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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1951.

FOR THE BUSINESSMAN JACK DAVIES Show Talking

Hemisphere Price NEVER A WEEK GOES BY

WITHOUT A PRODUCER

Control System Suggested By U.S.

Washington, Mar. 27.

"The United States and Mexico today asked the American Republics to agree to price controls on goods they sell among themselves.

An unprecedented programme was proposed in resolutions presented to an emergency meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the 21 Republics in the Western Hemisphere.

The U.S. Secretary of State, Mr Dean Acheson, in an address to the meeting, urged the "Foreign Ministers to act quickly on the military, economic and poltiical fronts to beat the

TWO-SIDED

"mortal danger" of Communism, MARKET IN

It was the greatest danger the Western world had ever faced,

The conference then broke up

to

committees

handle

into detailed work aimed at streng-

The

SEARCHING FOR TALENT

LONDON. Never a week goes by without one producer or an- other announcing that he is looking for talent.

Shiner has already completed Attenborough (Richard) having his first starring role in "Worm's to head the alphabetical list of plaudits of a preview audience Asherson Eye View" and received the guest stars in "The Magic Box." (Renee) has now and, just as important, the joined the cast....Bonzo, the huzzas from the men who book five-year-old chimpanzee star of

"Bedtime for Bonzo," films.

is dead. As a result, Raymond is put- He was suffocated during a fire im-at the World Animal Jungle He will play the Compound in California, leading role in the film version of "Reluctant Heroes," Also Dors and Derek Farr cast are Christine, Norden, Diana

ating him to work again

mediately.

form of a shapely miss,

The talent may take the male profile or, as in the latest case of talentophobia, a comedian.

Producer. George Brown announces he is looking for a

funny man to take the title ago, Brian Rix and Colin Morris "No role in his forthcoming the Matador,"

"Matthew

MARKET IN the story of a coalman who

COTTON

becomes fighter.

a

reluctant bull-

As a start, I suggest he takes a look at Jimmy Edwards, Max Jon Pertwee, Peter Bygraves, Butterworth, George Benson and Brian Reece. If he can't find a film comic among this bunch then I suggest Doyle for the part.

he signs Jack

are to play their stage roles,

a.

a

THE LAST LAP

79%

Anthony Steel taking a nasty As I forecast a couple of weeks fall from a horse while filming Vultures. Fly" in East Africa....Deep, dark voiced Dany Dauberson, a hit at the Crystal Room....David Farrar losing his way in Beverly Hills.. and stopping at a house to ask the way. "Heavens," said .the. lady who opened the door, "what are you doing here? We're watching you on television.” They were, too. One of David's early British

films was being TV'd..

Warner,

From Nystuer, Norway, comes lofter to me from John McCallum and his wife. Google Mr. Brown seeks someone Withers. John has been filming like Danny Kaye. Who there in "The Valley of the thening the Hemisphere's

New York, Mar. 27.

Jack doesn't? Well, I do not be Eagles with defences in every way possible. The cotton market became

Googie has been taking a holi- States more of a two-sided affair to-long to the school which be- day. Both say it is the strangest lengthy United resolution proposed that

the day. Professional traders, play-lieves there are no good Bri- location they have ever been on United States and Latin Americaing for a technical rally, lifted tish comedians, and I hope

as promising to prices at the close but generally Mr Brown doesn't either. go on record

and | bulls remained on the defensive. try to prevent inflation

Experts claim the market is help in suggested curbs on price fluctuations on: both manufac-entitled to à technical read- tured goods and raw materials justment. Small upturns touched renewed selling and in- traded among the American off Republics.

creased; hedge offerings.

The Simultaneously, Mexico offer-

increasingly favourable that the Centenor of the crop news was too ed a resolution tral Banks of the American much for the bulls. The drop

July delivery below Republics

the meet

had a balance

ceiling price also prices of

psy- materials and manufactured chological reaction. Experts felt!

men. goods in inter-American trade. that shippers and spot

American chants who counted on The Mexican and

wold out, would crop months to show a con- ideas, if carried

strong front may be mean asking the Latin States to sistently

inclined now. to sell -keep down prices on raw ma- more

terials which they sell to the United States while the US, in return would be pledged to avoid price rises on manufac- turd goods-United Press.

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to

try to in

raw

The Rubber

Markets

against cotton previously car ried unheaded.

While the favourable crop newB remained

as a big obstacle to bulls, equally in- fluential has been the Korean war news and the slowdown in demand for light weight cotton fabrics. But. som quarters said the textile situation had been over-emphasised.

private Singapore, Mar. 27. Price's of rubber futures closed here today as follows: Number 1 rubber, per ib.

March April May

Number 2 rubber, March Number 3 rubber, March Namber 4 rubber, March Spot rubber, unbaled Black crepe

213%-214% 210 -211 20611⁄2-20712 201 -202 189%-100% 17912-180%

217 218 15312-155 No. 1 pale, crepe en 230 -235

United Press.

LONDON MARKET

London, Mar. 27.

Prices of rubber futures closed here today as follows:-

rubber, in Number

1

cents per lb.

May

July

July/September

October/December

621-6312

6134-624 60%-614 57 -574 53 -53%

-United Press.

LONDON TIN

MARKET

London, Mar. 27.

Prices of tin closed here to- day at the end of the official

morning session, as follows:-

Spot tin, buyers

Spot tin sellers

Business done at

1,250

1,260

1,250

Three-months tin, buyers 1,136. Three-months tin, sellers 1,140

Business done at

Settlement

POLISHING SHINER Meanwhile, another producer, Jack Raymond, has solved the comedian problem to his own satisfaction. He has decided to make a star out of Ronal Shiner. I predict he will have no difficulty in doing so.

"In the morning," says John, "we are woken up by cagles. screeching in the attic above us,

of pack

riesenchnausers they're dogs) being harnessed Wayne will open the "batting" Basil Radford and Naunton to sleds outside,

and a dozen for the Stage Laps rounding up 500 reindeer County cricket captains at the v, England and Google goes off ski-ing.

We go Taverners

Ball at Grosvenor off with the animals.

House on April 20.... An alleged "One important thing we take.

funny man getting. what was with us is a piece of burnt cork

coming to him at a recent for men's make-up.”

dinner.. After relating an off- Why burnt cork? It is used

colour and tasteless joke he, for scenes where the male cast has, to appear unshaven. After paused for the laugh. He didn't continued service to John, Jack get one. To cover up he asked a waiter to bring him a glass of Boddey and Warner, Martin dozens of Laps, its career is over, said one of the diners acidly.

water. "And a toothbrush, too," Most of the unit have now re- turned home, John and Google will be back this week.

AMERICAN AID

Grain Prices Good news comes to

2

In Chicago

Chicago, Mar. 27 Prices of grain futures closed here today as follows:- Wheat-price per busliel

In the crop picture, the re- cent heavy rains in the South- west are expected to result in full-scale planting. In fact, one Spot survey estimated the May Texas plantings this

year at July

September This would be

December 13,350,000 acres.

Corn considerably above the Govern- ment's goal of 11,644,000

acres Spot May and compares with 7,053,000 July acres planted in 1950. The September

December California plantings were esti-

Rye mated up 10 1,560,000 acres May the Government's goal July against of 1,201,000 and last year's planting of 583,000 acres.

The market opened off 6 to

Oats

May

Julv

2.47 24734-2.48 2.45%-4 2.46%

2.502

1.7934

the

British film industry from American producer David E. Rose He is to make two films in Britain this year.

First will be "Saturday Island," starting Linda Darnell, one of Hollywood's. better actresses. It is to be directed by Stuart Heisler whose latest production, Storm Warning, is the second best film currently playing the West End. The combination sounds promising,

Second film will star Ray -1,78 -1.784 Mitland in an us yet untitled

1.8044-38

1.301%

1.79 -1.79% story. Mr Rose, and Mr Milland are not unknown to each other. They are, respectively producer, and star of the forthcoming "Circle of Danger."

1.8934-7% 1.80

-1.88%

95% 8876-3%

New York flour-per 200 lb, sack.

15 points and closed unchanged $13.20-United Press.

to off 9 points. Prices closed to-

day as follows:-

Spot

May July

October. December March (1952)

May July

MYSTERY BLONDE

Who was the striking blonde making a test at Ealing studios

46.06 nominal New Trade Pact recently? She looked familiar.

45.39

45.00

40.72

40.19

40.03 -40.04

39.83 nominal 39.45 United Press.

NEW ORLEANS MARKET

Spot May

July October December

March (1952)

May

July

Closing rate March 27..

41.91 45:30 bid

45.01

40.58

40.06

39.92 bid 39.74 bid 39,40 bid United Press.

The East Minister, M.

But no her name.

She sounded familiar. one could think of Berlin, Mar. 27.

As it

happens the girl was German Export Valentina Cortesa, and she was Georg Handke, doing make-up and hair- and the Albanian Deputy Prime dressing tests for "The Secret Minister, Spiro Koleka, today People." signed પા German-Albanian Brunette Cortesa was trying trade agreement in East Berlin. out disguises for scenes in which

The agreement, which

personality ex she changes. her pires on Dec. 31, 1955, pro- completely. Items she vides for the, mutual exchange entirely successful. of goods, according to the East German News agency, ADN. The announcement did not give any figures or further details.- Reuter.

ABLE SEAMAN

1.145-1140 1,250 United Press.

NOTED AT RANDOM

John Boulting worry about his

vas

ceasing- to contract star

STANDARD

4544

BRIDGE

By M. Harrison-Gray

Dealer: East East-West game-

N. KQJ 9 8 5

10 8

W.

E.

2

6 5

60 m

TKAA

10 9 6 5 3

Q76 4-2

Although the final con- tract

this was ambitious. hand is a good example of slam bidding after a direct Junip raise of East's One Heart to Three. North bid Three Spades and East Four Clubs; encouraged by West's response of Four Spades. East now bid Five Dia- monds, and West jumped to Six Hearts on the strength of his

in honours top trumps. South led obviously A singleton. to Dummy's A

of After LWO rounds trumps. East cashed & K and A. entered Dummy with a high Heart and led A J. When North showed out, East allowed South to win the trick. discarding 43 from his own hand. South returned J. and East rufed ins • 4 with Dummy's last trump, mak- Ing a well-played if lucky contract by throwing ♣ 7 on. Dummy's 9.

London Express Service.

By Holt

Offers Not Taken

New York, Mar. 27.

Copra was offered at between $275 and $280 per ton, CIF. the Pacific Coast, but there were no takers, Cocoanut

oil was

cents a

again offered at 21 pound, F.O.B. mills.-- United

Press.

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