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I won't pull his leg, or call

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Then rations from butchers

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L

IKE the miners (and who can blame them?)

back to

Fence....

NATHANIEL GUBBINO

at the dictation of a couple of revolutionaries.

Then you must be prepared for internal troubles during 1951.

Happy days

It is

get them, they are likely to make you very ill, particularly after your severe attacks of in- will be fluenza. The weather terrible, too. During this month; Vyshinsky will say "All I want is peace."

if a general election has not already occurred, JULY is a likely month for this poculiar

WHATS GOING ON

by EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE

STEEPLECHASE being crowned by lumps of

A partnership gaining masonry.

much pubile affection In June, the Dean and Chap-

ter launched an appoal, wistful-

is that between the Queen ly asked for a quarter of a and trainer Peter Cazalet, million pounds.

who used to look after Lord Now I report that they already Mildmay's horses.,

£120,000, nearly every

have

came from a

Many feared that the fatal penny from Yorkshiremen.

Half a crown accident to, her star. 'chaser, Manaveen, would furn the woman whose husband proposed Queen from her now found

on top of the centre tower in 1080, enthusiasm for the sport,

But I am told'sha in as keenns ever-keen enough, anyway, to drive in bitter weather from

Sandringham to Kempton Park to watch Manicou win on Boxing Day.

Now, I bellevc, Cazalet looking out for some young horses to add to her string.

s

. Another partnership which hos

this season grown up between father and

son.

Is

A

to her

One snag seems likely to hold back the work. Sald Mr Peter Ferrey, organising secretary of the fund:

"Our great concern is the lack. of stonemasons. It is apparently a dying trade."

On skis

HIGH UP in the Alps, on the

above

20 For slopes

Zermatt, men and women are

new amateur slar is rising in British

tho

west-18-year-old Michael training to challenge the aces of Scudamore, who first rode under the snow countries at their own National Hunt rules nine months game-on skis.

They are looking ahead to and

season's Olympics, 20 next

they

know that they must

ago, and has already ridden 12 winners and been placed times.

Most of the horses he rides practise hard if Britain is to do when wo are trained by his father on the better than in 1948, farm which they run together at were lost or nearly last in most Much Dewchurch, Hereford- events.

form of misery. Still tottering shire,

The short cut

Outstanding among the women are two sisters, Sheens (22) and Vora (21) Macklutosh, nieces of the Duke of Hamilton- father was one of the pro-

from your two attacks of flu and with the eggs giving out, you will be involved in bitter argu-

A FEW WEEKS ago I told Their ments with friends and possibly cracked on the nose by some of how the frat soldier to be saved best allers Britain ever them. The entire chorus

at by penicillin during the war duced.

Among the men, fnir-haired, The Kremlin will shout "All we was the Hon. William McGowan,

whose father, Lord McGowan, 21-year-old Sandy Whitelaw is want is peace."

wes head of Imperial Chemical our hope. He has the advantage

to school in Industries, then beginning to of having been

Switzerland, but apart from that produce the drug.

☆

But Sandy

Most people think about holl-i I can now give more details of he is an intrepid skier. And one

time this extraordinary story.

of the most enthusiastic. days in AUGUST. This

Four and a half years ago we I.C.I. Quite by chance, an you can think again. With most!

were in Cortina together on a of your money spent on arma- representative in Cairo told a In APRIL, when people of the ments, you can stay at home senior R.A.F. Staff officer of hot summer's day. Skling was I was slow in getting OLD Moore Gubbins, the world

famous astrologer, offers northern hemisphere are usually and listen to the bad news of Bill McGowan's plight-he was months away.

insisted that I aituation, then at the point of death. International work after the his usual unreliable prophecies made cheerful by the sound of the

bird song and the for the New Year,

sight of which usually gets worse wheni Christmas holidays.

The I. C. I. man was sure that should plod up one of the steep- blossom, the defence Budget the harvests are in. Mr First there was the job of I the weather

Wu only penicillin could save him, est runs with him to show him experts say will knock most taxpayers out the Chinese Communist, will But it was needed at once, the the lie of the land. clearing up the desk, covered, as JANUARY will be cold.

nearest stock was in Scotland, it was, with appeals to feed the likely to be mild. If they say for the count. Stalin will say say "All I want is pledes."

again. "All I want is peace."

Father 'Joe' could be starving Chinese, Invitations to it will be mild, look out for

The taxpayers will

In SEPTEMBER there will be und no official action recover

TWO CHILDREN'S stories r write free articles for magazines, snow, hall, sleet, frost. During a request to compose verses for "All I want is peace.”

this month Stalin will

say consciousness in the merry month no eggs at all. If there's still taken to get it to Cairo.

Then the R. A.F. officer. went have this week from behind the charade (no fee), a demand to

of MAY, with no money left to no meat agreement, you'll have FEBRUARY,

•che

iri detail, for he Father Christmas is a small- influenza spend at the Festival of Bri- to live on oysters and roast pea- into action. What he did may Iron Curtain. They show that

cocks. In OCTOBER the oysters not be told give an opinion on a list a month, will live up to its reputa tain. Russin will begin spring and peacocks will give out, so flagrantly ignored the "usual time guy compared with Joseph written by a 13-year-old girl, an

killers tion. Russian activities will all manoeuvres at several places at appeal to provide humane kell for the newspapers with abnormally: once. Molotov will repeat "All you'll have to live on caylar and But, early one morning, a The first from Rumania. T

ler depressing news which you can we want is prace."

we shall be croalding at each friend of his in the Air Ministry have a reproduction of a picture- under to help the

der read in bed with a high tempera-

was wanted, and widely circulated this Christmas: privileged doggles of Asia, and ture during savage fuel cuts, in flaming JUNE If they hit of turkeys we may never get why.

East winds are always probable other in the fog about the price knew what a lot of smelly chicken bones

among the Rumanian young, During this month Molotov will

He contacted Lord McGowen. Jeft

Com- your weak im Mr Ho, the Hindonesian Lottie the Devil Cat, who

It shows a benevolent Stalin by

"All I want is must have

third a meat agreement

pesor," caten her

poverished condition, you

same day a packet of accepting flowers from adoring are munist, will say "Hail Hi want That Christmas dinner in my room.

is not likely to get another dose of his pleace,"

penicillin travelled by air from children. something worse.

Hendon, thence by Then there was trouble with signed with the Argentine by u. Maybe

For DECEMBER Old Moore Scotland to Tum and Liver. After working MARCH, there will be hardly Russia will start

naval Gubbins

despatch rider to another air- "Stalin wish only cggs. As manceUVICS. Stalin, Molotov, another merry

field in the South of England, friend," and Christmas and overtime for three days they anything to eat but

may eggs will have and Vyshinsky will say "All we say "Pesce to hall I want, too, and thence, in a tunic pocket, where the message were reluctant to snap back into most

travelled a long way before you want is peacă.” form.

money

Dr Gubbins, their chief medical adviser, sent down dose after dose of soothera and stimulants alternately, with the result that both were in a state of revolt by Thursday.

Dialling TUM

HULLO, Is that my stomach

to

of the

INSIDE

GENERAL

Gruenther,

of Staff to

you

and

you

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An important meeting of the Politburo has decided to

the Middle East in 1851.

generals who Are you holding a pistol at my recently deserted to the hing. Coment civil war in Europe and

have been taken to Washing- ton.

hend?

would if I had one, Don't tell me you've both joined a trade union.

for

*

Mao Tse-tung was informed of this before he agreed to at-

British and American ship- We have considered striking ping experts have worked out

48-hour work, but as you a plan to pool their oll tankers tack In Korea. a must be nourished on Sunday, in emergency, we have fixed it at 50 hours.

You mean I can send things down for eight hours a day only?

That is our final decision. Suppose I have breakfast at

8 a.m. Can't I send anything down ofter 4 pm.?

1

WA

You can stagger your hours. So I can still have three meals day?

Of course,

Then what's the difference?

I think you are aware we are

not striking against the intake of too much food.

I see.

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The Dollar Exports Board set up to promote British trade .with the US. will be abolished

in March.

channels."

to Cairo.

Stalin.

Underneath

are the

words

4

best is the children's

ruled space

be

written out, copy-book style.

Next morning the doctors had

The second story is from East it. One man's initiative and Germany, where a woman, Frau courage in flouting regulations→→→ Elsa Zafsser, has been appointed brought fe to William Mc- Under-Secretary to the Minister Gowan.

of Education.

Pride of York

Frau Zaleser's promotion has been rapid. Not long ago she ww# · an elementary school

GOOD NEW YEAR tidings teacher. for Yorkshiremen: by their

York Minister.

What qualities fitted her for

It is considered that dolin: own generosity they are saving so sudden a leap to the top of without help from the board.

be high enough

exports will

the tree? The best-behind the A year ago, notices were Iron Curtain. posted round the building ward- Her husband is head of the Soviet agents hope to ascer-ing visitors to keep clear. The Soviet-controlled

falling down and Police, walls were from German taln

sightseers were in danger of whether Heligoland' is properly demilitarised.

German

•

squatters

engineers are de. veloping fighter aircraft with: rocket acceleration for Russia at Komsomolsk factories.

Full consultation on the atom bomb, begun by Churchill and

People's

-(London Express Service)

From NEWELL ROGERS

EVEN THE STARS BUY BRITISH

CREEN

Wilde

NEW YORK.

stars

Mr Churchill will ask Mr Attlee to make a fuller state- ment to the House on co-opera- tion with the US, on atomic Britain will be the Arst affairs.

one. year's victories tet lo Power Greete may adopt emergency

to possess

1,000 mph

Cornel 1000. He did it in spite of in- legislation on the American Oghter aircraft.

juries received in the first fall pattern.

and Joe E. of his career a few weeks ago. Russia to China has asked

among the

But Culmone Wag down- The Argentine Government transfer naval patrol boats to Roosevelt in 1843, has not been Brown are

resumed since the Fuchs case. 18,000 Americans who hearted. His 19-year-old rival, has surprised British negotia- the Chinese flog.

Shoemaker, few to in Willie cara bought British tors by quoting the exact size

Britain may order four hun-

Axgua Calientes, Mexico, and of Britain's meat stocks.

And actress Ginger rode his 308ir winner, 1950.

which drod Sabre jet fighters from Canada.

Rogers got a British sports was named Bust Out. So they car for Christmans.

tied for championship-

Britain's

/ Mao Tre-tung fears деге Chiang by commando ralds Kai-shek on his exposed south

Leakages of secret informa- tlon in London

coast. suspected.

ure

have honours.

Russian MIG15 jets, which The British Board of Trade * Detroit factories have just first appeared in Korea, have ig perturbed at continued boen given orders for military been sighted exercising in the had their best year ever. They eldics have ended. By law,

purchase of raw materials and equipment During part of the holidays semi-finished goods by visiting 000. things

buyers. Although were coming down almost American

this carns dollars, raw material non-stop.

stocks for But I sat down medicines.

British Medicines, unless prescribed are dwindling. by a competent authority, only caure further chaos.

A

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J

totalling £250,000- Berlin air corridor.

cold

1940.

+

*

Socialist Members of Parta-

Burmese guerillas are being trained in China.

In factories ment expect a capital levy

the Budget.

•

Russian

rear-admiral, is appointed

An important group

favours post to Socialist Party in paning steel nationalisation.

Whether you like it or not, I Shorokhov, refuse to change my way of life command the Polish Navy

POP

WHY IS THE

BOILER OUT

· NO

COKE

ME

WHY DIDN'T you TELL

BEFORE

bought

British

EGG AND POTATO sub-

car salesmen have

4,000 cars more than in

the Government had to buy Canadians

nearly what the farmers had to sell, 50,000 more

models and it could not resell them to housewives below the high than in 1949.

So the farmers General MacArthur is ex-

In the New Year the motor retail price. pected to prohibit all exports car. dollar-earners ought to be produced mountains of surplus The ess and potatoes. At able to sell every model that is eggs Japan to China.

murplus is now 3,000 million. present only trade in strategic shipped across the Atlantic. materials is banned.

Detroit is cutting back pro- HOLLYWOOD cannot duction because of war work, member

4 year when inste And most American cars cost stare got divorces than in 1950. more.

But in Reno, the divorce But two worries chat shadows capitol, 21,701 couples were across their hopes:-

in the from

· Kitchen nuts!

BECAUSE WE HAD SONG

BEFORE

They

+

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married compared with fear that manufac 4,500 who got divorced, ' 14urers are going to have to

ENGLISH TEACHERS are announce that Americans must going to write a new grammar, |pay more der British models which will permit the use of because Atlantic shipping "shall" and "will" and "who". costs: hava rison 20

interchangeably. percent and "whom” and production costs are on They my the old, rules create the rise at home.

an "anxiety neurosis" among not sure of speaking

2 The

correctly.

fear that

defence Drople work in Britain' is going to cut back car output there, too. THE FIRST TV college for. RING THE BELL WAI the adults, televised froin. a Pilla name of the 38th winner rid- delphia station, with professors den

18-year-old Jockey lent by: 17 schools, will open

Jos Cuidione in Cuba in 1900, with

to equal a racetrack record of, phonics.”