WE ALL START LEVEL
We are all brothers under the skin. Yellow, brown, black or white, man starts. life with the same inborn. capacities for good or evil, achievement or failure.
That is what a group of the world's leading selentiis may a report described by the Ministry of Education a "tho mont far-reaching and competent pronouncement of its kind ever made.'"
The report made pubile by Unesco simultaneously in Log- clon and Farts, starts with a series of denials. For Instance:
There is NO biologient founda. tion for racial discrimination;
There is NO proof that groups of mankind differ in Intelligence or temperament-the range of nental capacity in all recos in
nuch the same.
"A SOCIAL MYTH"
Thero is NO evidence that ince mixture produce blulog!- cally bad results and there is NO biological justification for banning Inter-racial marriage-
The social results of raco mixture fe
be traced to| re to social factors."
The
report,
1b51 noting "People who live in Iceland or England or India are not races,"
on:
Ilace in les a biologien fact than a cocind anyth. As # myth it has in reent years taken n heavy toll in human lives and suffering, and s keeps mi- llons of persons from nonna) development, and civilisation Ho- from the full we of operation of productive minds.
"SOME TRAITS"
Test have
down essentiu! similarity mental chatneiera among all human rueint groups. All hutnan beings echreability and adaptability, the trait which more um all others have periftel the development of men's mental capacities,"
Just lo underline this, Pro- Tessor Claude Levi-Strauss, one of the Authors of the report, tolet story in Paris. He said:
"Fifteen years
ago Professor
Vellard, professor of biology si LITT
into the
Peru, went jungle of Paraguay in search of
it
Stone Age tribe.
The natives fled, leaving n
girl
baby
two years old.
Professor Vellard
took
back to Lima, She is now
brillant biology student,
the personal
her
and assistant of her
adoptive father."
About A Man
And His Dog
Flying
BACK FROM
KOREA
Just back in London from a trip round the world 76-year-old Lady Butterfield. Her mission?
To persuade United Na- tions members to adopt her idea of an International friendship flag for call- ciren.
He was in Korea last December, was told by the Minister of the Interior that he expected Invasion within six months.
WAR
Lady Butterfield born in Wisconsin, is the widow of shipping
LAK- nate Sir Frederick Butler- field.
visited
countries.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1950.
Start In Soap
Box Derby
YOUNG Germans start down a 12-foot-high ramp erected to give their home-made racers a good start in Berlin's second annual Soap Box Derby, held in the US. sector of the city. The winner will attend the Stuttgart European Command Soap Box Derby, and whoever emerges first from that contest will represent Germany in the U.S. National Soap Box Derby this summer in Akron, Ohlo. (Acme).
CHINESE USED
USED "TANIKS” OVER 5,000 YEARS AGO
LETTER FROM LONDON:
"Disgraceful" Crowd At Blenheim Palace
London.
Eighteen hundred guests danced recently at Blenheim Palace, home of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough. »It was the biggest party there since before the war. This was a charity occasion, and guests had pald three guineas or more for each ticket.
The next day, Duke and glon stocklogs, My women in a banquet tall and a base
comment buttery, and a bar opening Duchess complained about friends support there
plaints. Even the makers, do not into a garden, cigarettes stubbed out on talo violent exception. valuable carpeta burning
ARTIST'S INCOME holes in them, and of drinks have to take the Jell-OKTA. Friends are congratulating
Truth is that British women
spiled all over the place. "We have to sell all dayed' and | Hampstead artist Derek Khi
Two long blue carpets, liningt sub-standard pylons at home. 32, on selling 36 pointinga in his the Palace corridors, had scores The beat are för export," say current one-man show. at holen burred in them.
Outside, large stone balls nylon5. marking a cor park were re- moved, notices smashes, and a stone pillar domaged,
une of the biggest makers of But I replies lugubriously:
And a stores portion of Wie
"After paying incorne-tax, gallery commission and 'ex-
a large pro-Densed, transport charges, cost nylons alloca of fraines and materials, oven If I sold every picture In the
"This shown what those who tion are "reconds."
Mr Jean Monn teld the show I should make less than a put their homes at the disposal
that nylon repair charwoman'a wago weekly for
of the country. That is true,
of the public for charity events Commons have to put up with," said the shops are opening in all parts my entire three years' output." Duke.
consider what has hap- pened was disgraceful.”
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PRINCESS'S FRIENDS
Dancing was in the 1301L.
In London many stage: accept nylons for repair at their hosiery counters. Charges vary from Is. dc. 10 s. per Indder.
[Long: Library. On vach side of What women want is a ladder the Great full, with its hang-proof nylon stocking. Until ing standards of the first Duke, that comes along they would
were buffets.
be happy with Britain's best, A Benhen they had a house lead of merely "seconds." party of 12 Including some of Princes
The Government should give Margaret's young them that happless. friends. Among these Lord Dalkeith, Lord Porchester part- nered Lady Rosemary
chill, who
Wow!
dress
pt white
broende.
Chur-
a full-skirted
and silver
WIMBLEDON £s d
What happens
to the
Riverside
Tribute To G.I.s
To supplement the off- cial programme of events gate during the Festival of Bri- money of the Wimbledon lawntain 1951, the Festival nu- Lord Blandford danced fretends championships?
thorities have asked all quently with blonde, attractive.
Last year 300,000 saw the local communities through- Miss Doon Plunkett.
Tournament. There ure 12,000 out the United Kingdom to She wore a strapless dress of Centre Court seats; 10,300 are Tec-blue tulle and satin.
Many people sat out
ort £0 B. for the fortnight. This make their contributions to the pattern of a country "en walked In the Illuminated brings in £88,000; the remain Italian gardens, and the night Ing 1,500, at 10%. Gu, a day mean foto," was warm enough for most another £10,000. in-women to go without wraps,
In the Centre
Court there is standing room for 3,000 a day ut 5s, a brad. That means no other £9,000.
Focus on the tank by the fighting in Korea sheds light on the teresting -fact that this type of warfare was in the news over 5,000 years ago, and there were more primitive versions of it farther back still.
It was towards the end of fully enclosed, and looked the 14th century that the like an armed hedgehog with {"battle-car," strangely re- its bristling lances and can- sembling the modern vehicle
in certain respeels, was used in wars. It was almost
Beltain tells people of Ugandam
WE HOLD YOUR LAND
IN TRUST FOR YOU
nous.
One particular difference b tween it and the modem version was that it carried us many nu
hundred troops.
*There
Floma,
resemble creation.
followed other
rome
ver-
to
so weird as
Ileath Robinson Quite useful in those
BEHIND THE
PIPE MUSIC:
A STORY
of
-100
It is expected that each con- munity will al Ita local activity to the BRAZIERS ON TERRACE
more official parts of the programme. The But for the chilly, several
response has already been ex- brazlers glowed warmly
on the
Other courts have seats and cellent, and the plans proposed terrace.
standing room for another 10. by local authorities promier a The powder room had been 1900 a day at an
average of fir treat variety of exciting events
period arranged in Mr Winston Chur- a head; bese bring in £35.000 during the Festival
A good example chill's birthplace. The attendant during the whole tournament.
a door to show
spontaneous effort will be seen proudly opened the vest fize young Winston Thus, is a
Tewkesbury, Kood year, the ai
3 historic wore as a baby, and pointed to total inkings amount to £143,- market town on the banks of his own painting of the Lake_at|000.
the Avon, Gloucestershire. Blenheim which hung above the
Flang there include a Civic £24,000 FOR LTA bed. Some girls lay down on the
Service at Tewkesbury Abbey bed.
(dating from the 12th century), Dancing ended at 2.15, but The championship arc
Funn musical festival, a river Lawn Teanis festival; an operatic perfor- parting Association and the All England
drama mance,
liter Club on the All-England Club restivals, Dickensian and his- premises. Cut of the gate money torical episodes, a photographie
the the club pay expenses; in exhibition, the laying out of a addition, they keep enough to
recreational centre, a conducted make improvements at Wimble tour of local industries, a foral don and also to maintain the decoration competition, dances,
local Alm shown and carnival
zhaking hands
Behind the pipe music to clays was the type equipped be played by the massed the Duke and Duchess were still jointly by the
with with Salle and wooden wheels pipe bands before King guest at 3 o'clock. By noon, which attained
considerable George VI and Queen Elizn-Benheim was open again for speed with favourable following winds. It wan
the beth at the Royal Highland visitors at 2. 6d. a head. also about
vehicles first time that
were Ernemar Gathering Into netion without September 7 lies a story as
animal or Euman
club. ronantic and as poignant as any in Scottish history.
Sir John Hathorn Hall, Governor of Uganda, in a trundled statement just published, gives the people of the pro- the aid of tectorate a pledge that the land is theirs, held in trust | power, for them by Britain.
WIE
A
buil
secure
RION
When Leonardo cha Vincl produced his sceret weapon, he camel cansterimi pared his contemporaries. He wrote
1 the covered
Chariots which duvolnerable, und when they advance with their guns into of time for even the
712-2
A 400-year-old Sark (Chanel Islands) law is being broken by
Land which has to be the most developel province- and his alme- an Engalunan year-old Trich terrier, Jip. The taken over by the Adminin before legislation
in 1906 prohibiting such sale eyele antration for public purposes, without man is Mr E. Hand,
The consent of radilo dealer, formerly of such as roads, forests, and Governor. Streatham, London.
chosen new inwes, will be The law
that only t saya
Ta consultation with the Seigneur of Sark may keep a
bltch there. Jip is a bitch, and African kcal authorities, to Africans, 3 and has had her with him whom
ground rents since he went to the island. He
came
on
NYLONS 'SECONDS'
Women MPs are complaining
British about the quality of
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THE DESERT REVISITED
5000
The All England Club pub- fish no details of their income. But from the balance-sheet of the LTA, I see the LTA share of last year's takings totalled
24.000.
In
had 1919 Wimbledon
Р
other splendid year; in 1949 the LTA'
their income beneft of the
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MAIN PROJECT
}
มิ
an
The main project, however, is the development of the riverskla walks which ruas, through the town. Here thore will be terrac- ed gardens and a garden of re- membrance planned A Anglo-American War Memorial.
The main Ordnance Depot of
Americana Army stiuated. at Tewkesbury, and about 4,000 Americans lived there during the war period.
large
or proportion American Army passed through the town prior to D-Day.
Pip-Major George 5. McLen- nan, of the first Gordon High- landers, spent a
root deal of and World War I in the trenchen. Between battles be jolted down te! t! snatches of
The hundeds of thousands of musle as they
and into his head. Before approving any future wit
ex-Eighth Army Extra! Jang transfers to non-re
He wrote a tune which he servicemen who passed through there was £19.000.
The LTA use petreat hoped his reument would play the Suez Canal and Cairo durtu: the Administration without much opposition."
they marched into Germany, the war will or would have to be satisfied that
be seeing for the jeneral Tuls was 409 years before
incidents in which Instead they played their regi- many of the old familiar Egyp-gone at to pay the expenses the
teams of sending has paid his 2s. 6d. rion Heeney allies for mineral or limit was for development which the recent
Improve the lot of the the South Koreans
Meland Lad-
tian scenes again on their local mental march
abroad. emirina sereens. for the current year and theber exploitation will be paid would
African people and which could i ported to have given up in face slie," and Pipe-Maje, McLennan bus bett legally
David MacDonald, uee British left the Army
with his march rin sucres fully
CLUB FOR LAYMEN 1920, film dirrefer, who made the od in unplayed. He leaving the
in brilliant "Desert Victory” fim, score written
For early
u year the Chal- last year went out to Egypt to letter
Pont Street, new British Chelsea, cap shoot scenes for a
been unofficially picture based on the ending war carried on out there open. Now the house next dnor 1105 been joined to it, and the against International dope traffic-offcial opening fixed
20.
payment accepted.
بدا
Sir John's declaration, which t Mr Rand says that when heus Colonial Ofice support, says Afrkans,
the intention it is not
so too bo Mitter
ANGLOIGYPTIAN SUDAN
of the
darcovered the law he explained British ur protectorate Govern everything, and was adviced in the circumstances to keep th who was with blan In
the hike throughout the war.
Says the Seleneur, Air R. W. Hathaway: "This Inw is an ancient one and if anyone foreal = { it, it is a matter for the com- stabile." Conelables F. Baker says: "It's the Best I've heard about II. I must reel up when we beste the licences."
MESSENGER TO POLICE CHIEF
XINTA
BELGIAN
CONGO
FACT
6109
Victoria
UGANDA
TANG
were re-
by of tanks when their shells hud
BD effect.
code known only to his step
brother.
the
kers.
never-
Club
in
to compete
was
A the
ព
The townspeople feel that the riverside walk would be n
for
tuch proper polling
and they have memorial, for July decided to carry out the whole
To enaic security of tenure AMPHIBIOUS TYPE for Individual Africans, dis- trict councils are being arkel
With the approach of
rain umphibious to draw - by-laws in ateor mascon
COMPETITION custom,anks will be needed in Koren, with dance
bibal These subject to the approval The first of this type of tank
When a competition to mi a
of Like the name of the Governor, will have legal appeared towards the end of the core worthy to
sixteenth century, it was drawn of Scotting most famous High-Road". Erie Portman heads Cardhol Griffin will perform voluntarily Fonde
colonel the river bank by horses for land gathering was announced, the rast es
in the the Cermony. He la patron, gratitude to their American launching und
Branch of the aud Anti-Narcolies by the score was decoded and sub-gyptian Police, and among the ceived much help from him.
the committee havo re- alles. hand pudeles.
A foundation stone laying The Challoner
HAD ONE UP THE SPOUT
Royal Welsh Fusiera World
I veteran, War
George
lo
was related
mitted in the name of the Pipe-
Wor chariots in the same Major's
Title of the Alm 1 "Cairo
George, who was list of players is Erypt's own principle as the modern tank into the tide for plamores: Dim star, Carnella. thore we first knew were in-Highlanders J11 World War II. Fraduced in the 1914-18 war-The judges selected it from 165
in action in the Wara entries. The award will
ware fought by
there
יין!!
Agrions
be
the Pipe-Mojar's
theated to
12 at
at this year's gathering. Thus the name of
Phe-Major $. McLennan,
Who
| 3 500 BC. and used by
Chier before that. The idea Jefferies, of Allostock, Cheshire, developed until the Punic War Corne barel 21: Anox disablement when
sturdy emerged Sidney Francis Cox, 14-year-
Pension stopped 2 years agents, clad in
during bis
his life won more than armoured old messenger boy who went to
when doctors told him he was as battletress, relentlessly
2.000 major Imoving
awards at High- work in the West Indla Docks
sound a bell. George, who forward He
ມາຕາເ miniature for
and gulherinits 36 Stars
wan wounded in the shoulder Chief ago, becomes
treesen.
throughout Scotland, will live ments that Ugando should be
bullets Police Officer to the Port of developed as a country for non- Palestine, in 1017, insisted that British patent No, 316 granted devotees of pipe
Gaza. More recently, there was the forever among exponents London Authority on August African farmers and settlers,
muste, as the 'n 1893 to James Austin and, composer of the latest addition Francis Ball or their "ank". to the repertoire of bar-pipe which doctors
their invention music-"The Bracnur Gather- behind the They described
Mr Cox, now 52, is at present acting as Chief Police Officer.
Mr William Henry Simmons, the retiring chief omeer,
retiring leave.
This policy has been followed
he was not.
Baemorrhage,
from
in the past; of a total area of aid came
is on 80 371 square miles, fewer than one, caused him to suspect that as machine or charrioting."
but
500 square miles is now in non-there was a bullet in him somer From August 1 Mr Cox will African bands. Of this, only 15 wire. head a force of 000 dock poltee,square mijes of freehold and im.
nobody believed of which he was once a constable.square miles of leasehold re-
or artillery which is to be
con- musket proofe, and sne (rived as to hold two falkonelte, or anail feld pleees, and two He will have under his care presented appropriations by the Bal George was right, for hand mortars to be used by the warehouses and bonded store Crown.
ecently he coughed up a party sitting ju the charriot. standing on 3,521 neres, and his
machine in bullet. The inatter and may be conveyed many constabulary area takes in 44 The remaining 324 squay of some back
puncion is now mils a day with great ease and: miles of quays and 720 acres of milles covered land purchase being pressed
by non-Africans in Buganda- | Legion.
water.
K. O.
Plane On A Stamp
by the British expedition which hath been stamp honours the first
seen and approved...
CANNON
THE RIDDLE OF THE ROME REBELS
"HEAD-NEAR IT YOURSELF,
WHISPER IM DONG AFTEÀ
| JUST A MINUTE,
IMA SOMMY
PEYZAJ WHAT HAVE
KTV CHEND..YOU
ICHTOPPID A CAND
THAT WAITERE....
THEY DONE TO HIM?
AL
Pity
mister Hollis
was so TALKATIVE!
ON MY TABLETOV
WHISE ONECKS?,
SIONOR.. 15
(SOMETHING
WICHO?..
(COME ON-A THE ENGLISH TALKE WHO} ) GENTLEMANNS. GAVE YOU V OVER THERE... THAT CARDO A TABLE BEHIND THE PALM, HE ASKED MD TO.
|BIGHOR..
Men to fly-Orville and Wilbur Wright. And when you watch the RAF's jets streak past, think. of the cloth-and- wire Plane with two chain- driven propellers in which Or- ville mede
the first hop of 120ft,
Time, 12 seconds; place, rand dunes in North Carolina; year,
Circus
the
preparatory
work
129 11 token
of
is n club for ceremony will be held during the Roman Catholle Jalty, Thore the Fesüval summer of 1951.
Time:
Free Preview
159
1003; spectators, four coast- guards and a timber buyer,
Face value 6 cents; perfora- flon 11 by 10%: price unused. Dar
A GROUP of youngsters sacak under the feat to see what's going on Inside when á cirens opened in New Yo:k, across the street from Yankee Stadium. The kids were dil bànd to greet it. Ahu, as usual, there were some who were determined to see all they could without paying anything for the privilege. It looks like they got their wish; (-Acme),-