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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1950.
FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS
MCKENNEY
ON BRIDGE
Good Opening Lead
Can Do Damage.
By WILLIAM E. McKENNEK
of opening lenda la characteristic of every good bridge player. An automatic lead of the fourth from his longest and strongest ruit, or the top of his partner's
THE keen study
suit, is not for him. He const-
DUMBBELLS
REGISTERED US PATENT DETICE
WHO IS THIS FELLOW,CASH, THAT YOU HAVE BEEN MAKING
SO MANY CHECKS PAYABLE TO?
ders every angle of the bidding 4957
before making his lead.
In today's hand West reason-
id that North's bid and rebid
21
RECORDED 'MUSIC
SHE IS A GIANT
OF THE PIANO
BY THE
WAY
FOR THE BUSINESSMAN
Reds restart
INDO-CHINA
shipping to North RUBBER NEWS
by Beachcomber China ports
FT is often said, by im-
HITS MARKET
New York, May 31.- Rubber futures today San Francisco, May 31.-Five ships of the pushed upward with conal- China General Steam Navigation Company in sixth consecutive session of derable vigour, marking the Shanghai will resume shipping with North China advancing prices ports next month, according to the Peking radio. steadily expanding volume
The total tonnage of pub
†P It's true, as some argue, There are few, men or WD-
that you can measure the who play Chopin war and even is snail might bold up men, with the chess is a slow game, but pianist with a Chopin techalen savvy with which she its horns in horror at the surdstick, Maryla Jonas is a does.
news that a Chess Club in pianistic giant. Her second
Amerien has voted n film- recorded
A Chopin mazurka has co-star the most beautiful girl collection of
within
whirling
of 1916.. mazurkas emphasises the pressed
world of itself, of mood, colour impression made by the
Not very slick thinking. A and drum. The trick is to lay chess champion explained that open. When it is conjured it 15 he and his fellow-players had breath-taking artlatie
make up their pheno-been trying menun Not even Ms Jonas, minds since 1940, and claimed the past year.
"demon- who does it, could tell you just strated their belief in mature
that they had thus
A large number of ships, now Shanghai, will soon It may
to docked in reflection. contemporary thinkers
that ply between ports along the these chess-pinyers might have China const.
first,
of hearts chowed 4 long sult, YOUR BIRTHDAY....
which might be established for
declarer
by an opening heart tead, South hd bid spades, so a spade lead was out.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 1
IF you are born today, there a
JL disünet touch enius in your make-up but it ped: careful development to be turned in the right direction.
By
STELLA
fatalistic attitude toward of life. True, things do seem to of three three run in cycles bad, three good. But don't insist it must happen this way. You con determine lead to
the tenor
of
how JP's done. Her Secotid collection totals nine, Nos. 9, 11, 12, 14, 22, 30, 41, 45, and 47 (Columbia; 10-inch LP.)
TAJO'S MOZART
And If it's true that an opera singer's artistle depth is to be
occur
licly and privately owned JAPAN NEWS merchantmen in Shanghai has increased from 54,000
tons to over 200,000 tons in INCREASE
COTTON
used the three years to exercise The radio told that 40 nav! SPINDLES
their minds on some even pro-
most attractive 1945.
and merchantmen ol founder problem, such as the vessels
air-hostess of Various Categories were refloat- ed during the past few months of the the upper reaches Yangtze.
(TOMORROW: The Woodruf opening pambit ELA used ot Helsingfors in 1948.)
You Your life if you set out to do Plumbed with the quality of his C. Suet, Eag.
Otherwise, It would nothing but eccentricity. are impulsive and like have 10. your own way. In fact, you etuk be
dictatorial, a very: trait which often makes Watch this! Iemies.
You are fond of tloing every- thirst
fite EUTT
grand scale. Det f work Is particularly abhorrent and unless you can find romeune to do it for you, the clues are that will remala undone moi of the time. But, to ben material that detail uccess remember work must be taken care of.
sam-
PLEADING
SALVAGING
Nationalists. --
United
| Mozart,
for Italo your respect Tajo, basso, has to be stupen-
д for
broad An estimated 223 vessela will from the middle The recarded
that be salvaged approach, Suet sald You are
it real pericetionis dous
WRS only by keeping in mind reaches of the Yongize in winter at heari and love the true plings are seven arias, all obscure
the more important aspects that when the river is at low level beauty of nature as well as that and apart from Mezart's own
it would be possible to achieve The vessels had been scuttled of man-made art. You women,
the exception operas wil
of what lay before us, in more by the for "Cosi Fabnses than one. are good at anything involving
1210 intended
He emphasised Press. colour and probably will dress
the catalogue ara the growing need for an overall brightly, and attractively. Fond
01 "Don Giovanni," (Cetra view, especially in of children, you will be hap-
Soria; 12-Ing. LP.) wed at quite un ies if you carly age and family of your own.
have a large
Tuite" and
matters
con-
neeted with the situation as it
considerations, 15. "All be asked, "of netunt events
How
CHICAGO
Chicago, May
GRAINS
31.-Led by
1
on
of business. Prices closed - 185 to 200 points higher on sules totalling 357 contracts.
Spot rubber ranged between
| 33% and 334, the highest level
In almost 22 years.
The strength in the London and Singapore markets over our holiday, plus growing concern over the supply situation in view of
1η τησ the political unrest Far East, and Inflationary sent!-- ment, sparked an active buying movement from outside commis- sion houses and dealers.
Tokyo, May 31.-The tex- tile bureau of the Interna-
AMOUNT HALVED tional Trade and Industry
will Ministry
request Saigon reports said that Cors- General MacArthur's Head-munist forces have laid waste a of Indonesia's rich quarters for assistance to- quarter
increasing Japan's the Indonesian rubber industry rubber plantations. Originally ward cotton spindles beyond the hoped to export 05,000 tons this 1,000,000 level imposed on year, but the amount is now c
perfed to foll below the industry.
10,500 tons shipped last year.
Prices closed na follow-
Indutry Bources sald the ministry has suggested an In- SPOT cent erense by 840,000 spindles. al- though textile manufacturers themselves have told the Anglo- American cotton textile mission, which visited Japan recently on a fact-luding trip, that they wanted
Jejis! 4,000,000 spindled.
He makes the art of Mozart,happenings must be welthed and tene production seem artles. estimated enrefully, in order to
al working knowledge of July soya beans, which jumped To find what the stars have
Carefully studied it has to be, acquire
the permissible 10 cents to a the tasks remaining, one way or tomorrow, select in store for
yet he projects spirit and slar and read your birthday
Tarother, so that problems cap-new sensonal high level, gralus undoubted spon-able of solution may be studied generally moved higher today. corresponding Your moods are varying and the
paragraph, though with Birthday
Le tanelty. His Bu
voice has a ten-with a view to the inking or not Oats were the sole exception to your rather too enly dis- Let you are
the general trend, due partly You often take your daily guide,
rfency to ibin a bit when it is taking of action, as desirel."
to a price reversal at Winnipeg. out of its rather narrow range The Animal Party FRIDAY, JUNE 2 -
of maximum comfort but you
Prices closed as follow !-- AQUARIUS (Jun. 21-Feb. Won't notice it
WHEAT-price per bushel. in handling pro- 19-Make wise decisions this other tinger
your things of the sort of another murning of money
Słow conhlerably. hours are cituation Afternoon
rown this afternom.
suit contained on in-card, and enraged.
it certainly was likely that bon
Own
hond
and
tween dummy, declarer Hold the ace and queen of clubs.
GEMINI (May 22-June 22)-
Chibs looked Bike the natural Be careful Full for West to opent, but whatperty card shout he had? Any eluh PATTERI lead would give declarer two best for you. club tricks unles dumay hold the blank queen, or the ace and one. In either ente the end of king of elule would be the
play. With the blank as right queen in dummy, West's club Guit would be established in- mediately. If dung held the
ace and che,
care
and
better
CORN
unless you're WITH regard to the question listening for Wonimuls in Purliament, 1
find that many people think that up there should be en Animal Party, September re that these newcomers would December Speaking of Mozart, the finest not disperse their strength March (1)
current (the re-among the already existing par PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21-single now CANCER (June 23-July 3)--
importit Emphasise the personal affairs viewer's opinion, of course, and les. A straight night between a of Take
will give impetus to like all musical options, entie-man candidate and an animal Spot businers matters this morning which
would be fun, speeluilly if the Be subjective), is roprates human was doubtful, your ideals and ambitions.
a fox-hunter and afternoon Is
energetic..
Berger's martyr aria from "The the opposing candidate
a fox. Lvening, however, is fine.
ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 30)-Abduction From the Seraglio." The franchise, of course, would An excellent business morning Hera is a Mozartian art to pale not, at first, be extended to such absurd creatures as the newt. if you
reconsider those
1 others. Nothing could D
Arimals in zoos will, of course, pultive first impressions,
mare precisely right, musically vote by proxy. We are not yet allow otherwise, than what she enlightened enough to TAURUS (Apr, 21-May 21-and
nnces and voice, rind,
tigers to iraunt the Busines with your in-laws may does with
caretul consideratkan. heart. fitCA Victor; 12-mch ar nolling booths. Be circumspect in all decisions. 7-inch single).
-London Express Service)
LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)-
fullest the entry would Exert yourself to the be killed and that night pre- during the morning bours and vint declarer from establishing (you will get the results you the heart suit.
On this theory West Ted the king of clubs, and you can see what it did to the hand. South was unable to get into dummy to cash the long hearts after the suit was established. Instead of making four-odd, his contret was defeated one trick.
Check Your
Knowledge
anticipates
VIRGO (Auz. 23-Sept. 23)-
Persmal ambition: Shah Sall for
be achieved at this is Ελι alert to new opportunities now,;
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)-~ Think twier before acting. Impulsivenes may not be the right answer to your problem.
SCORPIO (Oct. 21-Nov. 22)- Business matters need pushing this morning. Beware of false vepres stations this afternoon.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov.
13- 1. What unique product 18
Dre, 22)-Keep your nose to foot El exported
grindstone. Don't nutment. (e) the business
by diverted
as you can cause trouble.
() chicle, (b) bolsam of Peru?
2. Are
Salvador:
Jointed
dells
ກ້
trolera invention?
3. Are ladybugs useful harmful?
CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. (20)—Late morałog hours bid
or all evening offer excellent
BOYS' AND
GIRLS'
Hanid Had a Jumping Rope
-And She Turned It Into a Parachute-
By MAX TRELL
che wanted a TANID said
Jumping rope. So Knarf looked at her and steed: "A jumping tope? Is that a rope
that juraps?"
"It's a rope you_jump over,"
business potentials. Use - Hand laughed." She was sure
4. Where and what is Medi-tion in the afternoon.
eine Tat?
5. When wete letters st
carried by rail?
4. What percent of world's land surface dues
the The
British Commonwealth cover?
(Answers on Page 8)
CROSSWORD
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14
Berpont (3)
Across
3. dorpeal (0)
. You'll and ita nothing 30
Hoccer fans. ()
10. Paver 7 R VARUR sort of way, 141
12. Berpent. (U)
i tore the icicio starts 10 Prance.
13)
.14 Would you say the car'tod chis
or vice veron
(0)
15 A broken bone. (4)
18. She leads to a canter. (8)
IV. Berpent. (8)
1 cart aid into the sea. (8)
it's a small crown. surely.
This gives you (0)
1. Bervent. (B)
Down
Burpent (b)
To 1 and Down, 2. 6. 12. and
19 Across a worm 18 (1)
Conciliation, (2)
aced for change. (8)
Purchase of word. (3)
Nothing fanciful about this, 14)
Where you RIWAYA and Danse About, (5)
11. Nowadays it operate quickly
After a szosan. (4)
In mood for a guma v
TRA. BRO. BY
3. Did her lamb come from Canter
pary 7 141
A most histeri (6)
Mży leave, seife'ső ztzwat 2 1437
Bolution at restaėday's pusulu, - 'Across
that
her brother knew very
thing.
"You didn't get the jumping rope, Knar" she said in a disappointed voice,
"Oh, I did!"
"Then where is it?"
In His Packet
his
Knar! smiled and put
He took well what a Jumping rope was. hand in his pocket
than she said, out a tiny ball no bigeer I need one," I don't "And
know where to a pra and handed to Tanid.
"What's this?" Fald Hankd. How big should it be?" "Any
size,"
replied Hanid. as I can lump
INTELLILENGE TIL
ret voc.c
Addison was stung
By T. O. HARE
"LAST night's Bridge was
expensive." said Addiwara
*1 was pinying with Steele, Pupe and Delve; and, na URUKI, we had three rubbers with a elifTerent 1 test 15 craiu each time
"What were the stakes 1 " "We started at so many bab a hundred; raised them by five bob a humired for the second rubber, and by another five bob for the thirủ rubner, The recond rubber gamie zo zuo less than the first, and the third to 703 less than the second."
"And you lost all three 7 ** "No, we all paid money to
Dick Steele
"He must have wnl A
packet."
"He did ile netted 439 10% **
What were
sinkes ?
(Solution on Page 8)
CHESS PROBLEM
By G. PADULLI Black, 5 plecsa.
While, 9 pieces.
White to play and mate in, two.
Solution "to" posterday's)
dar 20-far - † problem;
"Jusi
Just so lon
over 1
Knarf
would
ran off. saying he
be right back with n
"Look at it. Hamid, It's Jumping rone."
Hanid looked at it very care- fully. She saw it was a ball made up of a long piny. Kuty threat. But when she lacked at for Hanfd to jump over. Sure it even more carefully, she le
threat chough, in a
jumping rope of the right size
few minutes he covered that the gray returned. Hanld looked at him wasn't a thread at all. It was
to see if he was carrying any
Fanid went
off with the Jumping rope.
cobwebl
spider lent it to me," said Knerf. "She wasn't using it."
"But how can I jump with a enhwab?" Hanid exclaimed "It'
too thin!
It's too small I'm too bint I can't! I can't!"
Just try. Knart urged her. “Just unwind it and try"
So Hanld unwound the cob web.
It was just long enough.
July
September December March (1931)
RYK
Jerly
September
GATS
2.2
2.16-1-2.17 2.18-14-3.18 2.21-% -2.21 2.01-1%
1.03
1.48-7% -1.49 1.45-15. - P 1.37-12-24
1.30-asrd
1,40-1-1.40 1.42-
83-1-113
July September ........................... 70-3-1
NEW YORK FLOUR-per 200 tu. Back. 12.30 dullcro.-United Press.
MAGAZINE
Rupert and Miranda-2
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Hi. you chaps, ↑ kupott kanta, da he meets his pals. "Look at this fine football I've been given ! Let's 'go and have a game with it.** Bill doesn't agree. "My Christmas pre- sent was this yacht," he says. Let's to the pond and sail ií.“ Bat Edward has yet another idea,
I've got the parts of a topping glider in this long parcel," he says. Let's put them together and fly "We've theni." Rupert laugha
all go dillerent notions, haven't we he cries. "See, here's Rastus, the country mouse he isn't carrying a present. Let's ask him to decide which we will do first." ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
see the rope, Finally I sit down to rest. of the Old Oak and waited for I could hardly her to come back,
He waited, and waited... Then I met the spider who lent.
you the cobweb. and waited.
Jonned the ends around at Knarf's feet,
Jumping Rope
ald.
She was
sources
Japanese textiles argued that the spindleage must be increased to meet domestic consumption as the bulk of pro- duction goes to foreign exports. -United Press.
JAPAN NEWS
2
Economy
can be
dovetailed
Washington, May 31.-
per 16.1
June July Aucu
September
October
Nitrider December
Jury Frimary March
(1951)
33-2-2
the
33 35 nondent' 31.20 traded
3333 nomla 3130-40 tracing'
30.70 traded
30,22 aonitat 20.03 bid
28.10 nominat
по
20.10
"
-Unitest Te
"Routine Pace"
New York, May 31-Post- holiday trading in Worth Street, cotton
along at goods moved routine pace.
Strength In other commodity markers and securities came in for attention, but manufacturers remained cautious pending news of the weather and its effect on the retail and wholesale trades. -United Press,
Copra Price
New York, May 31.-Nearby
Mr Dean Acheson, Secretary offerings in the copra
market
of State, said today he beranged between $180 and $182.50 lieves that the Japanese ideas around $177.50
per short ton, but found buyers'
per ton,
economy can ultimately be elf. Pacific Coast. dovetailed with that of the
In the coconut oil market, Asia continent and that nearby material was quoted at 13-3/4 steps are being taken to around 14 cents, June
13-1/2 cents per and July bring this about.
pound.-United Press.
This was in reply to a ques- ion by Representative M. G. Burnside.
the
concerned
prospects of linking the Japs Exchange Rates
Bese economy with that
northern and southeast Asia.
of
Business was done in the tocal
thi market tunofficial exchango Mr Acheson replied that this morning at the following rates:
question was not the subject of Sterling pound note, (per ) 15.25
US dollars per $13 discussion at the recent Lon-NET guilders (per 100) don conference, but that it was
the part of the allied powers.
e matter of constrat effort on
m
He said the co-ordination the
Siam ticals per 100) Singapore (Strolia) FIC plastres (per 100)
6,0275
2.00
25.00 1.70 120
Japanese economy with OUTWARD MAILS
Asia is not easy to bring about, but he believed it was possible and steps
were being taken which he hoped would bring it abuat.-United Press.
JAPAN NEWS
3
Oil tankers
from Brazil
May
con-
that's too far to go, back. "Nonsense, she said; struction of the vessels would
Tokyo, was just very nler old spider, She didn't
31-Japancso Finally, when he about ready to ent out and look frighten me a bit.
press reports said a formal You poor little child, the agreement had been signed in for her, Hanid came back. Only
Here you've jumped all Brazil for the export of nine oll She came she wasn't Jumping.
this distance from tome, How sailing through the air.
She seemed to have a para- will you ever get back again? 1 tankers of 2,000 tons cach,
told her I was going to jump The reports said that chute!
The next moment she landed
Just you begin early next month. SCAP let me show you how to use clearance already had been this cobweb
veb rope to carry you granted, the
Gald reports back home. And she took it United Pres "Where did you get this para in her hands (or in her paws, i
asked in astonish- if that's what spiders have), "And where is the and she knitted it, and knotted.
it, and spun it around. And al ԱՊԱ Hanid smiled as she sat last she made this parachute. down beside him. "Well," she So she made me climb up lo as she said, "I jumped with the cob the top of the hill with it, and and the the way ucross jump into the air acrons the mea web rope all
the breeze blow He at the meadow and around the hill. breeze, Knarf, si Jumping. down on a stone under the shade It was wonderful--except that me all the way home!
She
her bands
and started turning
it, over
her head and undes
her feet, went.
Jumping as she
Away she went. down the chute?" he garden path, past all the colour- ment,
ed blossoms. The cobweb Jump. spider-web jumping rope?" ing rope glistening in the sun like a tiny silver of rainbow,
Knurt watched her disappeared
dow
BRONCHO BILL
THOUGH BRONCHO BILL DOES NOT MEN- TION THE EXPRESS OFFICE, SHOOTING, BLAZE GORMLEY NOTICE'S HIM SUSPICIOUSLY BYLING THE TRIIDDING ON HIS HAND-
NOU LAYER,
By Harry F. O'Neill
Sudden Exit
SEEING THE YOUNG SHERIFF RETURNING, THE CROOKED CAFE OWNER MAKES A HASTY
· EXIT
HANDLE
Boere
TELL
LAFTER A SHORT VISIT TO CHECK A DE- TAIL WITH ARMY CAPTAIN KLINTON MARİ
(YES, HIS HAND 15 "TASTOORDI
YOUR DÉSERTËR
"HERE INTEN
THAT BRAT
I'M NOT
IN M
GT A SADOLED HOSS
BEHIND THE HUGGET CAFK ** 1 MIGHT WELED
ONE-IN R HURRYM
NY
Sugar Market
New York, May 31-World sugar futures Joday closed nominally unchanged sales reported.
with no
Domestic sugar futuren also closed nominally unchanged, with no sales reported,
Contract No. 0 closed 1 point lower to 3 pálata higher on enfes totalling 152 contracts, »
· Price* „closed as follow:--- Contract No. 4 (World). July (in'cente per lb) 4.21 nominal September
4.17
January (11)
March
3.09 201
Spot
Contract No. 5 (Domestic)
July
September · November
Contract No.
July
Beptember
78,33, nominat
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Taipeh. p.m.
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