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He Loves

The

Army!/

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1050.

AND no wonder! Casper Sicoli, of Astoria, N.Y., looks like he'll never have it as good again. During processing by the US. Army, he had the luck to meet these chorus girls. Reading clockwise, they are: Pat Wray, Joyce Arbuckle. Donna Leo Mickey, Patt! Hardy and Diane Hartman. This sort of thing may increase volun- tary enlistments heavily. (Acme).

PILGRIMS

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IRELAND'S

"PURGATORY" UNDAUNTED

Concentration camp conditions do not frighten Europeans going to Ireland's national pilgrimage centre at Lough Derg. Little sleep and one meal of bread and water each day faces the pilgrim to St. Patrick's Purgatory.

FEW WOMEN ARE LEARNING TO FLY

By James Stuart

LONDON.

Few women, it seems, are learning to fly these days. Of 302 certificates issued this year by the Royal Aero Club, only six have gone to women pilots.

Such a certificate of confidence is not a licence to fly, and is not compulsory. "A" licences are issued by the Ministry of Civil Aviation, but most civil pilota, and plenty of Service pilots, too, have their Royal Aero Club certiflente, which still carries a lot of prestige.

Since the first certificatee Comet off the ground for was issued to Lord Brabazon first time on July 27, 1940,

the aeroplane hns in 1910, the club have issued hours on test.

flown 320

26,033.

How many miles? A gooit leal of the flying has been (for

Pynte flying is a fairly rustly business nowadays, That Comet) slow test flying.

ve the main reason why clubs do not have many women pupils.

ELLEN'S RECORD

but a resumable estimate is that the aeroplane has covered about [125,000 miles.

And Comet No. 2 is finished, Apart from last minute adjust- Twenty-eight-year-old Ellen rents, it is rady to fly. It Muntoch, Pan-Amertem Al-Best fight will be made in the vayd purner, has made 200 next few days,

Atiantle evorthus, believed to

U a record for A OBEN.

"COMING ALONG"

41

She was born to Auchinleek, Ayrshire,

emigrated to

Jine the production catsil

itatfield, Amerien when she was five.

Hurts, other Comets wan the first woman are "coming along." ember of the

Pan-American But it will still be more than "Million-Miler Club," She has a year before they go into ser- fluen about 1,380,000 miles,vice on BOAC's routes. Serviers Tep BOAC Atlantic stewardess are expected to start late in | Miss Felkelty Farquharson, 1951,

who has inadā 142 crossings, Besides the 14 Comets That

· Runner-up" is Mrs Viva Kath-jark being buik for DOAC, two

en Harker, with 130.

"THE FEW" REUNION

στι order for Canadian Pielfie Airlines, for use 4cross the Pacifle between Canada and Australia,

Those of the "Few" who sur- vived the Battle of Britain and America bus sti) not yet pro- he rest of the war are holdingduced jet airliner, and the reunion dinner at Fighter | Comet's _only_rival_in_the world ommand headquarters at Stan-is the Canadian Jetliner, built ore, Middlesex, on Septem-by the Canadian branch of the

e 15-tenth anniversary of the British Avro concern. great day of the battle,

BRITAIN'S JETS

The Latest commercial

the

Wartime Wash Day

PFC. BILL Fisher, of Moberly, Missouri, knows the necessity of killing two birds with one stone in South Korca. Here he does his laundry and baths in the shadow of a mined bridge near his 155-mm. howitzer position. By remaining constantly alert, he's ready to resume his battle duties at any moment. (Acme).

Shaw Thinks He'll

Live To

To 108

By ROBERT MUSEL

George Bernard Show, who has just turned 94, is

What is it about? "Piffic!" The white-beardod sage

Comnet represents practical advances In writing a new play.

aviation. "But," I was reminded, "it 15 not

the Arat,"

Best Joints Are Sent To The Queens

Some of the choicest joints in Britain cach week aro enrmarked RA "dollar- earners." They go to the liners Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary, and to Trans- atlantic airlinera.

This has been revealed by a dispute between some butchers and the Food Ministry about the quality of rationed meat.

The "Qurons** get the best topaktes, silversides, and sir- loins; the atrinern set specially cookesi, quick frozen lamb chops and cutlets,

Normal mliostog regiations do not apply in either cate.and victualling is done by the Minis- try of Food an

Government order.

SOME SEEK THEM

When the ups and aircraft have been supplied the rest of the earmarked esreases are put into normal rationing distribu- tlon.

Many groups of bulchers are unxloup to obtain them because they contain fine quality rum, thick fanks and pitch bones usually inuch better than most

of the meat inawed for rations,

The London Wholesale Ment Sumly Association allocates the meat to London districts on o weekly ratu system.

--AND SOME REFUSE

One week-end, Dagenhamn butchers suddenly refused their allocation, worth £400, on the Krounds that it was leavings."

Another butchers group im- medintely volunteered to take the meat and which their nor mal ullocation to Dagenham. Ministry, concerned This was done, but the Food

altitude

of some

about the butchers, is considering allering the system. Mr Harold Donlets, prezident of the London Retail Meat Trades Association, sald: "I at a paper pad don't think there will be any

Comment by air W. E. Beall, Britain's last word in jets. It is fells questioners with something approaching a grin. And one o! the chicts of the

that's all he'll say about the project. Boeing Aberaft concert-one uf Anterica's biggest-on Brillsh

aeroplanes:

Jet

Bro

TIRES OF

Some might think a man with a peac!! of 94 over-optimistic if he he worked on his new play. dieulty. Most butchers are started writing a play. But baltered "Osen"

As he wrote, I noticed the glad to get this very good meat

he won far Shaw has no qualms. He his screen play of "Pygmalion."

Te base

S. AFRICA IN privately thinks he may live The nose is dented.

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The sojourn on the Coun- The third day the pilgrim | When St Patrick parsed

"My impression is that the Ly Donegal island begins! Performs several dimcult duties through the district, they relate,

attl leaves thr with the making

following he heard the rumours and de British will sell a lot of their of four

tarble- powered transports. morning,

cided to dispel them by visiting Stations of the Cross, each

the hoodtea island.

He rowed simply because they of which consists of an

RISE AT 6 A.M.

to the island atone, because no jexistence. boatman would go near it, and

"In America, high develop- arduous ritual of kneeling

The alarm clock goes off each stayed 10 days, after which he ment costs, and the uncertainty and walking around the fuorning at six.

terribly

Governmen eminerated 31

certificatio istand in bare feet, often Despite the prison camp fe|with the fasting and fatigue belations, still constitute so under torrential rain.

high a barrier that manutae-

Mrs Nat Freedman, of qualms a couple of months hits in all world capitals-even trees are unwilling to run the But the people cheered when financial risk involvi to Plumstead Common, Lon-e tot'ered downstairs then they save him, as they feared he Hunching a jet-transport pro-don, received a letter from that he was about to die,

and informed his had been killed.

Jon the island, visitors clutu it has an atmosphere equalled only Lourdes.

s that of the Vatican City or

Buried in the mountain fast- nesses of Donegal, the island's 1,500-year-old dwellings

The perim arrives tired and hompy bal, following the strict routine, gets no rleep the first night, which is spent in saying rosaries and other prayers.

On the second tay he may lost feared by a superstitious retire, but no sooner than 9:30 peasantry as the home of devils

jam other evil spirits.

Dr.

Whither Goest Thon ?

were

ACTOR Robert Taylor, decked out in costume for "Quo Vadis," a film being made in Italy, chats with two young refugees at Cinecitta, the Italian Holly- wood. The IRO has been using Cinecitta as a camp

for displaced persons.

K. O. CANNON

CAPITAN) WHERE ARE YOU GOING NOW?.

VENICE,OF COURSE!....3 | WHERE DO VÕU THINK?. S HAVE A DATE WITH THE COUNT.... BUT KE DOESN'T KNOW YET!

(Acme),

THIENTHALL NA SKNIT, WALT AT SIERNA TO. "REBILE"-THEN ON AGAIN THROUGH THE DARKNESS...-

came out

had undergone.

FAME SPREAD ABROAD

Tradition says the saint not only ruereeded in driving the evil from his Jast Stronghold

in ireland but alre was given a vasion of the sufferings borne by

ve in Pagatory,

The farm of the int spreadi throughout the country, E merchant vessels carried the tule over Europe.

The center of the pilgelunge is the mand, 120 yards long by uŋ yards wine, almost zmothered with buildings.

'The key building Is the church, projecting over the inke was erec.ed in 1929 to replace the rher structure fuum hups. lesely inadequate to cope with the visiting throngs.

Il rests on 13 piers of re

inforced concrete and has 159 windows, is octagonal in shape and has three altars.

The church was consecrated solemnly in 1931, and on the samo occasion raised by Pape Pius XI to the rank of a muner bacillen-United Press.

Mediator's

Talk

With Nehru

New Delhi, Aug. 10, Sir Own Dixon, the United Jalons Aediator In Kashmir, who arrived here yesterday, con- erred with the Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, today.

On his return to Karachi to morrow Sir Owen will resume discussion on the Kashmir dis- pute with the leaders of the Pakistan Government. Sir Owen has negotinted with the Indian and Pakistan Governments since

he fallure of the Delhi joint ve-day conference more than two weeks ago,--Reuter,

TWO WEEKS

to be 108, so he feels he has dupped. These are reminders the days when Shaw's plenty of time to finish the opinions of Hollywood were so

forthright that he often dungi "Oscar" inte a wastebasket.

With is plays tremendous

work.

Show may have had 1ow

household

and our It"

customers appreciate

Sharp Tax Increase

Moscow-Shaw's income is cer- cinly the largest of any living

Washington, Aug. 10, playwright.. Ie is probably a The Senato Finance Corti millionaire,

mittee today approved Pre- sident Truman's proposal for a he hill keeps virtout $1,500 million year increuso

all royaltion. Even in company taxes.

highest com- Income tax rate to 45

that

Itat

leet."

Africa a Ir Beall

was in England friends in South

was suffering frecently to see tur jeis

a severe year a saying, "Come and

otlack of lumbago at the lime. live here."

and might actually have. fell

track of Bul Her husband went out first, the chill winds of death.

friends now are

mall repertory companies who IL liked the more inclined obtained a good job in the in-

himic their size and isolation pany o regord his performance us surance businen, and sent for mercy a rehearsal for the realve made them safe are opt to peresat and ruled his wile

daughters.ing. arki

Get the fandliar, very pointed, a should apply Marion, aged 15, Shirley, 13,

Drown postcards correcting July 1, 1930. and Diane, nine.

that impression.-United Press, เม

FIRST BIRTHDAY

The De Haviland Comet, Britain's

500-mph

record- uttering jet airliner, is a year

a.

Since John Cunninghain, De Pavilland's chief test pilot, took

Patrice

The girl for whom Errol Flynn jilted a princess→→ Patrice Wymore. She made her debut in the film ""Tea For Two.” Flynn has 'an- nounced that he intends to marry her.

THE RIDDLE OF THE ROME REBELS

"WP'LA „PULA I WERE LEON A DENCH SNÁCH,.

WHISPER VOU LOOK

FINISHED.

WAIT GOT BACKI WHYI ZOON WIND'S

HEAST

WAITING FOR SHIP

In any event, the Jumbango How has RD: A His recovery has been hure complete than

decades year

might have hoped for. For

She has been in South Africa men veral ur two wetend. how she is go three months, he made weekly mt back i England.

Garden Cy "Fourteen days in this coun-trips to Welwyn

Hopital in his chocolate brown Chough," the bad Rots Royce for treatment.

try to un MARLE I LA Kong none as soon us I can get it slip."

Her

valued

10

Those may have been his motorink trips. He no

Firefly Badly Wrecked

Bame, Aug. 10. Thirteen Fleet Air Firefly planes left Rome tonight their way from Malta to Eng- land, leaving behind

0112

BomersaultN

Mrs longer gets any pleasure from machine badly damagen,

On landing it be 100 and was wrecked but the crew. Lieutenant M. A. Mitchell und

hardly

Pezvoltalı says she will send a being driven about. And Juck.

walks cver

the to the viage yards

proper

"Our biggest chock was find- where even last year he used Seigeant J. Copeland, ing out that seen-uge quis dare to prowl, with camera slung unhurt-Reuter, Dot po out Atonne sk night in

over his shoulder and lis suum Airica-aut even 10 the clothes flapping about his reedy pictures," she said.

body.

were

Schuman Plan

Negotiations

Thes

the

froin

He is part of Pre- sident Truman's $3,000 milion plan to finance the Korean war and rearmament-Reuter,

1

CAVITE AIR PROJECT

aman

Munlia, Aug. 11. Two thousand inhabitants of the district of Cavite, 22 milles south of Malin, adjoining the which the Philippine government have turned over to the United States Navy for enlargement oflls naval base, were moving tut to new homes today to make room for the uroject.

Mrs Freedman's husband He no longer works in the works at night, so it means that | Atle but in his garden ini

A repart from Cavite city sold ne cannot out In the even- which he conceived and wrote

Paris, Aug. 10..

300 houses were being vacated ings.

Lome of his masterpieces. In-

six-nation conference and romoved to clear the exorably his greal age is here on the Schuman Plan to ground. Ughtening the ring about his tool European coal and sleet

big airfield will be activity.

resources adjourned today until constructed for the newest type August 31, when the final stage of Jets as well as seaplanes.

the negotiations begin, the Military security prevents d French Foreign Office announcal closure of the projects-Unis

cnight-Reuier, *

'FOOD IS SHOCKING'

Mrs Freedman has other com- plumte. "The tund is shuciung,”

Now he works in his living

she said. "It doesn't even tasto room, glasses well down on his like anything. Buller is 22, Ud. nose. I saw him there pecking a lb., and apples, at 3d. euch,

ure exorbitant,

"Dresses cost almost twice as much as in London, and are not half as good. The only things that are cheaper here are nylons and lingerie.'

The fore out with the girls cost Mrs Freedman £200. It with cost a little more to return to Britain. "But I don't mind, at wil be worth it," she said.

Haifa Blaze

Haifa, Aug. 10,

A fire destroyed one and a nail square miles of olive trees Jesterany near Athlit Casule,

miles south of Halta.

The blaze was brought under control lato last night after in ught-hour night by iro, brigacés and 200 volunteer soldier Afcuter.

Agency Report Withdrawn

“Berun, sug. 10.

. The oMcial East German news agency, ADN, today withdrew a report that the East German Government Wis bending to Russia the results of an investi- Kallon into allegations that American planes dropped in- cendiary boinlis in the Soviet Zong

of Germany.

Tho

report was withdrawn one hour after it was issued- Reuter.

Press

KATERIN, a young chimpanzee at the zoo in Frankfurt, Germany, shows photo graphers how to do their job. Katerin, whose obvious talents may lead to in whole now class of photographers, is one of the animals replacing those killed in the war:: (Aema);