CENTRAL
THEATRI
5 SHOWS DAILY At 12.30, 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.15 P.M.
America's Two Top Aquatic Stars in a Blazing Bayon Feud Over the Queen of the Savage Cajun Country!
SWAMP FIRE
Starring
JOHNNY
WEISSMULLER
VIRGINIA
DUSTER
GREY-CRABBE
CAROL
THURSTON
Directed by WILLIAM H. PINE
Central Barreoptay by CA.CHORST MOME
A PINÈTHOMAS: Production
Fleming love explodet
inte burning bati...91. the Kings of the Della
match skit) to kill in savage combat ever an - untamed 'beauty of the
swamplands.
----- ALSO LATEST BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWS
WILLIAM BOYD'
66
NEXT CHANGE
GEORGE HAYES
HILLS OF OLD
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1947.
M
By PAUL HOLT
How To Live
On The Cheap
Y friend the Spiv was asking me if I would like to buy a brand new ten horse- power car for £700. "It's got a left- band drive," he said mysteriously.
"You mean it was made for export?" "Well, originally it was. But somehow it fell off the lorry at the docks, and what with. one thing and another, they must have decided to sell it there. You'll see lots of left-hand drives these days round about the ports," said my friend the Spiv in a defensive tone of voice.
"At £700?" I asked.
"Oh, I know what you're going to say. Black-marketeering. But D'you know
I
ask, you.
what'd happen to that car if it
'The spiu looked at me with distaste.
knew I had done wrong to earn a salary'
C
what you want to do is to go to your tannging director and nak him if he'll buy some shares you happen to have. Doesn't matter what they are.
"He buys 'em for a nicish sum, doing you the great favour of cutting your salary in half at the same time-and where are you? No income tax to pay (profits on shares are capital appreciation and outside Jolly Jack Dalton'a clutch, sco?)-twice an rich and twice as happy. Next year you just repeat the dose...."
I said I thought my managing director might have as many shares as he cared for, although I had once successfully sold him a spaniel bitch puppy. I asked him politely if he knew any other wrinkles.
Eating Out
not FOR EXPORT
WELL now, mind you, I wouldn't only one bookle who doesn't seem to "Wantons this to anybody But seem to some nights when I find myself just cooking. Right down the other end a icetle bit y I might do à ununter of the ring. There's only a second the to go. Quick, give me your tenner! down to the dogs and work perici trick for an hour or two, It's You're on!.... Keeps your weight not exactly a noble occupation, but down," sald the Spiv reflectively. it passes the time pleasantly enough." I asked him what one needed to wark the pencil trick besides pencil.
a
Trying Out
"Alt that's just exactly what you ALL at once he brightened, "Now,
| hadn't somehow fallen off the lorry? Right. I'll tell you. Shipped to China, shall we any? I SAID that maybe to a gentle- man of fortune like himself Price on leaving England £340. £3 10s, a bottle was a throw- Price on unloading to the dealer away price, but for myself, being in Ching - £440. Price ten a member of the salaried classes, minutes
I asked what come-on? the it was murder and left very little leaving
RUSSELL HAYDEN
WYOMING"
STARO
THEATRES
COMBINED SERVICES ENTERTAINMENT
Presents
The Sparkling Swing REVUE
JIVE in JEST
BERNARD GORDON
And his JIVING JESTERS”
JACKIE NORMAN And All Star Cast
Produced by PAT KAY
TO-NIGHT AT 7.30 P.M.
BOOKING HOURS : 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. 4 p.m. **** 6.30 p.m. Tolophona: 58335 LAST PERFORMANCE SATURDAY, 15TH MARCH
WORLD THEATRE
Des Voeux Road, Hongkong. Tel. 21337.
HANTH NOW-Complete Installation
DEVAY
THEATER PROTETORS
A LOW & PRZEME
of New DaVRY Motion Picture Projectors and Sound Equipment
COMMENCING to-morrow
DAILY AT 12.30, 2.30, 7.15 & 9.15 P.M.
TECHNICOLOR!
COLUMBIA FICTURES:
A THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS
with
Evelyn Keyes Phil Silvers Adele lergens Gild CORNEL WILDE
ORIENTAL
SHOWING TO-DAY: 230—5.15—7.15—9.15 P.M. The Story of man's greatest obsession: ...........how it ruled four fates....that changed aight lives....any one of which could be YOURS! EIGHT GREAT STARS!
FLESH AND
FANTASY
58 GREAT
STARS IN THEIR GREATEST
ROLES
Next Change: “PINOCCHIO”
after
dealer's showroom-£1,400, and indeed with which to buy my it's better, restaurant, Well, you Then you do the business, marking coal shares were a good buy and
Soho kind
don't want,
how about that left-hand drive pencil, Not even Q pen that writes under water. It's car?" he asked Impulsively.
1 said I wasn't interested. "I "WELL, of course, there's always simple. All you do
is to spot a must be getting old," said the Spiv. bolstering," he said, A bit likely gentleman. .it's better to "After all that come-on I've been doubtfully "All you need is choose one of the labouring classes, giving you." cheque-book and a few places where they have more money. And you you're known. Nowadays, I'd say
ask him if you can borrow his pencil. to choose a small pince,
"Pinces you in
"Why, if it had been an ordinary his debt, see? fellow I'd have talked about how "Salary? Salary? Ho-ho-ho! call for your bill and it's a fiver, so your card in a heavy and ostenta unloading industrials, or He gets salary," cried my you make out the cheque for ten, flous manner. Then you hand the about how I was planning to take
collect the change and move on. pencil back with your sweelest smile the I said I hadn't looked at it friend, summoning the attention sting steadily, and providing and your loudest Much Obliged I'm Africa (that's a sure-fire one these wife and kiddies to South of half a dozen wealthy and your geography is good, you can get Sure, and you walk
You'd days) or given him the 'Have you indolent characters who were up to Go quid a week free for a
be surprised at the number of times heard the latest about Shinwell?' sipping large whiskies at the while. It's not exactly happy the curiosity makes 'em catch you up routine.. But you, being nows- bage, but it's not hay....said: the to ask which dog it was you ringed, paperman, I thought you might fall bar of the little club.
Spiv.
the blessed mugs.
for the malarkey. Never mind...." "Then, of course, it's easy. You're said the Spiv. putting it on. for the trainer. There's We drank attently for a while.
my friend the Spiv.
that way.
"You have to, you have to," he replied sadly. "Why, friend of mine, just back from America went to work the fubs" for a spell. Feeling patriotic, he went into a liquor store, asked for a bottle of Scotch whisky, Our life blood, as you might say, and exported from dear old Scot land at a fow bob a bottle. Know what the man asked him? SA. And you say £3 10. a bottle's outrageous here in London. £3 10s. bottle's cheap," said the Spiv.
*Professional gamblers in Trans- atlantic linera thus refer to their frade.
(The decor was a lush mixture of Queen Anne and Madame Pompadour, with a few sporting prints on the wall and a Topolski print of Churchill behind the ample bar. The barmaid was n rotired chorine with wary eyes.) My companions now looked at me with distaste. I knew at once that I had done wrong, to earn a salary.
"I got an expense account, too," I said, rather like a small boy defending his mother's honour.
"Expense account! old- fashioned nonsense! Why, boy,
I asked what happened when the cheques were presented.
"Oh, by that time you've got a friend with
bank an overdrawn account and a spare cheque to make out the 60 in your favour and you pay it in. Then, of course,
you
make one out for him and he pays it in to his bank.
"Mind you, I'm not recommending it to amateurs. The whole thing depends on the timing and it can tet a bit tricky, particularly if you have more than two accounts run- ning. Like seven-card stud with one-eyed Jocks wild, that's what it's like," sakd my friend, after
mature consideration.
a
I said I thought it better for me to leave bolstering alone; hadn't he something a little more active?
GREECE IS HOT TO HANDLE
over
States takes the United
British responsibility in Greece, she will be brought into a bankrupt, which hungry nation of 7,000,000 Britain has found too hot to handle.
As a business Investment the re- turn will be almost nl. As a long- term investment in real estate, the United States may elienply have. purchased future security against a further Soviet march toward the Mediterranean.
Britain's position in Greece has been deteriorating since the Decem- ber 1944 revolt exploded Winston Churchill's dream of a unlied pro- British Greece barring the Soviet southward drive. Slace then the Communist-led Leftist extreme hns grown stronger politically and mill- tarlly, and Churchill has been over- thrown.
In 1947, Britain finds herself un- abic and unwilling to pour pounds sterling into Greece to support n regime distasteful to the new La bour Government.
British "responsibilities" in Greece have been:
Britain
informed the has United States that tho cannot afford to keep up her commit- mants in Greece after March 31, and President Truman has promised financial assistanco if Britain will keep her troops in. the country. The position in the light of these develop- ments it hare discussed by United Press
correspondent
ROBERT VERMILLION .
Political, Armed upposition, taking advantage of the economic collapse and the Government's inability to continue to support an adequate army could, with help from the north moving freely with no Angle Americans around to watch and pro- tact, seize power in a matter of
months..
Economic. Completo ruin. Greece needs at least US$75,000,000 soon to guarantee a bread and olive oil diet in the latter part of 1947.
Müllery. See political.
The United States will be pressed for new elections by both Greece's Left and Centre. The political strength is now lined up roughly as follows:
Rigid Monarchists, 35 per- cent; extreme Leftists or Commun- tion by propping up the drachmae isla, 15 percent. Between these two with gold pounds. American dollars
la a broad mass of middle-of-the- now will perform the same service road people who just want peace but Britain's chief economic alm in have no leadership to direct them Greece has been co-ordinating the politically, and were forced to vote establishment of British markets Left or Right. with reconstruction of the country,
What leadership of the and where this. is impossible very little has been done. UNRRA is do- mass does exist is split among power ing the most feeding and rebuilding hungry politicians in Athens, who responsibility refuse to unile lest unity cost them a will be rehabilitation of the country little of the political power now held. with no strings attached, except a every dollar vigilant watch over spent.
Gis arrivo,
The
American
3. Military. Unless
British
middle
THE
away.
BY THE WAY
by Beachcomber
-talked
THE other day, says my scratches the signature with his nall paper, a, kangaroo shot a "I say," he cries, "look here!" Under man through the arm. That
the signature of Vaurien appears the well-known signature of Rontor, "I must have provided a hearty thought so," says the faker, and col- laugh for the mouse who drank leets his money from the interested a bottle of whisky and then and started dealer. shouted. "Now show me that confounded cat!"
105
I am surprised there is not a craze When I was Treasurer of the St. for faking the more debossed forms of Albans and Batlleld Mushroom So- modern saulpture, Any lump of ciety we arranged a wrestling match stone with blubber lips, a huge belly between a giraffe and a kangaroo. It and a Mongolian head, called 'Star-
። very dull affair, as they never light," would deceive anybody but got to grips, but it was the means the public. Critics and intellectuals of my meeting old Gregory, and on would go mad about IL "The strange, that day a friendship began which sombre, forceful, dynamle beauty of
as continued without fun or profit a transitional epoch." How-wow. other of us for close on 30 years, Butch Garbo and Lefty
silller old fool than Gregory-but a truce to such bitterness,
How to do it
Dietrich
HE last me I saw Mrs Dietrich THE
in a film, she had abandoned the lord-faced heavier-than-ale allure ments of her early days, and WIS mixed up in a tavern brawl. Azi the last time I saw Baby Garbo in a fim she was pretending to be drunk (refined critics called it intoxicated). for both litle creatures prophesied
And now Mrs
THE boom in faked paintings is m
suming argillaceous proportions. But the fakers are not very subtle, They Imitate Renoir and sign the The thing to do is picture Renoir, Imitate Renoir, sign it with some or dinary name, take it to a dealer and I say, "Look at this. It appears to a very tough future. be only a Vaurien, but I believe It's Dietrich is to play a wild tipay, a Itenoir." A long inspection and dig. covered with dust and leaves, And cusalon will follow. The faker then Babs Garbo? Dick Trpin, I hope.
According To Culbertson
(Copyright, 1947, by Ely Culbertson)
toll
It is comforting to have two diamond stoppers, took the trick and stoppers in the opponents' long suit, returned his lowest heart, to but discretion in the use of those West that he soon would be able to make a couple of tricks in salt, stoppers is often indispensable. Ob-
Unfortunately for the defence, how- serve to-day's deal:
South, dealer.
ever, two heart tricks were scarcely North-South vulnerable.
better than none. South led diamond to the king, cashed the jack, NORTH
and then gave East his landond 10 4 7 4
ten. West collected the heart queen 4 10 0·5
and East the jack, but declarer could +39 32
now claim his contract. 204
The Greeks' reactions to Gen.
*"EST
Q745 4.4.
K
the ma-
1. Political. This means to keep the Russians out. The December re- volt was the beginning of a shooting war over this issue, although the British now only supply train and odvisa the Greek Army.
Armed opposition against the American military assistance in Marshall's and President Truman's Greek Government is led by the Com- Greece probably will consist of pur statements are mixed, depending munists. With Britain feeling sho
chasing
equipment from how hungry, how tar Left and how can no longer assure the safety of British factorles and using it to rich they are. The peasants and non- Greece from Communist or Savlet strengthen the Greek Army, thus Communist workers have always domination, the American respons benefiting Britain's Industry and looked to America 45
future bility would be restoration of the Greece's fight against armed opposi saviour. They constitute nation's economy, feeding the hun-
tion. Britain now has about 40,000 jority, and will be the strongest sup. gry and eradicating the main causes of discontent and insecurity which men in Greece, and although she an- porters of American policy in Greece. nourish revolt and encourage the nounced that the troops would be withdrawn they may remain, since people to accept any political rule Secretary of State Gen. George Mur- which offers hope.
Another American responsibility shall has reportedly asked Britain to would be to try to figure out a way keep them there.
to oust the increasingly unpopular regime, without letting in the ex-.. tremo Left., This problem com- Had Britain withdrawn and the pletely defeated the Dritish,
United States failed to move la, the. 2. Economic. Britain's economic following might have happened in the mission has been proventing infla» above three categories:
NANCY
Worse and More of H
BRRR--- DIS. COLD
WEATHER IS
AWFUL
The Communists are furiqus about what they call a "third occupation" as undesirable as the British one,
Certain businessmen and pollt!-{ cians, growing rich on the present siluation and already badly shaken by prodding' into their financial af- fairs, are now saying bitterly: "Beware of the Americans bearing dollars."
ZAST + Q 10 3 *J 082
• A 10 8 7 +39 SOUTH +K92 VAK
Not only was East hasty in taking South's diamond queen when it was led-he also would have to duck the following tend to the diamond king or jack. Then, it would be impos- alble for declarer to estabilsh a third diamond tricle and without it his'. contract would" be unmakable. After gathering in two diamonda and realising that he had struck a snap in that direction, when West "fal!ed"
the second round South's best plan would be to.
casi the top clubs and lead a third round in hope of a break. West, however, would win the third lead and knock West opened his fourth-highest out déclarer's remaining heart henri. Ai the second trick South stopper, thus establishing two heart laid down the diamond queen, and tricks, two clubs and the diamond East, rejoicing in his twa sure ace for the defence.
The bidding: Faults W**
7 UN frump Pr
By Ernie Bushmiller
BRR-RR
FROZEN
MAYBE DAT
WOULD WARM
ME UP
BOY FOODS
WANTED
DELIVER PACKAGES
то
TANIE
North
FAN
3. se tramp: ita
When You Feel Tired and Restless
toke
Elliotts Nerve
and
Brain Tonic On 5.4
at All Dispensarice
X