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DOROTHY MCGUIRE GEORGE BRENT ETHEL BARRYMORE
The Spiral Staircase
KENT SMITH
HONDA FLEMING
GORDON OLYER - ELSA LANCHESTER
* OGIL SCHARS PROCVCTION
Betty GRABLE * John PAYNE * June HAVER
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Sict of
"A Song to Remember"
CORNEL WILDE :
The BANDIT of SHERWOOD FOREST
with Anita LOUISE • JBI ESMOND Edgar BUCHANAN
Screenplay by Wating H. Pritat and Mante Lawy
Directed by GEORGE SHIPMAN and HENRY LEVIN Produced by LEONARD 3. PICKER and CLIFFORD SANFORTHE
COMING ATTRACTION
STEWART GRANGER PHYLLIS CALVERT
"THE MAGIC BOW”
Violt Solos by YEHUDI MENUHIŃ accompanial by the
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
A Gainsborough Pleture Released by Eagle-Lión
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O'CONNOR
RYAN
DAKIE BLYTH
THE MERRY MONAHANS
ROSEMARY DÉCAMP GAVIN MUIR ISABELL JEWELL JOHN MILJAN
TO-MORROW
TOO DANGEROUS TO LIVE
MADAME SPY
Showing
CONSTANCE BENNETI with DOR PORTER JOHN LITEL EDWARD S. DROPHY Buku Eldradgi Nans- Bryant
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, March 26, 1947,
No Foundation In Bribery Charge Against BB C
London, Mar. 23.- Exhaustive investigations into allegations against
members of the British Broadcasting Corpora tion staff have produced "no solla' foundation' for any charge of bribery, corrtiption or partiality" a private report to the BBC made by the eminent King's Counsel; Sir Valentine Holmes, disclosed today.
The inquiry by the K.C, was called by the B.B.C. after allegations by Member of "Parliament Wing Commander G. Cooper, who alleged "specific evidence of bribery and corruption" against members of the B.B.C. staff and partiality in booking artistes and dance bands.
Sir
Valentine stated in th, that she told him she had recelv-. -part-Und-Mrs-Tawny-Neilson, from dance bandleaders pre-
the end of the BBC Dance Music sents varying from a single bat=; the Organization, was "very unwis: tie of whisky to articles of in pecepting
25, including gifts from danes value of about Land leaders and that two other dresses, underclothes, cigarett!
enses and handbags. comparatively minor members of accepted money the staff hail
Not Influenced from music mublishers in circam- stastres which invite criticism," From one bandleader, not named Valentine statul in the report i she salt was at one time "out of
M. SPAAK INJURED
Brussels, Afur, 23. The Belgian Prime Miniz- Spark, ter, M. Pani-Henri sens injured last night when his car hit a tree near Lina- acin.
He suffered numerous con- tualen, but doefore sakl today that there were no fractures,
The Premier will be pre- sent in the Chamber on Tues- on the day for the debate Cabinet's statement of palley, He announced the formatim _of_a_new_Cabinet three days
ago.-Reuter,
Stalemate On Sudan Issue
London, Mar, 23.
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NEW YORK AND BOSTON VIA SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES The possibility that the Anglo- gg "Willamette Victory"
March Egyptian treaty negaliations
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Robert. NEW YORK AND HAVANA VIA SINGAPORE “ of Sir, appointment Howe to succeed. Sir Hubert COLOMBO, COCHIN, BOMBAY, SUEZ Huddlestone as Governor-Gen-
AND MEDITERRANEAN PORTS. ernt-of-the Sudan, is denied. by.
SS-"Marine-Flier"-(Omits Colombe-&-Cochin)-Marsh Richard Wyndham, News of gg "Mount Mansfield" the World correspondent, in a 55 "Maring Leopard" favour with the BBC--and I got spatch from Caira published him back on the air." Mrs. Neil-in today's lasue.
"The truth Is," declared son admitted receiving as gifts a fox fur and a
$40.
ninlemate is alaler than it was Sir Valentine, in his report, ja month ago. In Britah dip wald that while Mrs. Neilson's
lomatic circles St is categorical- SS "General Meigs" conduct was "upch to the mostly stated 'we have no intention Jevere criticism and that she was herself to blame for the fact she of campromising over the future) bas been charged with bribery of the Sudanese'. Reports that' and corruption," he was satisfied negotiations may be resumed that the presenta she receives are Inspired by the Egyptians, "have not fluenced her in any who, believe that Britain can be way in engaging bands for driven into making more con- broadcasts.
censlams." Wyndham continued.
BOMBAY VIA MANILA, BATAVIA, SINGAPORE AND MADRAS
MANILA
Dealing with Mr. Neilson, Sirin the report but called "AB," who valord abour Taking case, each Wyndham.. "that the presents "Marine Adder"
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MARGO
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Based on th Book by
J. CARROL HAISH | INDIEL R
ROBERT MYAN
GLORIA HOLDEN | Young
Bleached by EDWARD DMYTRYK
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ERROL FLYNN
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WARNERS'SMASH OF SHAUNTS!
BJECTIVE BURMA!
WILLIAM PRINCE JAMES BROWN DICK ERDMAN : GEORGE TOBIAS - HENRY HULL WARNER ANDERSON prected by Rabut WALSH
Screen Tiny by Rarald MacDougall end Lester Cole & Frames Orginal Story by Alish Bunfa » Musk ko kidee Waimak
Sir Valentine sald
2
it
WRA BT
undoubted fact that in the enter-The Arab states are desperate- tainment Industry there was
ly anxious to prevent un appeal. custom of giving presents on
a to the Security Council which large scale.
would be tantamount to handing Russia a skeleton key to the Middle
The BBC. Governors had de- elded that despite the custom in the utertainment world the can- cellation dated Dec, 2, 1946 of
the BBC permission to accept
that
Enst. It la no acerot Moscow directed the Suviet Catro Embassy when the at Christmas
first opened or at any other negotiations times should be continued as
'prevent the signing of agrees permanent prohibition.
of ment without giving proof interference'."—Router.
Song Plugging Sir Valentine alvo deals with what he describes as "the perni- clous and degrading practice uf song pluggine," -the money paid by music publishers to broadcas tern to popularise. songs and tunes in order to increase the sale of sheet music.
tam told it has been eradi- cated in some countries. It should not exist in any
country that, values its standards of business
morality,"
Repeated efforts by the BBC extending over the last twelve years to put a stop to the practico of song plugging had failed, so They had fallen back on limiting the number of times any parti- cular tune was played
1adlo,
on thi
Sir Valentine Holmes had madı
2 separate report on song plur: ging which suggested
a method
of ending it.—Reuter.
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