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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1954.

Stories AOA All Parts OI

How Gregory Peck, A Film Director And A Cheque Book Changed Youghal (Eire) Into New Bedford, Mass.

Youghal, Ireland.

Even the "little people," the Leprechauns and the fairies, are learning to say "colossal" and "stupendous" in Youghal.

For there hasn't been so much excitement in the town since Sir Walter Raleigh's house- keeper thought he was on fire when he was smok ing his pipe and doused him with a bucket of

water.

Raleigh's residence, where | market place were painted, re- the housekeeper helped umbered, sometimes rebuilt to

Tramcars Vie launch, speak, the resemble the town from where His Hobby Is

With The Earthquakes

A Jesult operates

L

The Rev. Maurice Bulst, physien i

tobacco Industry and where Raleigh planted the first "Irish potato"--used to be Youghal's No. 1 tourist sight.

But that was

John before Huston and Gregory Peck got here.

T

Melville's autobiographical char- acter Ishmael set out to join the wholer at Mantucket.

Until a few weeks ago, it was boast here that Sir Walter would have recognised the old place should he come back here 436 years after his head chopped off at the Tower of London.

VILE

Running A Museum

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Montrent.

Elk Point, Alberta. Villagers remembered the day

One of Alberta's most in- priest who

well. Huston the tall, lean die- home made ector of Moulin Rouge and other

Now residents returning from teresting museums of his-

of Ireland toric relics is earthquake

housed in recorder is spectacular films, scanned the visits to other parta

water front of the old clutch each other in alarm until the Ploneer Museum". having trouble with Mon-sleepy

"This the transformation is explained 12 by 28 ft structure owned treal's street-cars.

port and announced: new Bedford, Massachusetts," to them.

by a theatre operator in the **Poor man." murmured But they quickly get used to College for 23 years, knew

into spent three days looking nothing about earthquakes two the irish tavern situation. Then, They learn that he is not playing

Then, a false nose and a wooden leg north-east of Edmonton.

Since he was

child, 83- years ago, but during the post na drama critic and

columnist

Steve Andrishak, in- eight months he has charted for the Irish Times in Dublin, the title part in

Moby Dick. Year-old

Albert's tremors originating 12,000 miles Kelly pointed out as his journ. That's the name of the whole.ensely interested in

prowled and past,

dug hng Ahab, Peck julistic duty that it was not

along the

Norts valley of the New Bedford, Mass., at all, but pursuer.

Saskatchewan River for rellen an old Irish senport.

which he now houses in hig

professor at St Jonn De Bredoul Seamus Kelly, mindful that seeing Peck stomp around with town of Elk Point, 140 miles

DDY.

'T' Make It'

Installed in a basement room at the college is his seismograph, an Instrument ng sensilive as any in the world, Fatter Buist notes, "Seamus," gald John firmly, however, Montreal isn't the besthe trouble with New Bedford, place to study earthquakes. Mass., is that it does not look

"Street-cars are the main like New Bedford."

trouble," he said. "They sluke things up so much it's impossible to run the instruments.

The observatory opened here Just November, After Futher Buist borrowed several precision Instruments

from the Dominion Observatory in Oliwa.

This summer

Melville's

Later he clarified this. Ho meant that it didn't look like the New Bedford of the wholing thays

Hertaan of whaling classic Moby Dick.

"Nelther does Youghal" (pro- nounce Yawl), sald Seannus.

"I'll make it," said Huston, extracting a cheque book.

Toughal Invaded The campus. Designers, technicians, car- It will be linked by teletype to penters Goodetic Survey headquarters in Youghal, and the houses of the Washington DC, and will be in direct contact with the Dominion Observatory.

plans

Father Buist

to build a soparate sela- mological

station on

IN A DARK ROOM

At the college now are tw vertical photographie scis- mometera and one horizontal electronic seismeter. A seismater uses a pendulum to measure the force and duration

of earth- quake waves,

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The instruments rest in darkened room on cement piles driven into bedrock beneath the college. When

waves reach

them they shake slightly. but the pendulums remain inert, Energy thus generated is trans- formed into electricity and galvanometer

measures

strength of the current.

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A

the

This moves beam of light ver a slowly rotating drum of photographic paper. When developed, the path of light bet comes a visible record of the earth's pulse.

Already quakes have been re- corded, and on the first day the Instruments were installed

the entire course of an earth

quake

charted.

in

Guatemala

WDS

In building the new station

Bluckily

and builders invaded

Captain

Kelly Shanghaied

its

museum.

More than 1,500 persons have As for Seamus Kelly, he signed the museum's guest book wishes he had kept his mouth rid viewed a collection which shut. Huston plled him with includes an antiquated splu- Garile coffto theavily

n laced ning wheel, a 1880 model with a potent liquid) until he Wilson Flintlock rifle,

powder found himself shanghaled

and in horne, old muzzle leaders front of a camera, clutching many Indian relics. contract for a leading role.

Steve proudly displays the first motion picture machine ever to reach Elk Point-an old French-made projector

"I haven't the qualifications for an actor," protested Seamus, "You have for this role," said John, "you play a hard-drinking type."

Press.

made

World

SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith

5. Mog. U. & Pal Ch

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"I don't think our new cook is na good as Alice was--she won't play dead when Lostor shoots her!"

'Poor

Little Rich Girl' To Make

Her Stage Debut

New York.

Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowski, who already

at the turn of the century, we has a fortune, is about to seek fame as an actress

so has a hand-cranked ing machine which was in

in 1851, just before the treadle- So ¿ star is born,-United operated machines earne ou1.

INDIAN RELICS In the department of Indian relles, Stoven displays a wide asseriment of arrow heads, tomahawks, stones

for pourling

grain and stoue knives for cutting up game and preparing hides.

A Starling's Squawk

(Broadcast Over The Radio)

Rids A Town

used

He has pieces from the *T*

on the summer theatre circuit.

The 30-year-old heiress to millions has been the central figure in several real life dramas, but her appearance on August 16 in the part of a princess forced to marry a prince will mark her debut on the legitimate stage. The role is in Ferenc Molnar's "The Swan."

the Dropping

of home

The Stokowskis have two Stokowski for her professional | sons, aged four and two, and career, sho will appear as | live in an apartment on Gracle Gloria Vanderbilt .at the Square in Manhattan. The couple forgettable Frog Lake massacre Pocono Playhouse in Mountain-are seldom seen together. In

1885 and the Old Fort

home, Pennsylvania, where

public and only in the last year built George

in 1702

soprano Margaret Truunam or so has Gloria participated in nbandoned by 1801.

He also has an edition of the made her stage acting debut a society events. During that time, sho has stopped wearing her Now York Horaid, dated April

Ever since she was the cen-hair In # The 15, 1805,

which features

tre of a widely-publicised bit adopted an "Italian boy style. story of the esassination

battle when she She has taken to wearing more Abraham Lincoln. Still in good ter custody

old, the "poor lipstick and more expensive working order is an old Edison was 10 years

Little rich girl,"

has

tried to looking clothes-United Press. phonograph which dates back keep out of the limelight, but to 1095. The recordings are

with little success. cylinders.

First there was the court fight

in

and

few weeks ago. Of

A Starling Scourge

(So The City Fathers Hope)

Creston, Iowa.

Some people were sceptical, but others were convinced that the cry of a startled starling broadcast around town via radio, would Creston of its scourge of startlings,

rid

summer or autumn,

д

Was

For bird lovers, Steve plans between her mother, Mrs Gloria to concentrate on an extensive Morgan Vanderbilt, and her drive to obtain stuffed bird-life amt, Mrs Harry Payne Whitney. of every variety.

Her aunt won the battle affor JUST A HOBBY Although Stove has spent his mod deal of scandal was alred in the courtroom and her mother own money to buy a few of the old treasures, there is nothing fought unsuccessful Court to all the way to the U.S. commercial shout the museum

Supreme Bleve'a hopes

just a hobby," The well-dis-

twin back her daughter. to are keep

Tho two Glorias romain played collection has grown by estranged today. They last met leaps and bounts during the a year ago in a restaurant and Father Buist will first sink a

past two years, and he hopes grusted one another coolly. A trial run of "Operation Starling" appeared to complete an addition to his SELDOM BMILED cement

pier into rock on the

While young Gloria successful to some residents but left others uncon-present mucun either by this he said. vinced.

growing up, scarcely a thing for us,"

Much of the collector's work she did capod public notice, only a foot of earth covers the

consists of research for a large including the fact that she seldom north side of Mount Royal where the collego stands. Of Starlings by the thou-windows and turn them up number of reference books, old smiled. Every dancing partner course we will have diy sands descend upon this loud as possible in an effort to and new, supply the necessary was reported to be her fiance

ruformation on almost every and she was billed years through another foot of cracked Southwest lown town (popu- rid the town of the birds.

in his collection.. surface rock before we reach lation 8,400) at dusk on cently in McKingley

A muss meeting was held re-wire the assurance of a advances ne the pure Queer of

Park to Ho

the debutantes. the solid stuff."

When Anished the station will summer evenings. Residents demonstrate the plan.

good, safe home for any relice

When the time came for a become the 30th such observa- haven't been able to get rid E. M. Homing the Manager lent or donated to his museum,

debut, however, Gloria said sho of the radio station, played the and will preserve pieces which did not want one

and tory operated in various parts off of them.

hidden the world by Jesults, and it

41. 17 to Paź De Cloco, married recording over a loudspeaker would So a starling was captured and mounted on his war. Within 16 away in alties and basements, its started squawking recorded.

an actor's agent twice her son. has a confirmed of local tremors which average

all sterlings left the Then the Chamber of Com-Bonds

guardian of irreplaceable blk She scified down to about 40 a year.

cooking merce announced plans to drive area.

"But some residents were still lote in the person of 3-7 while De Cicco served lay "But I'm only an amateur, the birds away.

old Stove Andrishake of rays Father Bulst.

A local rail station will play sceptical. They wanted it tried Point- United Press. "A young Montezal

Josuit Icaves this the recording for Ave minutes in a more heavily-infested area. autumn to study seismology, no 7.85 p.m. St Louis University in Missouri.

to the getting the station ready for

will concentrate on the study

I'm

the day

Proit,

ho rurne."-United

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Loud As Possible

All residents have been naked to put their radios in their

Anglo-U.S. Disagreement Over A 'Welcome' Sign

London.

A cheery American signboard of welcome gave U.S. Air Force authorities and British civil aviation Ministry officials a bad time recently, it was revealed.

remove the sign.

as

So the recording was taken

West sido where the

Alberta

otherwise

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Johannesburg.

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Army as a

and declared privata she wanted sat alaMAN.

They were involved |- Sth movgruž Cononel L. Dú Tolf reported disputes, one pyar se hick club |

allagacity, un- starling population is greatest one of the four 2,000 brawin bills, and night.

Gloria

divorced him in cannon which have guarded the Out of Earshot

1045

was 81 to marry the entrance of Cape Town when she John Hall, Executive Secretary since the days of the East India a still older man. She aleggin of the Chamber of Commerce, Company, has disappeared from herited #4 600,000 et at me. sald the birds left in a hurry the battery high on rocky Gloria eloped to Mexico with end flew about two blocks away, Devil's peaks symphony orchestra conductor where they uldn't hear the

The Colonel wondered not wo Peopold - Blokowsk becoming recording.

much who stole the cannon.......... He said that prayed everyone but how?-Uplied Brass- (in town will have to co-operate on some of the birds may take up residence in areas where

they are not now frequenting.

Hall said somo birds flow back after the rocord was stopped, but did an about face when they approached trees they had been in when the record- ing started.

ing

Omcials now. hope the record- will not only, sond the birds British police sold the "sign flying out [of town, but, will must go because it may lood keep them out United Press.

misunderstanding * Tho

The signboard is used by arrived. There was no time fo American officials at Bovingdon, England, to greet American planes arriving at the off so there,

The United States Air Force, Boyington, Englarij,

timp ar

Americans protested,"

The British pointed out it was British argeld

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American, welaznog force continued to mit

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