M.F. Move To Expel Czechoslovakia

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27466, 28 September 1954, Page 13

M.F. Move To Expel Czechoslovakia

4a WASHINGTON, September 26. Monetary Fund [v . wee has voted to expel Czecho- ‘ “ from the organisation unless g ieta 7 shows willingness to subijjQ Qt? 036 economic data requested Uler members, it is reported OrcSr s . Com mittee on Finance met * or more th an in a closed session yesofficial announcement was Lh» ty dfecis i° n - srcpT* united Press quotes reliable a saying that the group voted majority to recommend ' thatr 17 fund meeting on TuesPrague Government be 'Ha Juj eave the organisation unes to obey the fund rules. 1 the only Iron Curbelonging to this financial fund Was barred from the use bailed - Urces l asT November after 10 report a change in its ftA Vai uation, a step required aiad rules.

a Typhoon also grounded an wiU? r landing craft laden neariv w? caU£ >ed 51 deaths and of T Unes . on the mainland and s northern island, ai ls* fanned a small fire to a bla?4 W Transuort° off i^ Ost an entire *°wnof th? °™ clals said the sinking uLS. ya Maru was the country’s transport disaster. They blamed W !. atder rCports f °r its'exvS?’ ? nd s ? ld the vessel would not the %n e r” ?° u df a d with Passengers if 'mu 1111 fac * s had been known. mated ?5 lg m al . predictions had estimated the typhoon would bring 55SHF'? n ; hour winds on the sea in the ?? k ? date area - Such Winds would not ?f the e M° Ug ? hamper a ship nut , y Maru a a «e, and the vessel put out to sea, only to be trapped by the pounding waves, as gusts of wind touched 118 miles an hour. The vessel was dragged from its anchorage behind the Hakodate break! drlV .t n aga inst rocks, and overtul?ed the lashing waves. s “ i .P sank near the shore. Bodies h!^Lh Ur ™ Ors w s re washe <* on to the beacn. Those who reached shore alive wandered about looking and callir.P t° r . relatives. Some old couples had tied themselves to each other with the strings of their life jackets. Thei’’ bodies were washed ashore together. lhe badly-listing ship capsized only a minutes after the captain sent an 0.xj.0. Survivor’s Account Miss Asa Sato, aged 37, who barely succeeded in swimming to shore, described the scene. “There was a terrible sound and the ferry turned over,” she said. “I broke open a window in the third-class quarters and jumped into the sea. I swam frantically and reached shore. The

third-class quarters were practically filled with water when I escaped, and I think those who stayed behind were all drowned.” The Toya Maru carried about 40 railway trucks, which shifted while the ferry was trying to find shelter outside Hakodate harbour. The shift abruptly plunged the hundreds of passengers into the waves whipped up by the storm. Few had any chance of rescue. Survivors told a terrifying story of confusion and hysteria in the dark night, giant waves and howling winds that washed old women and children overboard. They said the ferry’s engines apparently failed and it could not hold to its anchored position in the shelter of the breakwater. Pulling its anchor in the gale, it drifted out into the strait. The winds and high seas overturned it The American Associated Press reported that the typhoon also fanned a fierce fire which destroyed four-fifths of the Hokkaido west coast city of Iwanai, with a population of 23,000. Police said the death-roll from the typhoon, the third to hit Japan this month, stood at 160 before the Toya Maru disaster. More than 6000 homes were flooded by torrential rain, which accompanied the typhoon. The Japanese Prime Minister (Mr Shigeru Yoshida), who is in Vancouver, said he was horrified and deeply shocked at the news of the typhoon which struck Japan.