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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1947.
́ ́A PARATROOPER WOTS DONE } .7
FAHSANDS OF JUMPS INTER ENEMY TERRITORY
1
The King Of The
By.
JACK THOMAS
Scarlet Beret
Spivs
live on theiri fists four months ago 1 was astounded. "It's in- credible," he said. They shape like veterans, **
of
tho
Meet the King of the Spive But if you're expecting a smooth, type in inch-brimmed trilby and Wasp-waisted topcoat with" pad- ded shoulders you're going to be
“Afd, here's example N..$19.00
disappointed. H.K.$30.00
Steely-eyed, hard way. They's hero-worshippers. listed
All right. So we dramatise our club's practical worth. H.K.572.00
ex-paratrooper Georgelves to suit."
Three Nätting Dale schoolboya Long prefer the comfort of a
wanted to go to the pictures, but rusty black Cassock.
they had ng money. They over- For though he's undisputed A few days later the St. Franemie the diffealty by opening holder of the title in one of West cls Boys Club was born. In his the cash box in a public telephone London's toughest districts, nearlet beret and faded khaki klusk with a screwdriver, It Wax where apiva abound and wide bays) tunic with the paratrooper's wings an amateurish job, ánd the law are two a penny, he's also Itoman Father Long tramped his parish, caught up with them. Father Catholle priest in charge of St. bringing in new members. Vic Lon: got on 5.0.5, from the
his team Lane, Impey and Francis Church, Pottery
his hat and brought parents, grabbed more. And among the attractions went along to court to see what Notting Dale.
He is using his fame and his) they had to offer was huxing in- | he gauld do, powers of tenderalip to steer the struction by a team of profes “After I'd given thêm n little, adventurous youngsters of his wionals and Grst-class instears. straight tolking." he told me. parish away from the paths that among them Dave Crowley, ex- "they saw what chups they had
end
Great made of themselves to crline and put them on the lightweight champion of road to good eitizenship. Opened Britsin
and decided only seven months ago in the bay gratuity went, and sil you'll get is now ale of our finest boys a
Joined the đại ly HUB, Thụy Ask Father Lang where hisefali, pnd the leader of the trio
school his boys' club now number is a wide grin—but the 'equip. well as one of our best boxers." 147 members, and Father Long is ment at Trendgold-street wouldn't distant day when they will run it unsiuni, looking forward
ard to the not-lon- disgrace Jack Solomon's (tym: entirely by themselves,
There was no preaching-but
Nothing could better illustrate how strangely irresponsible those in charge of the destinies of this Colrary can on occasion he than the Bill introduced in Legislative Council yesterday, consolidating and amending the restriction of rents. Had the key section of the Bill been drafted by the Colony's
landlords themselves, it of could not have been more con- veniently framed to wreck rent
Worst
Treadgold-street elementary
When war came the 30-year- somehow the bays began to attenį
گاری
Princess
restriction finally and completely and, incidentally, to give fresh Stimulus to the vicious inflation spiral which already is of deep
next) hanging around the street corners, concern to all whose interest it is into uniform and for the
six years served
being tough guys. And soon the military to promote
stable economy chaplain in Ira, Persia, the word was going around that if This is not because Government Middle East, with
the China's you weren't a member of the club. is unaware of, ot, as far as can and with the 2nd Indian Airborne you weren't a real spis. Now the be sem, consciously prepared toj Division, Maybe song of you who membership stands at 147 and it's ignore the slanger. In the Objects read this will have met him and and Reasons, & is plainly stated his purch when he was
remember feeling the weight of Manila that the increases of rent ao-insträctor to his Brigade.
old priest of St. Francis climbed, church on Sundays instead Elizabeth's
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thurised, 30 pri crot, in the case of dwelling houses, and 45 per cent, for business premises, would have heen te ht for the fear that "echanide consequences very serium to the Colony would ful-{
1: cat only he inferred, theretne, Tomitting any sugges allegation that
govern anent has deliberately said our the unfortunate un-in-the-street to vested interests once again) that those responsible for framing the measure are so far detached from realities as to be unable to fore see the consequences which will inevitably flow from the Bill in its present form. In the main, the provisions are unobjectionable They follow reasonably closely the recommendations of the special committee, whose report was published in November of last year, a report which was generally deemed to offer equitable solution of landlord- tenant relationships under 1946)
an
Birthday
still growing. Baxing nights are By Russell Landstrom Tuesday and Friday, but the club boxing is open every evealing for tabl
tengi, hillard- and what-have- you?
Crime Wave Demobbed last year, he came back to find his beloved London In the throes of a erline wave and most disturbing feature many children were among the convlet- lads. ed offenders.
Father Long wandeld what his | could do about it. Then, one day, france, watching he heard a conversation between munce of youngsters ranglig two "flock."
"What sort of a gay is
Bitly saten- the perfor in
to
CARNIVAL
By Dick Turner
THIS WERK
SPECIAL!
MUD PACKS
GREATLY REDUCEDI
12-6
"Why. Mrs. Van Blister! You look better already!"
T.B. Menace: Hitler Leaves A Legacy
Berlin, Mar. 30. The public health specialist
Princess Elizabeth, heir. The British throne, symbol of a The other night I had the war generation bent upon grent The reforms and one of the world's privilege of taking along
ccle. bardier Billy Wells, the first of most pupulur girl whi string of listinguished sporting brate her 21st birthday on visitors I hope to introduce to thi¦ April 21 thus marking the transition from Royal appren- Incredible
ticeship to sterner responsibili-
In the heyday of his power estimated that there are at least For two hours.
tica.
Adolf Hitler launched a potent 05,000 cases of active tuberculosis As the anniversary coincides weapon-tuberculosis-and it is walking the streets of American- with the end of the Royal tour stili kiling thousands of his own cecupled Germany. There are ap.. juvenile oiembers of his age from seven to sixteen. Oc-
casionally a terse comment waght Princess will broadcast to people and endangering the lives proximately 115,000 known active treeps, nccording cases, but less than 20,000 hospi- the escape him. "What
Inotwork priest of yours?" une boy asked "Watch thut nine's work from Cape Town, the speech to
And the other replied: "Co.
Tehne predleted the TB Allun. When I told him that most of E's a spiv. A paratrooper wat's the performers had never had
he the most important she has
In the American zone alone, TBtion will "get worse and continue ever delivered and her audience to killing Germans, most of them to deteriorate" as kng as infect- done fuhaands of jumps inter
probably tife largest she has ad- in the 20-to-10 age group, at the ed persons circulate freely, allow. enemy territory."
tressed,
rate of 700 per month,
the disease to ing them to pass Three days later the King, Lieut. Col. E. J. Dehne, chiet others. This, in turn, will lengthen Queen and Princesses wili sail of the American preventive medi-the death list, already 12,388
It wasn't strictly tree-Fathe dozens, not thousands-but it gave Long numbers his jumpa by him his big idea. That night, round the fire i Treadgold- street schoolroom, Je imiked it over with Vie Ingey, A.B.A. light. heavyweight and soldier of 50th London Division, John Ab
thei bott, ex-R.A.F. bomber navigator, Bernard Donovan, also of the RAF. and professional boxers
"Theat bad buys
The
Fabulous
Gremlins
The Commonwealth and Empire of occupation
to American Military Gavern-tal beds to care for them.
ment records.
in IL.M.S. Vanguard for Eng- Hand and the destiny awaiting the heip presumplive who it is) - predicted wil become more and cine section,
By A DOCTOR
the conceded that
Алтея long in 18 months, Indefinitely.
occupation
Traded Health
more a figure of international scourge Imperils the occupation, Relative to the critical hospital
tature.
forces as well.
sitution, Dehne sald, "uffeteri Legally she becomes respon-| "There are reasons to belleve hospital beds for tuberculosis Charles Gardner, speaking in sible for all her actions just the there will be an increase in in-patients must be provided if the Wally Davis and Jackie Foster. It recent Facts and Figures" same as every other citizen and sidence among military personnel, further sprend of the disease is
It may take years before the dis to be checked. At present a seri reprogramme in the BBC's Gen- he may now Herve as Regent case shows up," he expinned: ous lack of bed space exists and 4 conditions. The snag appears criminals," he said. "They're just eral Oversens Service, talked in the event of the King's ab- not sudden or dramatic like German civil health authorities in the definition of what is meant, out for excitement. We've got to about a race of people "nat sened or incapacity."
VD. But there will be in Increase have been unable to augment under the heading of premises give them their thrills the right directly affected by Arts
She will continue with most among Americans simply
their hospital space to provide the Parliament nor International; of her studies, though probably cause they are being exposed to essential sanatorium and hospita which will no longer be subject
Agreements" - the fabolous
100 Years Ago Today
and
infectious cases."
it." more informal basis.
is being Special attention
Dehne said the present rocket.bed space for treatment of all Gremlins.
given to constitutional history. the Nazi regime's neglect of fun have practically wiped out tuber. ing TB rate is a direct result of
Claiming that "Germany could "Now," said Charles Gardner,
Intimates affirm that she has damental safeguards "I did once start to compile an unshakeable faith in the fu- health"
of public culosis, Deline went on to de service history of the Gremlius ture of the Commonwealth and
us known to the flying bout that prophecies of Britain's de- squadrons of Coastal Command.cline from a major power-re-
WAN
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BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
By Shepard Barclay
"The Authority on Authorities”
TRY OTHER FOUR-CARDER
in clubs and whereas
д
pro-
to rent restriction, by the words! "extensive repairs." If a landlord has at his own cost carried out "extensive repairs." he is at liberty to charge what rent hel,
scribe how the Nazle traded their citizen's health for na DITÁS likes. Clearly, then, the meaning
machine. attached to extensive repairs'
No Programme (Extracts from the files of the That Gremlins first served in parts of which have reached her
"It is a surprising fact that a goes to the root
of the whole "China Mail" of April 11. 1847). flying boats is well known and the other members of the no
"Under the Nazis there existed tuberculosis programme, was net measure and the principle of rent!
where programme of tuberculosis developed In a country restriction. What do we find? ecived from the Mandarin at Cow-into a general R.A.F. organisa- mission--strike her as ridicul aflicted persons had not received highly developed and where t
On Friday information was re- and. In fact, they didn't expand Royal family on their present control, with the result that many centralized authority had been so The Bill's definition is "repairs loon that two large pirate junks tiun until this war. Incidentally ous.
proper treatinent for several a large propertion of the poptt in respect of which the expense were moored near the Ly-moon despite whatever has been st incurred amounts to not less than Passage and a request was made or written on this subject-the the future queen's programme suffering from the disease, so that
Travel will Ggure vitally in despite the fact that they were tro
years. Thy were urged to work, lation was under regimented con- the equivalent of the standard to the Governor
that he would Gremlin Corps never, at
The Nazis could have put into Tent of the premises for one year." send out a steamer and seize them time, worked with any
any and voyages to Australia and no man hours would be lost in use the beat methods of case. other Canada will be made in a few building up the This, to put it bluntly, makes is sold that the Mandarin of service but the R.A.F.
Nazi war ma- dinding existing in any country chine," he said.
and could have reduced tuber. They years.Associated Press. sheer nonsense of rent control. Tered to pay for the coal. The never had any need to. Being
culosis to a role Insignificance," day was allowed to pass, and at
Dehne contended. "The govern. It is only necessary for a land-10 o'clock at night, Captain Me. as my wife will agreea met-
ment had under its control the lord to spend, in the case of a Quhae was informed of the pre- hadical man-I did put all that
majority of the nation's youth and European flat, about $1,800, sence of the junks and ordered to
I was told down in a notebook |
young adults who were in the taking $150 a month as the capture them. The boats were at which appropriately
period of life where tuberculosis average pre-war standard rent, once got into the water and labelled 'R.A.F. Laboratory
makes its greatest inroads.” and he can increase the rent to manned with a large number of Notes-Official Use Only*)-unil $400 a month, recoup himself in men. After an arduous night's from this book I have
Legacy Of Death six months, and then make a work they reached the south side entangled certain basic facts. I long nose at our rent restriction in time to see the junks sall away the old Flight Lieutenants, and
Military Government files show of the island in the morning just These facts are argoed by all
this, the Hitler legislators. Where Chinese tene after having plundered the town are, I think unchallengeable.
one in trumpa, that, instead of
Government Jasinched ments are concerned, the amount of Stanley! The boats returned The first Gremlin was highted)
a No Trump gume
unbeatable, paganda campaign of reassurance, invalved would be about $200 10 on Saturday morning about 101 and duly reported at Felixstowe your bidding a pretty fair.per with the declurer whether There are limits to the infection
A pretty fair rule to apply to Would have been
issuing such announcements entitie a claim for de-control. o'clock, men No more than would be required, thoroughly fagged. The "Scout" now of air rank, who was en- the showing of an as yet un-
officers by 'n Scots Wing Commander, centage of the time applies to East or West, and against any possibility of tuberculosis,...only lead-scoring three tricks in the coughing tuberculosis patient in fact, than to put on a coat of immediately got under way, but gaged in testing
in is infectious to his neighbourhood whitewash! To treat of such whether she had gone in pursuit flying bont. He took the thing you know your side has eight clube and either one in
a Stranraer numed fair-card sult. Whenever spades, four in hearts, une
dia-the disciplined tuberculosis patient is practically less danger. ous to adults under normal work- figures and regard them as re-/of the pirates-a service for which up and brought it down again cards of a major, through your l'monds or another in clubs. presenting an outlay involving her commander is well qualified complaining that it was right partner's messages, support of ed by neglect of either East or human is in modern traffic
The entire trouble was causing conditions than the average "extensive repairs," bearing
unwing heavy. Some re-rigging that is usually the first cholec.
The Nazi legacy cf death is mind huilding and re-decorating|
took place-but he still insisted Lacking that, a No Trump callWest to bid a four-card minor. custs in Hong Kong today, is to
in dealing with selfah and: stub that the fault was there. and may be advisable if you have The first wrong call was West's further intensified by difficulties make mockery of the whole busi- that a deep-laid sch Car State consequently a flight sergeant all unbid suits soundly stepped, raise to 2-Spades when holding born German health officials, ness, laughable but for the menace has been discovered within the rigger was sent up with him But, if neither of those condl-only three, whereas he should Dehne said. Their lack of adapt the definition carries for hundreds city. The Inhabitants have always feet over the harbour the pilot qld a major of you own, a call/ Would have steered the side ́into sanatoria nearly impossible in of tenants and the danger to the been inimical to the Turtan ruie, pointed excitedly to starboard of another stopped
check. At two thousand tions exists and you cannot re- have bid 24Diamonds, which ability has made establishment of Colony's economy which the Bill and since the
No Trump game, since' East localities which want nothing to do with the dreaded tuberculars. purports to provide against. Left has been strengthened by the evi and sald 'Look Flight-you can suit may be the key to reaching clubs stopped. The second Also, doctors have shown reluc
bid was East'x 2-No tance to establish new hospitals Bill will serve to de-control thement. The Triad and other polit down.' Well that was the first as it stands, Clause 3 (c), of the dent weaknes of the Govern, see the. Ittle an and Bon-how the best contract.
-weighing
Trumpa, when 3-Clubs would under present cutch-as-catch-car right wing. bulk of all the residential pre-maturing their schemes, and a re- Gremlin operation and the kal societies have been gradually
have given West enough infor- conditions where improvisation is mation to bid the
Dehne sald-United perty that has been newly oc volt was
No Trump cupied since August 16, 1945 view of placing on the Imperial tion we all know so well today." S. K Q 2.
the forerunner of the vast organism
'game without worry, in view of:
his own diamond stoppers. There must be few buildings that throne a descendant at the old
15. A 8 5 4 Third among Charles Gardner then
the bad bids. did not require a little plumbing, Chinese dynasty. A force of about a fully documented report on D. QJ53
gavo H. AKQN
H. J.7 5
was West's 3-Spades, which waS a window fixed and colour-wash-60,000 men was organiked, and the mischievous doings of, the C85
WED. 4.2. extremely unsound after East's,
London, Abr. 9. Fing, before they were "reasonably tho treason only detected by Gremlin tribe-"of their growth
[C. AJ, 9 3 2.No Trumps had warned him Radio Moscow tonight sald habitable." All of them now be seizure of two conspiraters in the from childish things like swing-
the spades were only four cards that Generalissimo Stalin to- come subject to any rent increase palace of Keying. They were Ing on ailerons to the
long. West could have anyed the day received Mr Harold Stas great the landlord chooses to imposes there on purpose to assassinate planified operations such as the
bacon there by bidding 3-Dia- son. The broadcast said: "the As for the future, the section m, and their detection has led removal of Gibraltar or
monds, and East then could have Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. opens up the entire field for ex to the arrest about 40
of the Audden. lowering of the earth's
bid the game in No Trumps Vyacheslav Molotov, was pro- ploitation by unscrupulous land principal conspirators,
Aurface by ten feet, just ha air-
without a worry, in view of his sent at the Interview. cluba. But after the 3-Spaden, "On April 9" the broadcast Southat could do nothing but go said, "The President of the to a spade game in rubber play: 'Council of Ministers of the as he did.
USSR, LIE V. Stalin," "received ons of the prominent loaders of the Republican Party in ... the United States, Harold Stassen,
folds. Na protection is afforded
the tenant, against the invasion of
in or
on a cruise is to us
known.
Our letters from Canton
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not distant with
for
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C. 10 7 6 3 (Dealor: West.. craft were landing. But, to be vulnerable.) fair," he added, "I do want to West emphasise this. The Gremlins 1 ⠀ Pass were never malicious. Nor did 2 S Pass
North
fourcard
bad
East-West
East 18. 2 NT Pana 4 S
Panj Pass
must, Press.
STASSEN SEES STALIN
a landlord with his contractor's Attorney General professes to lie men, insisting on the necessity most concerned to protect, will of rendering the premises "reason-be the first and worst sufferers, they deliberately endanger life. S ably habitable, except perhaps The whole point and purpose of They child-If properly treated, Among alx bids made by Enat expensive litigation, which means the Bill is threatened by this ill- oven co-operate rather, thun and West, three of them were With a doubleton opposite a Present at the occasion were, that more, often than not the yic considered clause, and befure the hinder, though 1 balleve un auch definitely bad, and ultimately five-card nult headed by the the Foreign Minister of the tim will decide that it is cheaper Second Reading, we would sug-occasions, they had to report to resulted in a bad and unmak- ace-king-Jack, uniter what USSR. Molotov, and Mr. Cook, to surrender!! The poorest gest, the carrying out of "exten sergant Granlin in writing able contract. The defenders circumstances abould the finesso accompanying Mr. Stassen,
Fanit 'In triplicate, classes whose interests the Hon.Jtive repairo,"
A took two tricks in diamonds, one bo-tried on the Arab sound? - United Presse
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