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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1948.

PHOTOSTRIP SERIAL-No. 18

SYNOPSIS:

While Bob Hope and the Malcays en- tertain with

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a harmonica act, Catherine hides under a table in the au- dience with an off-stage mi- crophone over which she'll sing for "The Blonde."

HOW A HOLLYWOOD STAR IS BORN ★

Bob Hope re-introduces "The Blonde,” and this

time sho fakes her number. In the middle of the song. however, she realises that Catherine's beauti- ful voice is so good int something must be done. Willo Catherine aings into the microphone under

the table, "The Blonde" goes out into the audience, pulls back the table, and reveals Catherine putting her all into the deception. She tells Catherine that at last she has found herself, and she wants Catherine to go on with the song so this audience

can see her. The audience is aghast at this deve- lopment, as is Bob Hope and the rest of the show people there who never saw anything like this happen anywhere before. So. Catherine at last, gels her chance to make good.

It's tougher than ever

being an author

ON BECOMING A WRITER,

S

by Vera Brittain. (Hutchinson, 10%, Gd.)

10 you are going to write

a book?

Let me not

discourage

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United States Now

Exporting Rice

Washington, Jan. 23.The United States has nearly doubled its annual rice production in the last two decades, a resalt due in large part to "mechanisation" of a which in other parts of the world has relied largely upon crop traditional methods of culture.

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"Yankee" inventions applic- Development of automotive trans- able grain culture

also has

been a and portation

great nexet to the United States rice In- colton harvesting-notable the dustry. In earlier years, practically "combine" and the "ention-all the hauling. of rice to inills. storage houses or railway shippin picker" have stirret the infs was done by horse world's imagination in recent wagon. But now automobile truck years, but the "mechanisation" are used almost exclusively except of the

by growers of small crops. rice industry has al- tracted less popular attention. Every stage nf rice drying and

miling Is nåled Although

machinery. rice-producing Sering is done with a mechanical countries,

more abundant brush. Some millers give the rice labour supply, would not be likely

A glossy appearance to employ many of the American machine which coats the milled rien by using a mechanical methods, rice-experts with "Elues" tüle. The three here point out that the "scientifle principal rice-proteing sections u spirit"

working in urina and the United States, according to the Siam, world's Beatest rice Department of Agricultore, are: exporting countries,"

Asiatic with

Principal Areas

1. The broad level

prairies of

The government nf newly- Independent Burma, it is predicted, will adopt and apply many seientifle Southwestern Louisiana and South- Innovations in culture, transporto-eastern Texas. Irrigation water for marketing, although not this section is largely pumped from extreme sluggish streams or bays, which natural drainage for the prairies. Wells also provide water for irrigation.

employ much

fles ! likely labour-saving devices as the plant-provide ing of rice from neroplanes.

an of Dental Histiology," "Histiology," and "Schoolgirl Janet." There is room, you see, for everybody. The only golden rules are to know how to write and what to write about,

Paper shortage Acids

sinister touch. So does the gaucheness of publishers. We are always bebu told of the number of classics which are out of print. Yet a glance at the Bookseller tells me that ive different publishers are producing Ave rival editions of John Bunyau In one year.

This is discouraging to young men who, like unyan, have been prison-and there are, alas, many and who are writing what they hope to be masterpieces.

I know of no writer in Britain today who lives by books alone. But, if you persist in writing that book, out of creative energy. I beg you to study Miss Vera Brittain. She will purge

your urge. fer wisdom will refine

your terary Ambition.

JOHN

PUDNEY

reviews

the New Books

Even if you have no intention ever

There is advice, too, for those who are willing to take it, about ganging

up: --

Certainly the broad candour o Pepys dealing earlier with strategy nt sea or with tactics with a wench 10 tavern makes that Forever Amber stuff look sickly and pale. Dr Bryant

still in his fortles He

McKENNEY ON BRIDGE

Clever Second Hand High Beats 3 N. T.

to

has covered a century, or two al-By WILLIAM E. McKENNEY ready. I would like to see him live

MANY people ліс surprised

the American Contract Bridge Lengur. During the war the League organised War Orphans Scholar-

lo life the whole of our history from 1090.

at you aspire to be a novelist. long enough to overhaul and bring tear of the charity activities of It is particularly Important to keep both your

knowledge and your company as general as pos-

stule, and to avoti foregathering THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, ships, Inc., and now it has trans-

only with practitioners of your Novels about writers are seldom the most successful.”

own craft.

by Martin Lindsay.

(Collins, 55.)

ais

ferred its activity in the fight against cancer to a new corporation known A publisher has assured me, with pins addition

Children's Cancer Fund, Inc. to that elegant tears in his eyes (publishers can be T

One of the people most interested blinded but not with tears), that he which wise men collect as a com-quiz

"Britain in Pictures" aerles in this new activity is Bob Hawk of would not print another American bination of instruction and decor is deal to foster charity causes of the fame. Botz has done a great book if he could find young Engilsh by the Member

for Solihull. The League. authors who could write.

author commanded a battalion of Here is a nice defensive play that of writing a book-and which of

Britain possesses

Gordon Highlanders from Normandy Bob made in a recent game. Dummy a top shelf of you has not?-you will enjoy this under-middle-aged writers which

to the Baltic, earned the D.S.O., and played the Jack of spades on the backstage tour of literature with its makes the American mouths water. Wrole a good war book.

opening lead and East covered with facts and anecdotes tumbling in and At random I would begin the list

the queen. Declarer refused to win out of the dressing rooma.

Is the vitinted atmosphere of the this trick and laid off with H. E. Bates, Rex Warner, postwar years daunting him? I find until the third round.

the spades Miss Brittain herself has

Waugh, bern Evelyn

Graham through the mill. She has written Patrick

Greene, this story of the Mother of Parlin- Hamlitori, and Gerald ments but a sorry walk round the

Then he led the eight of hearts. failures and best-sellers.

The rule She has Kersh.

Is for second hand to always scared me slightly as

House. mlu- tant lady.. She lists politles as one

It is the -lower shelves which of her recreations. But these worry publishers.

They are enger pages she ceases to be formidable to stock up with a new generation. and becomes a good explicit aunt. They are inundated with manu

Here, for example, is a plum of scripts from writers

should advice for anybody who has written read Miss Vera Brittain's advice. Chapter I on the top of the page:

A fiction writer

SAMUEL PEPYS. THE MAN must know

IN THE MAKING, everything about his characters, even though he does not tell the whole to his readders character which is not clear-cut in the writer's mind cannot hope

life in the to achieve

reader's nind. For that reason it is well for every author to live with his characters for some time before putting them on paper.

Rupert and the Big

Bang-25

When he has got over the shock of the explosion Mr. Bear bends down angry and picks up the last of the big squids, Tell me where you got these dreadful, danyesu thing from," he shouts. Seeing his father so annoyed poor Rupert has -to-breaks his promise to Bingo and explain where the squibs came from. Well, just you take this back." asys Mc. Bear stemnly. and tell Bingo that he has no business to have such things or to give them away 1

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Skeleton

CLCES ACROSS

3. You may

and twelve

rice in the five

United States production of rough

years 1030-31

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2. The Grand Prairies section of

u. Soldat

1934-35 averaged annually 41,572.- Eastern Arkansas. Irrigation water 000 bushels, and in live years im- for this section Is fargely pumped

before World War mediately

from wells. averaged annually 19,852,000 bushels. The 1947-48 crop was pre-

3. The Sacramento

and San Ira

Hminarily estimated at 76,047,000, Jonquin valleys of California. compared to 71,520,000 in the pre- these valleys irrigation water is ob- vious year.

talned by diversion or pumps, large- ly from the Feather and Sacramento

World Rice Deficiency rivers.

The expanding production in the Recently, rice culture has grown United States is a consequence most rapidly in California. Cult partly of the world rice deficiency vation started there in 1912,

with and partly of high prices whlel about 1,400 acres, In 1943. have encouraged development of stimulated by the new rice-growing areas, with me- supply food, the California rice area chanical aids, in the United States.

extended to 230,000 acres.

war effort to

"The

As a result the United States is now great "central valley" project may among the rice-exporting nations, result in further expansion,--United with an International Emergency Press,

Food Council allocation of 100,800 metric tons for the first half of 1948.

ARE YOU SURE?

ANSWERS

Questions on Page 9,

Aeroplane seeding of rice bas been rapidly extended in United Sintes, and in 1945 about 90 percent of the California crenge was sown from the air. The seed ta sown quite evenly over a strip 30 to 50 feet wide for each trip of the plane across the field. The pilot of the known Warrior. 3 Buff Orpington plane, is guided by a flagman at each is breed of poultry. 3. Deposit end of the Neld.

laid down by wind. 4. Probosels of ay. 5. Torch. 6. Preston North

1. Westminster Abbey the Un-

of the in

a box..

10. Separate cir

trance to a room.

11. Their turn-

OR 18 matter of nature zather than

of habit.

12. She cuta the first 20 shorl. -70-

13.

13, -11 o'n

lendod kimkelti

14. Great work.

pal I

18. it soothe

the sorcerer in mainly inclined to tell fantastle stories.

23. The time of the ralda.

24. A early start 1 indicated

here.

Letters (anag.).

30 Definitely exciting ruture per..

linps

27. The injury arema to be twinled. 28. Forsakes the rewards.

CLUES DOWN

1. One result of set-propulsion,

may be.

2. Play-time colour, shall we say ↑

3. The council of atale opens with

A short month and thereby,

Reta ittle thanks. 4

4. Makes a fresh find of Verdi

acorca.

Most of the rlce in the southern End. 1888-9. T. B. 8. All three.EVANCY

Haven,

of Milford

states and California is elther It was timed for the opening of Par harvested with grain binders or Hament. 9. Firkin (nine gallons). "combings," according to the

De kilderkin (18), barrel (36) hogshead partment of Agriculture. However. (54) 10.

Marquis along the Mississippi River and in the Bayou Teche country of Louis- jana, some rice is still cut with hand stakles, and threshed when dry. The "combine" cuts and threshes the rice in one operation,

Great Asset

CROSSWORD SOLUTION

Solution of yesterday's puzzle.— Across: 1. Overshoes; 0, berry: 10, Citadel; 12, Nalad: 13,

asp-

The "combines" nre either self-Trinn; 15, Slew; 18, Erida: 18, Tosa; propelled or are pulled through the 19, Yes; 20, Rots; 21, Doss; 22, Ayah; ields by tractors. When drawn by 23. Osier..

a tractor the power for running the

cutting and threshing units is sup- Down: 1. Orchestra; 2.

Vain-

plied by a gasoline or diesel engine glory; 3, Estates; 1, Heed; 5, Orleans; Inounted оп the frame of the, Erne; 7, Synopsis; 0, Paid; 11, "combine."

.

Daisy: 14, Needs; 17, Dose,

Preview

OH, DEAR --SLUGGO'S IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW AGAIN

3. Maestro 7

מוויון

by Arthur Bryant. (Collins, 158.)

The facts are here, as indeed you will and them in many a text book." But surely it in an opportunity lost to Impart n text-book flavour to a richly illustrated popular guide to Parliament? People queue for nd- mission to the House as never be-

fore. They deserve a more imagina- five companion.

"But the high tide of his power and lufluence began to set..

I sufferable egotist Pepys can Lindsey writes of Neville Chamber- make a whole civilisation stand Jafn. Does he not mean Qint the rund his person, his dining, his Rt. Hon. Gentleman was ebbing?" wining, his ninours. He revealed so much so effectively about himself and yet had time to found a sea- power and Civil Service which are the wonder of the world.

This is a re-issue of Dr Bryant'a biographical study, which was flest published In 1933. Read It for its genial and robust insight into his- tory.

the

DIGGING FOR

PHARAONIC FORTRESS

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Hawk AK 10873 W ♥K 104-

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South

West North 14 Pass 19

East

Pass

2 N. T, Pass EN. T. Pass

Opening - 7

4

play low, but if West plays the four-spot on this trick, declarer will Anesse the nine n dummy. East will be forced to win with the queen, and without a spade to re- turn, he can do nothing to prevent declarer from winning the buiance of the tricks. On the next heart play dummy's jack can be finessed Excavations will commence and the ace will pick up the whole "Since I wrote it we have ex-Pharaonic period at Amarah on the first heart, Bob went up with soon-at-u-fortress town of the sult

However, instead of playing low perienced

two of these and are West, near Wadi Halfa, Upper the king. Declarer had to win in passing through the others, I

In his new preface

author reminds Us that records European war, a fire of London, and n. revolu-

an economic crisis,

tion:-

may help to sel our ordeal in Egypt, in an effort to produce dummy with the ace,

perspective

otherwise

to read with what information about life in a Hawk would have cashed the rest these frontier post in the days of the is hand with a diamond and led the spades. South returned to

courage Pepys faced shadows."

Crossword

6. Not necesarity the twang of a

banjolst.

7. Might provide onо with ten

tand on 7.

U. Only a third of ʼn wicket? But it should be enough to defent 2011

13. As long as it's a good one, it's

O.. with the Rolfer.

16. Fish around for the old general, 17. In this officer incited to make

n fuss of his girl-friend?

18. The girl's in. New York, you

Kont

20.

Voyngute, or the voyage itselt.

wo hear.

Veyed a decree, possibly,

21. Act like a bad penny"

22. Fall forerunner.

→ERNIE

BUSHMILLER

GOLVLAS ot the skeletons Cross-

word are reunired to fit to Fire otark quares and elite Humber 29 well as the words. To give you Atart. Tous Ambers and for alaciares have been given. The pattern is symmetrical.

The Iwa side balance each other an the top and bottom halves corres spood. You can therefore fill, NS 12 more black viganres at once fo POTIPABONO with those given.

There are two down clues keture No. 3 so that, since no two-letter words are used, except in phrases, the second square trom the left in the top fire and the three,cor- responding modes must be blacked 1. Note also that there is so 18 Bown as well as an 18 AUTOMS. therefore the Mure taimediately above that containing the Beare 18 should also be a buck one

LAST WEEK'S SOLUTION

Pharaohs.

the other heart. When Hawic play-

the four, dummy's finessed.

nine

Wes

A complete temple was uncovered || ed and many historical documents were found as a result of during In 1930. Naturally South knew that Hawk It become evident that the ancient did not have the queen, or he would town was a kind of provincial have played it in order to cash the capital, specially situated to control spades. East won the second heart and guard traffe along the River trick and exited with a diamond, Nile and caravans from the Western and South found it impossible to Desert.

make more than eight tricks, not being able to cash the hearis.

Previous research showed that the town was originally built on island. For reasons still unknown, the main river channel was silted up in the year 1080 B.C. The town wns covered by sand in violent sandstorms and was hurriedly aban- doned by its inhabitants.

This disaster has helped to pre- serve the town, which was so deeply buried that it was never seriously

Jooted.

of

H. W. Fairman will direct the ex- pedition, which was organised by the Egypt Exploration Society London. E. Iverson, an expert Egyptologist from Denmark, and F. G. Fell will accompany the expedi tion, the first organised by the So- ciety since the wor.

ese

Sixteen Egyptians and 130 Sudan- workmen will undertake the digging job. Some of the Egyptians are experi diggers from the village of Kift, which supplied diggers for all the excavations at Luxor.-United Press.

CHESS

PROBLEM

By K. TRAXLER

Black, places.

White. 5 pieces. White to play and mate in three. Solution to yesterday's problem:

1, B-KIJ, any: 2. Q. K. or Ki. mates.

By Ernie Bushmiller

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