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LIBERAL PARTY CALLS
FOR OUTLAWING OF ALL ATOMIC WEAPONS
Teen-agers
lengthen hemline
Paris, February 7. Teen-ngers this spring will be wearing skirts longer than their parents do, judging by the styles paraded yesterday
London, February 8.
Britain's Liberal Party yesterday called for..outlaw-
ing all atomic weapons including the ́ H- bomb.
Once powerful but now weak, the Liberal Party reaffirmed its determination to split the vote in many constituencies in the hope that no. party will get a working majority in the new Parliament.
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Farouk to wed this
· Page: 13
Saturday? P&O B.I. E&A
· London, February: 7. The "Daily Express" said on Tuesday that King Farmuk. of beautiful Egypt will marry young Narriman Sadek on his 30th birthday this Saturday.
A dispatch from the paper's roving correspondent Sefton Del-
datelined "Over Arabia,
enter in the probablilly is that the
ceremony will be a private_one, attended only by a few of the
There will be no pubile feastings such as attended Forouk's mar- riage to Farida."
King's most intimate friends.
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DUR LONDON
· 20th March
17th April
The Liberal position was stated seeded the government's expec- by Viscount Samuel, veteran Litations, but warned: "If we con-
tho uftinue House
present polley bral leader in the Lords. It was the Liberal Party's scrupulously planning the use of resources, and In Broadcast our dollar night on the British
detivity int Corporation to open their United States business
at high level, there is lichung Heth in a shopeado competent
remains Reggae volia for or King Meie haleretresimli bir
extraordinary
|slöged"
younger set.
Skirts throughout reached to mid-calf level, whereus leading couturiers are showing spring fashions reaching not very far be low the knee.
Bults in grey flannel, with wide wolkta shoulders, lightly-belted
and fancy peplums, were shown. Wide reverse or patteran collars were often spruced up with an
| artist's bow of striped tuffets.
Coats in corn yellow and with royal blue wool frieze had a lo! of fullness belted into the waist er were fitted in front with half-belt at the back.
{
Dresses had wing sleeves, deep oval neekholes and panelled or
the pleated fullness in
skirts. I Many in gay checkered American cotton or more dressy numbera In navy blue oltoman had light- | diting bodies supported with nar- row straps. Cover-up monkey Jackets had wing
epaulette sleeves and demure turn-down collars in white pique or glused linen,
ur
At the same time, a top eco-Independent of nomic spokesman for tho La dollar ald' by 1932." bour Party admitted that Bri. ald doller talm would need after the Marshall plan enda Mr Douglen Jay, Economic Ge- cretary to the Treasury, In' a
Paddington, stated apooch at without qualification that Bri tain's excess of dollar
(Jay did not explain what he meant by "extraordinary ald," but made it plain that some kind of old would be needed beyond 2052.).
fallowed,
we
He continued: "But if the Importa reckless Tory polley of diamant- abandoning ever dollar exports "wilt con-ling controls and
long priorities, were tinus to face us for time to come."
should and ourselves dependent indefinitely on charlly from the ex- | United States.”—United Press.
fle sald devaluation had
Cycling in Britain receives a great fillip
London, February 7,
Evening desteg had off-shoul- Cycling, a "Cinderella" sport in Britain, has re-
der necklines at voluminous bullet skirts. Nearly all were made of rose or white tulle. One In white had a massive emerald green satin bow splayed diagonal- ly across the front-Aasociated Press.
ceived a great fillip through the election of Reg Harris, the World Professional Sprint Champion, as the "Sportsman of the Year" in the national ballet organised by the "Sport- ing Record."
Frenchman admits A nation-wide poll gave Harris 22,188 votes out
spying in Poland
Szczecin, Poland, February 7.
of a total of 166,524, as the man who had done most in 1949 to raise the prestige of British sport. Commenting on the result
in
Easton Druet, 48-year-old | un interview with the "Sporting
Frenchman, told a Polish mill Record," Harris said: "The great Women's Int'l
has always sport of
cycling seemed in the back street'
In
this country, whereas the
on
I
feal
tary court here today that h became a French spy in Poland for two-and-a-half years after
Continen! It has 靄 tremendous the war to gain a French visa
hold on public interest. for his German fiancee.
sure that when people learn Druct, who has been
charged along with Andre Robineau, 25-cyclist has been elected ahead of soccer stars, boxers and cricke- year-old French consular official.ters it will mean big things for with four Poles, with spying for France in Poland, pleaded guilty,
When the trial opened yester-
day in this Baltic port (formerly Stettin). Robineau admitted that he had led a French spy network recruited from among Poles dis satisfeld with the present Com- munist Government.
Druel and the four Poles are aceuset of being section leaders “of“Robineau's' "network.which was trained to collect information en ports, shipping. aerodromes, military units and their arma-
cycling, and long ecgnillon.
overdue re-
The established popularity of football was shown, however, in the fact that eight of the first 12 In the poll were soccer stars. A ninth footballer in the list was Denis Compton, winner the past two years, who plays soccer for Arsenal In addition to his more widely known activity with the cricket bat.
tennis tourney again mooted
London. February 7. Once again the question of a women's international lawn tennis tournament on the lines of the men's. Davis Cup cam- It hon petition has arisen, done so before and this time it is the Australians who have made a move in the matter.
This suggests that the Austro- Ilans consider they have women players worthy of competing in n match against "the best of other The remaining two members countries. At the same time, their of the first dozen were a boxer form in open tournaments does
indicate that they and a cricketer-Freddie Mills, not
would ments as well as political and recently dispossessed of the match the Americans who have
World Light-Heavyweight Cham- dominated women's tennis for sa
social data.
a handsome middle-plonship, who was fifth, and Len long. Druct, aged Frenchman, spoko firmly. Hutton, England and Yorkshire but appeared subdued after Ro- opening baisman, who was bineau's appearance yesterday-eighth. Reuter.
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Runner-up to Harris with 15,- 359 votes was Billy Liddell, the Liverpool and Scottish footballer, most of whose support came rom admirers in Liverpool and his native Scotland.
· Yot ng good deal would depend on the size of the teams. While America have.half a dozen players at the present time capable of thought generally that they would beating any opposition it is not be so dominant in team matches of say. 10 a side.
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Delmar had just visited Cairo, He said: "Narriman who is liv ing in the strictest scclusion, is receiving daily lessons in court etiquette and all other things she has to know as the wife of Egypt'c
Her Karim Tobed, wife of King Farouk's most Influential per- the Jonal advisor, and herself mos!
and mos! accomplished elegant woman in the King's sat."
Delmar said that Farouk's re- ported engagement had excited the Egyptian populace so much that the King has been forced to make peace with his worst _poli- tical enemies, the Wafdist Party, which swept back into power in last math's general elections.
And, according to Delmar, the plan for the union of Iraq and Syria, bitterly opposed by Egypt, could be carried through without much further criticism and has
lity, and that will mean Israei will have more powerful neigh- bours on its anks than in the past-United Press.
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The M/V "GRETE MAERSK" having arrived Britain, for example, might from New York and Poria of lack, the half dozen stars of calls, Consignees of Cargo are: America, but the general stan- hereby notified that their goods dard of women's tennis ls are being landed and placed higher than in America, where at their risk and expense 'into to take away those few out the Hong Kong & Kowloon standing players might leave Wharf & Godown Company's very average performers.
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Compton was third with 11, 981 votes, followed in order by Billy Wright, England and Wol- verhampton Wanderers football Lawton, captain, Mills, Tommy Notts County's former England Raich Carter, centre-forward, silver-haired Hull City player-
America, Australia and Britain manager. Hulton, Sagar,, Ever. ton's
Bert are undoubtedly the outstanding I veteran goalkeeper, Williams, Frank Swift's successor nations for women's lawn tennis goal, Stanley and would no doubt be interested in the Englarið Matthews,
a women's Davis Cup renowned in world wizard of the right wing, and petition. Yet there seems little Billy Steel, Scotland and Derby possibility of it coming into being County inside-forward.
at least yat a while. Only three of these have' op- Peared in the first 12 during the four years the poll
bas
been held. They are Compton, Law-would be considered by the In- ton and Matthews,
com-
Should Australia put forward the idea as a concrete proposal it
ternational Lawn Tennis Federa- Gong from the leading 12 aration at its next meeting in the British Heavyweight Cham- Lausanne on July 12. In that case plon, Bruce Woodcock, and the notice must be given of the pro- champion jockey,..... Gordon.
posal by March 12-Reuter. Richards,
Woodcock, the winner in 1948, just missed the list of honour this time,
being 13th, and Ilichards was 15th.
Speedway, one of the most 7.45"Denerally Braking" "Fros popular spectator sports in Tri-55 London To Capetown" with Jack tain, was represented by World' Scot. Na, B. "Detour from Wat Champion, Tommy Peles, 10th Haifa”," (London Belazy anti-with. 2,022 : votes.-Houter,? 1,00 From the Halitoriala." ( (London,
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