Global
Sailors.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1950.
THESE three young Britons anchored their 40-foot auxiliary cutter in Miami, Florida, for a stop on their round-the-world voyage. Tho three, left to right, Donald Hodge, Emes Chamberlain, and Skipper W. I. B. Crealock, left England Two years ago. So far they've touched ports in Spain, Morocco, the Canary Islands,
Jamnica, Haiti and other countries. (Acmc).
LONDON
DIARY:
Cheated Of The Ark,
He's After
Atlantis
Last year Mr Egerton Sykes, the explorer, planned an expedition to Mount Ararat, in Turkey, to locate the Ark. Then the Russians accused Mr Sykes of being a British intelligen-e agent. The Turks were embar-
Mr Sykes's project foundered.
rassed.
Now he is preparing for a) told a gathering of young archi- journey to regions less teet: in London he had seen to charged with political suspi-e anything
ree the Cathedral, but "I didn't that was real cion. This month he sailseniu from Lisbon to the Azures.
Afterwards
lenked him to
His object: discovery of explain. Said he: There
Atlantis, the "lost continent”
Believed to be under the
Atlantic.
"It will be a short preparatory
hop" Mr Syken tells me
dall be there a month."
RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS
Novelist Michael
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Arlen was asked the other day how it was that be alway looked KO amiably dispo.ed towards vyery-
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"Anyone should be happy," he replied. "who is allowed the patience of his wife, the Toler. wner of his children, and the affection of waiters."
OUTSPOKEN DIPLOMAT
Mr Thomas Hildebrand Pres- lon, 04, retired
diplomat, is a nan with vial knowledge to support his anxiety about Rus- sin netivides. I was in the Foreign Service 35 years, war
Wh British Minister to Lithuania, served in Russia, Was sen- Imced to death by the Connu -- ists in the Russian revolution.
Now, after 35 years' diplo malie silence, Mr Preston has written a book, to be published in the #1125717). 1t will sur- prite those who think that ex- diplomat: prefer discretion to candour. Mc Preston writes bluntly.
Mr Presion was not a diplo- mat when he first Journeyed to the, Czar's Rusta. Before the revolution he prospected for
કા old in the Urals and Siberia.
After the revolution 11년 bought a number of pain
paintings, much the crockery, that hud hern the Czar's. The paintings embellish his walls in Kending- ton, and when Mr Preston has sinner Kuests he produces Imperial plate,
WRIGHT ON WREN
Veteran American architect Frank Lloyd Wright does not think much of St Patti's He
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in St Paul's
Professor Had Full Troopship For Drug Test
A now drug, dramamine, which relieves travel sickness was described to the British Medical Asso-
ciation in Liverpool recently.
Prof. Lentie Gay, of the Johns Hopkins Universlty, Baltimore, sald that the Normandy and Sicily landings might have been different had they known of the effects of the drug then. It was first discovered when a woman was treated with it for a skin disease and her travel sickness disappeared.
General Says British Army Cannot Shoot
The professor said he tele-. phoned to Gen. Omar Brad- ley. the American Army: Chief, and asked him for a troopship. In this 1,366) men sailed across the Atlan-: tic to Bremerhaven in the bad winter of 1948.
Or 310 cases of sickness 208
others partial relict. The drug
Maj. Gen. C. F. C. Cole- obtained complete relief and man, G.O.C. South-west Dis- worked within half an hour and trict, told Doruct Army the victims were able to rat Cadel Force units at while Dorchester recently: The British Army cannot shoot.
"If only It could shoot a bit belter we thould be well on the way to clearing up the trouble In Malaya, The British Army
"That was brought Mions and afterwards. not_apply_jody."
out
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It does
travelling through the roughest seas.
AIR LINE EXPERIMENTS
Never before had they beat able to tackle sea sickness after is onset. The Navy had found
Grace From ` N.Z.
A FIGURE of grace is 19-year-old New Zealand-born Lenor Barry, who is one of the latest recruits to the Windwill Theatre, London's home of non-stop revue. (Central Press),
RAF TEST
NORTH
OVER POLE
BBC Trying Coloured Television
Three systema of coloured television are to be tested at the B.B.C.'s new £250,000. research headquarters at Kingswood Warren, Surrey.
Extensive additions are being built to the century-old castel- inted house, now mounted by a dozen atrials, where about £200,000 a year is being spent. In the 20-acre witn there is ample room for developments.
In one of the Laboratories, 1 saw the first demonstration of coloured television given to the Press by the B.B.C, writes a correspondent. The method was similar to that used by Colum- bin in America, making use of ja rotating dline.
Other non-mechanical Бужа tems are to be tried. Then it will be decided which to the best for an alternative colour transmission to be offered to the Uritish public in the indefinite future.
Sir Noel Ashbridge, director of B.B.C. technical Dervices, said that discussions Bre pro reeding with British manufac- turers to discover what they have to offer. He declined to specify whether the systems to be examined the immediate future are British or American. "We are seriously."
inking colour
U.S. AHEAD
very
Mr W. Wilson, head of the research department, who has Just returned to Britain from
reference
to
colour:
in 1914 used to be a very fue out that it did not affect marks. manship. Five big American hooling
airilacs experimented on 1,120,- 1000 passengers in a month and stopped air sickness in 60 per-
Tic
opinion of marksinen al cerit. of cases. Bisley is that the Army shoot- Prof. J. B. Bum, of Oxford, ing today, though not compar-minted that the Jong-known ble to that of the 1914 Anny, drug, hynsing, was just as good has improved a lot since 1945 as the new drug. "We do not A musketry instructor said want presture from doctors in -hould be remembered that be this country on the Board of tween the wars the regularTrade to bring dramamine into
A special system of grid navigation for Arctic flying, the United States, said to me idler was given the bren gun this country for dollars unless
doveloped by the R.A.F., has been proved satisfactory by with rille was
made sub-t is much better," he added. in the Periinate,
the flight of the Lincoln aircraft R.E.367 over the North "America la in advance of us Prof. Gay replied: "I wonder The life had resumed its
Polc. |if Prof. Durn would say if it
This was reported by Wing Comdr. E. Russoli-Bell, In the laboratory.” ure as the ntn which the ins possible to take hyoscine captain of the aircraft, who returned to London recently, fantry mut tree in action.
The coloured picture I saw Battles were won or lost by the
The possibilities of direct the Pole WAK flown at on a Bin screen showed a fut- dier with his rifle.
air routes over the Arelle 10,000ft in 17 hrs. 40 min. tering Union Jack, a bunch of make this confirmation Among the plane's crew was artificial flower and a grodu- Ono draw. Theated colour scalo, over significant. The plane took the first boy to fly off from Keflavik, Iceland, Pole. He was F. Sgt. D. A. back was that black tended to
Cox, a 17-year-old Air Training show no blue. The 3,100-mile round trip to Corps endel, of Eagle-lang, Snarenbrook, E. He otlends
The picture is far from Guit- Bancroft School, Woodfordable for public transmission for Green-
many technical reasons.
Tut Tut Drive In Ontario
repeatedly for a period of four to five days or for 11 days, as wag the ease in the tests carried out on board ship?"
SMOKERS REBUKED Tuberculosis experts discuss
to
<1ischse Inst chest
were re- huled by a colleague for set- A "clean speech" campaigu
ing "shocking example bren Jauncherd
their patients" by smoking. The Northern Ontario-in French.eritie was Dr Lennox Johns- Plcards appear Ca fenceton, of Wallasey, a non-smoker.
eachi
U.S.
For
notting; original Calledral.
rets, hotel lobbies, stores, andĮ If I wanted to see work of * Italian Benais petrol stations urging French- "There are 23 million smokers
nee I would go to Italy." Headings to stop swearing:
Britain and they described the building in one "Swearing is vulgar. It always word: "Grandomania."
stives mandal. It selties problems, It tums nothing to Proy the notice.
Frank Lloyd Wright in 82.
Bathing
Plywood
Girls
BACK in 1932, when Hoquiam, Washington, was the plywood capital of the world, the first bathing suit of that product was made. It was a publicity stunt, but It caught on. These 10 girls are wearing plywood sults of 1950 design in several colours. (Acme).
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end £30 a year on tobrečo,"
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he sold. "Smoking call** mouth, and coughing more than anything sets up haemorrhage. Ninety percent, of the medical profession are smokers."
Measure
Korean
Brides
Ile said: "I was at the rear of the plane most of the thing and helped, the second navigator in reading the master cumpas I niro bad charge of the rations, which included beefsteak and wiches and cuce.
In a new building being con- reted alongside the original dize house a studio to those at
aimilar Alexandra Palace has been built for experimental purposes. Alongside it in a staall chema for bl
screen repro- "After passing over Green- duction. Another feature is an Washington, Aug. 7. lond, there
not much to open-air roof studio. The House unanimously 2e but nea and Ice pack. At passed a bill today whier would the
was Pole, there Dermit United States service-much ice as I expected. There In a talk o geriatrics-the men who marry Korean brides were plenty of gaps in it.
elderly of caring for people-Dr Marjory W. Warren, to bring them to this country.
AGED NEEDS ACTIVITY.
science
of
at 50
"Our navigator thought there REBECCA WEST London, sald physicians The measure, which now goes would have been room to mail should be warned that for bark
con- ship through
A 'DUCHESS'
Te Ure Senate for
of House almend-
"I was chosen for an overseas
elderly people a period of com siteration plete rest in bed, perhaps for ments, would waive racial re-trip and it turned to be this lowing illness, must be regarded
In the immigration Joue. I got special time off from for alien wives
and school to go on it, servicemen
a
dangerous period. atmosphere of optimism
An
strictions
and awa
netivity was essential.
children veterans.
of
English poet John Gawsworth, who calls himself King Kuan I.,
and "Tomorrow I have to go back celebrated his 30th birthday by
to school, and I suppose I shall fuamlag 10 pocts, novelists,
Dr S. W. Pallerson, of Ruth- While the sponsors of the bill have to give them a lecture critics, and stamp collectors ni ven Castle, said that the middle-emphasise It was not drafted on it. I am hoping to go into nobles and dignitaries of his class man
who retired at 03 with Korea in mind, they nd-the I.A.F. meteorological ser-kingdom. should #throw himself too mitted it probably would apply vice." actively into physical exercise. to American servicemen fighting Wing-Cmir, Russell – Bell, a He suggested
Miss Rebecca West is one of voluntary in that area. some
member of the Royal Australian the "duchesses," work of advantage to the com-
Ti10 House Judiciary Com
was captain of the munity
a persis snittee and reputed there were Governor-General's Flight when rather than
lower tent pursuit of a
many
U.S. service wives and the Duke
of Gloucester was Gaweworbi's "kingdom" is the handicap.
children who were not eligible Governor-General of Australia, little Caribbean Island of for admission to this countryle in now senior Instructor of Redondo, W11030 other 120 under the present law. Many the R.A.F.. Flying College, inhabitants have not yet learned of them are in Japan-United Manby, Lines, from which the of their new absentee
fight took place.
aristocracy.
golf
ROOSEVELT
SCHEME
Sacramento,
California, Aug. 7.
Mr James Roosevelt, the| eldest son of the late Presi- dent Franklin D. Roosevelt, has proposed the evacuation of over 4,000,000 Cali- fornians from koy cities "at the first warning of danger." Addressing the Democratic State Convention yesterday, he charged the Republican Governor, Mr Earl Warren, with falling to present a de-; Anite plan for civil defence.
Then, Mr Roosevelt outlined own programme build evacuation areas on some of the 23,000,000 acres of Federal and State
land in California. At
his
the first warning of dunger evacuate 2,500,000 from the Los
Angeles metropolitan area, 1,000,000 from
the
San
Francisco Oakland Bay region and 500,000 from San Diego. Reuter.
Traffic Lights Cocktail
A "Road Safety Cocktail" has been invented by Mike Pethen, ilcenseu of the Velorin
Inn at Hayes. Middlesex. It hag It
triple base which gives it the three colours of the frame lights; the liqueur amour (red), avocat (amber), and crane de menthe (green), Mr Fethen
says the bands of colour stay separate for about ten minutes.
The cocktail will make ita debut at the election of Hayes ond Harlington Council's 1050 Road Safety Quem.
Press,
Well-Protected
Peke
WHEN tough-looking Leodride Recompence, a bulldog, came calling on Chinky White of Roke, at a dog show in Richmond, Surrey, he didn't get very far. Chinky was completely protected by a transparent case, and was utterly disdain- 'fal of the proffered friendship. (Acme).