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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1950.

FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS

MCKENNEY

ON BRIDGE

Good Opening Lead

Can Do Damage.

By WILLIAM E. McKENNEK

of opening lenda la characteristic of every good bridge player. An automatic lead of the fourth from his longest and strongest ruit, or the top of his partner's

THE keen study

suit, is not for him. He const-

DUMBBELLS

REGISTERED US PATENT DETICE

WHO IS THIS FELLOW,CASH, THAT YOU HAVE BEEN MAKING

SO MANY CHECKS PAYABLE TO?

ders every angle of the bidding 4957

before making his lead.

In today's hand West reason-

id that North's bid and rebid

21

RECORDED 'MUSIC

SHE IS A GIANT

OF THE PIANO

BY THE

WAY

FOR THE BUSINESSMAN

Reds restart

INDO-CHINA

shipping to North RUBBER NEWS

by Beachcomber China ports

FT is often said, by im-

HITS MARKET

New York, May 31.- Rubber futures today San Francisco, May 31.-Five ships of the pushed upward with conal- China General Steam Navigation Company in sixth consecutive session of derable vigour, marking the Shanghai will resume shipping with North China advancing prices ports next month, according to the Peking radio. steadily expanding volume

The total tonnage of pub

†P It's true, as some argue, There are few, men or WD-

that you can measure the who play Chopin war and even is snail might bold up men, with the chess is a slow game, but pianist with a Chopin techalen savvy with which she its horns in horror at the surdstick, Maryla Jonas is a does.

news that a Chess Club in pianistic giant. Her second

Amerien has voted n film- recorded

A Chopin mazurka has co-star the most beautiful girl collection of

within

whirling

of 1916.. mazurkas emphasises the pressed

world of itself, of mood, colour impression made by the

Not very slick thinking. A and drum. The trick is to lay chess champion explained that open. When it is conjured it 15 he and his fellow-players had breath-taking artlatie

make up their pheno-been trying menun Not even Ms Jonas, minds since 1940, and claimed the past year.

"demon- who does it, could tell you just strated their belief in mature

that they had thus

A large number of ships, now Shanghai, will soon It may

to docked in reflection. contemporary thinkers

that ply between ports along the these chess-pinyers might have China const.

first,

of hearts chowed 4 long sult, YOUR BIRTHDAY....

which might be established for

declarer

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THURSDAY, JUNE 1

IF you are born today, there a

JL disünet touch enius in your make-up but it ped: careful development to be turned in the right direction.

By

STELLA

fatalistic attitude toward of life. True, things do seem to of three three run in cycles bad, three good. But don't insist it must happen this way. You con determine lead to

the tenor

of

how JP's done. Her Secotid collection totals nine, Nos. 9, 11, 12, 14, 22, 30, 41, 45, and 47 (Columbia; 10-inch LP.)

TAJO'S MOZART

And If it's true that an opera singer's artistle depth is to be

occur

licly and privately owned JAPAN NEWS merchantmen in Shanghai has increased from 54,000

tons to over 200,000 tons in INCREASE

COTTON

used the three years to exercise The radio told that 40 nav! SPINDLES

their minds on some even pro-

most attractive 1945.

and merchantmen ol founder problem, such as the vessels

air-hostess of Various Categories were refloat- ed during the past few months of the the upper reaches Yangtze.

(TOMORROW: The Woodruf opening pambit ELA used ot Helsingfors in 1948.)

You Your life if you set out to do Plumbed with the quality of his C. Suet, Eag.

Otherwise, It would nothing but eccentricity. are impulsive and like have 10. your own way. In fact, you etuk be

dictatorial, a very: trait which often makes Watch this! Iemies.

You are fond of tloing every- thirst

fite EUTT

grand scale. Det f work Is particularly abhorrent and unless you can find romeune to do it for you, the clues are that will remala undone moi of the time. But, to ben material that detail uccess remember work must be taken care of.

sam-

PLEADING

SALVAGING

Nationalists. --

United

| Mozart,

for Italo your respect Tajo, basso, has to be stupen-

д for

broad An estimated 223 vessela will from the middle The recarded

that be salvaged approach, Suet sald You are

it real pericetionis dous

WRS only by keeping in mind reaches of the Yongize in winter at heari and love the true plings are seven arias, all obscure

the more important aspects that when the river is at low level beauty of nature as well as that and apart from Mezart's own

it would be possible to achieve The vessels had been scuttled of man-made art. You women,

the exception operas wil

of what lay before us, in more by the for "Cosi Fabnses than one. are good at anything involving

1210 intended

He emphasised Press. colour and probably will dress

the catalogue ara the growing need for an overall brightly, and attractively. Fond

01 "Don Giovanni," (Cetra view, especially in of children, you will be hap-

Soria; 12-Ing. LP.) wed at quite un ies if you carly age and family of your own.

have a large

Tuite" and

matters

con-

neeted with the situation as it

considerations, 15. "All be asked, "of netunt events

How

CHICAGO

Chicago, May

GRAINS

31.-Led by

1

on

of business. Prices closed - 185 to 200 points higher on sules totalling 357 contracts.

Spot rubber ranged between

| 33% and 334, the highest level

In almost 22 years.

The strength in the London and Singapore markets over our holiday, plus growing concern over the supply situation in view of

1η τησ the political unrest Far East, and Inflationary sent!-- ment, sparked an active buying movement from outside commis- sion houses and dealers.

Tokyo, May 31.-The tex- tile bureau of the Interna-

AMOUNT HALVED tional Trade and Industry

will Ministry

request Saigon reports said that Cors- General MacArthur's Head-munist forces have laid waste a of Indonesia's rich quarters for assistance to- quarter

increasing Japan's the Indonesian rubber industry rubber plantations. Originally ward cotton spindles beyond the hoped to export 05,000 tons this 1,000,000 level imposed on year, but the amount is now c

perfed to foll below the industry.

10,500 tons shipped last year.

Prices closed na follow-

Indutry Bources sald the ministry has suggested an In- SPOT cent erense by 840,000 spindles. al- though textile manufacturers themselves have told the Anglo- American cotton textile mission, which visited Japan recently on a fact-luding trip, that they wanted

Jejis! 4,000,000 spindled.

He makes the art of Mozart,happenings must be welthed and tene production seem artles. estimated enrefully, in order to

al working knowledge of July soya beans, which jumped To find what the stars have

Carefully studied it has to be, acquire

the permissible 10 cents to a the tasks remaining, one way or tomorrow, select in store for

yet he projects spirit and slar and read your birthday

Tarother, so that problems cap-new sensonal high level, gralus undoubted spon-able of solution may be studied generally moved higher today. corresponding Your moods are varying and the

paragraph, though with Birthday

Le tanelty. His Bu

voice has a ten-with a view to the inking or not Oats were the sole exception to your rather too enly dis- Let you are

the general trend, due partly You often take your daily guide,

rfency to ibin a bit when it is taking of action, as desirel."

to a price reversal at Winnipeg. out of its rather narrow range The Animal Party FRIDAY, JUNE 2 -

of maximum comfort but you

Prices closed as follow !-- AQUARIUS (Jun. 21-Feb. Won't notice it

WHEAT-price per bushel. in handling pro- 19-Make wise decisions this other tinger

your things of the sort of another murning of money

Słow conhlerably. hours are cituation Afternoon

rown this afternom.

suit contained on in-card, and enraged.

it certainly was likely that bon

Own

hond

and

tween dummy, declarer Hold the ace and queen of clubs.

GEMINI (May 22-June 22)-

Chibs looked Bike the natural Be careful Full for West to opent, but whatperty card shout he had? Any eluh PATTERI lead would give declarer two best for you. club tricks unles dumay hold the blank queen, or the ace and one. In either ente the end of king of elule would be the

play. With the blank as right queen in dummy, West's club Guit would be established in- mediately. If dung held the

ace and che,

care

and

better

CORN

unless you're WITH regard to the question listening for Wonimuls in Purliament, 1

find that many people think that up there should be en Animal Party, September re that these newcomers would December Speaking of Mozart, the finest not disperse their strength March (1)

current (the re-among the already existing par PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21-single now CANCER (June 23-July 3)--

importit Emphasise the personal affairs viewer's opinion, of course, and les. A straight night between a of Take

will give impetus to like all musical options, entie-man candidate and an animal Spot businers matters this morning which

would be fun, speeluilly if the Be subjective), is roprates human was doubtful, your ideals and ambitions.

a fox-hunter and afternoon Is

energetic..

Berger's martyr aria from "The the opposing candidate

a fox. Lvening, however, is fine.

ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 30)-Abduction From the Seraglio." The franchise, of course, would An excellent business morning Hera is a Mozartian art to pale not, at first, be extended to such absurd creatures as the newt. if you

reconsider those

1 others. Nothing could D

Arimals in zoos will, of course, pultive first impressions,

mare precisely right, musically vote by proxy. We are not yet allow otherwise, than what she enlightened enough to TAURUS (Apr, 21-May 21-and

nnces and voice, rind,

tigers to iraunt the Busines with your in-laws may does with

caretul consideratkan. heart. fitCA Victor; 12-mch ar nolling booths. Be circumspect in all decisions. 7-inch single).

-London Express Service)

LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)-

fullest the entry would Exert yourself to the be killed and that night pre- during the morning bours and vint declarer from establishing (you will get the results you the heart suit.

On this theory West Ted the king of clubs, and you can see what it did to the hand. South was unable to get into dummy to cash the long hearts after the suit was established. Instead of making four-odd, his contret was defeated one trick.

Check Your

Knowledge

anticipates

VIRGO (Auz. 23-Sept. 23)-

Persmal ambition: Shah Sall for

be achieved at this is Ελι alert to new opportunities now,;

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)-~ Think twier before acting. Impulsivenes may not be the right answer to your problem.

SCORPIO (Oct. 21-Nov. 22)- Business matters need pushing this morning. Beware of false vepres stations this afternoon.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov.

13- 1. What unique product 18

Dre, 22)-Keep your nose to foot El exported

grindstone. Don't nutment. (e) the business

by diverted

as you can cause trouble.

() chicle, (b) bolsam of Peru?

2. Are

Salvador:

Jointed

dells

ກ້

trolera invention?

3. Are ladybugs useful harmful?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. (20)—Late morałog hours bid

or all evening offer excellent

BOYS' AND

GIRLS'

Hanid Had a Jumping Rope

-And She Turned It Into a Parachute-

By MAX TRELL

che wanted a TANID said

Jumping rope. So Knarf looked at her and steed: "A jumping tope? Is that a rope

that juraps?"

"It's a rope you_jump over,"

business potentials. Use - Hand laughed." She was sure

4. Where and what is Medi-tion in the afternoon.

eine Tat?

5. When wete letters st

carried by rail?

4. What percent of world's land surface dues

the The

British Commonwealth cover?

(Answers on Page 8)

CROSSWORD

}

14

Berpont (3)

Across

3. dorpeal (0)

. You'll and ita nothing 30

Hoccer fans. ()

10. Paver 7 R VARUR sort of way, 141

12. Berpent. (U)

i tore the icicio starts 10 Prance.

13)

.14 Would you say the car'tod chis

or vice veron

(0)

15 A broken bone. (4)

18. She leads to a canter. (8)

IV. Berpent. (8)

1 cart aid into the sea. (8)

it's a small crown. surely.

This gives you (0)

1. Bervent. (B)

Down

Burpent (b)

To 1 and Down, 2. 6. 12. and

19 Across a worm 18 (1)

Conciliation, (2)

aced for change. (8)

Purchase of word. (3)

Nothing fanciful about this, 14)

Where you RIWAYA and Danse About, (5)

11. Nowadays it operate quickly

After a szosan. (4)

In mood for a guma v

TRA. BRO. BY

3. Did her lamb come from Canter

pary 7 141

A most histeri (6)

Mży leave, seife'ső ztzwat 2 1437

Bolution at restaėday's pusulu, - 'Across

that

her brother knew very

thing.

"You didn't get the jumping rope, Knar" she said in a disappointed voice,

"Oh, I did!"

"Then where is it?"

In His Packet

his

Knar! smiled and put

He took well what a Jumping rope was. hand in his pocket

than she said, out a tiny ball no bigeer I need one," I don't "And

know where to a pra and handed to Tanid.

"What's this?" Fald Hankd. How big should it be?" "Any

size,"

replied Hanid. as I can lump

INTELLILENGE TIL

ret voc.c

Addison was stung

By T. O. HARE

"LAST night's Bridge was

expensive." said Addiwara

*1 was pinying with Steele, Pupe and Delve; and, na URUKI, we had three rubbers with a elifTerent 1 test 15 craiu each time

"What were the stakes 1 " "We started at so many bab a hundred; raised them by five bob a humired for the second rubber, and by another five bob for the thirủ rubner, The recond rubber gamie zo zuo less than the first, and the third to 703 less than the second."

"And you lost all three 7 ** "No, we all paid money to

Dick Steele

"He must have wnl A

packet."

"He did ile netted 439 10% **

What were

sinkes ?

(Solution on Page 8)

CHESS PROBLEM

By G. PADULLI Black, 5 plecsa.

While, 9 pieces.

White to play and mate in, two.

Solution "to" posterday's)

dar 20-far - † problem;

"Jusi

Just so lon

over 1

Knarf

would

ran off. saying he

be right back with n

"Look at it. Hamid, It's Jumping rone."

Hanid looked at it very care- fully. She saw it was a ball made up of a long piny. Kuty threat. But when she lacked at for Hanfd to jump over. Sure it even more carefully, she le

threat chough, in a

jumping rope of the right size

few minutes he covered that the gray returned. Hanld looked at him wasn't a thread at all. It was

to see if he was carrying any

Fanid went

off with the Jumping rope.

cobwebl

spider lent it to me," said Knerf. "She wasn't using it."

"But how can I jump with a enhwab?" Hanid exclaimed "It'

too thin!

It's too small I'm too bint I can't! I can't!"

Just try. Knart urged her. “Just unwind it and try"

So Hanld unwound the cob web.

It was just long enough.

July

September December March (1931)

RYK

Jerly

September

GATS

2.2

2.16-1-2.17 2.18-14-3.18 2.21-% -2.21 2.01-1%

1.03

1.48-7% -1.49 1.45-15. - P 1.37-12-24

1.30-asrd

1,40-1-1.40 1.42-

83-1-113

July September ........................... 70-3-1

NEW YORK FLOUR-per 200 tu. Back. 12.30 dullcro.-United Press.

MAGAZINE

Rupert and Miranda-2

די

Hi. you chaps, ↑ kupott kanta, da he meets his pals. "Look at this fine football I've been given ! Let's 'go and have a game with it.** Bill doesn't agree. "My Christmas pre- sent was this yacht," he says. Let's to the pond and sail ií.“ Bat Edward has yet another idea,

I've got the parts of a topping glider in this long parcel," he says. Let's put them together and fly "We've theni." Rupert laugha

all go dillerent notions, haven't we he cries. "See, here's Rastus, the country mouse he isn't carrying a present. Let's ask him to decide which we will do first." ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

see the rope, Finally I sit down to rest. of the Old Oak and waited for I could hardly her to come back,

He waited, and waited... Then I met the spider who lent.

you the cobweb. and waited.

Jonned the ends around at Knarf's feet,

Jumping Rope

ald.

She was

sources

Japanese textiles argued that the spindleage must be increased to meet domestic consumption as the bulk of pro- duction goes to foreign exports. -United Press.

JAPAN NEWS

2

Economy

can be

dovetailed

Washington, May 31.-

per 16.1

June July Aucu

September

October

Nitrider December

Jury Frimary March

(1951)

33-2-2

the

33 35 nondent' 31.20 traded

3333 nomla 3130-40 tracing'

30.70 traded

30,22 aonitat 20.03 bid

28.10 nominat

по

20.10

"

-Unitest Te

"Routine Pace"

New York, May 31-Post- holiday trading in Worth Street, cotton

along at goods moved routine pace.

Strength In other commodity markers and securities came in for attention, but manufacturers remained cautious pending news of the weather and its effect on the retail and wholesale trades. -United Press,

Copra Price

New York, May 31.-Nearby

Mr Dean Acheson, Secretary offerings in the copra

market

of State, said today he beranged between $180 and $182.50 lieves that the Japanese ideas around $177.50

per short ton, but found buyers'

per ton,

economy can ultimately be elf. Pacific Coast. dovetailed with that of the

In the coconut oil market, Asia continent and that nearby material was quoted at 13-3/4 steps are being taken to around 14 cents, June

13-1/2 cents per and July bring this about.

pound.-United Press.

This was in reply to a ques- ion by Representative M. G. Burnside.

the

concerned

prospects of linking the Japs Exchange Rates

Bese economy with that

northern and southeast Asia.

of

Business was done in the tocal

thi market tunofficial exchango Mr Acheson replied that this morning at the following rates:

question was not the subject of Sterling pound note, (per ) 15.25

US dollars per $13 discussion at the recent Lon-NET guilders (per 100) don conference, but that it was

the part of the allied powers.

e matter of constrat effort on

m

He said the co-ordination the

Siam ticals per 100) Singapore (Strolia) FIC plastres (per 100)

6,0275

2.00

25.00 1.70 120

Japanese economy with OUTWARD MAILS

Asia is not easy to bring about, but he believed it was possible and steps

were being taken which he hoped would bring it abuat.-United Press.

JAPAN NEWS

3

Oil tankers

from Brazil

May

con-

that's too far to go, back. "Nonsense, she said; struction of the vessels would

Tokyo, was just very nler old spider, She didn't

31-Japancso Finally, when he about ready to ent out and look frighten me a bit.

press reports said a formal You poor little child, the agreement had been signed in for her, Hanid came back. Only

Here you've jumped all Brazil for the export of nine oll She came she wasn't Jumping.

this distance from tome, How sailing through the air.

She seemed to have a para- will you ever get back again? 1 tankers of 2,000 tons cach,

told her I was going to jump The reports said that chute!

The next moment she landed

Just you begin early next month. SCAP let me show you how to use clearance already had been this cobweb

veb rope to carry you granted, the

Gald reports back home. And she took it United Pres "Where did you get this para in her hands (or in her paws, i

asked in astonish- if that's what spiders have), "And where is the and she knitted it, and knotted.

it, and spun it around. And al ԱՊԱ Hanid smiled as she sat last she made this parachute. down beside him. "Well," she So she made me climb up lo as she said, "I jumped with the cob the top of the hill with it, and and the the way ucross jump into the air acrons the mea web rope all

the breeze blow He at the meadow and around the hill. breeze, Knarf, si Jumping. down on a stone under the shade It was wonderful--except that me all the way home!

She

her bands

and started turning

it, over

her head and undes

her feet, went.

Jumping as she

Away she went. down the chute?" he garden path, past all the colour- ment,

ed blossoms. The cobweb Jump. spider-web jumping rope?" ing rope glistening in the sun like a tiny silver of rainbow,

Knurt watched her disappeared

dow

BRONCHO BILL

THOUGH BRONCHO BILL DOES NOT MEN- TION THE EXPRESS OFFICE, SHOOTING, BLAZE GORMLEY NOTICE'S HIM SUSPICIOUSLY BYLING THE TRIIDDING ON HIS HAND-

NOU LAYER,

By Harry F. O'Neill

Sudden Exit

SEEING THE YOUNG SHERIFF RETURNING, THE CROOKED CAFE OWNER MAKES A HASTY

· EXIT

HANDLE

Boere

TELL

LAFTER A SHORT VISIT TO CHECK A DE- TAIL WITH ARMY CAPTAIN KLINTON MARİ

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NY

Sugar Market

New York, May 31-World sugar futures Joday closed nominally unchanged sales reported.

with no

Domestic sugar futuren also closed nominally unchanged, with no sales reported,

Contract No. 0 closed 1 point lower to 3 pálata higher on enfes totalling 152 contracts, »

· Price* „closed as follow:--- Contract No. 4 (World). July (in'cente per lb) 4.21 nominal September

4.17

January (11)

March

3.09 201

Spot

Contract No. 5 (Domestic)

July

September · November

Contract No.

July

Beptember

78,33, nominat

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THURSDAY, JUNE 1 Closing Times By Air Hangoon, Calcutta. Karachi, Dara,

Dar-es Catro (Nairobi, Mombasa, Balcom, Mauritius and Johannesburg via Cairo), Rome and London, p.m.

Bangkok, Singapore. Djakarta. Co- lombo, Sydney and Auckland, 8 pm.. Haiphong, Hanok Saigon St Peter p.m.

Taipeh. p.m.

Closing Times By Bea Saigon. 3 p.m..

FRIDAY, JUNE T Closing Times By Air USA and Canada, 1 P.M. Japan. p.m.

Manila, Honolulu and USA (let ters, second clam mail and parceli), Guam (leitora and cost d class mail), Canada (letters only), 5 p‚m.... Singapore, Jakarta, Sydney and Auckland, 5 p.m.

Taipeh. & p.m.

Closing Times By Ben Bangkok, 10a.m. Biraits and Djakarta, 2 pām. Formosa via Keelung, 2. p.m.

SATURDAY, JŰNÉ 5' Closing Times By Ale Manila, 11 a.m. Bangkok, _p.m. Ilandi and Balgon, 8 p.m. SUNDAY, JUNE 4 - Closing Times By.......fex Japan,.. stanila. a.m.

..._MONDAY, JUNE E

Closing Times By Air Manija and Jesselton, 11 .m. USA and Canada, 2 p.m. Rangoon, Calcutse, Karachii,_Dawn, Cairo Nairobi, Mombasa, Da!»S*** Balism, Mauritius and Johannesburg via Catro), Rome de London; 5. p.m.

#gapore, Djakarta,^ Bydney: | Aurkand, :3 p.m.

Bengkak and: Colombo, § vɔm/, 1-Japan, 6`v.m.