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THE BIRMINGHAM POST MONDAY JULY 16 1951 7 BEES REFUSE TO LEAVE BEDROOM 10000 SHEEP KILLED OR HURT BY DOCS NEWS IN BRIEF Cable Stolen From Ocean Bed Thieves have stolen nearly three and a half miles of cable from the ocean floor between Hongkong and Amoy the Danish Great Northern Farmers Demand Stricter Control Regulations By Our Special Correspondent Many farmers have given up keeping sheep because of the serious loss in flocks caused by dogs About 10000 sheep were killed or injured last year and attacks on poultry involved a loss of £25000 The dog menace has become such a serious problem that the National Union is pressing for more stringent regulations for the control of dogs Enquiries show that sheep losses have been very heavy in the Midlands in the last 12 months but the dog menace is a national problem and from all parts of the country the NFU has received alarming reports of destruction month-old hens were killed in April on one farm on another 50 hens and four sheep were killed in January and on a third 60 chickens were killed in May I was told that in the Redditch area farmers are troubled by dogs from new housing estates They are not kept under control when their owners are at work and wander to the farms In six months 34 sheep and lambs and 336 chickens have been killed in the Legion Plea for Midland Car Parks The car parking scheme by which employment is found for disabled ex-Service men was described as the orphan of the storm of British Legion organisation by Capt Snuggs of Mansfield on Saturday He was addressing a conference of Midland British Legion officials at Leamington Far more towns ought to be participating that at present he said The time had come for a fresh drive to persuade local authorities that it was preferable to have a uniformed disciplined and properly-insured staff to deal with parking than the self-appointed people who acknowledged responsibility to no one Leamington Need That was strikingly the ease in Leamington where no proper areas had been assigned for car parks but where there was extremely busy street parking If supervision were transferred to the Legion specially selected men would be appointed There were cases in which a municipal authority could not make a car park pay its way but this was not the Legion's experience Agreement could be reached on sharing profits on a percentage basis The company conducted by the Legion was financially sound but its work would be greatly extended to the benefit of the disabled if more towns the In Warwickshire Rugby was so far the only borough on the list Capt Coffer Employment and Pensions Department said they heard a good deal about the basic rate of war pensions but the issue was very simple What might have been sufficient in 1939 was not adequate to-day Although an increase in basic rate was long overdue they must not lose sight of the fact that the policy was a selective one based on the availability of supplementary allowances Rowton Memorial to Richard Baxter county From Gloucestershire about 100 sheep killed in five Oxfordshire and Herefordshire reports have been received of the serious depletion of livestock The experience of a Black Country farmer suggests that a useful purpose can be served by personal contact with dog owners and few coppers for the Near the field in which he wanted to put his in-lamb ewes is a housing estate over-run by dogs He appealed to the local residents for assistance in safeguarding the sheep and on the day on which the sheep were moved into the field he appeared with a good supply of pennies for the children who kept a vigil on the field and reported the presence of any dogs A friendly chat with the owners removed the threat and the farmer did not lose any of his sheep dollars It is the third time in Hongkong history that the cable has been stolen NEW YORK CITY'S temperature 87 degeiFay t0 a record tor yew MORE THAN 20 PASSENGERS were killed yesterday when a bug plunged Into the Tenryu-Gawa river at Trlnutaly near Nagoya Japan A NEGRESS aged 23 has become a grandmother with the birth of a baby boy to her ten-year-old daughter at Picayune Mississippi COUNTESS ELSIE EMILY ARMANI) of SkefHngton Hall Leicestershire was fined £1 by Leicester County magistrates on Saturday for careless driving AMONG COMPLAINTS about the lack of water at Enderby (Leicestershire) was one from a chemist who could not dispense prescriptions because the water supply had failed MISS GRETE OS HEIM Viennese actress and former wife of Mr Howard Gould the millionaire yesterday married Mr Robert Cooper United Nations correspondent of The Times HOLLYWOOD Is to make a film about Richard Wagner the German composer The success In the United States of the The Great Caruso Is said to have helped to inspire the new film FOUR CENTURIES of British hymns were represented among those sung bv the congregation called to Dale Street Methodist Church Leamington last night by Leamington Christian Council THE BISHOP OF WORCESTER Dr Cash preached to a large con- gregatlon at St Margaret's Church asbury last night The occasion was tne day school festival MISS JOAN FONTAINE the stage and screen actress attended a fete fn aid of St Mary Church Warwick on Saturday The fete wag opened by the Mayor (Lord Warwick I A TABLET to the memory of John Wesley was unveiled In Paradise Square Sheffield yesterday after a service at Sheffield Cathedral for members ol the Methodist Conference now meeting In the city LIVE BIRTHS recorded In the great towns of England and Wales during the week ended July 7 totalled 7200 compared with 7031 the previous week according to the Registrar-Generals weekly return LESS THAN AN HOUR yesterday Kidderminster firemen answered three two to grass flre3 at Kidderminster Sewage Farm and Kidderminster Cemetery and one to a fire In the front of a shop at 50 Load Street Bewdley SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE group Of Townswomen's Guilds will hold a handicraft exhibition at the Shire Hall Warwick next Thursday when women from Leamington Warwick Stratford and Evesham will exhibit work CHURCHES IN TAM WORTH combined In a Festival of Britain service hed in St Edlthas parish church yesterday afternoon The sermon was preached by the Rev Batten the vicar of Tamworth A CLERK in the totali8ator office on the Hollywood park racecourse punched by mistake a 100-dollar (£35) ticket on a horse was unable to find a buyer for it and had to keep it himself The horse came In and the clerk won 2650 dollars (£9451 WHEN A CAR OVERTURNED late on Saturday night at Summerfleld near Kidderminster the driver and his companion Mr A Brlerley and Mr Ft Buckley both of Vine Street Kidderminster and two other passengers suffered Injuries for which they were treated In hospital IN RUGIIY SCHOOL CHAPEL yesterday a plaque to the memory of two brothers and former housemasters of the school Godfrey Pox Biadby scholar and author and Henry Christopher Bradby scholar and athlete was unvoted by the head hoy of the school Driver and dedicated by the Rev Broxton AT THE GARDEN FETE on Saturday of the Birmingham Diocesan Church of England Temperance Society Prison Gate Mission and Free Night Shelter Miss Muriel Jackson was chosen Rose Queen with the Misses Diane Johnson Susan Goalby Brenda Green and Jennifer Selley as her attendants Irish Cultural Festival in Birmingham The first Irish feis or festival of Irish culture to be held In Birmingham took place at the school attached to the Roman Catholic Church of St Catherine of Sienna Horsefair during the week-end It is hoped that it will become an annual event The two-day programme of competitions included dancing singing needlework and other forms of national art and culture a pipe band contest and classes for various musical instruments playing traditional Irish airs There were 1200 entries and the entrants whose ages ranged from five to about 30 came in coach parties from as far afield as Dublin Glasgow and London as well as from Birmingham and Coventry The feis was declared open at midday on Saturday by the Right Rev Humphrey Bright Bishop Auxiliary of Birmingham who commented on the large number of Irish workers in Birmingham and said it was excellent that they should keep their traditions alive with such competitions He hoped the work of developing Irish cultural activities in Birmingham would continue Outdoor Events Junior events for competitiors up to 14 were held on Saturday and those for seniors yesterday the dancing competition being held in the school yard On Saturday the various activities continued till about 11 pm The event had been sponsored by the Birmingham Gaelic League and organised by a committee of which the president is the Rev Dinan Pr Dinan told The Birmingham Post last night: success of the feis far surpasses our expectation both in entries and in the variety of competitions We have been working on it for nine months and it has been well worth The senior championship was won by Miss McGowan (London) with Miss Harkin (Derry) second The chairman was Mr Armstrong and the secretary Miss A Railway Truck Fire When packing cases in a railway truck standing in Spon Lane basin on the Oldbury-Smetnwick boundary caught fire yesterday a locomotive moved the wagon 100 yards to where a fire engine was waiting for it The blaze badly damaged the cases and the truck before it was extinguished Street Appropriately Named Police at Stafford Springs Connecticut are investigating three fires which broke out within a few hours in the same Furnace Street THE SCENE during the ceremony at Rowton near Wellington Shropshire on Saturday when Richard Baxter the famous 17th-century vicar of Kidderminster and national religious leader was honoured by the village where he was born On the village green a memorial stone in Cornish granite was unveiled by Mr Algernon Pearce one of the oldest residents Standing on a farm cart speakers praised work in the tight for religious freedom The local MP Mr Ivor Owen Thomas said it was rather a peculiar reflection upon our REOPENING OF RESTORED OLD SCHOOL At the reopening of the restored 16th-century Norton Old Grammar School building on Saturday the Vicar of King Norton the Rev Ashford said: This lovely building has been given renewed life and vitality and usefulness for the generations that will succeed us" The school has been renovated at a cost of £1000 which is twice the figure first thought to be required It will now be used for Bible study classes as a headquarters of the Norton Photographic Society a meeting room for the Parochial Church Council and the vicar hopes other local organisations will use beautiful building designed for culture education and welfare of the Safe for The building is not safe however for dances or other social events where many people move about the vicar said The trustees are now the vicar the warden Mr Brown and the warden Mr Hadley the appointment coinciding with changes of office The property is now owned by the diocese ana the permanent visitor with right of entry is the Bishop of Birming ham Mrs William Cadbury who performed the opening ceremony agreed with the vicar that every effort should be made to bring the school back into the life of the community Scottish Pilgrims Leave for Lourdes One thousand Scottish pilgrims from the Glasgow area crossed the Channel by special steamer from Folkestone to Boulogne soon after midnight yesterday on their way to Lourdes Among the pilgrims were 90 sick including 18 making the long journey on stretchers They were attended by a staff of doctors and nurses MIDLAND BOY SCOUTS IN SOAP BOX Boy Scouts from all parts of the Midlands converged on Castle Bromwich aerodrome on Saturday for the Midland counties semifinals of the Soap Box a playtime version of Silverstone in which pedal-operated racing West Bromwich Efforts Fail Efforts to induce a swarm of bees to leave their home under the floorboards of the spare bedroom at the home of Mr Faires in Florence Grove West Bromwich failed during the week-end Mr Hackett of Bustleholme Lane West Bromwich a bee-keeper who believes the swarm to be one he lost is collaborating with other experts to relieve the Faires family of the nuisance Though hundreds of bees died during the week-end after getting into the bedroom through a hole bored in the floor Mr Hackett was convinced after a visit last night that most of the swarm estimated at 20000 was still firmly established under the floorboards Only a few have teen tempted to come into the frame we placed over the hole in the he said I do not want to kill them except as a last resort" The Faires family is becoming increasingly anxious however for it wants to be rid of the nuisance before going on holiday next weekend Dudley's Unlucky Pelican A pelican at Dudley Zoo which had not flown since its arrival there more than two years ago suddenly decided to take to the air on Saturday After a flight of about 250 yards it apparently tired and landed in the lion pit That was the end of the pelican which was speedily devoured by Leo and his two lioness THE START of a heat in the class for Wolf Cubs at the Midland counties semi-finals of the Soap Box Derby at Castle Bromwich Aerodrome on Saturday TWO HUNGARIANS TO LEAVE US An American Note to Hungary yesterday declared that two Hungarian diplomats in Washington were longer acceptable to the United States A request was made for their withdrawal The American action is regarded as a retaliation for the Hungarian measure which led to the departure of two American diplomats from Budapest GREYS Music EDWARD GREY LTD MORNING Whenever you qo See Ireland regard for great men that in this case as perhaps in many others it had taken 300 years before public recognition was made of the life and struggles of Baxter Other speakers were Mr Pidduck parish councillor: the Rev Davies secretary of the Shropshire Congregational Union the Rev Hart superintendent minister of Wellington Methodist circuit Mr A Walley Baptist: Mr Woollam and Mr Ridgeway The Rev Beale preached at a service in Rowton Parish Church Workers Urged to Free Themselves of Old Prejudices The Minister of Labour Mr Robens appealed to workers in industry yesterday to free themselves from prejudices created by bygone days" These included fear of redundancy unemployment and ratecutting are I feel sure hidden resources of productivity which are not he said because on the one hand the workers may be anxious about the security of their jobs and apt to look askance at innovations while on the other hand managements may hesitate to initiate action to increase production lest they provoke trouble with the Mr Robens who was speaking at Bedlington Furnace Northumberland said that the problem could only be solved by co-operation be tween employers and workers consultation at the works or factory level is indispensable to the obtaining of higher productivity by consent and that is the only basis on which it car be obtained" he said It was stupid to have work interrupted by lightning strikes token strikes stay-in strikes work-to-rule strikes often against the advice of trade union leaders Call to Birmingham Example in Long term The writer who sets out to summarise the history and speculate on the future of Birmingham in four and a half pages of letterpress in a magazine is not only venturesome but also courageous That has been attempted by Michael Rix in the July issue of History To-day Taken as a whole the article which is the sixth in the British Towns and Cities series is readable and informative and a fair summary but it adds nothing to the knowledge of those reasonably well versed in local affairs and records The suggestion that the City Council needs far more vision and practical in town planning at present cannot be justified by facts Birmingham people will however agree with the conclusion that her lengthy tradition of independent thought and municipal enterprise Birmingham once again should set England an example by drawing up a revolutionary longterm plan for the nation's second Nine Injured in Blazing Express Passengers Lose Cash and Luggage The five men and four women injured on Saturday when four coaches of the 345 pm Kings Cross-Leeds express caught fire were said yesterday to be progressing satisfactorily in Huntingdon County Hospital Eleven other passengers who were injured were not detained A woman in a compartment first smelled rubber burning and a soldier pulled the communication cord When the train stopped within a short distance the first four coaches were a mass of flames Passengers nped to safety and Servicemen tended the injured until a fleet ot ambulances arrived Many people lost all their luggage and money An enquiry is to be held by the Ministry of Transport Carnival Opened by Lord Mayor The Lord Mayor of Birmingham (Aid Yates) opening the Norton Festival of Britain carnival in Cotteridge Park on Saturday said that that was the fifth function he had attended in King's Norton in three weeks Though this Coun Sweet said that the King's orton Community Association A full programme of events ended ith a firework display provided by le City of Birmingham Festival ommitfee There was a large RUSSIANS ATTACK JAPAN TREATY The Anglo-American draft peace treaty with Japan was described in Pravda yesterday as a plot against aimed at preventing a peace-settlement in the Far East The ft treaty published at tJhe moment when truce talks had gun in Korea deliberately calculated to augment tension in the international Rail Traffic Resumed Over Repaired Track Railway traffic was normal aaain vesterdav over the bridge at New ial Street Birmingham from wmch trains had to be diverted on Saturday with consequent delays for incoming city worker from the Coventry Sutton and Lichfield areas as teen found that the line nw Proof House signal box needed reoair and trains were switched to the Sutton and Walsall lines Leamington Music Festival Box-office receipts at Leamington Music Festival were lower than last vear Although there was a crowded attendance the performance of Handel's Messiah resulted in a substantial loss The districts in which the greatest damage is done are those on the fringes of urban areas and these are the districts in which many farmers harassed by frequent losses have ceased to include sheep among their livestock Risks of Shooting The development of housing estates accompanied by an increase in the number of dogs which roam the adjoining open spaces at will have added to the worries of farmers Few sheep can now be seen in fields near the Birmingham to Coventry road and their disappearance is attributed to the ravages of uncontrolled dogs The law on the shooting of dogs has many difficulties for farmers They consider they are justified using their guns when they see an attack on their flocks but many of the depredations are carried out at bight and the havoc wrought does not become known till daybreak To shoot a dog which merely strays on to a farm may involve an action for damages by its owner In Warwickshire about 300 sheep have been killed in 12 months few weeks ago 24 were killed in one night in the Rugby district and a farmer in the Birmingham district lost 14 sheep as the result of three visits by two dogs in a week Four Coventry farmers have disposed of their flocks because they do not con sider keeping sheep is worth while Hunting in Packs The greatest damage is done at night by dogs which hunt in packs They separate a few sheep from the main flock drive them to a comer of the field and then attack them One of the worst in Shropshire was at a Bridgnorth farm where a farmer lost 63 in-lamb ewes worth £500 The sheep had teen driven by dogs on to an ice-covered pond and were drowned At the beginning of this year dogs took a big toll of sheep in the Shif-nil district and one farmer lost 50 in three months At a Shrewsbury farm 16 sheep 10 of which were killed were driven into a ditch Lambs Born Dead The threat in Staffordshire particularly severe in the south and many farmers in the Lichfield and Seisdon rural districts no longer keep sheep In the first few months of this year 22 instances of sheep-worrying were reported involvini death or injury to more than 101 sheep and in the 12 months to last May 22 lambs were born dead as the result of the ewes having been chased by dogs Most instances of sheep and poultry worrying in Worcestershire have occured near urban areas and during week-ends farmers have patrolled their farms to drive away stray dogs In the Kidderminster area 196 six- Training Boat for Clubs Launching on September 9 The 70ft training boat The Norman Chamberlain of the Birmingham Federation of Clubs will be launched at the canal bank BSA Recreation Ground Small 'Heath Birmingham on September 9 A drumhead service and parade of massed bands will precede the launching The boat will provide training for volunteers over 21 to serve as skippers engineers cooks and specialist officers It will carry 14 boys and three adults every week-end during summer and winter Thirty-x boys from different clubs will be chosen for a display from the boat on September 8 as part of the BSA Festival of Britain Gala Week celebrations Persia Than Mr Warning Mr Anthony Eden said on Saturday that evacuation of the Anglo-Iranian Oil employees from Persia would run counter to the injunction of the International Court of Justice at The Hague It was Britain's duty as well as her right to stand fast in Persia Speaking at Melrose Roxburghshire he described the Persian situation as one of the utmost He said: the threat for the free world is infinitely graver in Persia than it is in In view of the finding of The Hague Court there could be no question of mediation by any other Power Britain is entitled to look not for mediation but for support from all nations Good offices however were always welcome especially from our American friends to make clear to the Persians the benefits of The Hague proposals to If the British technicians were withdrawn if the Persian Nationalisation Act was carried out in all its futility the oil would not flow If the revenues from oil stopped the one steady contributory factor to national income would lapse Persia's shaky economy could never withstand such a blow Halesowen Service for Sportsmen Preaching at a service organised by the Halesowen branch of the British Legion at Halesowen Parish Church yesterday Mr Emmott headmaster of Halesowen Grammar School said that if we were prepared to spend time money thought and energy on disciplining the body for sporting activities ought we not to do the same to train the spirit to receive what God had to give? Mr Emmott said it was a mistake to differentiate too sharply between the secular and spiritual That was often the reproach of those who had nothing to do with the Church Christian religion was an ideal of what relationship should be between worshipper and worshipped The service was conducted by the Rev Davies curate-in-charge of St Margaret's Hasbury and the Lesson was read by Mr Somers president of the Halesowen branch of the Legion Advertising Conference Delegates Twenty-eight young delegates to the International Advertising Conference arrived in Birmingham last night on their way to the Lake District The conference which ended in London- on Friday was attended in addition to the ordinary delegates by special arrangement by some 120 young advertising representatives from all the countries at the conference HOLIDAY fAlff An important Summer Event featuring all your Travel and Holiday needs A smart new version ot tne ever popular Paisley pattern printed in Jungle colours on Spun Rayon Styled with attractive button front wide Byron collar and fully skirt Ip sizes 36 to gathered Hip 40m 659 IN COMFORT by CIE Conducted 0cacA Courd There is still time to book your Summer holidays in Ireland and to see the beautiful and historic parts with maximum comfort and at minimum cost During July Aug and Sept CIE National Transport System) operate all-in conducted coach eleven-day (£32) nine-day (£26) and six-day (16) which traverse the Golden West and Glorious South taking in all the famous beauty spots including Killarney of the Lakes Blarney Connemara Glengarriff etc Fares include transportation first-class hotel accommodation breakfast lunch dinner and even gratuities Please enquire from your local Travel Agent or complete and post the coupon cars made by Scout groups from odds and ends of material competed The racing was greatly entertaining and some creditable times were accomplished Excitement ran high for the prospect of reaching the finals at Scarborough in September was a spur to group loyalty Behind the idea of the Derby lies a serious to interest the young mind in the mechanical side of motor-cars Vauxhall Motors with this in mind gave their fullest aid providing transport and race officials The company has been ready also with advice to those who sought it on the building of the cars A condition of entry was that no car should have cost more than £5 to build Though times were not so good as in some previous events of the kind the appearance of the cars was generally acknowledged to be an improvement The winners were: Wolf Cubs: 9th Luton 1285 mph Scouts 9th Luton 1666 mph Senior Scouts 1st Handborough 1607 mph Best-constructed car 45th Birmingham 1st Ward End best appearance 2nd Rushden Windermere Swum by Lichfield Man Training for Attempt on Channel Next Month James Clancy the Lichfield lorrv driver who plans to swim the English Channel next month swam the 1014-mile length of Lake Windermere in llhr 55mn on Saturday as part of his training During the past week he has been having injections to kill pain caused by a burst eardrum for which he had an operation in Lichfield Victoria Hospital a week ago Neighbours in St John Street Lichfield and friends have been giving up part of their rations of sugar and fat during the past few months to help to build up Mr physical condition More than £200 is still needed to cover his training costs and tide him over the three leave of absence without pay which he has obtained from British Road Services Mr Clancy is the eleventh person to swim Lake Windermere He paused several times to be fed with ot milk and coffee glucose pears apples lemonade and sweet biscuits stepped briskly out of the water by torchlight at 1130 pm Accompanying him in a rowing boat were his trainer Mr Bert Young of Burton-on-Trent and two Lichfield friends Mr and Mrs Ruff Small Heath Park Baby Show There were 250 entries in the annual Baby Show at Small Heath Park on Saturday afternoon The show was organised by Mr Winchester The prize for the class of babies aged six to 12 months was won by Brian Dugmore for 12 to 18 months by Christopher Warren for babies 18 months to two years by Brian Wilkins and for twins by Keith and Roger Joyner The cups presented by Coun A Shaw for the best baby in the show and the best twins were won by Brian Dugmore and the Joyner twins The prizes were presented by Mr Gordon Matthews and the judges were Superintendent Miss Hodgkins of the Birmingham Centra Nursery Home assisted by six nurses from the home Annual Sports and Flower Show The annual sports and flower show of The Birmingham Post Mail Sports Club were held yesterday at the club ground Church Road Yardley One of the features of an enjoyable afternoon's sport was a demonstration race by Miss Nellie Batson British half-mile champion The athletics championship cup presented by the late Sir Charles Hyde was won by Shaw The bronze medal for the flower show was won by Davies The ladies' tennis cup was won by Mrs Courtney and Stevens won the trophy for the third year in succession The Colonel Ford Bowl and the A Lambert Cup for bowls were won by Dawes and Madge respectively Prizes were presented by the Hon Mrs Langton Iliffe Ambulance Stolen While members of the St John Ambulance Brigade were asleep at their depdt in Banbury early on Saturdav their new ambulance parked at the front of the building was taken away Later the ambulance was found extensively damaged in a ditch near Market Harborough Two men who were in the vehicle were detained by the police Pilgrimage lo Solihull Art Outing From a Correspondent Continuing their series of summer excursions members of the Literary Section of Solihull Society of Arts had a truly literary outing on Saturday when their coach almost pushed its way through rural Herefordshire lanes to George Bernard house at Ayot St Lawrence Though the National to which the great man bequeathed his has only opened in recent months the Soli hull party found that more than 11000 people had preceded them through rooms which have been left precisely as they were in his lifetime The house seemed bright and pleasant within with a lovely view over the sloping garden to woods and quiet fields There was nothing especially tasteful about the furnishings though the dining-room had an enviable oval gate-legged table and colourful prints of old Dublin to say nothing of Marshal portrait among the mantelpiece photographs The party heard a record of Mr voice played on his own radiogram and in the grounds saw the St Joan statue and the famous if cramped hut where he wrote In the car-park they met the chauffeur who drove him many thousands of miles and recalled visits to Sir Barry Jackson and the Elgars at Malvern Excavations Lycia in Birmingham Mission The head of the Department of Ancient History and Archaeology in Birmingham University Dr Tritsch left on Saturday for Turkey where he will make an archaeological survey of the southern part of the country Lycia and later begin preliminary excavations He was recently made a Fellow of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara Before leaving Dr Tritsch said: on Lycian monuments and much of their symbolism have remained enigmatic to classical archaeologists and the Lycian language has become one of the most tattalising jig-saw puzzles for linguistic scholars of all nations may be that proper excavations if conducted on the right spot will prove the connection between Hittite and Lycian civilisations and thus help to clarify the question of Hittite geography on which each international scholar at present holds his own views without being able either to disprove the others or prove his Dr Tritsch said he believed that the role of Lycia in early history was far more important than has hitherto teen believed Germans Unite for Prayer Church Convention Ends More than 200000 people both East and West Germans stood in West huge open-air arena yesterday to repeat the Lord's Prayer after Dr Otto Dibelius Protestant Bishop of Berlin The Deputy Premier of the East German Republic Herr Otto Nuschke his wife and one of East Berlin's Mayors Herr Gohr were there and the ceremony including some addresses was broadcast by the East German Radio The gathering marked the end of the five-day all-German Protestant (Evangelical) Church Convention for 1951 Arson Suspected in School Fire The main block of Thornes House Grammar School Wakefield was severely damaged by fire which broke out early yesterday and was still smouldering 12 hours later The police called in a fire expert Dr Sargent of Sheffield University to investigate the cause of the fire Arson is suspected It was found that during the night someone had entered the school through a small window and attempted without success to force the school safe It is believed the fire had two separate seats of origin More at South Bank The attendance at the South Bank Exhibition yesterday was 30797 compared with 29383 last Sunday and at the Festival 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