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YEAR Mrs Culbertson:" Speaking|to shorten hin own trump sult by of bridge partners, if we must, rung? He did not! He chucked I really must tell you about what his low club. Dummy's diamond happened to me last night on the Jack won and another diamond was following hand:

led, probably with the naive hope that Enst would ruff and allow South overruff. East did not oblige,

"South dealer.

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nothing about my pass to one heart; he was sure he could take nino tricks all by himself!

"West opened the spade jack. East won with the ace and returned the queen and eight. Declarer ruffled and led the king of diamonds. Ensi won and led back a diamond. Now, Instead of lending low to the heart, ien, thereby insuring against two heart losers, declarer cashed the ace und king, probably hoping the queen and

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bil, their heads off usually manage to lose an extra trick in the play? J.FG., New York."

I'm afraid I don't know the ana- wer to JG's question, and any other comment by me would be re- dundant,

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WALT DISNEY.

Conference Of Allies Adheres To U.S.-British Declaration

LONDON, Sept. 24 (Reuter). The Inter-Allied Conférence unanimously affirmed as a common aim that supplies of food and materials will be made available for the post-war needs of the countries liberated from Nazi oppression,

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M. Paul Spaak, the Belgian Prime Minister, afterwards proposed the following resolution: "The Governments of Belgium, Czecho-Slovakia, Greece, Luxemburg, the U.S.S.R. and Yugo- Slavla and representatives of General de Gaulle, leader of the Free French, having taken note of the declaration recently drawn up by the President of the U.S.A. and the Prime Minister of Britain. Mr Winston Churchill, on behalf of His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, now make known their adherence to the common principles of policy set forth in the declaration and their intention to co-operate to the best of their ability in giving, effect to them.”

having

taken

Mr Anthony Eden, the British | United States and the Prime Minister of the probable requirements was the Foreign Secretary, explained of His Britannic Majestica Govern- Orst task. Such estimates must take that the preamble to the resolu-ment in the United Kingdom for into account the urgent needs in the this auspicious first week after the Nazi yoke was tion made no mention of His initiative," he said.

Ufted. Majesty's Government or the

Poland's View

Re-organisation Period Governments of Canada, Aus- tralia, the Dominions and South Africa because these govern, ments were already associated with the declaration.

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Fighting In North Hunan

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH' CHUNGKING, Sept. 24 (UP).- Severe Aghting is going on in North Hunan along the south shore of the

Milo River

It is said that the Japanese troops who are joining in the present attack are those which moved on Changsha 100.000 strong. The land troops are assisted by heavy artillery and Lanka as well as eval landing forera who are trying to storm Changaba from the north by land and from the northwest across Tungting Lake.

Thus far, the Japanese troops are still 50 miles north at Changsha which has been a scorched earth city since 1038 and which, according to Chinese military authorities, pletely lacks any military value,··

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Full Preparedness For Philippines

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (UP),

In an interview with the "United Press" to-day, Representative War- ren Mangunson of the House Naval Affairs Committee sold that he favoured bringing the the fullest point of preparedness in Philippines 10 view of the uncertain situation in the

He asserted that he would support] $50,000,000 fund for strengthening the defences of the Commonwealth and similar measures.

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let go the club ace but then, when dummy's last diamond was led, East discarding another club, declarer had to ruff. Alter

which he had to concede two tricks to East's queen- ning of trumps.

"Of course; Enst made a bad play

The Polish Minister, Count Edward by leading the third diamond instead

Such estimates must further take club, How simple it should

Raczynski, said he hoped the Charter would be fully appiled and the as-into account the probable · demanila been for declarer to ruff that

tivities of certain nations that had of European countries for supplies bave diamond, enter dummy with a low

taken advantage of present circum- from overseas order to restore club to the Jack and run diamonds

stances would not be forgotten.

ten. their economies to working order until East was forced to ruff. In this i

Mr Eden said that the resolution Poland which

was the

first vletim after a period of reorganisation It would have been |way,

cinch to

expressed the general nims for which of the German aggressor and which which is likely to last two years after shut out the nine of trumps and thereby

the original vicere fighting. It was his con- had still rejected German proposals the war. recoup from

Mr Eden said that he would pro viction that approval by, the Allied of collaboration would see that none error

of leading out the ace and king Council of the decinration would add of the illegal acts perpetrated by the pose provision for the establishment of trumps.

Why is it the very players who greatly to its influence and encourages ruthless aggressor would be recognis- of a bureau which would repurl to Pacis.

the Allied forces now gathered to-ed and the Polish population, which

the Inter-Allied Committed under gether to defent Germany.

had been removed from the western the Chairmanship of Sir Frederick parts of Poland would return to Leith-Ross, their homes and the Germans be M. Jan Masaryk, the Czech Foreign driven away.

Stocks of certain essential food- stuffs were even now accumulated in Minister, accepting the resolution on

He was confident too, that Poland those parts of the world not directly behalf of Czecho-Slovakia, said that the Czecho-Slovaks who

not be allowed to emerge ravaged by war. I was known that escaped would Hitler and were enjoying the from the war with reduced territory the United States Government was

For Indian Soldiers hospitality of Britain were stirred by but would see that her frontiers as deeply interested in planning for the the meeting of President Roosevelt sure! an economic development co-ordination of stocks and the mar

Members of the local Indian Com and Mr Churchill. The eight points worthy of the numbers of her popula-keting of some of the most important TEHERAN, Sept. 24 (Reuter)munity will be interested to know were equally important in their lon. He endorsed very strongly, the commodities, especially wheat and The ex-Shah has left Kerman in the what welfare work is being done for political and economic significance, fundamental principles of the A-the latement which they have pits through India on his way to ing Ule current year, $3,500 has been direction of Bandar Abbas and is to Indian soldiers in the Colony. Dur- They were the correct process to lantle Charter. nchieving a better world for our

Pool of Resources

authorised me to make shows that the Argentine, according to an Iran sent for their benefit by the Indian children after the final victory.

LONDON, Sept. 24 (Router).-The they will not be unwilling at the lan news agency.

Government. Small Nations

duty of all free countries to organise Tight time to join in the framing of Any hope of agreement with Nazi in good time an initial pool of plans for the supply of Europe's needs Germany and vulgarizing goose-step-resources for use in the transition on the basis of co-operation" sald ping Prussianism was a fuille-dream, from war to peace was stressed

Mr Eden. by Only after the destruction of this Mr Anthony Eden at to-day's xe-

Dutch Food Stocks' could we establish peace that all men sumption of the Allied Conference at In all lands

LONDON, Sept. 24 (Router)-The want, from fear and wan Even Mr Eden proposed a resolution point of view of the Netherlands Wham

the total disarmament of nu-i dealing with practical steps which Government with regard to the re- tions who periodically resorted to must be taken in order to provide solution adopted by the Inter-Allled aggression to attain

Conference in London to-day on the political gran- for the..

supply of

of necessities to oc- disement was accomplished, the decupled countries as soon as the Ger- subject of post-war feeding and re- fensive position of nations who, like man oppressors had been removed.

lief in Europe was explained Czecho-Slovakia, had for long been It was in order to organise this

"Renter" to-day by an victims of

spokesman. had invited the Allied-Governments"As-is-well-known," he said, "the" continued, "Within and authorities to meet there that Netherlands Government some time measures for re-stocking

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the future economie structure of the day. The preliminary work had ul-ngo planned as soon as the yoko

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as outlined by the Churchill-ready been done by a Ministerial the Roosevelt Declaration, small nations Committee on export surpluses. of German, oppression has been cost like

Czecho-Slovakio, by access to

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off. Queen Wilhelmina in n radio their fair

ure of raw materiais, will

Another Committee under Sir speech promised her. people to take beg shore of be given an opportunity as equals to Frederick Lelth-Ross, Government this task in hand. reconstruct in co-operation with their Chief Economie adviser, had already neighbours quickly and

permanently begun to enquire into. European their devastated economic life. The needs. Czecho-Slovak

government are, more

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than ever. convinced that the closer the Netherlands Government had this purpose is in New York and is

co-operation becomes between Britain and America the greater will be the future safety of those who to-day have taken up arms against the com- mon foc."

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"A Government executive in the extraordinary service appointed for

making the necessary purchases and supervising the storing of these goods for the duration of the war,

"Although Government have

the the greatest possible interest in this joint Allled tasks and will be pre- pared to exert all their powers to contribute their share to this work, the fact remains that plans on behalf Mr Eden said that the framing of the Netherlands Motherland retain and co-ordination of the estimates their particular attention."

measures to build a store for country, and the Polish and Belgian Governments had to prepare preliminary memoranda their country's estimated requirements.

The Norwegian and Czech Gov- ernments were putting in hand pre- co-paration of corresponding memor

anda.

Help For Russia Mr Masaryk hoped that the operation would be particularly quick in, giving all possible assistance to Soviet Russin.

On behalf of Greece, Mr Tsouderos' approved the resolution.

Mr Joseph Bech, for Luxemburg, said hla

gave adherence

to the Roosevelt urchill declara-1

tion.

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the whole world knows! that the great English-speaking de- mocracies are jointly pledged to the final destruction of Nazi tyranny."

The declaration had brought re- newed encouragement to resistance by oppressed peoples.

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Atlantie

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or diminish the effect of rule. At the end of the last war the

some principle found solemn expression in almost identical terms, he said, and they all mew what became of it when the snowball of protection waS set rolling until it became so large that it was a serious obstacle in the path of International trade,

An Earnest

Hope

The Netherlands Government ex- pressed, the earnest hope to see trade barriers removed and discriminatory. treatment In International commerce Abolished. A serious effort would be ado to that end, for the uldmate eneßt of all.

Dr van Kleffens said that on be half of the Netherlands Government, he was happy to express adhesion to the principles of the Atlantic Charter because: It was their conviction: that these principles, properly applied; would go for to advance a better International vorder, which would bring to all countries „frilernational and national security and prosperity, "We thank the President of the

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