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A Great Artist

London By Storm

So anger and disillusionment Cochin-China

got the upper hand. British wo-j men decided that it was time to

London, March 29.

Here la an artist who acting aloné in short plays, written by herself can, without othor scenery than a table or a chair and other costumes than a abawl or a hat added to simple; dresses, fill the stage with Im- Spigon, Mar, 29.

characters when aginary

her Cochin-China, for 84 years one-sided dialogue brings to life. directly administrated as a Fronch

show the Government that they Government

to

New Delhi, Mar. 20 The King tibus towed, the le of "Royal" on the Indian Nor were there any protests Engineers, as a reward for their when it was nanounced that stocks cocted to combat the shortage of Among all recent London spectacles there is a great artist "continued loyal and gallant which had been laid up in this

mcal had vanished. serviec." The Corps will now country against serious dislocation

who is in herself a whole first rate company; On top of that, came the an- be known as the "Corps of Ro-ombing or a grave hold-up in nomeement that the cooking fat After seven years of absence that unique American actress yal Indian Engineers,”

the arrival tel supples, were to be ration was to be cut in half. That The Corps copies of nine and famine among the peoples of ple-crusta or fam tarts,

sent to Europe relieve hunger

Ruth Draper has come back to London for a short sea- meant: iesa pastry to make the groups. Three of the groups the occupied countrie. Instead of potatoes

no chop son and packed the Apollo Theatre with admirers of Lave been in existence for more being distributed to

to cat

with the popula-uniquitous

the now long ago and spectators new to her art. than

fish 100 years-Queen Vic- tion of Britain,

Httle fried and torla's

bread to oke out the meagre bacon Own Maltas

Housewives' Revolt. Sappers and Minere, King George V's

ration for breakfast, But today, it is different. What Own Benrol Sapers And Hiller failed to do throughout the Miners, and the Royal Bombay worst days of the war, Sir Ben Sappers and Miner. The re- Smith, the present Minister of maining six groups were form-

Food, nchieved overnight. He cannot be trifled with—and with à ed during the wae--Reuter.

roused the housewives to revolt, vigour that left the Ministry of not because they feared that Food more than

a little ruffled, either they or their families were they voiced their opinions. going to starve, but because they It was no use telling them that refused to be made fools of."

Up to the

they were better off than hundreds last minute

ute before of thousands of their sisters In the the announcement of the

reccat Paris, Mar. 20.

former

They occupied countries. cuts, Government Diplomatic circles here.

spokesmen, wanted to know where they were; sny pre-s and radio had been telling why, if the Government had to that France hopes to air her them that they could expect more reduce dollar spending that did views on Spain at the foreign variety of food Boon, even if the not begin with a cut in luxuries ministers meeting here next actual weekly rations of certain instead of with the one food which month," which will, precede the indispensable foods wore not in- above all others they have been May peace conference, with

urged to use to the full on account view to persuading the allies to

of its food value; why, if the apply limited sanctions to the

Government know, as they know France Government. A note has ing the opinion, purely unofficially, that there would have to be a of better times ahead by express they must have done for weeks, abandoned the origiral French that tea would soon come off the return to wartime bread, they Works, Information, Economics. All critics agrce that with intention of raising the Spanish ration. Not that that mattered very promised farmers, ole keepers and Justice and Education: The French the passage of question before the current much in itself, for the present tea

La poultry farmers increased ra- are retaining control of foreign United Nationa security 'council | ration is adequate to the needs of] tions to enable them to increase and military affairsAssociate? Is she as good as ever but her session in New York, but it in most familles, even. If they drink stock and bird why, in fact, Fress. sisted that France wants to see the allies cut Spain off from something coming off the ration could play with the housewife housewife that the war is really Was a tangible indication to the with impunity. over and rationing will come to an end even if it takes some time

such commodities as oil, and to _withdraw all diplomatic ro-

presentatives from Madrid. Associated Press.

creased.

The local grocer made his con- tribution to the growing optimism

no coffee or cocoa. But the idea the Government thought they

yat

Huff Duff Secret Weapon Revealed

top role in winning the battle of the Atlantic

一

New York, March 29.

The device is expected to be

colony, was yesterday reported with vividness, in credible to have received permission to set the uninitiated.

She combines up its own provisional

rare gift of govern ment within two weeks as a fur-exact observation, which makes the establish her sketches gems of human ther step toward ment of the Indo-Chinese federa-portraiture with a high_his

of free States.

trionic range, whiel: embraces Nouyen Van Thinh was elected not only Anglo American President of the projected govern- characters but French, German ment at a secret meeting of the

and Italian. Cochin Chinese sultative coun- cll.

A French official said they have been authorised to select their own Minister of Public Health, Public

Alekhine Ate With His Hands

And that is the sum total of the fuss. The British housewife knows that she will pull herself and her family through this crisis just as she did through the dar kost days of the Battle of the Alexander Alekhine, a Russian Atlantic --- provided that the born naturalized French citizen

problem.

Lisbon, March 29,

·

Her command of foreign lan-| guages seems to be as masterly as that of all shades of English and American.

years not only

art is even mora assured.

Her sketch "Three women and. Mister Clifford," in which she brings to life a business man by portraying incisively, his perfect secretary; his unpica- sant wife and his fond mistress, is described by one critic "the best light comedy now in London.

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She

can take a hand. cut of one ounce in her fat Friends said that Alekhinoate returned prisoner-of-war. ration and go back to wartime with bis hands and

One of the week's plays "To- never used rationed Americans and to fat- avoid doing so. They said that llant little satire on state plan- bread, hardships which to less forks or knives which he could morrow's Child," a nearly bril starved peoples of Europe alike in order really to enjoy a meal hening by ahitherto unknown may appear not so great.

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ed, as full of promlee.

would

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SURPRISE

The U.S. Navy has revealed another of its secret wartime devices "huff duff," an electrical "finger" which can spot a ship or plane half-way around the globe. The navy, telling how the de- planes, "Huff Duff" also helped vice aboard ships, planes and in effect ailled rescues at sea after a network of shore ctations fed receiving even a brief distress to the breaking. up. of U-boat signal. packs before they could asscm- ble, said the electronic long die- of vital importance in aviation up 250,000 tons of

Setting the action in 1965; tance detection device played since an airplane having navi- to give 10,000,000 peopie a wock-

the author paista an amusing vision of the future world, in gation trouble coul! have its ly ration of

of 5 b

which everybody and lbs. of bread 'for,

overy. position determined immediate three months-allocated to Bri-

Sparta, Wis., Mar. 29.

thing, from houses to food has lyAssociated Press.

tain so that it could go to Europe of the European theatro, recolved

After Everett Soper, a veteran been standardiaud-Reater. There was not a single grumble his discharge a Fort Sheridan, that we shall have no rice for an .. he hurried to his old homo, immeasurable

U.S. FAVOURS GREECE porlod because nil-

middle of the Any accixing-th the

Washington, Mar. 29. India, although, except to a few

* Île dashed Into a bedroom, turn.

Vandenberg Senator Arthur who have unpleasant memories of boarding school or pollege meals, ed on the light and yelled "syr said yosterday that the Bana bo rice pudding fa

Forelem. Holations Committee Rad favourite 'diah

prise,"

Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Luke approved a resolution declaring Tokyo, March 28, amona Englishmen. Rear Admiral Reginald M. Ber

awnke, and were “ very surprised | the Senato in favour of the Dode. "The only criticism, raffed about

canese · Islands and marthern. second cruiser squadron. In schein the Black Markets which still

followed. While Epirus being awarded to Grocce duled to at Tokyo Bay

confertios "overness, Soper's · parente : had by: the power In most of the countries moved, but letters telling him Following the committen

Huff Duffchleh got. Its lang name from the initials HF-DF, representing high fre

quency direction findor-wag Force T. To Get available suppiles have to go to night.

radar aro

used as a teammate or -and Bourid devices which

able to spot objectives only ni much shorter distances.

The direction Ander, by pick-

ing up any voice" or code radio,

New Commander

signal, showed the direction of Commander of the British sending food to starving Europe at the presence of the ex-soldier.

Explanations

the signal's

source within a

to

split, second. Two or more of net 1 to relive Rots-Admiral where food supplies are at their about it had failed to catch up Italian sex filement l them, enabled a control centre Archer as flag-oficer of Force T. lowest. The Englishman'e atti- with him.-Associated Press. to plot the location almost exact British rapport group in Jepanese ly through convergenco of the waters.

« je summed up. In "let the countries of Europe show the same, direction lines,

Admiral Servad Is arriving atonda discipline on the Bri

though thay-wide privatelyithat -the action-came-se no ramprise, Shanchal, Mar, 28, Minde the loss of the Dodecane The navy said the Instrument aboard the light cruiser Har til sol Their displayed during dix tons of U.R.B.A medical had long been expected enabled the sinking of at least Belfast, voterau of the Mediters the war and mince; let sheen break supplies dispatched hair from Home Covert, one of the submarines, which rawan, Atlantic and Englth up their Black Marketing | Shamos

wached : north | Pyone

to combas

landed saboteurs-on Long Island Admiral Archer will all for moletben we will tighten beile kup

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