THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MAY 25, 1936
Mrs. Bartholomew Loses Case
Guardianship Of Son PARACHUTE
Disallowed
Film Star To Be Cared For By Aunt
STORMY SCENES IN COURT
Dramatic developments in the fight between the mother and aunt of Freddie Bartholomew for the guardianship of the young British film star succeeded each other in Los Angeles and in London on April 22 last.
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The judge rejected the motion of Mrs. Bartholomew's lawyers to set aside the proceedings whereby custody of the boy was awarded to his aunt.
To-day's Complete Short Story
The Man Who
Grew Wings
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SCHOOLS AT
AERODROMES
General Denain's New plead
Enterprise
SEQUEL TO FRENCH OFFICER'S RETURN FROM SOVIET
Paris.
By C.. Gordon Glover
course, you may believe or food, and, and you can't trust
the not
extraordinary |"emi," poncluded Mrs. ParEin, story of Mr. Tannin; and if you sharply wagging her finger, "and don't believe it. then I can only see that you don't trust 'em.'
the unanimous testi- And so, when Albert Tannin monies of Mr. Tannin's friend, cheerfully proposed marriage to Fred Bight, the landlord of the her. Fe Parkin prepared, bristling "Cooper Cock." Mr. Hand, and and on the defensive, not to trust
Jim Mrs. Tannin herself.
When he married Flo Parkin, Mr. Not that she didn't think ital Tannin was very ordinary man,ever so nice-really awtally nice- Jordinarily set by must of the inestly the nicest human being. minor sins, a jeslar young fellow male or female, with whom she had Nine officers and non-commis-wise could always be relied upon to ever come into contact. But bel sioned officers have qualified as stand his round at the "Copper was a man.
TO-MORROW'S STORY
To-morrow's story will be. **Selected To Win," by Strawson Fletcher.
A cablegram was sent to Judge Harry Archibald of the parachute instructors at the new Cock," who know a winner when it Superior Court at Los Angeles by the boy's father. Mr. Cecil L French parachute school at Pujaut.nl won, wir sinoked, told a good story, muddied the parlour, toor Bartholomew, declaring that he had adjusted the differences with
when he had mind to, and forwent his sister and had withdrawn the power of attorney held by his near Avignon.
These men will in their turn in-the tedim of sharing on Sundays. Flo Parkin was of diferent stuff. struct 30 others.
Before long every French mili-for she had been brought up in a by her elders a great many things The Superior Court at Los the aunt declared that the reason why tary aerodrome will have its local devout and pious bone and taught about virtue and as many about; Angeles rejected the petition of the parents failed to appear at the parachute school.
last October General Denain. Minister for War)vice.
"You and me have lots off Mrs. Bartholomew, mother of guardianship hearing
wax carelessness and neglect, and not
Men, Fl," her mother had told fun," predicted Mr. Tannin, knock- Freddie Bartholemew, the 11-had legal advice given them by law-in the Laval Cabinet, was respon
her at an early age. "are miserable ing out his pipe on the fender in a year-old English film star, for lyers in London.
sible for this measure. He sent
creatures. There's not one of them way which muide Flo instinctively the restoration of guardianship The mother's counsel stress-!
"I can see," she thought, over him. He is in the charge jed the fact that she had been Captain Fred Geille to Russia last as wouldn't be as had as could be wince.
It's that I'm going to have trouble of his aunt, Miss Millicent Bar-prevented from seeing her child year to learn the methods employ-if it weren't for a wornan.
only a woman as can keep a man with you, my lad. Just wait until arrival in Los ed in the Soviet air force.
respectable, and I suppose it's our we're married.” tuty to do what we can to make
They were married. Fred Bight first them better. They're bad." shel
Fred Bight said, Outd iissei impressively to the lists best man.
tening Flo. "They're dirty. Faughjestingly, in his oration, "and nine bins, Flo, with dirt, hb there's another good chap gone where all the good chaps go." Flo drinking, stoking. spilling their wondered whether she should rise
tholomew.
The hearing opened in phere of such bitter
Mr.
her since
an atmosAngeles, but the aunt's lawyers Captain Geille returned recrimination explained that the child had France and founded the that Judge Archibald had to order all been kept in seclusion not to parties to keep their tempers.
parachute school at Pujaut. Leonard Meyberg. representing the avoid the mother, but to keep! mother indulged in heated exchanges him from being harassed by of the 12 men he instructed
have qualified as instructors.
colin-
with Mr. Felix Cunningham, counsel reporters. for the aunt, and charges of sion, kidnapping and misappropria. tion of funds were made.
Mr. Meyberg mentioned a fee of $500 paid to Mr. Cunning- ham, while Mr. Cunningham. in. turn, alleged that Mrs. Bartholo- mew was seeking publicity to exploit her son.
Child's Income Queried The mother's suit demands
of not only the voiding the aunt's guardianship, but an accounting of the child's earn- ings and the recovery of them. on the ground that parents are entitled to the boy's income.
y Affidavits by the grandparents and
SHIRLEY TEMPLE'S
INCOME
Child Star's Contract For £1.000 A Week
Hollywood. Shirley Temple, the child film actress, has been given a new contract by the 20th Cen- tury Fox Company under which she will earn approximately £1,000
a week. She was seven last month,
The terms of the new contract
call for four pictures in the first
year. It is reported that for each
The Belgian King's children. Crown Prince Baudoin and Princess Josephine, are shown above, admiring their little brother, Albert. A former convict, Nicholas Elsen, was arrested at Liege last month, charged with demanding U.S.$132,000 and threatening to abduct the children.
TRAFFIC WINS
of these the child will be paid Parson 'Defeated' After
£13,000.
An
allowance is also
made to her mother.
The new contract is retrospec- The tive to September 9. 1935. Former contract gave the girl €4,000 for each picture.
traffic.
Chain Letter Brings A-
Kiss From China
Peris.-A hew form of chain letter has reached Paris.
It comes from China and it reads:
39 Years
“WAR” IN SYDNEY ENDS
"Monsieur am a young and pretty women. I send you a "war" very long and very tender kiss which is going to bring you im Sydney-A 39-year-old. berween a parson and traffic noise mediately the best of good luck on two conditions, however.
"The first is that you never know who I am. The second is 15 MURDERS CAUSED has just ended in victory--for the that you send within two days a similar letter to five young and
BY VENDETTA St. John's Church. Rockdale, pretty women who will have to do the same"
stood sandwiched between a busy thoroughfare and a railway line. 12 Years' Gaol For
For 39 years the preacher has Latest Outrage
raised his voice in a strugziel against the noise from outside. Belgrade. A 24-year-old man, Members of the congregation have Bogdan Chopitch, of Gornja Sava-complained that, they could ja, Yugoslavia, has been sentenc-hear the preacher.
not
Now the parson, the Rev. *T
ed to 12 years' imprisonment for the murder 61 his neighbour, Knox, has at last admitted defeat Maria Chopitch.
World's Biggest
Biggest Cobra On Way To London Zoo
The church, parish hall, and FIRST CONTEST FOR This is the 15th murder in con-grounds are about to come under. nection with a family feud which the auctioneer's hammer.
bas lasted 50 years.
"FLYING FLEAS”
Seven Men To Pack It
Singapore. The largest king cobra ever caught alive and four
Five months before the murder DRAGGED TO DEATH $100 Prize And Trophy rare white snakes from the Batu
of Maria, her husband had killed,
Ecgden's brother.
NEW UNIFORM FOR TAXI-DRIVERS
IN RAVINE
TROOPER KILLED IN BRUSSELS
Brussels-A trooper of the 1st
crack cavalry regiment,, was 'dash-||
Change-Over In Berlin Regiment of Guides, Belgium's
On July 1
BADGE INDICATES MAN CAN
·SPEAK FOREIGN LANGUAGES
At Ramsgate
ONLY QUALIFIED PILOTS WILL BE ACCEPTED
international speed first contest for "Flying Flea" zero- planes is to be held August
The
20
Caves, Selangor, Malaya-the Isecond batch of these strange snakes captured since 1896–wil arrive in London sometime' this jmonth.
Several Sacred Cave snakes from Batu reached the London Zoo re- cently.
The king cobra, or hamadryad, was recently caught in the Mala-i
jed to his death as the result ofBank Holiday, August 3, at Ramy.jyan jungle and bought by Mr. St.
unusual mishap.
Alban Smith, of Peradin Rubber the London Estate, Johore, for Zoo.
Mounted, he was leading another gate Airport.
The course will be a circuit of horse to the barracks. When crossing a bridge over a 50ft. deep about six miles.
It took seven men to put the Berlin. Still another uniform ravine the animals took fright. Aeroplanes of the "Flying Flex"
The led horse suddenly jumped class, originally designed by Mcobra, which is more like a python in size, into. its box for shipment the parapet of the bridge, drag-Henri Mignet for construction at
to London. The chief of police of Berlin hat ging the soldier with it, and dash-low cost by amateurs, will com- ordered all the city's taxicab ing him to the bottom of the pete for a challenge trophy and
($100. drivers to wear a special uniform ravine.
is being added to the wardrobe.
German
as from July 1. This will consist
of a cap bearing the badge of same colour.
Mr. St. Alban Smith, who donates many Malayan reptiles, wild ani- mals and birds to the Zoo, “com/ The contest will be held under the rules of the Royal Aero Club.sidered that it was too dangerous winged wheel in aluminium thread: Drivers who are able to speak Entrants must furnish photographs for his men to measure the cobra, a dark grey jacket, with black foreign languages will be allowed of themselves and precis detailing but it is estimated to be 18 feet buttons and badge on the sleeve to wear an armband indicating the their experience in this class and a cloak and trousers of the fact.
taircraft.
long.
of
The biggest cobra in captivity previously was 16ft. Gin
to her feet and correct this state- ent, making it. "A bad chap gone |where the bad chaps go to be made
gwi chaps," but she thought bet-| fter of it. It sounded a little in- volved anyway, so she said nothing! at all until on the first night of their honeymoon Mr. Tannin gezially proposed a spot of Scotch and sola with which to prefix their nuptials.
-'I would,” she said with alluring timidity, really rather you didn't, Albert. I dont like the smell of fit, and it costa so much. Think of
the parlour settee.
Mr. Tannin thought of the par lour settee, and, since she was so fetching, lost no time in agreeing that money was better employed in paying for this external comfort than in more intimate and transi- tory pleasures.
"I have such a good idea," she said a few weeks later, "(Albert, please, not those muddy boots in here) I'm going to start a Tisbut Box.'
"A what?" demanded Mr. Taz- ain, obediently kicking his boots off in the ball.
"A Tisbut box, Albert. It's to stop extravagance. Suppose you feel like taking a bus to the station, and you say to yourself "tig but twopence," then be strong-minded, walk, and when you get home in the evening put that twopence in the box. You might do it with your pipe tobacco," she suggested. You smoke a great deal more than is healthy for you.”
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