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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1947.
French To Rebuild
Maginot Line
By DAVID A. LOEHWING
(United, Press Staff Correspondent)
The Maginot Line is being rehabilitated and maintained by the French Army. The plan is to incorporate it into the nation's future system of national defences.
The value of fixed defences was not disproved by World War El, in the opinion of many French military experts.
On the contrary, General Piene Schwartz told the United Press that heavily reinforced underground in- stallations on a vast senle may bej the only answer to atomie. warfare, "In the face of the aerial arm and the mo orisation land forces,"
of Gen. Schwartz said. "countries which do not have large sen and land spaces in which to manoeuvre against invasions will be led to fortify all of their territory."
Since the end of the war accord- ing to Col. Jacques Nicolas of the Freneli Army Corps of Engineers, measures have been taken-without any great outlay of money-to re- habilitate the Maginot Line, and na- principal the upkeep of the
-sure
works.
The measures, he said, will permit the French Army to place the line of in a state comparable to that before the war. •Funds will be taleum needed to replace the armament and optical and communications material, Mos: of it was removed by the Ger mans during the occupatlun,
La hearty ritu. Pever allow even a downy fuzz on the legs. It's so easy to shave or use wax degulatory, cream or one of for removal of the "erers" made superfluous hair on degs. You can bleach it by using equal parts of amoala and peroxide but if the A small mulia bag, flied with growth is dark and heavy, you'll oatmeal, la un ald beauty telek till have a gulden fuzz which will grandmother's day but it still n good one. Of couse, beautiful. sweet smelling oila and bath salts are wonderful but for everyday ure they are aften a strain on the bud- get.
For tie dry skin use rublown with off. All mount of white mineral oil will give your skin a nice them and will allay any dry Bakiness and end that "itchy feel- ing."
Your legs must always be smooth. The smooth surftee protects your stockings From runs which, in all fairness to the hosiery people, are often caused by harsh, floky skin on your legs.
Keep your body hair-free. That Is demanded by, good tusie and gued grooming. Under arm shaving must
be done regularly. Always put on
Minule Makenyor. 4 GABRIELLE
If you are wearing a Ring on that, "third finger, left hand”, most likely it is made of palladium, that, precious white metal which de manda smooth, soft, white hands as a background. Give your hunds a One Minute massage night and morning and use a hand lotion ever so often!
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oat and show through your stock- Ings. So, be modern and use one of the new, modern ways to remove unwanted' and unsightly hair.
The cream depfiatories are now 10 easy to ure. And they are all faint- ly perfumed and a hunger. Fave an plasant smell. So there is no ex- cuse for appearing in public with a growth of hair on legs. under the arms.
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-Stripes for winter
Stripes In nofi woollens will entler the Cashion-wise this winter, writes Patricia Lennard. Virginia bas sketched, tell, a Meredith roat in striking black and white striped ago) embody. ing new fashion details in; stawi collar. rounded shoulderling, deep hip pockets and the barrel silhouette, tapering to a 'kuce. hugging hem.
Right, is a hand-woven dress by Garrieux in soft seal grey, The with a striped tweed effrei yoke and turn-baeli cuffs on the wrist-length sleeves are pearl grey. This is a classic dress- unty concession to present fashion
is the peg-top effect of unpressed pleats in the kirt
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"Thus certain of the works can be included in the national defences of the future," Col. Nicolas said. "or they can be used to shelter vital gational resources."
Portions
of the vast network of being underground fortresses are
to house persons made used now homeless by the war. Coal miners working in the collieries of eastern France also Hve in them.
Others are being used as garrisons for recruits of the present French Army, und Sorre arc serving us munitions depots.
Built At Heavy Cost
Begun in 1928, the Maginot Line Was named for Andre Maginot. former Minister of War. It cost 10 billion prewar franes, and extended for more than 200 miles along the Franco German frontier.
There are 300 major underground forts of slect-reinforced concrete 12 to 15 feet thick, more than 1,000 | miles of trenches and 180 miles of anti-tank obstacles.
Although the line was turned in
German
offensive by the through Belgium none of its major forts
was ever taken by frontal as- sault. secording to Gen. Schwartz.
A concentrates German offensive against the Scheenenbourg fortress near Montmedy lasted from June 16 to July 1, 1940, when its defenders
ordera surrendered on Armistien Commission.
from
Punishment Absorbed
The
During that time the fortress Mustained hits from 50 2.000 and 3,000-pound bombs, 120 1,000-pound bumbs, 12 420 mm. shells, 30 210
From Here & There:
and 350 mm. shells and 5,000 smaller shells,
When the troops surrendered, lie fort still had suffered no serious damage and all gund were in opera- ing condition. There had been 700 casualties among, the 9,500 defend- ing soldiers.
During the occupation the Ger mans systematically dismantled por- tions of the line, chrting away! guns, optical Ins ruments, munitions and anything else that possibly could be of use in their own war effort.
In other sectors the Germans the Installations, using maintained some of them as underground work- shops, S others were blown up in experiments determine the efficacy of new explosives against concrete defences.
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BRIDESMAID
Misa Diana Bowes-Lyon 24- year-old niece of the Queen, will be one of the eight girls to wear a gown of silk net and pure silk satin as a bridesmaid to Princess Elizabeth tomorrow. This is a new picture of Miss Bowes-Lyon,, taken in her West End Dat.
First Cow Clipper
Ottawa: Canadian Cattle are taking; cable
before
to the air. The first aerial shipment; 80-year-old Greek which
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ONE player who always can be
counted upon to get to a slani contract, if it is in the cards, fa Bertram Lebhar, Jr. of New Rochelle, American treasurer of the
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Contract Bridge Lenguc Lebbar may be accused of "wild" bidding at times, but he always can show sound rea- sons for his bids. However, even he had to admit that the bidding on to- day's hand, which came up in a game funtastic. at his home, was a bit Lebhar sat South end his partner was Mrs Lebhar. ..
The bidding progressed normally to start with. Some players might open the South hand with a forcing two-bid, but I agree
with Lebhar that the hand is not strong enough for that. With the wonderful spade ft. Mrs Lebhar jumped in dianionds to tell her partner that they were to make not only a game, but sa te sien when Leber re
when
plied with three hearts, he accepted the slam invitation, and his partner then showed her preference between
and
spades with the three bid. Lebhar's four-club bid
BES the club ace and North's
- the club-king-
Seeing
Instead of a
of a grand stai slam, Lebhar now
the
bid five diamonds, his vold sult. Re- the eyes of the member that his partner had mode Inform- a jums bid in diamonds. Mrs Lebhar naturally thought that he king of diamonds. Having supported spades, she thought it was time to show control in hearts, so she bid five hearts. Lebhar In turn thought that she held the king of hearts, 50 without further ado he bld seven spades.
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The play presented no problem as the trumps broke two-two and the clubs three-three, but, as Lebhar re- marked, it is seldom that both part- ners support the other's suli with a
of livestock ever sent from Toronto ed him he had won £25,000 in au Abic did a slep to Cuba was carried by an American Irish sweepstake. Airways freight plane recently. The dance, drew his pension and distri- consigament included one pure bred buted it to the queue. Fifty years ago he left Athens to make a fortune bull, 15 heifers and 12 calves.
in South Africa, but luck evaded him. Vancouver. A prominent physican, Weeping, he said he would return to who has spent-16-years in painstaking! Athens. Ja see his sister whom he has research into a dread disease that has, not seen for half a century. baffled top medical scientists through- aut the world, calms he has the
Madrid: While pheasant shooting colution for the control and preven- tion of poliomyelitis. 11e is Dr. W. D. neur Avila, & Madrid sportsman fred Patton and his solution lies in the and killed a pheasant and a donkey proper cooking of eggs. Dr Patton standing in a field with the one shot.vold as they did in this hand,
NICE FELLOW said his long investigations have con-
Remez-Emesto Picchiont, 40, an vinced him that poliomyelitis is
confessto to have similar to the disease known as fowl Italian furnier,
four paralysis, and that puljontyelitis is anurdered and robbed within
who called eggs infected with the disease.
for help at his isolated on the farm 20 miles from Rome, AUSTRALIAN GAS
The bodies of Adelalde-Four months ago the Salarin highway. people of Mount Schank, 300 miles four victims, including two German killed in 1944, have bren an orchard. Pic-
By Galbraith contracted by humans through eating years tight motorists in distress
"A dishwashing machine? Just what my wife needs-
come inter
southcast of Adelaide, began to notice soldlin
smell of gas. After a search they,
of the
found it coming from a hole in the chiont had been secretary ground. Someone a match and Communist section in a nearby vil flame na burned steadily over the lage before being expelled. His wife spnt ever since. Scientists from knew of his crimes but was too ter Melbourne tested the gas and found rified to tell the police.
it of better heating quality than most metropolitan gas supples. They are going to pipe it to a nearby butter, factory for heating the bollers, Jand may Inter extend the supply to other consumers.
MODERN
MIR HYDE. Paris: Dr Crozet was a brillant chemlent engineer who leaped deal from a fifth storey flat after a
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Check Your Knowledge
Who sailed around the world
to in the "Golden Bind
battle with a police flying squad of
2. Whol la Sica Polaris?
3. Where is Alcatraz Island?
50 men. He shared a fat with his Who originated the expression 4. What is the shape of the earth? mother and sister--but kept one room
to himselt. No one knew what went "Eureka? sed diam
on in that room. Suddenly, one day, he. In what country is tequila a
broke
all in a frenzy a transformed popular beveraget
| person, altacked' the womèn
and
broke furniture, then threatened to blow up the building it the police bothered him.
DOURADA PUB FIGHT
of
Toronto: The townspeople Lechlet
In Glengarty County Ontario, voted · 1,030 to 650 for the 'unle of beer and wines pubitely after being dry for 35 years. Demitr the town's name the safe of Scoted 19 still banned in
bevere: round"
ABE DANCED Cape Town:-A party of hie finds searched" frantically for cld Abe Baina ezd analy ran him to erth standing ghumly in a queue waiting to draw his old-age pension.
In the crowded post office they waved
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Rupert has been taken so cons pletely by surprise that he doesn't
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