TEN THINGS AT ONCE
AMERICAN'S GIDDY BRAIN
It takes all sorts of people to make a world, True this familiar adaju is small comfort for the In- convenience caused by some prople -from the Income-tax collector to Mr. Hitler-but it does help to make certain people a little more tolerable.
One kinil of persun the world have SA the Apparently must phonomonally-brained mathematic- ian who adds things up at lightning speed, subtracts the half divided by the number at the top and after taking away the number you first thought of, reveals your grand- mother's age, and makes you feel thoroughly ashamed you couldn't de it yourself.
Just what place they have in the world it is difficult to any-outside the music-ball-unless Nature felt
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Prince George and Princese Marina will be married in this grand old Cathedral-Westminster.
at Inst that. It had to provide one or two people who can really speak hack to the Income-tax man.
Freddie Craig does not fall into the entegory of the intolerable queer person: he is more than toler- able-he is a very charming young American with auburn hair going thin on top doubtless through un- duo brainwork).
Freddie eun read three newe- papera upside down and backwards, write headlines upside down and backwards he reads the news- papers three ways, call for two six gure numbers, add them, compile a list of six other figures the total sam of which is the same as that of the two figures, keep up a atendy conversation, and give the name of -principal streets of any city, in the United States, Canada. England, Scotland, Ireland, of Wales,
SEVERAL BLACKBOARDS
Freddie gave a demonstration. There was a small but distinguished audience. Freddie danced about between several blackboards filling
bit
Sir Austen Chamberlain, veteran Parliamentarian, siens out on
71st birthday.
them with writing (upside down) and figures (some upside down and some generally senttered about), naming streets in towns and copy- ing out of a newspaper. Talking, of course, all the time. Next to
chair-o-plano, it is
it is hard to think of anything that makes you quite so giddy. He did ten things at once. But, whatever you may think about Froidle having a freakish mental streak docan't worry him. Ho denlea it. When a schoolboy, he went to a fair and saw a man writ- ing upalde down to adverties foun- tain pons. This tickled Freddie; he practised the art at school when he ought to have been paying at- tention. That started hĩa crazo for od things of this nature.
A professor of psychology in the United States warned him that one of thess days his brain would give -way--or as Freddle himself says In
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
Wife Slayer Goes Free
ONLY LOST HIS TEMPER ONCE
NAGGED ALL·
HIS LIFE
Paris, Nov. 14. Found guilty of murdering his wife because he was "fed-up" with being "hen-pecked," M. Eugene Ringenbach, 56-year-old garbage- collector, hoa just been given n suspended sentence of two years' imprisonment by the Assize Court of the Seine,
RUSSIA RAISES TROPIC CROP
GRAPEFRUIT OR PINEAPPLE
GROWS HER OWN TUNG TREES
Moscow, Nov. 10.
The Soviet Union is expending much effort to enlarge the cultura of tropical and semi-tropleat planta and trees within its borders.
The first grapefruit, were picket last year off young trees recently set out by American experts in the As he walked out of the court-balmy climate of Poti on the Blac room a free man scores of husbands Sea coast of the Canessus, und sent applauded blm.
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The trial brought out that to grace the breakfast table of Ringonbach had been an ideal hus- | M. Jorenk Stalln. the Soviet "äleta band during his entire married life, ter" In an effort to find varieties accepting in silence the constant that will grow in northern nagging of his young wife, Gabrielle.
Irrigated regions of the Ukraine Neighbours teatified that they often wondered why he the Soviet has imported Norfol did not beat hor on occasions be- cotton from the United States cause of her tongue-lashings. They Attempts have been made to intro added that they had never once seen duce pineapples arid cocoa and rub him show his temper except on the ber trees. day of the killing.
According to witnesses. M. Ringenback was quietly reading a newspaper one evening when bis wife came into the room
and Bhricked
at him. He continued reading as she went back into the kitchen. She kept up a constant haranguo na she prepared dinner. Still upbraiding her husband she passed into the yard.
Suddenly, M. Ringenbach threw down his paper, jumped to his feet and grabbed a loaded gun that reposed on two pegs stuck in the wall. He dashed out into the yard and fired. The bullet wife in the neck.
One of the latèst trees to attract attention here is the tung tree from the seeds of which is manu factured a valuable oil, no-called China wood all or tung oil, used in the electrical, chemical, paint and arnish industries. The first tung tree appeared on the Black Sai const 30 years ago, but the indus trial demand did not exist then The 1934 aren
where tungt frem row is 2.007 neres, which is almos double the 1933 nereage, and ir 1936 It is planned to have 4.58 ACTER struck hla
under cultivation.---Unitra Press,
As she clung to the fence dying. she called to the neighbours with her last words. "Come and see what a terrible husband I have."
In the meantime, M. Ringenbach rame to her side and. and to her that he was sorry he had lost his temper for the first time in his life. The neighbours put their around him and told him that they understood. Apparently so did the |jury.—United Preas,
arms
SEEKING TRADE IN BRITAIN
SOUTH AMERICA'S CAMPAIGN
FRUIT EXPORTS
INCREASE
London, Nov. 12.. International trade barriera, particularly quotas and restric tions on the exports of meat, are gradually driving South American ment exporting nations into the Fresh and canned fruit, and egg market.
Chile la among the South Amer- lean exporting countries which are. seeking to develop their foreign exports in directions enabling them to counteract in some measure the damige done to their foreign meat; trade by tarilïs and quotas almost everywhere. Intensification of
Chile's, ultoris in this direction can be seen in the decision of Senor Alberto Laynia, Chilean Agricul tural representative, to move his European henaquarters from Paris to Londo
Senor Lavala is said to have sold home three hundred thousand, enses of Chilean apples on the Con-" tinent last year. it is understood that this year, negotiations which are now under way in London he- tween Lavala and various in- terests in the City, may rosult in still further increasing the sale in England of Chilenn Tresh fruit, canned fruit and oggs, in par ticular. The transfer of Lavain's headquarters to London is expected to intensity Chilean efforts to capture new markets hore,
Last year Argentina aent over expérimental shipments of aspara gus which sold well on the London market. It is believed that other |shipments of fresh vegetables and frult will come to London from Buenos Aires, probably carly in the winter when England's houses holds are mainly on a cabbage diot. -United Press.
kis "Amurrican”- way "enld P'd.go acrewy." But he has disappointed the professor, and intends keeping on disappointing him till he has made enough. to retire. Then, no doubt, he'll go over all his British pald Income-tax receipts and insur- ance policies as a hobby.
When ordinary people can't get. to sleep at night, they count sheep (or used to when young.) What Freddle counts is hard to picture probably the number of raindrops falling within a given area aub- tracted from the number of snow- drops falling in twice the area-ind reads the Encyclopædia Britannica upside down and backwards in the
-dark.
THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER 22, 1934.
Types of German Fighting Men
Men in uniform maks up the picture of Germany today (1) Typical Brown Shirt, one of the 400,000 "BA" storm troops (2) A Relcha- of the Nails, who helped Ui Hitler to power wehr private, member of Germany's small but splendidly equipped and trained regular konty.. .A (3) A Berila demonstration of Rahbelm (Steel Helmets), war veterans' organization of nome- what older men, monarebfatte and conservative in tono.
(4) A member of the "88," or Schutzsinfot troops, a picked Nati bodyguard of Humn 20,000 men, wearing black rather than brown, Parefully selected as the cream of Nazi civilan soldjory.... (5) tegular police, under federal control and armed when neces sary in military style to supplement tronps,
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A saber had just flashed down, the hilt plainly visible in the cavalry officer's hand, and the assassin of King Alexander | of Yugo-Slavin was reeling to his dasth, arma upflung fatllely to guard his head, when the cameraman-snapped this pletura. Inside the royal car, shown halted in a Marssillaa street, the king had slumped back, dying, in the rear epat, boside Foreign Midster Louis Berthod of France, aleo mortally wounded.
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The Grat achievement of the rickaha reform drive In Shanghai has taken place at East Kashing And Thorne Roads where this building, has been tetron over by the Pullers' Mutual Aid Association to provide for the health, recreation, and educatianʼef coolies until permanent premises in the Kathing
Road Market are ready in two months' time.'
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