1950-08-17 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1950.

Miss

Mason's

Figleaf

Landon Diary:

THE James Mason family, already renowned for their unconventional way of bringing up their child, are at least consistent when it comes to Baby Portland's holiday clothes. The year-and-a-half-old daughter of Pamela and James wears this figleaf sun-suit as often as she is allowed. It is shaped like a tiny loincloth with a green colton cut-out of a figleaf sewn on in front. Washable, easy to pack, quick to dry, it's the gayest answer yet to

baby beach-wear problems.

Christmas Circuses Popular

More

than

60,000 seats

have been booked already for London's Christmas cir- euses. It is believed that people expeeling a bigger rush than ever this year be- cause the Festiynl of Britain is "just around the corner," are booking early,

The Agical-from the front

Michael Arlen

Couldn't Eat Railway Food

Michael Arlon, the author, has just had an unpleasant experience in railway restaurant car. He was returning to London from the north. went into fanchoon. It was uncatable," he says.

There was ox-tail soup- Mr Meynell, 27, was n wat- "tepid, with n film of grease time lieutenant in the RNVR, is on it absolutely revolting."

Then plaice "which had been out of refrigerator too long, and was unit to cat"; or steak- and kidney pudding "which contained only appalling bits of meat like string."

now a chartered accountant.

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HARWELL RUMOUR

Tuns

A persistent rumour through Berkshire and South Oxfordshire. It is that in the event of war all people living within 12. miles of Harwell Arien says that all he could be compulsorily evacuated.

Atomic Research Station would cat was the cheese, He there- fore refused to pay for any-

thing else.

This area

includes sizeable towns and villages. He paid 1s. for his cheese and triet believes that if an officin An estate agent in the dis-

16. G. for a beer,

denial of the rumour lanat forthcoming. the value of houses there will fall considera- bly.

Well, here in the official de- Ministry of Supply thenial. The

ass there tu no basis wholso over for the nimour."

At first the atteplant insigel the whole men should be paid for. Arlen refused polni-blink: FI fellow-passenger offered meral support. Finally walter accepted the situation,

Michael Arlen has gone home to New York. This is an unhappy story to tell his friendin.

BRUMAS SPITEFUL

now nine Brumas, he bear, months old, is still the lending Tady ut the Zoo, Queues of people wait dally to see her frolicking round her pool and showing off her diving.

"Isn't she sweet!" they cry.

But the gentle expression of the Infant prodigy is deceptive.

"She'r

she's as not sweet. sour as they make them," says her keeper. "She is getting so spiteful with Ivy, her mother,

OLIVIER'S DISCOVERY

Attractive, mellow-volced yosing netress Jill Bennett will be the only woman with Diana Wynyard in Sir Laurence Olivier's new production, "Cas tain Carvallo," due in London soon. She is 21, ash-blonde,

She was asked to go for a rending, along with number

of others, on the strength of her work at Stratford-on-Aven {Memorial Theatre last year. She

came away with a contract.

Miss. Bennett lives in Bays- wnter.

TOURIST REPORT

It is six months since a Gov-

that their food has to be separa-ernment working party, set up ted."

Not far away

are Jock and Daphine, the baby brown bears. born last January.

to find ways of making things

forcim travellers casler for arriving in Britain, completed their report.

Toy Soldiers Marched

·

Away

"IT was just like in a dream. There I was sitting on the pavement (not far from where the Princess lives) and suddenly I heard tramping feel. There they were -toy soldiers, but so real. They'd all grown to be bigger than Daddy and they had red coats with big for hals. Three-year-old James Davis had this dream-like experience as the Guard was changed at Clarence House.

ARMY LIFE BEGINS NOW

WITH CAKE AND COFFEE

By FREDERICK COOK

Fort Dix, New Jersey,

WORRIED about the JOURNEY?

Do you find travelling a pleasure, or do you look upon a journey with dread? *It doesn't matter whether you aro crossing the ocean or simply taking a car trip. If you are prone" to "motion sickness," the effect can be the same.

The reason for the feeling of nausea which comes on after a time differn

Scsickness is due to impulses scht out from tho balancing mechanism in the car. A small amount of flufil circulating in minule canala tello นค our

position.

TOO SENSITIVE?

If there is ultra-senalliveness In the organ then tho abnormal movement of lossing or rolling at ree (or going on roundabouts) Causes pressure la a direction to vite the body is not used, int- pulses sent out to the base of the brain are

the transmitted to stomach, with varying. results,

Car and train sickness is due to similar waves starting in

in the eyes. It is common in subjects who ruffer from "slek head- the when they go to the Alms. How is it possible to stop this? For ses sickness. Do not cat for three hours before going on board. Take n sedative such is 1gr of phenobarbitone (for an adult) an hour before travel ↑ Ataris,

When on board ship le down quietly, if this is possible.

A subdued group of young men tumble out of a bus from New York at the entrance to this huge United States training camp every few hoursickness, though the recumbent

nowadays. They come in grimy overalls and undershirts, clutching a

toothbrush, towel and razor.

All-British Planes For Europe Test

Western Europe's air de- fences are this month to get

The report is now pigcon-holed at the Board of Trade. When will it be published? That has not been decided. "In fact we their first big co-ordination Bro toid, it may not be test. published at all."

material cruits"-in_their_first few days

Surprizes

from the moment they ntrive. They

coine

same rules apply for alr

position is not often available.

There are several drugs which A com- will top sea sickness. hination

of phenobarbitone, hyoefne and benzidrine is the best we have.

the They are with which America is as foldiers? building her "new army."

On their first day they do not come expecting orders, bawling (in sald to cure more tran 80 per-

syn-

look impressive. One pathises with the old-time drill sergeants who have to take them.ou, and whose comments business of a on the whole "new army" are often unprint-

nble.

Fourteen weeks later, when the recruits move of for the next stage in the complicated

technical rehooling

that

BRIDE FROM GERMANY

Six months ago a young Ger- man countess came to England Du holiday. She stayed with

needed now to turn a civilian Lady Betty Trafford." Today

The air forces of Britain, the into a fighting man, they look she has become engaged to Mr This would be a mistake, The United States, France, Belgium different. And they are, Richard Meynell, ron of Captain report should be published at aud Halland are co-operating in Charles

and Mrs Meynell, of once. Tourist facilities are of

RAWCRUITS Berry Hall, Honingham,

national Nor-rent

importance. Travellers from abroad Billi

folk.

have

been since hundred

and the back.

Tom Amold's accepting bookings January.

Sevenicen

pounds has already been taken, which represents £17,000 worth of tickets and more than $8,000 seats,

"Boxing

Day and Friday's amel Saturday's te the most

popular", on oflcial sald.

The circus starts at Harrin- Ray on December 21, and Ive expect the ren) rush for tickets

CLAIMS FOR SABOTAGE DAMAGE

to begin at the end of Septem- | About 4,500 chains for ber."

Beriram Milis's circus have damage arising from the been accepting bookings since Belenhum (Portsmouth) July 3, and these are now com-Naval arms depot explosion ing in at the rate of 300 have been made.

week.

"Bouting are coming from Wur all over the country, and even

We

damage surveyor:

check them.

OTC

have some from South Joining with Naval surveyors to Africa and Australla," an n(+ ficial said.

"Besides Boxing Day, find Mondays, Tuesdays „Saturdays fre

popular.

the

"We are runlug three

A man who escaped uninjured we when thrown from a step-ladder and white painting a bedroom at his most home claims for damage to bod- room furnishings by the apilled per paint.

formances instead of the normal |

two on Saturdays and holidays

Estimated tofal of the claims

to make sure there is room for is more than £100,000.

everyone.

"The circus begins Hi De.

cember 19 at Olympla."

BISHOP ON WORLD HOP

San Francisco, Aujt. 18. Ilishop arl Mrs Donald Harvey Tippett, representing the Conference of Bishops, left here by air today on the Best of their round-the-world Fon tlight to arrange for possible evacuation of Methodist mis-

M.I. and Admiralty security offleers

are Spreading their subotage inquiries over a great part of England.

Officers are testing the presi bility of the depth. charge, which caused the fire and ex- plosions, having been Interfered with during its journey from the makers to the Bedenium depot.

N. Korean Envoy Gives Party

Moscow, Aug. 10. The North Korean ambassa- Bishop Tippett plans to visitor. Diu En Ila, mave a recep-

sionaries.

tion at the Hotel Metropole on missionary enterprizes in the Tuesday on the occasion of the Philippines, Singapore, Borneo, fifth anniversary of the libera- Java, Sumatra, Malaya, Rangoon ion of Korea from Japanese and Pakistan. He said he will rate. prenchi

farees in Berlin.

in London, and CL Foreign Minister Andrei chaplains of the Occupation Vechinsky

among the guests. The envoys of Com- Bishop Tippott plans to return ist China and Eastern 10 the United State:

10223 European countrics nitended.

United Press.

December 27,—Uniest Press,

K. O. CANNON

NO BONERAL ESLIGA OR

THE COUNT, EH? WE'LL

BE WHAT HE THINKE

WHEN HE ARRIVED...

three-day a

exercise from 25-27, directed from the

August

complain of irksome formalities HQ of the Western Europe air

at British forces at Fontainebleau.

A big feature of the excrelse been I has

Ils funcce is Gran Ilse von and inconveniences Sponeck, of Schloss Bachingen, ports. Bavaria, Her father commanded

The working party spent a "Cupola,"

a division In Rommel's Afrika year on their job. The chair-med-is that all the defending Corps. She is 22, blonde andman was Francis Morrissey aircraft are Drilish-built fighters blue-eyed.

civil servant from the Treasury.

Making A

Comeback

8

MANFRED von Brauchitsch sits in the new type racing car built by auto engineer Alex von Falkenhausen, stand ing, in Frankfurt, Germany. Hoping to make a come- back in motor racing, Brauchitsch will race the car in the International races at Nuerburgring, in the French Zone of Germany. He took part in many prewar Grand. Prix events. (Acme).

THE RIDDLE OF THE ROME-REBELS

LET THIS OIL 60, STUART, FÖR HEAVEN'S SAKE! SHE HAS NOTHING", TO DO WITH ALL THIS BUSINĖSE.. DAMMIT MAN, YOURE AN ENGLISHMANTA

A SCOTSMAN, MR.CANNON,

GOODBYE..

LOOK! THIS IRONWORK IS PRETTY ROUGH,

I'LL TAÝ RUBBING THROUGH MY, CORDS ON IT I___\\}}

"QUICKLY, 1.0.] IT'S THE COUNT. HE'S HEADING THE WAY IN A MOTOR

· LAUNCH.JE/SORRYI

THE COMMANDER

Directing "Cupola" will be Air Chief Marshal Bir James Hobb, 55-year-old Scot, Commander- in-chief of Western Europe Air Forces.

What happens to the youngsters for whom Fort Dix

A new drug called Dramamine

cent, of cases, but this is not en

sergeants, incomprehensible

What they actually get here. dulles. is a slice of cake, and a cup of coffee.

Then they are "marched" (1f)

yards or so,into a large wooden hut, where they come face to

TRY CLUCOSE

Ordinary car or train sickness

you can call it that) a hundred can best be avoided by taking Kurore (two tablespoonsfui ·in

before

starling.

face with

their first general, fruit juice) Major-General John Devine, Then try not to look out of the commander at Fort Dix, is not window. It is the moving ob- terrifying of aspect or of voice. Jects which cause most of the

trouble. To the new recruits, he talks like father.

What General Devine tries to do is to convey to the bewilder- ed youngsters

the thoughts

underlying this country's new It is like the old army army." has coined a new word-win alms; it wants total obedience

Tsinan

Being Towed

To Shanghai

and intends

to have it. "theirs not to reason why" is

gone for ever. Recrulis now are

Reynaud Anxious On

Steps

told why, made to understand. Defence

The Anal result, they say, is the same.

WISDOM AND UNWISDOM

Paris, Aug. 10.

complete, defensive

The former French Prime Mjaltter, M, Paul Reynaud, to- day urged the Prime Minister. In their three months at Fort French Parliament at on early M. Rene Plevel, to recall the Dix, the "raweruils" may not date to Sir James WBS formerly Commander-in-chief

But Britain's

become front-line soldiers.

measures. Fighter Comnend. He is a pilot The Butterfield

they and Swire when

leave they are

The French Parliament is in who, at 50, deelded to fly a jet vessel, the ss Tsinan, which hit equipped with some knowledge

while mine

entering the lof how to make a bed, how to recess until October 17. Yangtze River yesterday is being march, how to read a map, M. Reynaud told M. Pleven When he was at Fighter Com- towed into Shanghal according how to treat sore feet. Lots of by letter:

have learned how mand ho used л 600 m.p.a. to reports reaching Hongkong them Meteor as

his personal "run this moming. about."

fighter.

An official of Butterfield and In his headquarters at Fan-Swire this morning confirmed tainebleau, Sir James will be in last night's reports that the tirect teleprinter communication vessel had struck mine and with

the operations rooms of ackled that she had been holedi

In the after-hold. the defending air forces.

Just

FROM 8 AIRFIELDS

to

vlewe."

"Since drink

re- a glas of beer. And all

open aggression of them have learned the un-appeared in the world much wisdom of saying "Seram" to time has been wasted. a superior who issues what "I hope the French Govern- sounds like a ridiculous order.ment is taking proper advantage of the Strasbourg Assembly's Fort Dix has its own staff of motion proposing the creation psychiatrists. Some of

the of a European War Minister, people who need them mostin accordance with French are the old-time NCOs..

France could not afford to Sald one of the psychiatrists:

job to act-Walt for others, M. "They have quite

Reynaud Just themselves to the

new mainlined, There were no passengers on Army and its idenst in the old.

Her conscription period. was eight airßelds in three board

and as far as is known days, they will tell you, ser- none of the crew sustained in-geants told a man to hurl him- even shorter than that of Britain

"an inefficient Juries following the explosion, self off a clift and he hurled, who bud In France, BAP Mosquitoes The ss Tsinan was on her way Now they come to us fult of tank ditch"-and did not allow and Vampires will be based utiio Shanghai from Hongkongbewilderment at the coffee-and-the most effective use of the too

few armis

at her, disposal.- Coulommiers, and French Vam-f when she struck the mine. cake routine."

Reuter. pires, will operate from Villacou- blay and St Dialer.

how extensive the damage was, the official mld, His defensive fighter force, of would not be known until the day and night fighters, from stilp reached Shanghal, RAF, French, Belgian and Dutch <quadrons, will be operating trom countries.

Belgian Spilfires will fly frum

Coxyre; Belgian Meteors aucl

fighters from

night

chain.

Beauve-

In Holland British Metcors will be based alongside similar! airerait of the Netherlands air; force al Twente an airfield used by the Luftwaffe during the occupation

Other Dutch Motcors will y from Leeuwarden, and Dutch Spitfires from Valkenburg.

The attacking forces will be the Superfortress bombers of VS. air force, and aircraft of RAF Bomber Command,

Civil Defence Boost In Britain

London, Aug. 10. Britain is to increase ber expenditure on civil defence by over a half during the coming year, it was announced here tonight.

Measures to protect civilians agginst a possible future ·ön- slaught, by bombers and long- range missiles will cost £6,728, -000 in 1951 compared with

24.117,000 last year.

The Agures were given in a Erimates on defros

New

East Sussex

Sea Wall

anti-