THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1942,
FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS
MCKENNEY ON BRIDGE
Poor Opening Lead Allows Overtricks
DY WILLIAM E. MoKENNEY
MRS R. W. Pieper of Marke- san, Wisconsin, wife of the editor-publisher of the Marke- nan Herald, sent me today'n hand. In her letter she said the hand came up at one of their "dessert-bridica." Mrs A. P. Hoxic, wife of a local dentist, sat through three tabies of bridge with a blank score before she picked up this one.
Mra Pleper thought that East and West should have bid a Uttle more ki hearts. Well, if West did bid five hearts, North would bid five apades. With this typo of bidding East might think it was worth a six heart #crifice; and being vulnerable, thin might take a heavy loss.
Also, with East and West both bidding hearts and diamonds, was not likely that North and
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MR.H. JONES!
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WAY by Beachcomber
NE of the major plea
NIGEL DENNIS has written story of Wing Commander Al art is to learn auddenly that excellent and imely Folsworth, an RAF flier blinded a picture which has been Hovel th A Sea Change (Hough in the crash of his bomber, and acclaimed by all the criales his almost impossible love for a very beautiful Tiepolo, Box Divver, a boor, a bit of a girl, he never has seen. heel and an editor of the Folsworth WHS
engaged bein his,, carlier manner. Is leftist-lberni "Forward" is the fore the accident to lovely only a very beautiful fake, liberal who come
to grief. Estelle Mayhew,
but
after-in someone else's later man- Sharing the spotlight with him wards he found her voice
Jimmle Morgan, aqueaky and her young
solicitude ner.
Faking is now so cary that the of the woman irritating. epileptic son
lic falls in love with a voice experts can no longer base their sponsor of "Forward,"
Joke Juvited whose mysterious owner trans-admiration of a pleture on n sig- Divver As L
him to ports
him into another and mereature in the corner. Jiininle accompany
read the
that olher day unbounded by Poland in 1938, and to every beautiful world
Europe and America are being dismay fime or space. She ist Rita flooded with fuked Van Gogha, Jimmle went.
Harland, The the little In the setting of
simply-told story of her and it reminded me of the witty Polish tourist town
Foisworth's Critic who sald, "There are only of Mell, tragle Divver finds one of the pre- struggle to convince her of their nineteen Giorgiones in existence, judices which
more right to a future together climax und thirty-seven of them are ordinary people enveloping him. one But young Jiminie finds himself novels. maturing after a sheltered, un- happy boyhood.
Check Your body's surprise, and
Knowledge
1.
2.
What is lehthyology? Name the capital of For
mosa.
3. What type of troops were the German Panzer troops?
Name the places which 4. used these currencies:-Colon, Koruna, Krone.
Hiller 5.
SUC-
affect
of
past and
In
SCARON'S better America" 30 many plctures
In The
the an-
attributed to Giorgione have been the subject of long and Assembled
litle Aspirin learned disputes, and Aze, edited by Isabel Leighton is known about him, that I (Simon & Schuster, US$3.05) awalt with confidence Novelist Lewis Arnold has are 22 articles written by
that ho never existed. shows an almost uncanny ill-cont
contact with the subjects with In Venice there is a very which they deal. Harry Hansen beautiful pleture of his which
head of the German never known blindness, but he minent writers who had nouncement
Whom did ceed £25
government?
. Which weighs more
д
sight into the mind of a man
FOR THE BUSINESSMAN
New Czech World Facing
State
Monopolies "Biggest Ever
Prague, Aur. 30,--The Czechoslovak ·Ministries of Conumerce and Industry
today
announced the for- mation of new State monopolies affecting broad range of raw materials 'And manufac- tured products.
One decree requires, Im- porters and domestic pro- ducers of raw materials to sell only to the new Na- tional
Corporation
for Artisans, – and will limit some categorles of artisans in private enterprise to
work
singio private orders.
affect
an
Other decrees
sales
of shoes. furniture, musical Instruments,
·walchen
Jewellery. fuels and
and
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Trade
Crisis
GENEVA WARNING
Geneva, Aug. 30. The world today faces its biggest ever trade crisis and it is far from sure that Europe will be on its feet by 1952, even with Marshall Aid, governments were warned today.
The Interim Commission for the Inter-. national Trade Organisation, reporting on the 1947 Geneva Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) signed here by 23 nations, said, “World trade is today facing a crisis of perhaps unprece- dented gravity.
"Even now, four years after the end of the war, there is no sign of a restored equilibrium and present indications point to a deepening of the unbalance
Cargoes and a sharpening of the issues involvad."
Oil
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South would lose a heart trick, and they might not lose more than one diamond trick. So by further bidding. East and West might push North and South into a makeable glam contract. How. ever, as it happened, North and South could be held
to Ave spades, while East and West could make only four hearts,
East led the singleton Jack of clubs, which Mrs Hoxie won with dummy's queen. She took the spade nense, and now she made aven-odd.
By the process of elimination I think the singleton Jack of cluba was not the best opening. Remember that originally West had passed. Therefore, it was not likely that West held two If she held only one açe, it must be the ace of diamonds, duo to the 'diamond bid.
DOW.
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By A. P. GULAJOV Black, 15 pieces.
White, 10 pieces. White to play and mate in two. Solution τα yesterday's problem:
1. RXP. 1. R-K (ch); 2. RKt8 (dis ch); [.. RK12; 2, R-Ki2; 1...RXR; 2, Kt-B4.
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In In Beauty Like the
(Babbs-Merrill US$3).
Night
This absorbing novel is the
BOYS AND GIRLS MAGAZINE
King Neptune Had a Friend
-The Shadows Met Him in a Strange Way- By MAX TRELL
sky had grown dark and
There were flashes of lightning
and rumbles of thunder, Knarf and Hand, the shadow-children with the turned-about names, were standing with their facen
the pressed against
window, waiting for the first drops of rain to fall when nil at once they heart someone calling their from names. The volce camo the flower-bed just under the window.
They looked out. It was their friend King Nep,
"Come out," he called. "I've got something very interesting to show you."
"But it's going to minute!" sold Hanid.
ruin any
"That's just why I want you
7:20
"Come outside," King Nep called to the Shadows.
to come now. It will be too late he sometimes comes back on a when it stops. Meet me at the day like this. Ile's Just down edge of the brook under the the edge of the brook a little, willow." With that King Nep scurried off and soon disappear ed among the tall blades of grass on the other side of the garden. He was much shorter than a blade of grass himself,
to
Edge Of Brook
Sunday: The End of an Ern."
me.
Among the other subjects are Without his apura prohibition, Sacco and Vanzetti,
Moffa
South America
110
that
sald today that this was a “Uke...)
the Ku Klux Klan, Aimee Dressed 08 1 cowboy, buty development" since it would
Semple
are
case,
Father
(Tomorrow-Recorded Music)
The report was drawn up to bridge the sap before the Havana World Trade Charter- still awaiting ratification by many governmenlo-comes Into force.
to
ì
RUBBER
TRADERS
HOLD OFF
the
Entitled "Attack
on Trade The Forgotten Men of Ver- which is how pictures should
London, Aug. 30-Oil source the vial role of GATT in bring
Barriers," the report stressed sallles," representing the year be seen, and not in heaps and 1019, and Jonathan Daniels sup- rows, I forget where it is, but here, commenting pllen the concluding
two ing down tariff levels and said chapter I don't care whether it is a fake poris from for 1941 with "Pearl Harbour or not. It was good enough for tankers carrying crude oil from that i could assume more res-
duo in ponsibililles in the future, Bre
New York, Aug.
10.---The Halfs at the end of this week day there is talk of
The report continued, "To-
rubber trade today continued recession. that the to mark time. is not impossible
Higher prices in the Spot Mimaris McPherson,
without spurs, he tried to lasso relve the problem of gelung o slump in prices of primary com- modities will exceed the limits
and at London in- of a sounci readjustment and
ΣΟΥΠΟ Coughlin, Huey Long, the Starr flying fish from the deck of to the Halfa refineries.
fluenced
buying in Faithfull
Lindbergh, fast motor-launch.
raw material and futures here, although Orson Welles Martian "invnsion" THAT sounds
The reports from Halfa said force the Jike Cosmo that the shipments. were the agricultural countries to have volume was small. and other well
Semllingham Smith, who beginning
10 new remembered
restrictive The trade belleves that, of an accumulation recourse matters. A few of the authors has never considered fishing to of stocks of crude oil with a policies.
Britain does not devalue sier- Gene Tunney,
"Depression is a cumulative Hng, she will have to bring the William be a quiet and restful occupa view to re-opening. the re- MeFee, Samuel Hopkins Adams, tion. I Ile the word "but" in fineries at the end of Septem- process which
gains momen- rubber price down 10 the Herbert Asbury and Joel Sayre, the above nccount. I don't see her.
tum at an amazing speed. If United States level. have worn There isn't a dull line in the why he shouldn't
Discounted as a market-factor there is no strong international book.
spurs. He might have broken in The refineries have been idle organisation enjoying sumelcat was the announcement that car a whale or two.
since last year when the supply authority co-ordinate the production in the United States Cosmo is at present in Nor-of oil through the pipe-line from palleles of governments in an in August will set a new record. at Singapore way, trying to catch salmon in Iraq was stopped owing to the emergency and to limit the dire The lower trend CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE a butterfly net as they leap the fighing in Palestine.
effects of a crisis, the hard wan was also ignored. Answers
weirs.
structure of economic co-opera-higher on sales totalling 03 con- Prices closed 15 to 23 points The Egyptian Governmention may be blown away. has refused to allow oll tankers
MIGHT BE CHAOS |tracis, as follow:--- ku. 3. Armoured troops. Pen-THEY tell of an opulent stock-destined for Israel 10 pass
September (in venta per "The Individual reactions of through the Suez Canal,
lb.) zer is the German word for broker who has stocked his alternative supply route to the governments inspired by the October armour. 4. Costa Rica, Czecho- private fish-pond with sharks,
November need to fend off, anyhow and at clovakia, Denmark. 5.
Prest for the
** | Decembar dent Paul von Hindenburg. 6.
any cost, the damaging in- January (1030) guests. A cuble foot of water.
external The Israeli Government re-fluence of
pressures February cently ordered Consolidated might rapidly lead
March economic (o Refineries Ltd., of Halfa to re-warfare and
April -peralstent May and it open its plant,
was slate of chaos a great deal June understood that crude oil would worse than that of the 1930's. July be supplied by the Israel! Go Havana Charter will not solve detober
"The
of rotification By STELLA Vernment.-Reuter.
the September these problems. But It would SPOT provide an agreed set of rules and principles as a basis upon which solution should be sought, and an international organisa tion through which to work."
zoology
1. The branch of which treats of fish. 2. Talho- don't care
entertainment of his pipe-line.
-(London Express Service)
YOUR BIRTHDAY..........
flying that kite of his (and this is just the kind of day he likes fo to fly bay it in). He'll be pretty busy. PORN
maybe he won't
!B' mind you watch him a bit."
edge of
of come
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31
you
vivid
uloof
today,
have a you, you may strong,
appear personality and even haughty to a strang- draws
people to you er. This is because you lack and almost automatically interest in those whose
you
an
US Urged Not
To Press For
Devaluation
that
2
ร
.
August
17.10-11
10.04 nominal
14.00
10.50
10.40
10,30 bid
10.22 nominal
10.15' bid
10.10 nomical
10.05
10.00
10.03
15.00
18.23
1754
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LONDON MARKET
London, Aug. 30-Prices in the follow: rubber market here today closed as October/November (in pence
per 1b)***..... January/March (1950)
April/June
11.bid 10.35/1
Press
United 10 bid
HONGKONG
SHARES
The turnover
INSURANCES
K Bank .. 1305
Canton Union
200
020
DOCKS, ETC.
MK Fire
Slock
So Knarf and Hoold, Alled which
The report said that the im with curiosity about Ben and places
pressive bulk of tariff bindings in command of talents, ideals and sympathies Knarf and Hanid slipped on his kite, followed King Nep others. No matter how hum- are not similar to your own.
accepted at Geneva and Annecy their rain-hats and rubbers and down along the
was a solid foundation on which the ble your birth or position, you
10 rebuild a mude their way as fast as they brook. And sure enough, Just are capable of rising above it, Quick in thought and action,
sound world economy. could to the edge of the brook, as they went around the turn for the stars have been gen you also have a certain man-
During the tariff negotiations Meanwhile the sky had grown where all the ferne and jack-erous in bestowing Lalent ual dexterity which makes it even blacker than before. The in-the pulpits grew
and in dealing with the ques- in a great) upon you; You know how to
to possible for you to perform New York, Aug. 30, lightning
Mrtions arising at their sessions, a dozen green mass, they saw Ben flying make an opportunity open up great detall." flashed In
intricate tasks calling for Jenry Kingman, President of the representatives of the con places, and the thunder cracked his kite.
for you and then can convert
You women are the National Association of tracting ilke cannon.
parties had bad a Just then they Ben wasn't any larger than
to your own advantage, fond of beautiful clothes and Mutual Bavings Banks, said to- unique opportunity of becom spled King Nep,
"Khig Nep himself," "and" he was
Your success depends entirely it, at first, you cannot afford day on his return from a two- ing familiar with each "I know it's not the best kind dressed in
other's such odd. old upon your own efforts. If you the kind you like, you will month tour of Britain and the problems. This experience would of weather to come out in," he fashioned clothes that to Knart exert yourself fully, you will learn how to design and make Western European nations that be of great value when a Exchange this
on the explained, "But it'a the only and Hanid he seemed to have acquire money well n them to your own satisfaction the United States would do general effort was made to at $64,618.00.
morning WILE fame time you can meet Ben. He's
Your marriage should ba
Transactions stepped out
well not to press Britain to de- fack the obdurate
and old, old
obstacles to noon prices: flying his kitc."
pleture. He wore shoes with big backed by wisdom
Your positive personality is happy and contented one.value sterling.
world recovery. "Ben?" said Knarf. "who's bows on them, and a long coat judgment. People early learn will enjoy
and good Marry early in life, for you'
SHARER BUYERS SELLens sales, Ben?"
having
Inrgo His hair
He said
BANKS with toils.
URGENT QUESTIONS devaluation was long to depend upon your decisions
family. "And why should anybody and hung in a pig-tall at the
would give the British an edge "The experience of the three and to follow them. You want to fly kite when it's Ught- back of his neck; and he wore a
To And what the stors have in selling goods in dollar areas, sessions has led the contracting have courage to face all ob- in store for tomorrow, ning and thundering and about hat with three corners. His kite stacles, plenty
select but pointed out that only six parties to the conclusion that of ambition, your birthday star and read percent of Britain's exports go the Agreement cannot operate Hanid in was tossing in the wind, but he and the rain?" naked
will to succeed the corresponding held on tightly to the string Friendly and sympathetic
paragraph. to dollar areas,
effectively if it is treated as a astonishment.
to Let your birthday slar be
trade traditional And at the end of
agreement. the string, ward those
Ho who are close to your dally guide.
said that on the other The questions to be considered Knarf and Hanld noticed that
hand devaluation would in Jointly
are numerous, a litle key was tied. Ben was
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
crease the cost of Britain's raw|plicated and often urgent," the standing on a log.
materials from the dollar areas. world trade is today facing
continued. VIRGO (Aur, 24-Sept. 233-・ FISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21)- He also declared that American There is stimulation in today's Conditions are very uncertain. "skirts are not clean" In regard crisis of perhaps unprecedented
you take
the ad- Use your very best judgment, to atomsphere if
International trado į gravity. vantage of it.
Make progress especially when it comes
to crisis,
"Consequently, tile progress. personal matters. through your own efforts.
has been made on the abolition LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)-
The Americans had ARIES (Mar. 22-Apx 20)- good sellers, but poor buyers in the trade
been of bilateral Expect
dealing, by which the. unexpected--es-
Postpono travel if you can.the world markets.
of when
many countries is pecially
it comes to Avoid writing any important your job-and
Thus, you probably letter.
regulated. I'm just trying
the Mr Kingman added that trade ultimate objective of the Inter-ec, D. prove that won't be disappointed.
In other words, look was a "two-way proposition." national Trade Organisation, to INDUSTRIALS lightning is electricity,"
where you're going! SCORPIO
United Press. said, "I think I can bring some-Definitely
(Oct. 24-Nov. 22)
restore the multilatoral pattern
Topa TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21) poor day,
You can make moderate busi ness gains, if you are Careful. Individual' work
pays best. Avoid group action.
GEMINI (May 22-June 22) Don't be overaggressive, es pecially in matter, of business.
"Ben's been away for a long, long time," said King Nep. "But
-
Rupert's Queer Path-27
Rupert is very startled. "I know
I was on a real crazy path, "but i didn't want to come here,” he crita. "I want, to 'go' back home, but something's happened to my feet. i can't move forward." "I fold you this was Crazy Land,” sayi thr frog .**1'm crazy, and I expect. you'll be crazy soon. And you want to walk forward all you have to do is to try to walk the other Feeling quite bewildered. way." Rupert tries to press his back on the wall of the rock, and at once he finds that he is moving stezdűy forward
BRONCHO BILL
As soon as King Nep came up with Knart
Ben and Hanid, nodded and smiled. "I suppose," he said, "you'd liko to know why I'm flying my kito in all this lightning and thunder?"
"Yes, of course we would!" Guld Hanid.
Ju100
ho
a
of it down from the sky-make Avold impulsive actions of all come all the way down the kinds. Travel plans aro not kite and spark out of the key. apt to work out well, either.
you wait and sec. But don't BAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23.
close, for lightning Dec, 22)-Don't write a letter is gathe
on impulse or make a change Just there was a great of plant or residence, Busi flash la the sky, and almost atness is fairly, beneficial. the same instant a spark flow CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. CANCER (June 23-July (23) out of the loey. "It fa electricity"20)-Be cautious to avoit e-Travelling may be cried Ben. And the next instantcidents. excitement. Franklin C
ho
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shouting
Complications
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Com-LAND, ETC.
HK Hotel.. 9.30
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UTILITIES
744
100
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of world trade, appears to be at STORKS, ETC. far off as ever,
production,
Dairy
Watson
major difculties COTTONS
"Apart
from
none of the
certain respects,
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is worse than could have been French Economic
contemplated In 1947.
Mission Sails
Chicago, Aug. 30-Grains to
the dwindling supply of day suffered a sharp sell-off on
hard
has obliged currencies picious. Walt unul
governments to tomoz-pressure by local operators and
introduce or may
Le Havre, Aug. 30.-M. you with arise unless you curb all im- 10,
can commission
intensify import houses. Lack of and to resort more extensively anco Minister, M. Pierre Mendes restrictions Maurice Petsche, French Fin- pulses.
negotiate a business deal, fa- commercial Be adroit.
Interest also to bilateral trade agreements. “I wonder," sald Hanidlo
vourably. AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb.
counted for the lower trend.
France, Governor of the Inter King
Myns that · Ben | 19)—Unless
LEO absolutely
"Marshall Aid, which avert national Monetary Fund, and M. (July 24-Aur. 23)—İ Prices closed as follow: don't make important decls Watch the most minute
catastrophe for the cous-Herve. WHEAT-price per pusholi do-
Director Alphand, Think tall with care. Be one-hundred-Septembak
SPOT And King Nep amiled, though ions involving change.
Europe, contributed to General of Economic Affairs at 2.00 he wouldn't say, really, whether everything
very, care- percent ethical in all you under-December
the spectacular revival of pro- the French Foreign Offer, sailed fully. it was or it wasn't,
take.
duction, but did not lead to a In the French liner. Ile Da
AFTER QURTLY BUDDLING STARPE MORLEY'S QUAIED, BRONCHO, BİLL RHD SHORTY MAKE TYER GETAWAY,
BLASH
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over
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December
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Marels (1058)
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economic,
New York
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Reuter.
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October
December
May (1950)
DARLEY
October
December MAY (1050)
**United Press
Vitamin A Sought"|
In Whale' Liver
Exchange Rates
Perth, Australia) Aug. 30.- Dualniere was, dona the local Experiments to find
vitamin unofficial
exchang market This morning at the following: TALENT
A in whole liver have begun in lering pour moto (per 4) 15,70 laboratories of
chemical U.8, dollars (per: $1) manufacturing firm. Success în 1242 plaatjes (per, 100)
Bham-Scala per 100.........
the project would ente Aug. NEI gullders (per 100) tralia's dollar problems as most ingapore (Btralia) permane vliamin A la now imported
from the United States. A
Waters, south, and
West of
6.79
12.30
28.80
20.30
Brussels, Aug. $0-A Bulglan:
Perth, notably around Polat trade misdon is expected 10 Cicates, are: good whaling teave: for Moscow early in groundi. United Press.
September-Reuter,
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