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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 8, 1939.
"Dead" Husband
After Second Wedding
Believing her first husband to thing that casts a shadow over be dead, Mrs. Violet May Innes, our happiness is this terrible
of Ipswich, married a second tangle. time.
"I had done everything I could Then, as she was leaving a to find my first husband, and local cinema on her second hus- really believed him dead when I band's arm,
she unexpectedly married for the second time. bumped into the "dead" man. "Now, because he has dis- Now, she cannot get a divorce, appeared into the blue again, I because the first husband has cannot get the freedom I am en- vanished.
titled to."
Married At 16
She was married to him at the heard of him for more than ten age of 16, and had not seen or
years.
Before her second marriage, she read a newspaper report of the death of a man who she pre- sumed to be her husband.
BIGGEST WARSAW JAIL AFIRE
Warsaw, To-day.
Another large fire broke out last night when the largest Warsaw pri- son, "Mokotow" was suddenly dis- covered afire.
"I really don't know what am going to do now," she said.
"I went to the expense of fil- ing my divorce petition against The fire started in a paper factory my first husband, whom I mar-operated by the prisoners, the flames ried when I was just a love-sick spreading rapidly to the neighbour- girl, and now he cannot be found. ing prison buildings. It was sever-
"It was a terrible shock when, al hours before the by a million-to-one chance,
concentrated we efforts of Warsaw's fire department bumped into one another in the succeeded in localizing the fire. street after all those years. The Trans-Ocean. shock of seeing him again nearly made me faint.
"My first marriage was not a success, but now I have the best. husband in the world. The only
TWO RAIDS ON KWEILIN
Macao, To-day. Official Chinese messages received last night state that two raids were carried out on Kweilin by Japanese planes on Tuesday. Bombs -were
SIR MATTHEW NATHAN'S ESTATE
London, To-day.
Sir Matthew Nathan, Governor of the Gold Coast from 1900 to 1903, of Hong Kong from 1903 to 1907 and of Natal for 1907 to 1909, and Governor of Queensland from left £19,696. 1920 to 1926, who died in April,
British Wireless.
dropped on the western outskirts of QUEEN'S ROAD
the city..
Twenty-five buildings were dam- aged and some 30 persons killed and wounded. Military establishments around the town were not hit. Our Own Correspondent.
RISKED DEATH FOR
HER MODESTY
A pretty girl flyer lounger nude, sunbathing in an aeroplane
BURGLARY
A burglary occurred shortly after 1 a.m.. to-day in Queen's Road West, over $300 in Hong Kong and Can- ton currency being stolen from the Shun Yick Buildings contractors.
It is understood that two sus- pects have been taken into custody.
a thousand feet above Los An 2,000 ENROL
geles, when suddenly the engine went out of order.
London, To-day. Aėtual number of persons now
The girl, Bernardine King, was in a terrible dilemma. Should voluntarily enrolled in Great Bri- she glide to land and
tain for various civil defence ser- safety without a stitch on, or should she vices is over 2,150,000. British try to keep the 'plane in the air
Wireless. while she 'dressed thus risking a crash to death?
Modesty conquered Bernardine risked death trying to keep the machine in the air with one hand while she dressed with the other, writes a New York correspon- dent.
She was still frantically dress- ing when the 'plane landed with a crash on the aerodrome.
The machine was wrecked and Bernardine was severely bruised and had several fingers fractur- ed, but crawled out smiling hap- pily.
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"Sunbathing at a high altitude is thrilling and exhilarating, but never again," she said.
"I suffered mental agony as I tried to guide that 'plane and dress at the same time."
Miss Marie Therera, of No. 21, Ki Lung Street, was robbed of a hand-bag at 10 p.m. last night| while walking along Nathan Road near Bube Street.-
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