1948-12-28 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1948.

FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS

• MCKENNEY ON BRIDGE

Normal Contract Gets Set Eight

BY 'WILLIAM E. McKENNEY

the unusual O not think that

things that happen at your table never happen any place_clas. Mrs J. E. (Emily) Folline of Rich- mond, Va., a Illa master and rated as one of the greatest women bridge players of the world, had a great deal of fun at the national tourna- ment in Chicago, talking about what happened to her on today's hand. tella However, when a life master-

a story, do not be too quick to laugh, as there is a good chance that they may have the last lough. “

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Thero was, nothing optimistic about the bidding, and certainly the contract was low. West made rather unusual opening lead, the Foiling jack of hearts, which Mrs

won with the acc.. Hoping that the hearts would fall together so that her side tricks would be good, she

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led back a small heart. West won Enst with the ten-spot, and when showed out, Mrs Foiline never bat- ted an eye.

However, West could count to 13 and Immediately proceeded to pick up the outstanding hearts. East was careful to discard the three of clubs and three of spades, no West led the queen of diamonds.

Duruny's king was played, East

won and shifted

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SCIENCE AT WORK:

Youth Builds Home-Made

Atom-Smashing

By PAUL F. ELLIS

atom-smashing betatron (0 AN A simple Rtum to 25-year-old Francis Jankowski, of Tribes 111, New York. He not only designs the making one machine but is now from a collection of "junk" co to speak.

Machine

general

BY THE WAY

by Beachcomber

kearch with the inchline begins under Dr Sneller, rly studies in the discovery by Professor Ramsden of a non-solvent, cognition for his early studier in the field of X-ray, the work will deal radio-active Hthophyte in the with some phans of the problem being studied by scent-polyp-beds at Newcastle-on- revolu- ists-on attempt to discover an atom Tyne will probably of Богле chemical element less tionise litholatry and lithogly-

will Jankowski,.n graduate student at precious than radium which

phology to an extent hitherto the University of Cincinnati, was produce atom energy cheaply. One undreamed of in the wildest awarded a Master of Science degree such element, radioactive at Cincinnati last year for the plans already is being used experimentally prognostications of the litho he drafted for the betatron. For to replace radium,

phobes. But, bearing in mind he will making improvements,

Frodnose: What exactly to all this receive a Doctor of Science degree

about? next year.

ího or

under Jankowski, working direction of Dr Walter Seller, head of the university's applied science the research laboratory, developed idea of building a betatron about two years ago. He had returned to his studies after three years as an Air. Force pilot. He was then sent In laboratory to the Argonne Chicago to get experience in nuclear physles research,

Material Donated

cobalt,

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A betatron, built from new materiais, costs about US$200,000

The marci

matericis in Jankowski's home-made machine cost about $2,000.

Shorts In Scibnco)|

Bacitracin, a new drug effective in the treatment of many skin and local surgical infections, 15 now available commercially.... A new tape recorder, with higher fidelity performance and more economical, has been Eveloped by the Fairchild Corporation.... The Recording Arthritis and Rheumatism Founda- tion of America has launched 'a' come drive for funds to support research

400 in the hope

that a cure for the disease can be found. It is one of mnis the

oldest and most neglected"

Back in school, the young seient- lat began gathering the parts for betatron. A Cincinnati frm donated three tons of magnetle iron for the unit The condenser from war surplus, as were pounds of copper. The University

the supplied tube, or "onut" as it

of Illinois Vacuum

unit

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The betatron is expected to be in operation by January, When re-

BOYS AND GIRLS MAGAZINE

FOR THE BUSINESSMAN

Anglo-Yugoslav Trade Agreement Signed

London, Dec, 27.-Britain exchanged Christmas gifts with one Eastern European country when she signed the Anglo-Yugoslav trade agreement last week, and a similar agreement with Poland is ex- pected to be signed soon.

She has three other sets of trade negotiations. awaiting completion-with the Soviet Union, Turkey and Egypt, and will also begin talks with Belgium. in London on January 4 and with Brazil and Argen- tina early in the New Year.

will receivo A last-minute hitch prevented the Britain.

Umber and certain foodstuffs, Anglo-Polish agreement fraza being products

The new Anglo-Pollah agreement, algned just before Christmas but this including meat and eggs.

when signed, will mean mero bacon was expected to delay its completion by only a few days.

The Yugosiny agreement provider and cats for Britain, and more in- for an exchange of goods worth £15 dustrini, goods for Poland. Russia million in each direction and is valid has not yet replied to a British ro

quest for a short-term grain agree- Yugoslavia will receive 100,000 ment next year, it was learned today. tons of crude oil, 10,000 tons of raw The British request was made be wool, one million pounds welght cause it seemed impossible that the Anglo-Russian trade cotton yarn, a quantity of raw rubber, Jong-term

about and

£3,000,000 worth of agreement could be settled in time to assure Britain's grain requirements machinery.

throughout the year.

Myself: If you don't know, how for the 12 months ending 1940. on earth should 17 (TOMORROW: Results of the great snakeskin hat competition, follow- ed by a railway banquet át Crewe Junction).

In passing

ONFECTIONERS,

speaking of

the new "medicated sweets," say they are likely to be harmful when EWċelmeat. used in quantity as n That is about na far as anybody has gone towards, admitting that

really things caten today are not me to be caten much.

Situation well in hand.

A

the

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MAN greasy and dripping with wealth Was entertaining known. It is around the "donut" diseases. Fossilised skeletons of the that the particles of the atom are reptilian age, more than 100,000,000 strident actress in a restaurant the years ago, indicate that the verie-other day when in walked his formeer accelerated at great speed.

favourite. The greasy lad, looked brates then suffered some type of very uncomfortable, and bent over arthritis as do today's humans..--- his cutlet with a flaming face. But,

old little buzz-saw had seen her United Press.

rival, and said to her escort, "Throw her à bane, sweetle-pie."

Marginal note

silliesi of the ONE of

words

the of 1. The University of Paris. 2. It moment is "escapist." If you find travels 15 times as fast. through a man reading "Don Quixote" or steel. 3. Quatrains (stanzas con- Keals or Theocritus instead of sisting of four lines). 4. Roger speech by a Cabinet Minister, Bacon, English philosopher and man tell him, with a sneer, that he is an of science, because of his extensivo escapist. The implication is that he knowledge. 5. Because it was pur- is an ineffective, weak-minded kind chased from

a tribe of Indians of fellow, because he is using his named Manhattans,

Paul Imagination; you yourself being Doumer.

sturdy, solid realist.

Shadows Visit the Museum

-They See the Grandfather of All Elephants- By MAX TRELL

clubs. Mrs Folline decided to cover,ATHER and the children set out

reason

than to

it for no other

opponents. But it did confuse the

They took the not confuse them. balance of the tricks, and thus what looked to be a quite normal contract of three hearts went down eight tricks.

the

When Mrs Folline told me story, I said, "Emily, do you mean went that you bid three hearts, down eight, and got a bottoni on the boord?"

"Oh, no," she replied, "I forgot to "tell you that East and West could If you look make six diamonds." the hand over, you will find that is right. The opponents were cold for six diamonds. Nevertheless, it was a good story for a line player to tell an herself.··

Check Your

Knowledge

1. What is the Sorbonne?

2. Does sound travel through air or steel?

3. What is

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the

and

carly, for they were all going to the museum. Following right in

were Knarf their footsteps Hanld, the shadows-of-the-children. (if you want to know which shadow- belonged to which child, just spell the shadownames backwards, and you'll have no trouble finding out). You ought to know, though, that the names of the children Frank and Dinah.

along, Knarf As they followed kept asking Hanid to tell him what museum was.. "I've never been to museum,"

" he said. "Amuseum,"

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answered Hanid, "is a place where they keep things." "What kind of things?" asked Knari.

"All kinds of things," sald Honld. In the museum of Natural History, they-keep- animals.

"Oh," said Kuart, "then a museum

is like a zoo."

bla

Not a Zoo

"It's no! Hanid shook her head. exactly like a zav. In the zoo, the animals are all in enges. There aren't any cages in the Museum of faster, Natural History.

It's like great house." meaning of "That's wonderful!" Knarf shouted in delight. "I've never been in a Are there house full of animals. Ad-elephants and ligers and lions?" "Oh, yes," said Hanid. "And lots mastodons and dinosaurs

4. Who was called "Doctor inirabilis?"

5. Why is the island of Manhat- of other animals besides, such as tan, on which New York, City bulit, so called?

is

d. Nome the president of France

who was assassinated in 1932,

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Rupert and Margot-27

Feeling much happier the little friend race. back to Nutwood. "I've no idea why the lizard told me to wear Wellingtons." says Rupert, "but I'll go and put mine on. Then I suppose we'd better go to the river and try to get a boat. though it'll be an awful long row. "We haven't any won't it." Wellingtons." cries Rex. "bat we have a boat, and it's a sailing-boat. That's much easier than rowing. Come on. Reggie, let's go and get it ready and Rupert will join us,"

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"The dinosaur is like a big lizard," Hand fold art.

What are they?" cried Knart.

mastodons, ld Hand. hesitating a little because she wasn't really too sure, "Is like an elephant, only

ten times bigger. It's the Grandfather Of All Elephants."

"And a dino...dino-?"

CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE Answers

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BIRTHDAY..

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28

INACTIVITY

ON RUBBER MARKET

Britain, needs 1,000,000 tons of coarse grains and 500,000 tons of

above wheat, over and

existing

grain contracts.

Talko taking place in Ankara have been interrupted for Christmas, an authoritative source sald.

It t

item

The discussions in Cairo' mainly concerned releases from Egypt's blocked sterling balances during the coming year, but trade questions New York, Dec. 27. The rubber were bound to be included, one of market was very quiet today after Egypt's chief complaints being that the holiday.

rpend she had nothing on which to No. 1 Rubber futures closed un- her sterling.

is thought today that difficulty changed to five points lower, with nales totalling ave contracts.

in the Anglo-Belgian talks might be Standard rubber futures closed Eritain's desire not to continuo gold unchanged to five points higher on

The 'main to Belgium payments to soles totalling 20 contracts.

of discussion would bo Eas offerings were unwork- Eritain's import programme for the ably

An Anglo-Belgian The complexities of the Indone-next six months. sian picture maintain a restraining

for 10 months programme

up to influence on the market. It is cur-

June, 1040, had been drawn up last mised

that the success of the Dutch

March. It provided that, by tho would mean greater production and emciency and dealers are withhold-end of the period, Britain would bo ing their opinions in regard to the able to caru back some of the gold "The forecasts have all gone. nearby term pending developments. she had been paying Belgium,

wrong" officials here said today. Britain had bought more from Bel- gium than she originally intended, including an extra 100,000 tons 18.32 nominal,steel. 10,30 bid

Prices closed as follow:-- Standard Contract Rubber. December

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By STELLA August

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October

November

December

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routine

BORN today you have a fine mind While you can undertake

capable of clear and accurate work when necessary, you are hap- thinking. Your originality of pler when you can express your in- thought is exceptional and you may dividuality, no matter how humble And yourself far ahead of your time. the job. In addition, you are a good organiser- and can allot the jobs to just the right people.

talents in

heed of

on

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Britain was still therefore having 18.23 nominal to pay Belgium gold in the deficit.

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INSURANCES

Since Britain wants to import even more Belgian goods during the next six months, this deficit is likely to grow. Until these gold payments cense, British officials will apparent- ly continue to bar British tourists from Belgium.-Reuter.

TITO'S STATEMENT Belgrade, Dec. 27-Marshall Tila today announced to tho Yugoslav Parliament that Yugoslavia would turn to "capitalist countries" for goods needed for her five-year plan, because the Communist world had tried the "economia screws" on him. Presenting the 1949 budget of 181 billion Dinars (3-4 billion dollars) to an attentive House, only a few days after the signing of the trade pace with Britain, Tito said: our Allies in the countries of poo ples-democracies do not wantto help us, if.

if they violate agreements. and various obligations they have must with us, then of course, we

elsewhere, to capitalist countries, In order to buy the machinery needed for the me- chanisation of our mines and heavy industry."

Dedicated to justice and fairness to all, you wornen especially would

The turnover on, the Stock Ex- And an outlet for your

change this morning totalled $62,900. These characteristics, alone, should church work; community endeavours

Transactions and noon prices were: sell our materials Social Service. It is likely that place you in some Important ex-

Or

BUYERA SELLERS BALES BHARES "A dinosaur," said Hanid, "is like ecutive position eventually. If you Thursday will be one of your "good

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5 10 140 an enormous big lizard, as tall as a were to enter politics or interna- days" each week. Take tree, with a neck longer than Avotional diplomacy, you might find the this. Plan Important matters giraffes."

fields fascinating and your success that day and then see how smoothly outstanding. Those, however, who they tend to go for you! Knart was very eager to see these

training or background are not by

To find what the stars have in nimals. Hanid told him fitted for this type of work could strange

for tomorrow, select your there were also whales in the Muse make good teachers, workers in the store um of Natural History, and flowers field of chemistry or electricity, or birthday star and read the corres- from the bottom of the ocean, and employees in any kind of job which ponding paragraph. Let your birth-

eagles,

calls for initiative and. Ingenuity. day star be your daily guide. and Indians living in wigwams, and pieces of falling stars, Eskimos living in igloos, and trees that have turned to stone, and ashes from the inside of a volcano, and gold and silver, and pearls, and dia-

munds.

And

The Main Door

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29-

CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan, 20) Stay within the law today and you can avoid trouble. If driving check, your car carefully.

Knarf looked up to see that they

- AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19;- quite close were

to the Museum right now. In fact, father and the Opposing forces appear to be operat

to watch your step. If you children were already starting to Ing. climb the broad fight of stone steps are careful, you can avoid trouble. leading to the main door. Knarf could hardly wait to got inside.

"I hope the mastodons and dino.. dinosaurs don't jump at us," Knarf said, holding tight to Hanld's arm.

"They won't," said Hanld."

Knarf Finally they were insidel soon saw why the mastodons and dinosaurs and all the other animals didn't jump at them-why they were allowed to be in a big house without cages..

They were all stuffed! But he enjoyed the Museum of Natural History Just the same. "It's just like reading a big Natural His- tory Book," he said, "except that instead of pictures, all the animals are right here, stuffed,"

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PISCES (Feb, 20-Mar, 21) - Be on your guard against an unexpect ed accident to your person through carelessness or hostc. Business is good.

ARIES

20)-A (Mar. 22-Apr. generally favourable day. Especial- ly good if you are involved in plan- ning some holiday entertainment:

TAURUS (Apr, 21-May 21)--You can come to an agreement on some problem if you are patient, but obvious gains appear mengre.

GEMINI (May 22-June 223-Post- pono new plans until a better day, Impulse is not to be trusted just now. Bu very thoughtful.

On Guard

HEAN

WHILE

CANCERN (June 23-July 23) Slue-step even the smallest argu- ment today if you see one coming. Doing so may avoid losing a friend- ship.

LEO (July ́24-Aug. 23)—A good excellent and An business day one on the domestic front Marriage is benefited, also,

VIRGO (Aug, 24-Sept, 22)—Cau- tion in making a journey is suggest- to ed. Guard against mishaps duo haste. Romance is good.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) driving, be very careful. A ticket lodny could tomorrow, Don't run riska

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However, he emphasised "trade is not a matter of influence but merely an exchange of goods" and Yuga- the slavia would not fall under sway of "western reactionaries" be- cause it, traded with them.

Tito said Yugoslavia had kept 200 11.30 faith with her allies and had been "astonished" by their "Incompre- hensible and ugly

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N.Y. STOCK

MARKET

New York, Dec. 27-In the Stock Murket here today, the stock of E. A Dupont de Nemours ran up sharply again, but the general ist.

it did to did not respond as similar rise lost Friday.

The stock 11st was generally Irregular at the close, after moving throughout the back and forth Eestion.

The gain registered by Dupont stock for the whole of 17st week amounted to, more than 10 points, and today's gain of 3 points carried the price to $185.

Washington, Det. 27-The Inter

With Dupont. Allied Chemical national Monetary Fund will soon have a representative in the East. also advanced, gulning 1-points.

There A spokesman of the Fund reveal-

was little in. the news 'to ૫૧

Street, influence the

which will

plans, to keep to the his mako

headquarters in parently. cd today that a technical speciallet Bombay, from where he will be sidelines pending the opening of able to maintain close contacts with the 81st Congress and the President's such member countries as India, message on January 5, which, it is Cuino, Stom and the Philippines, as believed will chart n full admini- with regard to well as other countries not yet station, course'

members.

business.

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of 1,053 fasues

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Mr raded, 834 were the Reserve Bank of India.

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Shangoy, would be the third Fund

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exchange

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