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RICHARD
GEORGE-
DARNELL WILDE GREENE • SANDERS
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"PEG O' MY HEART"
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THURSDAY 6th FRIDAY 7th SATURDAY 8th MAY
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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1948.
FOOD STRIKES IN GERMANY
Walk-Out Spreads
In
Hanover
Frankfurt, May 4..
A wave of strikos for more food spread through Ger many today. In Hanover 50,000 workers word out and 10,000 more voted to quit tomorrow.
In the Nuremberg and Ausburg areas, 18,000 work-
ers, struck, shutting down three big iron and. steel plants.
The Munich Bavarian State Alois Hundhammer, Bavarian Opera announced that it would Minister of Education, sest a be closing tomorrow because its message to Frankfurt seeking i actors were too weak from lack mediate food shipments,
to of food to carry on
"New plants are expected rease
the strike 1st every Five thousand buto rid metal
4 frade union otelul kaif, workers Joined 1,000 Ren who
accordiin to Dena. "Although walked out
of pints yesterday in the Mannheim
cannot exactly say how many workers are on strike right now, Mannheim 2,200 strikers demon- we estimate
some 1,800 were strated before the
food uff their jobs today.
The
area.
peat.
O
office, deinanding "more more potatoes, less sugur."
Bizonla Germans have got three pounds of brown Cuban
math since the sugar n
meat, read and potato rations
were cut a the end of March. In Manilhelm, elty officials 19ld wurkers they would do their best. Fair Suffers
-1
chemienl
inclustries.
wc,
The Hanover export fai biggest and most important the Bizonal area, will suffer seri- ously from the walkouts. Radio Frankfurt saks. Preparations and construction works for the fair trendy are under way and have been hampered by biyoifs. fair is scheduled for mid-May,
"Scapegoats"
The
In the Hanover strikes, which | involve men from the metal, rub-terlay hosted the bread ratlan The Military Governaiënt yös-
.ber And Heinrich
Kont. Maister Presi- the strike-ridden State by son
BARIS, dient of Lowers Saxony, was
bus this step failed to alter the irade mons' strike des talking with Umiast ofmals, try-
cision. ing to preveu a vote on a state. wile walkout,
Bavarian trade union leaders promised workers in that State that they would conter with Dizonal officials an restoring rations, but the workers refus. ed to go back until something had been done.
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We do not sell our rights for 500 grams of bread." they com. mented.
In Berlin,
British oficial Bald. "The trade unione feel they are being used as scane. goats for politica: ransona by the Frankfurt German bizonal administration.
"They receive a flat no oft their demanes, we will probably have a general strike within
A
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The food problem entne to head last week when the Mil- tary Government ammuneed a 75 per cent cut in meat cations for May.
Instead of 400 grams, the Bizonal Germans except Ruhr miners-will. receive only. 190 grams of meat in the next four weeks.
112 artition. Lower Saxony's bread ration was curtatted sonic. 20 per cent after this State dis- tributed, double the officially- gapted amount < patathes to its people last natin.--Utiled 1Tess.
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THE UNFORTUNATE
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Blue Danube Girls For U.K.
London, May 4
Under the "Blue Danube" scheme, 600.girls from Aus- aria are to .be brought to England for the textile in. dustry. This was announced today by Mr. Edwards, Par iamentary Secretary to the Ministry of
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Communists Withdraw
Peiping, May 4.
The Reds attacking Ping- chuan in Johol withdrew bʊ- cause of heavy casualties, pro- Government reports sald,
The said strong Nationalist reinforcementa were imoving to: word
ia 40 Pingchuan, which miles east of Chengteh, capital of Jelol. to", safeguard it against future rsault.
The situation around Chengtch. recently nurassed by guerrilin activities, is returning to normal, reports sald,
· In Chohar, the Nationalists chulmed recapture of Yangyuan, 15 miles west of Pejping. Yang- yuan' changed hatyls several times in the past month..
In Shinsi, the Reds made still further attempts to store Ying- hsien, but dispatches claimed the:
stilt town was
In Nationalist hands.--Associated Press.
RUSSIAN DEMAND ♥
London, May 3. Radio Moscow today reported that Russia had formally de- Introdures, manded that Colombla investigate,
Artistes the alleged "open violation of im- munity by Soviet diplomatic re- persentolives" in Rogain.
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The broadenst sald the
Charge d'Affaires in the Colombian capital had Informed the Kremlin that armed Colomb- fans raided the residence of the Lægation staff on April 12, search- red stoft members and seized documents, money and 'personal
Beck" by Arthur Ransome. Felongings.United Press.
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-HOW MANY HAVE YOUT——~[pariter landed in an unmakeable. In your play for a sult Colin leven-trick contract in which tract, the height_of_your_alde's Jun-had-in-lose-two-tricks-in-1 trumps is not so important as spades and one in hearts, even" The number of cards held though ho
club guessed the yourself and your partner. That finesse, right. is the factor which determines At Table 2, South hud learned whether or not you can remove from experience that a bld like the defenders trumps before your bis 1-Spude was winning bridge, own, are gone. The factor, bi especially when he bad such a honour strength applies with neat fit for, the clubs and that practically equal force to all four beautiful singleton top in. dib- sults. It helps during the auc
North did exactly right tion to bear in mind that aces, on his second turn to bil hin กาง klags and queens in side sulfa hearts.
When
South then showed usually take the same number of the club fit at the three level. tricks as if they were in trumps, North knew he could safely try
shift
to spaden with Just three of the suit. Not having support. ed the spades on his first chance ! do ᎦᎪᏘ, North could not pes- sibly have four of them, as his pair bids, so, if South's sult has been just a four-carder, he would have shifted to clubs. This South I made his game; losing two spades and one heart, with the club finesse guessed right.
S. K 7 H. J 10 7 D. K 107
C. Q & 3
S. A D-5
H. AK 85
D. Q Y
C. AJ 10 5
Phy S. O J 1.
N HQ 9 3 WED JOU
S
6 2
. S. 10 8 4 3 2
H. 6 4 2
D., A
C. K D 4 2
(Dealer: North. East-West yul-
nerable).
Pass
TOMORROW'S PROBLEM
'S. 4
North
East
South Wesl
1. 1 C
⚫ l'ass
2 C
Pass
2 H
Pass
· 3 C
Pass
2. 1 C
Pubs
1-5
Pass. A 8765-
Phus
3 C
Pass H. 6 3
3 S
Pass
4 S
Pass D. None
D 3 2.
What a difference in skill be- C. A K:Q tween the bidding at those two lubles of a tournament. At Table 1. South was one, of those chaps wedded to the expression "bid- dable...sult" and has not yet learned that a major suit of any
H. Q 10 0 4 2
D. K.0 8 6 3.
C. J 10
N
S. K JD 3
H. J D
W ED. Q 10 5
$
C. 87.5 4
S. Q. 10 2- HAK 75 ....
D. A J7 4 2 C. 0
(Dealer South
five_cards_is_usually worth_bld-vulnerable).
Neither side
ding. Having no high cards at What should be the order of its top, he could find nothing to bids after South opens with 1- say except Clubs, so his poor Diamond?
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ROBERT PŘESTON
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