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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1948.
DON IDDON'S DIARY
JACK JONES GETS
The Natural Sequel To The 'EM CRACKING
First July Fourth
Britain,
By GRAHAM STANFORD
*
Gore.
Is this the man to make Britain make 'em ace that they're part work harder? John Henry. Jones, of the works, Romamber that a M.P, aged 63"Juck Jonea" in lot of them got a raw deal in the the House of Commons to every-the past and they're After the Declaration of Inde- One result of the entire in-can hardly miss. It has been willie" Gallacher- preaching picion. One of the best ways is
one from Winston Churchill 24884 pendence, the insistence on involved business is further huml-previewed here and is receiving a new doctrine in the factories of by putting your back into it your. io You've got to overcome that aus- terdependence.
liation of the President. He is the most glowing praise: Seventeen seventy - six, and mode to look more pathetic Television Thomas
Beit." Jesterson
strides on to new have been every day. His only comment triumphs. Now 20th Century.
He's telling the workers to "stop lauded:
Wherever he is, Jack Jones mild sideswipes have on the latest development is: Fox is emulating Paramount and griping about the bosses and get always says what he thinks, and been taken at George ifl.
"General Elsenhower is This is the great pageant and honourable
an plans full screen theatre televi down to work"; he's advising the and sometimes it hurts. At one man," meaning he alon in 1,000 holiday of the American year, a
cinemas. The bosses" that they, was sure Eisenhower would not Louis-Walcott
too, should meeting of the workers he said: H.K.$18.00
time of festival and dreworks, run.
fight, while alop "slanging the workers” and “Tackle those nit-with who Zo salutes, parades, bonfires,
prize-fighting flop, was a televi- “take off their coats.”
about beating the drum; those **:•... H.K.430.00 gun
It would be much better if Mr. dion hit, ringing of
bells, and general Truman met the rebels in his Myrna Loy and her husband, Whenover Jack Jones
And somehow it seems to work. Left Wing, Jumped up idiots who returns don't know the first thing about H.K.$72.00 Jubilation
But this week there has been the unpleasant music.
party and sat down and faced Gene Markey, have formed their from a tour of the factories pro- constitutional democracy." a difference. The emphasis has
own flum company and will leave duction appears to rise. One When I saw Jones at his Minis? not been on national sovereignty fused all round,
The metropolis is pretty con-soon for England for on Alexan- Manchester factory reported last try of Supply office he said: ana Old Glory so much as on a opening fire on Truman, is also of Lady Brooke."
Ita mayor, der Korda production, "The Case week that production had in-Where's he sense in all this world community and the United directing shots at all the old-line
creased by 14 per cent, since bickering. We ve all got to live States' place in It.
George Raft has announced Jones "personal appearance." politicians and calling tor the his retiremont. from the screen,
and work together if we're going For perhaps the first time the execution of Tammany, the graft-His bitter. quarrel with Edward for the Bolton constituency and
Jack Jones is a Labour MP to get anywhere." country formally has abandoned ridden Democratie organisation. G. acknowledged its bond to all
Robinson continues. They Parliamentary The cost
Secretary of living has now never speak. That there will be no war old fles-with Great Britain and reached an all-time high and is
Cantor plans a Euro-year. For 10 years, before enter
Ministry of Supply at 1,300 Eddie despite the deepened gravity asknowledged its bond to all still climbing. Everything is gopean trip and expects to see of the Berlin crisis is a rea-free nations everywhere.
Parliament, he earned- £18 a ing up, including the tempera- King Christian of Denmark to This has been the coming-of-} ture. "After sonably
pieceworks as a steal- weeks of rain the than what the rich de week on safe assumption. age, the natural sequel to the sun has come out, blistering and the Jews. Cantor picks Chopin worker, The danger is there, without rst July the Fourth.
searching the city with a 00-as the greatest comedian of ali He has been called the "Chur- The a doubt, but, as Mr. Shin course, has influenced the oratory
news from Europe. of degree heat.
chill of Industry," "Britain's Bart. well put it, nobody wants and changed the direction of the to fire the first shot. The parade: There has been a harsh main thing is the determina-challenge from Russia, and the US. knows that she alone can- tion of the Western Allies not meet it to remain in Berlin, and
BERLIN CRISIS
4
jon new
time.
to the
*
Why these namest What has he got that is missing. In other Labour leaders?
and have gratefully accepted a much fatter, and has put on at
I have rarely known it hotter Chaplin, by the way, has got Ambassador In America," and "A Breath of Fresh Air from cottage in Oyster Bay, Long Is-least two stone.
the Blast Furnaces." land, for a few weeks.
Every studio here is bidding for Jean Simmons, but London probably won't let
her go, Bogart particularly wants ber as his co-star.
Academy Awards Film pepole
GENERAL PERSHING BURIED
Washington, July 19. Watch Jones-broadly built, Tens of thousands of per- blue-eye, with a Churchillian dut sons stood bare-headed in the
Jaw-going through Mid-
to his .
have seen
She has
Bomewhere near half a million? people lined the streets of Wash- Ington to seo General Pershing's matched gray horses through a coffin driven by six perfectly downpour of rain from the na- tion's Capitol to the peaceful
Jones was given his job at the Ministry of Supply because, as cemetery. an old steelworker himself, he,
Women's Fashion's Noble Words
here the women's fashions while they continue to insist So there have been
would surprise you. Tie strop noble ping. upon that, and take all the words about Anglo-American 60-about the village wearing white qun-tanned girls wolk necessary measures to make lidarity, generous references to shirts over their blue jeans or
idad works. His eyes dart along rain to pay their last respects it physically possible, there in Berlin, and shouts of "All to- the knee. The shirt talls, hang- Film Award say it is superior to addressing the workers: What's victory in the first world Brian and American teamwork overalls, which are rolled up to the newsreel of the Day set the lines of machines: then at the as General John J. Fershing, clock. Ten minutes later he's who led American troops to is every prospect of a satls-gether, inda, to halt the Rusing out over the trousers, dangle the Academy presentations here going on here?" says in his broad war, was laid to rest today at factory outcome.
lans.'
and dance in the breeze. It is a loud chorus and melodi-
Certainly the statuettes One thing is, sure.
an-Lancashire accent. "I've just bean It is not, feminine. It is slack solid silver as against plastic. A Western climb-down would rallying song But I cannot help the boyish figure can get away fuss about Sir Ralph Richardson knocking off seven minutes early rounded by the graves of men ous. Probably it is the right and sluttish, but the girl with Hollywood is making a great through the works and I've seen Arlington National Ceme- a couple of hundred of you chaps tery, near Washington, sur- bring instant and bigger noticing in the front row and with it
and also of his wife. singing loudest are the same men demands from Russia. These who were damning us only a few paign has flopped completely. Fan."
The Don't Buy Eritish cam-signed to play a role. in The
he commanded would have to be resisted by weeks ago for our policy in Demand for British goods, par
200 Times Seven
from the force of arms.
All the trouble about Pales-
jungles of the Philippines, to Appease Palestine.
ticularly
"That means textiles, leather, and tine and the British film quota 200 times seven minutes produe-
Britain has lost the borders of Imperial Ger- ment would mean inevitable
These choristers have slipped silver, exceeds the supply. war. Therefore, we cannot out different music books. Yes works with the Communists ends our top talent.
surplices and
not preventing studios heretion. You'd be the first to run to brought
Sudden
many. thoughts Whoever from seeking the signatures of your' union if they took that out? back down. :
terday we were scoundrels and by seeing red or being it. It Fooinate on the
of your pay-packet." Can the Russians?
Presidential For villains, but today we are brave looks like iron curtains for Tito. them it would not be so diff-partners and staunch friends.
And, a little later, to members In Hollywood and along Broad- the next election; a statesman of quite satisfied that all of you are
campaign: A politician thinks of of the management: "I'm not Mr. Bevin, the bad man of the way it is King Arthur (Rank) the next generation. cult because they have left Holy Land, becomes the hero of week and both places are trying
going 'flat out.*** avenues of escape.
The The Berlin.
Brush soldier, to force him off his throne. "technical hitches"
na which branded
concentration The very people who were fawn- were their excuse for isolat-stalwart defender of freedom in ment ezar ke spaniels only a camp guard in Jerusalem, is the ing around Britain's entertain- ing Berlin can be overcome. Ithe German capital
few months ago are now plotting. Nevertheless, they would not Few countries are more vola- to-bring about his abdicntion. find it easy to retract, for the tile in their emotions than this.
I am afraid they do not under- to eagerness swallow stand the Yorkshireman. Rank, Politburo have dug their toes | whole rumours. of enormous from what I know of him, is the in.
They have lost a good rents in the Iron Curtain-la'hard- last mon to run away from a deal of face over Yugoslavia,tional Ute are rarely to midnight savager the attack, the more re ly adult. The facts of Interna-fight. The more threats, the and they cannot afford to black or shoorest know white. solute Rank will become. lose: much more...
We should watch for the greys, There is no personal animosity So we have these two.com-the, half-tones, and the shadings, in all this, As American show- binations face to face, grow-
men see him, Rank is the most ling at each other, refusing do this as far as the Presidentia only them but the entire country formidable challenger to their New York is endeavouring to dominance. He has more not to budge. Yet neither wants election is concerned. It does conscious war-and neither can wish not say President Truman lg no stars.
of British Dims the stalemate
endure. good;
merely announces How long can the Western O'Dwyer, that perhaps a better
through
its mayor, William Powers maintain the air man is available as Democratic aive, and if we can turn
I like to see us on the offen- shuttle service to Berlin? candidate,
more pictures like "Hamlet" we It may be interrupted for days perhaps weeks, by bad weather. There could be accidents, leading to an out- cry at home.
to
Such a gigantic effort as this can be and has been, maintained in war "through hell and high water," but it is different in peace--cs- pecially when nations are straining themselves to feed ex-enemies. The West can- not carry this burden for ever. On the Russian side there is the haunting know- ledge that the "cold war" has gone against them. It is,
therefore, a vital interest of both sides to end the dead. lock. What can be done when the lines have been drawn and the troops face each other across "No Man's | Land"?
There is such a thing as talking across the lines-and
INSURANCE the time has come to try it.
Maksne House
ALL CLASSES
Nobody wants a repetition of Molotov's irrelevancies
This
It
Election
"Hamlet"
BRITAIN'S SALES TO POLAND
London, July 19.
and
out
The Minister of Supply, Mr. George Strauss, told the House of Commons today that a recent British
ATOMIC BOMB AT BOTTOM OF PACIFIC
The funeral cortege was a mute If any man, knew what makes a long. To the throb of muffled British worker tick.
drums and the strains of haunt- Since taking the job last year ing marches, It marched the
factories mod
a
he has visited nearly 30 differen. whole four and a third miles to
works in Wales, the cemetery. East and West Riding, the North Behind the caisson
Carrying Midland and Midland areas, and the Ang-draped coffin walked a travelled nearly 2,000 miles. Now riderless black horse. In front be's packing his bags for a trip stretched a long line of motor- to Scotland.
ised and foot units from every This roughly, is what he says branch of the American armed to the men and the management: forces.
To the 'men: "We must export A cover of jet planes shuttled
ሴ or die. It' up to you because you continuously tack and forth make the goods for export. Now above the long procession, as it don't grumble that If you work moved slowly along. harder the boss will make more Almost
| every present and and he's got enough already former high ranking army gen- Cripps will see to that. In any cral attended, including General case, you yourself will be doing Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar better I know because I'm Bradley and doorge Marshall. steelworker. Thrash out your A salute of 18 guns boomed
New York, July 19. What became of a third atom bomb the United States sent to the Pacific theatre in the last weeks of the war?
Rear Admiral Ellis Zacharios, problems at the Joint Production out as the procession slowly as a retired former Naval intelligence Councils with the management. cended the last officer, disclosed in a broadcast Don't grumble among yourselves." Arlington. The last night that a third bomb was
steep hill at services were
To the Management: "Take the brief and simple.-Associated
inta. your confidence: Tress.
sent to the Pacific in a destroyer |chaps. that never reached its destination. The vessel was en route to Tinian island in the Marianas when it disappeared.
Adm. Zacharias said he would tell the story of this in detel In his next broadcast on July 27.
*sale of surplus lend lease machine tools to Po-In Washington, the Navy De-
land was arranged by the United States.
American Killed By Cairo Mob
Washington, July 19. The State Department, to- day announced that a mob in
partment denied Zacharias' story. No Navy ship carrying an atomic in-ameial statement said.
bomb ever disappeared," an
He denied, that the tools cluded rifling machines used in gun manufacture,
A Navy spokesman said Adm, Zacharias may have been referr "These tools were sold to the which was, sunk by a Jap sub- ing to the cruiser Indianapolis Poles following a private agree-marine en route to the Philippines. ment between the American and
PROPOSALS FOR INDONESIA
Batovia, July 19.
The resolution of the non-Republican Indonesian Conference at Bandoeng, West Java, for a Dutch-Republican settlement, will probably not be handed to the Republicans until the end of this week, it was learned from well informed ́sources today,!!
Polish authorities," he said. "No The Indianapolis had carried These sources expected the rining machine was sold on this one unassembled atomic bomb resolution to be discussed by! occasion to the Poles."
and is believed to have carried the Indonesian Provisional the second to Tinlan where both Federal Government here be-
Mr. Strauss was replying to were assembled before being written questions submitted by dropped on Japan. Associated fore being given to the Republi- Major Guy Lloyd and Cal, F. J. Press,
can Government. Errol, Conservative members of Parliament.
Cairo killed an American auction where the tools were sold Mat. Lloyd sald there were "howls of indignation" at the citizen yesterday afternoon. and British buyers shouted "an- another interminable Foreign 53, of Philadelphia, a natura
The victim was Stephen Haas, other one for Stalin." Ministers' Conference. But
at
a talk at an even higher levelized American citizen born to on this one specific problem in Hungary.
Maj. Lloyd pressed the Minister.
say whether permission for
the sale of war potential machine
CURRENCY REFORM
IN CHINA
Earlier reports had said à copy
Row would be given to the pubilcans today and a copy had already been landed to Dr. Hubertus Van Mook, the Dutch Lieutenant Governor General, to be forwarded to the Dutch Gov- ernment at The Hague.
SOHLENDA
Mrs Carlson Joins Wallace
Portland, July 201
Leaders of the Progressivo
The same sources sold the Bandoeng Conference decided to Party in Oregon announced to-
go ahead with its proposals day that the widow of Marine
provided the Dutch Government
He pointed out that the low-publican Co nuspices of the|
According to re
·now
good
Puces vallaco-Taylor T
Oregon
of Berlin might melt the ice erican charge d'affaires at Cairo viet spliere was given "at the re- The Department said the Am-tools to a country within the So-
Shanghai, July 20, WAN willing to consider the re- Brigadier General Evans FS: There is not much else left. had made strong resentations quest or
Mr. O.K. Yui, ́. Governor of solution even it the Republican Carlson, Pacific war... - hero, One thing is clear. There to the Egyptian Geveniment over Ministry or any other British the press that currency reform the sugges
suggestion of your the Central Bank of China, told Government refused to accept would run for Congress from must be no appeasement, no the death of Haas, Kaps, Government department or en had been under consideration by
suggestion.
Oregon on the Third Party ALEX ROSS & CO., (CHINA) LTD. second Munich. If genuine meagre. However officials said American Government alone."
Details of Hans'
Republican sources in Batavia ticket. death were tirely on the initiative of the the Government for the past sald today the Republican Gov- concessions can be made by he was killed by dying stones
They sald Mrs. Carlaun VSVIER both sides well and good, when he and his wife were at
four years, but that such a ernment would be unwilling to "On the Phone 20027. But Britain, will not pay facked by a mob near the Citadel
Initiative of the move would require careful consider any proposals which bo nominated formally at the Polish Government, who sp. preparations..
meant by-passing the Dulch-Re- congressional district- convention totalitarian - blackmail, forn the business section of Cairo,
ing to be held at an unannounced proached the Amèrican, Gov.
bolag A British family was also in- the second time in ten years.jured in the melee, oficials
hold, un arnment and got an agreement erament
date. under tho drawn up an over- that the Poles should be allow ali
Security
Council's
opening scation of the minimising "ination committee. Plan But all this has to be made added.
for
of ed to buy this material,” Mr. and stabilising commodity prices.
party sconvention crystal clear to the Kremlin. Mrs. Hava was reported
straum replied: to
In addition, he asserted, United
suthor/v
began here on Satur- not badly hurt Egyptian.com tivo L. P. Mr. Uilver Latiloted as a means of have been "roughed up" but
wources, the "Bandoeng resalu: day with a resolution supporting PERANANE States
tion proposes" tip creation of a Harry (2 Bridges International ven baked by the Conserva as capital for los could be used
production Presidential Triumvirate for Longshoreman's and Warehouse- Daniona with Haas were badly for an aurance that the Minis
an Interim ported while the re-man's Union chiar, "in any lock- Powers hit and the quicker P
Referring to the
or strike that they act, the better it will incresting evidence of strong Soviet countries Mr. Han an Affairs had taken the mantler up (vere decisions of the Telu
sale of munition, making tools to
and the
would); retain (sover* after September 1122 of Foreign be. Already there has been
the Americans in swered that, lagan
"alenty and be empowered to About 4150 ..... persons), gathared entirely dif dif
Telumvirg with the Hong Koni Gövérophent. altuation. Some Ameri-
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The present
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Americana have been accused of ministries. peng the sale of "These measures will be enforced was to be established violating black-oute) by tuming Britian-made
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