THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 19494
FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS
. MCKENNEY ON BRIDGE
Know When To Stop In Bidding Hands
DY WILLIAM E. McHENNEY
THE
winners of the 1949 Van- derbilt Cup contract bridge tournament, which ta emble malic of the national knockout champlotislip. team-of-four
were Larry Himachi, Charles S. Lochridge, Harry. Flslibein,
• Lee Hazen and Morrie Ells, all of New York City.
Larry and his teammates came from behind four different times to win their matches in the Von- derblit Cup tournament. On ic
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NEW HORMONE WEAPON by Beachcomber
TO FIGHT ARTHRITIS
been
By PAUL F. ELLIS
Persona who Bad MEDICAL science appears to
have found the weapon to crippled for years got up and poin. One combat arthritis, a disease that
elderly patient even managed disables many thousands each to dance a jig.
успе.
walked
with
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Check You be several years before it can have his daily insulin
Knowledge
1. What are sun spots.
Now Vistas Opened
THE calculations of Dr
Strabismus (Whom God Preserve) of Utrecht, with regard to the impending trip to the moon, are based on the assumption that tho magnetic properties of vel- lumite can be intensified by the effect of lunar "pull" on the earth's crust, thus not- It was found that the sympting up a comparative equili Tho new weapon is a fons returned when use of the brium for non-static bodies
was stopped, to the in the middle stratosphere. hormone, now known as com- hormone
means The Doctor belleves that a pound E. It has been made development probably
suffering arthritis propelled that persons
rocket, elliptically Eynthetically, but only in Uie
ntay have to use the hormone sighted like a rifle held in re- smallest of amounts, and it may stendly, just as a diabetic must verse, will travel backwards un
til the force of gravity wookens: and that bo made in enough quantity to
the rocket will 'then enormous assure general distribution.
slowly describe an parabola and land nose first on the far side of the moon. • Ex- However, while the compound
not now Available, the The lack of ample quantities periments in a room filled with 2. Where does a cat perspire, arthritic
has of the compound will be dis-glutano have shown that a surely person 3. What
produces cause for hope, because the appointing to the thousands of cigar-shaped bit of iron behaves country
persons suffering from arthritis in this fashion when magnetised experimental teals the largest crep of cotton in the first
en but they should remember that by voltumite on a night
when world?
the Mayo streptomycin, penicillin and the thig moon is_full. beings In
Mimste Slopcorner 4. What does chicken-hazard Cline showed without question other "wonder drugs" also were that compound E is a powerful hard to get at the start. Todry,
acting as Electrle WHILE weapon in the battle against streptomycin and penicillin are
Washing Machine at the easily obtained.
Runcorn Pageant of Laundry Through The Ages, the exquisito Miinalo Slopcorner Was asked by the Chairman of the Friends of Astatic Democrney to tion a kiss to raise funds for a Culturni Cuill and Scientific Jam- boree. Mimsie said, "I do sell kisses." Reminded of occasion when she kissed the winning thouse in a race held to raise money for a cats' home, sald, "Kindness to Mimsle animals la different." Dalliance at Marine
mean?
5. Why is Baku, n Russlan port in the Casplan important?
6. From
the what part of world is chickle obtained?
(Answers in Column 4)
human
arthritis.
The compound was particular, ly effective against rheumatoid arthritis, the type that often strikes young adults.
BOYS AND GIRLS MAGAZINE
hand shown today, he and his The Tools Had an Argument
partner carefully stopped at the right contract. The bidding 1
have given you is the way it oc- curred at the other table, and you can see what happened to Three no trump.
-Each One Wanted All the Credit-
By MAX TRELL
of NARF
and
Hanld, the with 1130
names,
wero
West opened the nino spades, which East won with thechadow-children ace. Seeing the singleton club turned-about
some-
In dummy, East returned the passing the tool-shed when they Jack of clubs. South made the heard the voices of the tools, all best possible play. He covered talking together. They seemed with his queen, but West won to be quarrelling over and shifted to the three of thing. Kharf and Hanid stopped hearts.
to listen. East won this trick with the ace of hearts, returned the nine of clubs, and when it held, he Jed the five of clubs. Thus East and Weat cashed the first seven tricks, seting the contract 800 points.
At Larry's table, he sat South and bid two diamonds over his partner's spade bid. When North
is Anally "When this house built," Axe was saying in a bonstful voice, "I'm the loud, one who should be thanked moro any of the rest of
you. hari For I'm the one who chopped down the trees to get the wood to build the house!"
"Not at all, Axel" cred Saw bid two spades, Larry bid two in its sharp voice. "I'm the one no trump, and his partner took who should be most thanked. him out at three diamonds. For without me the great chunks They made four, winning a total of 030 points on the board,
CHESS PROBLEM
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Solution
problem:
of
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Saw and Axe had an argument.
Some medical experts believe that the discovery of a com- pound that relieves arthritis opens the door to an entirely new approach in the matter of treating degenerative diseases, such as hardening of the arteries and perhaps even merital cases.
The evidence more and more pole-to the theory that health in man depends on the proper hormone balance. It has been shown that
in some cancer patients they hormones that normal persons have. Also, it has been shown that some cancer patients have an excessive amount of certain
hormones.
Jack
coriàla
(Tomorrow-Book Parade)
Ruc-
not the
FOR
No Buyers
In Sight For
Jap Goods
Tokyo, June B-Japaness manufactured · goods and ‚rase materials-uro. Diling up in warehouses with no. buyers in sight,, according". to the Kyodo nows agency. The agency, blamed the staguancy In Japanese
exports on the establish=' ment of the foreign rate of exchange at 300 yen to one D.8. dollar, one mouth
ATO.
Bundries,
ray
Bolton texilies and
silk, Trott
atcel ruanufactures make up the bulk of the rising stockplies
development has This tied up Industrial capital,” creating
monetary stringency, which business circles are altempting to
Joann solve by bank Reuter.
Mr Snyder's
THE BUSINESSMAN
RUSH TO BUY GOLD SHARES
IN S. AFRICA
Johannesburg, June 6.-The gold share buying boom, touched off by the recent rich find at Erfdeel, reached a new peak when the market opened this morning.
Telephone calls from Britain, the United States and Europe, as well as from the remotest South African villages, came into, brokers' offices.
During the weekend, • London source bought a block of shares in the holding com. pany, the Union Free State Goldfields, for £250,- 000, Mr Joseph Milne, head of the group of com- panies controlling Erfdaal, disclosed today.
The Free State
tho yenny-
rold areas, weights, compared with on whose property Erfdeel is yield, of 66.105 inch alluated, opened at 47/0 this weights, officially confirmed at morning and rose quickly to Erfdeel. 50/- Other favourites TONG rapidly, but the public is buy- Ing Indiscriminately: almost any Free State shares.
from
Reports of the and were denied' by the Anglo-American Corporation of South Africa, which is doing the drilling,
The Intest Information from women the borehole on Dankbaareheld Johannesburg Farm was that it had reached nf with clerks, depth of 5,047. feet, and
Fashionably dressed
wealthy homes mingled
World Tour typists, Portuguese gardeners, being continued towards a ·
Unconnected. With
Devaluation
that: the
and truck
drivers In
wag!
the reef estimated to lie about 400 throngs running in and out of feet lower down. brokers offices. The corridora Ότια reef was intersected at of the Stock Exchange
and
5,707 feet, the
company an- wero jammednouncement sald, giving a yield with shouling. and screaming of 4.04 pelnyweights over n crowds, determined to
width of 23.5 inches their money into gold shares.
Johannesburg evening
brokers' offices
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Washington, June 6 was announced today Secretary of the Treasury, · Bir John W. Snyder, will go abroad paper, Afrikaans Vaderland, of next month to visit some of the which the Finance Minister, Mr principal Treasury offices in N. C. Havengs, is chairman, sald western Europe, and perhaps today that the Erfdeel borchole the Middle East.
has shown that. the area will be the Union's richest source of uranium as well as of gold.
to
do with
truo
Neuter,
US Plan To Give Silk Publicity
House The treasury Department said does Mr Umple sigh his mission would have nothing like a
furnace when Mrs
vith possible currency de-
The newspaper said that the slight valuations abroad The trip was McGurgle says (with a
voice?), M tremor in her
to "Mr bring Me Snyder up to date information was from a rellable with problems in the principal source and that Government ex- Umple, be good enough to
perts are on the spot conducting | foreign capitals. the cod-patty to Mrs Nubsey?" And why does the McGurgle Among the capitals which Mr tests and investigations with the
New York, Jone 6--Mr J. P. bite her lip with vexation when Snyder hopes to visit are Lon-most modern American equip-Armstrong, Chairman of the
ment. Inez Brockett (stenographer don. Paris, Stockholm. Brussels,
Executive Commitico. of Bold- CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE at Hume ond Cluttam) says. Berne, Rome, Athens and Cairo. The paper said that it had ing. Ifemingway & Corticelli,
"Umpy, is there a fly in my
been known. for a long time one of the largest United States eye?" "Say lammoor!' as Mr. United States Treasury repre- that most gold mines on the slik houses, sald today that he which Elvesworth remarks to Mrsentatives, United
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the soles of its feel. 3. Thoj Panying this is hand; accam- | bassadors or Ministers and om Rand contain some uranium and į believed the silk Industry `would
United
that this bad resulted in the press for the adoption of a government legislation last year international plan of levying
States of America. 4. lap of his thigh which can be the respective countries.-United for unanium control-Reuter
A variety of the dieing game, and a devilish wink that makes
oll
menaced
5. Because it is the centre of one Miss Prubbishe wince as though
richest of the
with producing personally
unspeakable areas in the world. d. From overtures of an
nature. trees in Central America.
--[London Express Service) ·
YOUR BIRTHDAY.......
PORN today,
TUESDAY, JUNE 7
By
STELLA
Press,
RUBBER
MARKET
DECLINE
SECOND STRIKE DENIED
five centu a pound on raw silks exporis for sales promotion in silk consuming countries,
He said: "There is a new crop of young women coming Johannesburg, June 8-An up every year who have never official denici of rumours of seen all properly promoted and a second fabulous gold strike | should be educated along those early today caused a collapse lines. Silk needs publicity." of gold shares here from 51/- to 27/-, but dealings later re- covered to 32/Bd. -
· Mr. Armstrong Bald he was unable to comment directly, on the activities of the Interna tional Silk Association's recent A wave of wild buying fol-conference in Zurich.
He said his firm had no deal- New York, June G-Rubber lowed reports that a strike even
and ha futures today closed six to 15 richer than last week's Erfdeelings with North China
was therefore unable to cx=" polute lower on sales totalling strike had been made on near
by Dankbaarheid Fann, showing plain his firm's altitude towards 54 contracts.
a yield of 64,000 Inch penny-dealing with the Chinese Com- Futures were under pressure
munista today, influenced by the action of the security and commodity markets, while traders awalted the reopening of the London and Singapore markets.
Most-of-the-trading-consisted of switching operations.
HONGKONG
SHARES
"But don't forget me!" Level wood couldn't have been exclaimed as loudly as the mado into planks and beards. others. "Axe can chop, and You can't build A no house Saw can cut, and Sandpaper with chopped-down trees." and Plane can smooth, and Ruler
you have the learn to control then. They can measure. But I'm the one
fortunate combination of can become your very worst who keeps every board straight
Your personality is a Chopped the Trees
and true. If I didn't help with being practical and a dreamer. enemy. the bubble in my eye, the whole Your intuitions are exception- charming and magnetic one "Both of you are wrong!" house would go this way and ally keen and you can follow- and you make hosts of friends. that way, up and down, with them safely as a rule. You may Your sense of humour is bright Sandpaper and Plane both in- terrupted angrily. "Axe chopped bumps and hollows wherever not admit that you do since you and you will shine as a con-
one who like to think your reason rules. versationalist the trees. Saw cut them into you looked. I'm the boards and
Actually, you are very emo- planka. But we should be most thanked."
You women are a little more tional and need to control that Airtatious than is good for you made the boards smoothiWhat kind of a house could anyone Then Hammer and Chisel and side of your nature,
and will undoubtedly have a bulkl with rough, splintery Auger and
You are exceptionally fond crowd of admirers from which Screwdriver and bourds, ch?"
Paint-brush and Vise all joined of music and will probably en- you may make your selection mainly because most traders
shouting Joy playing some instrument of life partner". Then Ruler said: "I measured in the quarrel, each
Once your were away at the Annual Outing
on the Stock the boards and planks. mado that but for them the house at least for your own pleasure mind is made up, you are sin of the Rubber Trade Association.
this morning -If not professionally. You
A final message is expcoted in Exchange them the right size. Without could never
bo bullt, could enjoy all the good things of cere and loyal. You are a good
well, and Congress
this week, about $238,756.00. Transactions my feet and my inches, the house
be lopsided. The lop never be lived in, could never life and will be happiest if you home-manager, would
understanding legislation for stockpiling sp-noon prices:
propriations. a house should live in harmonious surround-will make
QUARES DUYERS SELLERS SALES - would be bigger than the bot look pretty as
ings. You will always want to parent.
Prices closed as follow:- tom. The whole house would fall look.
To and what the stars have June in cents perib.) 16.30 nominal GOVT, LOANS overl"
share your pleasures and joys
15.10 traded
84000 7 101 315 (1040), July And the only ones who were with others and will be hap- in stord for tomorrow, select
10.00 nomla! DANKS 15.00-1 traded 10 Bepk. 1620 silent were the nails and the plost you do not try and live your birthday star and read tho corresponding paragraph.
15,83 moninal| INSURANCES a solitary life. screws and the logs.
Being
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as
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November
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23- April
May
The nails and the screws Be wire and careful in all you Dec. 22)-Morning hours stili June thought: "We don't chop,
and you or undertako cut, or smooth, or keep level, or make any mistakes.
keep straight. All we do is hold the pieces of wood, together. We're not very important at all."
August SPOT
After lunch, July will not require caution The less speed things up and recoup any
lost ime, speed, the more results.
CANCER (June 23-July 23) -Impulsiveness is out of order 20)-An
today. Avoid emotional exita- your war. Take full advani Five-Year Plan
CAPRICORN (Dec, 23-JanL unexpected Journey
advantage vagance. And the logs didn't say any-
LEO
(July 24-Aug. 23) of it now. Act.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Fob. thing because they didn't think
Make a fair gain along all Unies. much of being made into boards you must be careful of detail 19-Organise your ille in full and planks. They didn't think work. Seasonal selling is fu- detail. Avold beginning a Joul- ney unless you must. Act cau- much about being made into a voured.
iously.
house. We used to he quite VIRGO (Aug. 24-8epi, 22)- FISCES (Feb, 20-Mar, 21)-- good houses when we grew in Don't let emotions upset you at Definitely a poor day, so be the forest" they thought, a bit the office. Pay strict attention careful. Conserve your energles sadly. The birds and the squirto business detalls; make pr. for a botter time. rels and the chipmunks all lived gress.
ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr, 20)-
business expansion. Hold important decisions until
in us happily together, And no LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)- Bo conservative in any plans one ever used any tools to build Not a dependable day. Expect for the unexpected. Act wisely and of s. We just grow."
calmly. “
Inter, too. SCOLPIÓ (001' · 24-Nov, 22) TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21).
will And Knart and Hanld mayYou can turn a fair, day into Impulsive action only havo guessed what the logs an excellent one, personally, I make this day worse than it meant, for they walked away you take full advantage of op might otherwise smiling.
what you say,
portunity...
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For Japan's Wool Industry
Florence, June 6-Mr D. G. Price, of Great Britain, told the International Wool Conference here that the five-year plan for rehabilitating Japan's wool tex-
industry called for a capa- clty of 815, woollen cards and 735,000 worsted spindles.
Ho said that in 1928 the Japanese wool industry had 732 cards and:1,110,000 spindles."
Reporting on a survey he made at the request of the. Bel- tish wool industry. Mr Price nid the five-year plan, due to end in 105, called for the yearly
10k Land.
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EXCHANGE
Closing Nates June
By Harry F. O'Neill importation by Jepan of 600 Argentine Peso (Oficial) U880.3077
DO WE
(YIPPEE!)
000,000 bales of wool.
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Japan expects a proč o Argenting Peso (Unosi- j
of Australia
frazit Belgium
123,300,000 lbs by that year.
Mr Price sold SCAP bad es- chords. inblished four prices which were
Chuo.
England-23 dar futures. 00 day futaras. Franco
in most cases considerably be low those of comparable Ameri- can and European goddsde Unfied Press,
Exchange Rates
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Mr Armstrong said the bulk of his firm's imports came from Japan which "has the edge over Italian exports in price and qua- lity."United Press.
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