1950-11-29 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1950.

CDITORS PRESS GERVICE ING.-NUEVA YORK

BtOrder 1809

WINDOW ON THE WORLD

By John Ashwin

15,000 vacant

possible air raid victims.

Training in night combat fire engines and is to be the keynote of hospital beds ready to deal with future Allied defence pre- parations in West Ger-

many.

Already American troops are specialising in night at- tacks as a result of lessons learned in

Air Forces

Unimpressed, the authorities have merely promised to "study the matter,"

"People's Car" Sponsord Want Their Money Back

Tho "People's

the Car," that Hitler Korea. At the family run-about

promised every German if the same time American com-Nazis were victorious,

is ap- manders have been told to pearing in Western Germany in Few prepare for a "Korea in re ever-increasing numbers.

of the cars, however, are driven verse.

by those Germans who put their Lieutenant-General John K.savings into the Hitler scheme. Cannon, the U.S.

In the post-war world as Hit- Commander in Europe predicts ler planned it there would have that the Allies may well lose all been so much slave labour that air superiority in the first stages of any future war. It might be every German could have own- Today the ed a car for £50. some time before the Allied

Germans work their own fac- planes could isolate the battle-tories and the "People's

Car" feld and give close support to

costs nearly-2,490.--- -- ** the ground troops. ·

Even so, members of the During this period the Wes-"League of People's Car Savers" tern Armies would be forced to

arc still trying to get their fight by night as the Commumoney back, refusing to believe nists had been forced to fight that it no longer exists and that it was all used to make arma- From the reports of other ments. At first, hearing that the American commanders it seems "People's Car" factory was now that the mechanised GI

a year. producing 70,000 cars World War II may well have they claimed to own the factory, to start foot-slogging all over maintaining that they provided again. General Thomas T. the money to build it. Now they Hardy, the U. S. Commander- have reduced their claims to a in-Chief, has complained that

in few shares

company. his forces are becoming "truck Even these claims are likely to and road bound."

be refused and Hitler's one-time dupes will continue to stare at the bright little cars that they might have owned.

in Korea.

Siamese Tako Defence Precautions

of

·

the

German Drug Gang Discovered

FOR THE BUSINESSMAN

7

ECONOMIC HELP NY Cotton

NECESSITY FOR Futures

ASIAN NATIONS

Wellington, Nov. 28.

Recession

New York, Nov. 28. Cotton futures *fell back sharply today after a firm start as New Orleans selling touched

Dissatisfaction with economic inequalities in of stop loss orders. Hodgo Commonwealth "territories was expressed here selling also remained

evidence, reflecting the uncer- last night by a number of the delegates attending tain foreign situation. The first a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Con-notice day found only six trans ference.

Mohamed

Hashim Guzdar, of Pakistan, said that trade must be on the basis of mutual advantage...

Pakistan an agricultural -country,- -- was finding the price of manufactured goods out-

STANDARD BRIDGE

By M. Harrison-Gray

Dealer South. Game all.

N.

❤ KJO B

-10 6.4"

J 10 G

JEJ 10

W.

47

Q 10 64%

AJ 9 8 5 3 → 8

• 8 3

A 9742

4 9 8 7 8 2

46

Q 2

BAQ4

South Bids Two Clubs. North Two Diamonds, and South Two No Trumps. North visualises at least 32 points in the two bands pjua good Intermediates, And raises to Five No Trumps South bids Six No Trumps.

West leads 49 and South can only sco 10 sure tricks. Jis led, and East ducks In case West has ; he wins the next trick with A and exits with ◊ 4, West discard. ing $2. South cashes E and AR, but West again falls, and East shows out un the third round of Clubs. Careful counting reveals that East can only hold one Heart, so A is followed by the finesse of dummy's ❤Ď, South returns to bis hand with A and finesses J for his 12th trick.

London Empresa Serpico,

distinguishable from

stripping the price of her food- stuffs, ie said,

Pakistan, with other Asian nations, needed outside help to raise the standards of living,

ferable delivery notices, issued against nearby December post- tion

The New York Cotton EX- change placed cotton exports for the season thus far at 1- 405,650 bales, compared with 1.210,284 in the same period last season.

The market closed 34 points

Mr G. Ponnambalam, of Ceylon, made a similar ap- peal for aid to less-developed lower to 10 points higher after countries.

opening 30 to 32 points higher.

43.76

42.913

42.72-42.76 42.00

Ceylon's economy was en- Prices closed today, as follows: lircly dependent оп world | Spot market fluctuations and this! December

March (1031) the stability es- did not give

May sential for democratic gov- July ernment.

October December on whether March (1952)

In a discussion

March (1951)

a one or two-Chamber Parlia-May ment was better, Mr S.C.L. New Orleans Shah, of India, said that his Spot country found a second Cham- December ber necessary in Federal Gov-May ernment but there was a dif- July ferent outlook provincial December

governments.

in

October

March (1952)

Mr Ronald Algie, the New May Zealand Minister of Education, said that New Zealand, which was turning over to a one- Chamber system, was confident that they could make the "checks and balances" of h bicameral Constitution unneces-

sary.

41.35-41.40 30.55-36.00

30.00

35.75 nominal 35.50 nominal

closing prices

42.83 43.75.bidi 42.57

41.95 - 42.00 41.30

28.04

36.93 bid 30.73 kid 35.53 bid

United Press

Chicago Graim

Futures

Prices in

The leader of the South Afri- can delegation, Mr Clifford Van Coller, a former Speaker of the. South African House of Assem- bly, referring to the change of government in South Africa, Wheat-price per bushel. declared:

Spot "That is democracy. The volce December

Chicago, Nov. 28.

the grain futures markot here closed today as

follows:-

May

of the people shall prevail but March (1951) many of us hope that the fol- July lowers of Smuts will, one day, again have the opportunity of taking charge of the affairs of the country."-Reuter.

Rubber Futures

In New York

New York, Nov. 28.

Corn Spot December March (1901) May July

· Ryc

December May

Oats

December

March (1051)

2.27 027-220-36 2.31-4 2.31-4- 2.25-78-74

1.63-

1.00--15 1.03-76 1.54-55-4

1.04-4

1.46-34

1.51-4

93-46

03-15-36

NEW YORK FLOUR—per 200 Th.

Rubber futures soared the |'rack. $12.30.-United Press, daily permissible limit of 400

ordinary points, influenced by the serious

on aspects of the Korean war NY Pepper Futures

The latest French defeats in

cigarettes, marihuanas are Indo-China are causing anxiety in neighbouring Slam. As a pre-

sale in scores of cafes and night reports. Trading was dull, with clubs in Germany's largest trade demand finding offerings cautionary measure against the

Words, and even names, can towns, Strangers, persuaded to limited. All prices at the close their ter- possible invasion of ritory by Vietnam rebels, the be juggled to mean anything. In try them, find the drug so potent were bid up to the limit. Sales Siamese Government has order- Bavaria, police searching for a that the craving begins in a few for the session totalled 82 lots.

named "Marie ed the country's police force to girl

Warner", hours. Immediately the prices The local spot market also stumbled across one of already 13/_ a cigarette-goes ruled quict with dealer's quota- be expanded by a further 2,000 have

Europe's biggest marihuana up until it is almost doubled. tions for No. 1 rubber averag- | writes This force,

Francis gangs.

Stanbury reports ing around 69 cents a pound on The gang leader, a supposed-that the "Marie Warner" agents a nominal basis. Dodwell from Bangkok, will be

chemist, proved have ly-rspectable posted to the north-eastern pro-

a new trick, Instead of Prices closed today as fol- vince bordering the Indo- to be in control of a network of importing the finished product lows:-

agents Chinese States. Already £25,000 marihuana

operating they buy the Mexican hemp Spot Germany. One seed itself and Frow the plants December has been set aside for equipping throughout

March (1951) the force. Meanwhile the Siam-lorry, checked by the in Germany. For the police to May

was carrying ese authorities are recognising a police,

5,000 inspect all growing crops is an July second danger Fifth

cigarettes. Column marihuana

Hardly almost impossible task. activities in the thousands of

men.

Vietnamese refugees who were

given sanctuary in Siam in the BACKGROUNDS: early stages of the French war.

At first they were confined to certain districts. Against all or- ders however, they have managed to spread throughout the country and hundreds have Infiltrated into Bangkok. Now the Government is rounding them up and sending them back to turn back any rebels who, after fighting the French, may try and escape into Siam.

Need For Action In Dutch Civil Defenco

a vague

were

Now

Ian

40 mominal 64.00 bid $5.50 Dic 51.00 bid 48.00 bid -United Press.

New York, Nov. 20. Black pepper futures closed today 200 points higher. There were no sales, although a little business was done. In the spot market brokers reported strong undertone. They attri- to higher buted the firmness prices in India and the de- teriorating situation, in Koren.

Prices closed today as fol- lows:- December January (1053) February March

1.50 nominal

1.42 nominal

1.39 nominal

1.34 nominal

United Preis.

Douglas

acArthur

No. 20

BY MELVIN WHITELEATHER & NORMAN MYERS

LEDGER KEMDIÇATH +20-

Air raid precautions, or rather a lack of them are worrying Holland's defence chiefs. Faced with criticisms that their coun- try's Civil Defence programme

General Yamashita swore

Parachute troops from big Before Manila fell, picked Liberated, too, were 9,700 is nothing more than

would, make: MacArthur air scheme in the midst of a few he

transports

who had dramatically Rangers and Filipino guerillas civilians

spent the officials, the Dutch authorities surrender unconditionally. The

dropped on Corregidor and re- made a daring sortie 25 miles war at Santo Tomas college in that admit

irritated that and Japanese Amsterdam

and Manik ́ ́ which the Japanese every other

had once es planted the American flag behind. Japanese lines town would be to American

But at the end where thé Japs had torn 15 emptied a prison camp of turned into an interniment fra helpless in the event of air at-taped them,

and suffering camp, und several hundred tacks.

of 67 days, it was MacArthur down. On Luzon, the prin- 518 emaciated

Yamashita has cipal Philippine island, Mac- heroes of Bataan, Corregidor FW's and civilians hele i The Civil Defence volunteers who boasted.

destruction seldom Arthur's troops thrashed the und Singapore. The prisoners Bithid prisoner An MacArthur of the last war are now de-suffered

Tomes," a manding a new ARP. army of paralleled in the history of Japs soundly as the Filipino were frantly with joy for they was leaving, Sante 45,000 as well as at least 250 warfare; And there was still people aroes to the General's had all but given up hope of shell, exploded Dot more than

call: “I bare returned.

seeing-home' again."- abpublic shelters, 250 additional more in store

100. feet from him,