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Tommy Atkins ARMY SPORTS
PARADE
It is surely a clear indication of the times to hear that the Annual General Meeting of The Army (Hongkong) Football Association will be held at the NAAPI Club, Chatham Rond, tomorrow alternoon at 2.30 p.m.
A very full agenda has been drawn up for the meeting but main interest will be equally divided between the arrangements for the domestic intru-unit competitions within the Army itself, and the proposals for the Army representative sides which are so important to the Services-4ivilian relationships in the community,
A trong and succusfui Auur hetlas fottull train polskie relationen weset our Force eat have, and it is a fact thu not only
SKATTAIS AUSTI
the
the
edition now they have greatest had time ta gotike down
The frater-Unit Golf Tour- ment is providing stane thrill- Chinese lan, but
ng play and every player who Chinese pann coger u see a powerful les ens haurs partielpater so far has had wearing the Anny colours.
also the
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tuon-noreer folks to Teolise asportant place watball in del the lives of the people of this
Community util £1 pits that the
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who doul The vithenticlis 12ts statemin not
1 store
De pe 4 ther when such things are discussed and when the dendratality of a Sucevsdu] Anny voces team canphased Ins 15
var nes
Civic celebrities who attend
A HEAVY DEMAND
The calls of the Army texans. veriamly make a hovy demotel on unids and my ter anomally meaty a temporary depletions. Bad strength in
inter-at match, yet I belive it és a megl
fact that units win sunental gave mainted support to {་
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tunk The most satisfybug iquorter-itials were kerały cutt- feeder mit apart possibly from The desfoul of the
strong Royal ECURI Alt Force
by the RAMC
the gaten wenst Pey such as
ondackportedl
The results were as follows — HULE H heat 196 FA Kry! RA BY THE
holes, RAMC' beat KAP by 8 holes: 74 LAA Reggi RA DEL I Green Howards by beat 15 hotes, HQ RHKDT Med Regt RA by 7 holes.
SOME GRAND GOLF
The stuu-Boal realehes
RAMU Tween HQLF 11 In the fist bracket and 74 LAA
BQ HIRDE Regt atud
1 the CLOR! should
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Major
itali. crbwyer maintains his current won his Rate in The RAF
match by
10 hoder Medients may
Wil
The
Arny Rie wen Wong the sal, while in the lower bracăm
collecters In!
looks as though the Gunme will
exit at make their
The
The heaviest demands were uns doubtedly mades om 24 Field Engineer Regiment, Royal En-hands of the representatives of gineers, yet the Sappers went on to score a magnificent success in bringing the Coldbeck Cup back En Hongkong.
The
WIDOCZN
The Major finits League title. 1 Be North Staffordshire Regugent, the win- ners of the Muur Units Cham pionship, Command Workshope REME, were always ready maka their players available whenever they were rej Army duty
The troming ford es avail. abte for selected Army players together Walk the top class opposition they have to meet in League games usually results in
overall a general
improvement
a player's performance and this is, in the long run, of the greatest benefit to unit sales
I think 24 Field Engineers Nale proved the truth of this eligent by their Caliberk Cup surenNGUR.
In this column Just week
chere mentioned that feeling abroad that the use
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the RHKDP Whatever the re- sut it was erlain that there will be some grand golf before De finalists are decided.
12 week Army sportsman welcome Major Bödding of the Middlesex itegiment the NUW BOPT Headquarter. Land ॰-1༥།༠༣
Major Hudding arrival is hideed timely and he
• take y able to get picture of local affairs in line Ed
the star of the heavy winter season just ahead.
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1956.
U.S. Protest. MATADOR'S RECORD
Against Olympic
Pledge By Competitors
Melbourne, Aug. 1. The United States Olymple Committee has protested against the pledge to be taken by com- petitors in the Olympic Games, according to Mr J. Lyman Bingham, Executive Director of the Unlled Stories Olympic Committee.
The International Olymple Committee recently ruled that 1| Olympic competitors must swear that they ure and "in- and to remain" amateurs.
Mr Bingham, who has arrived here to view Melbourne's pre- for the 1950 Olymple parallons Gunes which begin in Novem- ber, mild many of the United State team had been chosen before
the plodge VIS 24- nounced by the 10C.
"We think this unfair," he cald,
crime "There is no
in becoming professional after the Games. Professional sport Is regardexi 114 [14] honourable livelihood in our country."
"What wrong 19 a pro- fessional try ing to pose us อ
in the take part Games," he declared.--Reuter,
urnabour 10
GREAT AIRLIFT
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New York, Aug. 7. The United States Olympic tenm
offeinds, numbering and 428 in all, will be down Melboume for the flames In **** chartered mullers, the Com- United States Olymple mitive utinovnced today.
The est Los Angeles
I will icave November 4
with subsequent parties leaving ut intervais until November 11. The cumulee said. The tean. will
December 6 an Mail Spe-dað
home
betwest! China
America's Most Versatile Woman Swimmer Sets New Record
Detroit, Aug. 7. Miss Shelley Mann, America's most versatile woman swimmer.
today set in American national 100 Metres Free-Style record of o minute 4.0 seconds to lead the early qunliners CE the United States Olympic trials at the Brenmam Pool here.
*The 18-year-old swimmer from Washington clipped Ave tenths of a second off the pre- vious American record.
Mann Miss
made the new cational record during the heats, The fastest eight swimmers in the 100 Metres quailled for 1 annual meeting of the morrew's nal. The 1st X
the that will be selected for the Hockey Ansonia- AUR (HK) tion is due to be held at
Olymple squad, either for the 100 the Lavern. NAAFI
Aletres Chub, Chatham
or the 4 x 100 Metres iday Router.
Rond on Wednesday, August 15
1 10 o'clock.
Hockey enjoys a great deal of popitilarity in Army and Colony
Ping cateles kend In order that the fullest preparations euf
made it is hoped u, be
that all of units who are Interested 123 the ties "Major and Minor" i Anny League and Cup competi- various inter- ; tion will send representatives to
¦ the meeting. unit competition, should be!
In respect of the
discontinued. 201 Some sultable name substituted.
I also
more
I have been asked to remind
ericketers who mentioned that there i Army
have were advocates for a system represented the Combined Ser-
vices that the new Combinedi which would allow the more powerful miner units to com-Services (HK) Cricket Club tie pole in the Major' tournaments Is now available in the Colony. if they were strong enough and If they su desired It will be interesting 10 hear if these matters are in fact presented to the AGM.
ABOUT THE PITCHES
Wolle on the subject of soc- cer it is probably timely lo say a word or two about the pitches on which Army football will be played in the coming months.
Recently I have had a chance to look at some of the grounds, i can promise our
It
felt, last season, that was there was a need for such net item
Misfactory design Juxt was eventually decided upon,
The the costs $15.50 and is obtainable only at Mackintosh's, it may be worn by anyane who any time represented the Combined Services in a cricket match in Hongkong.
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The introduction of promotion and relegation into the soccer Leagues run by the Hongkong soccerites Football Association opens up that Sookunpoo is in beautiful great new possibilities for teams condition and they will certain-
like RAMC and REME who will ly find a great improvement in this season compete in the new the lleid at Gun Club Barracks Second Division. The Medicals where only a quick Look are the eurren Champions of needed to
see that
the con- this section although when they dition of the playing surface is wen it last season the League now far superior to that of res was known as the Third Divi-
cent years.
The Boundary Street ground
suffered badly during the early summer through its irregular use
stoni
REORGANISATION
RUSSIAN
RECORD
Paris, Aug. 7. Lev Balandla of Moscow to- day won the 100 Metres Free Style swimming event in 57.0 seconds In the Soviet Spur- taklade at the new Lujniki Pool neur Moxow, Tasɛ news agency reported.
Second in the 100 Metres Free Style final was Vitaly Sorokin of Leningrad, in the same time as Balandin.
*7*5 sold this performance Was The best set up in the Soviel Union in a 50 metres pool.-France-Presse.
Major League Baseball
New York, Aug. 1. Scores in Major League base- ball games today were;
NATIONAL
Chicago
Milwaukee
LEAGUE
RH
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1 8
0
0 12
1
Brosnan, Mayer (1), _Gra- bowsky (8) and Chiti. Spahn (11-0) and Crandall. LP Uraman (3-0). HR-Spahn (2nd). (First Game)
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_______N__IN✨ STEWARDS' CUP
Glorious Goodwood, and a record win in the Stewards' Cup for Mr Stan- hope Joel's Matador, ridden by E. Smith (left). The colt, which was bought only recently from the executors of the late Mr J. B. Ferguson, scored a neck victory over Mr J. S. Gerber's Epaulette, with W. Snaith up (in blinkers, centre). Running into third place just behind the leading pair is Mr A. C. Cockburn's Cockrullah, with Rae Johnstone in the saddle. The Queen watched the race.—- Reuter photo.
HERE'S A MOTION PICTURE ON WHAT THE HYDROGEN BOMB
TENSIONS CAN DO TO ONE MAN
By ROBERT BROWN
Tokyo.
atomic From the only country to experience the destructive power of an weapon comes a motion picture about what hydrogen bomb tensions can do to one
mak.
The Japanese "I Live In Fear" is a plea for a solution to the atomic weapon problem,
Akira Kurosawa, the director who put "Rashomon" and "Seven Samurai" on The screen, han cast Toshiro Mifune, his best character actor in both of those films, in the lead in the new lim. Mifune plays a wealthy Japanese who wants to take his family to live in Brazil because he fears they are in imminent danger of H-bomb destruction if they remain in Japan.
Kurosawa says the movie not a political attack.
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Co-starring is lovely Kyoko centuries ago, which is identical by Catholic Kagawa. who plays the young to the habit worn Christian Monica, who embraces|priests of today. The studio." he said, "claims her religion and rebuffs her dis- it is only an honest appeal that believing lover Yusa, played by will help the world understand | Eiji Okada. the Japanese dread of wars.
atomic
"Although there 15 0 large. dark shadow of uneasiness everyone's mind. most
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have turned our eyes away from 100 big and too it because it terrible. And this is where we show our buman weakness and foolishness.....
BECOMES INSANE
dis picture is a plea for some for those people reassurance
to look who have the courage this threat squarely in the face. His hero does this. But because there is no reassurance, the fear him of impending doom drives 1 inuenity.
Miune plays Klirichi Noka- Jims, the owner of a small iron foundry. When he gets the idea of fleeing to Bruzil and wants to tell the foundry to pay for the trip, his family goes to court to have him declared mentally in- competent.
he A decrepit. broken man,
and to the foundry sets Bre burns it down because, to him. symbol ol i had become 21
but was his something which over which he had no control.
Standing in the ruins of his
FROM A NOVEL
hulf
Some
dozen Javanese
left petresses have
the home Istunds
stor In pictures abroad, but none have faced the which frightening challenge The picture also introduces
due Do 18-year-old fitomi Nozue, act-confronts Keiko Kishi. ing sunsetion in Japan who is make a British picture in India. predicted to be one of the bright
have to speak English," she young International sturs of the sald through
interpreter, future.
"and with an English
lovely. A big job for a The story of "Christ Bronze" is taken from the po-year-old Japanese star who has never spoken English in a film pular novel of the same
In
nume
acceni!" 23-
by Yoshiro Nagayo. It tells the before and has journeyed only to Hawait and Hongkong for story of the 17th century per-
Aiming In Japanese The location secution of Christians by Tokugawa Shogunate, the then pictures, military rules of Japan. These
"I am hoping to learn cough Shoguns elt that Christianity
she said grasp- English soon,** was weakening Japan and that ing a copy of the novel
from
which the Bim will be made.
this was part of a plan for cun- quest by some foreign power. this "weakening" prevent
It's "The Wind Cannot Read." they attempt to rid the country by Richard Mason, dealing with of its Christians by subjecting an East-West romance between them to all manner
who of paintula Japanese teacher,
had Oriental ortures and crucifixion. been living in London, and an Englishman whom she meets in Father India during World War 11.
Lean Director David
cust Keiko as his heroine after sec- ing her in "Refuges" at the
Film Southeast Asia
Festival. feminine top Kelko won the acting award at the festival for that role, Lean met her
As the story unfolds, Ferrera himself is subjected to an ordeal which weakens him to the point where he betrays his followers, Here is where
the bronze Christ comes in.
The identity of the Christians
in
Is a secret. Under torture, how over, Father Ferrero reveals that | Singapore, later came to Tokyo, If a bronze plaque is cast bear ¦ interviewed other actresses and
destroyed plant, he kneels anding the Agure of Christ on the finally settled on the girl he had
shricks "Now we can all go to Brazil!" But
his employees berate him for destroying their means of livelihood. Now every- one, family and employees against him.
arc
And society La against him as well. For his arson, he is son- tenced to an institution for the criminally insane.
One day, in the asylum, while a friend visits him, he sees the red, glowing sun begin to set in the mountains to the west screams:
It's
The earth is on fre
"It's burning!
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actually happy, in his believing the world and his prophecy proven correct.
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Cross, and persons suspected of being Christians are told to walk on it, the disbelievers will do so while the true Christians will refuse and
the instead pick tablet up and kiss it,
TORTURE SCENES
Such a plaque is cast, the suspects are put to this test and the ones who are so revealed as Christians are persecuted
with fury.
have
come to see in the first place.
SCHOOLGIRL TO STAR
for Keiko will be in India about three months. Except for the pictures she made for Shochiku studios in Hawait and (rst Hongkong, it will be her Picture-making experience away from home.
A resident of Yokohama where her father is a local tax official. Keiko Kishi broke into films a and Although the Japanese have
She ex- remained true to their formula mere five years ago. of setting their most spectacu-plains it this way burninglar pletures in medieval lines,
"I had wanted to be Bh at last," with
have this picture they
to watch one day just before insanity, chosen a atory which is of uni-actress and I came to the studio Is on fire versal appeal in contrast to the graduation
sehcol. from high hns been Japanese fairy tales they
The director wanted a girl in been prone to film in the past. school uniform. He glanced and The torture scenes are harsh saw me. Then he picked me for
the pari." and unusually detailed; the With their most lavish pleture crucifixion and burning scene is As is the custom In Japan, to date, the Japanese have come spectaculan to say the deas. The Keiko received no money for up with an exciting treatment aim has many sub-plots and that film, but it did give her WP-of
a gripping subject which intricate plot twists.
aomething-stardom. should come as something of a revelation to the Westem world,
Although it has stirred some Today she has a list of some "Christ In Bronze" is a Jepan controversy since it was first 30 atarring roles behind her in eso "Quo Vadis," dealing with shown last October, Father over 40 pictures.. the martyrdom of 17th century Joseph Roggendorf, a member of
the National Catholic Committer Keiko is one of the .more. RHChriallans in Japan.
"westernised" "of the Japanese Alin stars. She owns two cars, Spectacular scones-such as an 4.2 amphitheatre with several tiers "I personally do not think enjoys dancing, night clubs and (11) and of crosses on which Christians that the story of a priest's sports, Sho profera che of her. herra. Nixon (6-4) and White, ara crucified and burned high-breakdown under horrible tor-40 Chinese dresses or 30 western LP-Larsen (6-3).
(2).
Philadelphia Now York
Haddix. Miller (9) and SCHEME Lopala. Gomez, Littleneld
Ridzik (5), Wilhelm (8) and Star, Westrum (9). (2-7). HR-Sami (7th),
al night by the local population It is enhanced in status under Haddix (10-3). LP-Wilhelm made a good recovery and should the reorganisation, scheme and
in the area, but it has {10W
be in excellent trim when the kick-off whistle blows,
The new Garrisen Ground at Eck Kong will prove a great born to the unlis in the area and generally the pitches in the New Territories will be in much
ENGLAND WINS
Reykjavik, Iceland, Aug. 7. England beat Iceland 3-2 in an football amateur international match here tonight. Half time 'SOOTU was 1-1/----Reuter.
a repeat of Inst season's brilliant effort could see the RAMC (com promoted to a place among the elito of Colony football...
I am sure these possibilities wil be very much in mind when they hold their next meeting at 83 General Hospital on Monday August 13 at 2.10 p.m.
So far we have no definite news of REME preparations VX- cept a whisper that the teem will be run by Capt John Punter Whe cats with the 11th Infantry Workshops and Com- mand Workshops teams in recent years make him an ideal choice for the job.
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the half-million-dollar ture and his subsequent moral outfits, to her kimonos. RHEpketure-highest cost of any disintegration should acandalise DA VREEMEN
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JUNE IS PLAYING HAVOC...
June Havoc, a jolly, romping girl of 36 who looks like a jolly, romping girl of 18, gives me three reasons why she has kept her figure.
"Hysteris, insomnia and tight-waddedness. "Hysteria's wouderful for the figure. hysterical 1 break windows and tear sheets.
I get so
"My Insomnda keeps the flesh "Being the sister of Сурау down, too, and being so mean,
ILove
Lee hasn't helped a bit. 1 lay away from luxury."
I'm not that kind of performer at all:
Shooting whimsical metaphors right and left, Miss Havoc (star of 28 kms and 30 plays) telis me that for her the world * divided into fur-people and skin-people.
Hro
"Humans
skin-people. animals are fur-people. Of the humans I prefer men.
"I prefer ugly men, or funny. looking men, ar shuggy Shoggy characters,
men
men. have beautiful And men over 66-
JUNE
HAYEC
In La Vigm share
well, I just love men over 65. 1 think they're apple-tarts!
"Mind you, Gypsy is a perfect Indy and looks it. Diana Dows says the secret of her success is looking avaliable.' Gypsy gets hers by looking unavailable.
DIANA AT 407
naer
"I wonder if Dianu will last till she's forty
Miss
Havoe
Marilyn Monroe
Im
hco invited
to the Arati
night of her comedy show at the Cafe
de Paris.
I knew Marilyn years
when I was a
star
ago
she
bit
and wasn't, I think she's wonderful.
"When she was just player.
someone at the sludio sald to me: 'What's come over Marilyn? She's suddenly gone stuck-up. She doesn't talk to people any more,
·Brother, as soon as I heard
she'd That predicted
star
I
be B
June's light-waddedness has other advantages besides help- ing to keep her weight down,
It stood her in good stead in the gambling elty of Las Vegas,
her where one night
friend's Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz lost 18.000 dollars.
wouldn't gamble, 50 the
| management gave me money to
gamble with.
I
lesl
it all.
Then the management asked me
to stand next
next la ቤርያ customer was winning heavily,
"I just stood next to 'em and
they'd lose the 101! Jinx Havos, they call me. The only thing I ever won was a roll of linoleum in a lottery."
Not quite true, in a larger lottery she won talent,
beauty and good humour.
Which will do to go on with.
EQUESTRIAN EVENTS
No Prosecution For Cruelty To Animals
Stockholm, Aug; 7. The Stockholm public proSECU– for said today he would not prosecute the organisers of the recent Olympic equestrian con- tests here for cruelty to animais..
Prosecution had been
urged by the Swedish societies for the
to prevention of, cruelty animals after the Swedish horse Iller one of the broke his thigh on one jumps and had to be destroyed. Other horses were injured in the race, and the societies sald The obstacles - particularly ob stacle 22, a wid
a wide ditch were too difficult and that the riders back at
used cruel
in methods forcing the horses on.
fur- "At home I have eight people-five dogs and three cats. All middle-aged, pot-bellied and opinionated."
has
Being neither pot-bellled nor opinionated, Miss Havoc stayed at the top of American show business for 34 years. "I startedt us Dainty June two, i had to register the name in case anyone swiped it."
I wondered who would want to swipe Dainty June, but Miss her Havoc went on to discuss sister.
12 2 Japanese in which took over the average movie-goer or The western clothes orn 2.11 1 a year to make with a cast of prompt raah judgments on the much easier to wear," she ex
tolained.go over 20,
dergy in general. 1:5}, 20,000,000000 Garcia (8-11) and Narugom,"
the leading role of a Jesult Director Shibuya; was careful She also prefers western food: Hogan (9), Lacy, Gromek (?),
with and aleops: Ir an American style={: Miller (0) and House, LP-Lary missionary priest, Father not to identity the priest (10-12). HRS-Ward (4th), Christopher Ferrera, director any, particular religious faith bad, instead of on the tradi-bind Naragon (3rd), Boone (15th).-- Minoru Shibuya has, cast, veteran, but he clothed, hickgier ( in a Lonelpanere futamly-United United. Press.
character actor Osamu Takizawa, costume, supposedly of three Press.
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