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C. V. R.THOMPSON RE- PORTS FROM NEW YORK
DUKES IN
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A
SOCIALITES in New but when someone says she
and
York are complaining tetests Ireland, my Irish temper of too many dukes in their sets the better of mo midst, American dukes, that quick notion prevented trouble.
Only the hostess's tact is, meaning fists.
There was, for example, the D is a movement toward man- BUT AMONG CROOKS there scene at the Baroness Deuth's ners. In Brocklyn two men, who Park avenue party for Major held up Me nod Mrs Harry Zack, Gwilym Lloyd George."
under the Impression that they Just as the baronesS was were Jewellent, retired introducing her British visitor apologies. Sald ene: "We are with to hn all-Klar unembly of very American
sorry to have blue-bloods,
icon- anipy venieneed you." words were heard.:
Said a high-pitched woman's Ow, there is no peace in the voice: "Come out in the middle air. Stewardestes on "Ameri- of the floor." The speaker turn- ca's passenger planes well.give" ed out to be Mrs Frank Hen- travel tails, news derson, who at 72 is laking box- and sports scores throughout all summaries, ing lessons.
fights. But, says one company. Mrs Henderson. was. quarrol they will talle in a nice, quici Bug over Ireland with a titled way." English woman.
I don't hate a single human THE POUND STERLING has beltis,"
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Mrs Henderson, seitled down at last in New York's money murkota. Finally convinced that rumours of its devaluation aro. groundicas, there is n strong demand for sterling again.
In the past the mining villages of Durham, in northeast. England, have been bleak, unlovely places, but today plans are being made for the building in their midst of
BRITAIN'S MODEL NEW
INDUSTRIAL TOWN
were
end ទេវ
By. MONICA currently
FELTON
Chairman of the Potor- leo Development Cor- poration, and formor Vice-Chairman of tho Development Corpora- tion of Stevenage, one of London's satellito towns.
mon
CELEBRITIES are being quiet- ly warned In America to be careful in giving autographs. They may be used on Communist manifestos,
A
HUSBAND AND WIFE Bled
sult in Trenton New Jersey-to-ban Bible-reading in schools Under a 33-year-old State law, each morning's classeA must begin with the reading of five versos from the Old Testa ment, Charged Maneir suit: Mrs
Donald Doremus in
"It is contrary to the Constitu- tion of the United States, which
u
of the
primary task is 10 sd of members of the Cor-IN THE MARKET for two new
of
01-
out
British suits is Senator Tom. Connally, who led the fight to
them.
HOLLYWOOD is in trouble.
Kennelly, Chicago's reform
slon, Hollywood's chief adviser,
HE. coalfield in -the-argued that the 2,300 acres
development of new Industries up and its assets transferred to upholds religious freedom." southeast of Durham, which had been suggested us
on a really extensive scale. the elected local authority of the HOSEN 08 America's Mother the in the north of Eng-
site, for the new,town
The master plan, which area, so that ultimately, the ought to be preserved instead land, is one of the richest in for agriculture,
breaks away from many of the people of Peterlee
will
become
Year, Mrs Pearle and othera
accepted views Britain, with the coal run objected because they wished
on in the fullest sense the owners Gillis, a 60-year-old post office town building, aims to meet the of the town in which they live. worker's wife, has six children, ning out in deep, thick seams to see a continuation of build-
needs of the mining community Meanwhile, democracy
in and this is what they have done three, four and five miles ing in the existing scattered
by combining high standard of planning la being made a reality. in life: one son is a top broad- under the
the pro- villages North Sea.
rather than
house design with more urban Though executive responsibility casting executive, another is a concentration. posed Easington, the administra- weight of opinion locally was But the
type of street layout than the rests with the Corporation, the diplomat, another is a professor one favoured by the garden city people of the area are brought of English, another is a musician, tive centre of this mining overwhelmingly, in
in favour
planners. The plan, too, is into consultation, both formally and two daughters are also when Mr area, is the focal point for a the new town, and
being
worked out in social as and informally. A joint com- musicians. dozen colliery villages which Silkin, the Minister of Town
well as architectural terms: for between them have a total the area in the summer of 1947 and Country Planning, visited
Peterlee's
to poration and the local authority break down the social isolation discusses
many questions population of about 80,000. the Easington councillors
from which the miner and his major policy; and local Most of these villages, in unanimous in asking him to sel fact, are now as large as the 1946 New Towns Act.
family have always suffered. ganisations of all kinds-from save the Marshall plan in Con- up a public corporation under
The town
must ultimately churches to tho promoters of gress. He burned holes with develop as a mixed community dog-racing tracks thrash
cigar ash in the trousers of the small towns; and most of
An Advisory Committee was
of people of many occupations future policy with members or this year the first day he wore two suits he bought in England them, too, are neither town pet up towards the
Like all public corporations and professions, Bving nol as officials of the Corporation. nor village, but rows of December 1947, and, after the in Britain, we are essentially separate, segregated groups, but A Bold Leap houses strongly built but hearing
and
answering Ut non-political, and though our mixing together to make a com
membership was made up from therefore, has to take account of
plan, PUBLIC meetings are organised with Chicago now, Martin bleak, uncomfortablo
life. The and several objections, the Pèleries men
master
in the villagea is enable people (7 start of people with the badly planned, clustered Development Corporation was the
appointed in Murch the first most widely divergent. political the economic and social prob- to learn about current activities around the pitheads and new town corporaidon to be a views we have never had a lems of the aren as well as of and to give opportunities for mayor, has written to Eric John- spoil heaps.
of the publicy serious division of opinion or the very beautiful and exciting criticism." which is usually con asking him to dissuade pro- ip as a result
оп anything that could be labelled features of the landscape structive and helpful. In short. Each village has a minimum expressed wishes of the people as a party line--elther of the which Paterice is to be built.
living
the people of the area are, at ducers from portraying his city the Li
área. It of shops, one-or sometimes named to commemorate a
this very early stage, already as the world's Capital of Crime, two-cinemas. church and hero-Peer
Π perhaps an elementary school and a
muner, travelled the world organisation:
be responsible for responsibility for its future. But even these and miners' club.
sort. We building the
hierarchy has put out a i new We do not yet know how lonE entechism. It is so up to date that Durham were lucky to
beginning returned to
town few amenities are so scattered
to become one of its situated on the new town site, heads of departments have al- bullding Peterice is likely to television-it does not count as find, centrally to take shape. Most of the the realisation of these plans for It gives a ruling on Mass by. und so poverty-stricken in their County
that best loved and mos. nonoured A architectural conception
derelict, but essentially s
ready been appolated and are take The rate of featureless, figures, a leader in the Labour charming, eighteenth the villages seem
century building up their teams. The depend partly on the speed of
rate of bullding
going to church. and the trace Party and only the
house. This union country
house, pit-gear provides
powers which the Corporation is national recovery as a whole, IVING COSTS have stopped. an element of drama in what evement, and the first Labour reconditioned, now for the granted under the New Towns partly on the way in which it going down-in-the U.S.-In- must
man ever to become the chuir mucleus of our headquarters. Act are very wide: the owner is possible to solve the technical the March figures, Washington been a very mon have
English Couny In what was once beautiful Jandscape.
the billiard ship of the whole site will be difficulties involved in building discloses that for the first time room,
staft of Between the two wars the
young vested in the Corporation, with on top of a coalfeld. But one In five months architects, under the direction power to grant leases to private thing is clear: everyone with no alternative arca,
who is small rise (1 percent.). Respon Peter Leo Legend of Berthold Lubetkin, is at home owners, shopkeepers, in- concerned with the building of sible for it was a jump in lamb. occupation to offer the employed, suffered acutely from
work designing the master plan dustrialists and others.
the town is determined that it prices. EVEN today, when the for the whole
shall be town, and, at the prolonged depression in the
not simply one step Nevertheless, with him mining industry.
youngest of those who served the same time, working out the The Corporation can alse forward in the Improvement of QUOW BUSINESS; Britain hus..
am well advanced details for our first plece of build houses and other buildings the miner's life, but a really bold run the local District Council, most
off with Broadway's to rent tenants of its own leap into the future, designed as annual awards, too. Rex Harri- selection, and strenuous attempts
political wishful
It must provide an Master Plan
example of what, given son is the year's best actor, improve housing standardis, 10 Thinking with the phrase: "If
sites for schools, hospitals, health sufficient vision, courage and Martita Hunt the best actress. TIE master plan envisages, a centres and other social services, determination, life in it in-
"Miranda," the British- And water supply of
the Corporation,
new an adequate
accept-
Just proper sanitation. und to
party, all that tation of between 3,000 lux.
and town is substantially completed, to be-hoalthy, gay, adventurous got past the American censors Irrespective of and
they
but could, the Pater Lee legend stands for 4,000,
with social
and the Corporation will be wound and beautiful. relleve, as far 'ns
Ibut it got mixed reviews, terms of
of social service and cultural facililles the drudgery that was the lot of the average miner's wife,
the upright conduct of public Inrge enough lo meet the needs, affairs, have decided to adop, not only of the people who will Peter Lee's
whole
Wd3
Lee, the wild bay We started from nothing: While the master plan is being conscious that Peterlee is their FOR THE FIRST TIME since two or three chapels, or gipsy descent who became with no staff, no buildings, no which will
completed, the organisation town and that they have a 1884, the Roman Catholic
once
of an
Council.
of any
of whose members were miners, begin theif
into middle age, people often building development.
made
to
Is
will
there was
install the elementary decencies only Peter Lee had lived town with an ultimate popu- When the work of bullding the dustrial community really ought made mermaid' tim, has
Away From Pit-heaps
TOWARDS the end of the war,
nt
them
trally
beautiful signature in place of
own flowing and be
De coming to
still
On G
scale
live
continue to
י,
Raising the Vatican's Influence
By.. ALDO FORTE
character.
л
n
The Vatican corridors at The disposal of the Secretariat of State.
Peterlee, bu't also of those ATICAN City-Ever sinco the coal-of-arms and matte of who will
W
Pope Pius XII held the the older new towns.
Ilve in the villages that fraf Consistory of his Ponti- the District Council's ener- getic and very original surveyor,
Except for myself, who came lle to the north, south and west ficale in. February 1046, his
In the vast field of diplomacy, Peterice from being the of us. This means that it should efforts Mr C, W. Clarke, begun to work to
have been almed at first showed his intention of
the
109 almost International giving the Roman
percent Catholic Once out plans for a completely new vice-chairman of the Stevenage be possible to provide theatres Increasing
10 non-Italians town which would take people New Town, all the members of for the Durham people have a Influence and prestigo of the Church
aro supranational Italian,
holding Important, diplomatic nway from the dust and smell the Corpora.ion had some close lively appreciation of the drama Roman Catholic Church.
-concert halls. the pit-heops and rehouse association with activities in swimming pools and many other restaurants,
posts. Three of them are: Although elevated to the sec The some spirit of supra- American a--Msgr. Loule on a healthy and cen- cr
near the area of the new recreational faculties that are of St. Peter's in 1030, the nationalisation also characteris- Meunch, at present in Germany; situated site. The town.
Harry Lee, the vice- fairly common in big cities, butriritual lender of an estimated ed the Roman congregations, Mgr: Joseph Hurley, in Yugo-- lengthening of the daily,
chairman, Journey
was the headmas.er are out of reach
of the miner 400,000.000 Catholics throughout offices and tribunals in
the slavia, and Mexr. Gerald to work would be compensated of a secondary modern school
and special oc- the world refused to appoint Vatican and even the tightly- O'Hara, in Rumania. for by Improved living con- at Seaham, a few miles to the except on rure
new Cardinals during the war sealed Secretariat The cartons. ditions
of State. and by the generous north of Peterlee. The other
The
new town, too, will havelp sign of mourning.
which
The other non-Itailans Include members included
once was 100 percent provision of shops, thealtes,
an indus to provide new opportunities
ini the hands u1
Britons, three Italian four
Belgians, social and cultural facilities of
account.ant, an ex- for
first Shortly after the war, Pope ecclesiastics. Today, well over
three French, two Dutch, one 'employment; in the kinds, by
the creation of
If an
who is a member of the place for men who on health Plus departed radically from 25 percent of the personnal German and one Irish.
The. new public open spaces and......
Durham County Council,
grounds must seek employment tradition in elevating 32 Car in these key ecclesiastic post- Archblsop Chargo d'Affaires of Intior is Msgr. John Collins, of great impor.tince to the working miner who was unti in Industries other than mining countries. For hundreds of
dinals from 19 different tions are non-Italian. scheme the
nequisition
Liberia.
According to usually of a few weeks ago the secretary and for young women who to- Castle Ellen Donc, a picturesque of the Miner's Lodge at Easing day are either obliged to travel had been heavily Italian and proceeds more rapidly le in the
the supranation- well-informed Vatican circles, years the roster of Cardinals But where alizations of
the arch
church Msgr. Collins may be appointed thickly wooded ravine, a Colliers, and who has been long, distences to work or else three miles or more in length for several years a member of to leave the area
Calmost completely European. pontifical diplomacy, Almost Nuncio to Ireland.
soon to the important post of altogether. and with an outlet to the sen. rural District Council, a And, looking some years ahead After that consistory, for the half of the personnel in that
the The scheme aroused the lecturer in economics in Dur to the time when mechanisation the Inilon majority was broken. field are non-Italian, as is also
first time in four centuries, livellest interest in the area. ham University, and the wife of the mines will reduce the
The Cerman is. Msgr. Michael a large part, of the titulārs, Here and there
Schullen, Apostolle Visitor to Six Italian Apostolic Nuncios Sarre, of jected:
which at present are marking time in native-United Press. |||||
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prople nb of the clerk to the rural.Dis- need for manpower, the Cor- It was in Ulo Sacred College because some
they rlet Council.
poration envisages the ultimate of Cardinals that the Fontiff
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