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EX-KING ALFONSO
DENIES PRESS
REPORTS
Lausanne, Aug. 7.
Ex-King Alfonso of Spain, at
GERMANY PERTURBED BY BRITISH STEP
London, Aug. 7. The news of the refusal of the
present lu Switzerland for the wed-British Government to renew the ding of his niece, to-day declared permits of three German Journa- that press reports to the effect that his stay in Lausanne was for poli- tical purposes, were entirely false.
Accompanied by his daughter. the ex-King proceeded to the estate of an American friend in the canton of Waadt to-day.
It is declared in ex-King Alfon for being in Switzerland is the wedding of his niece, Princess Do- lores de Bourbon d'Orleans, with Prince August. Czartoryski, which will take place in the near future.. -Trans-Ocean.
so's entourage that his sole reason
VON NEURATH TO
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IN AUSTRIA
lists to remain in England has not yet been published in the German newspapers.
Although official circles to the German capital have no comment to make on the expulsion order against the newspapermen they obviously view the affair in a very serious Ught, says Reuter's Berlin correspondent.
Meanwhile it is reported that two of the men left England this morning. Reuter,
RENEWAL OF PERMIT REFUSED
London, Aug. 7. The Home Onice has refused to renew the permita of three Ger man newspapermen 'to remain in Britain, and they have been given a fortnight to leave the country.
The men are:
Berlin Aug. 7. The German Foreign Minister, Baron Constantin von Neurath, will shortly pay a visit to Austria,
Herr von Crome, chief London Informed, quarters in Berlin state that the visit will be pure correspondent of one of the lead- ly private and will be of only shorting Berlin dailies, the "Lokalan- duration
zelger "
It is added that Baron von Neurath owns a small property In the country and will spend part of his vacation there. franaemia Teus Servic
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1937.
TO-DAY AT THE LESSONS OF AIR DIARY OF LOCAL
CINEMA
Hong Kong
KING'S:-
"Polo Joe." QUEEN'S:—
"Charlie Chan At The
Olympics"
ORIENTAL
"Waikiki Wedding"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:-
"Taras Bulba"
MAJESTIC:
"The House of Rothschild."
KING'S:-
- Coming
The Guy'nor." QUEEN'S:-
"Top Hat." ORIENTAL:-
"Murder At The Vanities. "Man Of The People." ALHAMBRA:-
"Motor Madness." MAJESTIC:-
"It Happened One Night."
CHARLIE CHAN AT
THE OLYMPICS
WAR IN SPAIN
German Expert's
Review
EVENTS
MONDAY, AUGUST 9 Anniversaries and Holidays- Isidore de Lara born, 1858.
Auctions Crown Lands, st, P.W.D. Oftiges. 3 p.im
Cinemas (See Page 5). Shanghal Banking Corporation, In- Commercial.-Hong Kong and
In a series of articles dealing with the Spanish war, Col. retired) Rudolf von Rylander, the well-terim Dividend payable. known German military writer, examines in the technical publica- tion "Das Milltaer-Wochenblatt" the achievements of planes and anti-aircraft artillery.
Mali(See Page 16). the Estate of Worg Shoh Han due. Miscellaneous Claims against
Social-YMCA Service Men's Whist Drive. in West Lounge, p.m.
Sports-(Seo Page 19). Moon-VII Moon, 4th Day. Sunrise.-$.58
Sunset.-7
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At the beginning of the civil war, he says, the Spanish Government had 130 planes and Gen. Franco only, 22. The situation, however, changed, in favour of Franco owing, as the writer admits, to the Tides-High at 11.02 and 23.55; number of planes sent from ab-Low at 04.14 and 17.20. road. The part played by Spanish machines thereafter "grew less Important.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 10 Anniversaries and · Holidays.--- Royal Observatory, Greenwich,
Martyr.
Cinemas-(See Page 5). Mails-(See Page 16). Meetings.-General of the Gol- den Star Trading Co., Ltd., at 20 Des Voeux Road Central, 2nd Boor noon
The wartime superiority of fight-founded, 1675. St. Lawrence, ing machines over bombers in the matter of speed has now.. the Colonel states, changed from 'a ratio of 152 to. 100 to one of 118 to 100. As the bombers are now much more heavily armed and are thus of greater use in defence, the value in battle of the fighting machine is no longer so great as before.
Dealing, with the Russian air- craft, Col. von Xylander says that. while they have often been praised. their stability is not good, though the motors-hitherto the weak point in Russian machines-seem satisfactory.
ACCURATE AIM DIFFICULT
combining accurate aim with high Referring to the difficulty of
speed, he states that even from a few hundred yaads up targets less, than 500 yards in length and 150 in breadth could be hit only by chance. Attempts to bomb the Manzanares bridges near Madrid of action were, completely unsuc- or to put individual batteries out
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Sports-(See Page 10), Moon.-VII Moon, 5th Day. Sunrise.---5.58 a.m. Sunset.-7
p.m.
05.01 and 17.50.
Tides. High at 11:41: Low at
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11 President Carnot born. 1837. An- Anniversaries. and Holidays.- drew Carnegie died. 1919.
Half Quarter Day.
In a mad relay of thrills, shud- ders and bafflement, with R hundred thousand wildly cherring spectators, every one a suspect, In the gre stadium. Death holds the stop watch, starting Charlie Chan On his greatest case in the Twentieth Century-Fox mystery hit. "Charlie Chan at the Olympics, which has its run at the Queen's Theatre to-day, with Warner Oland in the title role.
Striking at canny Chan through his "number one" son, again play-cessful, despite the daring shownSergeants Mess Committee, 6 p.m.: ed by Keye Luke, the ruthless gang, headed by "Katherine de Оп the other hand, bombs Spedal, of the General Committee Mille and C. Henry Gordon, is weighing a hundredweight directed of the "B. and. 8. Home," 5.30 p.m. successrul in stealing from under against large targets had excellent Moon.-VII Moon, 5th Day. the very eyes of the government secret alr-plane radio-control device. not omitting murder in the process.
a
of
In the cleverest bit of sleuthing his long. infallible career, Chan-succeeds in rounding up the criminals by the substitution for the secret robot of a radio direc- tion-indicator, which reveals their hide-out to, the police.
results.
Cinemas-(See Page 5). Malls.(See Page 16). " Meetings. Quarterly, Volunteer
Social-Waist Drive and Tom- Garrison Sergta'. Mess. Queen's Road. 8.30 p.m.
Sports. (See Page 10). Sunrise.-5.58 a.m. Sunset.-6.59
p.m.
Tides-High at 00.25 and 12.23; Low at 05:50 and 18.18.
Allowing for the fact that Gén. | bola, Franco wished "In part" to spare Madrid, Col. von Xylander holds that the destruction or large towns from the air la not so easy and rapid as many have assumed. When Madrid was first attacked the 1001b bombs used ... only penetrated the ground to
a depth of just over 3ft.
Later bombs weighing up to 5501b were used and showed, a very .POLO JOE
good penetrative effect. Six-storey houses were cut through from top "Impossible!"
to bottom, and five storeys were true!" It doesn't happen once in penetrated in modern bulidings
constructed of iron and concrete. a lifetime!"
It can't be
COUNT CIANO TO
MAKE A VACATION
TRIP TO SCOTLAND
London, Aug. 7.
An interesting meeting between the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville. Chamberlain, and the Kallan For- eign Minister. Count Ciano, is ex- posted to take place in the near
This and similar ad lib expres.. Bombproof cellars were not 'sions were made by electricians, always safe, and in many cases the future. grips, prop, and others connected | exits were blocked. with the making of the movie.
Anti-aircraft artillery was less But it really was true. A very effective than had been expected. rare thing was happening. Joe E. despite Gen. Franco's claim that Brown's Polo Joe," Warner one-fifth of the hostile aircraft Bros, plcture now showing at the destroyed was brought down from King's Theatre, was really being the ground. started with "Scene No. 1."
You might suppose that every
picture ought to be started that, but generally they are not. They
are started on whatever set that Prince And happens to be ready first.
This is according to the "Dally Express," which says the two statesmen will seek further clari- fication of the Anglo-Italian situa- HOD...
The paper declares that Count Ciano will make a vaction trip to Scotland, where Mr. Chamberlain is now on a fishing holiday.
Conferences with the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, are
Princess also planned, the paper sUYS.—
To Japan
The reason why "Polo Jog open-Chichibu To Return ed with Scene No. 1 is that the scene is in a compartment of a Pullman car, and the studio has a whole" train of Pullmans, also or- dinary coaches and freight cars, ready for immediate use.
FILM TO BE MADE
IN MALAYA
London, Ang. 7.
In
Transocean News Service.
BRITISH STEAMER RUNS BLOCKADE
London, Aug. 7.
An announcement made Tokyo to-day states that Prince succeeded in running the nation- The British steamer Hillern, has and Princess Chichibu, who went to Europe for the Coronation of King George, are shortening their stay and will leave for Japan shortly.
mount picture down at Singapore The aiming of the new Para-
Decision to return to their na- will soon be commecing. Beveral tive land as early as possible is important members of the staff due partly to the tension in the came through Hong Kong by the Far East and partly to the ques- Tatsuta Maru on Saturday. Among tion of the health of the Royal them was Mr. John E. Burch, As-visitors. Manager, and, travelling with him. sistant Director and Business Prince and Princess Chichibu was the sound engineer Mr. Kegel where it was reported a few daya are at present in the Netherlands, ad Mr. Wetzler, the assistant that both had been taken camera man..
It is not yet settled just exact- ly where the principal scenes of *Booloo" will be shot, since there is such marvellous scenery in Ma laya. but one thing is certain, a good many scenes will be taken in
the vicinity of Singapore.
•AIR DEFENCE EXERCISES
London, Aug. 7. Great interest is being taken in Herr Wrede, his colleague, and air defence exercises which wil Herr Langen, the London retake place at the beginning of next presentative of the Gratreichshacu, week and in the course of which, a bewspaper agency founded by for two continuous periods of 15 the Nazi Count of that nar
hours, a series of air raids against
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alist blockade and has" brought a cargo of provisions Irito Santan-⠀ der, declares the "Dally Express." The Hilfern was the first Br- tish ship to pass through the blockade in thirty-four days.
The paper says that three other British ships which attempted to ran the blockade were intercepted by nationalist warships, while a dozen others, after arriving off Santander, decided not to venture
Tanterem News Rervini. into Spanish territorial waters and tured back
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· Moscow, "Aug: 7. Eighteen uncials of the North Caucasus rallways have been sea
selected targets on the outskirts of strong to-day, though it was la
Britain this year was still going 18 London will be made by 15 squad wine cooler, the temperature be rons of light and medium bombers ing about four degrees lower than and three squadrons of heavy, yesterday, when the thermometer bomber-total of 176 aircraft, registered 87 degrees in the shade.
Defence will be
be carried out by 19 between four and five o'clock 10 fighter squadrons, and by anti- the afternoon, and stayed in the aircraft guns and searchlights of 80's late at night the First Anti-Aircraft Division of Violent thunderstorms were ex-tenced to death by a special mill- Territorial Army, assisted by the perienced in the Manchester area tary tribunal for sabotage and.es Observor Corpe The total aircraft this morning, and a number of plonage on behalf of foreign po available for defence will be 222 douses were struck by lightning, Exercises are designed particularly while dooding occurred in a num to test ground organisation.A ber of places
British Wireless.
wers...
The officials have already been executed, say the Moscow papers,
franz÷Ocean,
Warsaw, Aug. 7 The Duke and Duchess of Kent left Schloss Landshut, near Cra cow, yesterday, after having spent the last few days as the guests of Count Potocki,
Their itinerary took them to
frontier, from where they set out Kattowitz, on the German-Polish
this morning for Vienna. Tinnancean News Service:
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