1950-04-13 — Page 3

WRECKING THE PLACE

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPHI, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1950.

THE RSM

BECOMES A

DIFFERENT TYPE OF MOPPING-UP

OPERATION

THIS is the 180-foot derrick which was turned over by German workers to protest against dismantling of the blast furnace, centre right, at Salzgitter, in the British Zone. The derrick crashed across some goods cars loaded with reparations material bound for Yugoslavia, British troops moved into the plant following the disturbances by workers. (Acme)

MRS

FILM STAR

By Peter Lovegrove

The loudest voice in the British Army, whose stentorian "Get Your Hair CUT!" and ominous "Never Seen ANY-thing Like It In ALL MY LIFE" have caused thousands of hardened soldiers to bleach and quake on the barrack square, is going round the world-on a film sound- track,

It belongs to Regimental Sergeant-Major Ronald Brittain, Coldstream Guards, the present RSM of the Mons Officer Cadet Unit, Aldershot, Brittain plays the RSM of the Guards Depot of Caterham in the new British film, "They Were Not Divided," a part which he filled in real life a few years before World War Two.

bears favourable

the iron discipline and This film depicts the with activities of a Welsh Guards training that go into the making buttalion in the Guards Guardeman at Caterham, portrays the "Foreign Armoured Division from Legion on the march and in! just after Dunkirk through battle in their Shermans, this the D-Day landings, the production bitter slogging in Nor-comparison with the American |"Battleground" which appeared mandy, the chase across a few weeks ago, and net such a Northwestern Europe 10 high standard. Arnhem and von Runstedt's all-out counter-offensive at Christmas, 1944.

renc

The military

are handled with accuracy and not a little humour. As long as it deals

The Depot scenes ring true to life, and their effect on the out- sider is heightened by the presence of an American volunteer, who is understandably bewildered when told "You're not in the Army now: you're in the Guards," and that "This world is divided into two parts: England and the colonies."

KAYE WRITES SONGS CLASS OF ITS OWN

FOR HER HUSBAND DANNY

And it reaches a class of its own when, after years of spli and polish and frustration with- out being committed to action, the tank crews drive off the Normandy beach, ICT's on to a

ceomes grim

im reality. Caen, Falaise, Tilly-sur

Sculler Caumont, the Beny Bocage, the Bailey bridges over the River Seine,

150 km. that tremendous urt to the Belgian capital, the Hric the rain outside and the 88's in the

coine

A

SBOW

of the Ardennes, to life'

again with

are

THESE FRENCH soldiers getting ready for some extra duty in the streets of Paris, follow. ing issuance of an order Lo them

to keep the streets clean. Because employees of the city's cleaning system were on strike, the Army has been given different sort of "mopping up" opera- tion. (Acme).

Important woman arrived in England last week: Mrs Danny Kaye, and the long training suddenly 31-year-old wife of the comedian. She is dark-haired. Her name is Sylvia. She married Danny 10 years ago.

to practice," saya! Her thick hair looked erisp, never seemi Sylvia Kaye looks small

the style Mrs Kuye. beside her husband. She is Mrs Kaye designed

From her red-lined leather mud only 5ft. 1in, but she has a herself. At the back she has severnt deep rows of curls and

It opened with hack slim figure, well propor-ort waves at the front. "At beauty box Mrs Kays took a Nijmegen.

its best my hairline should snall gold case. tioned to her height.

curve in give a saucer effect," an automatic shulter, revealed a lipstick brush. "It only cust his the explains. About

doilar, but I like it better than

The entry Into Brussels is of any others," says Mrs Kaye,

particularly effectively done. The Arst Sheriaans elaiterion over With the brush she takes the cobblestones of the suburbs lipstick and rouge from And almost deserted pavements

case. Also in her

A houses. box

revolving

the who is orked the civilian of bubbly way to the Gare du Nord takes

them for

Panzer

troops and

She is modest urces, allough

writes:

sine How does of these: Stanislavsky, Pavlova, Danny's songs? Melody in Four F

Songs for Danny. Best known

Iron Curtain buyers will be at BIF

are

buyers Russian among those from behind the Iron Curtain expected to attend this year's British Industries Fair being held in London and Birmingham from May 8 to 19.

from Others ure coming Czechoslovakia, Rumunia, Hun- pary and Poland.

They will join the thousands arriving from all parts of the world. Buyers from Hongkong i and Singapore are leaving soon. the The follest exhibit Fair-an 80ft. high pile-driver with sliding leaders and a six- Keting annner, single- ton

being stear-is worked by moved into position shortly af Castle Bromwich, Birmingham.

STONE CRUSHER

Other "heavies" nre a slone erusher of 40 tons and a road- making "factory" 30. long and 271, wide,

A 15-ton mixing machine for the artillelal silk industry alrendy arrived.

think

Sometimes they Just Come to meometimes 1 have to work hard at them.

"Melody In Four Fs took me only half an hour, but I've bad

ordinary make-up mirror on gloss.

a stand

Mr. and Mrs. Danny Kaye with Rex Harrison pictured at Southampton

to work for eight

ong of the others."

weeks at

farcinating reali:nt.

klustered and

Seven In Every 100 Jobless America

No-name Eight Planned Get-away Over Coffee

By CHARLES WIGHTON

Munich. led by a blond round a table in Munich moves in a fight against their

Eight wartime R.A.F. Czech airmen, D.F.C. ex-squadron-leader, Gat and planned the next country's Red terror.

Im

By Frederick Cook

New York.

Seven workers in every 100 in the United States are out of work. Eight States-Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Utah-have hit "depression level" with 20 to 30 percent jobless.

Congress is preparing a problems, Cost: three for seven full scale investigation, chillings."

from

TRAVELLERS Total figure of unemployed

aro offered fell by 500,000 last month, electric frons, razors, percolators but still exceeds 4,100,000. and clocks to run anywhere in the world, on any sort of cur- Away

the economic rent, without adapter. stormclouds, this is what is MARRIAGE-In Rhodo Island. 24-year-old William happening in America today:

BOOKS.Dr Immanuel Baker is to wed 62-year-old Velikovsky (Worlds in Collision) twice martied Alfretta Jencks. maintains that the Bible spoke DIVORCE. At Mia m 1. literal truth when it said "the

their wedding night ho found hin

bed bride's dog in with them.

11 of an Intimidation sun stood still" and lite Red Sea Florida. John Ambicki sald that

to let the Israelites

He fold British- eight The

campaign to which all former dried up sullenly answers that le docs decorated "nameless"

men,

RAF. ofleers in Czechoslovakia | through. not know. Another behaves who manned the three have been subjected for months. Just as warily. Then reallsa-

air- "Communist pilots of the The Velikovsky theory; it all

When have passenger-filled Czech 1፡3

Venus happened that "es Anglais"

liners which dashed through Czech airlines and officials dawos rrived

they

lamok. them: E

Iron cry out their joy and jutun on the

Curtain. aretaunted us with what we had the tanks to welcome the crews.thought to be key figures in done in the British The windows dy open, people pour out of the houses, and in the anti-Communist under-They scoffed at our British de-nomers: "Nonsense?" th. space of seconds bedłam ground. breaks love and the tanks are submerged by wiktly cheering crowd,

MOVING MOMENT

Air Force. Ollicle attitude of the astro-

corations.

"Some British wartime pilots

They may have been selected have been mcked. to leave Czechoslovakia for a stil undisclosed purpose-per haps to pla an widerground cape railway. It is a strangely moving!

Said ፡- drawn-faced moment which has the authentic!

quadron-leader, who was the it.

is This ring about

laci month's ringleader Ele surprising, since

West-ever Czech break-out: responsible for "They Were Notati

uppression frow Divided" did go through

All day. comualan and

not

the

ex-

Velikovsky replies Those men are still living the 17th century,"

tartly

in

BUTTONED SHOES

HELP FOR INDIANS

ARROW

dions,

is helping Red In- following reports that reserva- many are starving on tions.

ARROW stands for American Restitution and Righting of Old Wrongs. President, Will Rogers,

"I had to suffer a great deal of contempl and viel miration for this," added the quadron- leader, pointing to h's D.F.C.- awarded for sinkitig a German transport in the North Sen.

"All of us are proud of our Bittigh honours.

People fear the dread "Dust "We Czechs of the RA.F. will

WOMEN are fascinated by a

303 Bow" years of the early Cive Hood account of our-new bath mat made of paper.ure on their way back, Czechoslovakia goes hi fear of selves."

Use it couple of times, throw

No it away,

nore laundry

FOR MEN-Edwardian brut-on of the comedian, toned shoes are back. Golfers DUST-STORMS in the West are wearing trousers with snap-

are again blowing whole fields fastener turnups to lift them

uway. Lout of the mud.

worse

was in the terror.

on that great day. He is

Youn 2141 ex-Irishi uffler, who

wrote

the story

every

WILL NOT TELL

"Religious persecution

is

while he was recovering from talked the then wounds, and Two Cities company into accept starting Until we crossed the ing it, and letting him direct the Germen border we never knew production, much of which was the hour we would be arrested." shot in Germany last year. The only cost Alan, by the way.

£140,000,

The quadron-leader smiled as he talked of his petly young. wife and six-month-old baby, Young has not been quite so who escaped with him. Six happy with the romance which her ex-R, A. F. men brought | he has woven round the training incir wives.

and battle scenes, mental episodes

naturalness Alm.

Ilis renti- remain com-

The fugitives refured to tell. Then Mrs Kaye spoke about lately conventional, and their who are the 10 other Czechs,

Dena, tir ly child

aged

rother novelettish dialogue including a woman and a boy, She has a contrasts sharply with the who were rec and a half,

in the escape bid of the rest of the from the start. Is it a question of inspiration remarkable resemblance to both or mood?

How was the dash planned? "No, sometimes I go any and myself," she told me.

There are no big names in the Three of us just thought about into a depression and thin I "She has blonde hale and blue

cast, but seems pretty erriain it no we cal drinking coffee in a produce a song-just like that." eyes."

com Prague nirport restaurant the that several of the very

the anet Danny often Sylvia

haven't possessed one since I left petent netors-all ex-Servicemen previou forenoon," sald

than "Less in SONNIG

soldiers who helpedron-leader. equabble over their

or serving

They

Were Not 24 hours Jaler we landed at Mrs Kaye and Danny hope the early stages, argue fiercely school," says Mrs Kaye. for the about timing, expression, and

to stay in Europe for a two Divided such a success will be Munich." speed of ringing. “Sone-months' imaliday.

come recognised stars in the not London rections of the Feir the

too distant future. which is being held at Olympia times Danny stands hours learn- but often he

-(London Express Service) ing a new song, and Earls Court-have begun.

There are included in the 1,000 tons of engineering exhibits to be shown. They currently exported countries.

Site preparations

arc

being

to

She never wears a hat.

"I

make

for

He laughed when he was asked how It was possible seven familles and a bachelor to make arrangements to leave at short notice.

(London Express Serv

FOWL

-London Express Serufce)

POLITICS IN CUBA

Edelbarto PEREZ RUBID

-DICIO

ESTEESELOADLOMB PARA ALEMON

JANTONIO PRIO QUE GILIO PETRINEXTANTS

K. O. CANNON

"I'LL TAKE THE DUS IN

THE MIDDLE, SFINAUPS,

GO FOR PROFILE -IN CASE HE'S GOT A GUN! „PAUNCH IS EASY!..

The Riddle of the ed Domino

TVE GOT HIS GUN,K.D.),

BUT IT'S JAMMED!

50 HURRY UP WITH

MIGHTY JOE YOUNG! I'LL NEED HELP TO CATCH THIS COUPLE!

SIT THEAE

UGLY MUG

PAUNCH /NAS KNOCKED HIMSELF OUT!

FOLLOW

PROFILE!!

Wedding Dresses For Airwomon

Two

wedding dresses

have

been obtained by the For East Air Force for the use of nir- women who may marry during their tour of duty in the Com- mand,

SWO

Aro

of

The

dresses

of different design, In white figured satin, complete with vell and coronet wreath orange bloom. A fee of $3 to caver the cost of cleaning, is charged for the loan of these wedding outfits.

ANTONIO PRIO, brother of the President of Cuba, and a candidato for the mayorally of Havana, has this odd political sign anchored in the harbour. Tho sign plays recorded musle, and announces political slogans for him, (Acme)

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