THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1950.
CDITORS PRESS GERVICE ING.-NUEVA YORK
BtOrder 1809
WINDOW ON THE WORLD
By John Ashwin
15,000 vacant
possible air raid victims.
Training in night combat fire engines and is to be the keynote of hospital beds ready to deal with future Allied defence pre- parations in West Ger-
many.
Already American troops are specialising in night at- tacks as a result of lessons learned in
Air Forces
Unimpressed, the authorities have merely promised to "study the matter,"
"People's Car" Sponsord Want Their Money Back
Tho "People's
the Car," that Hitler Korea. At the family run-about
promised every German if the same time American com-Nazis were victorious,
is ap- manders have been told to pearing in Western Germany in Few prepare for a "Korea in re ever-increasing numbers.
of the cars, however, are driven verse.
by those Germans who put their Lieutenant-General John K.savings into the Hitler scheme. Cannon, the U.S.
In the post-war world as Hit- Commander in Europe predicts ler planned it there would have that the Allies may well lose all been so much slave labour that air superiority in the first stages of any future war. It might be every German could have own- Today the ed a car for £50. some time before the Allied
Germans work their own fac- planes could isolate the battle-tories and the "People's
Car" feld and give close support to
costs nearly-2,490.--- -- ** the ground troops. ·
Even so, members of the During this period the Wes-"League of People's Car Savers" tern Armies would be forced to
arc still trying to get their fight by night as the Commumoney back, refusing to believe nists had been forced to fight that it no longer exists and that it was all used to make arma- From the reports of other ments. At first, hearing that the American commanders it seems "People's Car" factory was now that the mechanised GI
a year. producing 70,000 cars World War II may well have they claimed to own the factory, to start foot-slogging all over maintaining that they provided again. General Thomas T. the money to build it. Now they Hardy, the U. S. Commander- have reduced their claims to a in-Chief, has complained that
in few shares
company. his forces are becoming "truck Even these claims are likely to and road bound."
be refused and Hitler's one-time dupes will continue to stare at the bright little cars that they might have owned.
in Korea.
Siamese Tako Defence Precautions
of
·
the
German Drug Gang Discovered
FOR THE BUSINESSMAN
7
ECONOMIC HELP NY Cotton
NECESSITY FOR Futures
ASIAN NATIONS
Wellington, Nov. 28.
Recession
New York, Nov. 28. Cotton futures *fell back sharply today after a firm start as New Orleans selling touched
Dissatisfaction with economic inequalities in of stop loss orders. Hodgo Commonwealth "territories was expressed here selling also remained
evidence, reflecting the uncer- last night by a number of the delegates attending tain foreign situation. The first a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Con-notice day found only six trans ference.
Mohamed
Hashim Guzdar, of Pakistan, said that trade must be on the basis of mutual advantage...
Pakistan an agricultural -country,- -- was finding the price of manufactured goods out-
STANDARD BRIDGE
By M. Harrison-Gray
Dealer South. Game all.
N.
❤ KJO B
-10 6.4"
J 10 G
JEJ 10
W.
47
Q 10 64%
AJ 9 8 5 3 → 8
• 8 3
A 9742
4 9 8 7 8 2
46
Q 2
BAQ4
South Bids Two Clubs. North Two Diamonds, and South Two No Trumps. North visualises at least 32 points in the two bands pjua good Intermediates, And raises to Five No Trumps South bids Six No Trumps.
West leads 49 and South can only sco 10 sure tricks. Jis led, and East ducks In case West has ; he wins the next trick with A and exits with ◊ 4, West discard. ing $2. South cashes E and AR, but West again falls, and East shows out un the third round of Clubs. Careful counting reveals that East can only hold one Heart, so A is followed by the finesse of dummy's ❤Ď, South returns to bis hand with A and finesses J for his 12th trick.
London Empresa Serpico,
distinguishable from
stripping the price of her food- stuffs, ie said,
Pakistan, with other Asian nations, needed outside help to raise the standards of living,
ferable delivery notices, issued against nearby December post- tion
The New York Cotton EX- change placed cotton exports for the season thus far at 1- 405,650 bales, compared with 1.210,284 in the same period last season.
The market closed 34 points
Mr G. Ponnambalam, of Ceylon, made a similar ap- peal for aid to less-developed lower to 10 points higher after countries.
opening 30 to 32 points higher.
43.76
42.913
42.72-42.76 42.00
Ceylon's economy was en- Prices closed today, as follows: lircly dependent оп world | Spot market fluctuations and this! December
March (1031) the stability es- did not give
May sential for democratic gov- July ernment.
October December on whether March (1952)
In a discussion
March (1951)
a one or two-Chamber Parlia-May ment was better, Mr S.C.L. New Orleans Shah, of India, said that his Spot country found a second Cham- December ber necessary in Federal Gov-May ernment but there was a dif- July ferent outlook provincial December
governments.
in
October
March (1952)
Mr Ronald Algie, the New May Zealand Minister of Education, said that New Zealand, which was turning over to a one- Chamber system, was confident that they could make the "checks and balances" of h bicameral Constitution unneces-
sary.
41.35-41.40 30.55-36.00
30.00
35.75 nominal 35.50 nominal
closing prices
42.83 43.75.bidi 42.57
41.95 - 42.00 41.30
28.04
36.93 bid 30.73 kid 35.53 bid
United Press
Chicago Graim
Futures
Prices in
The leader of the South Afri- can delegation, Mr Clifford Van Coller, a former Speaker of the. South African House of Assem- bly, referring to the change of government in South Africa, Wheat-price per bushel. declared:
Spot "That is democracy. The volce December
Chicago, Nov. 28.
the grain futures markot here closed today as
follows:-
May
of the people shall prevail but March (1951) many of us hope that the fol- July lowers of Smuts will, one day, again have the opportunity of taking charge of the affairs of the country."-Reuter.
Rubber Futures
In New York
New York, Nov. 28.
Corn Spot December March (1901) May July
· Ryc
December May
Oats
December
March (1051)
2.27 027-220-36 2.31-4 2.31-4- 2.25-78-74
1.63-
1.00--15 1.03-76 1.54-55-4
1.04-4
1.46-34
1.51-4
93-46
03-15-36
NEW YORK FLOUR—per 200 Th.
Rubber futures soared the |'rack. $12.30.-United Press, daily permissible limit of 400
ordinary points, influenced by the serious
on aspects of the Korean war NY Pepper Futures
The latest French defeats in
cigarettes, marihuanas are Indo-China are causing anxiety in neighbouring Slam. As a pre-
sale in scores of cafes and night reports. Trading was dull, with clubs in Germany's largest trade demand finding offerings cautionary measure against the
Words, and even names, can towns, Strangers, persuaded to limited. All prices at the close their ter- possible invasion of ritory by Vietnam rebels, the be juggled to mean anything. In try them, find the drug so potent were bid up to the limit. Sales Siamese Government has order- Bavaria, police searching for a that the craving begins in a few for the session totalled 82 lots.
named "Marie ed the country's police force to girl
Warner", hours. Immediately the prices The local spot market also stumbled across one of already 13/_ a cigarette-goes ruled quict with dealer's quota- be expanded by a further 2,000 have
Europe's biggest marihuana up until it is almost doubled. tions for No. 1 rubber averag- | writes This force,
Francis gangs.
Stanbury reports ing around 69 cents a pound on The gang leader, a supposed-that the "Marie Warner" agents a nominal basis. Dodwell from Bangkok, will be
chemist, proved have ly-rspectable posted to the north-eastern pro-
a new trick, Instead of Prices closed today as fol- vince bordering the Indo- to be in control of a network of importing the finished product lows:-
agents Chinese States. Already £25,000 marihuana
operating they buy the Mexican hemp Spot Germany. One seed itself and Frow the plants December has been set aside for equipping throughout
March (1951) the force. Meanwhile the Siam-lorry, checked by the in Germany. For the police to May
was carrying ese authorities are recognising a police,
5,000 inspect all growing crops is an July second danger Fifth
cigarettes. Column marihuana
Hardly almost impossible task. activities in the thousands of
men.
Vietnamese refugees who were
given sanctuary in Siam in the BACKGROUNDS: early stages of the French war.
At first they were confined to certain districts. Against all or- ders however, they have managed to spread throughout the country and hundreds have Infiltrated into Bangkok. Now the Government is rounding them up and sending them back to turn back any rebels who, after fighting the French, may try and escape into Siam.
Need For Action In Dutch Civil Defenco
a vague
were
Now
Ian
40 mominal 64.00 bid $5.50 Dic 51.00 bid 48.00 bid -United Press.
New York, Nov. 20. Black pepper futures closed today 200 points higher. There were no sales, although a little business was done. In the spot market brokers reported strong undertone. They attri- to higher buted the firmness prices in India and the de- teriorating situation, in Koren.
Prices closed today as fol- lows:- December January (1053) February March
1.50 nominal
1.42 nominal
1.39 nominal
1.34 nominal
United Preis.
Douglas
acArthur
No. 20
BY MELVIN WHITELEATHER & NORMAN MYERS
LEDGER KEMDIÇATH +20-
Air raid precautions, or rather a lack of them are worrying Holland's defence chiefs. Faced with criticisms that their coun- try's Civil Defence programme
General Yamashita swore
Parachute troops from big Before Manila fell, picked Liberated, too, were 9,700 is nothing more than
would, make: MacArthur air scheme in the midst of a few he
transports
who had dramatically Rangers and Filipino guerillas civilians
spent the officials, the Dutch authorities surrender unconditionally. The
dropped on Corregidor and re- made a daring sortie 25 miles war at Santo Tomas college in that admit
irritated that and Japanese Amsterdam
and Manik ́ ́ which the Japanese every other
had once es planted the American flag behind. Japanese lines town would be to American
But at the end where thé Japs had torn 15 emptied a prison camp of turned into an interniment fra helpless in the event of air at-taped them,
and suffering camp, und several hundred tacks.
of 67 days, it was MacArthur down. On Luzon, the prin- 518 emaciated
Yamashita has cipal Philippine island, Mac- heroes of Bataan, Corregidor FW's and civilians hele i The Civil Defence volunteers who boasted.
destruction seldom Arthur's troops thrashed the und Singapore. The prisoners Bithid prisoner An MacArthur of the last war are now de-suffered
Tomes," a manding a new ARP. army of paralleled in the history of Japs soundly as the Filipino were frantly with joy for they was leaving, Sante 45,000 as well as at least 250 warfare; And there was still people aroes to the General's had all but given up hope of shell, exploded Dot more than
call: “I bare returned.
seeing-home' again."- abpublic shelters, 250 additional more in store
100. feet from him,