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THREE MILLION IN

A TYRANT'S TOILS

Mrs. Miles, one of a suc eersion of old charmers who have been our daily help, would not answer the tele- phone.

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By JOHN KIRK NELSON

which its inventor naver dreath! shu which enables it to ring when you ve Jet Fedeled th most interesting part of a story, We have lost ove

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sed you."- "You've What?"" 3,000,000 Frankenstein subsel sold MISSED you."--Speak up

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mind."—"Never mind what?"-"Nothing."-"What do you sound so erva about? and so it goes on.

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A saving grace

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How wise my mother Was furtive people who refuse to have their name in the telephoneof dll, that normal convergallón directory, allow the bell to ring could be safely undertaken, und without answering. leave the re-then-and only then-take the Peiver off-or forfeit for ever the monster in hand.

ttle privacy the modern Stati iruves to in citizens.

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America, Imagination buggle at what the machine Alxpuder must have done to that machine talk loving people. It to troule that Hell should have chosen --the cradle of American liberty Boston A the birthplace of the thephone, the tyrant of today.

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Dollar faces devaluation

'A Crippstease'?

To

irreverent

Hitler pattern in Russia

to dock Secretary of the Treasury been to exallant. His Foir Deal here, of whom I count nywelt as President Truman says so, and, Prosiifent Trumna link never, you will then return to your fang Jolin Snyder. Yet rumours persist, has proved to be a benny vote- one," particularly in Wall Street, that getter. Mayor William O'Dwyfr Film welter Thyrn Samler and Senator Herbert Lehman Winslow, who recently had harsh It won't go under the barker's were, sunt bato effice the dollar may be devalued.

on Tru- thing to say about British man to enter the steam room and take shears

but it might be persuaded man's cost-tails.

ters, has had an ermine cont and The

whipped Republicana mink cost made for her pome arctiueing process,

America's brand of Torlesdon't ranian, "Lord Calvert," She airb There are all sorts of hot tips by what to do. They led the allows the dog to wear her dia the price of gold, thus devaluing Presidential elections that the Unifert States will raise "Me Too" plan in the inst tỷomond bracelets around its neck and were on fermal occasions. And she the dolldr, and as official denidis shattered. Last week they tried criticises us That Winslow, girl. get mort velement the rumourn the aggressivity Rightist aftack FOOTNOTE: The Dollar is here get more persistent.

on the Welfare State, and this to stay, but only the failed nido.

consider it almighty." Now they are looking around There is a saving grace, exciting it in (and how rarely 11

for a great man and a great name and Eisenhower Perhaps Mr. Snyder is doing, aut ven The will not be able to happens) to frit an imknown but

is their chuster. fritadly voice thiking

"Crippslease," coyly refusing the wrong number

you

solve tell political bankruptcy. of the shed a single garment nhd de- tries, even indulging blue, exchanging a few pleanah.nouncing the very ten as indecent Republlenn rigor mortis seta in.

in a mild and improper, when, all the time. tele-firtation, and then sappening he is planning to prance

for ever into the ether. there, however, whatever

slage peeling under protest, For the

pleasure of

No one knows-neither the pro-

My These tutionality you be, to ing at phy

own week has been an wrong numbers I remain one of fessionals not the ame nomen, disturb

aptive one. Callers at the "Dally amateurs. your train of the 3,000,000 willing subscribers, Bought, you

What they do know, however, Mail New York office included conversation, our one of the telephone slaves. On is that the devaluation of the Captain

Marsden,

the Arthur writing, eating, sleeping.

these occasions my resentment

out at worst of al}

at American inala Conservative M.P., Deamond Tuck, your bath.

of Mr. Bell dies within me. Who

has turned out very dif- chairman of Raphael Tuck, the not know that

The Postmaster-Generat no ferent from what was expectell. Christmas and greeting card firm Urgent agony of running to tonger seems to be here on carto Aripping wet and cold from the merely to disturb my

Today in New York there is a Major George Black, of Grosvenor th but, only to discover

thoughts, large market in transferable ster- !

Clayton Hutton, House: Major that you my leisure, my work, my have rived too late, that aland my bath.

letping. One is being bought and who invented many of the escape Ike to wrong number het been dialled, | both, instead, a debt of gratitude

them sold at two dollars 50 cents to devices for British war prisoners in But waiting at the other entit for being sele

abseno dollars 62 cents.. and tran-and ussorted renders, discreet the most Jong-windert

and tee hosts, for enabling me to be 000,008-worth of £a per week,

sactions minount to nearly $3,- All said, in one way or another: dat loveable of yra arquain introduced to the delightful ua-

"Don't sell Britain short. We will tances?

known, al for allowing

The official rate of two dollars get out of this mess, Britain has me to withdraw fron

80 cents to the £, which encounter

was the

important asset of all thought to be so very low, has now proved to be not low enough, How low can we get before we hit bottom?

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Washington, December 22. President Truman told the Fress he is optimistic about the US. economy for the com- ing year The President de clined to say whether he $

Aisanderthinks it will be possible to cabam Bell the bed ha balance the 1950 budget. Temont a Helet.

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Trip to the Polar regions

Capetown, December 22. The 600-ton Norwegian sealer. Norsel, carrying the

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FRIDAY, Dec. 30 (Thursday Night in Hong Kong) "How tho Jows Worshipped the Cross of Christ in the Old Testament."

WEEKLY SCHEDULE

Stockholm, December 22, The Savict Government is deliberately working up and Jewish feeling_traditionally ex Isting in the Russian soul, the KOWLOON Liberal

evening

8.00 p.m. Sunday, Friday, Saturday Nights "Expressen" said in leading HONG KONG 17 Venirla Rond, article today.

6.30 p.m. Sunday,

newspaper

"The Jews' rights a citizen are being limbed more and more and it looks na it totalitarian Stalinism in using the same anti- Jewish methods as totalitarian Hilleriam," the paper chic.

"Just As the Nazis compelled the Jews to put the Bane Tyrael' or 'Sara before their real Christ- No one is selling Britain short lau name, the Russians are mak- the problem is to get America ing them put their

Jewish buy long.

after their Russian nanir

If they I suggest that perhaps it is due

Sudden thought

..perhaps have change their originai turn to advise the

show American Americans should

success Jewish name for a Russian name. what to do about their own cur- unifying their OWD

armed "Anyone who has

scen Possibly this

before Services

telfing other sketches

'hameless of strology rency.

politans in the Russian humor- would block any further ultima people to unity Europe. tum from Washington,

This 15 FLIT extraordinary ous paper 'Krokodil' canitot help The British

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pot the only autumn. The weather la mild and wondering if it has taken are who are Buffed by the muggy and the city is washed in some of the staff of the former people

German Jew-baiter, business of making an honest dot. sunshine.

Stretcher." -Reuter. lar in the Valled States.

is too hot for the women to

windows are crowded with mink.

Latest fashion quirk is to wear

of course-round their

We are doing only fair in our wear

jweor thel furs, and the store our goods in quan- beaver, sabic, nutris, fox, kolin- efforts to sell our doing even worse.

over here, but the French

The reduced, and Persian lomb. Fur prices Anglo - Scandinavınd

A franc is not ringing the cash-have dropped and sales are off, tarctic expedition, is today register. American tariffs, Cus- There is a 200 per cent luxury anchored in Table Bay tak-toms regulations, and distribution tax on furs. ing on stores, fresh water rots ilmit French sales to a Bargains are announced dally, and fuel before leaving for

tricitie

but the women are not buying. Slushing European currencies Minks are being marketed for as Mr Trunun said the budget the 2,000-miles voyage South without at the same me cutting for 200 dollars, but there are still ttle as 1,000 doliurs, musk-ra! question will be covered in his after Christmas.

down Americon tariffs 13 un budget message to the coming The Norsel has on board 14 fecondnite absurdity, and everyone

few takers. session of Congress,

scientists and technicians of the here should realise it. Mi. Truman confirmed that he expedition, which is being under- Altrost all the news this week pearls by the yard. The elegant nud told the US. Ambassador to takten jointly by Norway. Sweden from the United States concerns matrons are carrying as many as Yugoslavia earlier ou Thursday and Britain to explore weather, money. There is

a dozen strands of pearls-syn- that the US. is as much opposed incier and geological conditionsdation as the stock market booms.c

There is a new fear of in- to any aggression against Yugo. | in Queen Maud Land, where they slavia os to any

nation.hope to stay two years.

Actually, inflation has been livingnecks and are wearing caplets and

bandeaux of pearls.. The President said this attitude is }

Two men

under the Stars and Stripes for joming the Norsel years, and is mitening.

"Stockings are getting more in nothing new.

here are Mr. P. G. Law, lecturer Asked if his remarks about in physics at Melbourne Bulver-

Prices are astronomical, I have tresling. They have broken opposition 10 aggression any - | sity, and Mr. J.A. King, senior

given up eating steak. Only with clocks and, embroidered pat- where applied to

terus, dots and dashes, and soon, Taiwan, Mr. | meteorologist and head" of

millionaire or a fool would pay no doubt, stars and stripes. Truman answered he could not, weather forecasting and aviation between thirte or four dolinis

Jewelled ankle bracelets ind reply to that because Taiwan Isbranches of the Union of South

(21 to 275,) for

portion of Inot a fre

silver and gold chains are being country. He added Africa's Weather Bureau.

somewhat tasteless meat.

Worn that it is a part Nationalist Sightseers at the docks have

by the audacious. Some silly of Chlam, and stated that the United been intrigued by the Antarctic

too women are even wearing watches States st recognises the Na-apparatus, including two aircraft, tionalists as the Government of being taken on board. Members of China.

the crew huve been shopping drink is an expensive way of ac- among the largest Christmas quiring a headache. Insteall, I'm crowds ever seen in Capetown, listening to politicians' promises: which is experiencing sweltering summer heat.-Reuter.

other

Mr. Trunan hnd no comment on report that is special envoy to the Vatten, Mr. Myron Taylor, plans to resign.

He emphatically denied a re- port that he had become dissutls- i-fed-with-the Defence Secretory, Mr. Luula Johnson, and that Mr. Johnson will soon leave his post. -United Press.

ORIGINAL VIEW

New Delhi, December 23, The State should not interfére between "man and his Maker". says HV Kamath, a' meinber of the Indian, Constituent Assembly.

The

GOA EXILES' REQUEST

Bombity, December 22

Goa National Congress. banned in Portugal's Indian ter- ritories and having its headquar ters in Bombay, today asked the Premier, Jawaharlal Nehru, to suspend exports of cotton textiles to Goa.

The Congress alleged that Indian cloth is being sold in Goa at 200 per cent gain on export prices to further anti-Indian pro- paganda, Exorbitant prices are He has given notice of a hill deliberately charged, according to serklig to legalise, on attempt to the Congress, and the literate! commit safeldo; - nów, punishable Goa masses are told that India is with life imprisonment.-Associat-profiteering in cloth exports to ed Press.

Goa-Associated Press.

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Margot Fonteyn this week. She I talked to premier ballerinia delighted to be Time magazine's cover giri and have a 4,000-word profile dr eulogy Inside the magažinė:

Said it for years

Miss Fonteyn is rated here ond The wildly exuberant Demb of the grobt bother stars of jull cratic Party, thumphant in last time, and perhaps the greatest. week's New York elections, says Even Sir Stafford Cripps bas It will bring down prices and that written her a letter of congratu the food, drink, and shelter budslation in red lik; tonturally), hop- gel will soon be lower. But it has ing that the rest of the trip will: besi saying that for years,

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Madras, December 22, Armed Communists in the Rei. I shoa District adjoining lyderabad raided several rkn homes last night and killed five of them.-Associated Press.

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