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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1940.

A Christmas Sreial Story

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"Miso Trent," the Elliott boy predicted, "there may be Christ. mas carolin', but I think trore's going to be plenty of trouble."

"Now I'm going to appoint some committees," Marion satd. "Les Morgan and Mike Elliot will build something to resemble Greplace and chimney. Build It at the window hear my desk. Sonia can enter through the win- dow and emerge from the Arts place," She went an appointing other committees. torcing

the Inctions to work together. Then she played an ace and printed un the blackboard:

THE PRICE OF BELF

Snow River Grass Valley Big Coulee

Sentter Creek Tuder each locality, she wrote this price beef was bringing at the centres, Mike Ellioti shipping watched her Bel down the figures, "Dongone 11. Seniter Cirek beef is the lowest. And B's the best. The trouble in those Morgans--" He stopped and choked back the remainder. "I guess those figures concluded

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The Daily. through she studies in order to work, perform their committee and Maricar did not for one min- ute allow

the them to forget witmer of the Eagle-Bear con- test would not have to take find examinations.

Bill Gallop dropped afternoon, "I hear you've invite ing the Elliott and Morgaas old,

In on

"I don't think much of this, Those haunted faces would re- Christinas business," Dolph miuin with her for a long time grumbled, "but I'll felt 'em." to come. She fell ayleep that Marlon a similar message night, wondering if the women

Rent to the Margin women, then be would

linic the low price of gan to worry over the outcome, beef with the fact they had to What would happen when Mor make instead of buy Christmas Cer- gan and Elliott women met under gifts for their children, the same root

tainly, both Elliott and Morgan women had looked at the figures on

Jeff Morgan's Alma was the first married woman to arrive. She had left her cheerful, grin- ning baby home, and without him! in her arms, she looked les trail.

By Frank Richardson Pierce

the blackboard during the discussion.

Thanks to the competition be-

and the Engles

Bears, tween

MYSTERY MIGRATIONS FLIGHTS CAUSED BY

Pope's Xmas Broadcast

Vatican City, December 22.

The Vatican Radio sald today that the Christmas Eve message of Pope Pius XII will be broadenst in 20 languages.

The English translation will be broadcast on wave lengths of 19.87 and 31.00 metre's at 0530 GMT on December 24 (Romo date). -Associated Press.

*****

Woman Involved In Scandal?

A spring-wagon load of Morgans plus the carrying out of Christ-

next. followed by canio

two mis

<inys plans, the

passed Jons of Elliott womira,

swiftly. And then, Just 115 were really Most of the women were thin Marlon felt things and tired. Marion could see each in hand, a rifle shot rang out on was haunted by fear of the feud, the still afternoon air.

The Mothers feared for husbands and

report ድነነሮ from the road above and she ran to the window, thankful the children

Tokyo, December 22, were well on their way home.

A leading woman Diet mem- She looked up and saw Jed bec, Mrs Shizuo Kato, was sun- Morgan driving a badly skidding moted by Tokyo procuratorn yes- buckboard down the switchback. ferday for questioning for alleg- His sister-in-law, Alma, clutch-eil involument in the Govern ing the baby in her arma, was ment textile scandal. bending low. As they rounded!

Mrs. a sharp en, the buckboard nl-

Kato is charged with

Vemura, and rolled

from Kiyoshi bounced out

magnate and the central figure the rocky slope. It

in the scandal. the contents scattered. Morgan slumped in his seat just

Again the rifle cracked.

as he was putting on the brake to make the next curve. buckboard lied on two wheels.

back.

Ulited again rolled overturned.

ATOMIC

ENERGY?

New York, December 22. Atomic energy may have started the mysterious migration of birds from ano continent to an- other.

This energy, coming from radioactive heat in the earth, split continents apart, and very slowly separated them by thousands of miles of water.

of drifted theysende miles The splits came between bird } feeding and nesting grounds. apart. As the waters widened, counts less generations of birds learned wills, of

cross the water and return once a year.

The extreme example is the Arctic term, which annually flies 10.000 miles, from Ia nesling grounds in North Ainerlen, to feeding grounds in the Antarctic continent.

Dr. Wolfe and Dr. Bailey

Stanford University," said that ก!! the continents, oceans and mountain ranges can of be explained by the action atomic energy, in the form of rndlo-activity zero

to 100 miles deep in the earth.

This radioactivity heats under- Kround rocks from time to time, sometimes over underground nrens thousands of miles wide The theory of migration was This swells the molten rock so offered before the Geological So- that It pushed up blistarst at the elety of Amerlen by Dr. Albert] surface. Wolfson, of North Western Un- Bilinols, The versity. Evanston, new atomic energy explanation WHA re-

for most upset. A large package having received one million yen ter continent-splitting

wives sugs- young

feared thele husbands, And they were nimost too wenry to hate each other. The Elliotts gathered on one side of the room, the Mar- Karis on the other.

buzze Conversation

unt Marion stood up. then the fined foces Hited and eyes studied her "Perhaps

the chil cork usly

en fave told you of the com-

relebration," she began. Marion screamed as

down broke and

Ject

The

and

she saw

folks to Christinas tree" heren't posed to know/ Alma and the baby hit the slope

said "That's the craziest

i ever di bear. I'm going to 1 Gland with a pusse, to check the sinughter.**

rel sub and whiskers

ents for

this, but they are making baby bounced several times and len feet below the road. The

that I've told you, and be pro- yuts, so don't let on

eyes.

textile

to determine whether this money The procurators are attempting was a bribe--Reuter,

ported by Dr. C. W. Wolfe, uf Boston University.

For many

geologists years have believed that continenta long ago apped apart and-then

PHILOSOPHER TO VISIT COLONY

Palo Alto, December 22.

A Stanford University expert on philosophies and re- ligions of the Orient will sail today for six months of studies in China, India, Siam and Coylon.

guides will

was lost In the brush. Alma when the time crawled toward it, while Jed "You're going to buy yourself a

perly surprised

roiled n good hundred feet be comes."

dense and be Santa Claus," Marion told him.

Something of warnith, of light, fore disappearing into a

The horseg raced alled the steadfast

Bere thicket, "Meg

almost Galle

and there women speechless "I never done ang-

whispered away, kicking the buckbound in-

to splinters as they ran. thing like that in my

iife,

I've found out what most of the

Marion looked up as the taket children would like to

lind in shook his head, "You sure know

In their stockings and

I've

hought shot rang out, Briefs, she saw

Mules and hardy Dolph Elliatt how to make slaves out of free

Dr. Frederic Spiegelborg wwill, outlined against the interfal so that He sighed. "TH tv

you can

make the trip under a Rocko-j be required to reach the isolated); your

hard sky, then he their presents, Santa Claus,

This the bright, but que should be done during the day put his binck station down on feller grant aboard the Presi- monasteries and hermit caves

the slopes of 28,000 foot Kanchen- six-gups, ready to

to quell the riot."

sheer slope. It was they are In 5620, Several days later, when Dulgil

And daring, thrilllog bit of horse- He will debark at Hong Kong Junga. called, she authed some of her thing

I suggest that you deliver every-

Marlon saw Umat manship.

he and visit briefly at a Buddhist schoolhouse n the Christmas

tlan. plans

for the monastery. Christmas so that thicke! lato which Jed Morgan days before

was hearing directly would like to meet all the Elliott

Then he will fly to Bangkok Santa Claus women at the schadhouse next pick.",

had taken cuver. She hardly for a week in another Duddhist Thursday afternoon," she said ***

Two months will be An hour of discussion follow-remembered leaving the school- monastery. cant them to start making giftsed, during which the rival fac-house, running into the

cabin spent in Southern Indiis, for their children thongs

e picking up the sholgun 33111 In May, he will go to remote Gallop had lent her.

Tibetan maseries, high in the (To Be Continued Tomorrow)) Himalayas,

when

can make up

thol tits regarded

can be hung on a Christmas free. ' dismiss the children, so they won't h around hearing the plans,"

to

harl

polite be

Ench cuciously, imekward when thes full

two

almost

icaned

cach other

over and, gone. Marion

cry.

POP

like having a guid

MEISLER'S ATH.

THERES, A STRANGER

BIRD

IN THIS

dent Wilson,

HE'S BEEN HERE

LAST SINCE

SANCTUARY SIR

CHRISTMAS!

MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN

DON'T BE 50 ROUGH, FISHFACE/

YOU GOT US INTO THIS! YOU JUST HAD TO SAY GOOD-BYE TO HIM/

THERE SHE GOES! THERE'S A MAN

WITH HER!

INTO YOUR BOAT! WE'LL FOLLOW THEM!

the

+

Still Growing

mountains and Theen form continents. The bilatera collapse, Dr. Wolfe said, and ocean waters fill the depress- alons.

This filing is slow and ac- counts for the apparent drifting of continents. It accounts for the known fact that there are now great oceans In some places that were once large continents.

The atomic energy work has not stopped and Dr. Willis, said:

"The carth is still growing from below."—Associated Press.

Less Aid For Britain

Paris, December 21. The Executive Committee of the Organisation of European

dis- Co-operation Economic

His headquarters for a month will be Pomlongchi, one of most important of the laminseries. He has spent ten years stuity- Ing Sanscrit and Pali, dialect of the early Buddhist seriptures. He la speaks Latin, Greek, Hebrew, German, French and English. $840 million.

Associated Press.

Wattle I do?

NO, MANDRAKE, THIS IS MY AFFAIR! LET

¡ME SEE IT

THROUGH ALONE!

closed today that Britain has. reduced her second year Mar- shall Ald requirements by 25 per cent from $1,263 million to

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The Committee, giving Umates of ERP atd required for the year starting July 1 next, sold that only three nations--- Norway, Greece and Turkey-- had asked for more in the second year,

The American-controlled Ger man Bizone asked for about the same. The Committee began to day considering the $4,300 m2- Ilon second-year old programme to be submitted to European Re- covery Administrator, Mr. Paul G. Hoffman, In Washington.

· The total ald collmated for the 1 Marshall Plan nations next your was 9.7 per cent less than for the first year.-Router.

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