THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1949.
TEDAZ
FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS
MCKENNEY DUMBBELLS
ON BRIDGE Try Working This Hand Out Yourself
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DX WILLIAM E. DICKENNEY MONG the kibitzera at the re- cent Vanderbilt Cup tourna ment In New York City, I cow Sidney Lenz. One does not realise that this famous bridge personality is 70
years old.
He was born in Chicago, and away back in 1002 he started lo play bridge in India. In those days the dealer either named the irump, or he "bridged" it to his partner,
which In partner had to name the trump. Sidney was an active member
case his
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MICE KEPT IN MINE
IN
CANCER WAR
By ROBERT M. SHAW
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by Beachcomber Na review of a book of etiqueto I find this quota- tion:If is an tipardon
so avoid riding too near them.
TUIE war against cancer has will live in a rodent luxury for able sin to injure a hound;"
gone underground. and Dr the next two years, William R. Franks, University of Toronto rezaretier, leading an army of 2,000 mico in the battle,
Franks, one of Canada's leading scientists, attached to the famed Banting Institute, is the man who solved the "black out" problem for airmen Bying at high speeds. Now he is
kind's greatest killer next to heart disease, cancer,
of the American Whist League. Check Your pitting his mind against man-
He served na ila president at one time, and is a member of the "Original"Thirteen Cranks." In 1000 he won the pair champions ship at whist. During the next 25 years he won it four or five times more, but just 25 years later he had the distinction et winning, it again,
In his younger days he WRA Interested in lumber mills in
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The new battleground in the 2,800-foot level of the McIntyre Porcupine mine at Timmins,
1. What is bilge water? 2. What is a quinnat? What is a soporific? How many gills in A Ontario,
In the hear! Canada's gold-producing coun- try.
quart?
5. What is a more name for brimstone?
common
0. On what river are the boot races between Oxford and Cambridge Universities held?
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A complete research labora tory is being established in the mine, in co-operation with a research staff of the Mcintyre Foundation. Herc. 2,000 mico
BOYS AND GIRLS MAGAZINE
Chirpie Sparrow Laughed
East
FOR
Pasa
Pos
21
-He knew a Funny Story About a Peacock- By MAX TRELL
OR several moments, Knarf shadow- Norli
Hand, the natel Pak 2▼
children with the turned-about Pasa *♥
names, stood by the window, Opening→→ K
watching Chirpic Sparrow pecking at the bread crumbs Michigan. At one time he was
It wasn't strange that Chirple vice president and editor of Sparrow should come for his for Judge Magazine, in which his bread crumbs (for he came famous bridge problems appear-them
them every day): what
sur- ed for years. His problems also prised Khart and Honid WWE appeared in New York theatre that every
1wp moment or programmes for two ог
Chirple stopped to twitter with three years.
laugher, as though he were Few know Sidney Lenz as a enjoying some huge joke nll table tennis expert. Noverthe by himself. Finally Knarf and less, bo won the national cham-Hanid opened the window and plonship about 45 years ago, and bade Chirple good-morning. today is honorary vice-president Chirple Sparrow broke off in
of the United States Table Ten- the middle of a twitter to nod nis Association, and president of his head. "Very good morning the American Ping Pong Asso-to you. my friends clation
of Sidney's
behind
Chirple. And
3-17
Chirple saw the peacock..
"My goodnesal" exclaimed Hanid said: "We were watch- Hanid, "What kind of a bird Here is one of
inter- [ ing
the was it?" you from esting hands. I am going to let window,
"It was quite a we
large bird," you work it out yourself, but I thought we saw you laughing." said Chirple, "and its feathers will give you a few tips. You
"Itwon," says Churple,
all in its tall which was cannot make the contract if you
you laughing so long that it swept over the were
ground,
as the bird walked. And more wonderful than this! replied the bind suddenly lifted its tall
What
try to ruff the diamonds ouat?" asked Knart. East will throw the king of spades away. To make it, at
were
Depth Nooded Franks is trying to determine The only hound Lady Cabatan- what effect various types of Talgh ever injured in the hunt- radiation have on the growth of ing-field was Captain Foul- cancerous tissue. The only way enough. The Captain bad drunk in which the mico can bo pro-wisely and los well before the tected against all types of meet, and when he saw the radiation, including the most Cabatanleigh in her bow- penetrailng of all-cosmic radialer, regarding him with ob- lon-ls to place them deep in vious disapproval, ho при the ground.
proached and said, ""Why," "If it isn't old Bottleface, who wan my far at Selfridges." Her lady- and struck him with her whip his knuckles. Foul- enough was so fascinated by her tomfoot bowler that he did not notice the wound. Shaking with laughter, he chanted, "All is human under the hat. See the Maxims of Sustat el Mashtub," A neantiste lyric cry
Two small laboratorios have been built to house the mouse
raised faleed on the best of, food and A second colony of mice will nder ideal conditions. be kept on the earth's surface, at the Banting Institute labora torles here,
"control" group. By comparing the incidence of cancer among the mice above ground, with those kept under ground. It can be determined what effect radiation has on the growth of cancer.
YRIC poetry today, says n
critic, tends towards a kind of dynamism. Yes. Yes. As the
writer in "Horizons d'Autre-
French nenntiste Pierre Tombalo
fols" -
Previous cancer research has showed that the malignant tissue can be cultivated experimentally Elle s'en va, s'en va by certain chemicals, or by rays Et elle s'en va
various types, and in some Mals la Princesse Leintaine
by viruses.
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Knowledge Sought
"What have these diverse fac-In passing tors in common?" is the ques-TOO much reading of books is tion of Immediate concern to reducing crities to a pitiable Franks.
condition. The women yap and
have developed cancer, they will CHADES of Bastiat, Bay, and be brought immediately to the Charbonnel! The Statist says Banting Institute laboratories that higher interest rutes paid here,
plogue.
Mice are as prone to cancer as humans. Their life span is mere two years. For those rea- sons, they are particularly well suited to the experiments,
(Tomorrow-Book Farade}
FOR THE BUSINESSMAN
America's Tariff Walls
Attacked
Buxton, May 30-Lord Citrine, Chairman of the British Electritity Authorsiy and former chief of the British trade union' mave- ment, ajjacked Ameriçan "high tariff · walls” la speech to the Adveriksing Conference her hot lis
belleve, liat
utterly Impassible for. Brillah trade to climb the high tariff walls of the Untied Blates of America,".- he said.
"I don't believe that it Is possible for the economy of the world to be restored while any country tries to protect US internal frade by means of high farl barrier"-Iteuler.
America Wants Goods
From Abroad
tho
ANGLO-ISRAELI
AGREEMENT ON STERLING
Blocked Balances
To Be Released
London, May 30. Britain and Israel have signed an agreement whereby the blocked Palestine sterling balances will be released for Israel, it is announced today.
Negotiations on the unblocking of the Palestinian sterling balances have taken place in London during the past four weeks. To mark the successful con- clusion of the talks, the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, Stafford Cripps. today received the head of the Israeli delega- tion, David Herevils, at the Treasury.
The sum of £8,150,000 will be released between now and October, after which b' now agreemont will be negollated.
The total amount of Pales- tinlan balances to be released will be made up as follows
I. General releases at the rate of £100,000 a month to an amount of £4,200,000,
of
2. A special allocation £1,750,000 to cover payments for oll shipments.
of
New Trade Discussions For Germany
by Banks would have no effect foreign, service, to inform busf-country, residents in that| **
was
on
Frankfurt, May, 30-Talks for a new trade agreement between Toronto, May 30,-The Becre-
the Anglo-American Bizone and tary of Commerce, Mr Charles
the Russian Zone of Germany Sawyer, sald today that the
will be resumed next United States must buy, more
month, Dr Kaumann, head of the In from other countries if those
terzonal Trade Department of countries were to earn dollars to buy from America.
the Bla
Bizanal Economiò Adminis- 3. A special allocallon It is known, for instance, that|yelp about each other's master- In an address at the opening £1,000,000 to cover about half
of iration, announced here today, electrons, the negatively charged pleccs, and recover in time for of
Exact quotos second
arc then ex- commitments International of Israel's
out- particles found in atoms, are the next batch, But here is Canadian Trado Fair here, Mr standing on April 30, 1049, pected to be fixed for the ex- given out by certain chemical serious case of a male reviewer Sawyer said: "The Commerce
4. A special allocation change of all
of all goods, the Soviet changes, and also result from who says, "I'm still really half- Department is trying to make it £1,200,000 to be transferred to Zone having rejected the pre radiation. Franks wonders whe- stunned by this novel." The possible to
expond trade by countries, excluding hard cut cept for a limited number of posed free Interzonal trade ex- ther they play
any part in the
really" is a fino touch. It re-s development of cancer.
minds me of the
Imports rency countries, which are outs greater man who encouraging
Into the United States, We side the sterling area.
goods, he zald. In their underground home, wrote, "Sir Henry Campbell-Inte
The first statistics show that In addition to the mice will be protected from Bannerman literally died in recognise that many producers
the above trade between the Eastern and and exporters in other countries amounts, totalling £8.150,000, Western Zones in the first 10 all types of disease, including karness." the common cald. If it is sus-Preposterous! ›
are somewhat bewildered at the the Agreement provides
for days after the lifting of the sterling releases
to blockade pected that any of the mice
facilitate the repatriation
amounted to about five of million Western marks (about highly organised and complex prospect of selling goods in the special
funda in Israel belonging to American market.
former British
£3,000,000), he added. "We have tried, through 'our | 1000
repatriation of Dr Kaumann said the present Hoity-nessmen of other countries as to within reasonable mits." the e
such funds will be allowed trickle of interzonal trade was Their cases will be carefully on official Investment.
based
entirely
Western alty! Does the Statist diagnosed. If a cancer has de-think that unfinanced working ing goods in the United States,
really the most effective ways of sell agreement said.
marks, East Zone firms paying veloped, they will then be used capital can be economically dis
partly out of accounts accumulat Trade and during the past year the for experiments for curing the tributed by merely wiping out volume
discussed only ed during the counter-blockade of Imports into tie briefly during the Anglo-n
and raw material? debt interest as though it were United
partly taking the delivery States
hus Improved Israeli talks and only in relation of goods paid before the cur- What happened markedly."
to the question of storling rency reform and stopped by the to capital expenditure in 1931 Mr Sawyer emphasised that balances. The question of trade Western counter-blockade. when loan accounts were added the United
States
was also will be dealt with in a new to overall valuations as an in- aware of the excess of our ex-veries of
He estimated that the blocked Anglo-Israeli talks Western mark accounts held by centive to industrial outlay? porta over our imports, and we shortly.
Russian Zone firms at one time. -¿London Express Servteri,want to balance our trade, at
These talks will also deal totalled 15 million marks, but high level,"
with the detailed financial had somehow or other boen He said the United States was
of the Palestine whitiled down to five million attempting to balance its trade liquidation by!
yencouraging Americans to Mandato and the British will marks by the time the blockado spend more money abroad, and present a bill for the coats of was lifted. Reuter. pointed out that the amount of their withdrawal from Pales- maintenance of money spent by Americans ca tine,for the foreign travel had increased internment camps, and other "That's what it was, sald
each year since the war.
expenses which Britain had in
capacity and cake crumbs. I'll tell you Chirple, "and I made up my BORN today, you may appear proper outlet, they make you Last year" he said "Ameri- her
mind to see it with my Own to be a bundle of contradic-discontent and unhappy. You
cans spent $075,000,000 on puwer of Palestine.United Knart
and Hanid
walled eyes. So I flow off to that gar- tions and have dificulty in have considerable talent, par- foreign travel, and this year the Press. quile patiently until Chirple den on the other side of the understanding your own motiva ticularly in the field of litera-amount will be considerably Onished eating ten more of the river. There,
enough, lions at times. The stars have ture It may be that if you larger." Bread-and-cake crumbs on the walking slowly along the path given you a strong personality, divert your emotional power Air Sawyer sold that another window sil. Then
Chirple that wound in and out among but one which is composed of and imagination into this path United States objective was "the which must you will and it a proper and establishment of a freer flow of sharpened his bill on the edge the blossoms was the Peacock varying elements
even a paying enterprise.
goods and services, and people his feathers and began.
him good-day,
responsibilities. For you are so "As you know," he said, "I
Proud And Vain
nation can make its contribution visionary and so dedicated to enjoy
taking trips here and "You have no idea," Chirpio Pride and ambition are part day-dreaming that you are apt
to higher standard of living everywhere. there, for the more one sees, went on, "how proud and vala and parcel of your life; but on to use much of your energy in He hardly the other hand, you are kind "wishful thinking" rather than the more one learns, and this this peacock was. is as good a rule for a sparrow, glanced at me: nor, for that towards all and progressive in in "constructive doing."
But I towards helping there is someone who depends as it is for anyone sise. A day mailer did he glance at the your attitude or iwo
ago, my friends, the ducks or geese swimming
You would never step upon you, you convert all this in others. crows said they had flown over the nearby pond, or
at the over another in your climb to into hard work and get things a beautiful garden on the other chickens who were scratching wards power, yet you might be done. You want those you love side of the river. And in this in the grass in the field beyond infuriated if anyone deliberate to bave the best there is in life. To find what the stars have garden, so they said, they had the garden. Ho didn't glance at 17 got in your way! scen a large bird with such the sun nor at the sky nor at
You seldom show your true in store for tomorrow, select beautiful feathers
and although your your birthday star and read the that they the flowers. He simply walked affections could hardly look at it without slowly along, thinking only of them under strict control. This your birthday star be your emotion are strong, you keep corresponding paragraph. Let blinking."
himself. And when he lifted
can be harmful, for without a daily guide. his tall and spread it out like.
great fan, a wondrously beautiful fan, I thought to my- self, what marvellous food must this peacock eat to grow 80 beautiful, It is no wonder that I am so plain, for I cat nothing but the plainest food.
Whoto Story
Chirple, "at
trickt two you must lead a small was "loughing." that
spade from dummy. Then you can establish the fifth spade, and later you can ruff one diamond.
CHESS
PROBLEM
By L. VASQUEZ -
(BCF Tourney 67)
Black, 7 pleces.
White, 9 pieces. White to play and mate in two, Solution to Uczterday's -problem:
1. P-7; threat 2, R-QT (ch). 1... P-K15; 2, P-B1 (ch); 1. P-85: 2, P-K4 (ch).
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give you this cup. (3), AN
something
happened yesterday afternoon, If you'll just be patient and wait until I finish eating, ten more of these delicious bread
the whole story.
and spread it open as though YOUR BIRTHDAY
it were a huge fan."
"Oh," cried Knarf, "it must
have been a peacock!".
sure
:..
By
STELLA
TUESDAY, MAY 31
of the window-sill, fluffed-out. I flew down at once, and bado be analysed and properly use you are the type who needs among the nations so that each
Rupert & the Arrows-
Rupert continues to look at hu pal cather anxiously.
"Aren' you feeling very well?" he aska gently. Bingo docan't answer, but noticing that the ball is gathering speed down the slope, he suddenly springs to life and, dashing after it. he just manages to grab it before it colla into a hall frozen pond, "Od, that was quick of you! Thinks awfully!" enes Rupert, it might have rolled across those bits of le and our of reach into the middle
of the pond. You'll come and have
• game now, won't you?"
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if they are to bring you your commensurate rewards.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1
you.
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mandatory UK Expected To Buy More
HONGKONG US Tobacco
SHARES
The turnover on the Stock
Washington, May 30.--The Agriculture Department's pubil eatlon' on the tobacco situa- tion states that Bellish purchases of tobacco from In that connection, he pointed
the United was States during 1943 are expected out that trade between "iron Exchange this morning curtain" countries and western $820,000.00. Transactions and Europe was necessary, and con- noon prices:
to exceed those of 1948,
German purchases are tended
BANKS SHARES BUYERS SELLERS SALES) expected to be "considerably above the years. of the Hitler 1401040 Texime",
that
considerable amount of such trade was al- ready in progress.-United Press.
Giant Jute Plant
jule plant which may rovolu- tionise the industry, reports the Indian information cervico,
The processi consists of
Washington, May 30.- An GEMINI (May 22-June 22)-- SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Indian scientist at the Bose Caution is the best advice for Dec. 22)-Neither a borrower Research Institute, Calcutta, has today. Bo thrifty and guard nor a leader be this day! Take succeeded in growing a glant against excess expenditures. care in all business affairs.
CANCER (June 23-July 24) CAPRICORN (Deo. "And at that very moment," Keep good control of the purse 20)-New plans can be started ald Chirple Sparrow, "the ala strings. Business carelessness now. If marriage is one of them, gardener
came out of the house now can lead to further dimicul- it la an auspicious me for
treating oceds, with doses of and scattered COTTL
the ties later. 013
ducks Instantly the
LEO (July 24-Aur. 23) --- ground.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb, 10) || X-ray. and the geese
came splashing Guard your budget and avoid-Emotions can get you into The treated plant is 221⁄2 foot out of the pond to eat it-and extravagant expenditures. Be trouble today, so guard against long, with 2 inches basal the best plant conservative and you will not being too impulsive. Fellow in diameter, while running Ramo
Inter.
out of untreated seed is about tuitions, though. from the grass to eat it. But regret it
inch in VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 22)—
15 feet high and one the peacock-"
"Yes?" sald Knart
If you don't expect too much,
diameter. The yield of fibro is Hanid eagerly.
"What about this day may turn out some- atill the best polley to postpone directly inmeler.""
to height the peacock?"
"what belter than you thought
and basal
An Instituto spokesman said the fibro of irradiated plants was softer, finer and better in colour Associated Press,
the dickens
and
PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21) Harmony. is refurning, but it is
business expansion. Wait a little while!
Chirple Sparrow twitted de- LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)— - ARIES (Mar. 28-Apr. 20) lightedly again. "The peacock Guard against averexpansiun. If dealing with the opposite was eating the corn already. If you are. cautious, both sex in business, be very tactful You see, he had gotten there business and personal matters: Be considerate of the moods of first of all, So," said Chirple, are favourable.
othera
as he continued eating his SCORPIO "(Oct. 34-Nov. 23).
· Unfavourable PI TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)----- crumbs, "even the most beauti-Be diplomatic and highly If planning,a Journey, today ful birds cat plain food, and co-operative with others and can be an auspicious: Ume to plain food can make the most you will find major, dificulties start. That carly vacation, per- beautiful birds,”.
ware minimised.
haps?
SH-HELP! G-G-GRIZZLY! LEAD PANTS:
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The report said that United Slates exports manufactured fog bacco were smaller in 1940 than In 1997, but during the first quarter of 1949 they exceeded the same period. In 1948 by about 40
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Dalry body on financial and economic
Palace today..
By Harry F. O'Neill matters, met at the Malacanan
Pressing, economic problems, especially tho unfavourable trade. trends recently, reported
Watson
Ewo,
By Mr Miguel Cuaderno, of the COTTONS Central Bank of the Philippines, were considered.
The Cuaderno report called attention to tho precarlois foreign exchange poiltion of the Republic-Reuters,
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Among issues which moved into higher ground was the Hongkong and Shanghai. Bank-
15.
2. Chinese Bonds also were Armer. Communism, as far as It applies to China,
seems to be becoming fashionable on the Stock Exchange-United Press
UK Mills Face Cotton Shortage
Manchester, May 30-Lanca- 930 Jahire mille face shortage of 2000-09.20
500020 Indian cotton because, India is shipping its raw cotton only to bard currency countries, the Cotton Commission which Raw
The
Commision,
Waths,
Exchange Rates, bandles Britain's bulk buying of
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