1946-05-20 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MAY 20, 1940.

An Original Angle Hoover Report On

To That Loan

Washington, May 19,

Representative Robertson, Democrat of Virgina, member

World Tour

Chicago, May 18. .

of the House ways and means Former President Herbert Hoover, special food Investigator committee, said today the pro- posed $3,750,000,000 loan to Britain will mean survival in Europe of the last substantial bulwark against the spread of Communism."

He

for President Harry Truman, reporting on his world survey of famine areas, today called upon Americans for greater self-denial to help save 800,000,000 persons from the "grimmest spectre, of" famine in sil the history of the world."

warned that unless more food is shipped to hunger-

ridden areas during the Independence as the Members, of people will be condemned to die like prisoners In the Nazi concentration camps at Buchenwald and Belsen.

come

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N.Y. STOCK MARKET

New York, May-18. Tho N.Y, stocka market' 'onded the work with a generally lower drift by fractions to a point or so although liquidation was timid and dealings the slowest for the past year.

Labour difficulties served as the principal factor against Invest, ments.

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JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.

SHIPPING DEPARTMENT

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General Managers.

INDO-CHINA S. N. CO., LTD.

afo, great amount of bearish BAMDART ness followed the government sel- zure of the nation's railroads in an effort to avert the strike which S. WINGSANG' had been called for later yeater-8.S. HINSANG day, but this factor Was 'Alac atalemated by the coal situation

accentuated

which caution.

Transfers

totalled shares. Dow Jones Averages 30 Industrials

ARRIVALS

From Vizigapatam and Calcutta 21st May

SAILINGS

IN PORT

Wall

Street

8.8. KWAISANG 410,000 9.8. WINGSANG

.$. 76.02 206.80 63.52 42.03

Alaska Juneau $8%, American

He asked "What good would It do for un to spend billions

thousands of dollars and

of lives to prevent the world from being engulfed by one form of totalitarianism and then refuse to contribute as much as two He said his 35,000 mile-tour, disease and epidemics, to the weeks of the cost of that war through 25 countries suffering stage of public disorder, to the acute food shortages stage of starvation of all but to a programme to prevent the from

"hunger stands the strongest, world from being engulfed by showed that

and finally, at another type of totalitarianism." over the homes of more than less than 900 calorica per per-

"The

of not! 800,000,000 people-over one son daily, we consequences

to mass 20 Rails of the people of the starvation. The Nazis at Bu- 15 Utilitles making the loan will be the third

chenwald and Belsen gave nl- loss of our system of private earth."

"Of the Four Horsemen of most that amount to their pel enterprise through regimenta- tion of our economy and main the Apocalypse, the one named sonera. tenance of a huge military es- War has gone for at least a tablishment because we will be! while. But Famine, Pestilence are still charging living in a world without one and Death friend and ultimate possibility over the earth, and the modern of a future atomic war in which i world has added four more to

He urged American to do there will be no victory."As this evil brigade. Their names their utmost and said the say- sociated Press.

are Destruction, Drought, Fearing of these human lives marks and Revolution.

the return of the Lamp of Com- passion to the earth and that is] reconstruction of the world, he part of the moral and spiritual declared.-Associated Press.

U.S. LOAN TO

FRANCE

in

"But long before tian is reduced to these lower levele, government would break down," he concluded.

"This crisis is not alone due to the war destruction of agric ulture. On top of that calamity has been plled drought in the Washington, May 19. It

was reliably learned last Mediterranean, drought. night that the

and Export-Import India, drought in China Bank has approved a £650,000,000 partial drought in South Africa loan to France to help her Indus- and Argentina," he said in hisj

broadcast.

trial recovery.

The approval followed the re

Hunger, the silent visitor commendation of that sum by which carries disorder and par- President Truman's national ad elysis of government, is caus

council on foreign loans, visory headed by Secretary of Ing every gain of civilization "We to crumble, he declared.

which is

the Treasury Fred Vinson.

The United States credit to help can save these people from the France settle her domestic and worst if we will." foreign wor

claims, her out- He offered two methods:- atanding lend-lease accounts, and

Two Methods to buy quantities of American sur- plus goods, is expected to totul more than $1,000,000,000-A

ciated Press.

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BRIDGE NOTES

Look carefully for

the crime

in today's hand. You may se more than one misdeed:

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(2) The marketing of every grain of cereal on farms.

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Mr. Hoover said that he and his colleagues had pared the needs of hungry nations to an indivi- dual minimum of 1,500 to 1,800 calories daily, and found a gap of 3,600,000 tons between the East

West needs and the exportable sup- 18

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Pass

Pass He said If the world's es- Pass PROB

Pass timated 800,000,000 hungry per- West opened the four spades. gons were to receive. no more dummy played low, East won with relief, about 100,000,000 would the Queen, and South non-chalant- be reduced to the 2,000 calory ly toured out the spade five. East daily per person level; about continued with the spade Ace, Enst South playing the Jack. 100,000,000 would be reduced to

then

abandoned Replies are awaiting at our the 1,800 calories level, about vinced that West had the missing spades, con- offices for Box Nos. 47, 62, 79, 82-1 150,0000,000 to the 1,500 dences and he laid down the club

calories level, about 150,000,000 Ace. West signalled with to the 1,200 calories and about club King, and East led his other 800,000,000 to 900 calories or club. West won with the Jack of less, a level which he described clubs and then Declarer ensily as "alow death."

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stage of hunger to the stage

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won the rest of the tricits.

the

Even an amateur detective can see that a spade ruff would have act the contract, but it taker pretty good sleuthing to say who ther the criminal was East oc West: Decide for yourself before you read on.

Both were criminals, but West was the deeper-dyed villain. East might have set the contract by laving the club Ace at the Recond tri- leading another club to West, and then taking the

"BENVORLICH" sails for London via Straits-1st Week June. anade Aco and trying, a third

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Loads for Syddey, Melbourne Mid-Juno also Brisbane if suflelont inducemen

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can Airways $81, Pennsylvania S.S. WINDERMERE PARK arrived from Vancouver-29 Kowloon

RR $41, Radio Corporation $15

Republic Steel $36, Reynolds Tobacco $44 Schenley £82, Seara Roebuck $48%, Shell Oi! $4016, Socony Vacuum $18, Southern Pacific $61, Standard Brand $52, Standard Oil of Calif $50%, Standard Oll of Now Jersey $75%, Studebaker

$30% Union Bag $84, Union Carbide $118. U.S. Rubber $77%, U.S. Steel $84%, Westinghouse $35, Yourgetown Sheet & Tube $7314, -Associated Press.

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Chicago, May 18. After hitting the ceiling in an advance of five cents. March Corn delivery backed down and failed 8.8. "ANHUI” to close at its maximum. January Corn was bought throughout the day at ceiling prices. May Rye closed five cents lower.

For the fifth consecutive session

Oats: August Byo:-May delivery $0.83% Corn:January delivery $1.36 March delivery $1.35%,

All other grains in the Chicago market unchanged.

Winnipeg Byo Market:-May

July $2.53,

*$2.44* October $2.15% December $2.05-14-As- sociated Press.

U. S. COTTON

New York, May 18, N.Y. cotton futures. pricea moved over a' narrow range today in a quiet, market. Considerable confusion was in evidence over prospe

in the railroad strike

December $27.66/68, March $27.71, July #27.16, October" $27:43/44,

May (1947) $27.76, July (1947) $27.66, Middling Spot $27.76.

Now

Orleans Cotton July 327.18, October $27.00, December $27.50/52, March $27.05 bid. May

Unchanged-Associated Press

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(1947) $27.08 bid, Middling Spot BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

U.S. CAR PRODUCTION

Sailings to Straits and India

sund. By getting the clubs of the way first, East could and a third round of spades without caring which player had the miss- ing spade deuce. But this play would have cost a trick if Wess had led a singleton apade to be gin with; so East cannot be criti-! cised much for this omission.

West was the real criminal for signalling with the King of clubs. That play demanded a club con- tinuation and. (Indirectly) warned against another spade fend. Wes should have played his lowest

⠀ Washington, May 18. club to warn against a club feud Automobile production set a and (Indirectly), demand a avade, new post-war record for April, lead. Signals are not used just.. despite the coal strike, the Civi to show high cards but to show lian, Production Administration the wishes to the player; and reported West should have wished for The report said that 152,200 “KAIPAKI" apado ruff, after which he could passenger cars were 'produced, n "KENILWORTH" take the club King to be at the 67 per cent gain over Mareh contract.

Truck production... more than doubled in climbing to 81,282. I said the production Increase wes due principally to the resumption of work by General Motors which“ had book strike bound: for mors than, three, mionths.--Associated Press,

were

Yesterday you

Howard Schenken's, partner and, with both aldes vulnerable you held:

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The biddingt Schenken Jacoby. You Maior.

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N.Y. EXCHANGES.

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New York, May 18, ANSWER: Bid three apados. T.T. on Montreal $0.90.76, Lon- | Three "small- trumps are sufficient don $4.03, Paris, $86.14, răuenos support since your partner bus Aires (free market) $34,40, Blo robid, apados; and your

Kozora!

cora! | de Janeiro' 35.25, Mekiso/#20.06. "atrength justifies another bid... | Amsterdam (forin) 187,80," Brus- Score 100, per dent for three pois : $2.29,- Batavita (gailder) spades; *-60 per cent. for four $37.90, Blagapore 147.50. Bombay Lenader, 80 per cent, for three dia 180.36 Hong Kong $25,26,—A410-

monds, 20 per cent. for pass.. VerQuestión.

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