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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MAY 9, 1955,

X may affect British lives

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$104,500 JACKPOT

ON THE ICE

A FORTUNE WHEN

IT MOVES

Nenana, Alaska, May 8." Settlers from all parts of this huge far northern territory turned their eyes toward this central Alaska riverboat town today as signs in creased that the Tanana River ice pack would break soon and pay off a $104,500 jackpot.

for 5 5

years

POLITICAL PARTIES START CAMPAIGN

IN EARNEST

London, May 9.

Three weeks from now about 30 million Bri- tons will each write a cross on a slip of paper-a simple act which may profoundly affect their lives for the next five years.

The crosses will elect 680 politicians to the House of Commons, the lower house of Parliament. They will decide whether the Government of the country will be Labour or Conservative, depending on which of these two main political parties has most representatives among the 630..

Oddly the Labour Party may Both big parties, therefore, in poll more total votes over the the Berce campaign which has whole country- than the Con- started fully this week-end will servative Party-yet bu defeat-try to woo Liberal voters to their the all- ed. This happened at the last support as well as General Election in 1951.

important group which has no strung partisanship for any political party,

HUGE MAJORITIES

This reason is that many of the Labour politicians stand for heavily populated Industrial areas. They win election to Parliament by huge majorities - but each big majority Stor only means one seat in Parlia ment.

The last two General Elections in 1950 and 1951 have shown that the nation is divided almost equally between support Of Conservatives and Labour,

A

small percentage of voters who swing one way or the other coa

décide which party will win and the new government. form Between four and five million of

the total electorate of 35 million

do not make up their votes at all at election because of limcas,

apathy and other reasons whica

Whoever guesses closest to the exact time of the breakup, which traditionally heralds the comto define in detail, ing of spring to Alaska will collect his winnings.

Large crowds thronged along

will

the River bank today "watching the wooden tripod which pull a taut wire and stop a time clock when the groaning ice pack moves.

FEVER PITCH

A last-minute emergency. arose yesterday when it was discovered the clock did not appear to be operating cor rectly. However, a jeweller was flown here from Fair- banks to check the clock. He pronounced it in good working order and exclte- "ment steadily mounted to

fever pitch.

·

Old timers dampened the enthusiasm "slighty when they said the, rotten ice still could held on for a few days. But two radio networks had set up broadcast booths and the Nerana Ice Pool Corporation had placed its round-the-clock guard on the official clock to guard against any tampering with the switch. The guard is placed when the The ice-break appears Tanana's waters were rising steadily and ice was crumbling just below the tripod last night.

near.

Five-Day

Silk Congress In Brussels

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mare concerned In domestic issues which affect their imme Admissions: $10.00, $6.00, $3.50, $3.00, $1.00 Tax incl.

diate living standards. But this time the big talking point of the hydrogen

bomb will be a big used to sway the voters

The Labour Party, like the Conservatives, approve the manufacture of the bomb as a deterrent to war in the mean- time.

ABOLISH H-TESTS

But Labour speakers will arre that H-bomb tests should be abandoned and that talks with Russia on the cbances of abolishing the bomb should be held at once,

High prices of fool and other xperts have never been able things ig

a big issue, with Labour promising to stabilise Everyone over 21 can vote costs if they are returned to Conservatives, except lunatics, undischarged power and the bankrupts

long-term who have been in cfice as the prisoners. Members of the Royal Government for the past three Family traditionally do not vote and a half years, claiming that though there is no constitutional they have been successful in bar to their doing so.

slowing up the rising cost of Candidates for

Parliament living.

Labour be attached to any need not

candidates will also party. Anyone can stand except try to influence the election by foreigners, English peers, high claiming that Conservatives will court and county court judges favour the rich and that their and permanent Government civil taxation policies have not help- ed the really poor. They pro- servants.

of

Brussels, May 9.

Catholic priests and clergy-mise to help the lower crusts More than 450 delegates me of the Church of England society and tax people who and stock from 22 countries are to at- are also barred from standing make money "too easily, from

for the House of Commons company dividends tend the five-day interna though Ministers of other remarket shares. tional silk congress which ligious denominations do so. begins work here today.

of

The 22-man Japanese delega tion, including two Government representatives, will be one

· congress, the largest at the which groups both producing and consuming countries.

Discussion of the Japanese raw silk stabilisation law, which was voted in 1952, will also be une of the congress highlights.

OTHER PARTIES

Crushed between the two giant parties are. small parties, such as the Liberals and the Commumista,

A surprising fact discovered by political experts is that Jabout a third of the working class voters consistently vote Conservaties. On the other hand a big percentage of the middle class, which would be expectedi to be more sympathetic to Con-. There are also Scottish and servatism,'. habitually votes Welsh Nationalists wanting Labour. separate parliaments for their Irishmen own countries seeking to join Northern Ireland

part of the United Kingdom to Southern Ireland, which is a Republic.

and

WOMEN CONSERVÄTIVE

Statistics show that Bri- tish women are more:Can- A source close to the congress

servative than men. At the last election in 1951 Labour organising committee said this

passed after The Liberals, once the biggest law, which was

had a minority of almost a by earlier power in the country but now

million, among the women recommendations meetings of the International fallen on hard times, are the

voters, but a tejurity of a Silk Association. was not most important and play a big

million among men volers.' part in deciding the fate of the functioning perfectly."

An important factor in the main parties. About 2,500,000 May 28 General Election will of the country's voters are be the fate of about 100. Liberal sympathisers. But ncmarginal" seats where either the party is putting up only 120 Labour or Conservative won in candidates this means that in 1951 by only a small majority, 910 election areas of constitue-The smallest margin of all was

PRICES FIXED

In the 35-year-old history of Under the law, floor, ceiling the Tanana Pool, the earliest and prohibition prices for breakup occurred in April 20, Japanese raw silk have been 1940, and the latest in May 16, fixed. The Japanese Governcles, as they are called, Liberal in the north of England com- 1945.

at ment can purchase raw silk supporters must decide whether siituency of Preston South,

the floor price and sell it later to mark their cross for the Con- where a Labour candidate won As many as 20 or 30 persons to stabilise prices if they reach servative or for the Labour by only 10 votesChizz Mall often pick the same minute. Mary persons have made their ceiling, level fortune by the right guess, 10. But the scurce claimed that 1926, Solomon Simonson, a the stabilisation find did not young

anchorage high school have sufficient money to fune- student, dreamed the Tanana tion perfectly at present although

ice would go out at 4:03 p.m., the scheme was working better on April 28. He paid $1 for this year than since it was start ticket and shared in the $20,-

ed in 1952. 000 pot,"

The congress is also due to Sache folks use the scientific discuss, a draft revision of the

classificationi approach, compiling statistics international during several years. Others, raw silk and the improvement especially Indians, rely on signs of production methods. of nature. But most persons Just make a guess and trust to luckUnlled Press.

EINSTEIN'S LIFE TO BE FILMED

Burbank, Calf, May 8.. Plans for an early film of The Life of Albert Einstein" fbused on the career of the late scientist and mathematician have been announced by Warner Brothers-China Mail Special

Helmsted A car driver who halted for an hour the East German border, berries here and then told police be thought it was a level crossing, was sent to pri som for a wee for druniken driving China, Mall Special,

The congress, fifth of its kind, will be officially opened here on Tuesday by M. Jean Rey, Belgien Economics Minister. Various committees are due to begin work on Monday,China Mail Special.

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