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1. When
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2. What island is composed almost entirely of # vnat #lacier?
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What is a Portuguese
Who discovered Canada?
THE popularity of bridge man-of-war?
tournaments in increasing
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throughout the country. bc- What does R.S.V.P. stand cause they provide men and for?
SCIENCE AT WORK
ANIMALS RESPOND ΤΟ DRUGS FOR HUMANS
NEW
By PAUL F. ELLIS
BY THE WAY
FOR THE
Propaganda Drive
by Beachcomber For Rubber
Ncelebrates
TEXT wook Nantwich the annual bodge-fair, it which little dog-kennels made of ginger- bread are sold to the add- resemblo mark-boya.
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drugs, primarily de- of cancer, and some valoped to combat disease human cancer.
These boys, dressed in green in man, are now being used to Kelly said there are invest!~ | peaked"
сара and overalls, keep zoo animals healthy. gations under way now to de-assemble in Kersey-street, cry- Penicillin and the sulin termino whether primates-ing "A nidmark! Andmark!" drugs have been
for particularly chimpanzees, Instance They then make a Bre of wood-
Infectious might be effective in treating
better laboratory shavings and dance round diseases in the lower animals, animal in cancer research the widdershins, occasionally stop- according to Dr Arthur Kelly, mice or the guinea pig. The ping to hit each other with the research director of one of the trouble, however, is to raise the big bags of lard which they
chimp in captivity. The most unusual hospitals.
100 carry slung between two poler His hospital is in an isolated has had unusually good success wrapped in sacking. The origins cection of the jungle-like San in raising families of chimps.
of these weltd cus
customs are lost Diego zoo, one of the world's When a zoo animal dies, ain the mist of pre-history, but autopsy is performed to de-the whole thing is supposed to primates -- monkeys, termine just what caused death symbolise the spirit of Nant- The
gorilla Kelly fald that from the wich. See Mra Rivolvo's are especially responsive to the autopsy it can be determined "Round and found the May-
certain zoo familynoic: Nantwich and the same drugs that are administer- whether a
should be placed in quarantineMovement").. n ed to human beings, adding little more evidence that
man and monkey may be distant re- Kelly's job La latives. It is keep the zoo animals healthy.
largest. chimpanzees and the
tho
Seals Have Ulcers In research, it has been found that neals, like man, are plagued by ulcers. Not exactly women of all ages an opportu-
Did Jullus Caesar live same type, but, ulcers just the nity to compete in an intellec- before or after Christ?
same. Almost all animals, in- fual pastime with players from (Answers at foot of Column 1)cluding the Ash, have all types
different sections of the coun- try. Don't think you haye to be an expert to compete in a tour- nament. There are lot of people who attend tournaments just to see Al Sobel, a flonal tournament director, can- duct one of his quiz games alter the tournament is over.
na-
In my opinion Al la one of the greatest quiz masters in the country. He is known, all over the country, and
BOYS AND GIRLS MAGAZINE
Cricket Was a Good Musician
-He Had the Best Kind of Teachers-- By MAX TRELL
asked
dayNARF Fome
to
Christopher
bridge players would like to see Cricket how he had learned him in competition with some
to play his guitar, so well, and of the quiz musters on radio.
Christopher Cricket sald: "To Al seldom gets a chance begin with, I don't think I play play except
very well. Secondly, in an occasional It rubber bridge game. When he guitar n't very hard to play. turn- go tum-tum, tum...or pluck-pluck, pluck-
is in a game, you can rest of- You just sured that everybody has n lot
of fun, but with all his clown-pluck. Thirdly. If you sing ing, he usually wins,
loud enough, you don't hear the Today's hand is one he play-guitar at all. And fourthly, I by a lot of ed down in Virginia not long was taught to ago. I want you to notlee very good teachers."
"Oh," sald Knarf. "That's
three club bid. He did not want what I wanted to know. About to Jump Into three no trump,
the leachers,
If he bid three hearts, It would the
I mean. Who
not tell the true story of his we they, Christopher?"
hand. He made a jump shift bld, which is a game demand bid and a mild stam try,
CROSSWORD
the
"Professor Brook was
ont.
Cristopher Celekot, playing his guliar.
Professor Onl wna another. Professor Wind WAS a third.
or what can be done to prevent The insults continue
other members from becoming sick.
CHESS PROBLEM
ONE rarely
hears
Folk
Colombo, Sept. 20.—The Ceylon Planters' Associa tion is sending a dopala- tion to Mr Dudley Sevana- rake, Ceyloness Agricniture Minister, with a proposal to levy 20 cents per 100 lbs. in rubber exported, in ald of a natural rubber propaganda drive in the United States.
The love is worked out on the rubber tonnage ex- ported by Ceylon in 1949.
The scheme calls for an expenditure of $1,500,000, -Neuter.
S. Africa Cuts
Imports Of
of Lady Raw Materials
now, except complains
of
For this
Johannesburg, Bept. 20—Im-
present
Imports from Sterling areas will continue
at the present
BUSINESSMAN
US Reciprocal Trade Act Extended
"WE MUST REDUCE OUR
BARRIERS," SAYS TRUMAN
Washington, Sept. 26.
President Truman
today signed a Bill extending the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act until 1951.
The President said that it would aid "an ex- panded world trade at a time when it is most urgently needed."
The legislation, extending the law for the sixth time since it was first passed in 1934, gives the Pre- sident a free hand to work out treaties with other nations to lower tariffs.
Under Uils measure, he cau
cut import duties on
countries make
those
"The maintenance
British Car Factories Need Steel
tho
Cabstarleig Specimons Sent Out The autopsy
when she ars specimens sent to
different anonymous letters. ma n'y
con-one-time queen of the social port of raw materials to South agree to laboralories for study in
world made moro enemies with Africa from hardl currency arileles from other countrica nection with human disease.
One of Dr Kelly's oldest her wicked tongue than friends areas in the first six months of when charges is Irish, South with her wicked parties. I see next year will be cut to 50 per almillar concessions to the United
He is 25 that she has been complaining quota.
cent of American monkey.
import Staten. years 75 years in the human race.
old, equivalent to about of postcards calling her Mount
Ttia Horrible, the
Matterhorn For
President said: "Wc མས་ The exceptional traft of Irish,
Beginners. Babg Bulldozer,
must reduce our own barriers, wherever possible, to permit our according to Kelly, is the fact Dame Tank, Millie the rate. that he still becomes a father Mammoth, and so on. One card
people the freest access to the once a year. His offspring have said,
Announcing this today to the foreign goods they may want to "If you were laid end to been sent to many other zoos. end you'd reach from
the convention of the South African buy.
Chamber of Indus- (Tomorrow-Book Pamde)
Magple to Berwick-on-Tweed." Federated
London, Sept. 20.--British car and the factories are working at only Another sald simply, "Whale tries, Mr Eric H. Louw, Minis- meat for the million. A third ter for Economie Affairs, said enlargement of our export mur-65 percent, of capacity because asked,
"How do they felher phase system of import con-kets are unpossible without o
of the steet shortage, substantial you in a storm?"
expansion of trol was being Introduced.
our British car manufacturer, Lord imports. As the world's greatest Nuffield, revealed today. Evans the Hearse
The first phase would be the creditor nation. It is our special cut in dollar imports. In the responsibility to welcome Im- Lord Nuffield said that the recond phase import quotas ports. would be considered on a seler.
only hope for Britain's return to world commercial tive basis and on the esentiality
was "to remove the dead hand power of the industries concerned,
at controls so that all manufac turers can work out their own Mr Louw said that there was suitl his nose over
receiving, our commercial salvation, Llangollen bildge when he met "possibly a brighter side to this assistance in securing aceded picture. The pllocation scheme Imports to become self-support- a young Viennese pea-pushing
"Give us more steel, increase, the towards him. But Viennese does
ing through a liberal expansion the availability of labour and hind a stout callco.covering over has the prospect
possible in-llow of capital, nor of the international exchange homes in which to house the his nose, which enabled
of a British of goods in the competitive people and then we can use our him to Jerk the pea harder and even to loan being secured been taken world markets. top it with the side of his nose. into consideration, Evans at once protested that "Both these eventuallies may this use of a
vering was de- permit of some measure of re- }
and in a laxation of import control," he my can we basing the moment of anger he bashed his sald.-Reuter. pea so hard that he made his nose bleed. The pen rolled inla the River Dee, and the Viennese. laughing heartily, propelled his pea on its way.
By L. LINDNER Black, 14 pieces.
White, 11 pieces. White to play and mate in three. Solution to yesterday's problem;
And there were several others." heard Professor Brook gurgle
Knarf rald
and splash and drip and murmur.. B-K18, any: 2, Q, B, or Ki Christopher's teachers seemed to have strange I did what he said for me to do. males." mean they're I practised making
on Knarf added. sounds my guitar. They "But they sound liko other weren't exactly the same sounds,
nomes. "I don't really strange,"
things"
Samo Things "They aren't," said Christopher.
the same
protests TAVANS the Hearse of Aber- bananer was in a scene the other day at the Internationat Eisteddfod. He was pushing the
Dea
-(London Express Service)
couldn't do them YOUR BIRTHDAY........ STELLA
of course. I as well as he did. But I did my best.
By
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"We envisage a re-establish ment of an economie balance in the world which will permit our neighbours now
ONLY WAY
productive power to the fullest extent,
"We have peddled dreams for "Only in such a world econo- too long. It is true that the foresee the main- people's standard of living is tenance of an adequate and ris- measured by production and not ing standard of living when our by talk and
paper work."... programmes of dnancial assis- United Press. iance terminate."
NY COTTON Referring to the recent tarifl
MARKET
and trade negotiations at An- necy, France, President Truman said: "Beyond completing the Annecy negotiations, I intend 10 uso the authority given to me by this legislation to proceed New York, Sept. 26--Cotton with negotiations under tho futures today opened steady general agreement to make it
West German
Trade Pact
and closed firm, edzing upwards in even more effective docu- With E. Zone gradually to reach the best levels ment."
and
and
on sinco
The opening lead of Queen of clubs was won
dummy. At this point it did not look us it Al had much chance to make the hand. He played five rounds of hearts. Remembering Al's three club bid, East decided to hold his four clubs. One of his discardu
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 "And then I went to Professor was that little deuce of dis- They're the same things. Pro- Oak because that's where Pro- monds, and
story. The there fessor Brook was really a brook, fessor Brook told me to go next. BORN today, you are a real op- personality. Your temper is high
at the close of trading. was to the story. The queene was
timist. You have the capacity and you must learn to get it well
Mr Truman running water. And Tve taught you all the sounds I
urged Congres- jack of diamonds from the West Professor Oak
Increased hedge selling against sional approval of the Charter Frankfurt, Sept. 20-A trade hand, and the ten-nine of dia-
grew in the know sald Professor Brook. for always looking on the bright under control if you are not to be
side of things. You enjoy having known as "too temperamental to large mies in the Spot market for an international trade or agreement between Western monds from the East hand round. He was a tree. As for Professor Oak will teach you
ones that only he your own way about things and handle"! High spirits and a high reflected the expansion of pick-ganisation.
Germany and the Soviet Zone But in dropped on the ace and king,rofessor Wind, he was always some new
intend getting
it if humanly pos- temper go hand in hand. blowing-around, here and there, knows"
gloning
was announced here today by a activities, and the contract was "made.
sible. The stars have given you without self-control they can matched with equally good de- As Mr-Truman-signed-the spokesman of the United States" I never saw him. But I felt
"And what kind of sounds did outstanding talents, so that with bring a great deal of unhap-mand from mills and exporters.Bill, trade agreements with 10 High Commission in Germany. hime
the oak tree teach you?" Knarf the proper use of them there is piness.
more countries were nearing "But Christopher Kharf ex- asked.
Deeply affectionate, you will Spot house selling in October completion for ittle that can stand in the way
his signature
No figures were disclosed, but claimed in astonishment. "How "Professor Oak," said Christo- of your eventual success
need the constant encouragement delivery and evening up before carly next month,
announcement giving do- could a brook, an oak tree, and pher, made me sit next to he It is very likely that you will of those you love. When it comes the first notice day tomorrow
falls is expected tomorrow. the wind teach you how to play trunk and listen carefully, just be drawn to some phase of the to marriage, select carefully for supplied another trading fer- The new tariff-cutting pocis The West German Ministry the guitar?"
will be with Denmark, Finland, of Food Agriculture announced "Best teachers in the world," as Professor Brook did. Then theatre. You have a fine voles, there can be only one career in ture.
heard him rustling and whisper-which if trained might become
your family-and that is yours!
Italy, Greece, Sweden, the Do-today that an a "result of said Christopher. *Now take
Buoyancy in the new Find someone who believes in
crop minican Republic, Haiti, Liberia, negotiations carried professional asset Professor Brook, for instance, and creaking and sighing. paramount"
Nicaragua, last May an agreement had been So I practised making
there
be Britain was asking for offers Reuter. concert stage are all likely to sp yourself and
reached under wheth, large peal to you.
Your emotional tremendous happiness in store.
deliveries of food and fodder nature is strong and you are able To find what the stars have in
from
Soviet Zone to to project this dramatic effect to store for tomorrow, select your
Western Germany were OX- bring results.
birthday star and read the cor-
pectett, Those of the fair sex are very responding paragraph. Let your attractive and have a magnetle birthday star be your daily guide
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 Top Of Hill
23-Oct. 23)- "Then I went and sat on top in dealing with members of the of the hill, and sure enough, | opposite sex thow diplomacy and Professor Wind came along, patience. There can be difficulties blowing round and round. And unless you are coreful. the had
scorrio (Oct. 24-Nov. 23)— more sounds to teach
fairly good day, especially fot than Professor Brook and Professor Oak put together. He those in retail merchandising
There is made puffy sounds, and
a sales pick-up right blowy counds, and whistling Bounds,
SAGITTARIUS (Nov, 21-Dec and mapping sounds. And he
22)-Make moderate advances i carried up sounds of
of children laughing, and cows mooing, and you are shrewd in taking ful sheep bleating, and crows caw-
advantage of all potentials. Ad vance carefully. ing, and horse, neighing, and
fr sli by his side. Just listen rounds on my guitar until a The stage, screen, radio or the you as much as you believe in positions followed reports thai Uruguay
finally
o me, Christopher. he'd say. Professor Oak said: 'Christopher, Listen
very carefully. Then I've taught you all the sounds make the same sounds, that I know. Now go and sit on top of make.
the hill and by and by Professor *So," sold Christopher, "Wind will blow along and teach Ulstened very carefully. Then I you some sounds that only he
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Christopher shook his rounds." head. "But I didn't succeed foo
As soon as the two friends have shot out at the cave the trap-door clama quickly and silently, and they Gind themselves sprawled on top of it. Feeling very dazed, they all up and look around.” They, are in the middle of a rather stänge. room. "I say." whispers Rupert, in great well." relief, this looks like a real room.
I do believe we are out of Crazy Land at last.” He latens intently. **Yes, ha breather excitedly. "There's someone talking beyond that curtain, and I know whose voice. it is 1
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb, 10) -Inrmony at home and at the But you play well, Christo- and diplomatic.
office is yours if you are pation) Keep things pher" Knarf Insisted. "I don't moving smoothly. know anyone else, who plays a PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar, 21)— guitar better. You'rts much, Curb impulses.
Look carefully. much better than the rock, the before you leap into something tres, and the wind! Really you new. Know where you are going arol"
to land!
Sudden Stop
BAVICHE LAST
GLOBE UP
can
on
an undisclosed amount of expectations that non plus the Senate may take up the long-pending Farm Price Sup- port Bill this week.
Despite heavy Spot market sales, some quarters indicated
Reopening Of
that farmers are still holding Metal Market
part of their crep for impound- ing under the loan in the event of a price decline.
polnis
Prices opened two lower to two points higher and closed Ave to 17 points higher.
ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)- Morning hours bring the best re- suils. Afternoon may be erratic, so go slowly then on making de- cisions.
TAURUS (Apr. 21-May. 21)- United Press. Slight improvements develop in all channels of netivity but don't try to push things too fast. Take what comes.
GEMINI May 22-June 22)-! If the unexpected arises today, be prepared to meet it emelently with calm decision. Results con then be good.
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LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)-Not.
All Australia. (pound) good day for travel,
avert New Zealand. (pound) changes bring hazard so
Bouth Afrten (pound) them if you can. Bo tactful.
Belgium (franc) VIRGO (Aur: 24-Sept. 22) Denmark (krofa) Moderation in all things now will France-free
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By Harry F. O'Neill Switzerland-free
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Brussels, Sept. 26-OMetals of Belgium's "Union Minlere," the largest mining company in, the Belgian Congo, conferred · throughout today after the Bri- tish Ministry of Supply's deci- sion to reopen the London metal market for dealings in tin.
the
East German representatives. here said that Dr Josef Orlopp, President of the Eastern Zone'r foreign, and inter-zonal trade section, would come to Frank- furt later this week to initial the agreement.-Reuter.
HONGKONG SHARES
A Company spokesman sald The turnover on the Stock that the British decision came Exchange this morning, was as no surprise to Belgian tin $110,423.00. Transactions and producers,
noon prices:
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INSURANCES decision with "interest."
1K Fire Such a move was not unex 2.10 asked pected but there was some doubt as to how it would affect the tin market.
Prominent Amsterdam metal dealers said they would "ap- plaud" n general reopening of the London Metal Exchange. Itcuter.
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The Hague, Sept. 20-Sup- ples of sugar Beet to two big STORES, ETC. factories at Sas Van Gent, on Watson, tho, Dutch-Belgian frontier, MISCEL stopped today because of deva- Tuation dimodities, between the Belgian frade and the Ditch
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refused to their wages in the Dutch factories, of the difference in Builnews was done in the local
market the Irana unofficial exchange
น evaluation between
morning at the 'milowing rules by le guilder represents a Blering pound inte per es wenge cut, pent
>This Dutch Cabinet was meet- ing to discuss the matter, it was
Press, learned
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