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THE HONGKONG TELEGRARI, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28 1948.

FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS.

EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPH FEATURS.

SIDE GLANCES

By.. Galbraith

YOUR BIRTHDAY

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28

3-3

COPR. 1948 NY NEA GERVICE, ING. 7. M. HES W. 8. PAT, OFF,

“Oh, "I don't think good-looking people are conceited-1 know I try not to put on any airs!"*

LESSON HAND

McKENNEY ON BRIDGE

The San Francisco Slam Convention

1.

Check Your Knowledge

Name the world's largest hotel. 2. When and by whom were the Aleutian Islands-discovered?

3. Name the Lake Poets.

4.

Name the United States Secre- Lary of State.

5.

Name a character in fiction

By WILLIAM E. McKENNEY who slept for twenty years.

NE exceptionally interesting sub-

ONE

ject in the book "Bridge

for

the Joneses," in the San Francisco four-five no trump alam conven-

tlon, widely employed on the Pacific Const. Although the most popular alam bidding convention today

is the Blackwood, it is said that the makes San Francisco, convention slam bidding more accurate. So here it is, as taken from "Bridge for the Joneses."

The four no trump bid is forcing for one round and asks partner to specify how many aces and he holds. Unlike the

kings Blackwood bid, the original no trump, bidder, In order to make the bid, should have three aces, or two nees plus the king of a sult bld by the part- nership. The responses follow:

I CLUBS: Denles any ace, or 3 kings:

5 DIAMONDS: Shows 1 ace, or 3

kings:

5 HEARTS:

king, or kinra;

(Answers on Column 5)

DUMBBELLS

DID THE

NURSE

TAKE YOUR TEMPERATURE,

Shows I see and

1

#270

5__SPADES: Shows 1 ace...and 2.

kingai

5 NO TRUMP: Shows 2 aren, or

1 ace and 3 kings:

6 CLUBS: Shows 2 aces and

1

king, or i ace and 4 kings;

6 DIAMONDS: Shows 2 aces and

2 kings:

G HEARTS: Shows 3 aces, or 2 sees and 3 kings.

It will be noted that cach response after the first positive response of five diamonds shows one king more than the previous You will also note that response. three kings arc

treated #S the equivalent of one age.

In addition the San Francisco con- vention employs a grand slam force. When a suit has been, agreed upon by the partnership, if one of the partners then blda five no

trump without having previously used the four no trump bid, it is considered n grand slam force. It asks part- mer to bid seven holding two of the top three honours in the agreed trump suit,

An opening bid of five in a major is a sister bid, asking partner to bid seven with two top

trump honours, to bid six with only one,

to pass lacking any of the top honours.

three

OFFICE

DON'T KNOW, ALL I'VE MISSED

SO FAR IS MY WATCH!

CHESS PROBLEM

By M. HAVEL. Black, 6 pieces.

White, S pieces.

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

1. Kt-QK15, any: 2, R, D, or Kt mates.

廿

CROSSWORD

Acrony

18. Taken from maimed animals. (3) 19. One way to break a rule, (4)

20. At this you make amenda. 13)

22. Destruction. (4)

23. Container, (3)

26. Nothing dreamy about this, (9)

25. Always found at the end of a

codo. 131

Down

1. A folly old pirate i (192)

3. Ne, obviously,· cén ere the lone

rook. (0) -3. Tennis term." (3)

4. It may result in a cure, but

ano besnfaat is intended. (0)

5. Extend. (5)

0. They may be, in, the shape of

essins, 16)

B. Based on the study, of divine

reválation, (B) 12. Give you ■"bars'idea of a nur

alope, (4) 12. Wading bird with a narah

16. Saturated. is

Despite its name this thorough. 201

fare Was straight enough for 17. Any system of belief. 15): runners (8, 6)

***. 91. Length-at-cline, (3)

I. it may be taken rudo, (D),

V. Coagulate. 14)

10. Tură sotros into implements. (4)

11. fus the horse before the artht

and you get something danger- cua to handle. (5)

14. A mixed diet, (*):

Bolution of yesterday's buszis, —Artesan

Turnetiin 6.

Bread-

had calma. Vario: 10 ulcersor Adequats: 26. Wed: 14 A

Down: 96. and 25, Touch stud 19

Tega: 23. Bot

The one who does the talking 8. Tip: 9. Krist

or just a bill take your cholco. Qued! 3* Abi

th

Anlie

STELLA

POCKET CARTOON bỳ OSBERT LANCASTER

BORN today, you have a strong, regulated life. You are ambitious rather sterni character with con- and know that unly through hard

business ability. You work can you achieve

what you sidernbla have the determination to carry out most desire. You get along very any project that you begin, but you well with the opposite sex, tactful--

neza being your strong point. You are not as quick to Grasp al ILTI

women are rather more romantic opportunity as you might be and than you should be and often build because at this smellmes lose a day dreams in which the handsome, good chance to further your ambi- kuight comes riding to rescue you from dire peril! If you were to use tions.

this imaginative gift in writing, you might become quite successful.

For one of so proćtical a nature, you have a very strong leaning towards tho occult. Your Intuitions are very keen but of ten you fall to trust them as thoroughly as you might. Your spiritual nature very strong, also, and you have a high sense of duty, and will sacrifice personal pleasures to do a job that needs doing.

This attitude may be one you will achieve more thoroughly in later life, stuce as a child and a youth you

You Are not a natural money- maker, since you are not sufficiently Interested in making a fortune to concentrate your entire interests in that direction, Some fortunate en- terprise, however, may catapult you into comfort and the income keep you there for life. Otherwise, he prepared to work fairly hard for all you get.

To find what the stars have in select your tomorrow,

Let

your

nre very pleasure-loving and will store for like a lot of excitement. But your birthday star and read the corres- natural good sense should help you pending paragraph. "settle down" quite early to a more birthday star be your daily guide.

THURSDAY, APRIL 29

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)- TAURUS (Apr. 21-May. 21) -

trends continue but Strong Influences are still evident. Yesterday's

don't do too much eclebrating o take full advantage of my new nevertheless. Be conservative; be opportunity for advancement offered wise.

now.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22) -A progressive morning when it GEMINI (May. 22-June. 22 comes to handling business affairs An excellent day for buying and advantageously. Rest up this even. selling. Make progress on your plans if they Include expansion.

CANCER (June, 23-July, 23) Be cautious when making new bus incas connections or partnerships Be sure you know where you're going.

་

LEO (July. 24-Aug. 23)—A good day for a wedding-yours or attend Ing somebody else's. Limit motor travel, however, as much as possl

blc.

VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 22) Morning is the best time for action. Get in the good licks then. Slow up when afternoon comes.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)-Con- tinue yesterday's gains this morn Ing but take time out for rest and relaxation, later in the day.

SCIENCE AT WORK:

ing

“Seeing as 'ow we're both In the samea boat 1 makeu you da spreiat price, yes?”

BY

THE

WAY

by Beachcomber

LADIES, have you tried this new perfume, "Roast Beef," which everybody is raving about?

Roast beef is the English perfume for discerning women, with its sub- the suggestion of tiddlers and borax, its nuance of blended magic, woven of ancient glamour, evanescent as a coloured bubble, yet fraught with a

which CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan, 20)----

recalls of the affairs this morning

so that when the bejewelled ante-rooms

Cinquecento and the mystic won- afternoon comes, you'll be able to derland of the hanging gardens of enjoy yourself socially.

Babylon, drenched in the sweetness of 0 thousand unconventional blooms exolically refreshing in their witchery.

Complete all necessary business clinging aftermath

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19)— A fairly progressive day for you personally If you can anticipate and forestall the unexpected acts of others. Be on your guard.

PISCES ·(Fth. 20-Mať..__21– Be alert

to subterfuge. Scrutinise all new ideas very carefully. If good, act on them, quickly; otherwise die-

card them.

ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)-If you are behind in your friter writing especially to close relatives, use the day to catch up.

STUDYING WHAT MAKES

POISON IVY POISONOUS

A group

BY PAUL F. ELLIS

Such daring

~so pointless READ that there is to be a weekly paper. It takes up a the only page and a third, and punctuation is a full stop at the end of each of the divisions of the poem, and a colon towards the end

wonder

whether of the poem. I these stops were printers' errors; for it is not likely that the poet would go in for anything as reac tionary as punctuation-a bourgeois Arick, called by Pierro Tombalo tha "last indrmity of ignoble minds." Yet this splendidly daring rejection of punctuation may be found forty Apol- years ago in the work of Unaire.

Did Tristram raise his

bowler hat? THE forthcoming production

the opera "Alda" in modern dress a bold venture.. "Ce-leste

ไร

"top hat in hand. the irritant is found and Al-j-i-da!, properly identifled, some relief for Sul more fun will be Lohengrin's wearing a leap from the the persons sensitive to the Ivy may straw hat with a Leander

ribbon bo possible.

round it, and carrying a tennis The work at Columbia is assisted racket to swipe the midges on the

1 broad by a grant from a varnish concern, back of Elsa of Brabant. "It ' whose employees were contacting isn't the costume that matters," a theatrical personage (holty-toity)

of scientists ut Once Columbia University ap- pears to be nearing an answer to what makes poison ivy poisonous.

Their research

may mean

de-

swan,

FOR THE BUSINESSMAN

Defence & Foreign Aid Help U.S. Business

Washington, Apr. 27-Chalerman Edwin G. Nourse, of the President's Counell of Economle Advisers, sald today that defence and foreign aid spending should bring "several years" of business prosperity. He warned that it also may mean that continued high prices were possible.

ICE

HOUSE

STREET ACTIVITY

Several big lots of shares changed hands this moming on the Hongkong Stock Exchange, and buyer interest prevailed on the board.

Transations totulled $504,000

value.

in

Nourse, told the United States

| Chamber of Commerce conven- . tion that defence and foreign ald probably saved the country from a "mild recession", this year.

Earlier, the President of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce had urged the government to go slow in applying any new controls on business. Ho proposed tastead that public works spending be drastically cut so that the multi-billion dollar foreign ald and defence programmes are carried out without increasing the danger, of inflation,--United Press.

The following list shows business

RECIPROCAL TRADE done this morning and noon prices:

New York, Apr. 27.-The N- SUAKES DUYERS SELLERS BALES

tional Foreign Trade Council today DANKS

the 20 2050 asked for public hearings on

Trade 102035 extension of the Reciprocal

Agreements Act.

from A telegram

the

Council President, Eugene

to P. Thomas, Representative Bertrand W. Gear-

Canton

KK Bank

2045

East Asia

141

INSURANCES

700

500 0.00

10 00

310

103

Union

Underwriters..

HK Fire DOCKS, ETC.

K. Wharf (0) Dock Provident S'hat Dock LAND, ETC. HK Hotel IIK Land S'bal Land Humphrey UTILITIES

Tram Peak Tran

(Old)

16110

23 6300 (24

art, Cholman of the Ways and Means

Sub-Committeo on Recipro-

the

321cal Trade in the House of Repre- sentatives, protested against Bub-Committee's reported decision to hold closed hearings of only one week on

the extension of Act and requested permission "to pre-

600 14

2312 2115 700 2315 of the

Star Ferry... 12335 Yaumati Ferry C. Light (0) ·. C. Light (N).. Electric.......

Telephone (0) INDUSTRIALS

Cement

Ita.)

Watupes

8 · བཿ བྷཱུ ཝཱ

242 24.40 500 en 24

000 a $15%

10th

20

4056

100 52

44 800 43.

300 13% 310049

500434

DI

sent a brief stating forth the views

unell, membership which

the interests of Uhousand foreign traders who recognise the importanco of

the Reciprocal Trade Agreements to eliminate Dr Act in helping minimise international trade bar- riers."

ometal source's In Washington. said today that reciprocal trade agreements which the United States har already signed with 42 nations will remain in force even if Con- gress should refuse the Administra- 200 1 33% Linn's request to extend its power to make additional similar tariff agree- ments.

Rope STORES, ETC.

Dairy (0) Watson (X.

2016

53 6331

54%

30

14003

35 57

ROLL

Rights)

Lane

Crawford COTTONS

Ewo

MISCELLANEOUS

K Construc tion (0)

the

The agreement already were negotiated under the existing Reciprocal

Trade Act,

sald 243 2015 offelal sources, and therefore would not be affected if the Act was not extended beyond June 12 when otherwise it will expire.-United

AKA 500 0

500 @ 6

Wall Street

Trading

New York, April 27-Oll and roll- road stocks paced a late rally today with gains ranging more than two points.

Press.

N.Y. FOREIGN

EXCHANGE

New York. Apr. 17mToday's foreign exchange closing rates werei Argentine Peso tometal) Argentine Peso (unofficial) Austratio

$75$0.2977

1303 1.23

of

Trading again exceeded the 1, 000,000 share mark

Bethlehem

Brazil

.0505

Belgium

0223

Steel announced it would cut its price by US$10,000,- England 000 on its annual basis, and at the

India same time rejected the demand of the C. I. O. sieel workers' union for New Zealand a wage hike,

At the close of the market, the United States Steol Corporation dis- South Africa closed that its carnings in the March Switzerland quarter slipped to about US$34,000,- Uruguay 000, equal to US$3.18 per cominon Venezuela

Shanghai (CNC$100,000) share and US$1,25 per share divi- Netherlands dend on common shares.

Batavia Transactions totalled 1,420,000 | Singapore Hongkong shores.

Canada

Chila

4.033%

France

0003

4025

Mexico

2030

3.2316

Fóru

0700

Portugal

Sweden

2856

4300

velopment of a compound that will. Skin poisoning, similar to poison ivy. the other day. Then, if coa-

immunise-persons-sensitive-to-the poison Ivy plant.

Associate Professor Charles R. Dawson of Columbla's department of chemistry, in summarising de velopments said:

"We now have a great deal of information about the chemical nature of the active principle in polson Ivy. We have understood for some time its skeleton structure In toto, but only recently have we realised that the active principle is a mixture of several compounds having the same skeleton,, but dif- fering in certain structural de- tails,

Не zald the major chemical problem that remains to be solved is the development of a method of identifying such Reparating and compounds that

differ only very slightly in structure.

"We have recently developed a method that shows great promise in that respect," he said,

tume doesn't matter, why not leave things as they were? And The granting of more

than why not have modern plays acted U.S.$500,000 for research into heart in armour? disease has been announced by the Life Insurance Medical Research In passing Fund of the U.S. Institute of Life Insurance. The

the grants raise total

to $1,800,000, which has been riv

given to universities. medical

schools, hospitals and fellowships for doctors studying the disease.

The fund is supported by 140 life insurance companies in the United States and Canada.

n

Dow Jones averages at the cluze of the session stood as follow:-

30 Industrials

180.97

20 Rails

57.02

15 Utilities

34.03

40 Bonds

100,03

-United Press.

London Stock Market Quiet

London,

- 2500

United Fresa,

NEW YORK SILVER

New York, Apt. 27, Bilver, per fine ounce, as quoted by Mera Handy and Harmon 74% cesta. -United Press.

LONDON SILVER

Londón, Apr. 27.

Silver, Spat, per ounce, 456, Sliver. Forward. per ounce. $5d..

-United Press.

Cotton Rallies

Sharply

New York,

AM sorry to hear that

a loud- installed at speaker is to be Lord's. For Lord's was one of the places where Londoner could spend a drowsy summer afternoon without being pestered by that voice which

comes out of every hotel wall nowadays: "Will Mr Garnett con to the telephone,

Telephone message

ส smell the reception desk for Miss Pip- When is your sense of

Dev......Mr Gowland is wanted on

Apr. 27-The stock stronger? It's before a hearty meal,

the telephone.......

IT I much pre-market was lower, today on Middle reported Dre Freyda Stone and ferred

April 27-Cotto the little page-boys- who East developments, with Anglo- futures rallied sharply today after Franz R. Gootel, of the Department used to pipe out the messages like Iranian oll shares down 3/0 at

lower opening. 150/9, compared with this year's

Although May delivery notices for manente Foundation, Oakland, Call-impudent birds.

lowest figure of 162/0

1,000,100 bales

were unexpectedly Industrial Issues were sluggish,heavy, the tenders"

were promptly with leaders, moderately lower.

taken up by spot firms who need British Government issues were down 4th to th, while Kamirs The stability shown in the face of colton, to meet export commitments. were also lower by at least 1/16th.

the tenders and the sudden subsiding The turnover in all sections was

of the liquidation movement, under small.

way since late Friday, acted to change the underlying sentiment.

Prices closed as follow:- Bay (in cents per b.) July October

of Medical Research of the Per

fornia, at a meeting of the Federa- tion of American Societies for Experimental Biology,

CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Answors

The doctors bottled the odour of ground coffee and had

persons smell it before and after eating. The research, according to Dr The experiment showed, accord- Dawson, brought out the discovery Ing. to the scientists, that when the that there is a close relationship subjects' sharpness of smell was between sensitivity to poison ivy dampened before eating by the and a wide

substances drug benzedrine sulfate, the diners

out a sound. Only variety of

and reduced the amount of food they and materials, both natural manufactured.

ordered, ate less and were more quickly satisfeci.

He sold the studies explain why persons sensitive to poison ivy fre- quently cannot tolerate contact with certain fruits, varnishes. lacquers, insulator materials, lumbers and marking materials. That hos enabled the scientists to make pro- gress.

ZBW RADIO

H.K.T...

6. Programme Summary; 8.01, Children's Itail Hour "Beau Gerto" by P. C. Wren (Studio) Eplande B. "The Fort of Mad- news": 650, Variety of the latest Records; 1. World and Honie Nowa (London Relay): 15, Light Vocal flecital by Elvia Yuen (Boprano) with Piano accompani ment by Clara Stansfeld; 7.30, "T-Bring You Music Classical Request Programme presented by Marion Glover (Studio); 130, "Paul Temple and Steve" by Francia Durbridge. Episode 2:

Berkeley

House Place"; 0, World and Home NOWA

(London Relay): 9.15, Feature Fondon

Focus on the Boy Scouts" | Helny); 0,45, The land of HM. Cold- stream Guarda: 10. Itadio News Reel (London Relayi: 10.10, Weather Report; 10.10, Balections from Opera: -10.55. Naw Light Symphony Orchestra: 10.50, #pilogue | (Studio); 11, Close down,

Kertoja SAKER HENTIER,

Roni Guben 382

1. Stevens Hotel, Chiengo, 111. 2. In 1740 by Vitus Bering, 3. Words- worth, Southey and Coleridge, General George C-Marshall, 5. Rip

van Winkle.

SCOLLE

(Answers on Column 5)

"Oh, Herbert, you read music beautifully.t

Meanwhile. London's 94-year-old market in stocks and debantures of Argentine railways died today with- a handful of ordinary and preference stocks not yet paid for by the Argentine government remained, and trading in this handful ceased today United Press,

CHINA PRODUCE

QUOTATIONS

December March (1949)...... Mlay July

October

Spot

27.34

37.13/16 14.04/05

32345 31.08

31.00 nominat

*3163 nominat

20.00 nominal

38.60 nominal

NEW ORLEANS MARKET

The New Orleans cotton market closed BR follows: May, (in cents per ib.3 37.73 July

October

New York, Apr. 27--Today's closlag | December prleen for, China produen were:-

March

Anisced oll, per ib. F.O.3.

New York

0.80/90

Cassia oll

'2/0/3.00

Mas July October

Tong oil, in 'tank' cars, per

Spot

37.03/20

$1.00

32.00 bid

31.70 150

b. F.O.D. New York An DD (024-1/4, Sandalwood. In drums, de-i

pending on sellera quani-

ity & quality. 13.75 nominat ASBY AKAT per 1b. Y.0.1.3.70/6.00

New York C

Beryllum (10 to 12 per-

cents per tant ARAN 18.00/10.00 Molybdenum (p

per. 15.

percent)

Exchange

United Pres.

Rates

45

30.70 bid 20.00 bid 37.33

BjeUnited ProSE.. BOMBAY COTTON

Bombay, Apr. 27 Jarilla in rupees) May 100; July 73%

United Pross.

CHICAGO GRAIN

PRICES

Chicago Apr. 27-Chicago board of Traile grain prices closed today follows:

WHEAT (prices per bushell

May 2.40-1/2-3/4

J

*May 2.17-1/2-1/4.

July 2,06-1/2-1/4 OATS

JUIT #21-1/4,

Husinom was done, In the lacs! une officiel exchange market this, morning

at the following · raten:

Chinese dollars (per. C251.m.) (vers Sterling notes (per £1)

7.50

12.40

OORN

U.B. dollars (per Usii)

8.03

Gold bare (per tael).

$35.00

Plastres (per 100)

$11.25

Slam tlcale fpør 100)

25.50

-May 1,08-1/4-3/9,

NEI guilders (per 100)

44.30

-Unlied: Press.