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Her Future Was Shadowed By A Notorious Pasti |ALLURING.......COURAGEOUS... COMPASSIONATE |
A WOMAN IS JUDGED
BY HER WEAKEST MOMENT!
BETTE
DAVIS
HENRY
FONDA
"That Certain WomanTM
WLAN HUNTER - ANITA LOUISE - Donaki Crisp - Wetter und Dieacted by Edund Boulding. Music by Mat Stwinet A First National Pictaw · Presented by WARNER BROS.
S NDAY
A Paramount
- Picture
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DAILY 2.30-5.15 7-15-9.30
$25
GRAND NW YEAR ATTRACTION RONALD COLMAN
in "IF I WERE KING"
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CINEMA & GENERAL
TWO REMARKABLE RECORD-BREAKING
FLIGHTS GIVE BRITAIN LEADING AIR POSITION
Today's Screenings
KING'S:
Hongkong
"Mademoiselle. Docteur"
QUEEN'S-
That Certain Woman" ORIENTAL.
"The Amazing Dr.
house"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA·
"The Road To Reno" STAR:
"Stolen Heaven"
MAJESTIC:
Test Pilot"
Coming
KING'S:
"Drums"
QUEEN'S:
"If I Were King" "The Rat"
ORIENTAL:"
"The Hurricane" "Woman Chases Man'
DAYS TO-DAY • TO-MORROW ALHAMBRA
ONLY
A THRILLING STORY OF A MASTER CRIMINAL
THE
An eminent physician held amazing power over the naderwork and made grooks in fest-tubes.
THE AMAZING STORY OF HIS DOUBLE LIFE... WILL GIVE YOU THE THRILL OF YOURS! He practices medicine by day
crime by nightt
EDW. G.
ROBINSON
in his most amazing role
Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
SUNDAY
STARTINE MILLION DOLLAR FILM SPECTACLE! HURRICANE
THE
5. By Chartes, Morskaði and James Ball,
artbark of "Matan las Bounty
✪ MATINEE5: 20c.-30c • EVENINGS: 20e.-30c-50e-70c, @
DAILY
ISTAR
TODAY ONLY
HANKOW
ROAD
KOWLOON TEL
57795
SEVENTEEN... and never been kissed!
James "Melton
When Gene Raymond kisses Olympe: Bradna in this story of fugitive lavere... it's the first time Olympe's ever bees kissed... on or off the screen!
Dalam akar preteens
Gene Raymond Olympe Bradha "STOLEN HEAVEN"
wah Glendo Facraiglaway Shone-Porter Hail Douglass Dumbrilla A Paramount Picture
TOMORROW
Patricia Ellis
SING ME A LOVE SONG "
A Warner Bros. Picture
REINCARNATION OF DALAI LAMA
Chungking, Dec. 29.
Solution No. 185
"If 1 Were King" "Painted Desert"
STAR:
"Sing Me A Love Song" "Mad About Music"
MAJESTIC:
London, December 29. During the year now closing, two world record distance fights established Britain's leading place in aeronautical achievement.
The floatplane, Mercury, upper compsaent of the first Short- Maro composite aircraft, few non-stop from Dundee to the mouth of the Orange River, a distance of 6,045 miles, beating the previous seaplane distance record by more than 500 miles. In November, a leag-range development fight of the R.A.F. accomplished the fight without parallel in the history of aviation.
Three of the long-range night way. The landplanes few thou- Clitter-monoplanes-standard service air-sands of miles through heavy tropi- craft with minor modifications for cal storas and clouds which re- journeys of maximum range-set stricted them for hours at a time out from Ismailia to fly to Aus- to navigation by instruments alone, tralia. Two of them flew non-stop They crassed India without seeing to Port Darwin, 'having covered it. steering a course above the 7.158 miles by a great circle and clouds at a height of 10,000 feet by 7,350 miles along the route actually stellar observations.
"You're Only Young Once"
ROAD TO RENO
Sparkling with gay comedy situations and filled with melody furnished by the golden-voiced
The Read Hope Hampton.
to Reno" is being shown at the Alhambra Theatre to-day.
down. They had broken the dis- tance point to point record by 853 miles.
HIGHER SPEEDS Nevertheless, both records were achieved at a far higher average The third, when it descended on speed than was attained in any the island of Timor as a precau- eaziler comparable dight. Mercury tionary measure against possible averaged 142 M.P.H. and the fuel exhaustion before reaching landplanes no less than 153 M.P.H. Australia. had also broken the pre-figures which demonstrate the vious record by 353 miles.
aerodynamical efficiency of the
Neither fight was made in ideal conditions. The. Mercury and the had long-range monoplanes
to fight headwinds most of the
Britain holds, therefore, both aircraft and their high perfor lundplane and seaplane records.
mance in speed as well as in range.
These historic voyages spec- unor- tacularly justified two thodox British Inventions. Mercury made other flights during the year, notably the return flight across the Atlantic Ucean and journeys with mails between England and Egypt. which further indicated the Leasibility of the composite nireraft idea.
SUICIDE OF SUAVE RUSSIAN SWINDLER
suave
A
Russian swindler much wanted by the Shang- hal International Settlement Police. Constantin Ivanoff, has committed suicide in a Bang- kok jall, according to reports from Siam,
At the start of its flight to South Africa. the seaplane was carrying 45 lbs. on every square Moot of its wing area and 20 lbs, for every horsepower of its four Napier rapid H-shaped engines-3 combination of wingloading and powerloading which had never previously been enrried into the
Ivanoff, alius C. L Evans, was air. It was lifting more than one half times its unloaded one of the principals in the and a Set against A majestic back-"Palmer. Green & Co. fraud case"
from
weight,
With Oscar Mat-" GEODETIC CONSTRUCTION
Argentinian, The record-breaking landplanes conducting the were Vickers Wellesley monoplanes in of geodetic construction, powered
ground of towering mountains early in 1937. and replete with Intimate plc-thias Mayer, an tures of the topsy-turvy life found Ivanoff was' only in Reno" the city of broken Palmer-Green travel agency hearts." the Alim runs the gamut Shanghai. The pair absconded on each with an Bristol Pegasus air- acooled engine. Geodetic construc- sophisticated comedy to March 8. 1937, leaving behind
[quantity of alleged flashes of great drama,
"rubber" tlon, 'invented by Mr. B. N. Wallis cheques and unpaid bills. Some and developed by him in conjunc- Co-starring Randolph.. Scott
of the merchandise obtained by tion with the Vickers Company and Hope Hampton and
featur. the two men
was resold before for several years past, ranks as a ing Glenda Farrell, Helen Bro- they left Shanghai.
major discovery. This ingenious derick, Alan Marshal and David Oliver. the aim is excellent enter-
Having thus suddenly given up method of basketwork building is structure to produce a the travel business, Ivanoff and claimed tainment,
Mayer started some travelling of that is enormously strong and 1s their own, passing through various yet exceptionally light in weight. Chinese provinces and finallyBritish Wireless. reaching Yunnan. From Yunnan,
TEST PILOT
Spectacular flying, four
stars
they made their way to Annam,
and were arrested in Saigon, but DIARY OF LOCAL
and a good story provide starting managed to be released again. entertainment in "Test Pilat," the Mayer. It is understood, "returned most authentic aviation picture yet to the Argentine, while Ivanoff produced, which opens at the went to Bangkok. Ivanoff was ar- Majestic Theatre to-day.
rested and imprisoned in Bangkok. because of a passport irregularity.
Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy and Lionel Barrymore head the cast,"
EVENTS
TO-DAY ANNIVERSARIES and HOLIDAYS.
-St. Sabinus, Bishop. CINEMAS-(See Column 3 of this
Page)
MIJIS, The story is that of a test pilot. Councillor P. J. Dollan, leader COMPANIES.-Ewo Cotton played by Gable. Without varying of the Socialist party in Glasgow Ltd: Interim Dividend payable. from factual experience, it tells City Council, was elected Lord | DANCES.—United Services Recrea- exactly how one of these daredevils Provost in succession to Bir John lives, not sparing the man, but Stewart, the first Socialist to withal showing that he is human. hold obes
CROSSWORD
NO. 196
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By a mandate issued yesterday. First, 29, Limit. 31, Alone. 32, Abed. 27 Malice (5) the National Government appoin 33, Relic. 34.. Necktie, 35, Fleet, 28 Flower (5). ted General Wu Chung-hain, DOWN Z, Woollen, 3. Natsu. 4. 30. Terminate Chairman of the Mongolian and Damsel. 5. Tired, 6, Steer. 7. Grade Tibetan Affairs Commission, and 10, Conse. 13. Meal. 16, Lose, 18. Reting (Je-chen) Hutukutu, pre Obus. 20. Vain, 22, Idler. 23, Edifice. sent temporal and spiritual head 25, Stated. 26, Paint. 27, Force. 28, of Tibet, to handle affairs relating Rests 30 Ideal. to the reincarnation of the Dalai
Lama.
Hove police have asked Scotland
The last Dalai Lama, the 13th Yard to help in tracing a bag holder of the title, died in Lhasa, containing dangerous drugs which capital of Tibet, on December 17, was stolen from a doctor's car in 1933-Central News,
Hove.
32 Large.. birds (6)
33 Oled (7) 34 Show (6) 35 Slack tune
(7)
3 Smooth
.' (5)
2/
2 Depict (7)
5 Bread (4)
19 Finger (5) 20 Worth (5) '21. Unfolds
(5).
6 Meat food
(6)
22 Answered
(7)
7 Hard
coating (6)
10. Tp mature
(5)
DOWN
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(7)
23 Missive (7) 24 Scanty (6)
25 Fiches (8)
26 False hair
(3)
29 Tax (5)
12 Vat (3)
"Darkle“ (5) SOLUTION TO-MORROW
31 Costly (4)
tion Club Dinner Dance; Indias Recreation Club Dance. 8.30
D.M.
LECTURES.-First Aid: (by Prof. L. T. Ride) at P.W.D. Offices. 5.30 p.m.; at Ying Wah Boys' College, for Women, 8 p.m.; A.R.P. for Auxiliary Unit, 5.45
p.m
at Ambulance Hqrs.. and for Brigade 7.30 p.m.; Mary- knoli Convent School, Kowloon. 4 pm.
Anti-Gas, Hongkong Women's Club, 11 Queen's Road, 11.30 am.
Chinese
MAILS-(See Page, 16)
MEETINGS. -- Annual, of The Hongkong and Canton Ice Manufacturing Co., Ltd., at 2 Lower Albert Road. 31 B.m.: Helena May Religious Fellow-
ship. 10.30 am. MISCELLANEQUE.
a.m.
Claims against the Estate of Martha Kate More. Jate of Felix Villas, dye;. Rehearsal of Naval Land- ing Party at Happy Valley, 9 to 11.30 2.m. YMCA Women's Section: Bridge Class, 10.a.m., and Practice Play. MOON: First Quarter, 8.53 am
XI Moon, 9th. Day. RELIGIOUS.-Exposition of
Blessed Sacrament for the "Qua rant Ore" at Catholic Ca- thedral, from 6 am. to 6 p.m. SOCIAL-Whist Drive and Tom- bola in R. E Warrant Officers'
Mess, Welling- and Bergeants'
the
ton Barracks, 9.15 p.m.; Cheero Club Bridge and Mahjong.
· SPORTS—(Bes Page 2).
| SUNRISE-7.02 2.m. BUNSET.-
540 D.I
TIDES.-High at 01.21 and 1532;
Low at 08-45 and 22.20.
TO-MORROW
MOON.-XI. Moon,, 10th. Day.
SUNSET -- SUNRIBE.—7.02" a.m.
5.46 pm.
TIDES.-High at 00.29 and 14.55.
Low at 08.10 and 19.57.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1938.-PAGE 5
KING'S
TODAY ONLY AT 2.30. 3.10. 7.33 AND 9.30 P.M.
DITA PABLO JON LODER
ARICH
VON STROKE
MADEMOISELLE DOCTEUR"
TOMORROW
United Artists
with CLAIRE LUCE
MAS CRACK HANGAR NAM
Burst by somÜNÜ KÜSTELİ
Cook
THE DRUM
IN
ד ...
TECHNICOLOUR GLORIOUS with SABU RAYMOND Massey - DESHOND TESTER
ALHAMBRA
TODAY AND TOMORROW EX-WIVES... EAGER FOR ANOTHER FLING | Tev "Cime.
They Saw
THE NEW UNIVERSAL PRESENTS /
Randolph SCOTT
And Were Conquered |
THE ROAD TO RENG
SUNDAY
A Paramount Picture
DAILY 130 630 720-30
co-starting Hope HAMPTON
with
Helen BRODERICK • Alan MARSHAL
Glasda FARRELL+5aerisel S. HINDS«David OLIVER ·
GRAND 'NEW YEAR. ATTRACTION RONALD COLMAN
in "IF I WERE KİNG”.
MAJESTIC
SOAS
| KOWLOO
THEATRE MATINEES. 20, -30« • EVENINGS. 201-30.50€700 SHOWING TO-DAY
THIS YEAR'S GREATEST HIT!!!
NOT SINCE "SAN FRANCISCO"
CLARK
GABLE
MYRNA
LOY
SPENCER
TRACY
A VICTOR
FLEMING productionTM
such death-defying ac- tiun, soul-stirring romance! Not since "Grand Hotel" such a y:und all- star cast!
TEST PILOT
WIS LIONEL
BARRYMORE
Betown Playby Vincent Lawrence and Waldemar Young Original Story by Frank Wond Directed by VICTOR FLEMING Produced by LCULS D LIGHTON
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
NEXT CHANGE
THE FIRST OF THE FAMOUS “JUDGE HARDY'S FAMILY "
PICTURES"
“YOU'RE ONLY YOUNG ONCE"
Lewis Stone
•
Cecilia Parker
Mickey Rooney
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
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