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Incense & Salamanders. Red China, which had been invited but did not respond until after the closing date for entries, sent nine "observers," who presented the federation with an engraved enamel incense burner and a red silk banner inscribed: "We wish the first Asian games success and the physical education workers of Asia to unite and strive for peace in Asia and all the world." They gave each team a blue flower vase, a set of Communist magazines called People's Pictorial, pictures of Mao Tse-tung, and on the closing night they gave a huge party. The Japanese...
Shops and bazaars are jammed with Chinese women in high-collared silk dresses, Malay women in brightly colored sarongs, Indian women in saris. They spend money freely, balking only occasionally at the steadily soaring prices. Inflation keeps pace with prosperity: already a can of Canadian salmon, a relatively expensive dish to begin with, is appreciably cheaper than fish caught along Singapore's own waterfront...
...become a national laboratory with 3,300 employees, about 2,000; of whom are scientists. There is hardly anything technical that they have left untouched. They have measured the earth's gravitation, analyzed fireflies' light, measured the abrasiveness of female knees (in connection with the durability of silk stockings). The first alternating-current radio set came from the bureau. So did the "printed circuit" for miniature radios and hearing aids, and the "magnetic clutch" that is being used in more & more kinds of machinery...
...impressed with the six-foot fire places, bounded by great oaken pillars jutting into the room. The window shades he described as "dark red silk, hanging from solid brass, and the window seat below is of a like color in plush." Bed rooms were furnished "In the regulation style: a heavy braze bedstead, a bureau, and a dressing case with a big swinging mirror...
Varsity basketball captain Ed Smith was given honorable mention for Collier's magazine's District All American team. On the first quintet from District 1--New England--were Jim Dilling and Earl Markey of Holy Cross and John Silk of Boston College. Princeton captain Mike Kearns gained honorable mention on the Mid-Atlantic squad, which listed no players from Greater New York...