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CLAUDETTE COLBERT and FRED MacMURRAY
ity Frank Lloyd's
"MAID OF SALEM
Wednesday at the QUEEN'S - { To-morrow at the ALHAMBRA
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KING'S:-
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SIGNALS
The public is 'requested not to
DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS
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MONDAY, APRIL 26 Anniversaries ind Holidays:
col the Observatory by telephone Our Lady of Good Counsel, St. John
when typhoon signals No. 5 to No, 10 are holsted. The telephone is In constant use by Observatory
officials at such times.
Typhoon signals are displayed at į the following places:
Royal 'Observatory; Signal Hill, Kowloon; Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co.; Harbour Office: H.M.S. Tamar: Green Is- land:
Lai-chi-kok;. Lycemun: Gough H Police Station; Star Ferry Wharves. (Notice boards); General Post Office. - (Notice board); Kowloon Tong.
The latest information available) is broadcast by ZBW on 355 metres telephorie at 1 p.m. and 8 p.m. daily and at the 60th minute of each 'even hour when Hong Kong is definitely threatened.
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In addition a typhoon warning service has been established for 1t3 subscribers by the Hong Kong Tele- phone Company which undertakes to furnish information regarding the hoisting, changing and lower- Ing of local typhoon signals at a charge of 810 per annum in res pect of each line advised.
LICENSING SESSIONS
It is "notified that a meeting of the Licensing Board will be held in the Council Chamber, on Friday, 30th. April. at noon, at which the following applications will be con- sidered under the Liquors Ordin- ance, 1931. Al applicants for licences, and persons objecting to such applications, must appear in person.
Bosco, founder of the Society (1888). "
Salesian
Cinemas. King's: "The Last Of Mrs.
Cheyney."
Queen's:-"Maid Of Salem."
Oriental:-"The Great Ziegfeld” World:"Chinese Picture." » Alhambra:-"Maid Of Salem.” Majestic:-"Libelled Lady." Star:-"Maid Of Salem." Dances.-Benefit, Dance, at Gar- risen Lecture Hall, 8 pm.
Lectures-Miss K. J. Archer on "Vital Statistics, with special, re- ference to occupational mortality,” in University Union Assembly Room. 8.30 p.m.
Meeting-Half Monthly, of HK. Football Referees' Asscn., 6 p.m.
Social.-Y.M.C.A. Service Men's Whist Drive, West Lounge. 9 p.m.
Sports--(See Page 10).
Moon.--ET Moon, 16th Day. · Sunrise.-5.55 am. Bunset---8:48
p.m.
Tides.-High at 09.25 and 23.00; Low at 03.07 and 16.15.
・・・ TUESDAY, APRIL 27 Anniversaries and Holidays:- St Peter Canistus.
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Cinemas.
King's: The Last Of Mrs.
Cheyney"
Queen's:-"Maid Of Salem". Oriental:The Great Ziegited." World:"Chinese Picture." Alhambrs-William Tell." Majestic: "G-Men." Star: "One More River.” Meetings-Kowloon Chess Club, St. Andrew's Hall, 5.30 p.m.:
Urban Council, Post Office Build-
The love story of a beautiful Puritan malden and a dashing Virginia cavaller. lald against one of the most amazing periods in American history, brings Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray to the Queen's, Alhambra and Star Alexander Ogilvie, Adelpha Cate, Theatres to-day, in
326, Hennessy Road, ground floor; ing. 4.15 p.m. "Mald Salem," s lavish and beautiful
S. F. Maklezof, Island Restaurant, production produced and directed Rear portion of ground and mea- by Frank Lloyd.
zanine floors of Wang Hing Build- ing. 10. Queen's Road Central: Andrew Peter Tkachenko, Tka- chenko Restaurant. 3. Hankow Road, ground floor; Luiz Antonio Vieira Albeiro. Jubilee Tea Room, 392, Lai Chi Kok Road."
The famous witchcraft hysteria of 1692, which began in Salem and spread to the other colonies, forms the background of Mald of Salem." Miss Colbert. an orphan In old Salem, incurs the animosity of the stern townfolk by her galety. She meets and falls in love with MacMurray, a fugitive cavalier from Virginia, who is hid-
ing in the home of his uncle. Un- known to both, she is seen with him.
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WORLD LAWS OF NATIONALITY
Geneva, April 24.
Miscellaneous. Rotary Timin Hong Kong Hotel Ladles' Day).
Rehearsals-Hong Kong Singers, Union Church, Kennedy Road, 5.30
p.m.
Social Craigengower Cricket Club Weekly Tombola, 9.20 p.m.: Cheero Club Whist Drive, 8.30 p.nu.
Sports (See Page 10). Moon. Moon, 17th. Day. Sunrise.-5.55 pm. Sunset -6.48
p.m.
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Tides. High at 9.45 and 23.40; Low at 3.38 and 16.54.
RETURN CALL
As a result of the deposit of ten further ratifications or accessions, and in conformity with Articles
Ankara, April 24. XXVI and X, respectively. the The Soviet Ambassador here, M. Convention 'on certain questions Leon Karalan, who returned to regarding the conflct of national- Ankara a few days ago after a ity laws dated April, 1830, and the prolonged absence, presented a let- protocol on certain cases of State-iter of recall to the Turkish' Presid- lessness of the same date, will ent to-day. cone into force on July 10 this year.
Shortly after he returns to Virginia the witchcraft "hysteria sweeps the colony, Miss Colbert 13 caught in its mad rush and condemned to die on the testi- mony of hysterical women and precocious youngsters. She is saved only by the timely arrival lot MacMurray, who proves that he Is not the devil at all but a very handsome young man. His ap- The convention has now been pearance in the flesh-awakens ratified by Norway, Monaco, Brazil. the populace to their folly.
Sweden, the United Kingdom, Ca- The cast includes Harvey Step-nada, Poland, China, India, and [hens, Louise Dresser. Bennie the Netherlands, and the protocol Bartlett, Gale Sondergaard. E. C. by Brazil, the United Kingdom, Clive, Bonita Granville. Virginia India, Poland, China, Chili, Austra Weldler, Rosita Butler, Beulah lia, Salvador, South Africa and the Bondi, and Donald Meek.
Netherlands.— British Wirelna-
LIBELLED LADY
Four outstanding stars glitter in the fim firmament at the Majestic Theatre where the new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer hit, "Libell- ed Lady," opened Sunday.
It is believed M. Karalan will take over the commissariat of the Interior on his return to Moscow.-
Transocean News Service.
CORONATION DELEGATES
London, Apr. 23. Sir Archibald Parkhill, Austra- lan Minister for Defence arrived in London to-day. Another arrival to-day for the Coronation was the Sultan of Lahoj British Wireless,
CLARK GABLE IN SENSATIONAL
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Los Angeles, April 24. Jean Harlow, William Powell, Dimpled he-man film star Clark Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy Gable, idol of thousands of women unite their exceptional acting fans all over the world, to-day ably in one of the most enter-faced an audience which hung on taining f'ms of recent years, a his every word with more rapt at- drama with a newspaper angle tentión ever accorded him by his that is as eye-catching and modern mast enthusiastic cinema audien as the current headlines of the ces. front page.
WIN Moorpark, Richmansworth, Apr. 23. Henry Cotton. the former Brl- tish Open Golf champion, with rounds of 73+68+ 70+ 68 re For her, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
turned an aggregate of 279 for 72 HOLLYWOOD DIVORCE engineers invented revolutionary type of wind machine holes, to win the Silver King 21,-
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Gaple's lawyer produced evidence that the film star could not pos- sibly have peen in England at the time mentioned by Mrs. Norton,
Gable, he declared, had never been out of the United States at the time.
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LAWN BOWLS
Friendly Games On Saturday
U.S. BASEBALL
Pittsburgh Beat
Cincinnati
New York, Apr. 23.
In a friendly game of lawi bowls played at the Valley on Saturday the Hong Kong Football Carl Hubpel, New York Giants' Club defeated the Police Recrea-ace pitcher, held the Boston tion' Club by 37 shots.
Braves to three scoreless hits to Two sixes were registered by the day, "while his mates hit nine. Club, Brooksbank's four scoring a six on the first head and W. Gur's times and crossed the plate on rink obtaining theles at the 18th end. Both Haynes' and McFar- lane's rinks registered fives.
A practice game was played at
when the senior team defeated the the Kowloon Bowling Green Club
second team by 15 shots.
At Hunghom, the Kowloon Dock yard Recreation Club best the Kowloon Football Club by 19 shots. Club de Recreio.beat. Civil Ser- vice CC. in a friendly game by 21 shots at King's Park.
The Kowloon Cricket Club held their second practice game of the Beason on Saturday,
APPOINTMENTS.
four occasions.
Brooklyn won a hard game with Philadelphia, scoring four to three on nine hits to six. Each had an
error.
Pittsburgh defeated Cincinnati by the same score, with nine safe- ties to the Reds five. Pirates had one error;
St. Louis, topping the League pounded
and out twelve hits scored five times, though Chicago strove mightily to catch up, aided by Demaree'a bomer.
The-Cube could only tally four on eight hits, and they had one error.
in the American League, snow spoiled the New York-Boston
The star dented the allegations, The audience was in the Los An- and evidence was given that he The action of the plece centres geles Court. where Gable is there, Norton alleged he was living was working in Oreĝofi at the time about a society girl who considers central figure in a remarkable case that a newspaper has insulted her in which Mrs. Violet Norton, an
with her la England. and files a damage suit for five Englishwoman, is charged with at-
APPEAL TO MAE WEST mylion dollars. Needless to say, tempting to obtain money from In a hushed court a letter from the sued newspaper is thrown in- the handsome actor. to an uproar and its inahaging
Mrs. Norton to Mae West was read, Gable had received letters alleg-in which the girl Gwendoline was editor solcits the ald of a former ing that he was the father of Mrs. described as Gable's "love child." star reporter to extricate the paper Norton's 13-year-old daughter, from tta dificulties.
The letter asked Miss West to In his Gwendoline. scheme to make the heiress drop
give Gwendoline si job in the films, The court was packed to suffoca-
and added: "What shame it would her sult the reporter succeeds in tion point with an eager crowd of put Gable to to know that Mae making her fall in love with him.
film stars, executives and other It is when he, in turn, falls in love prominent Hollywood socialites, life."..
West gave his daughter a start ini with her that complications begin eager to taste what is the most and hilarious turn. .. and the tale takes an unexpected sensational tit-bit of scandal ever
In his closing speech, Mrs. Nor- ton's attorney stated: "There is to rock the film Colóny.
His Excellency the Omeer Ad-game, which is almost an unpre nothing sacred about Gable or any "LOVE-ÑEST" ALLEGATION other movie star to put him out-ministering the Government has cedented thing for this time of
approved the relinquishment of year. Crowds of film fans besieged the side the realm of just investiga- the appointments of the following! Philadelphia easily court to see Gable, who has kept tlon."
whipped officers as fila Honorary Aldes-de- Washington, seven' to one, hitting his admirers throughout America Hollywood, Apr, 23..
Camp:-
eight times and scoring well on nei that resembles the fabled sero1 72 + 67 + 73+ 68-280 and W. J. divorce from her husband, on the
Mrs. John Barrymore, formerly in a state of excitement by hla
Captain Thomas "Addis Martin. | Johnson's homer. The Benator Miss Elaine Barrie, has obtained & wisecracks, pent,of. Loch Ness
Existence of a love next” In
Hong Kong Volunteer Defence hit four, and had three blunders Cox of Wimbledon Park, was third grounds of extreme cruelty,
England was alleged by Mrs. Hor
Corpe.
on", their books. 2. Heretofore, wtha-producing maj
Lieutenant-Commander. Robert St. Louis Browns hit well but chines for gusty nim scedes Have with rounds of 71. +371 + 69 +
72=283,-
Petitioner gave evidence allegton, who clapped Gable lived with
Shearman Barry, Royal Navy could only get two runs across log that her husband, at party
her there under the name of Frank
His Excellency the Officer Ad- against Cleveland, whose 12 safe- last Christmas, threatened to kill Billings.
ministering the Government has ties produced ine runa. Making a moving appeal to the her, became most abusive and liked
Fach been pleased to appoint the follow had two errors, Jury, she stoutly maintained there was no difference in the appear arice of Billings and Gable SAME CHIN, EYES AND DIMPLES The same chin, the same eyes, the same dimples," she sobbed to the court:
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been mechanized apparatuses with twirling air-plane propellers, enag- sed in safety meshed wire guards which were thrust almost into the dies. They are placed at the profane language, humiliating her
opposite end of the stage, from before her friends whence the air is forced through Mrs. Barrymore did not ask for the long, serpenting tunnels to the costs or alimony... Her husband set, to be released through a metal was not present at the hearing, mouth resembling the business end and was not represented- of a Gargantuan vacuum, aweeper. Reuter.
Inaugurated on "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney" stage at M-G-M, the new wind machines were oper- ated by a silent electric motor that fotates a series of cushioned pad-|
MG MAILTM
As he spoke, Mrs. Norton burst into tears.
Plalatin was found guilty of misusing the mails and sentence will be pronounced on May 3,
Maximum penalty for the offence is five years' imprisonment or a fine of $1,000 or both.
Mrs. Norton was found not gulityg officers to be his Honorary Detifoit scored, ten times on 12
Aides-de-Camp:-
on another charge of conspiring with Jack Smith, a private detec- tive, to extort money from Gable, Smith was also acquitted.- Reuter
Captain James Francis Wright hits Greenberg and Rogell hitting Hong Kong Volunteer Defence circuit drives. Chicago hit six, sopred twice and blundered
Corps.
Liedtenant-Commander Reginald once
Robert Helbert, Royal Navy. Beuter.
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