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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1958, ***

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'Miracle Drug' Was Good After All

BANKER FLEES

AFTER

GOING BANKRUPT

Cured Rheumatism

By ERNEST SAKLER

Rome,

A SWISS couple peddled the "miracle drug" to

a Genoa banker with the assurance that they had received its formula "directly from God." The banker invested his bank's money in it, went bankrupt and fled.

THE PADRE LEFT, AND SO DID HOSPITAL'S SILVER

London,

Now, the Italian Government's High Commission for Health has decreed that the drug was good jofter all.

de

That is the puzzling story of banker Marquis diannetto Cavi and the Algosol T. 331 drug. Italians are waiting curiously lo see what happens next.

Genoese Noble

It all started in 1948 when a Swiss couplo named Pedroll THE patients liked the Bolinas went to sep Tnew

Do Cavi, padro. They Selon of an old Genoese noblo greeted him cheerfully as family and owner of a bank, a

nowepaper and several indu he wheeled his portable trial arm. They offered him the aitar through the wards at | formula of "miroclo drug" 6.45 a.m.

called algnsol and made out of algae, harmones and antiblolica.

By 7.30 the unknown chaplain had completed his ministrations and had left.

An arrest warrant against De Cavi lasued six years later sald "That the couple told De Cavi

But all the chapel silver be longing to London's Royal Nn-they obtained the formula dir- Uonal Orthopaedic Hospital hadeelly from God in the course of left with him.

|supernatural communications."

The loss was not discovered

The Swiss couple also sought

until the end of morning med-proselytes for a "lag congrega- cal Inspection.

Top secret

iton of missionary married per- Bons" which they had founded. Gluseppe Cardinal Sæl in 1952 publicly warned them against Then, horrified hospital off-continuing their propaganda elala bombarded local churches without approval from church with telephone calls. For two mathorlifes and against con- days the Inquiries were kept top necting their medicine [plicitly or implicitly with

of a spiritual order."

secret.

But last week all the plate was safely back in the hospital. It had been found in the E4- ward VII. Hospital in Kending- tun, several miles away.

I was taken bu mistake,

The padre who took it, the Rev, O. A. Brewster, of Wal-

lington, Surrey, told the matroni

__ . . .

facts

or supernatural

Skepticism

When De Cavi agreed to pro-

"I thought your silver belongduce the "miracle drug on a

ed to ¤ local church, and large scale, a wave of skepticism took it with me to the next spread Dmong the Genoese.

hospital on my list," Peter. The Rev.

Morgan, priest-in-charge at nearby St Marylebone Church, said:

withdrew

known throughout Baly for their love of sound investments.

Many depositors "Everyonu got very slcomed their money from De Cavi's up because the plate was miss- tank. Ho went bankrupt with dag, but I hadn't a moment's an insolvency of 383,000,000 re doubt."

Now hospital authorities are investigating

with

(US$500,000).

Penal charges were brought

which valuables can be taken against him for fraudulent bank-

the case

out of the hospital.

Man Launches

Teenagers Abstainers Association

and an arrest warrant was

IS THIS GOOD ENOUGH?

LTHOUGH he is only eight-years-old, Gasy Hoppe is fast learning the art A of elephant training, at the Circus Busch, in Munich. Proof of his progress is shown by the obedience displayed by the elephant-Keystone.

COLONIES OF FIGHTING ANTS

TO BATTLE

CATERPILLARS

BY DANIEL F. GILMORE

Rome.

issued. Maruis de Cavi vanished BATTLE lines were drawn between millions of crawling

caterpillars and a forming falanx of fighting ants.

before police could lay hands on

him.

De The arrest warrant said Cayl had spent $1,493,000 re (US$140,380) on a brand-new pharmaceutica factory for pro- duction of the drug.

85 Per Cent

.-་་་་་་་.

Rhes opened a suit and leaked out to lot or cant had

Huddersfield. The cass appeared over until AYMOND Cowling, 49, carly May this year when n

the press that the

The ants will be thrown into the fray within 24 hours to save this garden spot at Monte Sacro on a lovely hill overlook- Ing Rome.

A Hopeless Love Was His Downfall,

London.

Scientists have given up.

preparations of all soris, Ameri- can, English, French and home- brewed Italian concoctions. But the crawling things sill moved. NHIS is the story of a

"Perky" BIN Experts of the entomological

Red Secret Policemen Who Were Burglars

Italian Ministry of

theRIME gave

Trook, Smith, and how love led to centre of the Italy flower store to finance, a authorlac production of algasol is downfall.

British. campaign to get

The commission made its de- teenagers to taka the vision after receiving ' a report pledge.

te wants them to promise not

'Smith had a hopless love for from Prof. Tommaso Lucierint blonde Krithia Edwards, #

würdi.

"Fighting ants," they said.

of Rome University. The press ticket-taker aboars London's Dalpi in northern Italy. to smoke, drink or gambic qualed Lucherini's report as say | red double-decker buses.

ing algasol was a

even on Britain's football pools, which have paid top prizes of more than £200,000.

"non-toxic

ara

Vionna.

Dolly The Gaol-Bird' Will Be

Freed

London."

DOLLY the seal bird, whe

was born behind bars, will become as free as p pardon the expression--bird on Monday.

Dolly is a jackdaw. Her claim to fame is that convict Brian Harris hatched her from an épí with the warmth of his body while he was serving a scуça- year stretch at Dartmoor prison. Harris was release) in Janu- ary, 15 months after Dolly cams out of hör shell. He took Dolly "out" with him.

RAN AFOUL

But then Harris rap ofpul of ibe law ngpin. He was handed another sentence, this time of eight years, for burglary.

The convlet cought permission

to take Dolly back behind bara with him, but prison authorities said no. They said they were running a prison, not aji aviary. So Dolly was handed over

The Soclely for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which sent her to a private home.

Then love complicated mat- ters.

LOVE CAME

Dolly met Jacko, a wild male Jackdaw, who was found injured in the London ares some weeles ago. They coood in unison.

But love between birds turned Dolly away from her former tame habits. She pecked at the human shouldaks on which she once perched happily,

She now files around, showing off for Jacko who la boing kept in a cago until he fully recovers. On Monday, an SPCA ambul- ance will take Dolly and Jacko 10 a bird sqactuary, where they'll be released—U.P.I.

FILMS CONTINUED

(Continued from Fagn 2)

REVENGE, ruthless and

inexorable, which dis

| Integrates Inló remprne, is the theme of the thrilling story "The Bravados”.... one of the most thoughtfully-made. WeB- terns to come to the screen, showing at the Roxy and Broadway this weekend.

Indo a quiet Mexican town. picturesquely surrounded by the mow-capped Injerte Mountains ridas 1 grim-faced stranger, anxious to see four men held in got for a bank robbery and killing.

The townsfolk of Bio Arriba are intrigued that a man should have ridden`so hard and for to

sec a banging, and, especially Joseta Velärsto (Joan Collins) v.ho recognises Jim Douglas (Gregory Peck) a former sweet- heart.

The creation of the gallows. goes on outalde the pani and The executionor is watted by (ariped guards who watch

approaches to the now-no- Langer-so-quiet town.

the

Douglas is admitted into the gnol and looks at the prisoners for silence. In the hotel later ho meets the tubby executioner but does not wish to drink with him..

The devout townsfolk to to church in the evening for. special festival and with them NOTE: Clover go the local storekeeper, his at- Hungarian criminal active daughter and her millor. Although reluctant, Dougins is disguising themselves influenced to attend the servicu et policemen in order watched by the puzzled Jasofa. to get away with burglary. Haylag forgotten her purse for

Budapest revealed this in a almsgiving

storekeeper'a news broadcast an-daughter Emana (Kathleen Cat- courcing paol sentences against tant) returns to her home and who have broken gaol, and sha a gang of what i called "gentle is overpowered by the criminals The gang would arrive at a is taken by them as a hostage. men hooligans." house and identity itseis as A

The townsmen go out in "pur-

of the

routine

who

The signal went up to Costa This is the redoubt drag perfectly (olerated and He knew that Krithia's hus-formidable "formica rufa capable of carrying out a bene- band was the bus driver on her trained, voracious insects "The breweries and tobacca clent action on the general and bus. But that did not stop him. kive caterpillars but not like and pool thems spend millions local phenomena of rheumatic. He would ride on her hus day brothera One formica rufa can tako 100 processionaria cater- of pounds a year in advertising discaven their wares" Cowling sald

pillars and laugh,"

after day.

Prof. Lucherini was quoted as He tried to give Krithia pre shall spend everything I make trying that algasol proved use-sents, but she would not take from my new shop in campaign-Ifil in more than 85 per cent of them. ing against them and the evils coses.

Finally, he left a £283 ring they bring."

Marquise Annolisa do Cayi) on the bus for her. She prompts Cowling has established, tho told beymen-that her husband, ly took it to police. "British Ternagora Abstainers may now soon "bomb" out “of Police discovorech it was stolen Association." He said more than hiding and stand trial. She said and picked up Perky Bill Smith. 500 teenagers find joined and he planned to tun over any pro-He was given a two-year sen- taken the pledge in the past from the drug to his ere-tence for receiving stolen goods. three months.-U.P.I.

Iditors--U.P.I.!

UPI

Miss Susie Owed Tax.

ALL SHE HAD TO SAY WAS 'WOOF! WOOF!

Nowpantie.

Belisin's tax pelloptors tracked down singo star

Min Bude and demanded £85, in back.

They Brefaced the fag demand with the usual

"qurs deguint for prompt payment.

·430 Ady been an morabaile, sige for ten yoRKE and pay sala pon) fog in her life. "And sim 18 tot going in start how.

Ifer only comment before she fucèst the feat- lights bere Isci' week was “woof woof."

For Miss Susin is á lady dog.

niles Suzie's owner and paciner in the sol,

Kuncil, waa' jash`sa Indignant as his dog. Buswoll mid, wire already paid full as

**ack--for bath at už

the

Two colonies, equivalent to squad from the dread secresult, but Douging takes a zest For army groups, were being rushed police. Then I would search before joining the chase.

this he has to listen to Jozela's to Rome by Official Ministry the house.

scalding tirade, but her words trucks.

have no visible offest. He sleeps and joins the posso later.

COWERED

Insect Veterans Occupants cowered out of With inanita patience and sight, well aware of what hap skill and dogged determination They are due on Monte Sacro pens to people who get in the Dougins treks down one man tomorrow evening.

way of the Bed police.

after the offer. He shows no "Triseft"veterans of the cam- Budapes radle said they mercy to the first two, each palen of the Appenine Faves in "stole cash and jewels of great cornered alone. 1952 and battles going back to value." the Swiss frontier in 1943 were confident.

You must see

them work," up with ono expert sald of the ants.

t is not brutal but a ballet

น

The third man is, molesting Communist law still caught mms in a goldminer" shack then, the broadcast when Douaias comes in on a said..

Leader Geza Kovacs, 29, was becomes even more strained and tall. brom there on the tension sentenced to 11 years Imprison Toeta stops" irving to plead ment along with his deputy with Douglas for the lives of Ferenc Ckalty, 40, Sandor the criminals. She realises that

"Ono ant la 1/20th the size of villam, 44. and Ferene Klaly the crapa mániás, has be

In struggle.

"Teamwork.

a caterpillar.

"Two attack it.

Three Join the baile.

"Hour mone Joli in

"There is no respite."

The experts calculate that the

bnih gut fan year—U. T. I,

L'ontion.

come as a wild host.

Borgia are laid pare. Douiges

the Kalpig in his last afterppt for

revocan and then to hils horror

The Duke at Rutioque hounde glasovani tak |_ DAY BIE NAVO

eg two colonies of Oghter ante met at Melton Morybrog--but | Bópa, a mislaite, cho: findi' sang-

euroute from the north can the hunt was abandonod --bar| Susta commodate. 200,000, oulorgliare chuse of four. There was a "kill."3 | Matula per day. Taree or four days | though." "A deid fox was found Mid" abinilo, sumice, thier, memUPI. ing. I hid ham tum over.

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