Charlie Ruggles, who Is now appearing with Alice Brady in "Mind Your Own Business” at the Queen's Theatre. Presented with this picture is the first film to be shown in Hong Kong of the Coronation ceremonies in London.
First at Court
THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 27, 1937.
FRENCH COMMERCIAL I
PURSUED BY REBEL FIGHTERS: CRASH
IN FORCED LANDING
(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL”);
Paris, To-day. :
Further details of the crashing of a French passenger plane following an attack on it by in- surgent pursuit machines yesterday have now been revealed.
The plane, operated by Air Pyrenees, was on its way from Bilbao to Bayonne when it was attack- ed just before noon by several insurgent planes.
It now appears that the plane was not hit when the rebel machines opened fire with their machine- guns, but that the pilot made an emergency land- ing, during which the plane crashed.
NEW ATTACK ON CAPE RECORD
Flying Officer's Good Progress
The plane, which came down at Pencia, east of Bilbao and behind the insurgent lines, was badly damaged.
The pilot was injured but the five passengers, all of whom were Spanish and one of them a woman, escaped without injury.':- It will be recalled that when the French air service between Bilbao London, To-day.
and Bayonne was instituted recent- Flying Officer David. Llewellyn, who is flying from England to they, General Franco lodged a pro- Cape, landed at Kisumu at 11.45 a.m. test with the French Government and announced that planes operat- local time to-day and took off again
ing the route would be treated as at 12.15.
enemy machines.--Trans-Ocean.
He expected to arrive at Broken Hills this afternoon with thirty hours in hand for breaking the re-
cord time to Cape Town.-British Wireless.
Ella Logan and Henry Armetta in "Top of the Town," a Universal musical, which comes to the Queen's on Saturday this week. Starring is Doris Nolan.
Family Divided
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Mrs. F. Vernon Foster, of Wash. ington, who was the first of the many American women to be pre- sented at the Court of St. James following the Coronation. She is shown as she arrived at ampton in the Manhattan.
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Aimee t Semple McPherson, America's “Hot Gospeller” is in the news again. This time she is being sued for slander in Los An- geles by her daughter, Robert Semple (left), who claims $150,- 000 damages. Above are Aimee and her son, Rolf McPherson.
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Copt. 1937, King Features Syndicate, Inc., World rights reserved.