1950-10-12 — Page 3

Beauty

The

Sun

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1950.

PRETTY, blondo Virginia Bush isn't trying to talk her way into the mayles as she poses for this shot with actor, John Payne in Las Vegas, Nevada. She's merely showing off the sun tan she acquired in the community where sunshine

is a basic commodity. (Acme)

London

Diary:

AMBASSADOR TO REPORT

ON MORAL REARMAMENT

Expectant Cats Have A Maternity Home

Nina, Dowager Duchess of Hamilton, aged 72, who is a spiritualist, koeps a maternity home for 40 cats at Ferne Houso, Shaftesbury, Dorsetshiro.

His Feud With A Telephone

CENTRAL HEATING

The Duchess, who la room, with doors big enough to chairman of Britain's let them in, but small enough

to keep out the dogs, Animal Defence Society, also keeps 45 dogs, aix goats, some horses, 28 cows and 300 chickens at the Expectant cut mothers have four centrally-heated kennela animal sanctuary shoond £1 wired-off promcunde operates In conjunction ground.

with her "progressive" The Duchess sald; "We don't farm.

encourage breeding, but we be- lieve animals should be com-

She explained: "This is merc-pletely free to do as they like, ly the practical appllection of

"When a cat has a ter we my belief in the unity of all leave her one kitten to raise. We find homes for the others

A Plymouth labourer has been waging veniletta against n telephone box creation. ever since 1948,

Ife has been arrested times for kicking in the panes.

"This is a spiritual universer destroy them painlessly. 10-the whole thing Is God's - "When Paddington (London)

and ilfe must be guided by Corporation classicitual light."

mechanised its transport, Its horses were to be

The only fencing at the sune-sold for slaughter for food. He has been gaoled six tuary is for the animals' own tipes, but still says: "I Just protecilon.

don't know why I do it. Every

ime I see that box, something Thus, the cats have a large

[specially

comes over mo."

heated

communal

"Our friends raised a fund to buy them and we now have five of them. We hire them out to

kind farmera.

"All our horses and other farm animals work. We be-

that, with leve

cordial

co- man and animals. the animale give of their best."

the Wants Reds operation between

The labourer, John Thomo: Willcocks, 59, went into Exeter tool for the seventh time per day for damaging telephone box.

the

There are two theories why Wilcocks cannot leave the tox atene.

Psychiatrists say he may have come unpleasant memory of the telephone and his subcon-

1. le may have heard news on it, or got a number.

The British Ambassador in Paris, Sir Oliver Harvey, is drawingrinus mini makes him attack up a report for the Foreign Office on the activities of Dr Buchman's moral rearmament movement in France.

Sir There have been sugges-

Stafford Cripps intro- Buchman's cured the tax on pools and dup: tions that Dr

totalizator betting o his second Budget of 1947. The pools tax now startis at 30 percent of the

movement is having markable intinence on them- hors of the French Governmney stake. ment, and especially on the The Blackpool Arm avoid the French Foreign Minister, by a subtlety in defining their method of luring the M. Schuman,

winnings.

the

*el of the total amount, ef bets. 10 an

bad

wrong

other

Will

buy? the Americans

The police. ол the Information

is that they are hand, say Willcocks may have unlikely to bid for either house found Exeter Gnol a very com- GARVIN'S BOOKS Tertable place to live in. Part of the late J. L. Garvin's famous library comes up. for sale in Landun next month.

tinrvin WS a ferat book- collector as well as a great Journalist,

His library even

STRINDBERG

PLAY IN LONDON

These suggestions were The Finance Act defines bets hally mumbered some 25,000 Tenghened by the diselustrebt to tx as those where the banks. that De Buchanan had been wants are determined by re- I was house in two de- verrded the Legion of Honour. fence to the total amount of lecked buildings near his home, The award has neven been money staked. The Blackpool Gegories, at Beaconsfield, Tucy Lazettel, nar WAS it accom- mhare the winnings ar hatt sven the alt barn and the Boniel by any citation. It was aufer at wy--though the effet, eachhouse of Gregories when ude in Germany

f. the same.

It was a farmhouse, prenant [ecommendation of M.;

Their way of Sharing depends.

171 house Ind plentiful Schaman,

on the proportion of winning terry associations. It was The Watergate Theatre in{ There is some mystery about.

has bravely pro-{ Dr Buchman's relations with M. the total number, instead once part of a 600-acre estate London

owned by Edmund Burte, Schuman. According

duced Strindberg's last play,} | Crests

have Inclucio! active worker for the move! Customs officials, who collect Dr Johnson, Sir Joshun: "The Great Highway,”" for Lent In Paris, when Drita ix. admit that the firm | Reynolds, Fanny Burney.the first time in England. Buchman visito Pari, he hast pay no tax. But they do not Garrick, Fox and Windham. long talks with the Minister, exclude the possibility of a test | Bu h Is denied' by B1.4ection Sewwan's zlaff, they chim that samenchment of the Aet to stop Man who se far has received Elizabeth Sprigge) reproduer:

the tophole.

at the he bitter satire on Swedish life Are the other podia promoters. Taiquny conference on tarifs which the author-writing In being custOBOTS to this non- and trade is the South Korea tue of his less balanced periods Most striking speech at the | luxonging! competitor! They elegite--sineky My Tchi-Chang | -Intemiled, But the play hangs Enter given by the inity to thesay they are not worried because Yin. Roman Catholic Hieriechy of the Blackpool

In

the two men have never met.

CARDINAL ORATOR

the

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MAN FROM SEOUL

tnost Handshakes

is rall, i fro

HOUSES IN THE SQUARE

England and Wales wat from pays sinali prizes, Cardinal McGuigan, af

Torunto

Listening to him were six other

cardinals, orcs of archbishops,

It is difficult to tell if the translation (by Ebba Low and

#gether well in spite of certain He comes from Seoul, is 51.centrifugal tendencies, inoks 15 years younger. Ilis demeanour is more reminiscent The acting and production aro of a phlegmatic Seal than of aujat times excellent. Antany Oriental.

| Mossle, Rollo Gamble, and Bishops and diplomata. In the The American Embassy have He hopes to negotiate toward Bourgein especially fiteat Hall of Grosvenor House, been buying housen in Grosvenor primarily with

United distinguish the

themselves, closely were nearly 1,000 people. Squar、cently m own nearly States

and the Philippines.pursued by Peter Lindsay. Cardinal McGuigan, a mantell the west side, Now two While other delegations have 1,1 commanding: voice

square ure brought bit stuffs, he has coms and mere houses in the

But a theatre which is willing aleve presence, spoke feelingly of the for sale.

le put so much energy ond talent into experimental work thould, perhaps, tackle less un- surmountable obstacles. Strind- herg is difficult enough at his hest, says a London critic.

he gait.

tolerance of the British people,: Next month Nos, 33 and 34, "I will see what work has to "ro great a history and so great on the corner of South Audley be done and then I will go back a heart

Street, are to be auctioned. No. to get a staff to cope with it the senior Do-34 is already As a ton of

leased to the periops a secretary and a clerk," minion, be raki: "Your King is Atsericans. Thy King the King of Canada."

Cardinal Spellman, of New York, did not speak. But when he was welcoined by Lord Pakendan, proposing the toast to the visitors, he had a great uvation.

It was the argent assembly of Catholle princes and people in London's memory.

FAR FROM WELL

In the midst sat Cardinal Griffin, in his new role of Papal Legate, the "second self" of Pope Pius during this week's verencontes

For the Arst time hundreds of people had a close view of their English cardinal.

Their sympathies were aronted he is obviously for from recovered. He stati limps. His addrees was brief,

Lord Pakenham prayed that Cardinal Griffin would take time 10 rest, to restore his health. The cardinal Is to meet the Pope next month,

GOODBYE, ENDEAVOUR Endeavour II, last British J-clam yacht to compete for

the America's Cup in 1937, is to become a houseboat,

Since 103 the 228-ton yacht has been lying on a mud berl at Gosport, close to the yard where she was built. She wil be towed to the Hamble River, at Bursledon Bridge, There she will llo alongado Vel-sheda FI, another J-class yacht already

a houseboat. converted into a

Endeavour 11 was Me T. O. M, Sopwith. She was the largest of the British challengern for the America's Cup, but could not beat thu American Ranger.

Bulli

Mr Sopwith sold Endo

I and II in 1947.

POOL WITHOUT TAX

for

Opportunities for legal tox

evasion have

siderably in recent years. But

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can still be done.

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INDIA'S delegate to the United Nations". General Assembly, Sir Benegal Rau, is shown as he urged that the Chinese Communists be given a seat in the UN. The request met con- siderable opposition.

(Acme)

8. Army along with British and French troops, the U. S. Air Force and some Navy men, is sweeping The Uch you of Germany in the matumn, manoeuvres known as Exercise Rainbow. Hero, 4 woldier In fads (179 nö une trying to hide from the enemy when a burich of curious German kids becomes absorbed.

im what he's doing. (Aemna) D

INSPECT HOMES

Before animal lovers are able to adopt pets from Ferne House they have to supply' referetices and the Society inspects their homes.

The animal sanctuary was opened in 1939, when the Duchess made a radio appeal for homes for the pels of people tombed out or evacuated or drawn into the Services.

Instead of offers of homes she received hundrells of uni- mals. Since then she has dealt with 0,000 dogs, cais, goals, horses and three foxes,

'SAUCEPAN'- RADIOS FOR TRIBES

Thousands of natives in Northern Rhodesia have be come radio enthusiasts. A firm of manufacturers have produced a £6′ Ga. battery set for them, known as the "Saucepan Special.”

It is so called because it re- sembles a large saucepan with- out a handle, Oln. In diameter. It is painted blue, the only colour about which no tribes hed any superstition,

BLUE BOOK

A 34-page report has just Leen issued by the Director of Information of Northem Rho- desla on the results of import. ing these British-made sets.

The report.

Government Blue Book, headed by the Royal cont of arms, is cutifled Report on Vie "Saverpan Special-the Poor Man's Radio for Rural Populations.

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It includes many comments by delighted natives.

One chief, who summoned all his tribe to listen to kls set, wrate:

"When they hear the sounds you can see them wagging their iheads. Then they say: These

Europeans fre wonderful people. Their wisdom is 1- comparable'."

WHOLE VILLAGE HEARS

to

от

Research shows that usually at least ten natives listen one set. Often only two three sets can be afforded ນາ one village; the entire popula- tion crowds round them to ta

Now the arm who make the set have had inquiries troni Pakistan, where the Govern- ment are sorking cheap radio sels for tribesmen.

Hoffman Not Happy Over Greece

Athens, Oct. 11.

The retiring Marshali Plon chief, Mr Paul Hoffman, today

dashed Greek hopes for re- storation of the US$67,000,000 cut and he indicated that unless reforms

were carried but further cute might be in the offing.

Mr Hoftman told the proso; **I£ the Greek Government auceseds in carrying out the row forms recommended by the ECA, it would not be necessary to restore the recent $87,000,000 cut."—United Press.

Want More Pay

Weshington, Oct. 11,

Sixteen railroad" Brotherhoods pressing for tätter pay choques by

aro

increases ranging from 115 10:35 cent an hour United Prote

ANOTHER example of the swift' passing of time is the announcement of the, engagement of Barbara Lyon, daughter of actor Ben Lyon, and actress Bebe Daniels, in London. Bafbarn is shown here with her fiance, George Franklin. (Acme)

Clean-Up In

Korea

Plc. John M. Queen, left, of Columbiana, Ala, and Pfc. James M. Strickler of Talladega, Ain, both of the First Cavalry División, batho an orphan Korean boy somewhere In South Korea. The home- less youngster was "adopted" by the mïen's unit.

(Acmo)

Squar

Award To Austin