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WINDOW ON THE WORLD

STRIKES AND "GO-SLOW" MOVEMENTS ARE FASHION

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Good Morning!

Very fat people go to a doctor when they get a cold. They go to the movies instead

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Strikes and go slow" move- all at home again-threatening to Monster rained its humed back necidents, loss of luggage and ments are apparently in fashion stop wil housework and let the from the dark waters of Loch Ness | overcharging. the world over.

children starve unless their hus- in Scotland. In that time the There In only

one stipulation. banda ended their strikes Immo- Monster-or s. near relatión-ap- Kemaloy Correspondent, G. D. diately,

The Indian Government is lay- pears to have travelled' far.

McCormick, has discovered that It's latest stop on an almost the would-be holidaymaker must ing the Mahatma's voice recorded In the Free Territory of Trioste round-the-world tour is the Pacifle take the agents advice as regards for posterity. Soon they will, ba David Leo has recently como coast of Mexico, Here, tourists everything he insures against, able to meet Red propaganda with

nature of Which, in-the

the the proper Ga

Gandhi across some "Iron Curtain" escape' have seen what they describe us

that tho enter. scheme, abans prising agent must be something of a weather-forecaster an well.

This week the "Window" upeita un Tokyo where 140 employees in a coal merchant's office hava、just staged a sit-down strike in the Company director's room in sun. port of a demand for higher

wager.

How they all got into the one room is not revealed, but to make matters worse the strike fever, Aprend to their wives waiting at home, Left without house keeping money the wives appealed to the MAIL | local" Food-Office for emergency deliveries. When these were re- fused they followed In their husbands footsteps, marched on the oflice--and staged a sit-down strike An the Emergency Card department.

SNOW-TO Patrick, wife of Henry Martyn Snow, on the Freuch 14th July,

thes at Hospital, a son, Christopher fluzkit

CHINESE PETITION

The movement for govern- ment reform in Hong Kong is carried a step further by the petition from 142 Chinese commercial and labour or ganisations, to be handed to the Governor tomorrow.

This "unified front" comes out in direct opposition to the Lo plan to drop the Municipal |. Council idea, and puts for- ward its own ideas for re-

modelling the Legislative

Council.

as

our

At this stage, writes Richard Rationing Hughes, the Chief. Officer decided that it would take n strike to end a strike.

Sit-Down In The Home

Calling his Ataff together he Loid them to march on the suburbs and organise a sit-down strike in the homes of the absent workers and their wives.

The counter measure succeeded. Within-ne hour the wives

were

THERE'S NO

FORGOTTEN MAN IN

AMERICA

There is no such thing in America as the Forgotten Man.

Home Americanus has been thoroughly indexed, cruss-Indexed, quizzed, polled, measured mans-obeer ved that the Govern-

and

By JOHN ASHWIN

As usual, however, the experta have come forward with a far more rational explanation. The monatór, they tell Cecil Clark, is most probably nothing more citing than a sub-branch of the order of squalido jiïgiostomes,

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stories that rival even the "a primitive-looking and terrible dramatin stories of the war days, monster hundreds of feet long.

Escape No. 1 concerns a Yugo- slav engineer who

to managed reach a

on the Yugoslav town the frontier not far from Trieste After studying the town's drain- age system he then slipped through | a maze of anwerk until ho was

washed into a river flowing into To those who are prepared to Italy.

And even this ' exciting, the ex- Escape No. 2 is the story of aperta add the reminder that, being Yugoslav diplomat whose furniture transisted, this means the monster was being unloaded from a rail is just an extra large sting ray way wagon in Italy recently. As the last of the furniture was taken from the van his relations found the diplomat himself at the bottom only just alive after nearly two weeks without food ar, water,

Grim Reminder

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Not all escapes are so muccean- fut, however. As a grim reminder of this and of conditions behind the Iron Curtain, Lee describes bow the whole pesulation of a annil Yugoslav village recently tried a mans escape. As the started frontier pollee ambushed them. Only 10 managed to cross the frontier. What happened to the rest is unknown but the name of Lidice rings strangely familiar.

Insure Your Holiday

Modernising The Form

Co-Prosperorg

Olympics i

Na, Myrtle, the not a mountain in Japan where Hirohito and the Mirarib Min. sit

--Asin:

I went to a seance, To relieve the tedium. It wam' too good

What is the best way to moder- nise a farm house. The answerggether discussing the future of one

To might think, would Introduce running water" and a bathroom.

Not so in

America however. Acrats in the States, where seven out of 10 farms have nothing more up-to-date than a well in the hackyard, modernisation comes in

different way.

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Rather than face the expense of Installing running water and modern plumbing, farm fantilles are buying radion, vnewum cleaners, refrigerators and even the most modern washing ma- chines.

Just medium.

spirit of America Sir Stafford Likes John. Snyder likes Cripps.... Stealthily London Starts licking its lipst Soon we'll be seeing from kind

Uncle Sam Shiploads and Shiploads

and

SHIPLOADS of SPAMI He bought her a sapphire ring Dizl and she let him hug her. when he wanted to buy her a diamond bracelet she sent him on his way.

So widespread in fact has the go-modern trend become that a census held to discover its effect on the city markets, has revealed that American farmers buy, as

radios

and ultra-modern | ther gadgets.

an their in the cities.

Holiday wonther is often un- predictable, but disappointment in A fortnight of grey skies may noon be countered if an insurance scheme popular in Cannblanen *preads further afield.

many For modest premium, an en-į labour-saving

colleaguer Casablanca husiness terprising

Are no

Sapphire and no far-

The prospective tonant looked: round the room. "The window is a. bit small. Not much use in an emergency," he objected.

man offers to insure all customers As a result, the radio blaring

rain and against rai

storm during from a farmhouse, the grand piano their annual search for the sun.

Heen through the window, and the

"There won't be an emergency," there. Nor does the scheme and exotus

yard

indication

na to snapped the landlord. "My terms. Realising that a score more thin luxury car parked in the farm

-une "should siny besides bad weather ning upset a whether

the are monthly and in advancel" are night." insure holiday, the agent

"Draughts int church. Churt railway holidaymakers ngainst

As likely an not, writes Clifford strikes, hotel accommodation can- Hulme, bath-night is still only congregation want something cellations, ill health, financial once a week-in a galvanised-done." It is 15 years since the often crlsen which cause poor rates of wash-tub in front of the kitchen seen but never proved Loch Nessi exchange, delays in travelling, air fire.

Canada Wants To Buy

Hundred

Young Mr America likes his -Many adventurous

British

Times More

for

жего

By PATRICK NICHOLSON

has

plant. Canada no longer consists

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Somebody's chess weak?'

A friend arriving at the home of Mrs. Stewart o' the Dracs after many years away Introduced her- self by saying, "D'ye mind ma face?" The good lady

respond

ed, "Well div I, Evle, come awa" ben." Evie confided to me later that she expected a retort like. "Yes, I objects to it very much," in Mrs. Stewart's best English. Nipped Again Boon? Another Shylock, in another age, Also loved gold but was a bit

more sage....

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term used In

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of small settlements which can be The Missing Link represented allowed to

to pollute the rivers. the highest point of evolution at Every city and town needs

Britain

The

Lawrence 2,000-mile St. inland seaway will soon pass from

dreams engineers'

to the construc- tion stage. British firma could sup-

as it wore..

The latter proposals seem certain to be regarded as re- volutionary by the Colonial Office. as they would, if adopted framed, imply eventual control of the Hong ment knows everything about him Kong government by non- from

the size of his short-36 British citizens. This parti- inches to his favourite colour, While Britain is cut off from and transported to smelters which citles. Britain could supply the Canada's vast supplies of food themselves are not yet constructed. earth-moving equipment, the bull- cular difficulty has always which is blue.

The Under the statistical microscope cause she lacks dollars, great

raging waterfalls of dozers and the steam rollers. been recognised by thinking Mr. America is revealed as a very new

development schemes in Canada's rivers must be harness-

Many Needs Certainly, aliens people.

ordinary fellow

Not one of her cities has an un-

And could give Uncle S. some with a two-day | Canada could provide British en- ed to supply electric power one American may be in the vast major- beard. Only

in gineering Brm, with the oppor- these developments. Less than one derground railway, British firms

good advice in must,

seven, shaves every day, and it is tunity to earn ity-and

each year up to fifth of this alor supply is used

Blow getting after the About a serpent that may sting shaving £800,000,000-ten times as much

Toronto underground, but they one twice! opinion, be given adequate 500 to one against his

twice daily. He also starts to as Britain spenda

Canadian

could get the job as consulting en- representation but it is unshave on the right side of his face. food at present.

gineers and constructora for the Said Myrtle, straightening the derstandable that Britain is Six weeks of his life

Bre spent

seams of her nylons, a-glance to Montreal underground. and if his unwilling to take any step having his hair cut,

Yet last. year Britain managed i

Even Ottawa, Canada's capital, leg isn't Just a h beard to earn less than one hundredth

not got sewage disposal cricket. which would prejudice her wife lets him grow

throughout married life.he woult of the £600,000,000 Canada hds rule in the Colony.

Home to spend." finally be trailing around Unofficial electees. the 18 feet of whiskers. Chinese petition says, should be in a majority of at least girl friend to look glamorously pioneers garnered fabulous riches now, yet Canada and the U.S. are seware installations, andern the time he axlated. The Ape-X two over the officials, and I conspicuous, but when aho becomes in the fur trade when that was both short of electricity. Britain has not you made a sale here.

To could supply the turbines and most| there should be no nominees, his wife he prefers her to dress the only business in Canada.

more quietly.

day Britain's Merchant Adven- of the electrical equipment. to prevent the people's TC- The average American marries turers could reap even richer re Canada is already the world's

from presentatives

being at 27 and becomes a father at wards in the development of the largest supplier of aluminium. plans to duplicate her swamped. In an ordinary 32. Unlike his wife, he would many 20th century enterprises in New she country this would be a fair refer to spend his, average 21 Canada. And today no sudden huge plant at Arvida in the Indian years of marriage in a single bed death from a Red Indian toma country by building another in Bri- plea, but in our case London and would grouse that it (the hawk would threaten them from tish Columbia. is likely to reply that this bel) is too short. He is generally behind every tree....

Conada herself is still a de- veloping community. She has not would entail British policy most quarrelsome at breakfast,

more often than not because he The opening up of the unequalled even got a high road crossing the being swamped. The in-

thinks his wife talks too much treasure trove of minerals in the country from East to West. digenous reaction to that is on a normal that under the Lo plan, for 218,000 words way he utters come unexplored Northland is making needs roads to link up her new

Commonwealth, There are jobs instance, there is a balance varec novels. His wife speaks 20 this the richest country in the of power which, with the faster than he

In shops Bir. America is more Governor's power of veto, polite than his wife. He does only emphatically favours the12% of the family buying, dis officials and nominees. This, likes purchasing hats and hand- ho they claim, means that elect kerchiefs, but knows what

anything ed members would have not rarely returns

doesn't count

small real say whatsoever, and the He eats than his wife but ply all the machinery needed status quo would be main worries less about his weight than wrest those riches from the earth. about his 50-50 chance of going This is the fick! which Mr Harold tained. This, there can be

bald. His wife begins plucking out wason, President of the Board of her grey

He goes Trade, described on his recent tour hairs at 35. 40. grey at 40.

as Britain's greatest opportunity Three hours a year are spent today in the Canadian market. winding his watch, and about six hours stroking the cat if he is Canada has had to buy most of one of the one in four Americans her machinery from the U.S. in the

past. who own one.

British engineering firms, Though America reads which have had the experience of fewer books than his wife he reads drilling all wells, mining metals, more newspapers and more of building roads and rallways, and each newspaper, and he is less apt constructing docks among all the return of King Leopold to the than she is to peep at the end of black races of the Empire, have throneton Cauvelnert was givenj

little doubt, is what the in-

tention is.

faster than he does.

more

Mr.

the longth of

British

for all at the highest wagen over paid anywhere in any country.

Our Opportunity

But Canada herself cannot sup-

to

overlocked the greater opportunity

. An important aspect of the scheme being presented to- morrow is that six of the 11 unofficials would be Chinese, who "need not necessarily be British subjects." This is hardly likely to be accept able to London, but a case can be made out for it.

a mystery novel. Many people are blinded by Medically, marriage is good for the term "British subjects," Mr. America. On the average he livas 20% longer than a bachelor. unconsciously taking it as

It is also statistically proved that

In Alberta lie the biggest of do- guaranteeing the complete he prefers blondes, for fair wives posits in the Empire so ble that loyalty of

they alone could supply the whole those

outnumber persons.

brunettes by 30% Odd but true, if Mr. America's world for over 100 years. But pro- This is an obvious fallacy. wife should disappear, the chances duction has had to be cut down be Conversely, a Chinese from are 100 to one that he will never cause of lack of equipment. across the border who has got the police to look for her. But

there is only a slight chance that | dio

Cabinet Crisis In Belgium

The list seems endless. And even

ply the docks and canal gates. when all these projects have been completed, there will always be demand for repairs and extensions. Canado apent over £750,000,000 in this field last year. She will spend She at least 10 per cent. more

year

this

But of this huge sum, ten times na much as Britain needed to pay

เมนู for all the food she bought in Canada last year, this country could only find British finns will- ing to take orders for a paltry £7,000,00 This field is not only an

Britain.

it in a challenge, to

British Traders used to bring

Brussels, July 13. home ships full of valuable furs.

M. Frans Van Cauwelaert, Today, by selling machinery, they veteran Catholic politician who could bring home ships full of even is trying to bring Belgium's more valuable bacon, beef, eggs, parties together in a new Gov-am and all the other foods

plentiful on the broad seres ernment Coalition, said here to- Canada, Britain's "Unknown Do- night that he has placed con- minion," which is, bigger than the crete proposals before the party whole of Europe. seaders.

It is believed that his proposals include the holding of a popular consultation of the people on the

among their white brothers in this the task of negotiating between the parties after the resignation "Unknown Dominion."

16 days ago of M. Paul Henri- Spank's Coalition Cabinet and the failure: by M. Paul Van Zeeland, Catholic ex-Premier, last week to form a new Government.

Steel pipelines, 2,000 miles long,

At a conference tonight, M. Van Cauweinert gave the impression that he believes the crisis may be long drawn out. Observers here

not become nationalised,. but will disappear, which prq- with booster pumps, are needed to feel that no solution is-likely be- | who has lived here many years, may be keenly in bably goes to show that Mr. pipe the oll to market. Refineries fore next week.

America, with two-day beard and of all his faults, isn't such a bad a sort of chap.. CLIFFORD HULME

M. Van Couwelaert said that he visualising a three-party Gov- crnment of Liberals, Socialists and Catholics as the best that Belgium can, have. In the present sirgum-

are needed. All this Britain, with her know-how gained in other oil-is fields, could supply. Other pipe lines are needed to pipe the huge natural gas supplies to market.

In Labrador and Northern Que-

stances -Reuter,

lavour of continuarice British rule, and have strong. feeling of community with Hong Kong.

However, as it seems most Chinese organisations show- improbable that alien mem-ed their dislike of nomina- bee lies the iron ore which will soon becoms the principal supply

BRITISH ARMS · bers of the Legislative Coun- tion, and there is much to for all the greedy factories of cif would be considered by be said for their view, Pro- North America. The ore is near BUYING IN U.S. the Colonial Office at this vided other safeguards are the surface of the earth and can

· London, July 13. Britain is buying be be fined simply with mechanical

very few time, we think this might maintained, there can

blooper

armaments or other. defence wisely have been put aside little excuse for this unde-

stores from. the United States. for the time being, and the mocratic policy. We repeat; A railway is needed to carry the the Defence Minister, Mr. A.V. question of the electorate our previous assertions that one through the hundreds of miles Alexander, said in a Parliamen being composed of all rate-it-is-vitally necessary at this of forest to a part, Docks aretary reply today, payers, whatever their na- time to convince the people needed, and ships to carry the ore Because of the dollar shortage being kept down to the lowest possible level tionality, should have been that they will have some market. Britain could supply all these imports

and are declining, he said. Pur played up.

real say in the affairs

In Quebec a large depoelt of chases consist entirely of essen- Both there and in the their own government, how titanium has just been found. In tial spares for American-type Municipal Council, which over obvious it is that ex- the Arctic possibly the world's aircraft and other equipment al- they demanded must be treme aspirations must be richest deposit of lead has been ready in service, be added --

discovered. These must be mined, Reuter, formed as promised, the I kept in check.

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