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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1950.

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HOLLYWOOD

FILM SHOP

By Patricia Clary'

playing his 100th

KINGNEUNAKANcstmmailộ

HARLES Bickford once

MEL Vinn, currency trier to give awlins movie dead man, is thriving,

mpney-making

siness, free, no stringa

known at the Central attacked. Casting Agency as "there couldn't do it. cutest corpse in Holly- wood."

"I used to Own a piece of property with n gus station, parking lot and lunchroom," he

"Specialisation is the keys, "I was doing okay in ple- to success in Hollywood."tures." ( pill is, co-starring Vin said emphatically. "I with Alay Lal in Paramount's am specialist in what "Branded."

call still death.' I am never

geen dying.

parta

dead."

I take only

adrendy that

#r

Is a

Vitin's 100th dead man

Universal-Inter- in corpe

"Kansas Raiders." national's When Audie Murphy and Brian Donlevy, heading Quantrilla anfamous raiding party, leave a group

I Ead other interesis. On decided to give an impulse 1

deserving Soine ils away to fellow who needed a chance,

"There were no strings at- tached. I just wanted to pick -a gay who was qualified to Tan the place and deserved a break."

Bekford didn't know anyone of Union sympathisers dead and bleeding in front of like that richt off. So he ran an The Cunonymous advertisement,

an old farmhouse, the camerafters came fit and so did the 37/0022 Just Vinn's grotesquely Still body and agonised fuce.

"My first jou was in 1936 in Murder in the lg House," he

suld.

"I W38

that through the hrad on the penitentiary grounds. The way I sprawied was very diallBelive. I've been earning ty ving that way ever since,”

police.

"The bunco squad thought I was trying to pull a fast une," he said. "I explained every- thing, I hope, I think they still were a little suspicious I was crooked or crazy."

Nover Found

newspaper-

Next came

men.

the

Chating

gradually Central came to recognise Ving as one

the cinema of

capital's most ho Before experi

actor trying to get his name in the papers, or is the, studio

shown Jumping the gun on Three boat-loads of yachting enthusiasts are official yachting season by holding an impromptu race in the San Francisco. Calif., bay. These boatmen probably felt they needed to tune up a little before entering any official competition after a winter of inactivity, during which the boats were laid up.

FRENCH TOURISTS-PLEASE NOTE:

Britons

over

don't

bus

like

T

LONDON DIARY

Why West Indies' captain was

late •

Razor blades for the

Stock Exchange o Festival costs

Lock, stock and barrel

TUIE King and Queen were; wearing a long dress, donec rabbits is dogs, but a tortoise

the guests With an insect and, therefore, travels. dancing until 1 o'clock among

Guards officer as partner, she free," when they went with hnd music played at her own) Princess Margaret to the request the Teddy Bears' ball nt Holkham Hall, Pienie. Norfolk, given by Lord and Lady Leicester for their debutante daughter, Lady Anne Coke. She is 17, wore white-and-gold brocade

dress.

The Royal party arrived from Sandringham at 11 pan. The King wore the Garter sash. The Queen's Rown Was

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crinoline of primrose tulle, embroidered with sequins; she wore a lumend tiara.

Princess Margaret wore a new ce-blue crinoline dress trimmed with sequins. On the skirt was aspray of large pink roses. With it the Princess wore small pink bolero.

cheating Princess's partners

bus tickets

By SAM WHITE

"Don't forget to mix with the

ADVICE to a young Frenchman visiting Britain working. people," he writes, "By for the first time-given in an article in the meeting them you will belter that Paris newspaper Le Monde from its London cor-understand how It was

Britain stood alone "gainst

1940." "They thought I was just an respondent urges him not to be alienated at the inter

The correspondent's final ad- outset by the "cold" reception he receives

"Watch

cricket match if you want to under- Customs and immigration officers.

stand the British character. By watching cricket match you

Roman-ised Version

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All things on earth are composed of molecules, but according to members of the Acacia Fraternity at the University of Southern California, the molecules are To prove the stacked up better in some instances. point, the fraternity selected actress Ruth Roman, in Hollywood, as an example of what they mean,

realised it he had the reputation† was trying to publicize my,nONT the cadaver producers | picture. They never bebeved clamour for

He, and I can't blame them."

"I've been dead on my boek.

all Bekford At 3,000 on my belly, string from 5, tree, [letters, answered 300 telephone mangled

on antealls and gave 200 personal in in a wreek, operating table, and. punte HerV;089), He never

found the times, a skin! resident of the right mon. County mmque," he said.

2nd Hundred

"I've often wondered wint i would! he like to see myself moving or hear my voice on the sereva," he added. "But I don't

Some of them were patently

"British Customs and im- duct-le be law-abiding.

from

Vice

The correspondeat goes on to will understand what the Bri-

migration officials feel bound' warn the Frachman gainst jtish mean by fair play, team

to adopt-Heaven

knows the illusion that all Englishmen spirit and above all the extent why-a tone of insufferable have been to Elen or Harlow of The average Englishman's aliens, or are graduate of Oxford or patience." superiority towards

Cambridge.

One can only suppose that they do not like tourists, says the article.

"Your jungane will be pains. Askingly seniched. but, if your passport la in order and

you

are not hiding an extra flash of brandy. you have nothing to tear.

"All this mukes a disagree- able ceremony-but it is only a ceremony."

TWO WARNINGS—

The correspondent goes on to warn Frenchmen against two

Social blunders: not to compare

- London Express Service).

THE CLUB OF BRINK

-AND A HALF

By Peter Hayes

TT always was a damp and 'expensive proposi. tion if you were unlucky enough to land in the south fork of the Clearwater River with

your car.

the

Nowadays it still is. At the river is only about two in the spring 1 Piccadilly with the Champs the same time, however, it feet high but

comed up almost even with the Elysers and St. Paul's Cathedral į makes you eligible for char-road. with Notre Duine.

ter membership in a riol-

"About the most dangerons too-exclusive organisation. the of the year is the winter, The Brink and a Half Club. when snow piles up on

ece of the road and overhangs The origin of the name is the brink. You're driving hazy but it nous something like long and you ree that snow this: when you're driving state and think it's part of the rod, most highway 14, you're on the brinkaly isn't. I went in twice people in the of the Clearwater River; add a world. They do not take pride half a brink and you're in the

river.

Further advice to the Frenen visitor is not to regard it "mart-as it is in Continental countries to avoid paying one's bus fare or to ride first class on

second class ticket.

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"The British Are the

civic-conscious

in cheating their Governinen!,

Inust › "And at all times you

inat live up to one of the

It was on Sept. 7, 1947 grea!!

of thin erden.s

011- principles of British social conve

primitiv. Clearwater county of north entrat dal inst wita the a of erasing some o. the curve and stipmaf missing landing in the river.

MEMBERSHIP GROWS

"We fought

the Zulus!”

COVERED wagon rolls down

a boulder-strewn

trail. A man on horseback rides as guard and a woman jumps from

Sat way.

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S. II. BARNETT 103

Around 4 a.m. breakfast was served: scrambled eggs, sausages Mald more than £50,000 for and becom

when tile the 14th century Ockwells It was daylight party ended.

The last dance Maner, at Dray, near Maiden- was a spirlied elghtsome reel. Ind. He is head of a chain of

women's garment stores.

For this suin, Mr Barnett. receives the entire furnishings, Including rare armour.

covering

Goddard was late

The

estate,

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JOIN GODDARD, 31-year-old West Indies cricket captain, was 40 minutes late arriving acres, belonged to the late Sir at Southampton for the match Edward Barry. Mr Cyril Jones, with Hampshire. Ife went out the agent, tells me Mr Barnett by lender to meet his wife will keep the estate intact. Hu

London home Flora aboard, the fluer Golfitohar

Grosvenor Square. in Southampton Water

It took Mrs Д

She danced almost without break until she left-at 4.30 am. Among her partners were Mr Mark Bonham Carter,

Goddard three

minutes fo pass through the Customs. Then they drove to Goddard's hotel, where he was teld Gomez, deputising for him, had won the toss.

Ho "If

Goddard was relieved. was batting eighth man. we had lost the toss and Hamp-

Dancing till 4 in the mornu'. .....

Cut-throat days

תו .

VERY member of the Stock Exchange recelyed two fres razor blades from A manu- facturer. Why, two?...

Said a broker: "One is to shave with."

London pays again

LOWLY London la

SLOWL

learning

cost to its normal amealties which will be exacted

by the Festivol of Britain.

In addition to the 37 acres taken from Battersea Park to make a

fun fair, the Minister of Transport now reveals that space will have to be found in Regent's Park and Clapham Common for parking 1,000 motor coaches.

In Regent's Park

Eight acres of Clapham Common will be used. Lon-

say don County Council

It lean area that was "spoiled" by material excavated when digging the deep shelters, IL these acres are being restored, they should be for the recrea- Hon of Londoners,

No part of Regent's Park ins been spoiled. Where con hundreds of conches be parked each day without depriving the cltizen?

London is doomed to pay a high price for holding fr Morrison's South Bank "baby."

speakers

Hustings wook-end THINGS are warming up at hustings. The Tories have the biggest array of since the Generat Election. They include: Sir David Maxwell Fyfc, Mr Richard Law, Mr Quintin Hogg, Mr Peter Thomeycroft, Sir William Darling, Mr Geoffrey Lloyd.

to

Does this mean they are_pre. General Elec- paring for the tion, forecast by Mr Churchill take place this year? Nothing of the kind, say Tory left headquarters;

it is only a seasonal arrangement for speakers to allend

summer

"But I don't Jold the re cord: Slub Ruark, aminer Mr Tau Gilmour, and Mr Billy shire had batted, we should have fielded 10 men until I arrived. down at Golden, has been in Wallace.

20, has five times."

Kinsman and his i Mr. Goddard, Tommy band played her favourite tunes. their four children-all girl Strangely enougn. White re-

Among them: June Is Bustin' to the West Indies. calls only one indance of any-Out All Over and Bewitched. one drowning

when his went in the river, and that was

car

feten.

For her tune-of-the-evening, Medals of the week

Socialist leaders, too, are on Larly Anise requested Music.

the nove Sir Hartley Shaw- in 1935. Usually the river is Music, Music.

COLONEL SIR cross was speaking one day, Mr low enough to keep the sar

THOMAS MOORE (CMorrison the next from being submerged,

politicians, too, tile

NO LONGER A JOKE

The five who met at Golden. Hin were Hipn nd Elva Surman, one-lin owners of that thy

Settle- gold mining

It the Brink ment: Clarence Rieman, Golden started as a school teaches. and W. It had Vincent uth af Grangeville.

JEUT.

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fit of the evening was when

For the the younger dancers tried to do Ayr) It shows the lamentable

want of enterprise on the part tempo accelerates. The Charleston.

of many of my bachelor dances,

colleagues in this committee that walked in

Between

which

and a Halfestarted at 10 p.m. and ended at joke, they've cer-5.30. quens

the Harvey fainly come a long way. Besides gardens. Two statues and th Cawth, malting everyone travelling the fountain were floodlit

river route safety-conscious. they've taken it upon themselves to boost the virtues of the area.

Member

hon.

shoukl still be a rpinater.

for

Incidental intelligence

I

Tynemouth (Miss Irene Ward)

VERY attempt in the history Mr C. Hellis (C. Devizes): One of the world to establish a old Victorian Foster's paradise has wound up

the

13 П dictator's hell-hole.-

thinks Dancer aged six

of porter who considering what he There, early in the evening, should do with the livestock larold E. Stassen. Soon the third edition of Lady Anne's six year old) which had appeared on his rail- Marios. way, said: "Dogs is dags, and Lady Sarah sister,

Golden Road to Adven –

From that modest start. the Brink and a Half Club has grown to 110 charter mem- ben, motorists who actually The have driven into the river. Hure" comes off the presses, a And ther Art 3,900 prus- he wagon to pick up a newly pective members.

peisens whe and baru calt.

ve dav The treacherous history The great trek is on, The read but have yet to take the siblitics of the rugged country. pinters are setting

out with big bath. cattle to)

their children and

phones," he saic. "Omers but a new country in the heart! Harvey White, currant prest-

didn't have enough capital to et started. By this time I was dispusted with the whole dead but still wanted to give the business way.

vers

South Africa.

dent of The club, rais He proudly that he's been in For food they shot antelope the river three tunes. and runtled it over the campi fire. They fought spear armiesį "Wu fc:med It as a joke be of Zulus and won. Many of the jesuse to many people were go- suppose I ever find out. I'J "So I approached

pioneers were killed. The resting is the ver, White ex- Jinle to take a chance on chan-worthy relief organisation.

battled on, and their trail is the plained. "But now practically ing my hek and ruining my

ottered to give them the busi-eatine of South Africa's wealth everyone who lives around here reputation."

For the trekkers reached is a prospective today the diamond and gold fields of since one of the purposes of the cab is to come to the aid Kimberley and the Rand.

This stamp is one of three of a brother in distress, we've the great been a lot of help to each other. which commemorate Heaventure, just over 100 years

SNOW FOOLS DRIVERS

It was a double triumph inc Vinn when, after finishing his .100th

corpre In "Kansas Raiders," he got an emergency call for the afternoon to start His second hundred in "Wyoming fat by lying stilt and bleeding on the staw-covered floor of a

ness and let their mag run it.

"They had a huddle pad then annaunced their decision. They wanted me to keep the

business any ch give them profits.

"That made mu mad.

So I

inju

Free value, 1d; perforation 15

boxcar tint rolled away into the sold the whole outfit to a big by 18 set of three costs 10d.

night,

fuit company at a tidy profit."

K. O. CANNON

JUMI POUR POSTER BED.

SILKEN DRAPES..SOFT. FLIGHTS..., ALL WE NEED,

IS - MUSIC

QUITE A SET-UP. MUST HAVE BEEN NICE AND COSY IN THE DAYS GOF THE BORGIAS...

-fi.omann Express Service!

member and

From here the narrow road twists up the river for about 60 miles to El‹ City. In the fall

THE RIDDLE OF THE ROME REBELS

BUT DIVE ME A NICE

CAMP-BED ANY OLD

HIGHT... Cunse THE FEATHERS!..DH+HUN!.....

bookcle! packed with plctures describing Lic articles

and recreationni Pos-

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But their main purpose at- ways will be to discourage drimera from winding the Clearwater. Their motto, possibly borrowed from a New York cab-driver, is, "I you can't drive it, parks it!"

Beams behind the curtain

Ju

Amateur radlo operators Spokane, Wash.. report they ipenetrate the fron curtain of

Europe regularly.

They say they have talked to Russia. and Russian-controlled countries many times.

Ryder Chronic and Al Kern Ireported that recent talks with Russians were more friendly than before.

Friendly

"Usually the Russians are rather brief on the air," Chronic" spid. "But one. fellow. I talked In Moscow recently WAR pretty friendly, We talked for (about 25 minutes.

Ker said:

"Most operators, even in the in curtain countries outside Russia, like to talk a lot and discuss their equipment. But the Huzaians won't discuss things. They don't asic questions and I can't even get them to tell me their names."

A

-(London Express Service)

Nose For Mines

Men of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, at Camberley, Surrey, England, lead their mine detector dogs through a barbed wire area during a demonstra- tion: These dogs have a knack for being able to find · buried land mines `änd they're given six months' special training for the job, Hut just how they detect the mines remains a mystery.