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Today's Screenings
KING'S:
Hongkong
"Silent Barriers"
QUEEN'S:
"To-Morrow's Children"
ORIENTAL:
"100 Men And A Girl"
Kowloon
ALUAMBRA ·
"Undersea Kingdom"
STAR;
"We Who Are About To Die"
MAJESTIC:
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"Navy Blue And "Gold"
KING'S.
Coming
"In Old Chicago"
QUEEN'S:
"The Texans"
ORIENTAL: ̧ ̈
"All Quiet On
Front" ALHAMBRA.
"The Texans" STAR
"Show Boat"
MAJESTIC:
"
The Western
"Wedding Night" "Paradise For Two"
WILL HAY GOES "TO AMERICA! ·
Studio work on Wii Hay's latest plcture, Hey, Hey, U.S.A.. is almost completed, and Ed- gar Kennedy hay already
started on the way back to Hollywood.
CINEMA & GENERAL
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1938-PAGE
IN OLD CHICAGO | HOW FAR EAST
Alice Faye' as the fiery Belle Fawcett in "In Old Chicago." mighty 20th Century-Fox pie. ture coming to the King's Theatre on Friday,
ALICE FAYE IN
CHINA, WITH WARNER BAXTER
WAR BEGAN
Book By Chinese Author
The state of wat which has now existed in the Far East for over" one year has virtually made itself felt all the world over. From just a local in- cident Lakouchlao- it has developed to such a major scale that the whole of Asia seems to be redolent of 'hiżan blood.
How was the Far Eastern War be- gun? Are the Japanese claims against China justifiable from the point of view of international law? Do the previous protocols, treaties. agreements. etc. provide any stipulations that might sanction Japan's action? Was the so-called Lukouchiao incident really an in- cident in the true sense of the word, not a premeditated, organised. action on the part of Japan",,
All these problems are calmly and academically dealt with in "How the Far Eastern War Was Begun.” By Shuhst Hsil, Ph.D., Only a student thoroughly well-versed in international law and the historicsi development of the Sino-Japaness relations could undertake to pro- uce such a volume. Being a spe- clalist in Sino-Japanese relations and having once been appointed technical adviser to the Chinese assessor on the Lytton Commission, It is little wonder that the author should have been able to treat the issues with auch authoritative de- talled information
COVERS LONG PERIOD
The volume covers the period from the local stage, when Japan attempted the detacament of North China through the establishment of the East Hopei and North Charhar puppet regimes, to the outbreak of a the present hostilities. story Every statement is fully support-
The latest contribution to "the "War in China” cycle' is Twentieth Century-Fox's By The Dawn's Early Light. This peculiar title conceals melodramatic adventure
came Tommy none
other
This Alra is an effort to popu. larise Mr. Hay's brand of comedy in America: and Edgar Kennedy'
the transatlantic Was
actor chosen to help him put it across. Also from América, to lend a ju- in which the principal figure is led by facts and provisions. What venile hand,
than "Alige Faye, is more, the study has been pre- Bupp, to play, the kid of the taking a holiday from musicals. pored under the auspices of thi picture.
Alice play a typical member Council of International Affairs in The story takes Wil Hay to jof the population of screen China, Hankow. America, gets him mixed up with an entertainer on the run from gangsters. collegiates -and all the law for something of which portance to all students who pro- sorts of Yankee institutions. she is more or less innocent. not the least of which Is Mr. In her fight she gets mixed progress of affairs in the Far East, Kennedy; and his famous "slow up with the war in North China; a volume that is invaluable, and
Warner Baxter, a war correspon-indispensable.
burn."
Will is mistaken for a professor dent; Charles Winninger, a con- and made tutor to a millionaire's sul who has stuck to his post; son, but that's only the begin-and sundry refugees. fugitives ning of his troubles.
and military bigwigs.
British members of the cast ir- Spiced with action and swift clude Peter Gawthorne. Fred events, the film looks like "betog Duprez. Gibb McLaughlin and a nice change for Alice and an Glennis Lorimer. Marcel Varnel easy holiday after the exertions has been directing.
of Alexander's Ragtime Band.
CROSSWORD
NO. 119
ACROSS
1 Those of high
station go
... over in station
⚫ (two words
-5, 5)
5 Fish (4)
10 Anxiety about
a number cut
up (5)
11 Because of
this many squeakers have "narrow squeaks"
(9)
12 The Orlen-
tal trend (8)
12 A ringing direc-
tion, often (5)
15 A production
of the poet he may not like pluralised (7)
17 Disjointed
chatter (7)- 19 The seal lost his head and swallowed a sea. bird (7)
21 This ship may
take one to Ox- ford (7)
22 Shells are
made of it (5).
24 What the lost
want sounds like -a-Nov. 5th ball
(8)
27 Weave from
neat rele (9)
23 Not without fav-
our thanks to
a bit of the
farm (5)
29 A politlalan.con-
Insed in 30 .BCTOSS (4)
30. We don't want
love froin à fowl, - 'but we do ask tbila (10)
DOWN
One can hardly deliver this with out moving &
foot (4)
An upset Island started this ac- count (9) J.
3 A linen article may be made from these (5), Heraldic posi-, tip: (7)
5 No, Quakera
are not parti- cularly Hable to
do this. (7)..
7 One can hard-
ly say a gócd word for it (5)
8 "I do try pose"
⚫ (anag) (10)
9 Haste with
car des
Bign (10) 16 An earth-
quake might ruin him, but... the ground rents would do him good "(8)
A black and
white produc-
tion, possibly.. (0)
20 The elephant's
trunk.cannot be
so described (7)
21 What the wafter
may wait for,
gratuity included (7)
23 Bird male that annoys, farmers 16) 4
$25 When one may.
be sorry (5)
28 It may not hurt, to have hooks in them, '(4):
final repair (8) · 14 To do this is
part of modern BÓLUTION TO-MORROW'
It is a volume of capital im-
fess to have a keen interest in the
DIARY OF LOCAL
EVENTS
TO-DAY
Anniversaries and Holidays. Jewish Fust of Gedaliah; St. Wen- resiaus, Duke of Bohemia.
Cinemis.--(See Column 3 of this
Page,
Dances. Cheer Club Dance, 8.30 p.m.
Lectures,--First Aid at Helena May 5.30 p.m.;: Hon. Dr. L Shu- fan on "The Treatment of War Gases." at St. John Ambulance Hars.. 5.40 p.m.
Mails, (See Page 16). ---Meetings, Kowloon - Inion Church Women's Guild, 11 am.; Annual, of Kowloon Cricket Cluo. 5.30 pm; General Committee, in the Assembly Hall of.. S, and S. Home. 5.30 p.m.
Miscellaneous, Claims against the Estate of Robert Henry Bott due.
Moon Moon, 5th. Day. Social-Weekly Whist Drive and Tombola, in Garrison Sergeants' Meas, Queen's, Road, p.m.
Sports-(See' Page 10).
Sunrise: 6.14 a.m. Sunset---8.15
Dum.
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TO-MORROW.
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Tides
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