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BEAUTY ARTS

By LOIS LEEDS

Poard by Joyce Hamari for Lois Leeds.

Here are newsy bits about the Stars,'

STAR SHINE!

which were, worn from neckline, to #leeve cap. Brown doeskin ncces- American Beauty! Sik net, rofled | Kories and a beaver coat, fashioned and whirled and sprayed with like an oficer's coat, completed her

Roses, becomes the dramatic hat, costume. called "American Beauty" design- ed by Jon H Joyce Hayward, lovely young actress of Columbia Broadcasting

YOURE

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the "American Beauty" hat at the luncheon hat fashion show given by the Millinery Designers League at the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria in New

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1947.

ANTI-FRANCO GUERILLAS FIND CITIES ARE SAFER

The anti-Franco guerilla forces of Spain are mostly city warriors. Their Their head- hide-outs may be old dwellings in the crowded poor quarters. quarters may be the back room of a cheap Madrid bar. Their attacks may be made alternately in town or in the country where they think they can deal the hardest psychological blow.

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Informed quarters say that the stock conception of bold guerillas roaming Spain's mountainous wilderness and bivouacking in the lofty crags of the Guadarramas is old-fashioned. There is too much chance of detection in the.open spaces, and the guerillas are finding more safety and more freedom of movement in populous cities like Madrid and Barcelona.

The so-called guerillas are the event of a government turnover. generally regarded the shock, secondly, to engage in terrorist activities for the paychological effect. troop auxiliary of the Com- The Communists, it is believed, oro munist movement.

Indis-working on a long-term programme. since they do not appear to have criminate use of the term has sumelent funds to undertake a led to considerable confusion. verlous drive to overthrow the gov

ernment, though the organisers are guerillas Sometimes the

with are well supplied

money. They Communists; sometimes they also smuggle in arms, explosives and

any weapons useful belong to some anti-Franco, raids and hold-ups. anti-Communist organisation

some-

for anbotuge.

BEST-ORGANISED

like the CNT (Confederacion A prominent anti-Communist, left Nacional de Trabajo); times they Are non-political highwaymen looking for an easy bankroll.

The most publicised striking force of the Communists is the "Guerilla Army of Galacia," whose exploits are chronicled in a Communist Party folder called "El Guerillero." They claim to have killed several "promin- ent Falangists" in reprisal for the killing of their companions.

wlug Spaniard told the United Press that the Communists are the best- opposition organised and strongest force in the country, even though they lack the numerical strength of other anti-Franco groups,

The Spanish government combats

activities with Communist specialised unit under the direction of the General Police Headquarters. A plaincalhes detali concentrates un following up all clues that sug- gest the existence of an organisation

suspects of suspects, The shadowed until the authorities ob- lain Incriminating evidence. The arrests and raids are carried out by the Armed the Civil Guard and that the

Police.

out major The authorities carry

According to informed quarters, available evidence shows querillas are not numerous and do not constitute, an effective fighting

arc

U.S. Troops Took OpiuDEA In Burina

American troops in Burma during the war became oplum addicts and required special treatment on their return home. says a note sent by the United States to the British Govern- ment on August 8, 1045 and published last month, Reuter reports,

The note dealt with postwar plans to control the drug trafio in Burma and objected to the Durma Government proposal fo" reopen shops for the sale of uplum to 'ileensed consumers.

The British reply said Burma hud decided to abolish licensed shops but contended there were no known cases of addiction by American troops.

No More Parties For Elsa

Black Bewitching! Beloved Black bi was seen in stunning cocktail Kerial.

dress worn by a screen newcomer, modelled ran Carr. Fashioned of heavy Black crepe. embroidery of Black

Miss Elsa, Maxwell, who in her unit in the military sense. "Their drives perlodically. The continuous

as the world's most jet and sequins was used in panels activities include pianting bombs in anti-Communist campaign has me heyday,

hostess introduced diagonally worked across the bod-food shops as well as sabotaging rail-vented widespread growth, Informed fantastic ice. The slim skirt was accented by way lines and filing their enemies quarters claim, but they depressive a hemline of matching Jet and

open guess whether the repressive two cows and a litter of pigs in- Requins, Silver Fax, fashiored into

measures have crippled the

to a party at New York's ex- clusive Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, a new version of the cape stole, Derby" the other dap we saw viva-added a very festive note to a smart

arrived in London a few weeks elous Constance Moors, sparkling in outfit

York recently.

Smart! At the

studed

famous "BesÅvn

lockela

can

in periodic raids.

PHANTOM MOVEMENT.

# Cornflower Blue gabardine sult, featuring a keyhole neckline, A Teen Charmer! Teta Age Anita palladium chatelaine Julned twa Gordon, vocalist

the Edgar dlamund

gach Bergen show, looked like a Little holding a

ment party in southern treasured family picture, Dream at a recent Hollywood recep- tion, where she wore a Royal Blue velveteen suft, with the little round collar teilted in White crmine. Her Jaunty little beret was also of White Termine, the skins being worked in-

to a sunburst effect!

Minute Makeup

4 GABRIELLE

If er nulles are too heavy, try CH H 1 you are too stout all over you will need to supplentent the exercises with reasonable reg. ulation of diet. There is no sense in taking exercises to reduce one part of the body if you continue to ent nil sorts of fattening foods, Here is an exercise for reducing ankles. Stand with legs crossed, toes pointing in opposite directions: Silde one fook out to the side, toe well pointed, Ering back to starting position. The same with the other fort. Re- pant ten times with ench foot.

SIDE GLANCES

15m

What's new on records ? SONG SESSION THERE is something worth

hearing for averyone among the new records of singers.

Columbia ILX. 091-23 present Jinten Traubel and Kurt Baum in The Bridal Chamber Seene," Act of Lehengrin," which con- tains one of Wagner's loveliest enuzic Artur Rodzinski conducta the Philharmonie Symphony Orchestra of New York, accum panying the stagers, and it is hole- worthy that there is less surface arise toan xual on there American preskine

That accomplished singer, isobel Battle, records Rachmaninov's ---The-Ltlacs and Before My Window with real artistry on Columbia (DJ 2303) Sho accompanied by Gerald Moore. The reverse side is devoted to the Quilter selling of igrrick's To Malates

I cannot be as enthusiastic ove Webster Booth's newest recording. Un is Master's Volce (C. 8571) de from wing In Native Worth

"The Creation." by Baydn, and "Total Eclipse from Bandel's "Samran" The orchestra is con ducted by Stanford Robinson, and it is, not his fault that the recurd is no more than com

Frank Sinatra

Timo After Time" and "t's the SamTRO Old Dream." Dots from the dim. "It Happened in Brooklyn." enn inibutes one of his belt efforts, nad the orchestra conducted by Axel Stordall deserves praise. You will Columbin enjoy this recording 1 22931

tubert Tredlanick

By Galbraith

COPT. 1947 BY SERDICT, 190, 7, 66. MED. U. B. PAT, OF

6-14

“My stendy girl has gono away, for the summert 14 took this job to forget and because my parents insist on ma'

orking!

The Communist organisation Ita Spain is a phantom movement but very real one. Police quarters activities claim that organisational are directed by the Spanish govern- France in collaboration, with both Russian- and Communist sympathisera. French They say that agents initrate from France by crossing the Pyrenees and by sailing small boats to hidden coves. Others have penetrated from Portugal and North Africa.

cities. In turn, cells are

ment.

move-

-FROM HERE AND THERE go and announced:

Conditional Holiday

Wall Street New York:-A firm announces that to keep its Police quarters say that various 12 secretaries "contented and committeds are organised In the happy" they will get a year's created holiday with full pay after six wherever there is available member-years of work. The only stipu ship material. They claim that or-lations they must spend the ganisational work is directed by a iiaison agent in touch with the cen- time constructively and write tral committee in France. Con- the office once a week. sequently, the liaison agent frequent

BROTHERS MEETING

Arthur

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ly is unknown to most of the 'com- Johannesburg-Seaman mittee members. In turn, com- Briscoe of England learned mittees may operate in one city letter from home when his shin without being aware of another's Tropic arrived here that his brother activities.

Basil had emigrated to South Africa. He went ashore, not very hopefully. to seek him. On leaving the decks for the town centre he bumped into a pedestrian-Basil!

SPEEDING UP BABY

Wild parties are over for me. Today they would be like dancing on n graveyard."

und Misa Maxwell, now 60. weighing 123t. Glba two-stone re- the duction on the past-has put past behind her.

the of

Her job in life is to travel

the heads world, interviewing nations, recording social and poll- tical facets, commenting on crises for the American newspaper syndicate for which she writes a daily column,

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Here is a thumbnail sketch of the Elsa Maxwell: Small-port carly actress, song writer, cabaret artist, broadcaster; scenarist; blographer; traveller; journalist; wit; friend "those who matter most" throughout

the world,

Crucial Moment

All that is changed. Curled up on a plush sofa In a fifth floor suite at Claridge's, Miss Maxwell said. This is the crucial moment of our exis- tence,

"Anyone who has access to the public mind would be stupid to adapt himself to something so completely

This gives the movement a phan- 101 aspect. The pollee may arrest members of a group belleved to be the central committee and Jind that another "central-committed already-Madrid-Maties Martin, 28-year-out of keeping with modern thought

old schoolmaster in Toledo, has us the parties we used to have. has taken its place.

of "Of course I still have friends all developed a successful method.

She teaching, reading and writing in 28 over the world, as you see."

artm at word (waved are taught days. Children

n pastel-gowacd sounds, not names, each sound being bouquets. accompanied by a muscular

"And I remember them, too. Right meni.

there in the corner are cartons for my friends in England." And so there

ham, oranges; were they contained pale de fole gras, bacan, Scotch whisky from America.

COMMUNIST OBJECTIVE There is no reliable estimate of the number of active Communists o sympathisers in Spain.

move-

Is

CASH FOR BABY The penalty for complicity in

Canberra The Government Communist activities is so severe

now prepared to pay for babies in that members and sympathisers move

ove advance. Before the baby is born with utmost caution. Police quanothers-to-be can claim £5 from u ters said the objective appears to be baby bonus of at least £10.

firstly, to Indoctrinate as many Spaniards us possible in the Com- munist philosophy so that they will |

AND A BABY BOOM

Central The Italian Itome

In-

have a large potential, following institute of Statistics reports that dur- of 1947 Ing the first three months there were 112,092 more births in Italy than deaths, com

compared with

open,

ADVICE TO SLEEPERS

Dr Theodore L. Badger says Jt leads to colds..

surplus of 103,151 during the same period in 1946. In a striking illus- peyse tration of Italy's overpopulation problem, the Institute reported that emigration in the first three months of 1947 totalled only 32,254, leaving a net increase in her population, of €0,330,

FORMAL FLIGHT

and

This morning I had lunch with your Mr Bevin at the House. What

boy! He is a real man. "Sir Hartley Shawcross-in friend...was my host, and Strachey

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Bowler And

Bowlers

A Harvard medical school In- structor advises against sleeping | Wellington Every time an air with your bedroom windows wide, lince nies between New Zealand and

Recently promoted to the acting 4.America more than 2,000 forms have rank of Air Vice Marshal an taking over the command of No, 40 Group. To be filled in.

Maintenance Command, RAF, at TOYTOWN PAYS

Bicester, Oxfordshire, Air Vice Mar- New York. Statistics from .com- 131 T. G. Bowler, CHE, whose home

that 11 Instead, Dr Badger suggests alr-pany meetbigs show ing and cooling bedrooms about 10 making toy trains for the American is at Banbury, belongs to the well- minutes before bedtime. Next, close market enjoyed a profit considerably known, family of hatters with which

than a firm making real the name of Bowler is associated. the windows. Then leave the bad greater

It was his great-grandfather who trains. room doors open so warm ale can

FINAL OATH

gave his name to the bowler hat. enter from other parts of

Madras, Moslem moneylender which he designed to the order of a house.

Mr William Coke, nyho wanted "a fell dead la a mosque just as he was conimditing perjury by swearing that hard hat to wear when he went a villager had not repald a loan; shooting" and aftor whom it was A villager of Devangere, Mysore, often known as a "billycock" hat.

Air Vice Marshal Bowler has a had repaid moneylender Bade Sahib

CHESS PROBLEM

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third of a 12-rupec loan but did diablity which is not noticeable at not obtain a receipt. When he went first sight he has only one leg. He to pay the remainder Bade Sahlb lost the other in the landing at Suvla demanded the whole amount and Bay, at the outset of the Gallipoll Aled a suit in court. Bude Sahib Campaign in the 1914-18 war. then accepted a challenge from the He has two hobbies-le collects villager to swear in a mosque that and restores old furniture and make he did not receive the previous pay-reproductions, and he la also a model inent.

railway enthusiast.

Rupert and the Young Imp-39

Telling the others to stand back. the King calls the young Imp to him, and bids Rupert draw near. **This Imp has been brought to me. for punishment because of his mis chief, and tor making fruit grow si the wrong son,” he says. Whal business is it of yours, liitle bear?"

Oh, plesso. I work wasn't all muchiel." says Rupert. "He did

+ kindness to poor old Granny Goat." And he describes how the limp went up the creeper and made Bowers grow in the window-box.

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