans wered this question by saying that no allowance had been made for the possibility that israel might engage nart of tin egyptian army far from being a miracle such healing is merely in keep ing with the original purpose of christianity she declared that purpose she added is to make men better morally spiritually and physically to cast our fear envy and hate and to heal the siek and broken-hearted through spirit ual means berkeley teacher to address socratic club unforeseen circumstances mrs rauthe on an extended tour as a member of the chris tian science board of lecture ship spoke under the uspices of christian science society in the playhouse she was intro duced by mrs mildred mc cready wallace in a final speech for the brit ish government julian amery undersecretary of state for war said no pla n for inter vention in egypt existed when colonel nasser took over thc canal in july 1956 he des cribed how the invasion forces were hanging around in the mediterranean in late sum mer and early autumn he said operation mus keteer was launched as a re action to totally unforeseen circumstances mr davidson said it was sheer industry on thc part of his partner and himself that caused the business to grow to what it is today he recalled how he had to peddle his block around the country in a used truck when they first started now in the current building boon frequently they have so many orders to fill it is not un common for them to have to buy blocks from other manu facturers mrs geraldine edwards who operates a grocery near the baptist church in angle street had her premises broken and entered and goods valued at 15 together with a tloat of 5 cash were stolen the socratic literary club of warwick will not be hold ing their annual open meeting at thorbourn hall tonight as was reported in last saturday's recorder instead the group is observing its 18th anniversary at which time miss millicent byron a teacher at the berke ley institute will be the guest speaker the meeting is open to members and their invited guests set for peak blow it had been assumed that a british invading force would have to meet the whole egyp tian army emphasizing the effective ness of wholly spiritual means in healing she pointed out that christ jesus healed the sick and reformed the sinner by spiritual methods only he never asked what the symp toms of disease were never looked for cause in matter the subject of her lecture was christian science its healing message of regenera tion yesterday sidney matthews was arrested and charged with stealing soaps disinfectant and toothpaste fro mthe s.s escalante which is unloading at no 7 shed the value of the goods allegedly stolen was given as 30 mr amery commented it may well be that the morale of the egyptian army would have emphasizing the essentially mental nature of physical dis continued on page 2 continued on page 2 the builder said that in the why not try these two