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CHAPMAN Introducing
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SOPHIE- Super-Secretary
A
GOLDEN-VOICED robot called Sophie" arrived in London from Switzerland recently with the reputa- tion of being the perfect secretary.
She answers the telephone while her bosa is out,
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wrong. Her wheels, wires, and flashing lights are Im- mune to fly, romance, and other hazards which beset the white-collar, girl."
Sophie is no discreet that she will dis- cuss com - Adential mat- ters only with her boss. By pressing D bution evETY embarrassing thing she knows can be erased from her magnetic memory fr ever,
Slie is so discerning that when her boss rings from an outside phone, she will tell him all the
have
which been left, but will repeat
them to no- body else.
KEY TO SOPHIE'S CONFIDENCE
SOPHIE'S "MEMORY"
SOPHIE will keep all your secreta
Though she is beautiful In Friends who tried to conx a trim, streamlined way, she the Information out of her got will never distract a man or nothing bu! "Your message make his wife jealous, She will will now be recorded."
When
the work a 108-hour week with.
I got back lo out a squawk from the union. laboratory I unlocked Sophie's
there be a catch in all memory, Could
picked up her this? I decided to give Sophie receiver, pressed a button and a thorough test.
heard the message again. Then I said "Cancel, cancel," and automatically Sophie's memory became a blank.
First of all, in the laboratory where Sophie is being trled out, 1 came to a secret arrange mint with her, whereby, she could recognize my voler from all others.
LOCKED MEMORY By pressing two buttons on the robot's plastic dial I fixed the mechanisin so that it would
tell me all it knew when I said "Hullo, hullo," in A special
had
Was
my
ร
be
It all sounded perfect until I got back to the office, when i wanted to ask the scientist who robot u been testing the further question...
All I got I rang him up.
Sophie telling message would recorded: But I wanted a quick answer to a simple question
Five times I rang and Are I locked up Sophie's Then
1 got
Sophie, I ended times so nobody could top. slamming the memory
phone it, pocketed the key and went after Baying rude things which to my alub for a drink.
Went
on Sophie's record. While I was on the way my began to wonder what will. human secretary Bang the happen when lols of Sophles up and asked for me. get Icose in Britain, as they Sophie politely said that I was will soon, after a factory starts out, but that she would record aking them and hiring than the message. I dialled Sophie out.
way
robot
down
from the club bar and after Sophie offers lots of advan- saying "Hullo, hullo," in the tages. But my secretary is safe prearranged way, she repeated in her job. my secretary's message përfect-
Short for "ipsophone."
RAF FIGHTER ACE FLIES
A
U.S. JET IN KOREA
Air Reporter JAMES STUART
wartime fighter nce of the When, during the war, he RAF Is flying with on took command of No. 72 American fighter wing In Squadron in the Mediterranean, Korea. He is Flight Lieutenant he was the youngest squadron Stephen W. Daniel, DSO, DFC leader in the theatre: He wag and Bar, 30-year-old former 22. commander of Nos. 72 and 145 Squadrons, RAF.
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Once his aeroplane was hit by A-A fire, and he crust- landed in rough country. He was several weeks in hospital.
Taniel, who was born at Farnham Common, Bucks, and
For a tine after the war, he whose home is now at Thorn-
was chief Bying Instructor to hill, Dumfriesshire, is on a two
United the Edinburgh University years posting to the States Air Force under the Squadron. Anglo-American plot exchange scheme.
AMERICAN airmen
Air
The de
meeting
The
deputies took place yesterday. Ernest Davies 1 (Britain) very nearly put salt on Gromyko's Tail
but slipped on a piece of caviare j
and missed. The session adjourned reporting no
Basil siga
HERE WEĠGo ROUND THE AGENDA:
sedboth j
World Copricht. De astâńskinent with Dattu sérája.
15.
I ride with MacArthur
THE
San Francisco; Apr. 18. THIS exuberant, happy city really put on a welcome for General Mac- Arthur-returned to Ameri- trom ea after 14 years.
Baffled police
escorts 'could do nothing with the' cheering. laughing people who
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By R. M. MacCOLL
tracks), and streamers, ¿people, their backs incongruous-
on 4lie the sort you throw in a night- ly turned
procesalon. club, everywhere else,
watching the general on TV in a shop window,
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Any Idea that this would be a brief affair conducted in a' minor key was thrown into San Francisco Bay by the citizens.
there were scores of people up! on the roof,
The roar when MadArthur go up in his open car ond stretch- ed out his hands in greeting nearly unshipped the radio
nikesi
The Jam-packed mob the colours of the women's dresses and the men's clothes, too far more vivid than in Britain-be gan to sway ominously as Mac- Arthur, followed by his wife
They your Arthur (who st
looked rather scared of it all) oppiared on
dals.
It took us half an hour to go con- 200 yds, and we finally reach- stantly surged across the road-ed City Hall exactly one hour way today, stopped his car, late.
his hand, patted him, shook
of his uniformi pulled
They just took over. buttons off, tore up his five-
gave him the razzmatazz. They ter og, and distributed thợ
screamed and yelled and jump pieces.
ed up and down THIS
ủa cha Gi shine, Peering
from my car I could spot the general's where abouts by the permanent paper "snowstorm." that spattered down on him in gentle benedic-
is a city of pretty women, snall's during our
In front of the speaking and stand at City Hall, the sua pace progress I got the impres Hon go dangerously out of sion that they were all there. hand for a few minutes. Peo- ple were knocked down, women became hysterical.
I rode in an ometat car in precession from the general's heel to the City Hall. I don't know about the general, but I won't forget it in a hurry. You would have thought a world convention of paperhangers hind just left town..
olt tion.
Then came; a rush and casually ties, with women being passed. over the Heads of people to the walling ambulance men,
tosh
But the heat and the inching
MacArthur took off his mackin- and sat impassive: "db forward proved very hard official vehicles. The traffle cops'
various dignitarios let go with motor-cycles are built for speed, When we reached City Hall some highly charged stuff in the and they couldn't take. 1 Man
It was inches spiritual forde in Sur land, så ufter man Had to pull out of the took a quick look inside the preries. ("America recog
the greatest procession, his engine overheul-eneral's car.
daep in strenners, carations. Our fate shy" CILETETÄŢŠVon Tat roses, pamphlets, tind u large
from ordeal by paper dart schoolboy manufac- tured.
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STID=
The climax came when Cov ernor Warren's luxury limousine brokie down--followed ment later by the fire chief's vermilion-painted monster.
cr
in
you
quake
In the same manner. MacArthur has emerged 6 bet ter and a greater man from: all
Everywhere there was paper icker-tape in Montgomery street. "the Wall-street of the West," great showers of torn- Every balcony, every window, up telephone books and news- and a good many roods were THE VI.P.s were sitting San eramuned with grinning waving cheek-by-jowl on balconies. papers in Market-street Francico's world - famous unlookers. Where the croyd Small boys swarmed up. pipes thoroughfare with four sets pi milled thickest I saw groups of to perch on coping stones, and
his ordeal.." ON THE ROOF
INSIDE
INFORMATION.
By Mercury
4:a. DRITISH textile interests ternate chapters which give both
sides of each battle.
BRITIS perturbed at а
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In Britain, Lord Reith's full report on the Gambia poultry tnis- scheme will show worse Expect Britain to press for management than the ground restrictive clauses in the Japan- nuts affair. ese peace treaty. They have hitherto been opposed by Gen- eral MacArthur.
in the Japanese plan to expand Under this plan many RAF Arctle may soon be clothed output 25 percent by 1954. officers are serving with USAF in "artificial wolves' clothing." squadrons, and American pilots Stepped up training pro- are Aying in British squadrons. grammes in Arcile regions have Flight Lieutenant Daniel, increased the demand for woll who shot down 15 German and furs, while some of the supply. Italian aircraft in Europe and sources have been cut off..
So Mediterranean during the
scientista in the United war, is now serving with the States Air Force Acro-Medical 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing, Laboratories at Dayton, Ohio, USAF in Korea, aying i have produced a natural-looking F.86 Sabre jet fighter.
wolf fur-from nylon.
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A stock of atom borabs may be established by America at a North African base.
Swiss scientists believe that Russian atom bomb develop-. ment has been seriously retard- ed by a recent accident that kill ed many specialists.
Tito, nervous of war in the Balkans, has requested Italy.not to encourage agitators in Albania.
Premier Adonauer of Western Germany is Hkely to visit Lon don soon.
Special precautions are being taken for the security of Mr Churchill "during his May visit to the US. This follows the' suspected murder of Polish lead er, M. Lukasiewicz, in Washing fani
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It shows that the biggest mis- take was rearing birds before hen food had been grown.
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American ádmirals have drain up plans for improving Italian port faciltles as part of North Atlantic defénép, s
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South Africa will install plant to extract oil from coal deposits.
Britain and the United States asic France to talks, on will Mediterranean; detence.
They will precede the next Eggs imported from America Commonwealth defence confer- for hatching cost the taxpayer ence In May about seven shillings cach.
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Mr Herbert Morrison: honde-
The British Ministry of Food cided that Biltain will play a has offered Denmark more than more active part in the Council £3,000,000 in price increases to of Europe a6 Strasbourg, this maintain butter, bacon and egg year. supplies this year.
"He fears” that” Franco, nnɑ Schuman....plan The Governor of Northern Germany, In Rhodesia will fly to London partnership, will otherwise take this month for talks with Mr the lead in European alfafra. Griffiths, He will ask Dominion status...,..
for
“Rüista Flic pressing her. de-, manda, Xoră şi network of trade offices in Persia.---
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"There will be big 'spring mone oetlyreh' in Poland and East Ger many; with Baýlau-Polish, Czech and German troops
América 'favours -Túridý.
DHA
América has made en akreet Greece): joining the vallangle ment with India to take up all Pact, but Britain. has explot atomie materials which India misgivings. does not require, for home use.
Norweghui, divers hope
| General MacArthur is înfühing raise the Cerman his own history of the workt war Bludcher for 'scrapi. in the Far East.
American officers and Japanese big! Communit
ten working "uff
Extension of the Atlantic-Pact castwards could provoke: qulator |
Anglo-US strategy,* sis days Hoping bass fast in thp Méditer2, Jranean, Biz barracks Vars being
Built in Cyprus,
When he stood up in his khaki tunic, it was to touch off andthat. ovation. People waved both, anns, feeling somehow that one. was inadequate.
LIKE A FIRE
NOW I am writing this in the car again, charging along in the general's wake towards the International Airport, 15 miles down the coast. There are still floga and waves and cheers, but now we
are on a great wido autobahn and we are really making time.
The cops have got their streng going and I feel as though we
end up at a five-plarm fire.
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And this was supposed b/be a quiet little ceremony Of all-the delirious crowds I ever saw, this one was right up 'hear, the top for practically everything, 13
And this is just the hors d'œuvres Now comes Washing- tou-the main dish-not to men tion New York, head,
(London Express Service),