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FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS
MCKENNEY
ON BRIDGE
'Trap Bids' Often Bad for Partner
DUMB-BELLS
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AS SOON AS I SAW YOU COME ALONG THE ROAD I SAID TO MYSELF,
FIFTY FIVE AT LEAST!
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YOU ARE MUCH MISTAKEN OFFICER! IT'S THIS HAT THAT MAKES ME LOOK SO
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Anglo-American Film Pact Result
Hollywood, Feb 5.-Hollywood may have less than 6,000,000 frozen dollars in England when the two-year Anglo-American film pact ends next June. So said Mr Eric Johnston at a press conference here.
By TEMPLE MANNING
N American scientiat has said AN This unforgettable painting that the composer of the MILAN is an old centre, im-
of the rectangular future will compone
Prestwick, Scotland, Feb. 5.— its the end
n sound-The Chairman of Britain's Dol- refectory of the Church of Santa
track instead of writing down inr Export Board, Sir and industrial centres, and ret Maria della Grazie. Despite the his music in the old-fashioned Weir, returned by ale Its greatest glory centres neither effects of centuries, despite the
the way. As long ns the result is from a ten-day visit to Canada today in history, in Bnance, nor in many restorations on the damp
played intsiness, its great attrnetions, as wall, this greatest of paintings, only complaints are likely to be that the United Kingdom can a cinema-organ, the and the United States convinced is the ease with so many Italian grows oven more sublime.
from Althy Fascist beasts. I think Foll
Mr Johnston, President of town, are ali artistic, with em- really, it is a simple compost-it more likely that the music of more products in the U.S. phasis on the mighty cathedral, tion, except for its theme. But in the future will be composed by
the Motion Picture Associa opern after-thought the beholder be a kind of cash-register-cum- will buy more British products tion of America, an organi house, and one painting, Da Vin. eames aware of its great.psycho-typewriter, which will eiect 60 so that it may dispose of more sation of major Hollywood of its primary conimodities in studios, said Hollywood did the traditional United Kingdom $60,000,000 worth of busi- market.
the famous
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BY WILLIAM E. McKENNEY
ONE of the pitfalls in bidding
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want to imprez upot Your mind today in this: Before you make a bil, nek yourself if 10 will trap your partner in my
way,
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tuted
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percent meer than was turned out in 1020. biggest prewar your, it is far below the peacetime record of 86,040,000 tons in 1948,
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1950 - Ansovinter Pres
New York Cotton
Futures
New York,
The prospect for 1950 is for in prod year, but not a stupend- The postwar steel -hot lage, which kept milla no- ing at a record
rate in 1848, 15
However, many big miils end- ed 1948 with thele books fled foundly through next June with and cold rolled
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Christopher Had an Adventure
-It Began When He Heard a Thumping Noise---
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(4) No animal can be registered as a philole list who does not carry collapsible umbrella
45 Any almal tant en speak Banque si eligible for the Tintinintralum Club
eria Cety ammals that are registered philatelics are invited to Professor PIR- dawn's parties
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was found in
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Chemopher Fight," Cricket sand with a hither chat kle daewment It all seems
HOW
and with i benvy glove on top
of a harvel
and it enone from
The bottom of the back leps where
roadway Juris around the circle of trees "
"That's where the children just built the Snowman Knar exclaimedy
Expizate Tushy.
But it tendly wasn't back rim i (funny at nit while it was hop-
Christopher Cricket nodded, Do not a bit " Kuart and
That was the very spot where Hond, the Sha-
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know the time I first heard the denly heard. So, after wrapping
14 numer Bround
neck. iny Thotaping noise-per-
putting
on my rot, my Azul woollen cap and my ear-mufts. I crept down to the back door.
was midnight, perhaps It WRN CV later than that tor The house was dark and every one win fast adeep, except the eat, the mouse and me.
Thumping Noises
"Yes, it was a strange thump- jing nola-like someone thump-
"Ther
Rupert and the Snuff-box-
Rupert stares down to where his old friend is sitting and suddenly realises what the odd thing is. Má Mummy's basket,” he exclaims.
floured all this way and now it's safe. Next minute he is racing down the slope and pouring out the rory to the astonished old gentle. man, "Well, if it isn't the little beat
ALL RIGHTS
who returned my silver anufl-box [" eries the Admiral. "And so this is your basket. What a bit of luck! He #aw it and booked it out." listens carefully to Rupert's account of what has happened. Then he seems to make up his mind, shall fish no more today," he de clares, "I must look after you twn."
RESERVED
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Arab Agreement
Damascus. Feb. 5.--Syrin has signed commercial agreement recommendations made by some with Saudi Arabia, it was offi-
cially
Reuter.
Congressmen for a cut of 25
announced today. The funds this agreement, the first of its kind pereen In EC.A. yeur. Traders emphasised that
between Syria und another a great part of U.S. cotton ex-State. will Inst one year.
orla poris
E.C.A. depend
upon Chief interest, how- financing.
centred upon the Com- Credit Corporation's
for programme "pooled" 1948 crop stocks.
modity selling
est
levels
the OUTWARD MAILS
On Saturday nearby cotton deliveries closed near the high- for the day, but deferred contracts came dowu slightly. At the close of tradi- ruled three points point lower, as
found the eat, She had also built holding hands with Ave "they spied us. We tried to follows:-
or six
March
Un cents per
31.2-KI 3137
We saw the right! curious
euddenly," said the list
higher to one to my surprise, I Snowman that the children had Christopher Cricket excitedly,.
beard the noise. And finally a
other
but they seized us. Knowinen~~~and run away,
10.) mouse came along. She didn't snowladies - and thumping Oh, how cold their hands were! | May come too close
The Dance with us! they all cried. July to the cat, of slowly round and round, courge: but the eat said there wind made music as it whistled 'Dance, dance! Yes, they made October
December was no use chasing a mouse to through the bare branches of us dance with them...all nightstarch (5) nicht It was much more im- portant to find out who was
30.10 20.94
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the trees.
It was like a dance long." ... dance of the snowpeople.
Any
July
or what was-making the noise.
Cellar Window
Frazen Brook
"The mouse, continued Chris-
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and more of the who
ed like dozens of hands thump- Round and ing on dozens of barrels.
Christopher stopped
Sand smiled. "But a wonderfully odd thing happened. The faster they. NEW ORLEANS COTTON "We stood and watched. From danced, the warmer they be
And the warmer they
Closing prices topher Cricket, "told us the cel over the hill, from across the came.
brook, from behind the became, the smaller they grew Morch in cents per lb.) .. 31.10 lac window was open on a frozen crack. So we all three went trees and bushes; all white with They were melting away,
the morning when
sun came, † July squeezed ourselves frost, through it, and come out at snowpeople came to join in the they were just tiny little heaps October
You can see the March (1051) lost on the back steps. Then dance. Some wore hats and of
heaps
of snow-in Siny we carefully walked
Some car now-the down. some wore shawls, Meanwhile, the
Eticks and come the road at the bottom of the July noise became ried wooden
It's the only thing that SPOT pipes In their mouths. steps. louder and Jouder till it sound- had
round and round makes my story trie." they went, thumping, thumping.
SPOT
-United Press,
Feb. 4.
And May
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smiled
The snowman the children bullt.
down and
"And then, as we reached the thumping with their heavy feet bottom step, we saw the most of snow.
BRONCHO BILL
HO!HUM: (VAIDO)) I'M 90 DERNED SLEEPY! RANGERS GIT UP TOO
BARLY
Sleepy-time Girl
LOOK! MARY JANE AIN'T WIDE AWAKE YET ~ IF SHE GOES OUTSIDE SHE'LL GIT INTO TROUBLE ~
YEH!
FALL DOWN THE WELL, OR SOME-
NOW YIHO LEF' THIS ROPE HERE
PER TIMP OVER †)
And Christopher again.
By Harry F. O'Neill
TS A WONDER DOME FOLKE
LIVE LONG ENUF TGROW UP
December
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WORLD BANK DIRECTOR
Washington February 5.-Mr|
Japan. & D.m
Singapore, Batavia, Sydney. and Auckland, & p
Bangkok and Colombo, 3 pm.
Talpet, 3 pin.
Closing Times By Bea Inphong. 3 pm.
Manila, 3 p.m.
Aden and fam
TUESDAY.
Closior Times By Air Manila, Guam, Honolulu, USA and Canada, pan
Air Parcel Posts for Manila, Ilonow (Kowloon CPO) 1 Louls Rasminsky, alternate tutu and USA.
pan. (GPO) | P., chairman of Canada's Foreign Ordinary Air Mail (Printed Mat Exchange Control Board, has tere. Samples and Smail Packet Posts) for Manila; Guem, Ionolulu been elected executive director and USA. (Kowloon CPO) 1 p.m.;
Hatphone and Salgon, B p.m. Bangkok, 5'p.m.
of the World Bank, it was an-} (GTO), 5 p.m. nounced bare tonight. He will succeed Donald Gordon, resigned to become President and
who
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Talpe Color Times By Res Strails, Batavia and Soursbaya,
Xangkok, 1 p.m.'.:
Board chairman of the
p.m. National Railways. Canadian Nat Mr. Rasmine
Rasminsky will reprosent and Iceland on the Cohodn executive board of the World
both
Banic. He is already serving as executive director of the Inter-
Manila and Marsellies, 2 p.m. Ceylon, Madarsazar, Aden and Egypt. 3 p.m
Korra và Inchonia Bima
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY: ST Closing Times. Dy Air Manila, 11 a.m..
national Monetary Fund repre-Taipeh, o pame
senting the same two nations United Press-
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