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mem. Easy to Wed" TECHNICOLOR Commencing To-Morrow; "CAPTAIN EDDIE'

krát souma COLPORTALE MATS

PERON

says.

LECTION politics trans-

ferred to a world stage

is the reason why

General Peron, Argentine Presi-

Tango

ARGENTINA Louis of

Uhanism

FALKLAND ISLAND FOLLIES

¿Copyright in All CountrieR: "

C.V.R. Thompson IDEALS TO ORDER

NEW YORK. BOOKLET on how not to be mistaken for n Communist. Is Hollywood's best-seller today. It is called Screen Guide for Americans, and is published by the Motion Picture Allianco for the Prosorvation of American Ideals.

This Right-wing organisation was founded by, among others, Ginger Rogers' mother.

The booklet liata these don'ts for film makers: Don't smear the free enterprise system; don't delfy the common man; don't glorify. failure; don't smear industrialists; don't permit any disparagement of personal auccess; don't give to your characters as a sign of villainy--- 'a désire to make money,

WHILE stars and producers are preoccupied

with that advice, Hollywood's own "ittlo people," bho extras, 2,000 of whom have not had work for six months, are earning a living in the orange groves as pickers.

PRESIDENT TRUMAN, who is on holiday in the tropics, is greeted everywhere with his favourite tune, "The Missouri Waltz." But at home the tune might well be "Everyone's Wild About Harry."

REVOLUTIONS

MUST EXPAND'

dent, has found it necessary to stirring radio broadside from challenge Britain by trespassing every ship? in force among our Antarctic islands.

There is trouble at home. The r'assic way of dealing with in- ternal strife is to pick a noisy quarrel out of doors. What better than a naval parade in the Antarctic, with newsreel cameras, behind the guns and a

But behind the roll of Latin oratory now moving on Decep- are sharp tion Island there realities.

First meet Peron, the would be fuehrer of the western world, as his enemies call him.

By Charles Foley

off

"shirtless ones," the I-paid working masses and the destituie,

With a storm of oratory he swept rival pariten the board, and within three years he had reached the presidential palace.

In the Pinic House, or Casa Rosada, Aires the handsome of Buenos

To the Jews, the Left-wingers, and the Tories, there must now be added Truman's own lieutenants. For there is mutiny talk within his Democrat Party, Truman is going to lose us this election," grumble such stalwart White House supporters as Senator Alben Barkley and ex-Speaker Samuel Rayburn.

FRANK SINATRA, the crooner, has made £2,500,000 In the past five years, but he is so broke that his manager is making him live on £25 a week..

WALL STREET is going on strike. Not the brokers, of course, but the clerks and telephone operators

called Labour Party has superseded who make it possible for millions to the warring faction" of an inde-change hands every day, They want their average wnge of £10 a week pendent Labour movement.

Miguel Miranda who led us a rare increased to £12.10s. The Exchange: dance over the meat-for-railways says they haven't a chanco. treaty, is the Argentine's Dr Schacht, buying cheap all over the country and selling abroad to the highest

Five years ago he took a torn shirt rabble-rouser, still barely 50, showed bidder. Profits of this trading and tied it to a pole: here was himself a man of heady visions. It machine pay for the Five Year Plan, symbol for the "descamisados," the was not enough to have "arrived," for railways, factories, and dams.

the revolution must "expand. In time

The best navy and space.

1948 IS BRITAIN'S

5-FESTIVAL YEAR

may whose

Abruptly he tore the Argentine ** from the South

Americans. THERE is something over to play His neighbours might be richer in

power politics abroad. minerals, but gold and silver veins

run

sheep

than there

are people in

tion, to which British capital in the past has contributed £000,000,000,

The master

the most

MERICA'S official weather prophets, using traditional forecasting methods, have missed every big snow this winter. George, MacCormack, an amateur who pre- dicts weather by the behaviour of planets, forecast last September the winter's three big falls-Detein- ber 26, January 24, February 22.

control

snys

\PINION: Writing a guest column Lonard Lyons, James Mason that anyone criticising Holly-

Real

Already Peron has the best navy,AVEL: A survey of a cross-section out. The Argentine's riches

of prospective American tourists were first in the endless green the strongest army, and

modern air force in the Western to Britain and elsewhere in Europe pampas which, in a hungry world, Hemisphere after the United States. this summer shows that 40 percent of feeds more cattle and many more He has drawn Uruguay and Chile them want, above all else, "effelent USIC lovers from "overseas' most every, language. What Strat- More visiting Britain trialsu-

and courteous service," and that 32 ford-on-Avon is to Shakespeare, England, then in a golden flood of into his economie sphere.

He has cornered Bolivia's tin tor percent want "very good food." this year will be able to enjoy festivol is also a delightful social

his smelting works, the most up to date in the world. He has visited COMIC STRIP: New York State is a brilliant festival programme. occasion. Not only is thero ង

Bill to Brazil to win President Dutra over considering a Throughout the summer different play each night to enjoy

same comic strips, because "they use for a pan-American bloc. months, five major events are talks, Sunday concerts and an at- but also garden parties, tea-time

The royal welcome accorded to his bed grammar and are Immoral, bold, being staged which will offer to tractive club where visitors

actress wite by Franco was a great vicious, and contributing factors tú the discriminating the best in meet. The great dramatist,

South Juvenile delinquency," this; he also saw prestige coup for Peron in DERON SEW Ihimself master of the only all Ameries, while even the new demo- the music and drama.

92nd birthday

festival will specially honour, is writing a new

white population south of Panama. cratle Italy had to make flesta for when it was He launched his plan to give them her slender beauty piny specifically for the event

guns and butter too.

accompanied with a loan of £30,- The millionaires and cattle barons 000,000.

"A revolution must expand or die," wood films is really paying America

argument: compliment, His lost their fear of the "shirtless ones"

cach other like who rode round in Cadillacs, Con- and though the day when the Pinis Americans talk to

never come, General Peron is on Americans are the victims of "ca" The Supreme-Court-was quidated-the-way.

forced-banality." because it was not "sympatico" to Until a year ago the U.S. polle, the regime. The universitles lost was to build up on anti-Feron front.

PROHIBITION 1,500 pedants who would not teach but since then Mr Marshali has had even when it is juke-boxes which the Peron brand of learning.

a long, hard look round a hard world such stroke js counter and decided that while the Russian are banned. Five years ago Alabama

bear is roving he cannot afford to State outlawed the penny balanced by a sup for "the shirtless."

all pubs, They There were compulsory price cuts leave a hole in America's hemispheri-people to drink, they argued, and of 17 per cent in rents, up to 30 cal defence. per cent, in clothing, and to the Joy PS. But what, you ask, is peace- increased juvenile delinquency, crime, of film-crazy "descamisados" 20 ful Chile thinking of to send her and immorality. per cent. in cinema seats. His lin President down to the Antarctic in

Today the board which banned the receives deflance of our "No trespass" signs? star wife, Eva Peran, workers delegations, and-authentic is this a move concerted with the juke-box admitted that drinking had and that "juke-easles" increased,

Henny Gwyn touch-delights then Argentine? with stories of her humble past. Not so. Even in Chile a politician where Bing, Sinatra, and

Of course there is a Five Year' must live-and why should that man Goodman can be heard in a beery been opened in Plan to end "decrepit liberalism" in feron have all the limelight, any atmosphero have

how2 economies, just as Peron's own so-

every town. It lifted the bart.

Britain's lovely cathedral city of Canterbury will be the scene of yet another festival of music. This has outstanding events_of_the_year_In

the musical actors, orchestras. long been established as one of the Bress was mastered the Press was House shakes the White House may grown-ups and do things; Hollywood's

The arst

International Festival held in Edinburgh has already es- this beautiful tablished

and his- torical capital as a focal point in ear Again this year a galaxy of Foloists-us-well-as-stars-of-opera, ballet and theatre of International renown are offering a crowded pro- gramme. Once more during August, Edinburgh will transform itself into a gay cosmopolitan city, reminis cent of the memorable prewar festi-

vals.

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Preliminary announcements dicate that this years attractions * will be of an even more ambitious

character than last year. They will gain added interest from celebration visit to the centenary of Chopin's city.

Britain.

Finally, choral music will be par- ticularly well represented at Three Choirs Festival at Worcester, Bri- fain's finest choirs will perform widely varied programme of choral musterpieces.

cowed.

Each

JOHN GRIERSON INESCO'S Director of mass com- F

munication and publie informa tion, Mr. John Grierson, is to con- trol Alm activities of

Britain's Nell Central office of Information. will supervise planaing, distribuilon THIS years' innovation is an assem- and production of all films pre- bly at the famous town of Both, pared by the British Government. sd named from the Roman

up this new appoint- baths He will take still to be seen. It is designed to ment next month.

Although he will vacate his pre- Introduce children and parents to that unique combination of art in a sent post with Unesco, Mr. Grierson and beautiful setting with a will continue to work for the orga- secular character.

in

docs nut work.

BY THE WAY by Beachcomber

historia which gives a festivalisation in a voluntary capacity: 66AN joy kill?"

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arts.

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gramo-

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Trio did their act. He received an Indignant refusal.

asks a Mimsie Slopcorner

GRAM- CLEVERLEY morning paper, It can M2. An attrat medium for dissemination of public tive event will be a period costume information.

certainly hurt. When Legendre, ROUND, the amorous Mayor of A daring innovation

Overrote, wll be Father ball to be held in the Pump Rooms. Mr. Grierson's name has become

Sepping

TIE first chess match to be played He THE The novel feature of this assembly, internationally famous through is the geometrician, was given the Christmas in his native town.

on stilts underneath a skating went has written to Mimsie Slopcorner Honour, he being held in April, will be a con- inspired handling of cinema recor Legion of

suggesting that she should be the rink will be broadcast next Tuesday ference to discuss special problems ding of facts and problems of daily home and jumped so high for Sepping Overcote Fairy Queen in the in the Creting Hour, with a crawling of introducing young people to the life from a purely realistic

angle. This technique of the factual aim of joy that he banged his head on toy department of Mobble and Gril- commentary by a man in a diving up. The writes. The annual Shakespeare season, documentary has been termed Bri- the ceiling and was knocked away. All you will have to do,: he helmet, ning 300 miles an hour

"is to stop the children touch in a plane 10,000 feet is Britain's greatest national tain's outstanding contribution

contribution, 10) nut,

ing the clockwork, mice, wave your moves will be radioed to him by an festival of the theatre, will again cinema. It was Mr. Grierson who

wand when it's time to put the lights actress. w approach

A friend remarked "Had he kill- on, and pretend to change my rein- The cabmen again. be held in the immortal playwright's in 1929 initiated this new birthpince. It extends from April the screen and gave it its name. ed himself, it would have been a deer into a toadstool."-

Speaking in London recently he death worthy

edition of the "List of to October, and this year on out-

of of the successor

Cabmen" has standing cast of players has been suggested that one of the reasons Archimedes."

Mrs Wretch refuses

Huntingdonshire assembled. Last year this event for success of Britain's documentary And now I come to think of, it

made its appearance. By adhering

p.m.ond visitors. Audiences werd ro- citizen a real ploture of the modern Ancients under the Directory,

W WBA If she would be willing to join give the lie to any criticlem of un- presentative of no less than 62 world. The great task for the said to have dropped dead from joy his circus for a month as Queen of democratic blas which might bo different countries.

future he outlined as giving to inter- when told in 1799 that Bonaparte. the Sec-Saw. He would engage the made. Nobody who wants to know Another dramatic festival honours national relations" the same vitality had come back from Egypt and was Persians, and all she would have to the names and Initials of every cab Aritain's greatest living playwright, and substance that had been given the man chosen by Sieyes to get rid de would be to walk up and down man in Huntingdonshire can afford whose plays are translated into al to national questions in the past, of the Government.

with a Japanese sunshade while the to be without this standard work.

A NEW

Cathay AT 2.30 5.00, attracted a record number of 23, alma was that they had given the Baudin, a member of the Council of UGWELL had asked Mrs Wretch to alphabetient order the compliers

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