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THE CHINA MAIL,
WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES.
Undulating Gilda Sued by Gil.
How to be Thin.
In Uniform of a British Field-Marshal.
Beautiful Gilda Gray, the Cinderella daneing girl, who danced herself to fame and fortune and a wealthy husband, was defendant in a cross-suit for annulment of her marriage to Gil Bong, her night club mate, who alleged that she concealed her "past" from him. The star sued for a divorce,
Talking" Film Venture.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1928.
INFORMATION WANTED
FOR THE
1929 ISSUE, OF THE
DOLLAR DIRECTORY
FOR
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ASSOCIATIONS, CLUBS, CHURCHES, MISSIONS, GOVERNMENT OFFICES, HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS & COLLEGES.
SECTION III.
BUSINESS HOUSES' LIST.
SECTION IV.
PARTICULARS OF AGENCIES' LIST.
Molly O'Day, the films actress who, despairing of "reducing" by dieting, allowed a surgeon to trim away five pounds of flesh from her hips and legs, Her contract provides that she shall not exceed 118 pounds.
Trapped?
.M. King Alfronto of Spain, wearing the uniform of a British
Field Marshal
General
a
Cesare Rossi, once minister in Mussolini's cabinet, .but later one of Il Duce's bitterest.enemlos, was lured across the Itallan frontier by a woman Fascisti agent and arrest- ed. on a political charge. It was Rossi who arranged the black shirts' march on Roine.
Herbert Hoover, Jr.
Boy Released from Captivity.
Walter Collins, 9 years old; who was recently returned to his parents after being held for six months by kidnappers, was afflicted with strange gaps in his memory which will take years to over- come. He is being examined by a specialist.
A New Parachute Record.
SECTION V.
LOCAL WHO'S WHO.
SECTION VI.
RESIDENTS' LIST.
SECTION VIL
'LADIES' LIST FOR HONG KONG.
SECTION VIIL
LADIES' LIST FOR KOWLOON.
SECTION IX.
PEAK RESIDENTS' LIST.
THE DIRECTORY WITH THE
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HONG KONG.
Texas Guinan, the irrepressible night club hostess, as she left
for Hollywood to go into the "talking" films.
"Follow Out Hoover's Policies.”
That's what Proident Coolidge told William F. Whiting, of Holyoke, Mass. (left), lifelong friend of the President and newly- appointed Secretary of Commerce, on the occasion of his first oficial; call. The photo was taken on steps of Summer White House at Buperior. Wik
Mr. Herbert Hoover, Jr., son of Republican nominee, who is studying flying in the Interests of Guggenheim Foundation and Harvard University.
Bound for Paris.
Count Michael Haro Prezident of Hung
veteran pilot, shown establishing: at how world's
He dropped 8,400 feet before pulling the cord that opened
his parachute. Inset, Cope just prior to fest.
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