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TAY BRIDGE DISASTER
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1938.- PAGE 5
QUEEN'S Screenings Southwest Storm Was Most KING'S
SHOWING TODAY
The Most Inspiring Novel Of The Year! The Most Thrilling Drama Of The Decade
Out of a Woman's
Love-Scarred Heart Comes a Story to
Thrill the World!''
WHITE BANNERS
by LLOYD C. DOUCLAS CLAUDE BAINS FAY/BAINTER JACKIE COOPER-BONITA GRANVILLE
MARY SHELL » KAY HOKKSON »JANES STEPHENSON » Denetor by Edmont Soulding - Move by Bar Taber WARNER BROS. - Berman play by Lamont Cačios, Channa hugate ved Aham Planet » J. COSMOPOLITAN PROTM
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ORIENTALE
WANCHAI
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"Of Human Hearts"
QUEEN'S-
"White Banners"
ORIENTAL...
"Fire Over England"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA --
"Pride of The West
STAR:
"Wee Willie Winkee" MAJESTIC:
"Rascals"
KING'S:
Coming
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"Breaking The Ice" ORIENTAL:
"Crowd Roars" **Test Pilot"
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ALHAMBRA:
2DAYS TO-DAY • TO-MORROW
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A MOJT MARVELOUS BRITISH THRILL SPECTACLE
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Hundreds of ships of the mighty Spanish arinada locked
in fatal combat with the English fleet in a last strkgle for supremacy of the set.
GREATEST DRAMA EVER TO COME FROM ANY STUDIO:
ALEXANDER
KORDA
FIRE
OVER
ENGLAND
FLORA ROBSON, LAURENCE OLIVIER, VIVIEN LEIGH,
LESLIE HANKS.
"ROBERT TAYLOR
FRI. THE CROWD ROARS EDWARD ARNOLD
SAT.
OʻMATINÉES: 20c.-30c ♦ EVENINGS: 20c.-30c.-50c.-70c.
HANKOW
1STARE
920
TODAY ONLY
ADVENTURE'S LAST UNTAMED FRONTIER... KHYBER PASS, LAND OF THE BENGAL LANCERSI
Rudyard Kipling's WEE WILLIE WINKIE
SHIRLEY TEMPLE VICTOR McLAGLEN
€ 1854E SWAT - JUNE LANG MICHAEL MARLEN CESAR ROMERO
TOMORROW
Sylvia Sidney in
KOWLOON
57795
"WOMAN ALONE"
EVENTS
DIARY OF LOCAL
TO-DAY ANNIVERSARIES and HOLIDAYS. Bt. Thomas, Apostle and Mar- tyr. Michaelmas Law Bittings end.
AUCTIONS.-Household Furniture: at 35 Hankow Road, Kowloon, 2.30 p.m.
CINEMAS,~~(Bee Column 3 of this
Pago),
Christ-
DANCES.-Cheero. Club.
mas Gala Dance, 8.30 p.m. ENTERTAINMENTE. -Children's Bears,”
Pantomime "The Three
"at Helena May, 5.30 p.m.; and - "Cinderella” in the West Lounge of European YMCA, 5 p.m.: Hop Yat Church Concert, Bon- ham Road, 8.15 p. LECTURES.-Anti-Gas (in Eng- lish) at Hongkong Chinese Wo-
men's Club, 11 Queen's Road
"Non-Stop New York"
STAR:"
"Woman Alone" "Bluebeard's Eighth Wife"
MAJESTIC:
"Roman Scandals" "Rich -Man, Poor Girl"
Severe For Many Years
(CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY)
The southwest storm which caused the Tay Bridge disaster was the most severe for many years, as evidenced by the fact that it up- rooted, not far from Dundee, oaks which were known to be 300 years old. A gals had prevailed all day Saturday, subsiding Sanday morn Ing. But it burst out again in the afternoon, and had reached its maximum about the time of the accident.
As
It was characterized by fearful last, the moon burst out again, and Fsqualls, driving rain before them they then perceived a long gap in' in blinding clouds. No accurate the line of the structure. observations apped to have been quickly as possible they made their taken at Dundee, but Professor way to Newport with the dismal. Grant at Glasgow Observatory news. testifled that, the velocity of wind; there at 7.10 p.m.. and again at 8 .p.m., was 72 miles an hour, but sudden gusts occurred from time to time which momentarily attained
GOOD VIEW
How the catastrophe appeared from the north side has been graphically told by a gentleman a velocity of 90 miles an hour, and commanded a good view of whose house was near the river. equal to
40 lb. pressure on the the bridge. He was at his parlour square, foot.
The train stopped at St. Fortlesson, and feeling a deep sense of |fireside giving his children a Bible two miles south of the bridge gratitude that they were safe from where tickets were collected, and. the storm which howled outside, at 7.13 p.m. parsed the south when he was attracted to the win- signal-box at low speed to enable dow by a startling crash caused by the signalman to hand the single the blowing down of a neighbour's Hae staff to the fireman, which chimney tops. He found a bright was done without remarks being blaze of moonlight lighting up the exchanged. At that bright moonlight prevalled, but it showing the long white sinuous broad expanse of the Tay. and Was occasionally obscured by line of the bridge. masses of dark clouds blow rapidly along.
moment.
PROGRESS OF TRAIN
SHOWING TODAY AT 2.20, 5.10, 7.15 AND 0.38 P.M.
MILLIONS CHEER ITS GREATNESS!
Tumultuous with thei blazing thrills of America's romantic yesterday comes this. emotional love drama! Spectacularly produced by the creators of "The Good Earth" and "Captains Courageou
CLARENCE BROWN'S Production of
OF HUMAN HEARTS
Directed by
CLARENCE BROWN
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Looking at his watch, he found that it was Just seven o'clock, and said, "The Edinburg train will be In the south signal cabin with due immediately: let us watch if the signalman was a platelayer, it will attempt to cross on such a who had dropped in for a chat night." They turned down the gas This man watched the progress of the parlour and grouped at the the train from the cabin window window to watch for the train. and noticed that, soon after it had The moonshine became more inter- got upon the, bridge, sparks ap-mittent, and great scurrying clouds peared at the rall level, and con-at times intercepted it altogether: tinued all the way along. These There she comes," said one of were probably caused by the wheel the children, and at that moment A "Hopalong "Cassidy" drama inanges grinding against the east-the slowly moving lights of the beat Clarence C. Mullford rall as the train felt the force Edinburgh train could be distinctly
the
PRIDE OF THE WEST
tradition is being shown at the Alhambra Theatre with William
Boyd taking the lead as America's pest-liked range hero in "Fride of the West".
The story tells of the efforts of cattlemen to stop the plunder- ing of a stage coach line and secure the safety of the West's cnity means of communication with the East.
of the westerly gale.
seen rounding the curve at Wormit Suddenly just at the time when and passing the southern signal-
the train appeared to have reached box. The train, once on the the high girders, a great dash of bridge, seemed to move more fire sprang up, and the three red rapidly, and when the engine en- view in a moment, and appeared his little girl described the effects tall lamps disappeared from histered the tunnel-like high girders to descend into the river. Alarm-of the lights momentarily shining ed, he told the signalman, who was through and then eclipsed by the inclined to doubt; but not seeing lattice work as "ike lightning." any sign Br the train on the curve
FIERY SPARKS towards Dundee he tried to signal
In the supporting cast are to the north cabin: however, he While they were watching, a George Hayes and Russel Hayden found his telegraph wire interrupt-comet-like burst of fiery sparks as Windy and Lucky Hopalong's ed.
sprang up, 38 closest friends.
though forcibly They then started to walk across elected into the darkness by the the bridge, but were intimidated engine, and a long trall or streak by the furious blast. The writer of fire was seen to fail till quench- came to understand this when, ed in the water below. Then there eighteen months later, he walked was darkness on the track... A along the narrow platform of the silence fell upon the eager group bridge from wormit, as far as the at the window as the idea broke "Of Human Hearts," a dramatic gap, in a trul but not particularly upon them that the train had fal- story of Lincoln's day which opens boisterous wlod. They returned len over the bridge and was in the
the King's Theatre to-day and ran along the Fife shore, seek-river. provides Walter Huston with his ing for a view of the bridge. At
WALTER HUSTON| IN NEW FILM
at
first
Screen vehicle since his triumph in "Dodsworth." He 18 teamed with James Stewart and Beulah Bondi in the new "picture, a graphic human interest story played against the thunder of warfare, and directed with bril- llance by Clarence Brown.
Like "Ah Wilderness!" Its in- terest is in human characters, and its drama in the surge of violent emotions, though its theme is entirely different.
(Continged on Pare 13).
CROSSWORD
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WHITE BANNERS 5. Military cap
"White Banners.", the Lloyd C. 12. Douglas story is now being shown 13. at the Queen's' Theatre, stars Claude Rains, Fay Bainter, Jackle 14. Cooper and Bonita Granville.
The story deals with the life of 15. Hannah Parmialee, the poor toll- 17. Born worn peddler of kitchen knives [18... Species of who in spite of terrible hardships pler keeps aloft her "White Banners", 19 Absolute helping the small town teacher 21. Ascended and his family and devoting her 24. Lock self unselfishly to their services. 25. Smart blow This Warner Bros, Picture 28. Bore on the was directed by Edmund Goulding. person
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LONDONERS HOLD 34 Steep in
BALL TO AID CHINA
London, Dec. 20. The China Campaign Commit-
35. Heap 38: Italian coin
37. Period of
Central, 11.30 a.m.; First Ald, tee's intended Japanese boycott 39.
for Government
time
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Servants, at parade in Oxford Street yesterday 42 Representa-
Ambulance Hqrs. 8 p.m. MAILS-(866 Page 16). MEETINGS.--Annual and
40. Summit
was postponed on account of the
BX-
| bitter' weather'
The Committee held a ball last.
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traordinary of China Light and night on behalf of the Interna
tire· Milky Buld found in cer- tain cells
Power Co., Ltd., at St. George's tional Peace Hospital, accompanied 48. Upholstered
Bldg., Chater Road, noon; An- qual of Grand Hotel des Wagons-Lite, Ltd., at Exchange Bldg., 2nd floor.
by raffles, exhibitions by Chinese gymnasts and other side-shows.
A performance of "The Western Des Voeux Chamber" will be given on behalf Road Central, noon; House of the China Ladies Retter Fund. Committee, at 8.and 8. Home.Reuter. 0.80 p.m.; HK. Bunday school
Assci.. in Kowloon Union
Church or Hall, 6.45 p.m.;
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62. Night before
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A text of thousands with WALTER HUSTON • JAMES STEWART BEULAH BOND! GUY KIBBEE · CHARLES COBURN: JOHN CARRADINE
Screen Plan BRADBURY FOOTE Freddy KHNW CONSIDINE, I
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture.
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WISS MISS
ALHAMBRA
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TODAY AND TOMORROW
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CLARENCE
"PRIDE
Acton marn anË varas on the Overland
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OF
THE WEST
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WILLIAM BOYD
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NON-STOP NEW YORK'
John Loder
FRIDAY
&
SATURDAY ·
Anna Lee
720-30
MAJESTIC
ROAS KOWLOON TOL. SPESE
THEATRE MATINEES. 20%-30« • EVENINGS. 20%-30%:501703
FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY
Jane's with a Band of Gypsies in a Happy-H t
of the Season!
JANE HITS THE OPEN ROAD
..... AND TURNS IT INTO HAPPINESS HIGHWAY!
"Hay, folks! I'm with o
gay bond of gypsies now... and we're
gypsying to beat the band P
Jane WITHERS RASCALS
• TOMORROW, ONE.
Romance under the
stars! Rhythm'round
the campfire Ani
mast of all fun &
1 DAY. ONLY!
RETURN · OF · AN E
EDDIE CANTOR
in
FAVOURITE "!
"ROMAN SCANDALS
A Samuel Goldwyn Super Production
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