CAPTURED U.S. AIRMEN

Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 26986, 11 March 1953, Page 9

CAPTURED U.S. AIRMEN

Two Believed Held In Canton Gaol (Ree. 8 p.m.) TAIPEH, March 10. h r?if ?can I S val shot k.v Communist ground nre near the China coast in January were now m a Canton gaol under inth.e Nation aMst Official Central News Agency said today The agency said that this was learned from a Communist political worker captured by the Nationalist It is believed that the two men may ri™™ r 'S v £ rs ,2£. a P^^ ol bomber shot down off the China Coast by Coramunist anti-aircraft fire on January 18 says the Lnited States Defence Dei partment. . No word of the fate of the six men in die crew of the plane has been received. nor of the fate of five others in a coastguard plane which found- * JR, rough seas attempting to take off with the survivors Eleven men in all were reported missing. RAID ON CHINESE PORT (Rec. 8 p.m.) TAPEH, March 10. .The Chinese Nationalist flotilla in a night attack last week shelled Communist vessels in Amoy, a port 200 miles north-east of Hong Kong the official Nationalist Central News Agency said today. The raiders severely damaged a number of stationary vessels and captured one, taking it in tow. They also captured two Communist sailors. TOMMY FARR BEATEN BID TO REGAIN TITLE LONDON, March 9. Tommy Farr. British heavyweight champion in 1937, failed in a bid for a chance to regain the title when he was beaten by Don Cockell at Nottingham tonight. The referee stopped the bout at the end of the seventh round because of a cut under Farr’s eye.