SHOWING QUEEN S
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CESAR ROMERO
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(2:7154 9.15 p.m.
The Prize-Surprise of the year! "APPOINTMENT FOR LOVE" With Charles BOYER- Margaret SULLAVAN
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THE CHINA MAIL, TUES DAY OCTOBER 15, 1946.
QUEEN ELIZABETH TO
ATTEMPT NEW RECORD
London, Oct. 14.
The Blue Riband of the Atlantic, held by the Queen Mary (80,774 tons) for the past eight years, will probably be captured by the Queen Elizabeth about the middle of next year. The Queen Elizabeth will make her maiden voy-s age as a commercial ship on Wednesday but it will not be until June, 1947, that Atlantic con- ditions will be suitable for the 85,000 ton Cunarder to travel at maximum speed.
The Atlantic Blue Riband is old Mauretania, which won the recognised as the world's best Riband in 1907, again in 1909, known sea-speed disk hy aand held it until 1929. .commercial vessel.
There is no tangible prize for capturing the honour, but prestige to the nation and ad- vertising value to the ownera of the ship, "is tremendous.
The Queen Mary's record crossing is 3 days 20 hours 42 minutes in August, 1938, average speed of 31.69 Knots p.h
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Her highest announced speed 2.04 kp.h, for 24 hours, but the Riband is awarded for a complete voyage.
On her maiden voyage in May, 1936, the vessel's time was four days five hours '46 minutes, or two hours 32 7.15, & 9.15 pm.minates longer than the then- existing record of the 79,000 tons Normandie,
MICKEY'S NEWEST IS HIS BEST!
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GWENN HUNTER FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW
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LINDEN - QUIGLEY - MOWBRAY
Birated by NORMAN TAUKOG Produced By JOHN W. CONSIDINE JE
ORIENTAL
Commencing To-day at. 2.30, 5.15 7,30 & 9.30 P.M. Still Showing Double Attractions PHYLLIS CALVERTS TEWART GRANGER-
PATRICIA ROC
in an Engulfing Torrent of Romance & "Fassion
"MADONNA OF THE SEVEN MOONS”
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The following August, the "Mary" won the Riband with a crossing of three days 23 hours 57 minutes, average speed 30.63
knots.
Betters Record
In August, 1938, she bettered her own record to three days 21 hours 48. minutes, average -speed 30.99, knots, and then 'al- most immediately improved the average speed to 31-69 knots, which stands..
Neither the Mary or Eliza beth had better voyage figures. during the war, and the latter never exceeded 84 knots on short bursta...
Until there are arethods of ship propulsion, other than oil- fired boilers and steam turbines, these two ships, with a replace." ment value today of over 435,- 000,000, are the only vessels which can battle for the Riband
The first authenticated holder] was the Britannia (1150 tons), which in 1840 crossed the At- lantic in 14 days 8 hours at an average speed of 8.19 knots.
Speed Increases Speed since then has increas- ed approximately four times, but to do that, size of ships has expanded 70 times.
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Since 1840, an increase more than one knot in the re- cord has been rare, and in the past 10 years it has only ad- vanced three knots:
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Then when it was lost to the Bremen, the Cunarder, with 2,000,000 miles of fast steam- ing behind her, got within three hours 10 minutes of the Ger- man ship's time, and beat her own fastest time by 5 hours 42. minutes, with an average speed of 27.22 knots, compared with 23.69 knots in 1907.
Most Consistent steamer was the Lusitania which, in 1911, made 17 round voyages at an average outward speed of 24.67 knots, and average. homeward speed of 24.66 knots..
U.S. Rocket Centre
Yankton, S.D., Oct. 14. Seuntor Chan Gurney, Re- publican of South Dakota, said that the Government is nying plans for a thousand-million dollar centre for research in rocket bombs, guided missiles, aircraft of supersonic speed and the uses of atomic energy-
Gurney, who said he had re- ceived a telephone call from Washington authorising the re- port, put the number of em- ployees of the centre at 36,000. He said that a 50 square mile tract would be needed with sources of surplus power near- by. Associated Press.
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FRANCO LINE
Madrid, Oct 14. General Franco said, in aj Columbus Bay speech, that the polity of his Government was based on respect for low and that "all tyranny is *hateful but the worst
- tyranny is that which is im-
Dosed from abroad.”*
Franco referred to what he described as Spain's close ties with the Americas in a “spiri- tual empire." He said that his Government had managed-to keep Spain out of the war and that the countri¡ ́ had made scientific and social progress. while the rest of the world was fighting. Ascociated Press.
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At 2.30, 6-20, 7.20 & 9.20 PM. A Titanic Tropical Frolic BUD ABBOTT
and LOU, COSTELLO
IN
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SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.15 P.M.
Of all Walt Disney's creations........ YOU'LL LOVE 'DUMBO' BEST!
WaDimey with The brokes off,
· as he pops the bào. thể hi for with a host of happy char
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TINGLING
MELODIESI
·See Dumbs trip on his over-sizi nart, till he learns to flap.
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WALT DISNEY
LENGTH FEATURE PRODUCTION
DUMBO
IN TECHNICOLOR
DISTRIBUTED-BY RKO RADIO PICTURES
MY SARONG SSTAR'S
.:: WITH VIRGINIA ROBERT BRUCE
PAIGE A UNIVERSAL PICTURE NATO-MORROW
Clark GABLE Lana TURNER IN
"HONKY TONK”
A. BRITISH CROSS WORD PUZZLE
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Record holders have included the world's most famous liners, Normandie (France), Bremen, Europa (now. taken over by France and renamed La Liberte), Kaiser Wilheld der Grosse
Rex { (Italy), Mauretania, Lusitania, | 28 Empress of Britain, Campania and Oceanic
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2.80
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In 98 years, ships of the Cunard Line have held the Riband on 53. occasions. *
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Yesterday's Crossword
ACROSS: 1. Coward;
5. Mound; 8. Elre; 9. Dollar; 11. Amass; 12. Tureen; 14. List; 16,
"DESPERATE JOURNEY" (Germany),
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LORETTA YOUNG CONRAD VEIDT"
4 SHOWS
DAILY
IN
"THE MEN IN HER LIFE"
At 2-30-5.15
CATHAY15pm.
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`YOU'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT!
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“TARZAN'S NEW YORK ADVENTURE"
Johnny WEISSMULLER
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AN M-G-M PICTURE-
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Bill Cody in "BLAZING JUSTICE“
VOCAL RECITAL
of works by
Handel, Schubert, Rossini, Mussorgsky Woodford- Finden, and Chinese Songs by Prof. Ing.
BY
K, SZE
(basso)
Before His American Tour
With
Mr. Michael Boder at the Plano By kind permission of the Parisian Grill) at 9 p.m. Friday October 18, 1946
Lee Hysan Hall, St. Paul's College, 33 Macdonnel Road
Tickets: $5, $10 and $20 at 8 Montrie & Co, Chater Rd
and the Tean Fook Piano Go, Queen's Road, Cu.
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Greatest' of them all was the
Abbey Commando
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the Dean of Westminister when the idea was first put up. The tate Rt. Rev. Paul de Labiliere was enthusiastic, but when the Dean died the Association were rather worried lest the new Dean, Canon A. C. Don, should reverse his predecessor's deci sion. They needn't have bother ed, for Canon Don is equally co- operative and in due course (Mr. Ledward thinks it will be a year) the memorial will. be unveiled DNA
Gilbert Ledward is famous for his war memorials of the 1914-18 war. In collaboration with H. Charlton Bradshaw, FRIDA, he designed the Guarde Division memorial In the Horse Guards Parade and he has been responsible for other war memorials all over the country. The statues of the King and Queen in the restored cloister of Norwich Cathedral are his work TANK Z
Model for the figure of the Commando was dark-haired, re- served young CSM. R.B. Ayres, now released, who joined the Commandos in 1940 and took part in the two ralds on the Lefoten Islands, among many other JobsSays Ayres my started off my war service with a trip to the Lofotens and I{ finished it standing in the nude for several hours a day so that Gilbert Ledward could model my Agure in cay. An unusual way to end one's Service career
* RICHARD BURE
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