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THE THIN MAN.
Now Showing At The Queen's
If you enjoy sitting on the edge of your chair, and If you enjoy being left completely in the dark while trying to solve a most bat- fling murder mystery, don't fall to sce the new Metro-Goldwyn-May-
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-GIRL'S PLUCK
In Alpine Crash
Special Air-Mail Service)
London, Sept 15.
The courage of a 16-years-old English schoolgirl is the outstand- ing feature of the tragic moun taineering accident in the Mont
cost which
'the Blanc life of the Rev. Frank Lenwod, minister of Greengate Congrega- tional Church, Plaistow,
range
His nlece, Margaret Leith, was attached to the rope immediately behind him..
David Behind the girl came Bryson 19, an undergraduate of Corpus Christi, Oxford, and a nephew of Mr. Lenwood. A friend of Mr. Bryson's, Colin Dawson, 21 of St. Catharine's College, Cam- bridge, brought up ths rear.
Both the young men, whose parents are in China. lived with Mr. Lenwood, whom they regarded as a father.
Mr. Bryson said this morning: "We left the Argentieres refuge, 9.188 feet up, to climb the Aiguille d'Argentieres, 12,304 feet, high, in the Monte Blanc Massif. uncle led.
My
"The upper glacier of the Ar- gentleres ends in a steep lee alope finally in a snow corridor leading at an angle of 55 degrees to the summit. Ahead of us were two Chamonix guides, with a man and a woman, who adopted the cor-
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Janet GAYNOR
Charles FARRELL
CHANGE OF HEART
JAMES
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ridor, which is the usual way up. AT THE KING'S
"It seemed very steep to us and we thought that by crossing the ice we could reach a knife-edge of
which along
progress rock looked easy..
him.
"Change of Heart"
"We crossed the ice and uncle
Janet Gaynor and Charles Far- had already his hand on the rock when he slipped. He made frantic rell score personal triumphs in efforts to regain his foothold, but "Change of Heart" which is now. showing at the King's Theatre. failed. Margaret behind was dragged down in turn. Colin! The novel appeared under the title "Manhattan Love Song," and it is to efforts Dawson
made brave hold us back, but without success, and we all fell from 400ft. 500ft,"
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amid the topless towers of New York, that the romance of the world sweethearts unfolds,
Ex-
"Change of Heart" brings you a пен. grown-up Janet Gaynor Lost Her Glasses
She's
real-life vivid,
heroine. "Uncle struck the rocks first and was killed immediately. His skull grown to womanhood, and
Margaret and Iperiencing all the emotions of a was fractured.
And Farrell is no longer were cut and bruised. but Colin Man" to be the best detective Dawson, who, being at the end of the dreaming boy, but a inan who story ever written by an American the cord, felt the full shock off challenges the world
author. and Sinclair Lewis des-
cribed it as the most breathless of all of Dashiell Hammett's stories. This reviewer agrees with both these learned terary men.
"The Thin Man" is the story of Nick Charles, an ex-detective who is Sherlock Holmes, S. S. Van Dine and all other crack detectives roll- ed into one. It tells of three murders which involved Charles, against his will, with the Wynant family. His method of solving the crimes provides, one of the most exciting and unusual climaxes of all detective pictures.
William Powell plays Charles, and surpasses all his earlier de- tective roles the role. Myrna Loy appears as his happy-go-lucky wife. Nora, and Maureen O'Sull van carries off honours with her successful handling of the part of Dorothy Wynant.
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the sudden halt, was internally
injured by the rope round his waist and lay unconscious.
"The guides in front of us saw the accident and climbed to our rescue. With them were a doctor and his wife, who were able to give us first aid.
clearly."
her
woman
and faces cross-currents of life. James Dunn and Ginger Rogers complete the quartette of youth around which the drama revolvés.
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The story is a drama of epic It struggle and inspiring love. portrays with astounding realism the hardships of four youngsters just out of college, two girls and "I was able to go down at once two boys. Banded together by to the Argentieres refuge with one ties of loyalty, they
enter the guide to give the alarm. The portals of a big city and begin other remained with Margaret their brave fight to realise their and Colin, for Margaret, who is ambitions. Through all their ad- venturers mins a complex love very shortsighted, had lost glasses and was unable to see situation. The love of Janet Gay-
nor for Farrell, however, soon be While Mr. Bryson went on to comes the main interest of the Argentieres to break the news to plot Farrell rally realizes his Mrs. Lenwood, the guides and two love for Gaynor, and when Gin- climbers from Geneva, helped the ger Rogers returns from trip. he faces a showdown as to whe- injured to a refuge hut.
"Margaret was simply splendid," ther he will
remain faithful to Mr. Bryson said afterwards. "She Janet or be lured away by an old pulled herstlf together at once yearning for Ginger Rogers. and plucklly insisted on coming down to the hut on her own feet." Mr. Lawson was delirious all night, and could not be moved from a camp bed "in the hut. This morning both he and Mar- garet were brought down to the Hotelierle de Lognon where Mar- garet's first thought, was to reas- sure her family and friends.
"Please, say I am quite all right," she said. "I have only a few scratches."
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No Hurry Conductor "Sorry, madam, but we have learned that the station where you intend to get off has been burned to the ground.”
Lady "That's all right; they'll probably have it rebuilt by the time this train gets there"
Mr. Dawson when examined by and was. taken to the Bonneville It 15 feared that a doctor was found to be suffer- Hospital.
ing from a fracture of the skull trepanning may be necessary.
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GINGER ROGERS
THE TRAFFIC IN
MUNITIONS
Evidence At U.S. Inquiry
(Special Air Mail Service)
London, Sept. 15. At the centre of the stage as set by the Senatorial Committee in- vestigating the American muni- tions industry appeared the figure of. Captain John Ball, managing director of
a British armament company described as "contrac- tors to War Department and Air Ministry,"
Most of the morning session was spent in the reading of letters addressed by him to the American Armament Corporation, which had approached the British Arm with 4 request for appointment as agents. Mr. Alfredo Miranda, head of the American company, who "was planning to offer gun- boats to a South American coun- try," was said to have been told that the "British Admiralty is not a commercial firm and they do not have descriptive catalogues giving details of anything they may sell to us as a favour." This was in January this year, but on February 3 Mr. Miranda was in formed that his correspondents were the sole selling channel for small arms, &c. which belong to the British War Ömice,
Gentleman's Agreement
As we are to a very great extent Controlled by the varying policy of the Government, it is rather dim- cult for us to enter into firm and fast agreements with any other armament firms. Stocks we con- trol are of such magnitude that the sale of a big block of them could alter the political balance of power of the amalier States, in- volving corresponding complica tions from the point of view of You will, finance and industry. we are sure, fully appreciate that under these conditions we have to
submit to fairly strict control hy the authorities concerned, and we cannot always supply the de- mands by certain would-be buyers for political reasons.
A "gentleman's agreement" was suggested, under which the Ameri- can company could be agents for South America, though "arms for other destinations, such as China or European States," could not be offered by them.
Major Braytor, technical expert
OCTOBER 2, 1934.
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DEAN INGE'S FAREWELL SERMON
Christianity Not An Unhappy Creed
Special Air Mall Service)
London, Sept. 15.
Dean. Inge closed his farewell sermon at St. Paul's Cathedral yesterday with the words—“We trust that, when the time comes for us to cease working and bring the frult of our labours to God's feet, we may be able to say, in all humility and hot forgetting all those fallure for which pray forgiveness. I have finished the work that Thou gavest me to do."
There was
We
congregation of nearly 2,000 to hear the Dean's sermon, which," however, contain- ed no personai allusion to his re- tirement.
Basing his sermon on the com- parison of the Christian life with an athletic contest, be said that Christianity Was ន stern and heroic creed, but assuredly it was not an unhappy one. sulty with many educated Chris- tians was that they did not real- se what a life-and-death contest the Christiani fight was,
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rifles from us, mainly. Mausers
(over 100.000 in 1931-32), but have
slacked off lately owing to the loss of Manchuria and shortage of ready money in the South, id cat "The age that is passing from Canton ant Nanking. In spite of us was full of good a5 well
all the dreams of the Idealists who evil," said Dean Inge. The nine-imagine that homo piens is filled teenth century was very great with honour justice, love, and self- period. Let not the young people sacrifice Japan is going to take a forget that. Were men to-day still larger slice of China; and setting their hopes too low, were comparatively shortly while the they material, too sordid, too getting is good. much tainted with the worship of success? Charity without faith and hope was very popular just now, but it was quite ineffective.
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Canton, Oct. 1. The house for foreign guests built
in the Chingwel Park by the Mun cipal Government has been com- pleted. A ceremony to mark the completion will take place to-day."
A number of invitations have been issued to government officials
Various suggestions for the dis- and foreign consuls. A tea party will be given by Mayor Liu Chi Wen after the ceremony. posal of stocks followed.
The world's stocks of small arms (said the letter) have shrunk very much during the last three years.
It is learned that the bufiding is of Spanish type." The cost of. construction was over $80,000- Central Press.
ALHAMBRA
TRENT BE
guns of the aeroplane pattern,
If some sudden emergency 6,000 Vickers guns, 4,000 Webley should arise there would be a big revolvers, 5,000 Smith and Wesson rush for material for immediate revolvers. 10,000 Colt revolvers, delivery and not many firms could 303 calibre ammunition for rifle. produce about 700,000. rines, about and machine guns amounting to 50,000 machine-guns all of the 120,000,000 rounds in good condi- saine calibre with spare parts and tion......
ammunition for immediate dé- Business methods
then livery. were touched on.
We fully understand (one pas same letter alsó aroused much in-
Another passage still from the SWELL ENTERTAINMENT!
sage said) that arms deals are not terest. "%. After- a reference to usually done without some officials Japanese armaments came the getting greased, but, if any palm phrase.
they
oll is required it has to be added. As you know, incendiary" to the price, and as our prices are
bullets are prohibited so at least 50 per cent, less than have become "tracers"-what's in factory prices for the same arins
a name? they will stand a lot of grease" and still be cheaper than the manufacturers' prices'
Senator Bone here acked whe
aware of the methods of sale in dicated by the letter and was as sured that Mr. Miranda did not
of the American Armament Cor-her the British Government was poration, intervened, reminding the committee that the material involved was small arms solely, and that its adequacy to "altar the political balance of power would be confined to very small States since no war could to-day bé fought without artillery.
Stocks Of Small, Armis
The senators, however, seemed more impressed by the, potential effect of the huge stocks listed in the letter then being read Themo included about 1,000,000 rines, 20,000 Lewis machine gma spare parts, 8,000 of the
sama
Another letter, dated March 24 this year referred to Bolivia's need of aircraft and guns and said shipment could not be made direct while that country was at
war!
China and Japan
In the afternoon Mr. Miranda was heard about his activities in South America. He said that South American, countries would be forced to buy arms elsewhere for years to come. He had tried he said, to secure a share of this business for the United States, buf
most of it went to other countries, who were strongly supported by their Governments.
The American Armament Cor- poration, it finally appeared, had mot delivered a certain consider- able shipment to Bolivia when on May 28 the Presidential pro ition putting an embargo on Later passages from the same letter read:
ME" WIT Paraguay Chias consumes a vast quantity testined
ade of small arths per year, and they haye bought large quantities-of
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