Skittles
AMERICAN
STYLE
"Bursts
On The British
London, March 9. Ten-pin bowling, a game played by 22 million Americans, is about to "burst upon the British public,” an American manker of bowling alley equipment announced a Press conference here.
"They'll be teaching us to an undring electroale mochine play cricket next," comment-which in 1952 replaced the pin- ed one Briton, who recalled boys who used to set up the that the American game is a pine, direct descendant of the on- cient English game of skittles.
But while bowling is enjoyed by Americans of both sexes and ages, the tradition of beer and skittles survives in only a hand- ful of British pubs, where it is
reserved for men.
"Sticker. Up"
The makers of the automatic pinspotter believe it is largely bowling to its present peak o! responsible for the growth of 76,406 U.S.. bowling lanes, many
of which are open 24 hours a day. number Sir Alan Herbert, 68-year-old-
The American Arm, which has already Interested
of British businessmen In the Urilish author, wit and skittler, who demonstrated the Englisli money-making possibilities of bowling alley9, plans n full-game in the United States lost scolo programme to educate the year, agrees. British about ten-pin bowling."
One of the facts publicised will be that "bowling is credit course at Hofstra Col- lege, Imeola, New York."
Brillah bowling alley opera-
tors
"In the solidays, it is dificult to flnd a 'sticker up' (akitlles counterpart of the pin bay)," Sir Alan mið at his home.
"The electronic 'machine saved the American game and would probably save ours if we could afford
will bo able to buy the American equipment and rent the automatic pinspotter, Special,
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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1959.
ANYWHERE
De Gaulle Loses EYYYEES --
Ground In City Elections
Paris, March 8. French voters showed Gen, Charles de Gaulle less warmth and the Communists more today in municipal elec- tions, the first nation-wide polling since De Gaulle's austerity economic programme took effect.
Ireland
Same As
Cyprus,
Says Valera
Innis, Irish Republic
March 8.
With French prices up five to 10 per cent since austerity was ushered in with the new year, this outcome had been general- ly expected.
Early returns indicated the Communists had gained since the parliamentary elections last November,
At 1 a.m. among 2,013,143 voles reported, the
Com- munists had 622,017 voles and the Neo-Gaallist Union for the New Republio (U.N.R.) 413,412.
By a similar tokon, percen- tuge returns for the first 83 scats filled showed the Com- munists got 19.72 per cent of
It
to make
Page
AFRICA PROTEST MARCH IN LONDON
Demonstrators Shout: 'Hands Off'
London, March 8.
Africans and British sympathisers today marched through the streets of London "shouting "Hands off Africa” în a demonstration to pro- test against recent events in Nyasaland, The procession, accompanied by two saxophonists and a drummer playing "Onward Chrlatin-Soldiers," was headed by 29-year-old African member of the Nyasaland Legislative Council, M. W. Kanyama Chlume, one of the principal assistants of arrested Nyasaland African Congress leader. Dr Hastings K. Banda.
With him at the head of the column was a white woman, Mrs Lorna Micklem, a London university graduate now study- ing for the Bar.
The demonstrators repeatedly shouted for the release Dr Banda, and demanded the dis was enough
missal of Sir Roy Welensky, shouting screaming sergeant- Prime Minister of the Federa- major dissolve into bears,
tion of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, The Impeccably
week sent Federal who last meticulously llaed-up honour troops into Nyasaland to put Fuard for Mr Macrnillan's down riots during which arrival at Kiev were turning Africans were killed. their heads, shifting their glance all over the place,
uniformed,
But it wasn't lack, of dia- fact it was 120
elpline. In
38
Mounted and foot polles accompanied the marchers and a conchload of police re- serves followed. There were no incidents,
opposite.
Ituzaian standing orders com- mand everyone on parade to keep their eyes fixed — not forward- but
the day's tended VIP.
од
At a meeting afterwards at- thousand people, by a
U.S. Fears FRESH ARSON
New Crisis
In Formosa
Washington, March 8.
the volc for those districts The United States Secre-
compared to 19.70 per cent for the same districts last autumn, while the U.N.H. got 21.10 per cent compared to 29.41 per cent last autumn,
Reversad
tury of the Army, Mr Wilber Brucker, said to- day that there was much concern here about the possibility of a new crisis in the Formosa area far- ing up at the same time the Berlin crisis reaches a climax. Appearing On
дя
television
The Irish Prime Minister, Mr Eamon de Valera to- day suggested that the
Their respective totals were British Government roughly the other way in the should reject the partition parliamentary elections of last qutuma which saw the U.N.R of Ireland for the same pick up 20.4 per cent of the programne, Mr Brucker said reasona
it rejected anal vote 14
while the Com-the -possibility of the joint munists fell to 20.7 per cent (as crisis partition of Cyprus,
meant keeping United He told a Fiano Fail party compared to 25.7 in 1958).
States forces ready for action in Local returns were equally both places. meeting here: "If the
indicative. In Lyons, Deputy siderations which weighed with
"We've got to keep our mind Fremler Mr Macmillan in arriving at the
Jacques Soustele, on that and not be distracted," cfecision not to partition Cyprus
leader of the U.N.B. won the he added. clection would only be taken into ac-
but his Eloket ran But he agreed with President count in the case of Ireland, a third behind the Medicala aud Eisenhower's statement last satisfactory solution could bet the Communists.
that this we not the orrived at-Indeed, much
#
Ja Marsellies the ticket head-moment for general mobilisa- simpler solut
than that aced by Socialist Gaston Defferre, tion. cepted for Cyprus.
| ex-Minister for Overseas Terri- Me de Valera's remarka to`tarles, finished ahead of Pascal day follow a speech by Mr Marchell's U.N.R. ticket, Macmilien in Northern Iro-02,307 to 22,471.
land last week expressing Marchetti beat Detferre out of Krave concern over the action his National Assembly seat last
the Irish Republican autumn.
of
Government in releasing Irish However both men finished Republican Army suspects behind the Communist today, from the Curragh detention who got 90,190 votes. . camp opleido Dublin,
-- Intermingled
Today Mr de
Comeback
Valers sald Deterre was not the only that Mr Macmillan, before leav-politician
defeated
Jor
the
ing Northern Ireland, explained Assembly last autumn-to-make. alparition would not work a comeback in the municipal in Cyprus.
EXECLIGNS WHY
14
15
"He said that there were no Greek or Turkish areas there: that the villagers were inter- mingled.
87.
18
19
$20
121
24
26
DOWN
1 Spectres
ACROSS
Uncertainty.
8 Allude.
? Murmuring angrily.
9 Decree.
10 Ultimate.
11 Song-thrush.
12 Bound.
'13 Systeria of signals.
2 Artillery.
1 Neat.
4 Legislator.
Amount lacking.
6 Prayer.
7 Couple.
14 Bu overboaring.
10 Bali in game with 20 pieces 15 Bit astrido.
12 Vegetable.
20 Church land.
22 Endorsement.
28 Bare.
20 Wide..
20- Hong, down.
27 Submit. »
et Hurled.
20 Stage....
10 Feared.
17 Shaped.
10 Scrape.
Et Reel.
24 Dried up
We might infer from th that he thought and wished it to be understood that it quita otherwise
Wel that
week
OUTBREAKS
Blantyre, Nyasaland, March 8.
Fresh outbreaks of arson
in wero
the reported northern province troubled Nyasaland today a top level talks were held to review' the entire alination in the Bro- Lectorale.
Latest
trouble WAN centred at Deep Bay, the shores of Lake NyaSK. where the homes of an African chief and an Afri- can postman were burned. Two - nearby Publia rond Works Department
Bchools camps and two were burned out.
Cattle dipping tanks in Deep Hay anet Nyungwe areas were also destroyed.
Today's talks here were between Bir Robert at Armitage, Governor Nyassland,
Maurios Mir Metcall, British High Com- missioner, in the Rhodesian Federation, Hir Roy Welen- 'sky, Federal Prime Mini- ter, and Sir Edgar White- Southern · Rhodesia head, Prime Minister --Repier.
*Wo are.
of course, cog- templating and planning for Buery conceivable -contin renoy," he said.
Chlume said: "The people of | "We've got to be governed by
determined not what the aggressors do and the to surrender their struggle for
(Nyamland are
Russians unqualifiedly are the aggressors," he
and against self-government said. If we mobilise, Russia might mobilise Federation," and a lot of people have idea that they have twice mariy men my we do to mobilise
one time" Bouter
Similar comebacks were staged by Socialist Robert
former Lacoste,
Minister-
A
SALERNISAR get
Bounty
Washington, Mar. 8.
al
New York congressm announced today he would in- Hesident Lo Algeria, ex-
troduce a bill tomorrow that Premier Edgar Faure of the
wquid put a $300 "beast of Kally of the Hepublican Left (K.G.D.) Party, and Radical prey bounty on the head of
narcotics every ez-Defenso Minister
Andze
V.P.I.
peddler. --
Alcohol Deaths
"Stupid"
shoteringsks reports that tak National Congressm African planned to sesinato selected Europeans, Indians and Africans Ho....Nyasaland Chlume sald they were the most stupid fabrication I have ever heard.”
He continued: "Dr Banda
FEAL
kreat friend of the English. It was an atrocious allegation that he intended to massacre his friends.",
here, the unionist and 2- Morice,
Chlume added: "I will do all Interior Minister Jean
I can to destroy the propaganda tionalist populations in our island
were allasted apathi Berthola said: "I must acknow
of those who live in the Colonial the Communists have that, in fact, the six-county lodge
Office, of murderous Conserva- which be aren,
tives misnamed regained ground”
who are waging war "But," be homogeneoUS
added, citing a. Uister.
Monterrey, Mexico, Mar. 6.
people of Nyasa- against tho Was $
well-known French.
Twenty people Ungered be-land" political whole, entirely unionist. "It is necessary, therefore, to phenomenon, "the majority of tween lie and death here today
Declaring that "the day must point out that even in the very the voters who support Com- after drinking industrial, alcobet City of Belfast in which be was munist candidates are not Compilfered from an abandoned come when the Union Jack speaking over one-fourth of the munists. They vote that, way Tallway tanke car, The alcohol must be sent back to Britain whole population is nationalist because they oppose govern has already claimed 24 victims, and its place talcen by the flag
-UPI ment policy-UP.I.
of the black man of Nyasaland,” --Reuter.
Biggest Seato Air Exercise Ends
The biggest Seato air exercise to date ended yesterday in Thailand.
worki efforts
Bangkok, March. 9.
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Chlume said: "We in Nyasaland are determined we shall have no other master but ourselves."
Meanwhile several hundred African studenis demonstrated in front of the, office of the Central African Federation's High Commimloner in Londori in protest against the arrest of Nyasaland African NA- tional Congress leaders, They dispersed inter without Incident.--France-Presse.
• Sir Roy Welensky-
Ex-Boxer PS.
Castro Denies
Plot Report
1.
"Half The
People I Work With
Are Reds" - Ingrid
New York, March 8. Actress Ingrid Bergman sald today that at least half the people she works with in European movies are Communiata, but she thinks nothing of it. Miss Bergman appeared on the Almed and recorded Edward R. Murrow CBS television show "Small World," with pro- ducer Darryl F. Zanuck and New York Times movie critle Bosley Crowther.
"Here in Europe, we don't Washington, March 8. have the problem of Commit- Drnists as you have it in America,"
The Cuban Premier,
Fidel Castro, today dis- she said, "because here it isn't counted reports that his
revolutionary government
lo plotting the overthrow of Dominican strong man Rafael L. Trujillo.
The rebel lender cald it was logical that democratic 'Cubana would view with sympathy any movement against Trujillo,
"But fer 123 to intervene the problems of directly in Santo Domingo (the Dominican Republle)-No."
£1
Premier Castro made his statement irt copyrighted Intervlow appearing in the current issue of U.S. News and World Report.
•
He also said his government has not raised the question of nationalising U.S. Aims or re- vising the terms under which the Navy occupies its base al Guantanamo Bay.
Ingrid
"It's not a crime”
a erimo, and I worked long said he saw "no enough in Italy and France to Dr Castro
know that half of the people I reason why conflicts can arise" with the US, if the two coun-work with, I not more, are
and tries maintain friendly relations. Communists,
Wa think nothing of it."
Miss Bergman, speaking from Paris, referred also to i U.9. ban on a movio she made 10 years ago.
-UP,I.
Makarios Is Home
She did not mention. the name of the plotere, bat it may have been “Stromball, the film she made just before ahe divorced ber doctor husband to MAITS Roberto Houseliinl.
She said that she read in one of the movie trade papers at the time that theatres in smaller cities walled to see what hap- pened to the movie in New York
* Public · Opinion:
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"If the pleture was box ""bated "NO""Balt, they waiata not ban it. Otherwise, it would be banned on moral grounds.”
Zanuck said that many people thought the American publie did not want to see Miss Berg- man ots the screen after she ran off to Europe, with Rossol. lind, but that he thought ciber- wise
and cast. her "Anastasia," for which she won a Hollywood Oscar.
Mies Bergman, who plans to return soon to Hollywooćk for the first time in 10 years, said that ik would have been Aficult for Zannek to hayo done that ve Yaaru 'cartier, "because publie opinion - WEE | against 3" pela refermen to Hollywood blackliste of Commuumists or Comm munist sympathisers, Miss Berg- man said some of the best talent in the movie capital diappeared. (maddenly, during the last 10
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theliberation of yo Photo Lessons
**I think Hóllywood regretted it,” she 'wald. But then it bon- came public opinion, and that in momething that is very difficult,
"The wind blows this wey, and Valletin, DEM: 1.
a couple of years after, it blow Mr Dom BEtoY, Maltese the olhar way, and very often. It Eighty-three aircraft from six Firet was sa air defence of
Air Labour Party, leader, has mami is dimcult to know why, " WAE AWEKO of Bosia; monwealth detachment, countries took part in a week- Bangick against. the "agikes
Commodore A. G. Staware of | Archbishop Makarion' a 'tologiazu TTL
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against operation
an sort, bombers (British
Soate exercice he said were the British Far East, Air Force congratulating him- ma Com "Invasion force" of als Chinese- | monwealth Canberros).
a "reminder of our capability sakt the exercise showat that triumphai roima. (to Cyprus) type army divisions advancing
The deputy director of the the Bento air defense organisa- | and The second, was a dropping
people from Tirtinta · Colonial from Lho north against of Thai and Franch paratroops operation, Major-General Tro- tion was very elicient.
Dus "there"' was need for oppremion,” kdy parky...... mi- Bangkok.
and the establishment of an mai Moorman, cartonder of 1812 Nuclear bomb drops were air-head at Korat, 170 miles the Philippine Dund
mere standardisation, saƠNG MOULTONd today. simulated during the exscia north of Bungkol · by
Ploture, shown Blates Air Force said) tho, Bests forces, he said Scato United The nailona" taking pork in transport machines,
the exercles yielded faforma: Major General K. Hobgoms, the exercise cede-maried. Air
tion on nuclear wartare, Vice-Commander of Japan-men woncinati srmbands, stáina Progren were · Belinda) the A the Denotsalon of the It showech... thosk when Bosto based Fifthe United States Air in telumph (hrousts Nioonis on United States. Amatralla, Beer exercise leder, the directer, fornen ware mouched to have: Forco, anál the 'makidetavern de Jala xušuyu/front
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