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BODY and SOUL

JOHN GARFIELD LILLI PALMER

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HAZEL BROOKS

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66 THE

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"MOTHER WORE TIGHTS” COLOR BY TECHNICOLOR

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THE

LONG NIGHT”

HENRY FONDA BARBARA BEL GEDDES

Cathay

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1948.

ANTI- SOCIALISM

FRANCE —JUST ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER

World Copyright. By arrangement with Evening Standard.

Sitting on the

TELL," said the Sweep.

"W

"I see by the papers

that 2,000 doctors at

this ere London conference ave decided that we're all balmy."

"Go on," I said.

"Which don't surprise me at all, considerin what's goin' on."

"Nor me," I said,

When you could git a fag lo smoke," said the Sween, "you didn't care ow many of these Cre littler old Russians jumped out of windows or what they was a-dola of in Berlin."

"You certainly didn't," I satd.

"In fact, so far as I'm concerned, the more that jump out of windows the better."

"Me, too."

Fence

by NATHANIEL GUBBINS

After happy homes had been found for the kittens I was then inced with the problem. mother heat or a career?

Although I was desperately

Dr

fond

happy

of

Well, blow her down if blistered blonde isn't luckiest girl, as the woo just going on pler for basin fut whelks and gallon of wallop and was looking for soul male, blow her down if soul mate doesn't roll up at the psychological.

And

JAIKS, says

Mr. Radigan

Has A Name For Television

BY FREDERICK COOK

TR Patrick ("Parkoy") Radigan, who runs a small M tavern across the river from New York, na

ken, New Jersey, la now prepared to concedo without too much prompting, that television in America has really "arrived." .

He niso prepared to add, without any prompting at all, that if he never hears the word television again it will be too soon.

"I'm wanting no further part of it at all whatever," is the way Mr Radigan himself expresses it. In fact, The has a word for it."

Until a few months ago Parkey Radigan ved is humdrum, quiet life. The only excitement that came his way wan when he had to help subdue a patron who had managed to imbibe too much of his beer, Then Mr Radigan made a major mistake: he bought a television.

'set.

For a while he did not realise what he had done. Te basked in his customer's approval.

He liked to watch the programmes himself, too. But he got to thinking that the children of his neighbourhood-a

gloomy district of tenements and factories would be much better off watching television than

in playing gangsters and cops in the gutter.

Imuse where wife and guests are picking at comed salád.

Ho took to Inviting them in, late in the afternoons when trade was sinekt, for a free television show. That ended his quiet le,

NEW

A STAR HIMSELF

Oh, so this is the holiday wife legitimate thient hindi been looking forward to since get near

JEWS of Purkey Radigan's Chil- starving dren's Hour spread through Ho- beef boken in a matter of days. So many children swarmed to see the show that legitimate

with patrons could no

longer 1040,

the bar Is it?

enough to

to Not content with assunge it, and took it to a rival bringing wife to low boarding house establishment. The story get into

while cas munager and wife are in the local paperand expensive hotel at Bournemouth Reporters

A

photographers

with palm lounge and ladies' string flocked to Hoboken. Parents came band and proper waiters in evening along to see what the kid's excite- diers, sex-mmi worm has to go oft ment was all about Traffic stew- with vulgar woman and come backed and finally stopped. snelling like taproom.

The foolpath outside Radigan's bar becane Impassable, Mr Radigan sex-mad worm had wanted that became a

television star himself. kind of holiday why didn't he say He was "Interviewed" and told his inured piers of England with beer- so at Best" Then he could have story a national station.

have stayed at home, where swilling trollops while wife

usually stuys, keeping pigsty clean.

Hundreds of offers poured in could from people who wished him to she sponsor their soda pop and chew- ing gum, television sots, motorcars and children's toys.

Parkey stammered and sweated under the studio lights a second time while a television

news reel

of the kuttens and wildly about it all as they were the dearest things, I did feel 1 had contributed my fair share to the population be blistered blonde, she wouldn't enjoy

As for old sour

"But, cor strike a light, when you clever

chuce, us one of these frightfully whelks and wallop, ro she might as can't even buy

statisticians, whatever a packet of fngs they

well sit in winter gardens, sten with your mouldy coppers you won- species produce four (or was it six. a mate worm has couple of hours probably half working hours in magazine. Then trouble really be-

are, Enid, if each two of n

to band or go climb tree while 5 worm spends most of leisure and was made of his Children's Hour. der's worth while doin any I forget now) the population will be off chain,

The story hit a national pleture work at all."

nintained despite disease, accident,

low taverns, ogling blonde barmaids! and what have you.

and pouring paltry pittance enters, wife thought alekly worm would have taken this opportunity

BEGAN TO FLINCH to build up puny body with ozone

THE local postman, a pal of Par- key's for years, began giving him had exercise, bathing before break-a sour look as he staggered in with fast like, was manager, golfing all his mall in a sack and emptied It morning like gas manager, devoting on the floor. Soon deliveries came gas manuger, und, if he must ruin alternoons and evenings to wife like twice a day by lorry,

Parkey began to Blinch overy

"You certainly do."

"For instance," said the Sweep, "what do you it out of your little bit of typin after you've paid your

income tux?"

"Nothink much,” I said,

"And what can you do with what's left?"

"Nothink much again," I said. "Why, cor stone the crows," sald the Sweep, "you can't even OVO #stenk-und-kkidney pudden for your Sunday dinner."

"Too true," I said,

"And if you was to work all day and night it wouldn't make no difference," said the Sweep, "the Government would take it off you."

"They certainly would."

terature was my forte and never In any case, 1 always believed really wanted those absolutely as-

tronomical Lumilics in for,

से

some cats Fo

With une frightened, backward giance worm in whirled on pier by PB, and after two pints and a plate has forgotten wife's

st whelks existence.

secs

old

Bilstered blonde then friend in A.T.S. with boy friend and orders plats all round and more whelks Then A.T.S. friend orders mere pints with cockles and worm orders more pints with mussels

By this time

is leading chorus of Army songs and A.T.S. boy friend takes opportunity to or- der more pints with winkles,

Hours later, flushed, guilty wonn So I had my operation. I mean noisily enters dining-room of quest the operation which is positively

SHOULD think after the first 100 one could feel pretty browned off about the whole thing, apart from the fact that large familles ar rather bourgeois.

the latest thing for she eats anel | means "my more kittens whatever happens. that you simply can't have

And I must say the whole thing was terribly simple. Three days in "So there you are," said the

nursing home with the lovellest Sweep, "wearin out your brains for able, and I was home again feeling food and the sweetest vet imagin- nothink."

"That's right."

fitter than ever.

OverFan.

health, sipping cocktails with wife intime his telephone rang; Was Proper lounge bar with proper bar-always somebody trying to sell him mon in white coat, like gas manager, something or get him to sign Instead of behaving like potman something. spending day out with scullery mald. He did not wish to buy anything or sign anything. He wanted to go As worm, full of whelks, mussels, on selling beer and being friendly cockles, and winkles, turns nauscated to from corned beef salad, blistered enormous. Here and there a crackpot blonde and friends walk by window jetter, abusing him for his kindness. singing "Roll Out The Barrel."

(Continued on Pare 5)

kids. The Inn mail became

The Austin dispute is

a new world headache

THE Austin motor workers

VINCENT

VINCENT EVANS

on

THE BECOND ISSUE: For all the fanfares, Britain's trade is still in desperate plight. Our output, present standards of production, hos reached something like is Jimit. The Increases are mainly in value. not volume.

Of course, life afterwards Is Just "No wonder the doctors think the teeniest bit restricted. In smail you're balmy," said the Sweep. "Cor towns news travels pretty fast, and

are back at their jobs- luvaduck, you'd be better orf down I must say I was surprised

the issue on which that but with the mines doin a proper man's job." my gentleinen friends knew

"Maybe."

about 15,000 men struck still unsettl- it almost at once and refused alled. "With double rations and a bit of luvitations to my "at homes," bilberry pie thrown in."

The issue is this: Shall a It was the power loom and the "Thanks."

Nevertheless, I soon found a new newly installed American coalcutter which won the fights

They are still not enough to com- "And as if things wasn't cheerful similar social handicaps, two of them at which the Americans say it

circle of friends among those with machine be worked at the speed as they were bound to. enough as it is," said the Swoep, being Sie fluff-Bluff, who is fright-can be worked, or shall its effi- became cleaner. The drudgery went way to do that.

And it was the men who worked can production. They must be made pete with the avalanche of Ameri- them who benefited. Their work to compele. And there is only one "I see they've sent another 5,000 fully well connected as the spelling

airmen over ere."

"Go

onp "Which makes it certain we can't Neutral if anythink appens.”

certainly do."

We must stream-

of them there little old American of his name shows, and my column ciency be stepped down to keep out of it. Instead of employment line our production methods.

correspondent who signed him time with the rhythm of our folting. It increasert, Bull "Almost a Gentleman."

The new ranchines must come In- own prewar production7

Production of the goods created from the Jumble Behind that issue lies a long series the demand, Every new

gear-cutter "AAG" is too sweet for wards, of others, in

develop which caused the strike nt Austins which the cultured, witty, with a perfectly Britain's industrial future is involv- dustry"

whole of ment Increased it and gave the in- to the giant automatic spot-welder 1 marvellous understanding of a girl's ed.

fresh virility. New

which does a dozen men's jobs in Two of them are vital, It font of view.

new machines for the home, radio, gne. then television

bo

Though personally meself

would like to ave been neutral. would make a nice change."

"Ver Tice."

"So you might as well ave

ILA-

cars,

☆

Work begat work and progress

THE FIRST ISSUE: Vast num-

was afoot.

So my evenings are not so dull as you might think. I have found pint while you can get it, a new world and I'm terribly,bers of British workmen fear the

terribly happy. event you can't ave a fag."

other

"Thanks," said,

"The skin orf yourn."

"The skin orf your nose," paid the Sweep.

Diary of a

worm

Letter from Lottie HAPPY Holiday worm in flannel one form or another.

OTTIE, cat columnist, writes:

W3S

the

number

+

*

the

mán ог

advancing mammoth of the Au- The motor and aircraft industries That is progress. It is the kind. tomatic machine. To them, it re- are a perfect example. In 1924 they of progress which increased Britain's presents wrongly, US history employed 190,000 men and women. working population by 2,000,000 bc- shows-loss of work, loss of pay, By 1020

was 223,000. tween the two wars and loss of the craftsman's dignity. That

saw the end of period

the Those fears are understandable nivver, the beginning of the roads- brings the greatest good to

It is the kind of progress which and human. We all have them in ter. In 1034 the total was 243,000; greatest number. Every trousers and open-neck shirt is

the period of Their history

woman who does n streamlining long and the

Rood job of Roca back walking along front with wife when way-to

beginning of luxury. In work is entitled to his car, his radio, the fight

of the cotton 1938, when the worm's old pre-war seaside friend, worker against the

car was coming the comforts of labour-saving It will come as a surprise to hearty blistered blonde in slacks, Men went around

power loom. within reach of everyone's pocket, devices. The field is wido millions of my readers to hear that yellow jumper, and scarlet head north smashing up the machines.

the industrial jobs in the industry had gone up enticing-both at home and abroad. I became the mother of four kittens duster, runs up and flings powerful

to 358,000..

The fruits of it will be gathered 7.30 & 9.30 p.m. last April. That's why I didn't write arms round worm's neck, taking no coalminer

It goes back to the fight of the

That is a story of great achieve in only when we accept everything against the nolice of wilc.

automatic ment-of higher wages, more leisure, that a progressive coalcutter.

world, moving improved conditions of work.

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