A
scene from the imaginative film "The Green Pastures,” which has its first showings in Hong Kong at the King's Theatre to-
morrow.
'You've probably never seen any- thing like this before. It is a pro- pellor made with one blade, and is the invention of a Baltimore man named Frank Everts. Everts is confident the invention will prove success and the new type blade will be thoroughly tested in a coast-to-coast flight. Beside the machine is the inventor's wife.
FREE STATE
CURIOUSLY WORDED PREAMBLE TO
HISTORIC ACT
Dublin, To-day.
THE CHINA MA
FRAMES
The bicameral (two legislative chamber) sys- tem is to be restored in the Irish Free State under the new Constitution issued yesterday, which the President, Mr. Eamonn de Valera, will submit to the country at the coming general election.
A SECOND CHAMBER WILL BE FORMED ON A VOCA- TIONAL BASIS.
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL WILL BE REPLACED BY A PRESIDENT, WHO WILL BE APART FROM PARTY POLITICS AND SECTIONAL INTERESTS. HE WILL BE CALLED AN TUACHTARAN`AND WILL HAVE POWER TO WITHHOLD HIS ASSENT TO BILLS.
The name of the Free State mentary laws will apply to the Irish will be altered to Eire.-
Free State area.
A striking preamble Constitution reads:
to the
"In the name of the most Holy
·Trinity, wherefrom is all au- thority we people of Eire humbly acknowledge our obliga- tions to the Divine Lord Jesus Christ who sustained our fo thers through centuries of trial. gratefully remembering their heroic struggle to regain the rightful independence of our nation.... so that the dignity and freedom of the individual may be assured, a true social order attained, the unity of our country restored and concord established with other nations, do give ourselves this Consti- tution."
NEW FLAG
The flag will be green, white and orange.
The primary official language will be Irish and the secondary Eng- lish.
The President will be elect- ed by popular vote for a per- iod of seven years,
The Senate will be composed of 60 members, of which the Premier will nominate eleven, the National University will elect three, Trinity College three and the Dail 43. Reuter.
· General's Death
Shanghai, To-day.
The Articles of the Constitution
It is officially reported that Gen- state that the national territory con-eral Yan Hau-ou, Commander of sists of the whole of Ireland, its the. 84th. Army, passed away in islands and territorial seas, but Taiyuan, Shamsi Province, on pending establishment of jurisdic-] Thursday.-Qur Own Correspon- tion over the whole thereof, parlia-[¡dent.
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Mrs. Truman E. Keller of Bessemer, Ala., is proud is the mother of two sons, the youngest of whom w Keller's husband is 28. Th
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of the President, spent Easter Monday on the White House lawn, in skies made the occasion a gala one, and the velv hidden by the number of happy
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Bringing Up Father.
YES-DADDY-MOTHER IS STILL CRYING-SHE'S JUST HEART- BROKEN SINCE YOU TOLD HER YOU ARE NOT WORTHY OF HER AND THAT YOU'RE A FAILURE SOCIALLY-YOU
SHOULDN'T HAVE SAIDIT-IT'S MADE
US ALL SADA
WELL-USTEN, DAUGHTER- YOU PHONE MRS POLLY PARROT TO CALL ON MAGGIE – SHE'S A JOLLY. GIRL FULL OF FUN-SHE'LL
HAVE MAGGIE LALIGHING
IN NO TIME-
BY GOLLY- I DIDNT
HIN MAGGIE WOULD TAKE N SO SERIOUSLY- BU WAS A SMART IDEAT GET MRS PARROT ICAN GO HOME AN
WILL BE WELL-
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