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He Took The Crooked Road From The Slums. To" Riches
Yet He Was The Straightest Shooter Of Them All!
VICTOR
McLAGLEN
ia
The DEVIL'S PARTY
THURSDAY
A Paramount
Picture
4 SHOWS
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1.39--- 5, 10 7.112.20
WILLIAM GARGAN - PAUL KELLY BEATRICE ROBERTS FRANK JENKS
sho Now!
• The Dr. Chanel Bocado Cur
· Duntry" The Bender
George Raft
A NEW UNIVERSAL
PICTURE
Sylvia Sidney
"YOU AND ME"
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WALT DISNEY'S FUNNIEST CREATIONS!
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AN ALL STAR SPECIAL MICKEY MOUSE PROGRAMMF.
Here's novel entertainment, an entire show of the best of animated cartoon productions that made the whole world rook with laughter.
DAYS
BABES IN THE WOODS with all tho funny dwarf's
MICKEY'S FUNNY KANGAROO
PLUTO'S JUDGEMENT DAY
BAD TWO GUN MICKEY
ELMER THE ELEPHANT
ZOO JUNGLE BABIES
THROUGH THE MIRROR
ONLY TO-MORROW & THURSDAY
A MIRTH, AVALANCHE AND A TORNADO OF LAUGHS!
A calaclysm of glee-call it what you like-this story of a leopard and a dog is the years laugh hit.
Laugh-Riddled Romance!)
RKO LADIC
Picture
THIS IS
"BABY"
KATHARINE
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HEPBURN GRANT BRINGING UP BABY
WILL CHARLE RUGGLES, sorry Fitzgerald, May Kóborn, Walter Coffatt, Frits Fald
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Janelle M DONALD
VICTOR HERBERTS
KOWLOON
NELSON EDDY
NAUGHTY MARIETTA
A Mano Goldwyn Mayer MATURE
TOMORROW
M.G.M. PICTURE
Stán Laurel
Oliver Hardy BABES IN TOYLAND”
DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS
Miscellaneous Exhibition
Hong Kong
KINGS:-
NO The Good Earth"
QUEEN'S:
"Devil's Party"
·ORIENTAL:-
"Walt Dianey's
Creations"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA
"First Lady"
STAR:-
"Naughty Marietta" MAJESTIC:
Piccadilly Jim"
KING'S:-
Coming
GENERAL
PRIMATE ON SCOPE OF
THE RED CROSS
Influence To Lessen War's Horrors
The close of the International Red Cross Conference in London was marked recently by a service in St. Paul's Cathedral "to give thanks for the work of the Red Cross throughout the world."
The Princess Royal, Commander-in-Chief of the British Red Cross Funniest Detachments, was met at the west door, by the Lord Mayor and the Cathedral clergy, and she sat under the dame surrounded by VAD. nurses and the foreign delegates who have been attending the Con- ference, among whom were Professor Max Haber, President of the internationa! Red Cross Committee, Genova, and Mr. Norman Davis. Chairman of the League of Red Cross Societies and of the American National Red Cross.
Romance For Three"
QUEEN'S:
"You And Me" "Doctor Rhythm"
ORIENTAL:-
"Bringing Up Baby" "Submarine D.I."
"A Yank At Oxford" ALHAMBRA:-
STAR:
"Doctor Rhythm"
"Babes In Toyland" "Big Broadcast Of 1938"
MAJESTIC:-
"Laurel And Hardy All
Comedy Programme"
DEVIL'S PARTY
There were V.A.D. members re food will, and gave itself simply to presentive of every county of the service of humanity. England, Wales, and Scotland, and Still, alas! there was need of the some 300 children of "the Junior service it was created to render, Red Cross. A Red Cross Colour was and it might be that in the future carried in procession, and laid on the need would be even greater the altar during the service.
and on a vaster scale.
US
Minor Canon Donne officiated, The mere possibility that what the Dean of St. Paul's read the was deemed to be the progress of Lesson, and the Bishop of Willesden civilization should end not only represented the Bishop of London, widespread war, but in war stained The Archbishop of Canterbury, by forms of destructive savagery In an address, sale the Red Cross unknown even in the wild dass movement was called into being to before civilization began,
elieve the sufferings of soldiers bring our conscience a sense of woanded in battle; but it had bewilderment and shame. become a great fellowship whose The Red Cross knew no politics.. members were ready everywhere to It was not its province to pass, succour all wounded by accidents judgment on policies, whether civil which, attended the daily lives of or military, of any nation. But Its men or by the devastations of devotion to suffering humanity must impel it to use its influence to restrain needless slaughter and to hasten the time when nations would awake from those new horrors aa from a nightmare." and by common.consent banish bombs
nature.
SERVICE TO HUMANITY Today, when in some parts of the world the divisive passions of nationality were strong; when the
Victor McLaglen is seen in one of his most tempestuous roles to international atmosphere was fall from the earth and ne sky. date. in Universal's powerful of misunderstandings, suspicions. drama, "The Devil's Party," which and fears, it was a cause of pro- the Princess Royal inspected the Accompanied by the Lord Mayor, opens at the Queen's Theatre today found thankfulness that there was
This picture delineates the life a movement which transcended all guard of honour. which was moan- history of ave youngsters after those barriers, united all men of detachments of the City and county ted outside the Cathedral by men's they
emerge trom one of the
toughest districts in New York. It emphasizes the fierce friendshipa and loyalties that are carried ove from the "Hell's Kitchen' days even though fate has placed these five in positions unalterably op- posed to one another.
The leading feminine part in the picture is played by Beatrice Roberts, a beautiful newcomer to;
ELEPHANT EATS A
or London under the command of Colonel Evans, County Director for
the City of London.
THROWING
RUCKSACK LIGHT ON
An elephant belonging to at Ger-
Akns. Paul Kelly, William Cargan, man circus has eaten-and, sue · THE MATTER
John Gallaudet. Frank Jenks, and cessfully digested a rucksack. Dave Oliver are in the supporting | cast.
MACAO VARIETY
» PERFORMANCE
Macao, July 10.
were treated
A NOVEL plán to fight the He was being led from the rail- streets in Lancaster. Pennsylvania. way station at Kahla to the local has been submitted to the city shooting-festival when he discov-council by an taventor." ered a rucksack on the seat of a He proposes to obtain the ne- farmer's cart. It contained three cessary power for the lighting by pounds of Sausage
and
three harnessing the traffic in the pounds of bread.
streets.
Macao residents
Seizing the. rucksack with his The roads would be covered with last night to a first-class variety trunk, the elephant stuffed it into metal plates Attached to show staged by the officers and his mouth and swallowed.it whole plates underneath would be pis- the men of the sloop. Goncalho Velho. Its unusual meal has not troubled tons. Motor-cars and at the Dom Pedro Theatre, in aid its digestion at all -
Other vehicles passing over the plates of the Macao, Salesian Institute.
The owner of the rucksack sum-would depress the pistons Notable
These, performances
moned the circus-owner, who had in turn, would operate generators, included those of Lt. L Pereira, Lt. T. Preto to pay for a new rucksack and the which would supply current for and P. O E. Lemos
cost of the sausage and bread. the lighting.
The show was well attended, the audience included H. E. the Gover- nor of Macao. Dr. Artur Tamignial Barbosa Also present were Erig." Gen. and Mrs., Themudo de Vera, and Miss Marie Amelia de Vera, Capt. and Mrs. Macedo Pinto, Dr. Carlos Sampalo, Lt. Col. and Mrs. J. Vieira, Col. A. Arez, Dr. Marin S. Lelis, Mr. H. Nolasco. Cmdr." Owen Pinto, amdr. and Mrs. 6. Vieira, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Gellion, and Maj. and Mrs. Lello.-(Our Own Correspondent).
CROSSWORD
NO. 52
ACROSS
1 Weight of
Indis
4 Character of
a people
9 Exclamation
12 Grow old
13
15 Agree with
White Whale levate
Killed Off Canada
A White whalerbas" been killed about eight miles off shore near Vernon, Prince Edward Island,
when five fishermen in a motor launch came upon it.
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19 Drive out
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20 Noisy child
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21 Baucy
23 Part of a
42
Tela
ship with in- ferior accom- modations
27 Lariat ...
Appraise
The fisherman fired about 40 29 rounds from shotguns at the whale 30 Egyptian aun betore killing it after a four-hour god fight and then towed it to the 131 Peer Gynt's shore.
mother
The whale measured 12 feet 832 Utter inches in length, 84 inches in girth
foolishly and had 18-inch flippers and a 32-34 Label inch tall
35. Biblical Whales are seldom seen off this pronoun
36 Lifeless maritime province and a white one is considered unique
37 Person in
bandage
TODAY.
thly, Women's Auxiliary, S.P.Q., at
30 Standers Anniversaries and Holidays. Helena May, 10 am.
42 Biblical. Social Police Branch of Minis- Josiah Wedgwood born. 1730, Bank
name andtering League, Monthly Bridge anc 13. Jump Holiday in Northern Ireland Bale of Pictures in ald of Chinese Mahjong Drive,, at Police Recrea-14 State of in-
Cinema(See Column 3 of this War Charities, at St. John's Cathe-Han Club, 3 p.m. Page);
sensibility. dral Hall, 10.30 am. to 7.30 p.m.; Lectures Air Raid Precautions, Rotary Tiffin, Hong Kong Hotel;
Sporta (See Fage 10). Hong Kong Women's International Mrs, R. M. Henderson opens the pr
Sunrise-5.46 a.m, Sunset.-7.11 Club, Gloucester Fidg.. 6. p.m.; Clubhouse of the Public Works Indian Recreation Club, Bookanpop Recreation Club; at Causeway Bay, Low at 02.05 and 15.57.
Tides-High at 08.45 and 22.59, Valley, 5.30 p.m., Helena May; Gar
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den Road, First Aid 11am.
Malls. (See Page 16).
IN
Meetings.-'loon. Chess Club, at
330 p.m.9NMEN
Moon-Full Moon, 11.05 pm, VI Moon, 15th, Day,
Religious-Prayer Meeting in
Peninsula Hotel, 5.30 p.m.; Christ Chaplain's Room of 8. & S. Home, Church Committee, 6 pm.; mon8. p.m.
STOMPREOW
46 Feel sharp
pain 48 Model or
battern
51 Electrided
particle
Moon-VI-Moon, 16th. Day. 52 Banish Sunrise-5.46 am. Sunset.711 54 Feminine
p.m. EARLY
liname Tides High at 08.10 and 22.20.155 Strike Low at 01.21, and 15.24
lightly
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DOWN Indian of an Algon- quian tribe
2 The self.
3 Regret.
4 Greek god
love
5 Small
ples
6. Strike
7 Bone
8 Keeps
9
hidden
Feminine
10 Border of a garment
11 Consumed
16 Places
18 Unusual
20. Thrash
21 Beach
22 Makes more
comfortable
24 Barter 25 Serious
28 Zealous 28 Conducted
33 Grate !
harshly..on 34 Oscine bird 38 Animal
38. Monk of Tibet
40 Factory 41 *Measuring
instrument
45 Native
compounda
46 Drink inee
small-quanti- tieger"
47. Extinct
48
flightless bird Bolt
49 Eggt
50 Old horse
53 Creek letter SOLUTION TOMORROW
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MADGE EVANS ERIC BLORE BILLIE BURKE
KOHERT BENCHLEY
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A Variety Programme of the Best Comedies t
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Ficture
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