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A UNIVERSAL PICTURE with RALPH · BELLAMY, Gloria Stuart, Pat O'Brien, Lilian Bond, Russell Hopton,
"People Who Matter"
PEOPLE WHO MATTER,
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9 1933.
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"The Woman in Room 13." '
Queen's.
Grand Hotel,"
Central.
Law and Order."
Oriental,
Splinters in the Navy.
A Woman
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Millie.' Majestic.
Peach Reno."
King's.
COMING
The Big Broadcast." "Hat Check Girl".
Central,
Air Mail."
"State's Alborney."
The Flag Lieutenant;"
Back Street,"
"Leap Year."
World,
The Mummy."
Thirteen Women.".
"Hell Divers.'
"Cuban Love Song."
Oriental,
Ster.
Transatlantic."
But the Flesh is Weak."
Everything's Rosie."
"Night Court.”
CANTON. CINEMAS
Tai Tak.
The Doomed Battalion."
Wing Bon.
Hot Saturday,"
Chung Wak.
"Rackety Rax."
Sun Kwok Man Theatre.
"Bachelor's Affairs.",
Sun Wah Theatre.
Bird of Paradise,"
Pearl Theatre.
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"Paok Up Your Troubles."
MUSICAL SCORE OF GRAND HOTEL
INTENSIFIED LOVE SCENES
Music plays an important part in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayor's picturi- zation of the famous Vicki Baum novel and play, "Grand Hotel,"
THEATRE HONCKONG'S FINEST CHEWA
Mad With Love!
A Man
་
Mad With Jealousy!"
Murder--the blazing climax! But you'll never guess the amazing solution! And you'll never forget Landi in her most Blaming rojal
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LANDI
The
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Ralph Ballery Hail Hambon Ayase Lay
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From the wage play far- Sumal Shipucia, Man Mania
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Every Star of Radio Land In a Heart-stirring Romance}
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STUART ERWIN BING CROSBY LEILA HYAMS BURNS & ALLEN
KATE SMITH MILLS BROTHERS BOSWELL SISTERS ARTHUR TRACY LOPEZ
CAB CALLOWAY
AND HIS DICHBETRA
A GREAT HEART STORY OF THE PEOPLE
BEHIND THE "MIKE.
JAPANESE MURDER
GANG
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Details of Blood Brother-At 2.30, 5.10, 7.20 &
hood Affair
'MUCH STILL HIDDEN
Tokyo-The whole background of the unprecedented large scala assas.... sination plots planned by the Kobau- meidau (Blood Brotherhood · So- ciety) has been revealed by the complation of the preliminary in« |vestigation of the fourteen membora
of the ging, who were accordingly committed for trial by the Tokyo Procurator's Office."'"
Nissho Inoue, aged 48, á former Buddhist priest of the Nichiren sect, and who had experience as an intelligence officer during the war in Tsingtao, and has many friends among naval and military officers, lend the party, and under him thirteen men, almost half of them « being students, joined the plot. Thirteen are charged with murder, all as accomplices, and one in charged with aiding.
"Saving the Conakry."
With the idea of "aving the country from existing corruption. by means of direct" "nction,” the party was formed at the end of 1931, with Inoue as the head, all the members pledging their brother hood by cutting their arms and. drinking other's blood. The party soon removed its headquarters from Ibaraki to Tokyo. The party was then amalgamated with another ultra-patriotic murder ring that.
had been previously organized by nayal officers. Maintaining con stant connection with naval and military partins, the Ketsumaidan secretly discussed the murder of over twenty prominent persons in Japan, beginning with Prince Sai- onji, Baron Wakatsuki, the late Mr. Inoue, Baron Dan (these two were duly killed), Prince Iedachi Tokugawa, Dount Making, the Minister of the Imperial Household, Mitsui firm, Mr. Mitsui, and others.
PUBLIC WORKS IN CHEMICAL WARFARE to the attacker if he uses shells . Ikeda, the manager of the
SPAIN
UNDERCULTIVATED LAND TO BE IRRIGATED
Madrid. A programme of public works construction is being pushed by Sedor Indalecio Prieto, Spain's Socialist Minister of Public Works, with a view to alleviating unem ployment and increasing national production.
No Way To Stop It
EXPERTS' REPLIES TO CONFERENCE
or air-bombs.
which will be shown at the Queen'spriation in Spain's 1933 budget is a special committee to a question-"! being trained for chemical warfare, chance to kill Prince Saionji, stay-
Theatre from to-day.
Through д novel method OF synchronization, Director Edmund Goulding underlines the action and dialogue in the drama with atmospheric music, composed by himself in collaboration with or chestration experts.
1190
Its verdict is summed up in the statement that—" in country possessing an important chemical industry, it will always be possible to chemical weapons; and chemical warfare can always be rapidly organised, even though no in peace time." special preparations has been made
Peace-time Air Work, "The training of armed forces
Plot Against Prince Saionji in the use of chemicals weapons can They met in January 1933 in a be prohibited, but the practical certain house in Tokyo, and com effect of this prohibition is very pleted their plana for achieving the small." Poisonous shells are the complete reformation of the poli same as "ordinary explosive shells,tical and economical world by kill Compressed gue-cylinders that are ing "corrupt politicians and used for oxygen in the medical ser-millionaires. Each member was Is a ban on chemical warfare vice or fós hydrogen by airmen, are allotted the role of killing two per- futile? asks the Military Corres the same as those required for poisons, and weapone and other neces pondent of the London Daily Telesonous gases. A commercial air-maries were obtained from high graph. That is certainly the con- man who is trained in throwing illu-quarters sympathising with them. The largest departmental approchision suggested by the answers of minating bomba, is to all intents One of the ring waited for à that allotted to the Ministry of naire from the Bureau of the Dis The committee implies that toing in Okitan for over two weeks, Public Works, and the most im armament Conference.
impose restrictions on peace pro while another shadowed. Baron paration and training, while it Wakatsuki throughout his political portant single item in this Minis try's allotment is for irrigation.
would achieve no practical benefit, stump in Kwaasal about the middle Along the Ebro River, which winds
might be a serious hindrance to of February, Others were also Across the north-eastern corner of
commercial and medical progress, watching their chance to kill their Spain and Bows into the Mediter
Mankind, in other words, would be assigned victims. ranean, the combined definitely pro
sacrificing a real benefit in peace for jected Goulding, who wrote the music
and initiated irrigation
highly dubious gain in war. works are for "Love, Thy Magis Spell Is 5,000,000,000 cubic metres of water, capable of storing Everywhere" and other numbers,
to "irrigate more than 1,000,000. planned the musical score to
exectarea hectare is 2.47 nores- phasize the emotional intensity o the scens and to interpret the of hitherto undercultivated but rich varying moods of the action. Par ticularly effective use of music was Señor Felix de los Rios, director of The above figures are those of made in the love scenes between Ebro irrigation works construction, Greta Garbo and John Barrymore. He admitted, however, that many Hotel also includes John Craw-years will be required before this ford, Wallace Beary, and Lionel goal will be reached. Barrymore in starring rules with next 10 or 12 years, according to his 2,000,000,000 cubic Lewis Stone and Jean Hersholt Programme, heading the large supporting cast. metres of water will be stored in reservoira, providing for the irrige tion of 540,000 hectares of land now unirrigated, and in addition 230,007 hectares of land now sparsely irri- gated.
The brilliant cast of "Grand
"AIR MAIL"
land
Within the
Among the largest of the works already under construction ara FILM WITH A FIRST RATE those in lower Aragon, where the
DIRECTOR
A veteran director who has liter ally learned motion picture pro duction from the ground up, John Ford is reaping the harvest of his
Ebro reservoir has a capacity of 840,000 cabie motres; and the Lodoss Canal, which conveys water to 7,000 hectares of dry and semi-irrigated land around Saragossa,
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SINGAPORE
early training in the silent day MR: F. A. PLEDGER LEAVES with direction of important talk- ing production to his credit. His sense of dramatic values and screen technique is evident in his latest Universal picture, "Air Mail," scheduled to open an engagement at the Central Theatre on Satur- day.
CLOSE OF DISTINGUISHED
CAREER.
Singapore has lost one of its Grounding himself well in the lending citizens in the person of fundamentals of the screen, Ford the Hon. Mr. F. A Pledger, Chair soon progressed to assistant direc-man of Boustead and Co. since 1929, tion under his brother. Francis who, accompanied by Mrs. Pledger, Ford, and later direction of come he left for Homme vid Australia by dier and short pictures until his the Nieuw Holland,
abilities boosted him to the chair The esteem in which both Mr. and of a full-fledged director and he Mrs Pledger were held by a wide was entrusted with several importeirale of friends was clearly demon- ant feature films. Among the more strated on his departure. Members notable of his pictures.ere, "The of the Legislative and Executive Iron Horse," "Four Sons," Hang- Councils, on which Mr. Pledger bad man's House," "Men Without Wo served with distinction for some men" "Up the River," "Arrows years, gathered to say goodbye, the mith," although he has literally Colonial Secretary, Sir John Scott 500res of pictures to his credit. And was there, and a host of other per- now its "Air Mail," Universal'sonal friends-traits Times first great production of the year. Ita direction exhibits genius.
Ford's directorial creed embracer Russell Hopton, Elim Summerville respect for the actor Any good and Gloria Stuart enact the fes nator will enhance the value of a tureiroles in “Air Maila grip- part if he is given a chance to ping story of fearless sacrifice and contribute something of his own to devotion to duty by intrepid flyers it is his belief, and briefly, sum of the government mail. The marizes his madus operandi Hature is said to include some prefers to draw out a characteriza-most spectacular: aviation
The story is from the Ralph Bellamy,
lout Commer Pat O'Brien, Wretinued at that of mant columa. 5 wrote
Hong Kong Daily Pression rather than to inject one of graphy yet brought to the
own.
"Methods of using poisonous sub. stances can be readily adopted,"
Rejecting in turn all the measures proposed, the report ends on the note--"the committee regrets that practical measures.”:
retable to suggest any other
The Two Murders.
On February the late Mr. Inoue, former president of the Bank of Japan, was shot hy one of the ring, Tadashi Komura, and on March 6 the late Baron Don March 6
states the committee. A country
the Mitsui firm, was shot by Coro Hishinuma. Only Buggestion, m
Following the arrest smoko. It could also use gloes, tion of a Commission of urgent arrested between March 6 and 91. could use the ordinary shells and bombs, prepared for charging with It morely recommends the cren of these two, all the others were earthenware, or metal bottlen dead, whenever chemicals exist in a whether the prohibited weapon has the list of intended victims, but In- initial investigation to determine The late Mr. Inukai was also on country chemical warfare is easy," hesh used, and suggests that, apars escaped death until the allied party its omnelusion that lie attive it all the 'States signatory to May 15. It is revealed that all the The committea is equally emphatic from reprisals, it would be offer called the Aikyojuku, shot him on unearthed reactionary possible in practice to prevent pre- the Convention were to give the st recently paration for bacteriological war- tacked States scientific, medical, parties were allied and led by Nissho Inous dodged the hnd technical assistance to mini-Inoue. fare," or for incendiary warfare.
The various ways of enforcing comfort.
mise the injury. This is rather cold police by hiding with Mr. Mitsuru Toyama, the vertaran reactionary prohibition were also examined by
The committes was formed of re-leader, whose house, the police at the committee. Its answers are vir presentatives from ten countries.
¡Continued on Page 12,7- tually a dismissal of all suggestions: But out of the two dozen members equipment of armed forces with and military officers. Thus the few "The fact of prohibiting the the majority were ordinary naval Protective devices would not place recognised chemical experte presum any serious barrier in the way of ably had a preponderating voice, Protective de- and it is possible that if more che- vices could be obtained at short no- miste had been represented there tice, and, moreover, are not necen- might have been loss unanimity,
chemical warfare.”
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