THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1959,
HK WORLD'S 16-Year 4TH TOP Pretence MOVIE
Ends For
Joseph MAKER
United Nations, May 7. Hongkong is the fourth biggest maker
Chicago, May 7. Joseph A. Poskonka to- day ended a 16-year masquerade that cost him his job and the] respect of his friends The and neighbours.
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Since 1043, the 57-year-old meal packer has posed Communist, reporting regularly tb the Federal Burrun of Investigation,
kept up the role until the inement Todny when be teained. before a sib-committee 15 The House Un-American Aetivities Commitive,
Paskonku sald he lost one! Jo ufter another because of its undercover work.
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of feature length movies in the world. April edition of the Unesco Courier showed that Asia had taken the lead in the world's film production.
The top producer of movies is no longer the United
States but Japan,
In 1957, the last year for which complete Agures are available. Japan produced 443
movies against the States 378.
United
Japan thus became the first country to go ahead of the United States in film output. In 1937 India was third with 205 Alms, Hongkong fourth with
Passers-by pointed him out 217 and France fifth with 142.
- "Commis”
And His
children were shunned,
Ho has been stopped
The magazine, monthly pub- lication of the United Nations and Educational, Scientifle and Cul- Organisation estimated thot Japan made 520 ms 1361 year—
Sput upon, 'Paskunka said. Histural home was stoned,
And once a down, berause he was a Communist,
suldiler knocked
Son In Navy
Poskoka was working in a meat packing firm and was a member of the United Packing house Workers of America, when Communist Leather Was sent to address a union meeting in 1043,
the
on
The teacher belittled
under Aghting then
way Cundalcanal, Poskanka said.
This did not set well with Postonka, whose 1011 WEB
China's Cinemas The magazine emphasised the rupid growth of Asia's film in- dustry.
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An article by Georges Sudoul, French as historian, mid that 20 new alm studios were being bullt in China.
HIROSHIMA
PROBLEM
SOLVED
Cannes, May 7. Pressure by film authors and critics and a time- ly manoeuvre by the Soviet Union resulted today in the solution of the controversial "Hiroshima" affair at the Cannes Interna- tional Film Festival.
"Though the number of cinema okels sold in 1955 2,600 million-representa an
four average of only
"The affair conrems a contre- per 30 person, it is still
Franco-Japanese 40 Versial new or
Mon Amour" ilmen higher than the average film, "Hiroshima
(Hiroshima My Love), which is for 1945," I mid. "And the local number of reported to have trod on diple- fighting with the Navy in theickets sold nikes China second matie toes by its treatment
the atomle bombing of Japan Puelle.
or third cinemo-going country
collaboration In He contacted the FBI. At in the world, after the United and wartime
France under German occupe- the FBI's request, Poskenka States and the USSR."
tion.
1958. be made
porta to the agency.
In rapid Arc testimony,
of
out
authorities ።ከነ- nounced the decision In an overnight communique after
Joined the Communist Party. It sald that Japan had pro- First selected for showing ot From then until February,duced more feature films since
regular re- 1025 than Hollywood. It said Cannes, then rejected, it has government the quality of current Japanese finally been approved for show-
Ing in the Festival Palace Dima is high.
Summarising the rest of Asin of competition.
Festival the magazine said that 100 nims speaking so tensely the com- are made in the Philippines mitten had trouble in under standing him, Poskonka said he carried out his assignment because of the "very, very serious" threat of Communism to national security.
"They're nothing but a bunch ef rattlesnakes." he
U.P.I.
each year, 75 in Indonesia and 60 in North Korea,-U.P.1.
Swing To
Right In
Council
Elections
Mrs Thackeray with bady Peler and Christopher on Peter's first birtliday.
BRITISH SIAMESE
TWINS
TURN ONE YEAR OLD
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The separated Siamese twins were a year old last Saturday. parents, Reginald and Kathleen Thackeray, drove to Hi Albans.
They took gally coloured cake with ano candle and the Imeription**Timothy
Jeremy."
There were tiona. One at home
and
celebra- Twicken-
For Timothy there Wana
hospital for severa: mare months.
"Except for some plaztia kur- gery for the scalp, where in- eldentally, a good crop of hair I growing, no major surgical procedure la contemplated.
London, May 7.
On Friday night their End hospital in St
Has God Provided Fine Days?
Sydney. May 1,
And of Jeremy the bulletin says: "The only sadness is dus 10 Jeremy's continued isok of progress. He has not returned Has God provided fine weather to any real appreciation of the for the doty open air Dr Billy Graham crusade In ROSWET
ta the prayere of crusade supporters?
Thankful
London, May 7. Results late tonight from ham for baby Peter, the twin's
today's voting for
city triple! brother, with the and town councils Thackeray's other child Ch:Isto-} throughout England and pher, aged three. Wales showed It pro- nounced awing to
the party In the white-painted world around him." right, though short of a cubicle off ward FC. landslide.
For Jeremy, who has not regained consciousness since
there operation,
were the thankful prayers that he lived to be a year old.
The twins frai year of life has been a hard struggle. These included the important has also been a tribute to the team of county city of York; the boot of a devoted
and especially the und shoe manufacturing town of doctors
mother"-eft. "olber Northampton and Keighley, twina,
Lancaster, Ply tell Sister Joan Clark. Stourbridge, mouth and Walsall,
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Labour, on the figures from 390 councils of all kind, had made a net loss of 138 seats and relinquished contral ot three heated council meetingsumber of councils. and plea for the film by the International Federation of Film Authors and the Association of Cries. New York, May 8.
Massachusetts The alm ereup of
will specialists who carried out officially tomorrow. seven-year study 500 lung:
Cancer Study
3.
A
eancer victims found there was
Cardinal Diestriking relationship between France have denied
Bogota, May 7, Cristanio Cardinal Luque died today of a pulmonary allment. He was 70 years old.-UP.I.
be shown
Buth the United Staics und any al- cigaretle tempt, to "ban" the picture made smoking, it was stated in a re- by 27-year-old Aluft Resuals, port
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cancer
and
published today by the magazine Cancer, organ of the Anierlean Society for the Fight against Cancer-AFP.
A British Crossword Puzzle
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13 14
ACROSS
3 Finilered bašely (8),
8 Scheme (4).
Told (8).
11 Liberated (8).
13 At one time (4).
18 Véla (8).
18 Subiraoted (8).
10 Top (4).
21 Smaller group (8).
25 Servant (8).
26 Trip (4).
27 Muse (8)..
16
1 Good (4).
DOWN
2 Appendaga (4).
4 Expiros (4).
$ Burden (4).
d Claw (8).
7 Trick (5).
0 Swift (5).
10 Lukewarm (5).
12 Weird (B).
14 Box (5).
16 Commence (5).
17 Teacher (8).
1
Moslem
(5).
women's
20 Played a gart (5).
31 Aromatie plant (4).
22 Clover (4).
29 Metal (4).
24 Thread (4).
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quarters
YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD,--Across: 1 Mahout, 4 Scalo, 7'Anecdote, 6 Exait, 9 Secret, 11 Emerged, 13 Hapture, 10 Murder, 10-Gkunt, 18 Nansseks, 20 Kruue, 21" Outlay. Dowi: 1. Mesna, à pocur, å Trotter, 4 Sleeve, 8. Arranged, 6 Elsted, 10 Captures, (12 Mamento, 18 Regalo,, 14 Untrue, 10" Roast, 31
"Hiroshima Mon Amour" de- scribes the romance of a young French girl and a Japanese, played by one of Japan's best actors, Elji Okado, ögainst the background
#tomised Hiroshima, with flashbacks to a previous romance with a Ger- inan under the occupation in France-AFP.
The Shah
Visits The
Dowsons
London, May 7. Visiting Bracknell New Town this afternoon, the Shah of Iran paid a four- minute visit to Mr George Dowson and his family in Makepeace Road...
After greeting Mr and Mrs Dowson and their three daugh- Mera, the Shah was shown over the ground floor of Dowson's three bedroomed corporation.
Bouse.
Dowson said inter! "The Shan semed very interested in the bouso and asioed me lots of questions-if we were happy. how long we had been here, and so on."
End
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Dawoon's three-year-old daughter, Branda, WAI little taken aback by the visit and it was moi until the Ebah was leaving that she would shake hands with him.
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Before leaving Makepeace Hond tho Shab planted flowering cherry true about 5D yards from the Dowson's house to comanenoruto his visit
Ho tired inoet of the New |Town area and later had leg at Brocknell Development Cor poration Hondquarters with Quo Minister of Housing - Mr Henry Brooks. Tho · Minh), wES DUD |sented to ciyio honda hojoje res
I turning to Lepaon=1721.
Feeding Well
ha
But socialists captured control at the beer-brewing' The other night a hospital buf-
of town
Burton-on-Trent, letin said: "It is a cause of great. Staffordshire, and Dagenham, happiness to all concerned that Essex, home
on Timothy's first birthday wa of the British Ford Plant,
are able to report better pro- gress than we had dared to hope.
Today's election involving about 400 elties and towns and 20 metropolitan London's boroughs, were the climax the annual weeklong British municipal voling-in this case the last before Mr Harold Mac- inian, the Prime Minister, calls a general election, Reuter.
"Ia physical condition la ex cellent, he is now able to sit up with a little support and he is feeding extremely we'l lle chatters to himself and serme thoroughly contented.
"Even if all recs_well, Timothy is Akely to remain in
Asked this question today, For weeks 37-year-old Mrs Roman Catholic spokesman said Thackeray had been preparing
the birthday. For Timothy there was possible, an Anglican was a blue cardigan and rattles,bishop though It probable, and a But his most significant present Presbyterian minister said he had
to open mind. is the soft white wool pram set,
The question was posed by For Jereny in his oxygen tent erusade, supporter und weather there in a sky blue cardigan. expert Mr Gilbert Pullinger, who Gently Kathleen Thackeray wrote that since the crusade be- "There is nothing fan ut 3 p.m. on April 12, only explained:
32 points of rain had been regis cire Wo CRE give him--he cannot play. Wo are fustered of the Sydney Weather
Bureau. The Sydney crusade will thankful he is aliil alive.”
inish on Sunday. These tiny babies, who have The average Sydney April more than a rainfall for 100 years at the suffered almost humanly possible, have been the bureau is 513 points, central gires in
Last month, 161 points feil- a story of Kefence and faith, of love and China- Meli Special. patience and, above all, hope. Perhaps in their own way they have answered people like Sir Ronald Fisher, of Cambridge who says that woelely has no place for twilight children.
New Drug
Washington, May, 7.
People are praying every day A new antibiotic, designed to of Infections for the health of Jeremy and treat a variety Timothy Thackeray. Erpeolally was described here today during
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Lincoln, N.H., May 7, Two American doctors who crashed in the BROW. covered hills of New Hampshire kept a noto- book, said to be of great scientific interest, on their
condition as they slowly starved and froze to death.
The doctors, 60-year-old Ralph Allier and his assistant Robert Qulan, 82. tefi Lebanon for Berlin (both towns in Now Hampshire) on February 21 It à private plane flown by Dr Miller, to visit a patient stricken with a heart ailment.
On the way back, they
appeared, and searchers, ham. pered by know and bad weather, found their plano only on May 5.
Inside the plane, protected by a plastic bag, was a nolebook, which showed that the two men survived four days before dying of cold and hunger. The authorities did not make public the contents of the note- book--A.F.P.
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