ZUM4924113: Apr. 04, 1954 - New 170 m.p.h. wonder car has trials: Mr. David Brown, head of the David Brown Corporation which turns out luxury cars, farm tractors, gears and machinery introduced a new wonder car to the world yesterday. It will do 170 miles an hour. It will develop 350 horse power and will be a new challenge to Continental cars in sports car races. Mr. Brown who has vast experience of high performance cars and made his first model at the age of 17, made the successful tests. Yesterday, with his new wonder car Lagonda he emerged as Britain's No. 1 racing car personality the only man in the country to command two separate race teams. For he already runs the Aston-Martin team. Now at a cost of £10,000, he is builidng two of the new 12 cyclinder int he 24 hour Le Mans road race in June. Britain will see one at Silversone on May 15, when Reg Parnell will drive it in the International Sports race / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4924384: Apr. 04, 1954 - Poisoned Girls - arrest Expected. An arrest is expected today in the case of the two young girls who died from poisoning on Tuesday. the girls, beauty queen June Malins, aged 19, and her office friend, Betty grant, 27, worked in the office of Sanger ltd. wholesale chemists, in Eustron - road, yesterday, a post mortem by Dr. Donald Tearle, the pathologist, showed that both died from the effects of the same drug. Mr. Arthur Ford, 45-year old office manager. of Bath-road, Hounslow. who was also taken ill, is still in hospital. June Malins, of cliftonville, Margarete”, competition / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4924199: Apr. 04, 1954 -” We like to take over all dangers to breath in the free air of the west than to go on working under the communistic dictatorship in the Czechoslovakia. Theat had been the first sentence of two corporals of the Czech army who deserted and were interviewed on a press conference yesterday afternoon. Both the 21 years old Vlatislav Sebek (right and the 20 years old Frantisel Tepli (left) crossed the border near Passau and asked the guards of the Bavarian country police for asyl. The bothe soldiers were fit out on their flight by a light machine-gun and a machine-pistol. Now they intend to leave Europe as soon as possible to be safe against the” iron curtain” / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4924297: Apr. 04, 1954 - Mrs. Petrov Decides To Stay In Australia Russians Try To Force Her To Leave: Mrs Evikoya Petrov whose Russian diplomat husband sought sanctuary in Australia - herself accepted political asylum just before the plane on which she was to have travelled to Moscow took off from Darwin. Accompanied by Soviet couriers Mrs. Petrov was practically forced aboard the dmachine at Sydney- inspite of the crowd which gathered around the aircraft. When the machine landed at Darwin. It was announced that Mrs. Petrov had asked to be allowed to stay in Australia - in an interview with the captain of the aircraft. The two couriers were searched and relieved of their firearms She lost one of her shoes in the struggle at the Airport. It has now been announced that Russia has served diplomatic relations with Australia / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4921920: Tue 15, 1954 - A Queen And The Chancellors's Daughter... Dr. Adenauer On Visit To Athens.. Dr. Adenauer the West German Chancellor who is on a visit to Greece - were guests of King Paul and Queen Frederica when they visited the Royal Palace in Athens. Keystone Photo Shows: - Queen Frederica and Miss Lotti Adenauer - walking down the stairs at the Royal Palace during the visit / Bridgeman Images