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IN BERLIN-Whilo Naxis-rain 'death and destruction on London, Royal Air Force fliers are not lax. This radio picture from Berlin shows an important objective in flames.
Geologist Discovers Ups And Downs Of Ice Age America
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UP).-Even Ice Age America, back in the days of a mammoth and bison hunter "population," had its economic ups and downs. This is the latest revelation of this country's past, unearthed in Colorado by Dr. Frank H. H. Roberts, Jr., Smithsonian Institution archaeologist.
Finding a stratified corner at the now-famous Lindenmeier site, a camp and workshop occupied by the Folsom Man in the Ice Age, Dr. Roberts has charted about 1,000 years of very carly. American prehistory.
Other Ages
The story, told in gradually jeye for beauty-judging by simple accumulated Inyors of earth, each efforts to decorate belongings and containing a typical kind of they even sewed their garments with stone weapon point, reveals the eyed needles. Folsom Man as 'first and oldest at this camping ground. Folsom hunters arrived sometime be tween 10,000 and 25,000 years ago, and more likely it was 25,- 000, Dr. Roberts infers from the geologic evidence.
Following bison herds through rich pastures south of the retreating ice sheet, Folsom hunters returned to thle camp many summers. Their weapons were the beautifully shaped and grooved Folsom dart points, and they had time for careful work, an
as though they lacked the compara- caso of "better times" in ive America.
December 3, 1940.
Malay Leader's Tribute To British Government
*IF the British Government had wanted to harm or rule our sacred places it could have done so years ago, but our British friends respect our religion and moreover they are not so greedy. as to pounce upon unprotected countries and rob them" of their liberty, as the Germans and the Italians are doing," said Inche Daud bin Mohamed Shah, president of the Malay Union, Singa- pore, broadcasting a Hari Raya message in Malay from the Singapore station recently.
Inche Mohamed Shah said: "All of you will agree with mo that we inhabitants of Malaya have been and are living in peace under the protection of our most benign British Government, without any trouble, whatever-in fact we have been and are enjoying this protection.
Wife of Fire Officer On Arson Charge
Mrs. Dorothy Mary Ellen Mahoney, 32, wife of Sub-Officer Patrick Mahoney, of the L.C.C. Fire Brigade, was committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court when she appeared at Stratford Police Court charged with setting fire to her home at Milner Road, Dagenham.
"Through the generosity of our Government we have been able to fulfil all, our religious obligations without interference and hindrance and moreover I must not forget to mention that this year when there is a food control we are given permission to purchase an extra amount of rice for the purpose of giving out 'fitra (charity) to the poor and the needy.
"All these kinds of worship we have
been able to fulfil under the protec-: ton of the British Government with- out the slightest harm to our person or our property.
"Think, ladies and gentlemen, of the sufferings of humanity who are not blessed with such protection as we have had at the present mp- ment and in the past.
"I am sure you must have, by now," he continued, “rend that the Italian Previously a statement alleged to aeroplanes have ralded the Island of have been made by Mrs. Mahoney Bahrein and Saudi Arabia, Saudi was read, in which she referred to Arabia means Jeddah and Mecca. quarrels between herself and her invite you all to imagine, for a mo- husband over a girl named Beryl who ment the sufferings and tribulations was a member of the A.FS.
of the people of our Holy City of When she found that Beryl was Mecca and compare the Juxuries living with her husband she went to which we are able to enjoy under the the house, and, determined that Beryl protection of the British Government. should not have the home for which she had worked, piled some things in the hall and set fire to them. The camp site eventually lay
Beryl Pizer, who described herself vacant ogam, until a third wave of hunters arrived, leaving a quite dif-as mi artist, living at Tredegar Road, Bow, sald she was in the A.F.S. and ferent dart point.
attached to the A.F.S. station where Sub-Officer Mahoney was. She knew Mrs. Mahoney because of her visits to the stallon, and that Mrs. Mahoney
Mr left her husband come time in July. Later she went to labic, after Mahoney at his house, and she was there on
August 30 Mahoney called,
There was a row, and when Mrs. Mahoney attempted to assault-her Sho returned the she ran away. next morning and found that house had been set on fire,
Barder times or more uncouth
The stratified find establishes the people followed within a few cen- turles, judging by the next distinct sequence of carly Americans using layer
of earth above, containing a these strange old weapons, and will degenerated sort of Folsom weapon, aid archaeologists to judge the re- hastly made. If the new arrivals lative age of such weapons found in were not Folsom descendants, they other parts of western United States. did at any rate have some of the
Dr. Roberts believes that still an- advantages of Folsom culture.
other type of Folsom weapon, which Before they came, the camp had has been found scattered in eastern lain abandoned and blanketed with states, represents a still later chapter debris. The newcomers made brief of this little-known era of American stays only at the camp, and it looks prehistory.
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Protector Of Poor
He proceeded: "Britain is not only fighting for her own country, but she is aghing as a protector of the poor and small, nations, and that being so, it is our duty to do all we can to help the British.
"One of the most outstanding and praiseworthy acts our local Govern- ment has done for us consumers of rice and other foodstuffs is the con- trol of food prices. Many of us who lived during the
the last Great War would remember that the price of zice then rose up to $1.40 per gantong. You can imagine, then, what would happen now if our Government does not take such a measure,
In these bard times it is our duty to spend as litle as possible on luxuries and all unnecessary things and save every cent to help our Gov- emment by investing our savings In War Savings Certificates in order to win the war."
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Following the showing of the film "Enough to Eat" at, the Queen's Theatre yesterday, His Excellency the Acting Governor, Lieut-General E. F. Norton, escorted by the Direc tor of Medical Services, the Hon. Dr. P. S, Selwyn-Clarke, paid a' surprise visit to the Sai Ying Pun Relief Hos- pital
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Dr. H. F. Tal, Medical Officer in charge, Dr. E. H. Ong and Miss Elsie Liu, the Matron, after which he inspected the hospital kitchen and enquired into the dietary, since 85 out of the 100 patients' in hospital were stated to be suffering from Beri-Berl,
Excellency Inter expressed satisfaction with the renovation of the former Block B of the Govern- ment Civil Hospital, which was due to be demolished, and its conversion into a useful rellet hospital.
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