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4 SHOWS
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TO-MORROW
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JULY 19, 1937.
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
KING'S
Hong Kong
"China Seas" QUEEN'S:-
"Escadrille"
ORIENTAL:-
"Cain and Mabel"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:-
"Escadrille MAJESTIC:-
"3 Men On A Horse"
KING'S:-
Coming
*The Thirteenth Chair"
“OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT"|| QUEEN'S :---
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IT'S FIGHT AT FIRST LOVE
WHEN THESE TWO MEET!
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DETERMINATION TO
PERSEVERE WITH
NON-INTERVENTION
London, July 17, Satisfaction over the progress made at Friday's meeting of the non-intervention" committee is ex- pressed in diplomatic circles, who state that the desire to continue control universal and there la a determination to persevere with pon-intervention under any cir- cumstances.
Gratification and relief are, ex- pressed over the Italian and Ger- man decision to accept the plan as basis for negotiation.
Further discussion of the British proposals by the sub-committee will take place at n meeting scheduled to be convened at 10.30 on Tuesday morning.
HOUSE OF COMMONS
At the conclusion of Friday after-
"Stowaway".
ORIENTAL:
"20,000 years In Sing Sing" ALHAMERA:
"Outcasts of Poker Fiat." MAJESTIC:- *RAI BÌ
CHINA SEAS Between dangerous thrills and dangerous romance, there is some- thing
doing every minute in "China Seas," the bew all-star Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer drama which is showing at the King's Theatre to-day.
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The stars are Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and Wallace Beery.
GRAVESIDE
GUSH"
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When Jeanette Macdonald, sang the trilly "Indian, Love Call" from "Rose Marie, loud sobs Were emitted from behind à Screen where Jean's divorced mother and father were comforting each other. Meantime Barbara Brown, Jean's "stand-in" became hysterical"
DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS
MONDAY, JULY 19 Anniversaries and Holidays.-... Bamuel Colt porn, 1814 Thomas Cook died, 1892.
“Auctions - Crown Lands, at AW.D. Offices, 3 pm.
Cinemas-(See Page 5). Malla (See Page 16). Soca.-Y.M.C.A. Service Men's Whist Drive, in West Lounge, 9
Sports-(See Parə 10).. Moon.-VI Moon. 12%. Day. Bunrise, $.49 m. Bunset-7.10
Followed by this loudly-demons-D.. trative crowd. the silver-plated coffin was borne to Forest Law Cemetery by a group of honorary pall-bearers, who included Four Marx Brothers.
the
The comin should, of course, have been platinum. Otherwise O.K.!
DEATH OF SIR
BENJAMIN
p.m.
Tides. High at 05.35 and 20.58; Low at 13.40 and 23:35.
TUESDAY, JULY 201 Anniversaries and Holidays.- Sir Richard Wallace died, 1890, Jean Ingelow died, 1897.
Auctions Crown Landa, at Is- trict Office. Tai Po, 11.30 a.m.
Cinemas.-(Ses Page 5). Lectures-Hockey. st
MORGAN Training School.
London, July 17. The death occurred to-day at the age of 65 of Sir Benjamin Morgan, member of
the London Committee of Hong Kong Univer- sity and Vice-Chairman of the Empire Economic Union.
The late Sir Benjamin. Howell Morgan was one of Britain's best- known.consulting engineers and economista.
Belare the War, he was Trade Commissioner to South Africa. Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
Police
Mails (See Page 16). Miscellaneous. Claims against the Estate of John Gentles Smith due; Rotary Tiffin, Hong Kong Hotel,
Social-Cheero Club Whist Drive, 8.30 pm.; Craigengower. Cricket Club Weekly Tombola, 9.20 p.m.
Sports-See Page 10). Moon-VI Moon, 13th. Day. Sunrise.-5.49 a.m. Sunset.-7.10
p.m.
Tides-High at 06.36 and 21.37; Low at 14.18.
His suggestion for appointment HUNT FOR AVIATORS of permanent Imperial Trade
PROVES FRUITLESS Commissioners was adopted by the Imperial Government.
It is a picture in which interest never slackens,, and action never laga. It takes its place among the Anest entertainment vehicles of He was Chief Technical Adviser, the new screen season.
Ministry of National Service, in Part of the story is played in the 1918. and Technical Adviser, La howling fury of a tropical hur-bour Supply Department of the ricane on the last frontier. the wild southeastern coast of Asia. It is one of the most spectacular sequences ever filmed.
Ministry of Munitions from 1916 to: 1917.
In 1918 he was a member of the War Cabinet sub-committee on Labour; and in 1923 was a member of the Imperial Conference Ad- visory Committee on Crown Colonies. Rester.
"China Seas" deals with the odd love story of the hard-bitten young skipper of a coastwise liner, played by Gable, and "China Doll," à lovely wanderer in the Asiatic ports, played by Jean Harlow. In- volved with them is a mysterious trader. Wallace Beery, who is suspected of being the master Successful Completion Of
Pi
mind of a piracy plot.
THREE MEN ON A HORSE
San Francisco July 16. Planes from the US. aircraft carrier Lexington are expected to make a further search to-day for Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam and her navigator and co-pilot, Capt. Fred Noonan, who were lost days ago near Howland Island in the course of an attempted night around the world....
The planes will take on SOON after dawn in the area of search, The wide sweep which the flers made yesterday around Howland Island was trultless, the naval here learned, after they had made contact direct with the Lexington, and questioned
Airmen Congratulated authorities
Trans-Atlantic Flight the commander with regard to.
London, July 16. Messages of congratulation re- ceived by the pilots of the flying "Three Men on a Horse" galloped boats Caledonia and Clipper II on to smashing success yesterday at to-day's successful completion of the Majestic Theatre. One might the double flight of the Atlantic say that this First National non-included telegrams from the Air sense-film won, by "a good many lengths, the Comedy Sweepstakes of 1938. It has been many a month since anything so amusing has been seen locally. And the
The drama of the meet little rhymater who makes a precarious living by writing greeting card
Express Air Service fun is distinctly different.
To South Africa
London, July 17.
It was announced to-day that British Airways, Ltd., are starting an "express service to South Africa, With the ultimate object of extend
ing the service to South America.
The company is being granted a subsidy by the British Government. -lieuter
"George Washington" Brigade
St. Jean de Luz, July 17.
A "George Washington" brigade nas made its appearance in the ranks of the Valencia Government troops.
The brigade, såld to be mainly composed of American volunteers, is serving along with the "Lincoln" brigade, also composed mainly of Americans
noon's session, the Chairman of the non-intervention committee, Lord Plymouth, declared himself thankful for the general accep- "tance of the British proposals, and ["Tranmiceon News Service.
said everything possible should now be done to give effect to the plan.
verses and "has an
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GABLE
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GANDI'S APPEAL
än Auckland, New Zealand, report. a látener had claimed to thst have heard a wireless message which he thought indicated that one of the searching planes had sighted the lost machine-
TTASCA QUIts
Honolulu, July 16. Minister, Viscount Swinton.
The Coast Guard cutter Itasca, Exceptionally fine weather fa- after a three-day search for Mrs. voured the flights and almost Amelia Putnam in the Gilbert
Bombay, July 17. dead calm prevailed over the At-Islands, is returning to Howland that acceptance by the Congress Mahatma Gandhi to-day stated lane, the average head wind en-Island. countered by the Clipper on her The USS Lexington continuestion in Indis did not mean that Party to work the new Constitu- westward voyage not exceeding 5 the hunt, but thus far no trace of m.pl. Her time from Foynes the lost plane has been reported.sions, but was an attempt on the
Congress accepted all its provi Ireland, to Botwood, Newfound Reuter. land was 16 hours 24 minutes. uncanny
Tip Caledonia's voyage in oppailte direction was accomplish-
12 hours 7 minutes. Its understood that next double crossing will take place on July 29 According to present arrangements, the Imperial Airways Bring boat Camaria will be engaged on that occalon. The Caledonia will make another flight.- Briti Wirelets.
winners of
faculty of picking horse races, although he never bets provoking on the screen than on more laugh-
ed the stage-which is saying a great
deal..
one-is
even
ESCADRILLE
Throbbing
witt I intense drama that makes it stand out far above preceding aviation films.
the
·
one hand to avoid bloody revolu tion and on the other to avoid a
ΙΓ
INDIA RAILWAY
DISASTER
281 Casualties
Jalpor (Central India),
July 17.
Ghastly scenes were witnessed near. Jalpor in the Ganges Flain to-day when 281 were killed and 230 injured in what was probably the worst disaster in railway his- tory.
SEARCH ABANDONED
Washington, July 17. The United States Navy to-day prolonged civil disobedience cam- abandoned its long and heart-
paign. breaking search for Mrs. Amella Earhart Futnam, who with her would show the difference between He hoped the Congress leaders copilot, Captain Noonan, has been European and Congress mentality, in the crash, which involved the Cause of the terrible death-roll missing in the course
of her and that they would not show Punjab-Calcutta Express, is be round-the-world night while on distinction between the ruling Leved to have been a mistake in the way from New Guinea to classes and the common people an operating switch, but the en- Howland Island, in the Pacific. and between high and low caste gine left the tracks at high speed
Planes from the aircraft-carrier Lexington, and the coastguard
Hindus.
RKO Radio's "Escadrille" proves Pope Praises Cardinal cutter tasca, searched an area of to-day again saw the Governor,
Itself one of the really memorable pictures of the season.
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Mundelein
200,000 square miles around How land and other talands in the vici- nity without Anding any trade of the missing, filers.-
For perhaps the first time où' the screen, the personal side of
Rome, July 17. wartime flyers lives has been
His Holiness the Pope to-day Reuter. emphasized Instead of their public praised the Archbishop of spectacular feats in the air. While Chica Cardinal Mundelein, who by no means devoid of exciting has come into the limelight in re- DR. KUNG IN LONDON serial scenes, the chief interest of cent maths dwing to his outspoken the picture centres on the human
attack on the German strife, with
ON MONDAY equation of a beautiful woman, the Church. married to one flyer, who finds herself falling in love with an-gation from Chicago to-day, said: Mr. Quo Tai-chi and 8ir Trede
other young, observer who, by
His Holiness, receiving a dele-
"You should be proud of your
FRENCH MEETING
the frontes of fate, proves to be great and of your great Arch It was clear, he said, "that signs It was stated that during the
her, husband's best friend and in bishop or his defence of God, the. of co-operation shown in the com- Social-Democratic Party Congress mittee must also be accompanied at Marseilles, the Socialist Ministers separable companion at the front. Church and the rights of the by similar evidence of co-operation were instructed to oppose recogal: "Escadrille" has Its run at the in the House of Commons, if the tion of the France Government Queen's and Alhambra Theatres plan was to achieve success.
as belligerents, and the subsequent French acceptance of the Britian proposals was not justified.
He concluded with the hope that the discussion in the House of Commons "would not be too pro-
tracted.** Tranincean· News Service,
LEFT WING BARRAGE
Paris, July 17, "In Paris, the Left Wing barrage. against the British proposals and especially against France's action in accepting the British plan, was began by the political bureau of the Communist Party.
A meeting will be called at an early, date to reach an understand ing between the Communists and
Social-Democrats. Tearancean News Nercier
to-day.
HONG KONG HOTEL
The latest arrivals at the Hang Kong Hotel are: Mr. Charles Felt: man, Mr. C. Hala, Mr. and Mrs. H. Y. Loo, Miss Myrtle Breteke, Miss Alvela Wright, Miss Ruby Graber, Miss Caroline Grythman. and Mr and Mrs. W. F. Favorite.
Boul"leuter.
London, July 17.
to meet Dr. B. E. Kung, who is ick Maze are proceeding to Southampton to-morrow. (Sunday) arriving in the Normandie from New York early on Monday morn
They are accompanying him to London
Rome, July 17. Politi circles in Rome are in- clined believe that the Pope's words, dressed to the Chicago Renter pilgrims were intended to be an Indireet ply to the German Gov ernment which some time ago took 800 exceptia to Cardinal Mundelein's remarks bout Germany Transoce News Service,
CABINET MEETING
Faris, July 17, An official communique issued
EMPRE EXHIBITION after to-day's cabinet meeting. presided over by President Albert | Paul Mani, Academy gward win-
Dublin, July 17 Lebrun, states that the Foreign ner for his brilliant work in
The Ir Free State has decid- at a meeting of the bureau against on the international situation in annomeed that he may retire from Empire ibition, to be held in Strong protesta were registered Minister, M. Yvon Delbos, reported The Good Earth has recently ed to patalpate in next year's
the British plan, especially that connection with the British pro- the screen altogether.” Alternative, Glasgow, Bo
posals for reconstruction of non-ly he has stated that he does not It is known, however, to of the nationalistă nu intervention control in Spain.→→ wish to play any more bearded what exit the Free State will
take part Reuter.
part of it, which proposes recogni
belligerents
Transaeran News Service
parts,
Volunteers Return To Italy
Rome, July 17 Eight hundred Italian volunteers, either wounded or taken til in Spain, returned to Italy yesterday on the Italian hospital ship "Gradicce."
The men received a tumultons when they were disembarked at welcome from cheering crowds Naples and other ports Transocean News Service;
and plunged over the embank- The Congress leader in Bombayment.
and it is understood he is forming a Ministry on Monday.
In the United Provinces the new Congress Ministry includes the sister of Pandit Jewarhal Nehru, President of the Congress Party. She took the oath of office to day
Reuter:
BEAU BRUMMELS REFUSED
Admiralty's Order
London, July 17, Sailors of the Royal Navy are apparently aspiring to be Beau Brummels, judging from a Feett Order issued by the Lords of the Admiralty to-day refusing demanda by the men regarding
made
uniforms
Three coaches, jammed full of Indian passengers were telescoped Into s horrible mass of twisted woodwork, steel and human: flesh on the track.
OVER EMBANKMENT The locomotive and six other passenger "coaches were flung down a steep slope, tumbling over and over each other.
Eight bodies were taken from the wreckage and many rushed to hospitals died on the way or after admittance
A number of Europeans who were on the train were uninjured. -Transocean News Service.
MILITARY LANDS
Singapore, July 17 The acquisition of 250 acres of land north-east of Penang for military purposes, is announced in the Gazette to-day Keuter
One demand asked for better quality serge to be used in the making of uniforma, Another sug- gested that double-breasted serge
King And Queen Rest jackets would be preferred to single-breasted jackets.
London, July 16.
latter request by saying that Windsor Great Park to-day for tac Their Majesties the King and The Admiralty repiled to the Queen went to the Royal Lodgé att
only more comfortable but less me from a strenuous tour th single-breasted Jackets were not week-end and rest, after return expensive.--
Wales
Renter
Reuter
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