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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1950.

YUGOSLAVS FACE HARDSHIP One Of The Worst Harvests In Living Memory

Tito's Efforts To Buy Food From U.S.

Belgrade, Dec. 28.

The Yugoslav people are facing the prospect of real hardship this winter, with the possibility of some starvation in remote mountain districts, as a result of a disastrous harvest.

Its worst consequences may, however, still be averted if Marshal Tito's current efforts to con- serve food and animal feed at home and purchase further supplies in America are fully successful.

Diplomatic circles here believe that if the food situation were allowed to get out of hand, it might have serious political repercussions on Marshal Tito's regime, which would play into the hands of the Cominform.

AMERICA

HITS AT

HOARDERS

Washington, Dec. 28.

The Government issued a new anti-hoarding order today to prevent business and con- sumers from stockpiling scarce materials.

While the order applies to housewives as well

as big corporations, the list of hun- dreds of scarce materials at- tached to the regulation made it unlikely that Government investigators would be prying into the pantries of private homes.

A prolonged drought lasting from the middle of May until October following a winter in which there was very little snow or rain has resulted in one of the worst harvests in living memory.

The latest informed estimates give the following harvest deficiencies: wheat 600,000 tons, or 25 per cent below the average. harvest; maize. 1,125,000 tons down or 35 per cent; potatoes 700,000 tons down or 40 per cent; sugar beet 300,000 tons or 39 per cent down; vegetables 40 to 50 per cent down,

The blow is all the harder since it comes at a time when the Government has been do- ing everything possible to in- crease food production in order to feed an urban population which has increased by nearly one million since the war as a result of the five-year indus- trialisation plan.

FOOD RELIEF

Marshal Tito's

measures to

the

The list includes certain chemicals, building materials, iron and steel products and scrap, lumber, plywood, wood pulp,

antimony, aluminium, asbestos, cadmium, chromium, meet the present emergency

an industrial dia- include cobalt, copper,

approach to monds, lead, mica, molybde- United States for food relief,

nickel

platinum, talc, ration cuts, the slaughter of the distribution of tungsten, vanadium, zinc, zili- cattle and con, paper, paper board and hog food from surplus areas to the

districts most affected bristles.

drought.

num,

The order did not mention rubber or any rubber products.,

Penalties provided by the Defence Production Act violations of the regulation are a $10,000 fine or one year in prison or both.

by

ONLY FOR A MOMENT-With the weather to fight as well as

overwhelming

Chinese Red troops, men of a 7th Marine Regiment 105-mm. gun battery build a snowman while other gun crewmen clean their weapon during a brief lull in the

Korea fighting.

Records Set By United States

Rubber Industry

Washington, Dec, 28.

The United States rubber industry establish- ed records in 1950 for consumption, production Yugoslav representatives in and price. Washington are already nego-

ment on the possibility of pur- chasing food surpluses in America. The snag is how to pay for them,

HEALING OF

U.S.-SPAIN

RELATIONS

to

Washington, Dec. 28. End of the five-year United

align -- Spain with

other

States boycott went a long way Western nations in the fight

against Communism.

Some miliary men hoped

By the end of October, the United States had for tiating with the State Depart already. used 1,048,558 tons of new rubber. Spain eventually would come in

synthetic and natural. This was more than 27 per- cent above the 820,885 tons used in the period of 1949 and was more tonnage than many had expected for the entire year.

The order specifies hoarding as stockpiling in excess of reasonable demand or for the

scarce

purchases.*

The drought has cost this country an estimated figure of of purpose

buying

£33,400,000 worth of foodstuffs materials with plans to resell but her present dollar holdings

Mr W. S. Lockwood, Director them on the black market at are believed not to exceed $20,- of the Natural Rubber Bureau, higher prices. The order was 1000,000 (£7,000,000), most of estimated that final figures for issued by the National Produc- | which has already been ear- the year would show American tion Authority-United Press, marked for capital equipment consumption at 1,250,000 tons. Of this, about 715,000 tons The Yugoslavs have already would be natural and 535,000 asked the United States Govern- tons synthetic.

for $105 million with By November 1 rubber which to buy foodstuffs in growers in Malaya and other America and for permission to areas had produced more than manipulate the existing dollar 1,500,000. tons. credits for the same purposes.

With the expectation that the Yugoslav food stocks will be near rock bottom after

Miners Entombed ment

Manila, Dec. 29.

A Press report from the town of General MacArthur in Samar Province said 10 miners were entombed in a pit of the, Samar Mining Company due to land- slide. Sunwo bodies were recovered, February, it is considered here but the fate of the eight other to be imperative that relief ship

still unknown.ments should begin as soon as

possible.-Reuter,

persons was United Press.

NANCY

Tu-be or Not Tu.be

I LOVE TO SQUEEŽE TOOTHPASTE

next

BUT I GUESS' IT'S WRONG TO WASTE IT--

I THINK I'LL MAKE A NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION

The Natural Rubber Bureau estimated that the figures for the full year would be about 1,850,000 tons. This would ex- ceed by more than 350,000 tons the 1949 total of 1,487,500 tons and by 250,000 tons the pre- vious all-time peak of 1,600,- 000 tons achieved in 1941.

by Marshall through the arms gramme.

as a full partner in the North Atlantic Pact. They also hoped the government of Francisco strengthened Franco might be

Plan funds

aid "pro-

or

Mr. Lockwood added: "The fact that Malaya and the sur- But for the present they are rounding rubber-growing coun-interested primarily in Spain's tries produced the récord aruny and its remarkable amount of rubber they did strategic position in Europe. provided one of the few bright Protected on the north by the spots in the Far Eastern picture Pyrenees mountains, Spain could last year.

provide bases for aircraft te range over Europe, Africa and "It proves

an independence | the Atlantic and Mediterranean. and morale on the part of the Oceans. people that stood us in good stead in 1950 and will continue to do so as long as their economy stays healthy.

The United States and Spain named two men whose job will be to heal a festering sore be-

the two nations-Mг ·

tween "That economic health is one

of our strongest bulwarks Stantoni Griffis, American invest-- against Asiatic Communism- ment banker and and rubber is one of the major officer, foundations

and former

corporation Spanish

on which that | Foreign Minister, Senhor Jose économy depends."--Reutér. Felix Lequerica.-United. Press,

By Ernie Bushmiller“ –

I won't waste toothpaste next year t

Don't let This HAPPEN

USE

to you!

Fitch's

BANDRUFF REMOVER SHAMPOO

NAN KANG CO-

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1950,

ALL IS NOT WELL WITH

THE AUSTRALIAN TEST CRICKET TEAM

Says HAROLD MAYES

long way Britain, in the grip of snow and ice, seems a from Test cricket. It is, of course, but a week from now, whatever has happened in the New Year Soccer battles, Australia v. England will still be one of the chief topics of conversation.

By that time England may be well on the way to being three down in the series. Sure, there'll be plenty of people ready to tell me that they performed very creditably in the Brisbane game, and that only the elements licked them, but while morale may have been boosted as a result, I am afraid that the ultimate ending is still only too obvious..

To me the position is that England have put everything in the shop window and the Aussies know just what to expect. Even the fact that all may not be well in the Australian camp is not sound enough reason for feeling that the tide may turn, for they have the talent on hand to stifle immediately any suggestion of dis- sension, and have already proved that they don't even give a chap a chance to fail a second time by the dropping of Jack Moroney.

the arts and in the as much about Did I say dissension

as the Aussie team? Yes, I'm assured crafts of batsmanship

Two Challengers

that all is not well, and there is next has written to a friend In Thomas Cup

saying:

believe that every reason to skipper Lindsay Hassett may be

"Without any doubt, Keith the series. superseded during Arthur Morris, tipped as his Miller is now the world's best. The only time he hits the ball sudcessor, has already gone a

in the air it goes for six,”.... Clinch- long

towards ing claims to the captaincy by

Great praise, and it could be a century followed by a sound one reason why members of the tactical handling of the situa-MCC party are almost resigned

way

tion in the current game.

“WORLD'S BEST”

Incidentally, while Australians showered bouquets on Len Hut-

for ton

and his Brisbane Melbourne show, one member of the England party who knows

Australian May Challenge Vic Toweel

Brisbane.

former amateur

If not Miller, they're sure it will be an Australian. So far, Bill Johnston has been given six points for his bowling.

Pacific Zone

London, Dec.

India and Australia thus are the only badminton playing countries whose challenges have been received for the Pacific: Zone of the Thomas Cup 1951- 52 competition.

to the fact that he'll be the man-

The Secretary of the Interna- to collect the £1,000 prize

tional Badminton Federation, H. offered by an Australian firm AE. Scheele, told the United to the most successful cricketer Press tonight that they are the of the series.

only two entries he had received originally, Scheele added, how- expected that, other ever, he challenges for the Pacific Zone would arrive before the closing date on January 1. Among the Hongkong, Remember that he took seven possible entries are wickets in the Brisbane Test New Zealand and the Philip- A draw for, the zone will recall 65. Then

that pines. both Alec Bedser and Trevor not take place until January 5.

Challenges delayed in delivery Bailey earned the same number

for

►

here on

UPSET ARTIST

R. Roothoft, of France, was responsible for the biggest upset of the English Table Tennis Champion- ships at Wembley when he beat Britain's No. 1, Johnny Leach, in the quarter-finals-Central Press

Photo.

Bristol Rovers Are Gluttons For Punishment

Says ARCHIE QUICK

of scalps for fewer runs, although to the International Federation.

Bristol Rovers are gluttons for punishment when it having to bowl on one good beyond New Year's Day prob- wicket and a bad one instead of ably will be included if they comes to cup-tie football. Having taken five hours to two bad ones, and you'll see arrive before the draw takes dismiss non-league Llanelly in the first round of the FA which way the wind is blowing, place,

The draw for the American Cup Competition, they required five more hours to beat INSURANCE PRECAUTION and European Zones of the Gillingham.

And goodness knows how long it would have been if tourney will be made July 4. Holders of the Thomas it had not been for a fortuitous penalty kick awarded by

The

When top-ranking sportsmen Cup, Malaya. will not be called

bodies upon to play until the ultimate a kindly referee five minutes before the end of the second boxer and Australian travel, the governing

has been decided replay in fog and snow at Tottenham. Another five Olympic representative, insuring them. The Football from among the competing na-minutes and it would have meant extra time and the world. light was not good enough for that ever to have been Jimmy Carruthers, is Association, for example, cover tions throughout the

of an England United Press.

completed. So it would have been another 11⁄2 hours making plans to challenge the members

struggle some other day. the World Champion, Vie team for £10,000 apiece. Taweel, for the Bantam- -weight title in South

Africa.

usually take the precaution of challenger

Yet I was amazed to learn, in Australian conversation with an athletics official last week, that the British Amateur Athletic Board do not

May Ban

At the 1948 London Crames insure team members when they Player Writers

Carruthers beat the Argentinian, go on representative trips by

Päres, who later eliminated air.: *Toweel.

LTA Bristol is soccer crazy at the tables.

the moment. City are regular- I was also told at Totten- where I saw the big- They attracting gates of over 30,- ham

000, both sides are in the third. gest collection

of managers, of the round of the cup, and Rovers scouts and directors

that in connection are lying handily third in Divi- season sion Three South. They have with the Festival of Britain got 15 points out of the last 18 matches Text May, the Football this despite the Association have asked the played for, fact that through their cup clubs to guarantee the commitments they will have tinental sides they are played ten matches in Decem- ing £200 per match in addition ber,

Melbourne.

Lawn Australian

Association may

The safeguard themselves they have the athletes sign a declara-

Tennis Carruthers aims to have two

ban player-writers "fights before challenging the tion that the Board are not held

any accidents soon aborigine, Elley Bennett, for the responsible for Australian Bantamweight Cham-that may occur in fight, on in from competing in tourna-

beat the course of competition.

ments, according to a LTAA pionship, and recently Jimmy McFadden, a promising fighter, here.

con play-

to housing and feeding them while they are in Britain.

FALSE IMPRESSION.

The FA have also discovered I was surprised to learn at fixtures are

that these matches have been When Len Eyre, Alec Olney official. and Geoff Saunders travelled Among well-known players Tottenham how

interference by cup ties. Mana of the European season, and Brom- are John

of Ipswich, this will necessitate the adili. The ranked American hight recently to Brussels to compete who will be affected if the ban working out this season through arranged by them in the height

cross- is enforced

of flying the weight, Irvin Steen, who in a big international

has gone six | tional expetise watched Carruthers fight Mc- country event, they were insured wich, who represented Austra- ger Scott Duncan,

burden should · fall Fadden, said that he was the by the English Cross Country lia at the last Davis Cup, and told me that he

cost was only the former Davis Cup players, Saturdays without a home first visitors here. I do not see why

team match, and Manager Alec the extra

said on struggling Third Division best Australian prospect he had Union, and the

Harry Hopman, who managed Stock, of Leyton Orient,

has played only clubs. seen here. Steen was astonished two bob each way--I rather like Adrian Quist and Colin Long.

It the Australian team which cap-that his side

is probable too that a at the speed of Carruthers' that!-for a thousand pounds

coverage per head."

tured the Davis Cup from the seven of their 20 matches at

that lack number of the games arranged thinking while in the ring.

last year,

has home. Both agree

loss will be cancelled because the Surely the BAAB could afford United States

regularly employed of continuity resulted in

sides will not be The Filipino boxer, Little

a like amount, or does it sound been

years of support and interest, as well continental

the trips among. Pares, who will arrive in

a gamble for journalist for many

as giving a false impression in able to fit in

their home fixtures. Bad staff Australia soon, is a likely op- too much like

work here somewhere. ponent for Carruthers-Reuter them?

THE

GAMBOLS

WHO WERE BEATEN IN

THE CUP-FINAL IN 1954,

DARLING ?.

(PORTSMOUTH

WHAT AN AMAZING MEMORY YOU HAVE

SNIFF

Reuter.

a

TO THE

FLORISTS

by Barky Appleby -

DARLING

YOU DIDN'T REALLY THINK I'D FORGOTTEN THAT TO-DAY 19 OUR WEDDING

(ANNIVERSARY.

Sedgman To Stay

An Amateur

Melbourne

The Australian Tennis Cham- plon and Davis Cup player

will remi Frank Sedgman,

an amateur:

Denying a report in the Lontion ““Dall that he was expected Bobby Riggs'

after the Davis.

tera

Sedgman said it loo publicity stunt "

He said that Briggs approached

po intention

fessional,